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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1941
Page
1
The piece argues President Roosevelt and President Ratsevell should pursue impartial mediation to resolve labor employer tensions securing defense production. It emphasizes unity, avoiding violence, and maintaining public support for peaceful negotiation during national emergency and war readiness.
Indications Monday that President Roosevelt urged a labor mediation board ahead of defense disputes. The plan would appoint two C I O representatives, two from the A F of L, four from industry and three from the public to seek voluntary agreements ending defense-related disputes. Union opposition cited. traffic strike at New York buses persists with 875000 daily riders affected. In Atlantic City talks stalled with Amalgamated Clothing and mens garment workers union delaying further action until Wednesday.
A man reports losing a $100 bill after a bar altercation at the Golden Horn bar on Produce cow street. He says he awoke in the Missouri Pacific yard office on San Fernando street with the bill gone, though his alley falls remained. He recalled being with friends before the incident and identified AL We Kimmel as a potential witness or involved party.
British announce reoccupation of Berbera in British Somaliland and the seizure of Cheren heights in Eritrea. Axis and British editors interpret Roosevelt’s Saturday broadcast differently. Lloyds list shows allied and axis shipping losses in 18 months. German air raids hit Bristol with heavy damage. Luftwaffe reportedly sinks several British ships off Treland. Bremen liner incidents raise tensions with Greece.
British and German broadcasts react to Roosevelt's Saturday speech as U.S. edging toward war. London reports Nazi raids on Bristol with casualties and damage, sparking fear as RAF sorties limited by bad weather. submarine Snapper overdue amid wartime naval activity.
Reports say Engelbert Dollfuss successor Kurt Schuschnigg, last chancellor of independent Austria, held by Germans since the Anschluss, has been moved to an undisclosed Bavarian village with his wife, per a Nazi official.
Shanghai authorities under a joint Chinese and international administration moved to seize control of troubled zones. Police vowed to clean out badlands labeled as dens for Wee drug activity and gangsters, kidnapping hideouts, and areas with ongoing jurisdictional disputes.
Reported figures from Lloyds List and other authorities show British allied and neutral shipping losses in the first 18 months of the war approaching 690000 to 700000 tons, with total ships lost near 1245 totalling 4962257 tons. German losses reach 422 ships totaling 2028140 tons. Early wartime registered British empire shipping stood at about 19021925 tons across 2977 ships. Norway Denmark Belgium Holland and France held about 12320650 tons of shipping at war start.
A jumble of weather notes lists tides high and low times, temperatures, and cloudy to clear conditions across multiple cities including Des Moines, Dallas, and New York. It notes precipitation, wind, and forecasted weather patterns with scattered temperatures and brief summaries for various locales.
The Berlin report quotes Chancellor Hitler declaring England will fall as Germany takes the lead in the war effort. He says a blockade will starve Britain, vows the army will finish what it started, and warns that the home front, including women, must endure sacrifices.
The Washington Wing junior PTA elected J. G. Montex as president and Mrs. GP Mandry as first vice president. Other officers include Mrs. Jon Brookn second vice president Mrs. F Gutierrez third vice president H P Rieden recording secretary Wilbur J Knog treasurer and Mrs Plorine Smith reporter.
London reports Labor Minister Ernest Bevin announced a nationwide registration of women for war industry. Exemptions cover those already in auxiliaries or nursing services. Registration begins April 19 with 20 year olds first, then 21 year olds. May 41 and 42 year olds not employed in required industries would be drafted first. Bevin urged women likely to be useful join the war effort, stressing shipbuilding and marine engineering needs.
British air raids are said to have sunk an Italian hospital ship, with Countess Edda Mussolini aboard as a volunteer Red Cross nurse in Valona. Stefani reported the incident occurred Friday night, calling it an ignoble crime, and said the countess was among the last to leave the ship.
Fire on Conroe court house square damaged two brick structures possibly valued at 920000. Destroyed were the O Etheridge office building, George M Gordon store, Conroe Courier newspaper plant, a law office and library, and the Montgomery Abstract company in the two story Etheridge building.
A carload of 1400 cases of beer made in Mexico arrived in San Antonio. The shipment, one of the largest to reach the city, was inspected Monday by Guy A. Belzons, deputy customs officer for the San Antonio district.
Berlin reports that the Danish government protested Peru's seizure of the 317 ton steamer Irland, which Peru took over Saturday after the ship had been in Callao harbor. The protest was filed as the steamer's status in Peru's claim over the vessel drew international attention.
Two men Raymond Washington 28 of 203 Pranks Place and Ray Dunkin 27 of 405 Milam Street were injured when their auto at Brooklyn and McGullaugh avenues crossed a curb and struck a tree Sunday. Washington treated for a hose injury and Dunkin for severe cuts at Reverby B Green Hospital. Another collision near Perelda and South Marys streets left Frremacio Croze treated for a cut over the eye after his car collided with another driven by Matiuel Faz at 700 Clock North Laredo Street.
A three day convention in Dallas drew 1229 men and 2200 women to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. A reception honored Mica Florence Mo Gregor of Indianapolis, national Rebekah president, at the gathering.
Tokyo reports further government action to eliminate speculation in food. rice rationing will begin April 1. The policy aims to curb hoarding as rice shipments from abroad and China with oats are used, which Japanese citizens dislike. the move signals broader control of staple supplies.
Cairo dispatch reports British imperial troops, shielded by warships, recaptured the Somali port of Berbera after seven months of Italian occupation. About 100 prisoners were taken, with no British casualties. gains come as the campaign pushes toward Cheren and Asmara on the route to Eritrea and the Ethiopian theater.
Twenty nine Mexicans rounded up by a transcontinental deportation party were brought to San Antonio on Monday for transfer to Laredo and deportation to their native country.
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