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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
4
Corpus Christi reports a gun related incident where two men Patrobuan Robert Webbs and Ed Lewis responded to a chase involving a shotgun. The pursuer argued that his actions were justified while officers intervened and took him into custody after the confrontation.
The report outlines La Villita's past year receipts totaling 6200 and notes banquets and other festivities attended by numerous attendees. Manager Hamilton Magruder and Park Commissioner Henry Itai discussed the collection during a Wednesday meeting, with figures cited as part of the year long accounting.
London reports Bulgaria asked Russia for an armistice hours before Moscow declared war. Cairo viewed a joint peace with the United States Britain and the Soviet Union as possible. Bulgarian government said it would take strong measures against German forces while Soviets claimed Bulgarian rulers were Nazi puppets. Moscow appeared deaf to any change in terms discussed in Cairo and with the Allies.
Navy chiefs from the functional air training command met at Corpus Christi with Rear Admiral Charles P. Mase acting chief of naval air training. A reception occurred at the officers club. Rear Admiral H. Kendall inspected the Ward Island naval air technical training center. Also present were Rear Admiral B. Hardison, Rear Admiral A. C. McFall, and Captain Purley representing Admiral Ernest King.
Officials say Chief Aubrey Hopkins ordered an inquiry after three prisoners were beaten and robbed by two new inmates at the jail. The investigation aims to determine why prisoners could access money in a jar and how the incident occurred, with mention of other inmates added to the group during the incident.
Relatives of several San Antonio airmen learned they had been freed from prison in Romania and returned to Italy. The list includes Lieut. Col. William P. Litton, Capt. Floyd Robinson, Lieut. Felix G. Forshage, Lieut. Clarence W. Bloyom, Lieut. August Dugi, Lieut. Roy Meyer, Sgt. Eugene Grat, Sgt. Louis G. Cardenas, Lieut. Thomas A Lancaster, Capt. John J. Parker, Lieut. Gerald P. Ble Hott, and Lieut. Wallace S. Patterson. Plans for evacuation were made by Lieut. Col. James A. Gunn, also from San Antonio.
Lieutenant Colonel Miller Ainsworth of Luling leads the 36th Division action at Salerno on September 1 as Tech and veteran Sergeant James M. Logan aids in halting a potential division retreat. The Medal of Honor ceremony in Nuevo Laredo honors American service in Mexico with 2564 attendees and a dinner reception.
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