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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1944
Page
1
The Painted Face bandit, arrested January 31 in a cheap rooming house, confessed to robbing two filling stations and attempting a bus driver holdup. He described stealing a car January 23 with another man, robbing a Commerce Street station for 53, and using a burned rag to crack a safe the next night. He later masked again to rob a San Pedro station for 7, but the driver refused.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to be an old advertisement or note describing salves or remedies with terms like Penetro and mutton suet, mentioning prices and parallel methods. The readable parts are inconsistent and do not form a complete event or narrative.
Walter Bacon of Route 4 was fined 25 dollars and costs on a third watered milk charge in County Courts at Law No 1. He had previous offenses on June 1 1924 and May 14, with a prior not guilty verdict on November 12 when officials found watered milk sold by his agent, not knowingly by Bacon. Fritz Schilo and Dick Meebroft of the county health department filed the case.
Bernard Ny Geldburg of the OFA says it is too early to predict stamp quantities for 1044 and that OPA plans to maintain a rate of one stamp every six months. The note follows a rumor about shoe stamp production and dissemination. The second item notes the heavy cruiser Pittsburgh slated for launch at Bethlehem Shipyard on Washington’s Birthday, February 4.
Soviet forces push toward Pskov along the Luga Pskov corridor aiming to seize the railway hub key to south, west, and east communications. Govorov hopes to reach Pskov by Feb 23 26th birthday. German defenses retreating in forested south of Gdev as Red Army gains. Guerilla bands disrupt supply lines aiding main advance. 1000+ German troops killed and 40 towns captured reported. Helsinki cabled Estonian notes a Narva river crossing at Krivasuo creating danger for German garrisons.
Allied forces, including Liberator bombers, pounded targets from the Tiburting yards to Trastevere and the Rome outskirts. Nine enemy plants were destroyed, while one Allied plane was lost. A-36 Invaders returned safely after first Rome raid. Destruction extended to bridges, highways, dumps, gun positions, and motor transport from Rome toward the front. Navy destroyers shelled Velatuku and Brata off the Dalmatian coast late Feb 12–13.
The report notes intensified Allied actions in the Pacific, with Nimitz predicting land-based defeat of Japan, air pounding on Rabaul and New Ireland, and bombardments of Kaivieng Panapai sirdromes and Taroa island. It also mentions Japanese withdrawals on the Taka front and recent hand-to-hand clashes in the Arakan theater.
Philadelphia February 16 Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey national draft director urged a postwar system of universal military training to prevent being unprepared for future world conflicts. He said mobilization of young men for training should continue alongside demobilization of the wartime 11 300 000 man army and navy. Netherlands towns retain distinctive foods and customs.
The grand jury reindicted 32 cases including Jack Garrett for bigamy and Lee Cottle for habitual criminal. Garrett’s prior indictment was overturned for a legal error. Cottle has faced three forgery indictments by 1943, with one still pending. Other counts cover murder, assault to murder, robbery by assault, burglary, theft, swindling, and receiving stolen property. Also, Antonio Baticedo Perez, 40, was released on $250 bond after waiving a hearing on stealing gov ernment property under $50 from Kelly Field.
At Cassino on February 16 Allied air power reduced the ancient monastery to ruin after a hurried bombardment by Forts Tassos Marauders and Mitchells aimed to save American lives. The abbey courtyard and surrounding slopes were pummeled in four waves, with German troops reported using the site as a gun fortress. Lieutenant Thomas Cockrell, 24, killed in a plane crash, will be honored in a service at Fort Sam Houston. A white building remains amid the rubble, but most structures lie in rubble with the courtyard wall destroyed.
Washington reports that General Eisenhower issued a December 28 directive to respect historical landmarks when possible, stating military necessity would govern decisions if lives were at stake. President Roosevelt noted the order, cautioning against conflating military necessity with convenience or slackness. He also mentioned the possibility of German currency being printed in the United States for use by occupying forces in Europe.
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