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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1944
Page
8
San Antonio draft boards anticipate a 50 percent rise in pre-induction calls in February as they strain to meet heavy demands. Clerks and chairmen say large pre-induction calls will build a pool of men meeting mental and physical standards, mainly 3A family men with dependents. If quota cannot be met they will reclassify groups to draft eligible men.
London reports American Liners and Marauders with RAF medium bombers pounding German fortifications in northern France for the fourth time in five days after prior raids on targets. A night with no Allied operations precedes Britain’s raid-free night since February 10. Meanwhile Corpus Christi firefighter Capt. George W. Ethridge, 28, dies from injuries after a fire truck and automobile collision.
London reports Soviet air experts study American long range bombing and plan to pattern raids after Fortresses and Liberators. TB-75 four engined bombers will hit eastern German industry in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and areas far from British bases as Soviet forces widen bombing reach.
News from the Cherkasy pocket reports tens of thousands of exhausted German troops in a death ring, with 2000 Nazis killed and 79 tanks plus 23 self propelled guns lost as Soviet forces tighten their noose. Russian dispatches place Korsun, Pskov, and Baltic regions at risk as red army advances expand west and north. Berlin and Moscow quotes describe intensified pressure around Pskov and Narva bay operations.
London Feb 15 INB German spokesmen warned Finland that German troops will be used against Finland if the Helsinki regime discusses peace with Russia. A German diplomat in Helsinki reportedly told President Ryti to expect force if talks occur. Stockholm reports Finnish leader Paasikivi conferred with Russia and Swedish officials on peace terms, with rumors of armistice terms circulating but unconfirmed.
War Minister Sir James Grigg told the Commons he was unaware of any order to the ATS for speaking to American Negro troops only in the presence of whites. He offered to investigate after William Leach, Labourite, said he would send a copy of the order to the War Minister.
Bexar County reports show strong bond drive results with total sales near 24.3 million dollars. Schools contribute heavily with Brackenridge and Douglas high schools leading among students. lodges and civilian groups also exceed quotas, while unit oversubscriptions reach high percentages.
Willie Ramon 25 of Marshall Texas and Jeff Dunn 33 of Cincinnati Ohio were each bound over on $1000 bonds after failing to report to draft boards. City council appropriated $36,713.81 for merchants' bills and $95 to paint the dog pound while approving a permit related to a gasoline installation on Tol McGullough avenue.
Allied advances in the southwest Pacific continue as U S forces seize Rooke Island between Sew Cuinen and New Britain to press domination of Vitlaz and Tampler straits. Air and sea actions hit New Britain New Guinea the Admiralty Islands and Marshalls with significant bomber strikes and ship losses.
A Chinese student from Tokyo's Imperial University, Yin Tao, reports Japan faces tight rationing, arrests for dangerous thoughts, labor camps, and strict censorship. He notes morale shifts with Axis setbacks, food shortages, reduced fish and meat, and widespread scrap drives as the war continues.
London dispatch reports General Eisenhower cleared 200000 square miles of Bay of Biscay and surrounding Irish seas for action as Allied forces prepare to invade Europe. The British admiralty says waters are unsafe for shipping, signaling intensified naval sweeps to disrupt German sea lines and force Nazi transit to German ports via French waters. Also notes Flora Coolidge, a distant Cal Coolidge relative, celebrating her 103rd birthday in Portland.
Nazi veterans on the Russia front are fighting Americans from Texas in the Gassino clash. The Scandinician telegraph says the battle was like Stalingrad, with the Texans as capable fighters as the German east front troops.
The captive of British Brigadier Edmund Davies, leader of an Allied mission to Albanian partisans, was announced to be severely wounded by Albanians during a January surprise attack and is in a Tirang hospital in serious condition. PURSE, CASH STOLEN. Flora Abbey of Kingsville lost $280 in travelers checks, $7 in cash, and two tickets when she left her purse in a Missouri Pacific depot rest room Monday. purse recovered but contents missing.
The Seventh division recon troops faced a navigational slip that nearly sent them to Gebh island on January 31. Captain Pat B. Gritta led choicely alert troops who captured one Japanese and raised the American flag on Gebh before moving to Ninni, finding a Japanese tug with a flag on its mast. Gritta and his men then continued to battle Japanese forces, tallying enemy losses and securing a crucial sea pass into Kwajalein Lagoon, with further action noted near Gehh and Kwajalein.
Allied forces bombed Mount Gassing and its Benedictine abbey as ground troops press the Anzio and Cassino bridgehead fronts. Thousands of German troops reportedly fled the abbey shelter while Italian and Adriatic operations continued with rail and road targets and air attacks over Modena Brescia and Arezzo.
Forecast calls for cloudy and warmer conditions tonight with rain expected Wednesday. Wednesday morning temperature near 44. East Texas forecast cloudy and warmer with rain in the extreme south portion. Wednesday night rain and colder in northwest and north central portions with strong winds.
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