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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1941
Page
1
A wartime editorial laments the growing toll of conflict on soldiers and families. It contrasts youthful sacrifice with the drag of a protracted war, notes women’s crucial support roles, and condemns politicians while urging resolve until enemy forces are defeated.
Soviet dispatches claim 4000 square miles of Roztev-Donets front retaken with hundreds of villages wrested from retreating Germans. Red spearheads drive toward Mariupol while Jews near Rostov report renewed German attempts to form a new front. Moscow area threatened as Timoshenko advances from the Donets and Sea of Azov toward the Mius River with heavy losses cited on both sides.
LonnoN December 1954 The department of information announced that American exile officer Roland Ip Wolfe of Cerrsca Nebraska landed by parachute in Eire and has been interned.
Forecast shows Friday night colder with moderate northerly winds and a high around 10 degrees in some areas. Saturday morning lows near 49, with cooler coastal conditions and varying winds across East Texas West Texas and the Llano region.
The piece argues morale damage in the San Antonio Police Department from how orders are issued and enforced. It cites delayed orders from Fire and Police Commissioner P. L. Anderson, questionable arrests, and limited court convictions, with officials unsure who truly runs the department. Morale is already low and may take long to recover.
Six people are dead and thirteen injured after a bus and a car collided head on near Dawson while transporting a school bus bound for its route. Four identified victims were soldiers from Fort Benning. others included Dorothy Casey, 20, from Highway Patrol Set. Bus driver Bill Taylor of Preston survived. he said he swerved to avoid the oncoming vehicle.
London reports British notes to Russia Finland Hungary and Austria testing Allied stance against Russia. An authorized source says Britain gave until midnight for replies in a move described as a final effort to stabilize relations. No automatic declaration if no reply is received. fate of the three motions depends on responses.
Detroit dispatch reports Ward's Reports estimates U S and Canadian auto plants produced 90 205 cars and trucks this week down from 92 405 units the final week of November. Year ago total was 130 040 vehicles.
Washington secretary of war Stimson denounced Tribune reports on a purported American expeditionary force plan. He said the documents were not authorized and warned against patriotism erosion and leakage to enemies. The Tribune linked the plan to a 6,000,000-man army and broader mobilization concepts.
Commodore J. HM. Edelstein of the British Mediterranean Fleet reports that Axis supply lines have been cut by about sixty percent as the British and air force target convoys. He notes German commander Erwin Rommel is pressed for petrol, transport and ammunition as Allied victories in the Mediterranean disrupt Axis efforts.
An authoritative London source says axis troops reoccupied the Gambit supply base near the Libyan front. The British had captured Gambit early in the Libyan offensive, with additional advances near Tobruk and Bardia. The report notes heavy fighting, Allied mopping up frontier areas, and multiple engagements involving British and axis forces along the Egypt-Libya front.
Weather forecast calls for a sharp deepening cold front in San Antonio and nearby areas Friday night and Saturday. United States Weatherman J A Forbyr predicts Saturday morning lows around 40 degrees, with Friday’s morning near 49 and weekend highs near 79. Litt northerly winds are expected as the air mass tightens over the region.
Southbridge Mass December 5. The War Department will equip mechanized units including tank corps and armored divisions with special dust masks. American Opted company announced delivery to the government of 109,000 masks weighing about one ounce each, designed to exclude dust and protect the respiratory system.
Washington reports the power restrictions in the Southeast were removed as storms dropped one to three inches of rain. Officials say the extra rainfall boosted hydro power supply, ending the blackout and freezing industrial power consumption at September levels.
London reports show Allied ship losses from aerial bombs averaged eight percent in the past five months, with peak activity around April 1940. Authorities say this spurred improvements in guns and gunnery as defenses. In Bowie a recent air raid damaged a cafe, tailor, and a nearby home, with preliminary damage estimates noted.
Tokyo formally claimed no territorial ambitions in East Asia while Japan’s envoy explained troop movements into Indochina to Secretary Hull. President Roosevelt took personal interest, but no definite reply details were released. Officials emphasized readiness to talk, with cautious notes on potential war preparations and regional tensions.
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