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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1944
Page
12
Allied air power strikes hit the Annecy ball bearing plant near the French Italian frontier as four engine U.S. bombers from Italy head the raid. RAF and American heavy bombers pound targets across France and Belgium in a broad night offensive.
Harry Hopkins, a personal friend and advisor to President Roosevelt, left Rochester for home today. Mayo Clinic doctors expect a short rest will allow him to resume duties in Washington.
Partly cloudy to cloudy Wednesday afternoon through Thursday with little temperature change. Lows near 65 degrees. East portion may see widely scattered light showers. More details on page 3A.
London reports Nazi claims of "flying battleships" over Europe equipped with two cannons and 30 heavy machine guns. The four engined Boeing aircraft supposedly provide cover for US bombers, do not carry bombs, and strike fear into fighter pilots with their deadly appearance and daring escorts.
A World War II era broadcast observer notes German anti-aircraft defenses are strained by widespread Allied bombing. Reports describe lighter ground fire near coastal targets in France and Belgium as German commanders reportedly shift to intercept raiders crossing the coast, signaling altered defensive plans.
Patrolman Frank Kovalski confronted four Black men at Chestnut and East Crockett early Wednesday after stopping a man for questioning. The suspect swung a long iron rod with a hook, struck Kovalski twice, and then fled after Kovalski drew his service weapon and fired.
London reports total losses of 2158 Allied bombers over Germany and northern Europe in the first four months of the year. Sir Archibald Sinclair announced in the commons that 1041 British bombers and 1117 American air force aircraft were lost.
Allied reports say Mountbatten’s jungle fighters inflict heavy losses on Japanese forces in north central Burma as a new threat to the Mandalay Myitkyina railroad emerges. King Nimitz Halsey receive decorations for Pacific operations amid raids on Dutch New Guinea and Pacific bases. China pleads for more Allied armaments to avert a major Japanese drive into Henan.
J M Combs announced he would seek the seat held by Congressman Martin Dies in the Ninth District. A former associate justice of the Texas Ninth Court of Civil Appeals, Combs said the district needs a congressman in the national capital. He practices law in Beaumont and filed from centers in Genter after leaving his prior home town.
Mexico City May 16 President Avila Camacho ordered stricter regulation of pulque saloons as part of the anti vice drive. Pulquerias close near Sundays holidays and near schools hospitals barracks factories markets or sports centers. Prohibited gaudy doorway adornments and required sanitary duties and quiet music bans. Pulque sells for about 3 cents a gallon.
Allied forces of the Eighth Army pushed a wedge into Italian mountains and moved toward the German base of Sulmana, nine miles beyond prior positions amid reported limited opposition and German demolitions. An Allied patrol supported by tanks struck an enemy house near Cisterma on the Anzio beachhead, inflicting casualties after four German tanks were hit.
A four engine bomber from Stonx City Army Air Base flew over sections of two states for four hours with no one aboard before crashing two miles northwest of here. The crew of ten and a bombardier reportedly parachuted out, and only one was seriously injured. The fire aboard burned itself out during the flight.
Stalin announced the fall of Sevastopol after a 24 day siege as Soviet forces led by Yeremenko and Tolbukhin push westward. The capture gives the Red Army a second port on Romania's coast and supports a larger Crimean offensive ending heavy German casualties. Britain disclosed lend lease transfers of tanks and planes to the Soviet Union while detailing Arctic supply runs and merchant ship losses.
Warren T. Booker, sanitary engineer of the U S Public Health Service, is being assigned to lead the five sanitary divisions of the city health department. Dr George W Cox and Dr Lewis G Robbins confirm the transfer and expect his arrival from Washington DC within days. Cecil Tips had been acting head, now leads the Totient control division.
Moscow reports May 10 describes Soviet engineers entering Sevastopol to repair wrecked infrastructure amid heavy fighting. The Red Star correspondent notes intense resistance, German and Romanian fire, and numerous casualties while praising Soviet entry led by Generals Kreitzer and Zakyarov.
In Washington the capital suffered its third street brawl in a week as armed forces members and local police clashed after a taxicab dispute. Officers Louis A. Lotipone and Robert J. Wagner sustained injuries as crowds gathered and sirens wailed during the melee.
Crystal City reports Saylo Villegas a 25 year old ex farm laborer and prize fighter arrested after confessing to killing his wife in Chicago and shipping her body to Los Angeles in a trunk. He told Sheriff Bond he would rather be killed by Texas officers than Chicago gangsters and said he slept after the murder before hiding the body. He was arrested at his mother’s home and says he married Louise Alexander in Chicago on April 17.
Lockhart May 10 funeral services were held here for W. S. Thomas 69 farmer of Gaid Well county. Survivors include his widow three daughters Mrs George Rowe Freer Mrs Lawrence Smith and Mrs Robert Powell of Lockhart two sons John Thomas of Alice and Howard Thomas of Lockhart a brother Henry Thomas of Austin.
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