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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
8
A columnist questions why the San Antonio sixth war loan drive stretched weeks and urges a one week push for future drives in Bexar county. The piece argues for faster, better organized efforts, urges communal spirit, and ends with holiday reflections on Christmas ornaments and civic service.
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended the suspension of emergency railroad freight rate increases to January 1, 1948. Carriers sought higher rates to counter reduced operating income and a 10 percent passenger fare rise, plus a 3 to 4 percent freight increase. The wartime boosts had been enacted March 18 and suspended since then.
Overseas readers receive notices naming Capt Fred Oltom 961 South Cherry Street signal officer Central Pacific four years Capt Joh L Whitesides veteran fighter pilot with 103 missions in North Africa and CBI theaters awarded Distinguished Flying Cross and oak leaf cluster First Sgt Madison M Tomlinson 21d Delaware Street chief clerk in CBI theater Tech Sgt Selby E Cockroft 400 Kirk Place three years in Java Australia New Guinea Purple Heart. Buy War Bonds. Ad writer ad line seeks buyers for items. Dial B 1231.
Saipan dispatch reports Lee and other observers foresee at least three more years of bitter fighting before Japan is crushed. They warn Japan may fight to the last man, with invasions of Kyushu and Honshu potentially required, and even Tokyo fallen not guaranteed to end the war. Strong enemy forces remain across Manchuria China Formosa Mindanao and the Indies.
El Salvador has about 12,000 coffee fincas and a total of roughly 140 million trees. The large estate network underscores the country’s key role in coffee production and agroforestry.
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