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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
2
U S Negro troops maul Nazi attackers in Italy in a fierce engagement. The article notes strategic impact and ongoing Allied operations as reported in wartime dispatches. Separate item mentions housing rents increasing at four low income sites as part of federal subsidy reductions.
A wallet found at the post office prompted Leon McMahon assistant custodian of the federal find to launch a search for the owner. He wrote to Mrs Stella Smith of Clintonville West Virginia whose name appeared on a bond allotment slip in the purse. This week Mrs Smith said the photos belong to her son Private Roy M Smith stationed with the quartermaster depot at Fort Sam Houston. Private Smith was very happy to see the pictures back.
Costing 5 975 000 dollars, debt reduced to 5 564 000 dollars. Average rent on all projects fell from 1430 to 40 70 per month in 1984 and will be 23 70 in 1945. One bedroom ceiling charge 37 60 for a family earning up to 1785 annually. Four bedroom rent 2085 per year. Ernest Macing and Frank Neck tils watchmen at Alazan Apache courts with 125 monthly pay were discharged on orders of the Fort Worth housing office. Mayor Mauerman signaled reappointment of Board Chairman Tom Blue and Vice Chairman E 0 Parker when terms expire in February 1948.
Aduirm Nobumars Suetsuga, a retired Japanese strategist and former commander in chief of the Combined Fleet, is reported to have died Friday from a heart ailment. Domel News Agency broadcast confirms.
Rome reports heavy Allied air activity in Italy and beyond. Fifth Army hit German armored columns in the Serchio valley as allied forces pursued a waning drive. Along the Senio river Canadian units and Navy forces strengthened positions while enemy infiltrations were crushed. Mediterranean air forces pressed strikes in the Po valley and deep into Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia across 2660 sorties with several enemy planes shot down.
About 900 more New York butcher shops reopened as police counted 6,142 shops with 1971 closed in protest. Officials said 12,000,000 pounds of meat would be available at wholesale next week, while owners criticized OPA price ceilings as harming profits.
Washington military experts discuss Eisenhower's need for a deputy amid large operations. Devers Bradley and Montgomery lead separate army groups as the plan avoids a direct British American clash. General Peyton March cited as a sharp American critic.
Allied forces report continued pressure on German lines near the Saar and across northern Holland as Patton’s drive forces new disengagements. German counterattacks near Dillingen fail to blunt the Saar breakthrough. British and American units repulse dawn assaults and push toward Schouwen and surrounding shores while the enemy withdraws to prepared positions in the breakthrough area.
Flying squads of interviewers move through resorts and downtown venues in Deter and Denver as the war manpower commission seeks thousands of workers for shell and war material production. Volunteers, including store superintendents and bartenders, flock to the US employment service seeking referrals amid publicity that draws crowds and creates a Prohibition era like hunt for labor.
Nominations are open for the 1944 Outstanding Young Man of San Antonio. A judging committee including presidents of the senior and junior chambers, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, and Optimist clubs will select the winner by January 1. Phone Phil Bates Jr. to submit a candidate. Last year’s winner was Dick Johnson of the Boys’ Club.
German planes bombed and strafed an American hospital at Mirecourt under cover of night, wounding multiple patients and military personnel and at least one civilian worker. The attack followed the first bomb drops on a building marked with Red Crosses and lasted about 160 minutes, with parents of wounded soldiers among the injured.
Charges filed against Mrs Josephine Sullivan and Mrs Wilma Sears accuse them of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in the death of 11 year old Donald Jean Bullivan who died after drinking whiskey at home. The boy reportedly consumed the alcohol leading to hospitalization in Indianapolis.
The 80th Flying Wing is transferred from San Marcos Army Air Field to Ellington Field. Brig. Gen. Walter F. Kraus announced the move, with Col. Rosenham Beam commanding the training wing that oversees air navigation training in the Central Flying Training command.
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