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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
16
SpwaTILE reports 85-year-old gambler Harold Eagen was charged again with nickels thefts from a street corner news stand. He previously paid a $50 fine and $1059 in income tax. He surrendered $3394.38 in cash and 20 hundred-dollar bills, claiming a nest egg from securities and mowing lawns and blackjack winnings.
Honduras can export 60,000 sacks of coffee annually to the United States, the secretary of agriculture told the Inter American Coffee Commission in Washington. He said he advised Honduran growers to raise production.
Captain Patrick M Wheller of Company G 51st Parachute Infantry earned the Silver Star for single handedly silencing a Japanese machine gun with a bazooka under heavy fire on Leyte. The December action occurred as his unit faced enemy fire and radio and telegraph lines failed. Also noted are multiple other service awards including Bronze Star and Air Medal for various officers and soldiers, with details of their homes and units.
Los Angeles district attorney Fred N. Howser said a war relocation authority attorney advised Jap American Hideo Sugenaga at Poston Arizona not to talk to deputies during a deposition in a land fraud case. The state seeks return of land alleged to be a dummy purchase by a Japanese owner.
Ed ward L. Anthony receives khaki facts promotion to sergeant for Leyte service. Private Rogero Delgado, San Antonio, among 78 infantrymen cut off for six days in Bundenthal, surviving on raw potatoes after fending off nine counterattacks. A wartime unit plaque honors Cpl. Johnnie A. Bussey and others for southern France invasion. Engineers in Italy include Pio. M.T. Fisher and Capt. Harry C. Holmes among others. Promotions and assignments across multiple bases listed, including Truaxfield Madison and Sedalla army air field. Several service members advance in rank or enter training, with WAC and WAVE enrollments noted.
Secretary Ickes said railroad car shortages will reduce coal production this week, costing the United States several million tons of fuel. Rail car congestion in northern yards delayed unloading and return of cars to mines, with a three day embargo on shipments from mines in the north and northeast worsening output.
War Department announced 1702 soldiers wounded in action with next of kin notified. Texans in Europe, the Mediterranean, Southwest Pacific listed with names, addresses, and relationships. Also noted is Tech Sgt Howard F Ayres of San Antonio died Jan 2 in England from an air crash injuries.
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