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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1944
Page
2
American bombers battered Munich for a second day with over 1200 heavy bombers and fighters. Allied forces also struck fuel dumps in Normandy while Italian-based units hit rail targets in the south of France. Weather limited support sorties and German air losses were modest. eleven Allied planes were reported lost.
Mrs Thelma Contra sought an injunction to stop landlord Dr A J Sweeney from ejecting her from 504 Kohler Street after a June 6 notice she calls invalid under OPA rules. Judge Robert W B Terrell denied the request in 37th District Court. Her attorney Thea Well warned of federal court action. prior efforts were blocked by Justice B B Brotherman in Precinct 6.
Maj. Gen. Charles Harrison Corlett, famed for leading the Seventh Infantry in Kwajalein and Kiska, now commands an American corps in Normandy. He stresses minute drill and intelligence, praising American soldiers as the best weapon despite advanced weapons. His unit reportedly killed about 5900 Japanese on Kwajalein.
Actress Gail Patrick married Lieutenant Armmoth Dean White at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station and began their honeymoon on July 12. The couple exchanged vows in a formal ceremony witnessed by family and naval personnel before embarking on married life.
Allied forces press along the Italian west coast pushing about two miles inland amid heavy German resistance. Fifth Army nears St Verno while Casale Pastinn area sees counterattacks as German lines retreat northward. In the upper Tiber valley Eighth Army clears ground near Civitelta as Allied armor and Italian units push toward Ancona and Musone river. Poles report 1700 Germans killed or captured with hundreds wounded in recent fighting.
Military and civilian personnel at Hondo field exceed the $85,000 Fifth War Bond quota under Maj. Charles A. Bartl. Portable bond offices on army trucks and sales at dances and games boosted totals. Col. George B. Dany announced three July nights at the Cadet club with Reg gie Childy and his orchestra to aid the drive toward a $125,000 target.
Friedlander services were held Wednesday in Los Angeles for Mrs. Emily Wolf Friedlander native of San Antonio who died Sunday in that city. She is survived by husband Eugene Friedlander of Los Angeles one son Roland Friedlander of Chicago two daughters Mrs Dorothy Dock of Pittsburgh and Miss Friedlander of Los Angeles three granddaughters Misses Exin Mathilde and Rory Wolf of San Antonio two nieces Mrs Felix Kate of San Antonio and Mrs Edwin Sternberg of New York City.
A U S air force officer stated that Allied air strikes have curtailed German mobility by reducing petroleum production and weakening ground forces. He noted strategic air forces in Britain, the Fifteenth in Italy, and the Eastern Command in Russia. Since January, Allied strikes have destroyed 6109 German planes in air and 1548 on the ground, with German losses totaling 7655 planes.
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