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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1944
Page
1
Turkish officers training at the San Antonio Cadet center are the first group selected by competitive exam to learn American flying methods. A five week extension for further instruction in flight prep is added before they join the Air Force Training Command. Lieut Comdr Saffet Kiyasi says they are cream of young Turkish officers eager to fly.
Turkish officers in an open post program receive six months of logistics and hours of flying before arriving in April. American instructors led by Capt Calder oversee classes in maps charts mathematics physics and identification of naval vessels and aircraft. Hassan officers fluent in Turkish accompany the group alongside Turkish officials including Capt Haltsunlap Firat Lient Peysl Arain and Firat Lient Philip Philohosian whose father was an American professor in San Diego.
In continuing Soviet dispatches the Minsk area defense is described as increasingly useless to the Germans as they try to hold positions southwest of Minsk and near Batainowicze. Pravda reports large prisoner camps and desertions, with German troops rushing to guard key lines as morale collapses and units retreat through marshes and swamps.
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for statements showing the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Friday, June 0. In Austin the state banking department issued a similar call for statements of condition of state banks as of the close of business on June 30.
A Wrigley entered the apartment of Ed Hale at 121 1/2 West Nueva Street early Sunday night and ransacked two rooms. The burglar cut a cyclone fence, forced a window, and stole several pieces of jewelry and weapons belonging to Mrs. Hale. Pvt Ed Hale of the U S Signal Corps stationed in India is noted in the report.
United States won two chairmanships at the United Nations monetary conference with roles in drafting a national stabilization fund and outlining a World Reconstruction Bank. Walter Nash of New Zealand led nominations for the second plenary. Russia’s Stepanov became first vice president.
A son was born to Madame Hjalmer Procope wife of the former Finnish minister to the United States in Washington on July d9 8- The state department announced the birth amid passport handover actions tied to actions "Immi ent" to U S interests. Procope may stay until their third child is born but left with most staff. Madame Procope remained.
Maquis guerrillas halted a convoy carrying the Vichy general Georges Nadal on a route from La Rochelle to Cognac and overpowered guards. Reports say the general was captured and many civilians were reported as hostages for his safety.
Washington reports military aircraft production fell to 8049 warplanes in June, 653 fewer than May. Charles E. Wilson says the drop results from a shorter war month and delays by three companies producing smaller planes due to parts problems, not manpower shortages.
Italian based American bombers conducted a second straight day of raids on Budapest Hungary with reports of heavy damage to freight yards oil refineries and industrial plants including the Danube river area. British and American air forces faced weather and limited sorties while continuing operations from Normandy and Italian bases.
A fragmentary report from London cites Miss Jacob, a friend of the singer Benjamino Gigli, stating she received a message from Italy claiming Gigli’s death. The note questions whether the death is natural, suggesting uncertainty about the cause.
President Roosevelt approved a sweeping public health bill authorizing federal grants for research, expanding state health work funding, and creating commissions for nurses. It also establishes a nationwide tuberculosis program and outlines federal responsibility to assist states in organizing health facilities.
Allied landings reported along the Cherbourg peninsula as heavy fighting and bombardment continue. Soviet style radio accounts cite gigantic landing operations behind British lines with armored vehicles tanks troops and ammunition deployed on the southeastern Cherbourg coast. Supreme Headquarters places Bradley's First Army with Montgomery's command in the Normandy sector forming a major Allied army group.
Colonel Hobby of the Women's Army Corps was admitted to Brooke General Hospital Fort Sam Houston for a routine medical checkup. Brigadier General George C Beagh said her general condition is very good and she is not expected to stay long. He noted several weeks of mild exhaustion linked to heavy duties as head of the WAC.
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