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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1945
Page
1
Washington announces sweeping ration changes with meat and butter to be removed from the ration list. Sugar remains the only rationed item with no immediate lift anticipated as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Secretary Anderson says boosted controls ease stock fears while keeping essential items limited.
In Newark on November 23 burglars stole 125000 red ration points during two nighttime raids and left the city to face a severe reprisal. All red points become valueless at midnight as meat and fats rationing ends.
Washington cautions the public to save ration book No 4 for sugar purchases while meat and fat rationing ends tomorrow making most stamps in book four valueless. Red tokens lose value. sugar stamp No 38 remains valid for five pounds through December 31.
Meat supplies are expected to be adequate for consumers, said industry sources in Chicago. However, edible oils, butter, lard, and vegetable shortening are forecast to stay tight for the coming months as packing firms brace for ongoing tightness in supplies.
Government sponsored salvage program will continue while fat supplies are short. The agriculture department announced that housewives and other consumers will still receive four cents per pound from local retailers participating in the program.
A 1641 memorandum by General Marshall and Admiral Blark noted Japan potential strike directions if diplomacy failed but omitted Pearl Harbor from the six listed targets. The document, in the Joint Committee records, was dated November 27 less than two weeks before the war. Also reported, Admiral A. V. Alexander presented to the Enterprise the flag from the flagship of the Spanish Armada in a Southampton ceremony.
In Wastonon December 23 Price Administrator Bowles said the OPA finds no cause at this time for a general increase in steel prices. He noted the situation will be reviewed promptly after January 1 when steel companies submit new financial returns. The decision affects the IAM steel workers union push for an all‑day wage increase at United States Steel Corporation.
A historic call warns that the General Motors strike signals a nationwide labor war. It urges compulsory arbitration administered by courts to settle disputes and prevent paralysis of American production and employment across industries. The piece argues arbitration is the lawful, better path to end the crisis and protect the public.
Sendai police report 200 Japanese laborers including women looted an American army warehouse, stealing food and goods. Police arrested 180 individuals, among them a woman, with no guards nearby at the time. Earlier incidents on Hokkaido noted but none at American stores.
Washington launches the first commercial air flight between the capitals of the United States and Britain. Miss Margaret Truman christened the DC-6 plane at National Air Park, smashing the champagne kettle on its nose as she completed the ritual. The charter marks the start of regular weekly service linking London and Washington.
One escaped German prisoner of war Lange, from Brooke General Hospital, was retaken at Floresville after surrendering to Sheriff Roberts. His companion Johannes Thong remained at large. Lange, 24, said he fled Dodd Field to avoid return to Germany, noting most of his family is dead. Reports place Thong in Normandy and possibly aiming for the Mexican border toward Rio de Janeiro. The Army Dental Corps marks 44 years, with officers lacking equal rank to Medical Corps until 1917.
British Indian troops push 200 yards south in Batavia as Sherman tanks enter action for the first time. Gurkhas move from Semarang to Amberawam, aiding the siege relief while Indonesians retreat from eastern port city areas. Casualties reported on both sides with heavy resistance and some civilian distress noted.
Detroit reports General Motors officials prepared two replies to a union plea for three man arbitration over a wage increase of 20 per cent. The delay stems from GM President O E Wilson’s review. Union leaders note fewer pickets due to cold snow. Analysts foresee the strike possibly ending by January 15. Soup kitchens and aid plans emerge from union leaders as office workers face gates and reconversion supply chains hinge on strike action. Estimated 28,000 United Electrical workers remain idle, while overall auto industry impact grows with major wage losses projected to reach about 27 million dollars weekly.
Washington dated report quotes Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy as rejecting navy arguments against a single postwar armed forces department. He urged Congress to approve plans to unify war and navy departments, calling rival views parochial and misleading. A separate dispatch from Reynosa, Mexico notes the opening of the city’s third bank by Tangoria S A, signaling regional banking growth with ties to Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.
A multinational team reports discovery of negatively charged protons, suggesting a route to cheap atomic energy without uranium. The finding, by Soviet physicist Peter Kapitza using a heavy EM device on Armenia’s peak, could transform energy and weapon development if validated.
General Eisenhower newly named chief of staff has entered Ashland General Hospital at Wheeling Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on medical advice to prevent complications from a severe cold. His voice was hoarse after testifying yesterday before a House Foreign Relations Committee. Mrs. Eisenhower is reported improving at home in Boone, Iowa.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee today recommended confirmation of General Eisenhower to become chief of staff. Senator Thomas D. Walsh, chairman, said the committee report would be laid before the Senate for action on Monday.
In Rome thousands of workers staged a half hour general strike protesting high costs of living. The chamber of labor said that all labor union members, totaling 1170.0 percent, interrupted work and a majority of about 250000 unorganized workers joined the demonstration.
Texas and surrounding regions will see temperatures near normal to three degrees below in the north and east. Friday afternoon and night rise into the 60s to 70s with a high near 64 in San Antonio. Saturday tops around 79 with a cool start and a gradual warming trend through Monday. Light precipitation begins Monday or Tuesday, with a broader outlook extending to days 6 and 6-A.
Forecaster J H Jarboc predicts temperatures will rise Friday as fair weather continues. A string of below freezing mornings in Wiley County should ease by Saturday with a high near 70 and a low around 64.
Mrs Ernie Pyle, 44, widow of famed war correspondent, died at 12 20 p m today in Albuquerque New Mexico. She had been in weakened health since Ernie Pyle was killed by a sniper on Iwo Jima last April 8. The physician attributed her death to complications from influenza. The couple had no children.
Princess Margaret Rose, daughter of King George VI, was described as in satisfactory condition after an appendectomy yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
A weakening cold wave lingered over the eastern United States, centered in the upper Midwest on Friday. Snow covered the region from northern Missouri to Wisconsin and upper Michigan with a heavy fall at Land o’ Lakes Wisconsin totaling about 15 inches.
A Senate appropriations subcommittee stripped from the UNRRA funding bill the "free press" provision. The move aims to curb UNRRA's influence on prices and ensure full-service appropriations. The clause forbidding use of UNRRA's power for secrecy or foreign aid was rejected without a dissent.
Tehran reports 20 officials and landowners seized by rebels in Azerbaijan province near Mianeh 250 miles northwest of Tehran. Fighting continues as authorities declare order restored in Maragheh Morand while a separate Tabriz message suggests quiet elsewhere. US interest grows as Tehran and Moscow pursue diplomatic channels.
Skeleton found 18 miles from Gold Beach Oregon identified as Mrs Kathleen Tomlin 37 of San Antonio cafe owner wife of Paul Tomlin The skull bore bullets and Oregon State police say the skeleton is hers Cadets transported from San Marcos to Oregon and back clothing and jewelry match belongings found at the scene Identification remains tentative until dental records are studied by Dr Joseph Beeman head of the state crime laboratory
L Prosper Jr pleaded guilty to robbery by assault in Criminal District Court. Judge W W McCrory sentenced him to the minimum five years in the penitentiary for the September 25 robbery against patrolman Frazer while working as a night watchman. Prosper faced possible 18 years if convicted on appeal ahead.
Weslaco groups plan a drive to raise 50000 for a civic center including a 300 seat auditorium a kitchen and facilities. The project would be built by civic groups and turned over to the city for operation with annual maintenance estimated at 2500 to 3000 dollars.
Detroit police prepared for possible trouble at GM Geneva Motord plant with a two hour alert and a mobilization order. Three practice units, ten commandos, and precinct stations near GM units participated in the precautionary readiness drive announced November 23.
Patrick O'Leary an ore man on a private construction job for Bubek was the first casualty in the General Motors strike. He belonged to the AFL CIO and GI I O unions and suffered injuries on an automobile assembly line during the UAW-C I O strike action in Flint Michigan on November 22.
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