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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1942
Page
4
Petroleum production rose from 66,009 barrels in 1921 to 25.5 million barrels in 1940, according to the department of commerce. The data reflect significant growth over the two decades, highlighting gains in domestic oil output and energy supply.
The department of Commerce reports bread in Turkey is being rationed and the loaf has actually been reduced in weight. This confirms tightened food supplies affecting households and markets.
Allied and Vichy decisions on the demilitarized French fleet at Alexandria trigger a diplomatic standoff. Britain and the United States refuse a removal plan while Vichy proposes sailing to a French port with an understanding the ships won’t join the Axis. If unresolved, the fleet could escalate Anglo American tensions and force a harsh option, including air torpedo strikes.
Park Gardens Illinois notes a shift in datelines referencing Lidice and the wartime tragedy in Czechoslovakia. The article recalls Hitler’s murderers who killed male citizens and deported women and children to camps, framing Lidice as a lasting memorial.
Headquarters at Linchwon Kiangsi bombed with satisfactory results. Two Allied planes failed to return. Earlier, U S Army Air Corps destroyed at least 16 grounded enemy planes in a raid on Nanchang the capital of Kiangsi. Japanese retreat east of Changshu and Tsungjean as Chinese forces press the pursuit toward Nanchang and Langhwan.
UOUSTON July 11 J. Hamner Ed Pace and J P McGurk were found guilty by Judge T M Kerlerly in United States District Court of violating rationing regulations. The court said sentence would be passed next Wednesday. Maximum penalties include 54 years imprisonment and fines up to 70000.
Washington July 11 James M Landis director of the office of civilian defense praises the civilian air patrol aiding anti submarine firit along the Atlantic coast The patrol credited with saving at least 25 merchant vessels by forcing crash dives on submarines The patrol also located 250 survivors of torpedoed ships and were waved.
The Methodist conference passes a resolution urging immediate passage of a bill to prevent sale of alcohol at camping and training camps. Delegates from 42 000 Methodists protest liquor manufacturers budgets and government deregulation. Edgar T Welch of Westfield N J presided.
CG. Watson 28 a Greyhound driver died in a bus truck collision on the outskirts of Three Rivers. Passenger Mrs A. Werster 18 injured with a sprained ankle. Truck driver Baird of San Antonio survived the crash near the north city limits. Hockey is the national sport this edition.
New York July raids by the FBI seized 158 German aliens linked to the German Vocational League a Nazi propaganda outfit. Five admitted party membership, 20 women were arrested, and short wave radio sets and cameras were confiscated. One former German World War I photographer among those detained.
A Wa-Ricn youngster named Champion spells the longest word in the English language during the 1942 national spelling bee. The event drew over 2,500,000 elementary students nationwide, while reports from the Department of Commerce note rising cosmetics and general merchandise sales amid tax and economic discussions.
A retreat at St John’s likely continuing Saturday with sermons by Rex Hullweg. A second retreat is planned for July 17 according to R ZL Aroobs, Archdiocesan men’s retreat league director.
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