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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1944
Page
1
Plumbers and drug store managers will meet Monday morning at the office of Dr. Lewes C. Robbins city health director to discuss sanitary sink installations. Authorities warn without proper compartments stores must install sanitation sinks, prompting possible further actions if compliance fails.
Mrs Edna Morse sues for divorce from John Morse citing neglect and poor treatment during military service. She recalls him taking her to cheap movies while preferring better outings elsewhere and questions why he would not allow basic groceries. The filing describes financial strain and a strained marriage after three months of hardship.
Bert L. Sanders of Kokomo Indiana and Ray A. Powers of Rockford Illinois receive bronze Carnegie Hero Fund medals. Sanders pulled two children from a near train strike on March 6 after spotting them on a track with a sister aiding. Powers saved Hula W. Swenson by diverting a passenger train on June 14, injuring himself in the process.
District page story recounts George Bower of Kemmerer Wyoming who fends off a rare disease requiring over 40 blood transfusions since October. He joins the war effort by saving pennies nickels dimes and quarters to purchase his tenth war bond, sending the funds through his mother Mrs George Bower.
Washington January 26 official explanation awaited on dispute between Information Chief Emer Davis and overseas operations director Robert Sherwood and Davis reported query to President Roosevelt Geho’s running the OWI Informants close in two officials said Davis asked Sherwood to dismiss three top officials of the New York office Joseph Barnes deputy OWT director in charge of Atlantic operations Edd Johnson chief of OWT editorial board and James Warburg deputy director in charge of psychological warfare and Sherwood refused It was reported Davis believed Sherwood's office was running away with OWT
In Mosquero New Mexico a barber left town and another arrived but was drafted. Townsmen secretly brought in a woman barber from Texas but she was hustled away for a license exam and the license was denied, leaving the town short of a barber.
In Columbus Ohio an employee at the Curtiss-Wright war plane plant will oversee the assembly of 10 Curtiss-Wright Helldiver dive bombers for an unnamed carrier XK. Utilizing a treasury valuation of 160000 dollars per aircraft, the plant workers have purchased 1000037 dollars in war bonds since the campaign began September 22, via payroll deductions and cash, effectively funding ten planes.
Chicago based Bell and Howell, maker of motion picture gear, reports 14 percent lower absenteeism on Mondays and Tuesdays Week 14 as morale director Wayne Lemmon explains they run movie serials during rest periods to sustain output. Damage noted: Nazis announce air raid and planes drop thousands of aerial photos over the Reich showing the damage.
Marine Lieutenant Bob Hanson, famed fighter ace in the South Pacific, shot down three more Japanese planes over New Britain, raising his total to 14 with a daily average last week. His unit battled 18 enemy fighters, with five Allied planes lost and one American pint rescued. Hanson led Corsairs escorting Mitchell bombers in a midday strike on Salunai airdrome at Rahant. Capt. Donald Alglrich and Capt. Harold Spears each downed a plane, bringing their totals to 10 definite victories.
Combat Correspondent reports a joint ceremony near Ropa point on Kolom bangara Island for First Lieut. Rob A. Alexander of Davenport Iowa. He and Burney J. Torker of Murfreesboro Tenn were found near his crashed plane, once under Japanese control. Alexander belonged to Boyington Group Black Sheep, once led by Maj. Gregory Boyington of Washington state.
A Tarawa Atoll officer reports that after the Marines seized Tarawa the enemy was killed or captured at about one per day for four to six weeks. He notes two recent routs from under a pier, describes enemy caches of kerosene, soap, towels, and wood for heads, and cites water shortages as a major problem. A rubber boat landing revealed a destroyed but intact plane path through palm trees nearby.
A fragmented report notes safety statistics across ordnance plants in New England Delaware and New Jersey. It cites erosion related waste concerns and claims varying risk levels with several states showing higher exposure than others.
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