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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1944
Page
6
AP correspondent Lewis recalls three miles of Normandy beach littered with wrecks as Allied forces push inland. He notes heavy shelling, burning craft, and mangled supplies yet reports reinforcements, air cover, and ongoing beach clearance while wounded are evacuated and demolition of underwater obstacles continues.
Paratroopers who hit Normandy after midnight on D-day formed into small groups and fought the German forces on the Cherbourg peninsula. The report details individual troopers James Dobson, William Pruck, Karol Southard, Lester Beshears, Robert Bensel, Daniel Chute, and Ernesto Burciaga, describing their actions, escapes, and captures during the night before linking to the broader invasion narrative.
Oil news reports new prospects in Arkansas and Texas with No. 1 Emil J. Holdt in Wilcnx showing sand oil color at 8175.88 feet, though first drill failed mechanically. Butcher-Ariintz No. 1 near Edna yields gas and distillate with perforations at 5820 to 5830 feet, while Terrell Point No. 2 Ella Terrell seeks deeper sands in Golind county. Bolivian tin output noted at 15 percent of world production, with Bolivia awaiting continued testing and possible early production.
Detroit dispatch reports Charles A. Lindbergh, Ford official and longtime aircraft consultant, is giving high altitude flight instruction to American fighter pilots in the Gilbert Islands. Ford Marine Fleet chief C. A. Johnson said the情報 came from his son in the Gilberts. Lindbergh has conducted high altitude work at Willow Run and recently took leave before reporting to Admiral Nimitao in Hawaii for navy duties.
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