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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
3
ACE reports bombers struck the Brest docks and naval base in the occupied French port during the night. German air activity over Britain was described as small scale with bombs falling in northwest England but no casualties and only minor damage noted by the government.
Berlin reports German air force and navy claims of sinking two British freighters totaling 10 000 tons during August with additional raids off the English east coast. A bombing of an east coast port and new raid activity near the Suez Canal are noted along with an attack against a British North American airport destroying runways shelters and ammunition dumps.
Texas’s share in the national defense production drive rises sharply with June 1940 figures. The total, from the Bureau of Research and Statistics, includes prime contracts for war and navy needs, defense plant commitments, ship program awards, and Civil Aeronautics Authority airport work. Major sums cover aviation, ship construction, and defense housing across agencies totaling hundreds of millions.
Representative Woodrum of Virginia urged congressional committees to tighten oversight of all future defense and lend lease operations as President Roosevelt considers further funding. He stressed that committees with experience would better judge actual needs for military facilities, equipment, and material amid an expanding armament program. The president is said to be weighing a new lend-lease request exceeding 5.01 billion dollars.
Berlin reports a special court condemned thirteen former Polish police officers to death for killing German nationals and abducting 613 Germans during the 1939 border advance. A captain and sergeant were among those convicted of multiple killings. Ten others were acquitted. London dispatch adds the death of Swedish opera singer John Farrell, once seen at the Metropolitan.
Argentina awaited a report from the Berlin embassy explaining the arrests of 11 Argentine citizens by German forces in occupied France. Foreign affairs undersecretary Roberto Gache said determination of motive depended on the incoming details. German Ambassador Edmund Von Tierstein faced questions from a congressional committee on alleged anti Argentine activities.
The War Department announces R. W. Briggs and Hill and Combs of San Antonio have won the contract to build the new flying school at Mission. The project covers 190 buildings at a total cost of 4,000,817 dollars.
An unidentified man opened fire on a German army sergeant in the busy Paris Station area. German authorities took charge as French police conducted a hunt for the assailant after the incident in occupied France.
Patrolmen must report any collision with scout cars immediately to avoid repair costs, Dave Cruz announced. An inspection found two cars with smashed fenders and broken windows. a sergeant was wounded near his quarters at a local hotel in Rue de Strasbourg.
Sidney Hillman of the OPM announced a tentative agreement on wages and related matters between the AFL P of L and Lockheed Aircraft Corp and its Vega Aircraft affiliate. Details remain undisclosed pending ratification by the International Association of Machinists Local 1.
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