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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
1
Reports from Germany suggest sagging morale as Nazi leaders press pro war rhetoric while Gestapo suppresses dissent. Observers note increasing executions in Austria for underground activity and a shift toward harsher, widespread coercion.
Folke stone England June 10 Allied fighter planes swept into Northern France and bombarded German targets as reports from Stockholm and Berlin described catastrophic flooding after the Eder and Moent dams were breached. An eye witness claimed 92 drowned, thousands fled, and graveyards showed days later the devastation. Nazi press warned of worsening Allied bombardment while territory near the invasion nerve center faced nervous strain and frequent air raids affecting civilians.
President Roosevelt is slated to speak briefly at 4 p m today via GC W T in connection with Greece receiving an anti submarine patrol ship. The vessel mirrors ships lent to Norway and the Netherlands under lend lease and will be accepted by Greek Ambassador Cimon B Diamantaphilos.
Sir Harald Balfour, secretary of state for air, told the commons that 874 RAF aircraft were lost in raids on Germany and western Europe this year from British posts. He gave May losses as 22 and noted the high attrition in the frative months.
In London on June 19 the United States Eighth Air Force plans intensified daylight raids over Germany from England with American bombers increasing from 15 to 30 percent of air strength and projected doubling by October. General Ira Eaker said Fortresses and fighters will operate mainly in daylight while night experiments continue. May bomber losses were under 4 percent with 1,600 heavy bombers striking Europe, 62 planes lost, 359 enemy aircraft shot down, and about 7,300 sorties logged. Thunderbolt fighters and medium bombers will bolster invasion readiness as U S forces assume a growing role in Europe.
Chaos erupts as zoot-suited youths clash with sailors in Watts and nearby districts. A 29-year-old Betty Morgan was slashed by three girls in black skirts on a downtown walk, while police and naval forces restrain rioters and extend the out-of-bounds area. A separate drowning near Midland claims a two-year-old boy, as authorities seek causes behind the unrest.
Secretary of War Henry Stimson expressed anger at rumors accusing the WAAC of morality breaches. He said the charges are entirely false and would harm morale and frontline strength. He emphasized the 66,000 WAAC members as a dedicated cross section of American womanhood and noted the investigation found the rumors unfounded.
An expedition of sailors and marines clashed with youths spreading from Los Angeles to San Diego. Police say tool-sillery travelers aboard vegetable trucks were reported. a melee on dern & main street ended with the attackers escaping.
Air battles intensified along the Russian front with the German and Soviet air forces clashing across Don river areas and near Rostov. Reports from Leningrad to Kursk describe heavy losses on both sides, with hundreds of planes claimed shot down and aerial dogfights cited as the main action of a growing front war.
Treasury sources say Svar Mobilization Director Janus Byrnes outlined a comprehensive 16.0 billion dollar plan to raise international revenue. The program reportedly centers on spending taxes, with proposals to raise individual and corporate income taxes and new excise levies. Participants included Symes, Randolph Pat, Harold D. Smith, and Fred M. Vinson as they prepared a forthcoming Roosevelt statement. The aim is to discuss “where we go from here” in taxation.
President Higinio Morinigo of Paraguay is a guest of President Roosevelt at the White House. Morinigo was greeted with full military honors on arrival. The visit includes a tour of various manufacturing centers and related activities.
Allied air forces persist against Axis in the Mediterranean theater. Operations report raids on Pantelleria and Sicily in coordination with a British commando scouting mission against Lampedusa. Coastal bombardments, fighter clashes, and bomber sorties are noted with several enemy aircraft downed and ships damaged or sunk amid ongoing Mediterranean air campaigns.
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