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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1941
Page
1
The piece criticizes the draft as unjust yet acknowledges benefits, urging better education for youth. It cites nearly 50 percent of American youth as detectives, notes 160,000 disqualified for insufficient schooling, and argues for universal elementary education and dental care in schools to strengthen citizenship.
In Criminal District Court the Hutcheson case enters its second day with state witnesses testifying about a confession. The soldier Hutcheson allegedly admitted killing Friesenhahn to steal his car and money and flee the state. Witnesses from North Texas and local service stations placed Hutcheson at the scene and driving the vehicle. The defense objected to parts of the confession noting a suspended sentence.
A San Antonio forecast calls for light drizzle but mild temperatures this week. Meteorologist J H Jarboe says Wednesday will see a high near 68 degrees with moderate southeast winds and a mild night.
Six elderly patients perished in a fire that destroyed a private hospital building in Amlex VI Kentucky. About thirty others, mostly bed ridden, were rescued as fire officials and nurses removed patients from the blaze, some on mattresses.
John L. Lewis adjourns policy meeting as leaders scramble with Roosevelt over calling out troops. Strike spreads from company mines to commercial pits, closing all commercial mines in Greene and Fayette counties, with violence reported near Gary, West Virginia as reports flow to President Roosevelt.
Japanese ambassador Nomura and Saburo Kurusu express optimism over reaching a general understanding with the United States to avert war. A Japanese source says Tokyo seeks a mutual concession and a halfway approach, stressing it is not seeking a temporary race but a lasting agreement. The two envoys brief Secretary Hull after a two hour meeting on policy and the path to peace.
In a blunt session at Tobryo the Japanese diet denounced United States aims to rule the world calling it an inordinate desire for war. The house adopted a resolution urging unwavering adherence to national policy while Prime Minister Tojo’s government pushed a 3.8 billion yen urgent military appropriation.
In Gary Indiana a coal strike flare turned violent as miners and pickets clashed at United States Coal and Coke Company sites. A bomb hit a bathhouse, about 9% of workers changing clothes were routed, and no others were injured despite gunfire and line breaches at No 5 and No 16. No. 6 mine remained closed.
Rioting inmates at a nearby insane asylum in Ma varity caused one death and four injuries as they fought to escape. Police quelled the disturbance after a gunfire incident in a building housing inmates with firearms. The hospital, housing about 700 patients, faced the outbreak today.
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with light rain possible Tuesday night and Wednesday. Moderate southeast to south winds. Highs around 86, 35s to 60s, and cooler nights. East Texas shows light rain or drizzle over West and North central portions with easing winds. West Texas trends toward increasing clouds Tuesday through Wednesday with clearing El Paso area on Wednesday.
BERLIN Nov 18 Col Gen Erich Udet 45 famed WWI flying ace and Nazi air arm quartermaster general was killed in an accident while testing a new weapon. Hitler ordered a state funeral. date and place pending. Udet, key engineer and supply chief, shaped Luftwaffe innovation and led aircraft design during both world wars.
Naval craft patrolling off Nova Scotia reported sighting a German submarine 361 miles from Boston. Captain Henry Adams said a radio warning indicated the sub was near the Saubrg fishing banks, closer to Boston than any prior sighting. A separate report notes a 33 year old man sentenced to be hanged for raping a six year old girl, with execution set for January 9.
Rome reports a U S church pastor was injured in an incident involving Ivan Grubey Woolf of Elmira. A woman suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Robert B. Green hospital. Woolf was detained for investigation on suspicion of intelligence activity.
Detroit November 18 President Roosevelt urged the CIO to cooperate without delay in protecting home and nation. He called for guns tanks planes and ships and insisted production must proceed without interruption, stressing national will and shared sacrifice. CIO President Murray read the message to delegates who applauded and promised an appropriate reply as the convention opened amid Mine Workers strike tensions.
Japs push rapid construction along the southern coast of French Indo China near SHANGHAT. Reports say shore batteries already placed at multiple sites as authorities note the effort being among the world’s best locations for a naval base.
In a Commons session Prime Minister Churchill says Britain and Russia maintain close cooperation amid economic and other conditions, replying to Labour MP Josiah Wedgwood about whether relations rival those of France and Britain during wartime. He references Roosevelt charter and wartime power questions.
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