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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1944
Page
9
March 28 report notes Supreme Court upholds underground travel pay for iron ore miners while coal miners face mixed results. UMW, led by John L. Lewis, argues based on wage stabilization after four strikes. The case spans Mine Workers and unions amid differing outcomes across sectors.
Voters and party leaders watched a special Oklahoma congressional election and New York primaries Tuesday for clues on future national leadership. Dewey and Roosevelt potential candidacies loom as delegates are chosen. Milwaukee speech by Wendell Willkie criticizes wartime policy.
In Oklahoma the contest between W G Stigler and E O Clark drew in Senate Leader Barkley and sparked talk that a Democratic win could shape FDR’s policy stance. Governors Bricker and Dewey were cited as weighing presidential futures as Republicans hoped a GOP victory might affect the 1944 nomination dynamic.
Algiers report says Col. Pierre Cristofini confessed December 1992 Tunisia mission to recruit troops for action against U S forces. He claims dealings with German officers and says he recruited 400 Frenchmen though only 130 enlisted after learning they might face French peers. The trial unfolds amid Prevch national committee purge of suspected Vichy partisans.
Midland report states Phillips Petroleum tests a Pecos county wildcat surpassing 15008 feet as the deepest oil test drilled. The summary notes the test near Mrs Ada C Price residence, 27 miles southeast of Fort Stockton, with Continental’s prior depth record at 15009 feet in California.
Texan Bill Williams and Texan office manager L S Mayfield introduce a spoof map drawn in Torrance California showing Texas dominating the United States. The piece urges teachers to clip and paste the map to correct geography lessons and curb misconceptions about Texas’s size.
Reno Nev March 28 Arthur A DuPont known as Frenchy the Barber entered his eleventh marriage. The bride Mary W Beard of Reno formerly married to Francis Tony Beard USC fullback. DuPont divorced Tinris DuPont minutes before the ceremony. They wed in Sacramento in 1943. He has been legally divorced eight times with a deceased first wife and a later common law separation.
In Los Angeles Maren reports 20 canine army mascots from an embarkation camp have been left behind as the camp closes. The dogs, including two litters of five pups and a variety of breeds from greyhounds to mongrels, were from units headed to war and passed through the camp for months.
The Mexican consulate in McAllen Texas reported to the foreign ministry that Mexican workers are being smuggled into the United States. He interviewed 19 Mexicans held in Edinburg for U S Immigration authorities. all said they entered illegally, with some crossing the Rio Grande by boat and others swimming across.
In a Phoenix draft case related to Poston relocation center, Japanese Americans were sentenced to three years after pleading guilty for failing to report for pre induction medical exams. In Washington March 28 a 18 year old from a wealthy family faced charges over registering for March draft, and a separate incident involved a youth entering the House with officials mentioning a disturbance. In Watertown March 24 a 46 year old father of 14 and his 17 year old son applied for navy enlistment with final examinations set for April 5.
In Nassau Bahamas on March 28 the final valuation of Sir Harry Oakes estate was filed with the registrar of the Bahamas Supreme Court. The estate is estimated near 11.9 million dollars, with a substantial portion tied to the late financier's assets. Sir Harry died last July in his Nassau home amid a high profile inquiry into his death.
New York firemen used a walkie talkie radio system to direct operations at a three alarm fire in a Brony apartment building. The device was operated by a man on the scene reporting conditions to headquarters.
In the April Readers Digest issue a dramatic excerpt narrates a lifeboat scene with 34 men and one woman enduring ten days of cold and cramped conditions. The episode is framed alongside a sensational survey of social security, midget and dwarf differences, and profiles of a schoolteacher, promising over 30 articles in the issue.
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