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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1946
Page
2
In Gail Wynand’s penthouse Roark and Dominique reaffirm their love as Wynand wrestles with past sins. Wynand later confronts Toohey about Roark, forbidding any mention of his rival in the Banner. The fates of power, integrity, and passion collide in a terse exchange.
In Shanghai troops including Ben Wedemeyer’s China theater forces staged speed-up demobilization protests. About 300 men and officers pressed send-us-home petitions, arguing Americans are here to serve their country, not the Chinese. Delegations met officials in Shanghai and Manila as calls for rapid troop departure grew, with leaders urging reduced U.S. presence and faster homeward despatch.
In Tokyo MacArthur directed field commanders to send home excess troops regardless of point scores. In Shanghai a Wedemeyer spokesman said Eisenhower’s policy could not affect the China theater as surplus point men had already been sent home.
Former chief steward Tayette L. Bick charges the Liberty ship John Ruttedge rotted in harbor from Sept 15 to late Nov before unloading. He says after cargo was moved she was repurposed for troop transport, then altered to repatriate Japanese soldiers, and finally sailed for Japan on January 16.
The J. H. Kinkaid, a converted transport ship, is described by Captain J. A. Canepa and crew as serving no useful purpose. They say since November 22 it shuttled Manila Tacloban and Agusan with no runs over 48 hours, loaded to capacity only once, and cost about 340000 dollars for 170 days at Pacific bases.
An Army officer overruled material in the Daily Pacifican including the Mail Bag column. Western Pacific Information Education chief W. E. Waters said the policy aims to build up morale, not undermine the army. Earlier, newspaper staff warned their judgment was previously final but is now constrained.
Fragmentary listing shows a London venue with a dance and music program. Mentions Lawie band and Ada dance, with scattered names such as Braun, Stermann, Ryan, Sal Joe, Buddy Hancork. Partial dates and ad-like fragments hint at schedule details and highway references.
Weather report fragment lists numerous names in a garbled marriage and vital statistics section. It references Gilbert M Leva, Madel Pravkiin, and many other paired names, with scattered places and dates missing clarity. The passage shows a chaotic listing rather than a cohesive event.
G.1s keep the wires charged as officials monitor power flow and maintenance crews address outages. Utility teams report steady transmission and readiness to restore service across affected districts.
Soldiers write home from multiple fronts listing service totals and asking for release or thorough congressional review. A company from Germany questions Congress and Eisenhower and Nimtz about discharges while urging faster travel home if possible.
The Rev Neal Ellis, recently returned from duty as a navy chaplain, will lead morning and evening services at Highland Park Baptist Church 2000 South Hackberry Street. Morning sermon titled Vial Visions for Victorious Living. evening sermon The World's Great Revival.
Beacon Hill Presbyterian church to observe sacraments this Sunday at 14 o clock with Rev Arthur ly Boand delivering the sermon. Special music directed by Alice Melville Slupison. The AGH fortum will meet at 7 pom.
A diesel electric locomotive with 12 horsepower will begin test runs on the Missouri Kansas Texas line and be available for public inspection in Denison on Wednesday afternoon. The showcase aims to demonstrate new traction and power features for regional rail service.
Manila reports continue to recover remains of Americans killed in the Bataan death march. A grave registration officer testified at Lt Gen Masaharu Homma's trial, naming Maj James N Vaughn and alleging brutal slayings by Japanese guards. Homma faces mass atrocity charges for the killings.
Tokyo reports Eighth Army HQ announced that Robert C. Young of Syracuse New York was identified as the murdered guard killed while attempting to stop a looter at a government storehouse near Sapporo. Three Japanese suspects confessed. one of them implicated in the government assault.
A taxi started eastward from shore with five sailors aboard, guided by Earl Williams who drove the cab after being ordered to Chicago to arrange new files. Williams volunteered the drive and his employers supplied the vehicle. The sailors will cover the expenses, and the trip is expected to take about 72 hours.
Guaries om Beauchamp, president of the San Antonio lodge of the Theosophical Society, will discuss The New Race Type That Is Forming in America at the Milam bullring auditorium Sunday at 5 p.m.
The San Antonio Produce Market posted wide price lists across categories. Pears lead at $6.15 per box, with vegetables including Lettuce $4.50 per crate Delery $5.50 per crate and Tomatoes $5.23 per crate. Other items span green beans $6.40 per bushel, spinach $1.65 per bushel, carrots and onions priced per dozen or crate, and various fruits and grains with numerous per-unit figures.
The Rev C J Devton pastor of Marth Latheran church will preach Sunday morning on What Is Our Reasonable Service. Thursday at 8 p.m. the Woman Missionary Society and the Brother hood will meet at the parsonage 1031 West Thea.
Federal State Market News lists San Antonio hogs and cattle values with mixed changes and notable prices. It cites Kansas City and Tokyo inputs, outlining steady to mixed shifts in weights and categories, plus government actions affecting cattle and sheep markets.
Dr Bash outlines theme for Sunday evening service at Central Church on Main Avenue. Bash, minister of Central Chris, will speak on stirring the fires within as part of the spiritual program following the morning service.
Francs P Davis of 506 South Presa Street was booked Saturday on drunkenness resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer. Patrolman Roy Williams said he went to a tourist court on Friday night to investigate a disturbance when Davis struck him in the jaw with a fist kicked him in the shin and tore his pants as other residents aided the officer.
A private identified as Pvt Ruiz M Grabblel at Brooke Hospital recuperates after a Friday night assault by several baggershy near 1226 Perez Street in the 500 block of East Cammerce Street. Maitle Jones sustains a three inch knife wound to the face and Don Bryany from G Zipp's alley is also cut while aiding Jones. Police stated details of the attack and those involved.
New York cotton futures show January at 24.54 cents per pound with March and May contracts noted. Prices appear in volatile terms amid market chatter and speculative activity, reflecting near term and deferred delivery expectations.
Leonard Johnson, a black man, was treated Saturday for a back bullet wound. Police said he was shot by J D ODay of 115 Mesquite Street after Johnson tried to enter ODay’s home late Friday night. ODay was quoted as saying he fired as Johnson ran away and was released on bond pending investigation.
Dr. Albert Einstein urged a United Nations mandate for Palestine arguing British divide and rule created clashes between Jews and Arabs. He told the Anglo-American Palestine committee that under mandate Palestine has become a colonial-like "little India" maintained by native officials and exploitative groups. The Arabs would not resist immigration if not provoked, Einstein said.
Sheriff office reported the discovery of a newborn baby’s strangled body found in a paint can near Minder Creek Bridge on Pleasanton Road, about 15 miles from San Antonio. Dr. T N Goodson said the infant was born alive and died from strangulation due to a shoelace around the throat. Justice of the Peace E H Tabebert held an inquest and estimated the baby had been dead about two weeks.
Celia Humphreys, 20, of 25 Pedenalley, told police unidentified men attempted a hold up early Saturday at Navarro and Travis. In the struggle she suffered a forehead laceration and a thigh wound, and she rode a cab to a hospital. Steve Morales, 1239 Hidalgo, was stabbed twice in the side during an argument at the Ret Top Inn, 100 San Manuel Street. Police sought the assailant. Morales was named as a party.
Chaplain Howara Detwejer from Peoria will speak at Highlands Christian Church on God Measures His Church and Christianity, the World’s Hope. Services Sunday morning and night at 1000 Rigsby Avenue.
Funeral services held in Big Spring for Robert Le Derriss, age 1?, who died from a 22 caliber rifle shot. A coroner's verdict ruled death as caused by his own hand.
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