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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
2
About 600 people are believed lost when the inter-island passenger steamer Corregidor sank in shark-infested waters near Manila Bay yesterday. The ship carried around 809 persons, with roughly 300 known rescued and little hope for recovering more bodies.
A letter suggests Falstaff Christmas Gift Certificates as a convenient alternative to gifting beer. The writer explains buying certificates from a Falstaff dealer, allowing recipients to exchange them for a case of Falstaff beer, and signs off with affection.
AP reports Filipino troops push back Japanese near Manila while U S forces in Hawaii receive new commanders. Japan claims Pacific submarines sunk and battleships damaged as Allied drive to retake regions. Britain says north Africa front shattered with Axis retreat as Soviet troops push back Germans and battle Kharkov amid broader Allied offensives.
Rome report says an undersea craft carrying 22 captured British officers is missing at sea after the Libyan battle. The carrier, likely heading to Italy, failed to return to base. British forces yesterday announced the sinking of the Italian submarine Ammiraglia Caracciola in the central Mediterranean with General Guido Lami and 19 officers aboard.
Seventeen Americans reported fast as a German U boat sinks a British ship in the Mediterranean. Lloyd George faces German peace proposals as world anxiously awaits reply. Russians claim repulsed Teutons in Ruthenia and reorganizing Romanian forces for counterattack. Greeks clash with Italians near Valona while Ullsure comes under heavy fire. German troops enter Italy via Brenner pass. British forces surround Bardlat as Libyan front sees a retreating Malians.
A two-vehicle collision near Trend and Broadway Thursday morning injured drivers W.8. Autry, 20, of North Loop with head cuts, and Mary Belcher, 17, of 327 College Boulevard with body bruises. Autry treated at Robert B. Green Hospital. Belcher received first aid at home.
Five aliens, one woman and four men who have completed sentences for failure to register under alien registration, will pass through San Antonio on Thursday en route to Laredo and will be deported to Mexico. Three of the aliens are being deported for the second time, according to W. 3. Kropp, head of the local Immigration office.
Private Eugene Tutt le, 18, of Divide Montana was shot on a highway Saturday night. A coroner s jury ruled the death homicidal and blamed Tutt le and Mrs Brandel s husband for negligence. No civil prosecution will follow. The case has been turned over to army authorities for action.
The War Department announced that officers currently on active duty will remain in active military service. Those who have completed a year of active duty and are on final leave will be relieved only after their assignments are filled.
British Eighth Army officers report the Black Watch and support units swept a desert area behind the Libyan front capturing nearly 900 Germans. A sergeant led a foraging patrol into a German camp where a small force surrendered after machinegun fire, yielding trucks, food, wine, chocolate, firearms, and typewriters. Over 200 Germans were taken prisoner. two were wounded. A missing pig from the action becomes a curious end note.
Seattle dispatch reports Alaska evacuated women and about forty children from Sitka area aboard an unannounced ship. Mrs. James H. Roberts of Lubbock said her infant son was the youngest aboard. Families left on short notice to conserve food, not due to danger, under wartime precautions.
In a special proclamation Mayor Washington announced that Quin Thursday urged that Navy anti aircraft projectiles and related items be funded through the Red Cross war fund. The plan named H undersecretary James Y Forrester and listed contracts awarded to 26 companies across 13 states.
Alexander Troyanovsky former Soviet ambassador to Tokyo and the United States said the Japanese were badly advised in attacking the United States. He wrote in Volga that the attack was inspired by foolish advice probably given by the Hitlerites whom Stalin had called Hitler fools. America will inflict upon Japan a smashing defeat, he added.
Mrs Bethel of Georgetown received a telegram claiming her son Robert Bethel a private at Hirkan field was missing and presumed dead. A later wire confirmed he was safe, bringing relief to Mea John Bethel and her family after days of anxious uncertainty.
The South Texas chamber of commerce suggests wartime work measures to local chambers. Ray Leeman notes priorities, blackout aid, rationing, substitute materials, and traffic reorganization to prepare for wartime needs.
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