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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1941
Page
3
Violinist David Rubinoff, en route to Corpus Christi, pauses in San Antonio to lecture and perform at Thomas Jefferson High School and Hormee Mannhunter School. He calls music’s rise in America a direct result of introducing music into public school education, telling students of “phenomenal opportunities.”
The famous Russian violist will return to San Antonio on March 20 for a Municipal Auditorium concert, sponsored by the San Antonio Ot urist club. He cited John Philip Sousa and Will Rogers as influences and spoke of years of traveling and studying with Victor Herbert. He praised American orchestras and educational musical opportunities and noted his habit of performing for student groups. He often visits Governor Dan Daniel during Texas tours and records at the governor’s mansion.
March 3 press conference by United States Ambassador John G. Winant predicts aid to Britain will turn the tide. He asserted American assistance is steady and will outpace German claims that help arrives too late. The ambassador planned to meet Prime Minister Churchill next week.
A Navy plane crash near San Juan Puerto Rico injured four of six crew members today. The collision with a surface craft caused the damage and emergency crews rushed to the scene for medical aid.
Thousands of workers from the P of L affiliated building trades walked out at the $15 million Camp Davis army project in eastern North Carolina. Police counted between 8000 and 4000 pickets manning entrances of the anti aircraft center, still on schedule for completion late next month. The Wilmington Building Trades council said 5000 workers voted for the walkout over a preferential shop issue, with many skilled and unskilled non union workers included. Conciliators meanwhile met with company and union reps to avert broader walkouts at International Harvester plants and Ford units. Secretary Perkins urged talks as union demands for higher pay and bargaining rights press the defense contracts involved.
Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, a veteran of the Mexican border and World War I, gained fame for Illuminating articles in the U S Army. He led a cavalry machine gun unit in the Philippines, served in Siberia, and worked with the French staff in Paris after the armistice. His career included training, discipline, and developing a cavalry system later adopted by several European armies.
Lawrence J. Flutre Jr and Frank Wheatley Church have been appointed as midshipmen candidates to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis by Congressman Fay Kilday. Flutre, a Central Catholic High School graduate, attends St. Mary's University. Church, Alamo Heights High, studies at Randles Preparatory in Washington. Alternates named: Frank O. Redman, Albert G. Dancy, and Wayne Gorke. Major Wheeler Nicholson has returned to Texas to command the Seventh Cavalry and reform training, stirring debate in the war department.
Drunken driving deaths to be reduced by a new police and district attorney plan. A conference mapped steps to identify drivers’ intoxication levels and time of drinking, with cases classified as misdemeanor or felony after review by commanding officers. The plan, praised by District Attorney Shook and Police Chief Vaughan, seeks steady, lawful enforcement and broader leadership development in the force.
ISTANBUL March 3 1m stafford Cripps British ambassador to Soviet Russia expected to fly back to Moscow tomorrow or Wednesday for immediate conferences with Kremlin chiefs. He is in Istanbul after a visit here with Anthony Eden the Foreign Secretary and Gen Sir John G Dun chief of the Imperial General Staff who conferred at Ankara with Turkish officials.
Funeral services for Roy East, 34, of Sarita were held Sunday in Kingsville after his death Saturday at the lovery county hospital.
Maj. Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson argues in a six part series that the current U S Army is weaker than the Nazi army and weaker than the French Belgian and Dutch forces that have already been defeated He urges the United States to reconsider war plans and shift to stronger preparation to avoid massive casualties and loss of liberty.
The text argues four tests for military efficiency: mobilization speed and quality, weapons, training, and leadership. It compares U S forces to Allied powers, citing artillery, machine guns, and aircraft gun deficiencies, and underscores leadership and peacetime readiness as decisive. It references historical maneuvers, congressional reviews, and critiques by Maj Gen H L J.
A historical comparison argues that America would need nearly two years to mobilize a large force and weapons like tanks, with 1939 US Army inventory at 26 tanks and production far below allied outputs. It notes British, French, and German tank strengths and the delayed U.S. mobilization toward 1942.
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