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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1944
Page
4
Maj Alfred Freishman of the Air Surgeon office cites a three day convalescent conference at a regional hospital as a model unit. He notes the program has saved more than 4 million man hours in two years and aims to return soldiers to duty or civilian life in top condition.
The Health Department reports 60 to 1000 pounds of butter from a grocery company were seized after two weeks held at the market. Lab tests found insect fragments feather barbs and other matter leading to disposal at a rendering plant to be made into explosives.
Col. Richard L. Moore, 89, long time university trustee and civic leader, died of a heart attack in Shattangoga Tennessee on November 26. He was known as a political and civic figure and as the father of opera and film star Grace Moore.
City officials criticized the water situation in Gan An lanio while Manager W D Masterson of the municipally owned system said the 37 deep wells have never shown contamination. Dr Lewis G Robbins the city health officer cleared deep wells of pollution concerns and pointed to 348 privately owned shallow wells contaminated in part.
A war notice reports major German withdrawals after Allied advances from the Saar and Ruhr regions, with German forces retreating southwest of Saarbrücken toward Forbach and Hagenau. Allied units reaching Inden and widening the corridor to Strasbourg, while the French First Army retakes ground north of Belfort. Bridges across the Rhine near Colmar reportedly destroyed. Swiss dispatch notes Allied parachute troops behind the Siegfried Line aiming to disrupt the Donaueschingen to Waldshuhl rail line.
City detectives and police along with postoffice inspectors investigated a burglary at Grayson Street Sub Post Office 1602 East Gray after burglars breached the roof. They robbed two safes of cash stamps money orders bonds and other valuables then escaped through a hole in the roof. Federal inspectors examined the scene and estimated no total value yet. the incident recalls a similar break five years ago at a Broadway station.
RAF heavy bombers struck Nazi supply centers around Nages and Freiburg with about four thousand tons of explosives in a 72 hour raid. American bombers attacked rail movements near Offenburg. Mosquito raids hit Berlin while Western Germany faced intensified battles along the Rhine's approaches. Allied air power aimed to cripple oil flow and transport as Luftwaffe losses mounted. U.S. Eighth Air Force tallied 212 enemy planes downed in 24 hours, with 38 German fighters killed and notable American losses.
Brububels reports day of widespread transport halt as car workers strike demanding Pierlot resignation. Belgian capital residents lose rail and bus service and rely on foot travel amid the labor action. Across the crisis, British disapproval of Count Carlo Sforza as premier or foreign minister surfaces, complicating Tyanca Bonomi’s government. The London Gazette notes a ceremonial name change for Aurelius Joseph Catmilin, reflecting personal identity matters amid regional upheaval.
A 1938 model station wagon owned by rancher Charles Kerr of Shady Pally Road burned early Tuesday along Corpus Christi Road about 10 miles from the city limits. Kerr leaped from the vehicle and escaped unharmed.
A car caught fire under the dashboard near San Antonio on Tuesday, November 28, 1944, sending flames over an embankment. The vehicle was completely destroyed before deputy sheriffs reached the scene and the blaze was extinguished.
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