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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1941

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Germans Execute Seventh Frenchman Amid Fire Squads

Paris dispatch reports seven French victims executed by German firing squads as part of wartime crackdowns on communists and opposition. Three more Communists receive sentences up to 25 years's hard labor at a Paris special court. A Brittany court also imposes penalties on a railroad worker and an escaped activist.

Paris Germany Communitie Remus Britanny Mu Ditlohs

Philips Petroleum Seeks Oil Price Adjustment

Philips Petroleum submits to the petroleum co ordinator and price office to decrease crude oil price by 25 cents per barrel. Local officials say demand for crude is 20 percent higher than 1940 and rising, indicating market pressure.

Philips Petroleum Company Office of Petroleum Co-Ordinator GE Price Administration

Office Moves Ten Years Later to Cadet Administration Building

The secretary's office, led by Mrs Helen L Gilbert, was moved from Handolptr field into new quarters in the cadet administration building ten years after the original opening. The change marks the ten year anniversary with Mrs Gilbert remaining chief clerk in charge.

Ocoper Handolptr Field Helen L. Gilbert Gilbert Stit

Priorities Topic Of Meeting Of San Antonio Manufacturers

Carl Pool area manager of the priorities division of the OPM will discuss priorities at a meeting of the San Antonio Manufacturers Association at the Milam cafeteria Tuesday night. George Meggard presides. The text covers opinions on appeasement, peace, and the roles of various political factions amid wartime debates. It references international leaders, radicals, and wartime policy debates, plus a local court acquittal on an unrelated matter.

Carl Pool OPM San Antonio

British Sink 2 Axis Ships In Mediterranean Action

The British admiralty reported submarine attacks in the Mediterranean sinking two Axis supply vessels and heavily damaging a third. A medium-sized steamship and a 2000 ton motor ship were sunk, while a third vessel of about 2500 tons was hit by torpedoes and left grounded. The Netherlands submarine operatives, aiding the British navy, were acknowledged by the Dutch government in exile.

London Mediterranean Netherlands Admiralty Inroxile

War Roundup: Germans claim gains near Moscow and air superiority

The Associated Trong reports German forces advancing 119 and 60 miles in 13 days toward Moscow, with Berlin claiming sieges and outer defense belts as vanguards press 65 miles west of the USSR capital. Churchill blocks debate on Russia policy while RAF strikes target German lines. Royal Navy and submarines disrupt Axis supply in the Mediterranean. Portugal surrenders a 2044 ton ship to a U boat while survivors are rescued from a torpedoed American-hauled vessel.

Moscow Berlin London Vyarna Red Churchill Russia R.A. F Germany Hitler Mediterranean Portuga Leses Atlantic

Weather Wind Report From Sit Couleh Runvidiy

Weather wind readings for the last 24 hours near Sit Couleh Runvidiy show eight shites per hour from a local source. Forecasts indicate cold conditions into January 2 with unsettled skies and no major changes expected.

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Mountain Climber Dies In Storm In White Mountains

In the White Mountains during a blizzard a climber named Carl Haberland, 26, of Boston, perished from exhaustion and exposure on Mount Jefferson. Eight other climbers, including two women, were rescued after they fought through the storm to summon help. The incident follows a recent rescue of Pamela Hollingworth from eight days on the slopes.

Sefferbon White Mountains Pamela Hollingworth Mount Jefferson Carl Haberland Boston Tsen

Real Estate Inflation Talk Set by UT Professor

Dr E Karl Meuinnis of the University of Texas will speak at a San Antonio real estate board meeting in the Gunter hotel noon Tuesday on The Effect of Prospective Inflation on Real Estate. Five applications for board membership will be considered by B B Brown.

E. Karl Meuinnis School of ‘Business Administration University of Texas San Antonio Real Estate Board Gunter Hotel B. Brown South Flores Abert J. C. Kirby Jr South Texas Bank Carl Lombrecht Commerce Wright Riley Alamo National Mrs. L. Rogers Gunter

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