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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1943
Page
1
Washington June 21 The unified army navy amphibious invasion force enters final training phase for assaults on Hitler’s fortress Europe The joint organization aims to remove army navy differences to ensure swift precise cooperation Observers say the force is designed for early army landings and the new unit may extend beyond Marines to land and defense tasks
Weather forecast updates raise the Sabine river crest to 36 feet at Logansport as floodwaters rise to 33.2 feet in Lake Charles. This marks the highest level here since November 1940, when it reached 35.9 feet, with the all time high in May 1884 at 39.4 feet.
Dr. Douglas Edwards will discuss the Paracu tin volcano in Mexico and its implications. The meeting in the Cascade room at the St Anthony hotel Tuesday at 12 15 p m features Dr Edwards who led the first Air Service Examining board in World War I and aided Mexico in establishing a medical department for its air service.
The report says Allied naval activity near Syria and events at Le Creuset in France tied to German and British actions. It notes French wartime production at Schneider plant and German claims of bomb damage, with Swiss and Belgian reports touching on bombings and civilian displacements.
Detroit turmoil sparked claims of a Negro woman and child slain at Belle Isle. Police used civilian defense aides and deployed 200 deputized readers as special officers while schools and transit paused. Mayor urged area curbs as violence tapered. hospitals treated knife and head injuries amid broader racial tensions.
A fatigued scene aboard a troop ship during embarkation as colored troops and others are checked and staged for departure. Military police crowd decks guiding steps, while captains and crew coordinate a rapid, quiet loading. The ship closes its doors and the commander oversees the final orders.
Idle miners in the Birmingham Alabama district fear a coal stoppage will close the district’s furnaces within 78 hours unless coal mining resumes. Carnegie-Illinois predicts steel plant output could drop 75 percent within days. Ickes has nominally led the mines since May 1, but operators still run them as government agents.
Army reports nine racial disturbances in downtown El Paso ending with the death of Pvt. Oli Gardner, a white sentry, and critical wounding of Pvt. Paul V. Brown. Fort Bliss confirms the clash involved black soldiers and black civilians, with no white casualties.
In Camden New Jersey after a local event the night shift at RCA VToncar automatic screw machine shop gathered at lunch. Foreman Willard Smith led 400 men and 6 women in reading aloud the Pledge of Allegiance and saluting a flag that bears wartime wear, establishing a nightly pledge routine.
Washington June 21. Vice President Lewis urged continuation and reform of the bituminous coal act to stabilize industry. He favored transferring administration to a coal act board representing miners and operators, with the goal of extending the act two years beyond August 23, and argued that production disruption could endanger railroads utilities and war plants.
A six year old girl walking to a rural school was attacked by three foxes attempting to grab her lunch box. An 11 year old boy nearby killed one fox with his bare hands. The story notes the other foxes fled the scene.
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