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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1944
Page
4
Lisbon reports that inflation under Nazi price controls has led to shortages and savvy tipping. Rationing and price fixing kept goods available, but Allied bombing and factory destruction worsened scarcity. Despite wages, people scramble for items, with tips guiding scarce restaurant meals and hotel service.
CHICAGO May 17 Caponetto to return to Fort Sheridan today after induction delay. He carried baby Albert Victor yesterday, claiming no one to care for child due to wife’s spinal injury. Army officials said arrangements must be made. Caponetto insisted he must serve.
Soviet and German reports sketch conflicting pictures as Nazi authorities warn of a Red Army push in northern Romanian fronts while Moscow quotes only localized activity on the lower Dnestr and an undisclosed sector. Soviet airmen claim heavy strikes against Polotsk near the Baltic frontier.
Austin May 17. Secretary of State Sidnaey Latham told induction scheduled for May 22 is indefinitely postponed. Latham, 27, is registered with a Longview selective service board and was to be inducted there.
A San Antonio Light summary notes that by May 12 1944 Soviet forces evacuated Sevastopol after heavy fighting. The report claims the Russians sealed the perimeter with over 50 000 Nazis captured and many prisoners liberated. The language references a high casualty and prisoner count with defense lines cited.
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