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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1941
Page
1
New York reports Royal Air Force planes joined Russian fighters to thwart a large German air raid on Muransk. The broadcast claims the enemy lost five planes, three of which British pilots shot down, with twenty more driven off. No British or Russian losses reported.
Timonium Maryland October report describes the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield Windsor arriving to a warm Southern style welcome. Queenly hospitality contrasts with Warfields proud family pride as they arrive for a stay in Baltimore. Wallis Warfield Windsor returns to her hometown amid celebratory scenes. The Duke and Duchess express joy at being home and look forward to their time in the city.
A 14 year old Mason County girl Merlyn Gale Rothman won the state fair open class with her yearling Hereford steer and earned reserve grand champion in the Junior steer calf show. Her steer tipped the scales at 314.90 pounds and had been given by her father when it weighed 42 pounds. Mayfield Rothman, Merlyn's brother, won the best steer under 850 pounds in the Hereford junior division. Troy Whatley, as Groom, displayed the grand champion steer calf of the shorthorn division.
International News Service reports Western calls for action to ease Red Army strain in the East. The United States captures a Nazi radio outpost in Greenland, with a Norwegian vessel and Gestapo agent taken prisoner. Berlin claims a great victory near the Caucasus gateway as Soviet defenses at Leningrad and Vyazma face renewed pressure. Marshal Budenny reconsiders in the Donetz basin as Nazi panzer reinforcements drive toward Orel.
Berlin reported a victory in the Azov area with 106,305 prisoners and heavy losses claimed for Soviet forces. The drive included German Romanian forces under Rundstedt, threatening Iran supply routes and reaching Taganrog near Rostov-on-Don as part of the southern Ukraine advance since September 26.
Tokyo reports the Japanese foreign office announced an agreement with the United States to send three Japanese vessels to American ports. The Tatute Maru will sail next Wednesday. The accord ends the break in communications caused by the Pacific crisis.
Five hundred employees at American Cyanamid's Calea chemical plant vote to return to work ending a 12 day strike that threatened key rubber production in the United States. AFL president William Green and defense board chair William H. Davis urged settlement. The dispute centered on a closed shop and a 10 cent per hour raise. A board hearing is set for October 20 to hear both sides.
A dense weather page lists temperatures, humidity at 97 percent, precipitation totals for the period, and tide times across locations. It records rainfall accumulations since January, monthly totals, moon phase, sunrise and sunset, and a sweep of city and regional readings from Alaska to Texas. The data-heavy sheet mentions numerous cities and meteorological observations in a period-tinged catalog style.
War notes compiled by N S Lloyd George calls for more men for Britain and notes syhitons escaping conscription. British troops advance near the Bapaume Peronne road. French gains near Marval on the Somme. Roosevelt pledges defense of the Americas and warns war terms with Britain. Russian troops mass on Bukovina frontier as Nazi forces move toward Bucharest. Americans in Tokyo urged to flee Far East.
London dispatch reports the Free Netherlands admiralty announcing three Dutch warships lost to enemy action while with the British fleet. The minelayer Van Meerlant and the trawler mine sweeper Caroline were sunk. the mine layer Naubilis went down after a collision.
Inland waterway activity shows a sharp rise as reported by the Department of Commerce. The surge reflects greater movement of goods and traffic on U S inland waterways amid evolving trade patterns and infrastructure use.
The National Bureau of Standards under the Department of Commerce has established a new laboratory to test sandbags for army use, aimed at ensuring material performance and reliability for military applications.
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