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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
3
Fragmented wartime interview recounts Free French bombings over Normandy and attached destruction. Citizens recall seeing family homes, gardens, and even a factory they once owned hit by air strikes. Voices describe fear, resilience, and personal losses as RAF and Allied actions unfold over occupied towns.
London reports an array of MPs announced a new political party named the People Wallets. The platform calls for abolishing inefficiency in politics. Led by W. Ch. Brown, the group appears to oppose Prime Minister Churchill and includes several government-opposed figures like Capt. Ales Stratford Cunningham-Reid and Edgar Louis Granville.
A watch theft suspect was taken for questioning by Capt. Pred Paluter and Otto Leatehman, city detectives, after a 6560 watch vanished from a radio set at a residence on S16 Bist Lullwead avenue. Other thefts included a red corduroy shirt and a cavern stolen in the 500 block of West Houston avenue, and a watch reported missing from Lee Nielder at 1513 North Olive Street.
New York May 4 7 tense counsel pressed the testimony of Eliza Eyaltina Klarmann who named Madeline Webb as the woman who telephoned Mrs Susan Reich before her slaying at the Hotel Sutton. Klarmann 78 connected the Webb case to the murder while the defense aimed to discredit her voice and testimony amid cross examination and prior medical notes. The trial centers on Webb and co defendants EH Shonbrim and John D Gutler for first degree murder with Reich’s death last March 6.
Fifty first annual Daughters of the Republic of Texas convention to open at 10 4 pm Friday in Galveston with Mrs Ben Edwards of San Antonio state president presiding. Harry Pennington of San Antonio will represent the San at the Republic of Texas on the convention program.
At 4 a.m. near Houston and Jefferson streets a soldier separate from a private was questioned by Captain Reese of the military police. One man stabbed Bennie Telpas, 24, of Fortham Houston, in the Chestnut Street block, and Joe Hughes, 41, suffered a severe head wound from a jump rope altercation. Police say a man who swung a pump is in custody for discipline. Adelyn Rutherford witnessed a peeping Tom during the disturbance.
Wright Brothers Electrical and WM F Mischer and Son of San Antonio received contracts for electrical distribution and underground utilities at a Texas army air field. Le McCandless of Aveta was awarded a contract for surface motion of a cantonment in Texas, per district engineer at Fort San Houston.
May 14 report from Saint Louis says aspirin and other phenol based drugs face supply cuts as Monsanto Chemical Co warns output of pharmaceuticals from phenol has fallen 28 percent. Phenol, needed for explosives and plastics, may constrain civilian drug supplies and prompt rationing if curtailments continue.
A blaze aboard a vessel moored at a San Francisco pier injured seven firemen. An inquest blamed a spark from a welder’s torch as the likely cause. Smoke and flames were reported as crews battled the blaze.
City policemen Treanor and Mike recovered a bicycle reported stolen from James Tschirhart of Ly South Broth Street near Main Avenue. An elderly man was seen attempting to sell the bike for $1 on Market Plaza around 2 a.m. Thursday.
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