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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1942
Page
16
British and Allied reports claim Axis forces were driven back near El Alamein with Rommel under pressure. Wavell reportedly in Cairo for conferences, while Italian and German fronts boast counterattacks and supply raids, as RAF air and ground forces inflict damage and curb Axis mobility.
Local thunder showers possible Sunday afternoon and night with little temperature change. East Texas east of the meridian experiences local thunder showers mainly in the afternoon and night. Monday also shows little temperature change with fresh coastal winds.
London reports American air action against Germany expanding quickly as the U S Air Force spreads its reach across Nazi held Europe. Experts say the July Fourth front opened ground work for a full scale aerial onslaught with rapid pilot transport and growing American aircraft in London.
Los Angeles July 5. Friedrich Bergmann, German-born geologist naturalized in 1947, may lose citizenship. U S Assistant Attorney James Crawford alleges he proclaimed Hitler a kind gentleman. Federal attorneys filed suit to void his citizenship, the first of its kind since the war began, with many others in process.
Moscow radio said in five days of repelling the main fascist onslaught in the Kursk sector Russian tanks destroyed four infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, and 50 to 60 tanks. Prisoners described German losses as gigantic. The drive aims at the Don river and Voronezh on the Moscow Rostov railway. Germans claimed to have reached the Don on a broad front. The fighting centers around Belgorod Volchansk and Kursk Kharkov with heavy tank engagements and air attacks. Soviet pilots destroyed dozens of German tanks and planes. Russians reported heavy casualties on both sides.
A July collision in the St. Clair River between the freighter James Watt and a 42‑foot cabin cruiser drowned three people aboard the cruiser. Three others were rescued by locals. two occupants remained trapped inside the cabin as rescuers attempted to access them.
Sheriff W B Burns disclosed charges would be filed in the Bandera shooting of Duncan Nel a army officer Charles Addison Smith 26 of Pendleton Kentucky who died after an altercation with Deputy Vernon Merritt near the post office. Authorities said Merritt used a blackjack after being overcome during the pursuit and a near mob formed. the case prompted military police involvement as investigators review the incident.
Local youths from area towns are reported as prisoners of the Japanese in Shanghai and Zentsufi. Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Armstrong of 505 East Hart Avenue, is among the detainees. Also named are Public Luther E. Goldman of Poteet and Pvt. Max K. Neuse of New Braunfels.
Lord Halifax British ambassador to Washington has returned to London and is scheduled to confer today with Anthony Eden at the Foreign Office. The ambassador flew from the United States and is expected to remain in London for about a month.
Paris radio reports Gen Sir Archibald Wavell arrived in Cairo for immediate talks with Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck, British commander in the Middle East, following his Indian theater command.
A submarine of undetermined nationality fired a torpedo at a Swedish convoy 100 miles south of Stockholm in Baltic waters. The torpedo missed and exploded on shore as a Swedish warship depth-bombed the submarine. Also, Jan Mian avyk of the Czechoslovak government in exile arrived in London after eight months in the United States.
United States air force in China reported sinking a Japanese gunboat on the Yangtze during opening attacks on Japanese airfields. Bombers destroyed more than 25 planes at Hankow and Canton airdromes. Hankow raid claimed over 10 enemy planes on the ground. American forces continued strikes across the river toward Wu Hang and Canton, with heavy air activity reported at multiple targets.
Heavy weekend rainfall across Laredo and surrounding counties flooded creeks and washed away bridges. Highways from San Antonio to Houston faced closures, with 19 routes blocked and crews monitoring crossings. Livestock transport suffered while pastures benefited, though corn and spring crops were unlikely to improve. Affected towns included Alice and Laredo, where river levels rose and services slowed.
WALLINGTON July 6 AP The Navy said U S submarines sank three Japanese destroyers in the Aleutian Islands on July 4 and torpedoed a fourth. Another destroyer was left burning after a torpedo attack causing heavy losses as sources noted escorts and transports were attacked by army bombers. Evacuations of natives and whites from western Aleutians and Pribilof islands continue with about 1000 people moved to Sitka and Juneau Alaska.
In Tokyo a new Russian ambassador, Jacob Alexan drovich Malik, arrives with plans to present credentials and seek audiences with Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako. In Switzerland, Senator Cesare Mori, 62, who led the Italian Mafia crackdown in Sicily, was reported killed. The Rome dispatch notes these developments.
Corpus Christi search began Monday for a second aaval plane long overdue after discovery of a fighter ship wreck near San Geronimo twelve miles north of Helotes Farmeta and ranchers in the Bandera Me ding lake region urged to help. Ensign H. F. Herbert, pilot of the wrecked plane already recovered, is identified as the deceased. Maj. A. W. Paulson Randolph flight surgeon accompanied the body to the field. The two planes were flying from Midland when weather forced them down.
Allied rounds from Australia report intensified air operations against Fort Moresby and Japanese bases in Lat and Salamaua Northeastern New Guinea. Twenty three Japanese bombers and escorts attacked Fort Moresby, but Allied claims indicate only light damage. Further strikes targeted Timor, the Solomons, and Tulagi area with fires observed and planes shot down, as MacArthur headquarters notes ongoing assaults aim to hinder Japanese offensives.
In Austin the railroad bread commission ordered statewide proration hearings for oil and gas. A hearing for oil production to set August limits will be held July 20 with testimony taken. The regulatory agency will also conduct a statewide gas proration hearing.
Port Arthur report shows a drop in Bolivar to Galveston ferry use with May figures: 3 1818 vehicles and 885 passengers, down from 2 741 vehicles and 780 passengers year earlier, ferry manager James A. Given said.
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