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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1942
Page
4
Britain exulted as President Roosevelt pledged American aid to the United Kingdom in the war. U S troops and materials were widely depicted in British press coverage and editorials hailed the move as a turning point. London papers and broadcasters called Roosevelt’s message inspiring and pivotal, signaling united action against the Axis.
The account notes Lu nd cites high Japanese officials holding victory parties before the attack and a Honolulu ad promising Japanese silk with coded saboteur instructions. It mentions pilots in Japanese planes with American-made ammo, high school rings, and officers carried out suicide crashes, while civilian evacuations sent residents near military targets back to the states.
Merryle Stanley Ruksyser analyzes American wartime industrial shift criticizing the prewar pacifism and the Nye Committee findings. He argues civilian industry delayed weapon production, urges a master plan aligning factories with army and navy needs, and notes the shift to armament will disrupt civilian commerce while building durable consumer goods stocks for a leaner era.
Reports from Chungking and Australia react to a wartime speech by Roosevelt. Chinese officials praise it as a mobilization of power while Prime Minister Curtin calls it a logical US effort. A Groman radio commentator says the speech adds nothing new. Fascist papers call it sensational and question the figures. A tongue-in-cheek line about Pearl Warrior and a misfit ad image appear amid a scattered feature in an American Weekly issue.
Report suggests a major Japanese thrust to seize the Dutch East Indies with Java as Allied command centers. Dutch officials reveal a scorched earth policy to deny resources, while Allied air forces claim losses on both sides in the Pacific.
New York dispatch reports a British broadcast picked up by NBC claiming an Axis attempt to capture Malta is underway. The report says Malta, a key Mediterranean stronghold, disrupts Rommel’s plans and that Allied air raids have not occurred for five weeks.
The city council voted to pay damages in a claim filed by Melvene Nodtn Keller over a December 16 1940 incident involving a city truck. Absent were Commissioners Bleffler and C Ray Davis, with Council approving 304.91 for police department expenses and 75 for retirement costs tied to the case.
Major General Leslie James Morien of Australia has been named a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his role as Commander of Toorak during the siege in New York amid a British radio aid drive.
President Roosevelt outlined a 56 billion dollar budget blending existing tax revenues with 7 billion in new general taxes and 35.4 billion borrowed. He projected a 1940-41 deficit around 614.7 million, forecasting peak World War spending surpassing 18.6 billion and seeking an initial 13.6 billion for War production. He urged Congress for savings in nonmilitary agencies and warned of rationing only if necessary.
In Austin on January 1 the adjutant general announced that third and fourth year medical students are eligible for commissions in the army and navy. The state selective service director said applicants may complete schooling and a one year internship before active duty. Unapplied students face general army service.
Funeral services for James An drew Winters, 64, a Public Service bus driver who died at the wheel, will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Porter Street Church of Christ with Rev. L. W. Wilson officiating. Surviving are the widow Hallie L. Winters, and several children including James A. Winters Jr. and William Barbiee. Interment will be in Rowelawn Cemetery.
Trial of two San Antonians for alleged blackout regulation violations postponed in Corporation Court until next week. City Attorney Victor Keller announced. One defendant, a woman, was in a hospital with a broken arm, and the man was out of town. Trial had been set for Thursday morning. Pearl Tarbox remembered.
A Santa Rosa city purchasing office clerk, a former city purchasing agent, was reported in serious condition at Santa Rosa hospital after collapsing at his desk Tuesday afternoon. Attendants said the condition resulted from an old ailment. The man had not been a city employee for 18 years.
Deputies recovered a stolen car within thirty minutes after a report from a resident on South Alamo Street. Macias and King searched through over 800 license certificates in the county tax collector’s office before locating Schuise’s number. Police dispatcher issued a radio call and Patrolman Ives found the abandoned vehicle on Fast Commerce Street.
Washington reports the Navy Department rejected claims of a naval engagement between Japanese and American forces in the Pacific. Broad coverage from Dutch India paper via the London Evening Standard cited Nazi assertions that battleships New Mexico and Mississippi were involved and one was destroyed.
The house military committee approved legislation to grant lieutenant commissions to soldiers under 21, both selectees and volunteers, by lowering the minimum recruiting age from 21. The move aims to provide young service members a pathway to officer ranks.
A Washington dispatch reports that Admiral Knest J King will no longer be titled Cineus and will be designated Cominch as the navy adopts a new commander in chief standard. In World War I history notes, dog Stubby, the U B Marine canine, was the most decorated and later stuffed for exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution.
City Taxi Inspector Frank Vogler announced a general inspection of all cabs on Monday January 12. The check will include Lon Fisher’s 26-car White and Blue Taxi Company fleet, with Fisher’s cabs to go into service shortly after.
French drivers face new speed limits aimed at conserving gas. The national limit is 40 miles per hour, with 24 miles per hour the top in built up areas. The previous higher allowances are now restricted to lower limits under emergency measures.
City Attorney Victor Keller announced that the city would not accept a $10,600 tax payment offer from Stanchard Realty for 1940 taxes. Judges indicated the city cannot remit penalties or interest and may seek a mandamus to approve an accepted offer. Keller said the check was returned and that tax strike prosecutions, including against Houston Street property owners, would proceed next week.
San Antonis officials announced a December gate receipts total of 1565.05 from 10,113 adults and 481 children. A check of 476.30 was received from the San Antonis Zoological Society as its share of municipal receipts. Federal taxes and deductions reduced totals, with 811.69 allocated to October November and the first nine days of December.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy for constipation and related irritability. It claims the medicine wakes the digestive system, improves bile flow, and provides quick relief, urging readers to buy 10¢ to 79¢ cartons from druggists.
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