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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1944
Page
3
In a Washington dispatch dated January 15, Leonard Engel assesses a new phase in rocket warfare. Britain Germany and the Soviet Union have fielded multiple rocket and anti-tank systems. The piece explains reaction propulsion rockets, lazy propellants, and the challenges of accuracy, range, and fuel needs, noting plans for high velocity rockets and the continued development of rocket-assisted aircraft.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull conferred with Polish Ambassador Dan Ciechanowski about Poland asking the United States and Britain to act as mediators in the boundary dispute with Soviet Russia. The Soviet envoy is understood to have called on Hull to discuss the Polish appeal and to urge Allied unity and Poland's future, seeking U.S. acceptance of the Polish proposals.
CHICAGO Jan 15 Liehr a 42 year old machinist admitted in open court he wished Germany to win the war and admired Hitler and his policies He would not have become a citizen in 1927 if the war had been known Earlier employed as a hotel maintenance man and formerly at a war plant He is a former member of a German American band His wife Martha has long been in custody as an enemy alien for over three years
An overview of U S military aircraft development from prototype grants to fielded planes. The B 26 faced early reliability issues but was rapidly adopted and adapted for diverse combat roles including torpedo work at Midway. The piece notes German fighter production shifts and the broader challenge of turning blueprints into effective front line aircraft.
New York dispatch reports Swedish official MAS said war criminals should not find asylum in Sweden once fighting ends. The Dagens Nyheter quotes Prof. Oa an Undan, head of the foreign affairs committee, suggesting foreigners guilty of non political crimes could be denied shelter.
London dispatch reports large scale evacuations of leading Norwegian cities due to military security. About 4,009 women children and elderly persons are being moved from Tromsoe, with plans for Narvik Harstad and Trondheim as authorities execute the threat to protect civilian lives amid occupation.
A Nazi propaganda agency reported today an earthquake of a few seconds duration rocked Central Sweden yesterday, near Lake Storsjun. Dam burst followed the quake, causing damage reported from the region.
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