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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1941
Page
3
Washington officials plan a national lottery probably this month to determine the order for 21 year olds who registered on July 1. New registrants will receive postcards with their order numbers and will be integrated into local number sequences by age and rank.
Acting FBI agent M. C. Aeres of the San Antonio district offered no comment Monday on a proposed investigation of the recent Texas senatorial election. Walter Winchell announced Sunday night over the radio that the FBI had planned to investigate the election.
Washington July 7 The Office of Production Management announced a public appeal urging drivers to cut speeds to save gasoline oil and tires. Chief Robert McConnell released a table showing higher speeds raise costs and tire wear. Estimates suggest 60 000 to 75 000 tons of rubber could be saved annually.
New York July 7 Defense production is on a schedule nationwide says a National Association of Manufacturers survey. Machine tool bottlenecks eased but skilled labor and materials needed. delays tied to orders and specifications.stice
In Canton Pennsylvania a 45 year old man connected to a Sheffield dairy milk plant was arrested while picketing with striking farmers. State Policeman Lynn Bohr alleges he plotted a live animal attack at the creamery. The plant employees used bees and water and steam during the incident. a dead skank was found and investigators believe the man planned to leave with the creamery.
A chaotic skirmish unfolds as a tank is destroyed by a stone hurled during a confrontation with advancing forces. An officer denies combatants and orders a halt, while civilians react to the sudden violence and fear.
Me 400 block of East Commerce Street police report a bystander grabbed a billiard containing $70 from the pocket of a South Street man, Matheny, around 4 AM Monday at a night club. The bystander pursued and retrieved the wallet.
Washington reports show United States vessels carrying lease lead cargoes reach the British Middle East command at a rate near daily. Shipments include tanks and munitions to Egypt, India, and China via Atlantic or Pacific routes, despite German counter blockade claims.
Bri information chief in London said Britain would not campaign to drag America into the war. He urged keeping Americans informed on Britain’s war actions and recommended more war photos for the American press. He added that American belligerency remains a decision for the United States.
The WPA reports completion of two defense projects by the WEA at Brooksfield totaling rehabilitation of 27 buildings. The work includes three classroom buildings, mess halls, 17 barracks, a warehouse, a fireside and recreation hall. U S Highway 90 was widened from 20 to 92 feet, extending west of San Antonio toward Guadalupe county and near Seguin.
London readers report large crowds of women shopping at West End stores as summer sales begin. Stores advertise altered prices and reduced coupons on coats dresses sandals and other summer wear from July 6 to August 16, signaling a major retail event.
British submarines in the Mediterranean report sinking multiple Italian vessels including three cruisers and several auxiliary ships totaling over 15,000 tons. A 9,000-ton merchant cruiser and the St Didier were killed or crippled, with a Turkish-flag misrepresented vessel noted in the aftermath. The attack prompted Turkish diplomatic protests over damage to Turkish property.
Cairo reports an Axis air raid on the British naval base at Alexandria. Two persons were killed and injured in the night attack as Egyptian authorities investigate the strike and its casualties.
Five new members of the British military civil defense and economic missions arrived in Moscow today. Two are civilian oil specialists, while the rest are army officers. The arrival signals expanded British participation in coordinating defense and economic efforts.
The Journal-American reports a secret Germany US prisoner exchange plan mirroring wartime swaps to free Manfred Zapp and Guenter Town, with American correspondents held by the Gestapo to be traded. The move allegedly spurred by acting Attorney General Francis Biddle in a phone briefing, with officials and reporters named in the exchange scheme.
A South African pilot, disguised as a veiled Arab woman, fled German patrols across the Western Desert after landing and abandoning his plane. He traveled on foot for days, guided by an Arab woman, enduring blistered feet and scarce water, until reaching safety in the Sudan. He is to join the WW II air force ranks with the winged boot emblem.
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