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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1944
Page
3
A 10 man patrol led by First Lieutenant Stanton D. Richard of San Antonio captured two German soldiers on the Fifth Army front in Italy after moving deep into enemy lines at night and waiting until morning. The dispatch notes Yankish cigarette smoke gave away their position, aiding the capture.
A patrol led by Lieutenant Richard swept a fortified German position and, under Fifth Army artillery support, captured two Nazi soldiers hiding in a camouflaged foxhole where they were smoking. The incident followed a scent of tobacco during the advance. Mrs. Faye Justine Richard of San Antonio is noted in connection with the report.
Army court martial convicts Lieut Beaufort G Swancutt of murdering four people in a March 5 shooting at an officers club dance. The 12 officers deliberated 30 minutes and recommended death by hanging, with two thirds needed for imprisonment. Swancutt testified of a mental blackout and claimed no motive, saying Dorothy Douglas and Lourinne Livermore, plus Capt Aubrey G Sorfling and a Riverside policeman, were killed in a distressing sequence. He admitted marriage and fathering two children during courtship but defended the act as justified.
A pedestrian poll on downtown streets and community centers will measure awareness of the city dengue fever campaign. Organized by campaign chairman T. N. Picnot and Col. C. B. Craig, the effort runs through summer with a public report due June 19.
Deputy U S Marshal Houston Minor said two hundred fifty eight bottles of sodium fibrate used in blood plasma preservation were condemned and incinerated after a routine federal inspection found the bottles sterile but air had entered them, risking ruined plasma. None had reached the local blood bank and officials noted sodium citrate is used to prevent coagulation.
Mayor LeLaurin and San Antonio sanitation chief Mauermann met with FWA officials in Port Worth on Friday to discuss garbage problems. The city has requested funds to build a new incinerator and repair an existing plant.
In Los Angeles on May 11, Aimee McPherson spoke to graduates of Angelus Temple Bible College about her son Roll and his condition. Doctors reported the evangelist’s health has improved since the baccalaureate sermon in June.
William R. Johnson, a former internee from Stanley camp near Hongkong, told Rotary club members that if enemy forces win in the East, international gangsters with perfected techniques will make Chicagoland and New York mobsters look insignificant. He urged fighting the war in the East to defend human liberty, citing Hull and noting Japan’s 1931 Manchuria entry as the start of the current war.
Commissioner P. L. Anderson sharply opposes ringing bells or sounding sirens on invasion day. He states the event means death for thousands of soldiers and should not be celebrated. He urges San Antonians to observe silent prayer instead.
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