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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
2
Bowen bus workers end a pay delay strike after drivers and mechanics agreed to resume work. Ten terminal units are affected as San Antonio terminal superintendent TW Metcalfe confirms talks with Fort Worth officials. A transportation union division had been involved in the stoppage, with negotiations taking place in Dallas.
The article describes chest cold relief using Antiphlogistine with heat and ointment, detailing claims of muscle and throat relief. It also reports a local strike over back wages, drivers walking out, resumed work after wage payment issues, and clerical delays in issuing checks.
Top American and British commanders in Asia conferred in Myitkyina Burma as a motor convoy awaited. They aim to reopen the Ledo Burma supply road to Chungking by pressuring Japanese positions. Wedemeyer Mountbatten Stratemeyer led air and ground forces destroying ships and supply lines, with hundreds of enemy troops killed and multiple supply dumps damaged.
Front page report details a dog shipment described as given priority while three servicemen were reassigned. Officials dispute responsibility, with lawmakers from both parties condemning the action and questioning who arranged the priority and where accountability lies.
British and American forces press the second invasion, grinding forward in renewed fighting across Saarpfalz and Luxembourg sectors. Major efforts countered by German defense near Petit-Thier and Oberwampach while Texans and Okli Homans help blunt counterattacks on the Luxembourg road junction. Fifteen German tanks were knocked out as Butzdorf near Luxembourg held, with airborne and armor units repelling advances.
Washington officials confirmed 300 pounds of dog cargo, a mastiff named Blaze linked to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, caused a plane bump delaying three service members. Gunner LeRoy from Antioch recalls learning his father’s death and missing priority while a crate occupied four seats aboard the Memphis shipment.
ANTIOCH aut Jan 18 Leon Leroy 18 year old navy gunner who gave up his seat on an army plane due to lack of higher priority than Mrs Elliott Roosevelt's dog says he will not accept more chances. He will travel by train and remains uncertain about future aboard planes. He reports multiple calls from a navy officer while fishing and awaits another call.
Norfolk Navy Yard annex suffered heavy damage after a fire that left 90 civilian and navy divers overcome by smoke and eight hospitalized. The blaze destroyed one pier damaged another and harmed three navy vessels. Three crates and numerous tools and small buildings were burned.
Los Angeles report shows Eleanor Lucas testifying that her husband First Lieut George Theo Lucas an air force officer, did not drink or smoke but struck her and ripped a nightgown during a violent incident. She sought and received a divorce.
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