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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1945
Page
1
United States forces, securing Okinawa, reported 59 enemy planes shot down amid heavy fighting. Nimitz noted Japanese losses included fighters and bombers with rising casualties and a record prisoner total of 6933 as mopping up continued on the southern coast.
A Tokyo broadcast argues Hirohito could assume direct control of Japan’s armed forces to shore up crumbling defenses as American air attacks and Okinawa battles intensify. The piece discusses emperor worship, wartime code, and potential public appearances, with political repercussions and a tax inquiry linked to Hartford’s loan.
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt has retained Randolph Paul former general counsel to the treasury to represent him in the ongoing income tax inquiry being conducted by the Internal Revenue Service.
Washington reports the Seventh War Loan drive has reached 19.467 billion in securities sales with one reporting day left. Corporate sales total 12.992 billion and individual sales 6.478 billion, while E-bonds stand at 2.815 billion. Across obituaries, former Aurora Apartments manager Hutchins dies at 78 in Los Angeles.
York dispatch reports Theodore H. Barth of Norden Company disclosed a 1932 Jap inquiry for a Norden bombsight copy. Fewer than 100 Americans knew of the sight before. Navy intelligence had not been informed, and the request was dismissed with vague promises amid secrecy.
A tropical storm off Florida has intensified and curved northeastward. Warnings extended along the west coast from Tampa to Carrabella and along the east coast from Titusville to Savannah. The storm was about 60 miles south of Apalachicola with winds expected to rise. Pensacola naval station prepared by anchoring equipment.
Indiana Senator Homer Capehart urged the Senate to inform the American people of alleged Japanese peace overtures. He predicted the war would last about two more years and pressed for floor action to disclose any such communications.
An army communique reports Australian troops on Bougainville killed 700 more Japanese, bringing counted dead to 12,000 and probable total to 20,000. The Japanese used heavy artillery but suicide attempts to disrupt Australian supply lines failed.
A four year old Fairfield Mant boy, Larry Rad, was left unconscious after a rifle bullet struck him in the temple June 14. Surgeons in Rochester were assessing his condition to decide when to remove the bullet, after he was flown there by military air transport.
OPA director reassures San Antonio grocers that they were right to resist black market meat and other foods pricing. He cites cooperative price control work with retailers and wholesalers and says action will come from higher levels as the new secretary of agriculture prepares to assume duties in July.
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for partly cloudy Sunday with a maximum temperature of 70 and a minimum temperature of 0. East Texas will be partly cloudy Sunday with moderate to fresh east and northeast winds along the coast.
Soliet, IN June 93 -(TNS) Helge Johnson battles a city ordinance fining one dollar per farm animal for moving 409 000 bees from his property before Tuesday. The fine could reach four million dollars. A group of 76 000 bees resisted relocation and scattered across the area as authorities tried to enforce the rules.
Brussels reports King Leopold II refuses abdication while Belgian senate president Robert Gillon and chamber of deputies leader Franz van Cauwelser travel from Salzburg after failed talks. Widespread calls for a new government ignite threats of general strikes and civil conflict as parties split over the monarchs return.
United States forces report F-61 Mustangs tied their longest mission in a night strafing raid on two airfields northeast of Tokyo. The Shimodate and Hyakuriga shara fields suffered 54 enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged, with 28 planes shot down in the air and 13 damaged on the ground. Pilots endured about ten hours in instrument-flooded cockpits as they bombed and strafed targets including a shop area engulfed in rubble, marking the first encounter with barrage base loans over Japan.
The House passed a one year OPA extension by 350 to 32 despite opposition. The bill would grant Clinton Anderson veto power over any food or farm commodity order and allow countermanding army and agency orders. Andresen amendment tied to the measure, amid cries of meat and policy reform. The package moves to a conference, with Truman opposing another price control change.
The Holy Hand of St Stephen, a priceless Hungarian relic from the 11th century, was recovered in Mintzer Austria near Salzburg. The casket houses a jeweled ivory hand with pearls and diamonds, once housed in a royal Hungarian chapel, and was identified by the Mattsea bishop after a village priest found it.
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