Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

Page 1

We have 22,786,314 pages in Texas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1945

Page

1

Truman To Address Conferees At World Conference

President Truman will travel to San Francisco to address the United Nations world organization conference. Secretary of State Steelites announced details on conference matters and plans. no date set, but a trip to San Francisco is expected early next week. The secretary predicted the conference would conclude successfully early next tenth.

Washington Truman Ay S0ssio United Nations World Organization Conference Steelites Stedliiius San Francisco

Soldier Retires From Army Air Force at Utah Depot

KA R 4A-year Selg Cn Alfred Go Minome of San An Lomo completes discharge at the replacement depot in Kearns Utah declaring the toughest years of the arnx are behind him and that he is leaving service for good.

Kearns Utah Arnx

San Antonio forecast: warm midweek with increasing winds

Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies this Wednesday afternoon and night, then Thursday with warmer highs around 84 and lows near 62. East Texas also sees partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions, with fresh coastal winds.

San Antonio East Texas

British to Fly Troops to Pacific Theatre

The London radio announced plans to move thousands of British troops to the Southeast Asia theater. The broadcast said the airlift would begin within four days and reach peak levels in October, amid weather notes and Bavarian geography details on the same page.

Doenitz and high command seized in Flensburg arrest

Paris May 23. All members of the acting government of Adolf Hitler and the high command were captured as prisoners of war. The Supreme Headquarters reported a control party led by Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Roooks to Flensburg to impose Allied will, with a Russian consul party also sent to Flensburg and orders to cooperate closely with it.

Paris INS Aoting Geraaie Adimira Doenitz Mensburg Doenita’ High Command Supreme Allied Doenitz Big Cool Neagues Eisenhower Supreme Headquarters Control Party Flensburg Lowell W. Rooks Misenhower Rooks Plenaburg Shaef

Allied Ships Hunt 12 Pirate U-Boats

Allied fleets pursue twelve pirate U-boats off Greenland where commanders threaten surrender. The subs, based near an old meteorological station, pose a six week endurance risk to Allied shipping and may be captured or scuttled.

London INS Germney Dyders Sill

Aged Catholic Named High Rhine Official in Germany

TOENNISTEIN Germany May 23 An aged German Catholic was installed as the highest civil official in the occupied reich today and urged the German people to relearn the principles of proper love. Hans Mirhs, veteran Rhine military district vice president once labeled traitor, now heads administration under American supervision. He pledges to foster a new Christian spirit with Catholic and Protestant church cooperation, aiming to guide a vast 11,000,000 population across a 14,000 square mile district.

Theonard Th. Gerow Wind U. S. 5Th Army Germany Mie Pailey Pucks Associated Press Pighs Rhine Povern- Aen Kaiser Ydhe Weimar Cepublic

Food dealers warned over contaminated produce on Washington Square

Maj Warren Booker city sanitary engineer issued orders against all food dealers on Washington Square after a critical letter to Fire and Police Commissioner P. L. Anderson. Inspectors surveyed the market at the request of Milton T. Rogers of the city food prevention league. 20025 Croll and vegetable stands operate near the south of the wholesale market.

Washington Square Maj Warren Booker PL. Anderson Booker Lie Market Milton T. Rogers Ieau Lie Square Wileh

Okinawa Breakthrough Deepens Allied Momentum in Pacific

In a sweeping Pacific update, U S forces breached strong Okinawa defenses as the Seventh Division advances north of Yonabaru and takes Atabari after weeks of heavy fighting. US reports indicate major gains on the northern Okinawa ridge while operations in China and Manchuria continue, with wartime shifts sparking both optimism and concern in diplomatic circles.

Associated Press Japan Okinawa U. S Ching North China Manchuria John Sovitt Union Moscow Soviet Union U. S. Md Manta Bini China Front Europe Pacific Aska Jan Russia Seventh Atabary Archibald V. Arnold Geventh Tenth Army Yana Anther Flo Thentony Delghts Chinen Hehinsila

Trieste tensions ease as Allied and Yugoslav forces contest ends

Reports from Trieste indicate a cooling of tensions between Allied commanders and Yugoslav leaders over occupation as Alexander inspects New Zealand troops and Tito loyalist movements recede. London and Washington monitor, with no final settlement announced and ambiguity over reinforcements and administration lingering.

Triestt Tila Trieste Alexander Adriatic Bernard Frepberg New Zealand Mediterranean London W. J. Jordan Percc Jordan Ty Alexander Tsonze Rivirr Breybern

Disorders Rock Algeria

London dispatch quoted confirmers from Madrid reporting serious disorders in Algeria. The broadcast said 3000 Europeans were killed or wounded and 1,000 native casualties as the French Foreign Legion reportedly went into action.

London Rome Marid Algeria Foren Legion

Army Ready to Take Over in Strike Chicago

Chicago faced a seventh day of trucking strikes as army troops arrived to seize and operate strikebound facilities for war materiel movement. Fort Gustin police and detachments moved in, with 700 soldiers, 40 trucks, and escorts for war goods amid wage disputes and union responses.

Chicaqg Chicago Tol Fort Guster Mish Loop Lake Michigan Sixth Service Command Edwin W. Weisman Lato Port Custer Adler Burnham Park Midwest Army National Way Washington Reonini Stabilier Willian H. Davis International Brotherhood of Teamsters Independent WLS

Churchill resigns as Britain forms new postwar government

London May 20 Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigned accepted by King George VI and asked to form a new administration. A general election is expected July 5 with Churchill set to lead a caretaker government. Labor ministers signaled they will resign or stay out until polls.

London Fiiis Churchill George VI Britain Dirkust Labor Party Clurch M Downing Ministry of Information Churentil Tabor Gotes Vearbiey Commons John Anderson James Grigg Andrew Duncan Tord Leathers Jefere Ghirchtti Liie Yacateles Jatt Lauber Libcal King George Pring the Treasury Defense Neville Chamberlin Gchurchill Germany Jasb Conservative Gabor Party Clement Attlee

FDR Stamps To Go On Sale In June

Washington announces five denomination commemorative stamps featuring Franklin D Roosevelt. The three cent stamp will be issued first on June 7, showing Roosevelt at his home in Hyde Park and the White House on other stamps. Proceeds mark the start of a series with dates 1682 1945 and Roosevelt name displayed.

Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt Walker Mr. Roosevelt Ted Roosevelt Ube Tonsevelt Syde Park

Draft boards send men of 30 home

Draft boards sent men aged up to 30 home after receiving telegram from Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. They reported 178 men who appeared for Induction were turned back and 12 men over 22 years old moved toward enlistment, with officials expecting boards to stop sending such cases.

Lewis B. Hershey Allmar Sver Dodd Seid

Red Army Trains As Never Before

Red Army conducts its largest training drive in 27 years with intensive marching, live-fire drills, and strategy exercises. Red Star notes nationwide dispatches from Siberia to Europe as commanders sharpen tactics learned in battle. Garrisons in Berlin Vienna and Budapest aid city restoration and street clearing efforts.

Berlin Budapest Viena

Sailor Rescued After Clothing Rope Improvised

Portland observers recount a daring rescue when Seacor a Milwaukee pharmacist’s mate and Mrs Short lowered a makeshift rope from two jackets and belts to save a sailor clinging to a 100 foot cliff near the Cohurhin river highway. The improvised line tied to Brittle wire wonched the man upward after a tense descent and he reached the fir tree, then was brought to safety by the Shorts and help from nearby photographers who arrived later.

Portland Ore Tarty L. Seeor Unizdelisa Milwaukee Gre Cohurhin River Richard W. Short Secot Jeanpte Short Secor India

Japs Pin Hopes On Death by Own Action Planes

In a San Francisco dispatch, Lt Gen Ridgelight Tada, head of Japan's cabinet technology, says Japan relies on death by own action planes to break the war crisis. The tech board head Todn was named yesterday to lead research on new weapons for special attack coins. Solomon Islands area land extent noted at 17,000 square miles.

Ban Francisco Japan Relkieht Tada Pour of Technology Comet Todn Tee Solomons Solomon

Pendleton Draws Fire to Save Company

In a World War II action, Jack Pendleton crawled 30 feet toward a German machine gun nest, drawing fire and allowing his company to retreat to safety. He was killed by a burst just meters from the position, his calculated sacrifice saving many comrades.

Pendleton Ana Washington Jack Pendotay Washington Lumbermini Mmachinegun Alyunes

Also Mentioned on This Page

Okinaiwa Eliot Hugh WR. Semple Sycamore N. Y Clint R. Westmoreland Twitty Semple Ohio Northern University Westmoreland Marine Corps Finther Bavaria E. Okinawa United States Beilish Tith Restomyana A Marshal Alexander Disorders Rock Ie Labor Party Te Action Church- M Denkerrie Blackpool Latar Red Army Tred Samy Pair
Search Courier

Search the San Antonio Light Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The San Antonio Light?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication