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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1942
Page
2
A Saturday morning search by police held a child missing from her home at 1020 Loma Vinita street. Olga Molina, age six, disappeared from her bed between 2 and 3 a m, her mother Raeilo Molina reporting the case after returning to the house.
A wartime briefing outlines the U S Army Air Forces growing global reach. Generals Arnold and Yeager discuss the air corps training, bombers like B 17 and Liberator, and ambitious programs to achieve self sufficiency, advanced training, and strategic bombing capacity.
A fragmented World War II dispatch reports Nazi plans targeting Iran while Axis forces push toward Egypt and Libya. The British and American roles remain uncertain as Royal Army units fight to hold Tobruk with reinforcements looming. The London press urges Parliament inquiry into wartime setbacks.
Allied leaders Roosevelt and Churchill reportedly map counterblows to a German, Japanese, and Italian axis offensive. Observers note German moves toward Suez and Baltic zones, with Pacific raids and Arctic weather potentially shaping weeks ahead. U boats claimed several Allied losses including multiple U.S. ships, with crews rescued from sinking vessels.
D Sinks reports a hit and run at Chiquihue and Zarzamtora streets. He and Richard Munk were repairing a disabled car when a gang of boys attacked, stoned the vehicle, and cut both men with flying glass. Police alerted.
Washington reports warn that a $5,500,000 expansion of steel output may be needed to meet wartime goals. Senators forecast rapid passage of a bill for 1,800,000 tons of expanded fighting ships and merchant vessels. A defense inquiry would review steel supply to avoid bottlenecks as 600 combat ships are contemplated.
In Bexar County a legal tangle surrounds adding a special general election with the Democratic primary to fill the vacant Place No 4 seat. Governor Stevenson set June 6 for the special election to be held by June 23, with candidates filing fees noted. Three contenders for the unexpired term are Marshall Belt, Templer Wheeler, and K. F. Van Zandle, while only Belt has paid the $200 fee. Officials fear the special election will be a general election allowing African American voters, though they typically do not vote in the Democratic primary. County Dem executives report several filing fees paid and candidates active for county offices.
Huntington Indiana June 20 Abs W J Whitelock asked cigar storekeeper Charles Antonosky for a pledge to Day War bonds. Antonosky produced eight gallons of pennies saved in glass jars and said he would spend all that money on bonds if persuaded for his husband to take Shon a hand in a Wheelbarrow. He figures the total around 4000 to the gallons and his savings about 320 dollars.
A German espionage case unsealed in Hartford details Dr Otto Wilhelm et of Chicago admitting conspiracy to violate the 1917 espionage act. Co-defendants include Annatase Voitaiatsky of Thompson Conn and Dr Wolfgang Eholl of El Paso. The grand jury charged Kunze and Molzahn with plans to ferry military information to Germany in 1941.
NEW YORK June 20 P Ralph M Ingersoll editor of PM has been called for induction into the army despite an appeal for deferment by Marshall Field owner of the paper Field said he told the draft board that Ingersoll was indispensable to a newspaper noting it was the first time he had made such an appeal Ingersoll aged 41 with no dependents indicated earlier he would not appeal the board decision
Col. H. A. Halverson commanded bomber forces that contributed to the Mediterranean defeat of the Italian fleet. He served at Duncan Field from 1926 to 19xx, as a defense pilot for the San Antonio Airport and later as assistant engineering officer, engineering officer, and post operations officer.
In Olmos suburb residents marked the twentieth wanivermory of the Mie corporation with a patriotic rally in Broadway theater. A one day drive raised over 2152,000 for bonds to support 3400 Alamo Heights men in the armed forces.
Search efforts persisted for cadet Leon Karey while a Brooks Field board probed a midair crash that killed several aviation cadets near San Antonio. Aviation Cadets Lewis Roberts of Dodgeville Wisconsin and Eugene C. Scott of San Francisco were among those lost, with witnesses reporting a fiery fall from the formation flight.
San Antonians will begin geeling ciephate called Monday with help to reach a 750000 pound rubber scrap drive. About 55 oil companies and offices will contact residences as the scrap collection moves forward. The solar committee set a June 30 quota deadline and praised public response.
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