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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1942
Page
2
The war slows police and fire department recruitments as Eddie Cox reports a drop in applicants after civil service exams were announced. The filing deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday, with only 95 police and a small fire department tally so far.
Soviet front reports from the Russian front describe Red forces repelling a German siege attempt near Merce and engaging Donets and Leningrad sectors. The Moscow information bureau cites about 50 enemy centers destroyed on the Leningrad front as Red troops claim 4000 German deaths in two days and destruction of an aerial supply base near the beleaguered 16th army.
Italian submarines operating off the United States coast have sunk merchant ships totaling 27 204 tons, Rome reports marking the first official admission of submarines active off the U S east coast. The attacks follow prior German U boat activity in the western Atlantic and recall recent U boat communiques.
The 3818-ton Gypsum Prince, a British freighter, sank after colliding with the 5060-ton tanker Yoos just outside Lewes breakwater. Six men were rescued from a raft, 32 others, including the pilot, were saved by coast guard boats, and five men remain missing. The Yoos was chartered by Socony Vacuum.
Albert West Jr. and other locals received hospital care after injuries on their ranch. Albert West was treated at Santa Rosa hospital, while 7 year old Wallace Price and 38 year old Edmund Bacon were treated at Robert B. Green hospital for burns and a spice bite respectively.
Former Marine Corps members and other qualified citizens were invited to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserves. Captain D. M. Yatt of the San Antonio recruiting office stated the opening on Wednesday. Recruiting offices are in the He de l building.
Payrolls totaling 10 348 for city departments were approved by the city council in a special meeting in Mayor Quin's office. Also appropriated was 229 18 for the regular Brinson field payroll.
The article surveys Portugal’s fifteenth century maritime rise led by Henry the Navigator and Diaz and Da Gama’s voyages to India, contrasting with Spain. It notes early Japanese curiosity and fear of Europeans, a tale of “mysterious medicine,” and a call for Americans to protect their own land and wealth.
Eleven crew members of the destroyer Jones perished after an early morning torpedo strike off Cape May New Jersey. Survivors recalled a brutal blast sequence that ripped the bow, then the stern, forcing men to abandon ship into 38 degree water. They spoke of grabbing heavy underwear and coffee from makeshift sources to stave off the freezing sea as they awaited rescue for four hours.
San Antonio merchants will not face immediate enforcement of blackout rules for three days to allow setup of external switch controls. Col John Reynolds, civilian defense director, requested the delay after R E Smith urged merchants to prepare. Mayor Quin noted the grace period should help merchants install switches, while some stores already failed to comply or claimed lack of official notice. Internal night watchmen and certain premises with inside guards are exempt from the new blackout requirements.
John Lowther of the police traffic division had his right arm shattered by a bandit's bullet in the February 23, 1935 attempted robbery of the W. T. Grant company. He was undergoing another operation at Santa Rosa hospital after two prior procedures. He was wounded while exchanging shots with the bandits.
In Houston Judge Wickford hears closing defense and court instructions as Helen O'Keefe faces murder charges in the Franklin case. The jury is expected to decide by nightfall on whether the burned body in Franklin's car is her former employer. The defense argues the identity is not proven.
San Antonio began its search for the outstanding Young Man of 1941 with open nominations for the National Junior Chamber of Commerce award. Local sponsor is the San Antonio Junior Chamber, contest committee led by Dr. W. W Jackson and meets Tuesday to canvass nominees. Other committee members include Laula E. Blen Jr., Perry Shankle, J. H. Celvert, Arthur Randol, Enola Gary, and E. L. Powell.
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