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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
2
A long, sweeping column argues Pope Pius XII seeks a peace without rancor and punishment, praising his neutrality and Rome’s diplomacy. It contrasts American independence, naval strength, and defense needs with calls for England and Russia to lead in defeating Hitler while the United States safeguards its own resources.
Soviet reports claim counter offenses west of Moscow widen. Finnish forces recapture much of the Karelia Isthmus while Lenin grad narrows to 40 miles. Luftwaffe and Japanese postings describe air battles over Leningrad Brest Vladivostok and Britain.
Appointment by President Rooen yell of Hull Youngblood, San Antonio industrialist, to co-ordinate for the defense contract service in the San Antonio area was announced Thursday. The appointment follows recommendations from Texas State and San Antonio Manufacturers associations, the chamber of commerce, officials of the Federal Reserve Bank in San Antonio and the Cleveland district bank in Dallas, and Charles F. Moore, district coordinator for the defense contract service in Dallas. Youngblood has been a dollar a year man in defense work and says he will intensify efforts to spur industrialists to seek opportunities in defense production. He will visit principal cities in the area, which includes Austin, Corpus Christi, Brownsville and other Lower Rio Grande Valley towns. Walter R. Dickerson will serve as deputy coordinator from the South Texas Bank building. P. B. Locke remains area manager of the defense contract service, previously with the farmy's procurement planning department. The branch bank’s defense contract service also has a full engineering staff.
Weather report dated September 4 1043 from San Antonio Texas with observations at 7:90 a m. listing high and low temperatures across multiple stations. Includes wind, humidity around 86 percent, precipitation totals 24 hours none since January, and a 1.84 inch deficiency month to date. Contains a long list of city readings showing conditions such as cloudy overcast and clear across numerous locations including Abilene Albuquerque Alpine Austin Birmingham Chicago Dallas Fort Worth Denver El Paso Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia San Francisco Spokane Tampa and others with temperature readings and conditions.
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