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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1941
Page
2
Berlin reports official statement praising progress in selective sinking and detailing 23 000 tons of tanker space sunk as evidence of a new counter weapon. It asserts tankers are attacked where Britain is weakest and notes replacements are hard to come by.
CHICAGO May 207 A government petroleum expert said axis oil supplies are so low England could win the war without invading Europe by bombing Germany's synthetic oil plants and transport lines. Dr Robert B Wilson head petroleum consultant of the Office of Production Management stated in a speech before the American Institute of Chemical Engineers that the German Italian war effort runs on total petroleum production equal to only 5 percent of the United States crude output.
The jeep joint at Brooksfield is under construction as a new trainer building. It will house 15 Link trainers resembling tiny airplanes. Currently Jeeps used by soldiers and ra- dets are spread across several hangars and training on the devices will be consolidated.
Clarence Webb, 28, a poultry farmer, was captured after an Odessa chase and taken to a Wilmington hospital in critical condition from self inflicted wounds after allegedly killing his wife Ethel 30 and children Clarence Jr 6 and Judith 7 months at the Webb farm near Newark. Inquiries follow as police confirm the ax slaying occurred at the home yesterday.
German parachutists and shock troops land in Crete as Britain reports fierce fighting and aims to seal off routes to Syria. British troops push toward Baghdad from Iraq’s Hebbaniyah air base while French air minister visits Beirut to coordinate Syria defense. Germany proclaims Britain’s oil supply weakened by Iraq cut off as U boats and Luftwaffe take tankers. Washington says wartime aid to Britain remains steady despite supply concerns.
Ford Motor company disclosed that a new six cylinder engine is ready for production and interchangeable with the 90 horsepower V eight. The addition will be delivered as a lower cost option, with full production not expected until early fall due to defense priorities.
The Central Catholic High School senior class released the 1843 annual yearbook The Buttoneer a 40 page publication featuring a color photograph of Archbishop Robert Emmer Lucey of San Antonio and images of classes athletic units faculty and activities. The staff includes James B McCrory Paul B Prove Herbert A Kreitz Roy Barger Richard Brimes Gerald G C Henckel Harold T Escamilla Thomas M Huddleston Jay E Pry Charles J Traille Richard B Terrillian and advisor Brother Ralph J Molnar. The 1841 edition is dedicated to Dr Edwin Mueller alumnus and patron.
Maj. Gen. G. Hy Brett and officers from Washington inspected local army flying fields and the San Antonio Air Department Tuesday. The party arrived at Randolph Field by airplane Monday afternoon, accompanied by Brig. Gen. O. F. Echols and other senior air corps officers and staff.
The Alama ily Womens Deiptleeluh postpones its Thursday gathering to the first week of June due to unspecified reasons. The group, active in local civic engagement, will reconvene with plans to discuss upcoming community activities and outreach efforts.
An authoritative source says British troops advanced 10 miles toward Baghdad from Habbeniyah base, crossed the Euphrates, and took Fallujah with strong air support. The move, launched yesterday, left no British casualties and aimed at pressing toward Baghdad from the west as Iraq reports repulse of Basra area attacks.
May 20 Cairo reports American supplied bombers joined RAF in repelling a German mechanized column advancing from the Libyan frontier. Eight tanks knocked out near Fort Capuzzo while heavy US and Allied air attacks destroyed more tanks and damaged a German gasoline dump. Fighters claimed several axis vehicles and a Tobruk assault faced anti aircraft fire.
International report from New York on May 20 highlights new clues in infantile paralysis prevention. Dr. Albert Sabin and Dr. Sidney Levinson note that exercise can trigger paralysis if infection already exists, while cold exposure worsens the disease. They report that infection can enter via mouth, not only the nose, and that reduced brain involvement may occur despite virus reach.
Otters for all members of the state advanced flying school at Brooksfield are being prepared for the old hospital building and will be ready for occupancy in about two weeks.
A lengthy weather report lists temperatures, wind directions, and precipitation readings for numerous U.S. cities. It notes temperatures around 37 with south-southeast winds at 12 to 30 mph, multiple cloudy and clear conditions, rain in several regions, and various daily totals and forecasts across states including Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Arkansas, and California.
A wartime column reports German assaults at Deal Man's Hill and Austrian actions in Tyrol with claims of 23,000 prisoners. Vienna and Berlin exchange statements as fronts shift with Allied and German maneuvers. One year earlier Germans push into France toward Paris and north, threatening a pocket in Belgium as British forces concentrate. Field Marshal Haig and others are cited on campaign strategy.
May 20 British report that German forces have recaptured Fort Capreca east of the Egyptian Libyan frontier after a Kf fighting along the entire border. Meanwhile the duke of Aosta and about 7,000 Italians are to surrender at Amba Alagi, with 31,000 native troops trapped. The Italians were granted time to gather wounded and prepare for ceremony. Amba Alagi remains under Italian control in two areas, the Dimma region and Gondar.
Fort Davis May 20 A lovesick female lobo wolf en route to San Antonio zoo was trapped after steel traps broke two of its legs near the A B R Eppensur ranch. Predatory hunter Rass Graves noted the animal seemed fascinated by a big Collla. The lobo, first captured in the area in over a decade, is believed to have migrated from Mexico after having killed more than 400 cattle and sheep.
London May 206 Prime Minister Churchill told the commons he could not make any statement on the Hess matter and was not sure when he would. He left the public to guess the reasons for Rudolf Hess's May 10 flight to Scotland. Vyvyan Adams asked if Hess’s arrival was aided by the German government and whether the government would consider various possible motives.
South San Antonio Girl Scouts gathered at South San Antonio Elementary on Tuesday at 4 PM. Mrs G W Jennittus led the event and after the show Mrs Leroy Denman Jr awarded 25 merit badges to the Scouts.
Leo Housman, a LaBritt Wholesale driver, found his truck at Tores Street and Ashby after a delivery had a cache of cigarettes missing. The theft totaled 66.90 dollars.
A search continues for three gas model airplanes owned by San Antonio members of the 9 Modeela club. Belonging to W L Vavricke, Grant Nhamans, and Walter Thomas, the planes took off Sunday from Kelly Field for annual state contest tests and have not been located.
Joe Mendoza, owner of a pecan shelling plant at Medina and El Paso streets, forgot his keys and allowed five workers access. Monday a man climbed to the skylight, entered, and permitted others inside. Police arrived with sawed off shotguns. the skylight intruder sat at Mendoza's desk claiming memory lapse.
River workers along the swollen Rio Grande near Albuquerque fought to reinforce and soften levees. The danger area centered around Polvaderas downstream threatening 48 homes and farmland. Rain and cool weather slowed snowmelt upstream, with a forecast of a river drop.
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