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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1941
Page
2
A reader argues that women’s voting power remains weak due to lack of solidarity and action. The piece cites Dewey, Hines, Hoover, McNutt, Rankin, and Kahn, urging organized, united participation to influence politics and oppose war. It critiques female political influence as surface level without collective voting or policy impact.
The German admiralty memo urged unrestricted submarine warfare while heavy fighting raged on the western front near Vimy. Allied forces reported captures near Erarum as 30,000 Allied troops arrived to bolster British forces. In the Near East, an Australia Nazi trade treaty was signed, and Red forces attacked both ends of a major front.
German high command reported extensive bombing and naval actions around England. Submarines sank dozens of thousands of tons of merchant shipping while bombers hit targets along the east coast and near Aberdeen and Pentland Firth. Civilian casualties were noted as air raids continued.
Shareholders of the San Antonio Teachers union have declared a 5 percent dividend for 1930. Officers for 134% are Mrs. Bennie Crowther, president, W. M. Apple, vice president, Concha Chapa, secretary, F. P. Cunningham, treasurer, and Mrs. Elle Darlington, Margaret Ferguson, Mrs. Thelman Fuller, Mrs. Marie Gahan, H. W. Loeffler, W. E. Montgomery, Mary A. Noonan, H. Ralson and Byron Yates, directors and supervisors.
The Associated Press notes Mussolini and Franco reportedly met somewhere in Italy on Wednesday amid talks Spain might enter the war. Petain arrives in France en route to meet Franco. Observers offer two theories on Franco Blasconi with Pope Pius XII. British raids hit Sicily and northern Europe while U-boat and air attacks claim 28,500 tons of British shipping. Allied forces encircle German and Italian posts in Africa as Athens endures its first air raid alarm.
Italian bombers struck Piraeus seaport southwest of Athens causing civilian casualties and property damage deemed negligible by Greeks. Residents sheltered underground while Athens reported no attack on the capital. Greek troops allegedly repelled Italians on the northern Albanian front. a 6000 cot peak noted. In Bristol, Yugoslavia, Teleper, key point on the central front, reportedly surrounded by Greeks. A $15,000 fine was imposed in federal court in Pensacola after W R Skeen pleaded guilty to 27 counts of a hot oil indictment.
A mustard heated tank explosion at Edwal laboratories in a downtown Chicago building killed three personnel and injured six others, two seriously. Thirty two workers were in the lab when the 70 gallon tank exploded, blowing two men into an elevator shaft and collapsing walls. elevator service was disrupted and police bomb squad blocked access as investigators secured the site. The dead include Jerome Danek Jr, Julius Sharp, and Boter Mraynor, with Dr Edmund Lowes and Thomas Hil among the seriously injured.
Rome Feb 12 An informed source says all of Italy is officially in the war zone requiring special permission for travel. United States embassy members including Ambassador William C Phillips were reported yesterday to be under the restriction. Previously most of Italy had already been within the restricted zone.
London endured a brief air raid alert in mid afternoon as the signal came and went within minutes. No guns or planes were heard. German activity was reported near two towns in the week’s mid hands.
UPI reports British forces driving south in Eritrea occupied Elgena 30 miles south of the Anglo Egyptian Shan and 25 miles southwest of Mersa Yadal. Operations near Cheren and Asmara are developing well with deep penetrations reported. In Libya no major news, while South African units north of Lake Rudolf report capturing Namaraputh and Todenyang as part of Ethiopian forays from Kenya. Three San Avlontans were treated for dog bites in S.A. with George Mitchell and Diego Bernal named among those bitten.
Rome correspondent reports British aircraft bombed Catania in Sicily last night targeting an air base from which German planes have been said to operate in the Mediterranean. The raid was the third Italian territory attack in as many days but the high command said no serious damage was caused.
Six Harlandale High School band members were selected by the Texas Music Educators Association to attend a national band clinic in Waco from Thursday through Saturday. Named are George Reed, Forrest Barnes, Billy Boren, Marcie Elsworth, Doris Jones and Paulela Shaner. Selection was based on past performance records in state or national contests.
Final approval of WPA funds announced by Stearns Tucker deputy state WPA administrator for the Frio City road widening project. It will provide access roads to Kelly Duncan fields and Camp Normoyle with a WPA grant of 61892 dollars and the city adding 14900 dollars.
British bombers raided northwest Germany and Denmark and Norway after daylight fighter sweeps over northern France. Hanover Bremen and other northwest German targets faced attacks for a second night. Three British planes were missing and a returning bomber crashed near Cambridge killing three civilians. An invading bomber was destroyed in eastern Scotland this morning.
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