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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1941
Page
2
A continued discussion cites 1940 earnings gaps for common stock and 1931 40 deficit years. S. Olds of US Steel argues that reducing wages risks harming core industry with high living standards. He urges incentives to attract capital and fund progress while noting survivor firms drew on pre existing corporate reserves.
On March 26, 1616, British forces raided a German Zeppelins base by air and sea. Survivors recount the torpedoing of the Sussex liner without warning and the sinking of the Minnen in the Mediterranean. Thussin recalls Paris ambassador and French calls to close the Russian embassy as a treason center. Reynaud vows united action against Hitler’s threats to Balkan economic independence. An Orient U-boat base report suggests shifting Allied balance.
London reports British pilots shot down a German bomber over the Thames estuary after a night of air activity. A lone raider dive bombed a town in southwest England, causing casualties and property damage as foul weather grounded both air forces, marking London’s fifth straight night without a raid alarm.
Berlin reports show German officials pleased by world reaction to the axis tri power pact signed in Vienna. They claim shock has been remarkable and anticipate more signers while noting Balkan and Far East implications and that Germany does not expect Balkan troops to fight for her during the war.
Four enlisted men from Headquarters battery Sixty‑first Field Artillery brigade earned promotions at Camp Bowie. Promoted were First Sgt Millett A Straughan Jr to master sergeant, Staff Sgt Robert O Caltey to first sergeant, Cpl Grant H Jacobson to sergeant, and Pvt Roy Bu Jeffente te to corporal.
May or Maury Maverick proclaimed April as Americanism Study Month in cooperation with the annual Order of the Elks Americanism assay contests. The proclamation notes this year's contests will be writing What Uncle Sam Means to Americans.
The War Department expects higher burial costs for soldiers next year. Five deaths per year per 1907 soldiers, with burial expense needs rising about 50 percent from the current $499,254 appropriation. Maj. Gen. B H Gregory testified to appropriations subcommittee on the 4942 supply bill for non military functions.
ROME March 26 heavy losses were suffered by British and Italian troops yesterday as fighting confined in to Cheren sector of Fritres. On the western Ethiopian front British troops again attempted to force a crossing of the Habis river but were repulsed. Italians claimed their planes shot down a British fighter over Cheren and bombers destroyed an unidentified British base with many planes on the ground.
New York dispatch reports a German radio broadcast printing a message from Yugoslav Premier Drasisha Cratkavle férence to the Axis. He expresses thanks for Germany’s reception and says the visit reflects the friendship between the Yugoslav and German nations.
In Rome on March 26 an Italian source described Russia's pledge to stay out of the conflict as a platonic reaffirmation of a desire to remain neutral. Italy's position was labeled as extremely reserved amid the war's evolution.
The report provides a fragmented weather forecast with temperatures around 60s and 70s, humidity near 30 percent, and a forecast for Wednesday with temperatures near 60s and a 7 mph southeast wind. It mentions precipitation totals for the last 24 hours and monthly rainfall accumulation, plus tidal data and moon phase notes.
Berlin reports that Nazi bombers sunk a 10,000 ton British merchant ship in the North Atlantic as a convoy defense held by five destroyers. A British freighter was also attacked, while additional vessels were damaged or destroyed along the English Channel and near Bristol Channel. A German combat plane bombed a gas works in a South England city and a Spitfire was shot down.
Germany threatens to answer with deeds if the Nazi sea blockade extends to Iceland as U S coast guard cutters patrol off Greenland near the blockade zone. Rioting explodes in Belgrade with Yugoslav protests against the Rome Berlin Tokyo axis. premier seeks calm as authorities quell clashes. Berlin greets a Japanese minister while Nazis celebrate Yugoslavia joining the axis. German warplanes claim to have sunk 5000 tons and damaged 15000 more ships. Bad weather grounds RAF. a lone German daylight raid and a Thames estuary bomber downing mark the day's air actions.
The record shows multiple complaints including theft of 9 dollars from Clyde Bridewell at 216 Glass Street on March 22 and aggravated assault on Leno Mell Vane with no listed address on January 13. Jack Casto of Marshall Street was charged March 24 with unlawful carrying a concealed plate.
General Walter Krueger wrapped up a three day inspection of the Second division training and activities during his visit to the Eighth Army corps formed by the Second division Thirty-fifth and Forty-fifth National Guard divisions.
Montagu Love celebrated his fortieth year in the business with a nighttime gathering aboard the Victory. The event marked four decades of service and ongoing ties to the local trade community.
Three Universal stars with the same initials Deanna Durbin Irene Dunne and Maylene Dickieh have identical measurements each standing five feet five inches tall and weighing 115 pounds.
Ten percent of her fan mail comes from high school and college French students. Olympe Bradna receives many notes written in see Dhe Uve tangle.
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