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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1941
Page
1
A historical overview describes Peter the Great’s push to open a Baltic port to connect Russia with the Occident. It recounts Cossack frontier life, Russia’s eastern expansion, and Ivan the Terrible’s era with Yormak, ending noting Peter’s goal beyond Archangel to establish western trade access.
A heavy freight engine without cars collided head on with the Western Pacific Express near Fifer 46 miles east of San Francisco late last night. Three trainmen died and 10 others injured, including passengers. Oakland crew members Frank Tuff and Phe nan A.A. Lown were crushed and died on impact. Flyer baggage man Oscar Lane died later. The wreck demolished one baggage car and tore up 310 feet of roadbed as two engines tangled. Fireman D Hillous and Engineer E L Jordan survived serious injuries. Cause of crash unavailable.
London reports a Royal Air Force coastal command plane struck a large chemical supply ship off Norway while on patrol. A small RAF force attacked Boulogne docks in France without loss. Rescue of a British bomber crew member unconfirmed due to weather and service notes.
Dallas area led with 20,259,204 of the 22,934,148 in federal contract funds awarded to Texas firms in the last week of August. Houston received 2,128,972 and San Antonio 304,000, announced by A J Langford district contract office manager.
Cloudy with rain expected Tuesday night into Wednesday across San Antonio and the lower coast. Fresh to strong northerly to westerly winds, temperatures around 68 Tuesday and 86 Wednesday, with cooler nights and regional rain from tropical storm activity. Continuous showers across South Texas with heavier rain in the Panhandle and East Texas.
Seven Texas rangers visited Gan Alitonig Tuesday to check coin machines and gambling operations in city limits and county. They cooperated with Sheriff Owen W. Kilday and met Chief Deputy Sheriff Charles Peters while noting penny arcade devices had vanished from county areas but remained in city establishments. Sheriff Kilday defended San Antonio, praising its cleanliness despite political chatter around gambling concerns.
London reports Charles de Gaulle says France is in latent revolt against the Germans and announces formation of an eight to ten member Free French national council to temporarily administer the movement. He cites 60 000 Free French force in Africa and nearing Britain for support, and notes unprecedented closeness with Britain and confidence of victory.
Mary Maverick former representative from Texas and mayor of San Antonio was appointed chief of the state and local government requirements branch of the Office of Production Management. She had served as assistant and consultant to Leon Henderson price administrator and Trendergon as head of the OFM television supply division.
Goostable Indiant Meeka and Police Investigator Duke Carver filed suit in Seventy third District Court seeking 2000 in damages from Bowen Motor Generies over a May 6 194? incident in which a company bus ran over and killed two race horses named Alama Wala and Board All. The horses were joint owners.
San Diatsu Sept 23 An AFL machinist unit voted 10 to 1 in favor of strike action against Consolidated Aircraft Corp to press wage demands The union president W. 5 Chudleigh said ballotings would continue until 5 p.m The machinists seek a blanket wage increase of 10 cents an hour per 10 may apply to most jobs.
Bernice Hastings of 408 West Cypress Street leaped from a second story window in fear of a prowler on Thursday morning. She suffered four sprained hips and was taken to Robert Green Hospital for treatment after reportedly breaking down a door to enter. Police say she told them she had been threatened with a gun.
A six year old girl, Belly Joe Frandson of 14 Kendalia Street, suffered body abrasions after being struck by a car in the 4400 block of South Flores Avenue Tuesday afternoon. The driver was listed as J. C. Rillough of 702 Broadway.
Early Tuesday Alejandro Sanchez of 115 South Co mal Street reported a knife point robbery on South Santa Rosa Avenue. The thief fled with $15 and Sanchez named a suspect. The Oli Trail Drivers association will hold its regular monthly dance at 3 p.m. Thursday in Pioneer Hall.
The duke and duchess of Windsor landed in Miami for a vacation via Milan from the Bahamas. They plan to stay in Miami tonight before possibly visiting President Roosevelt and then continue to Calgary, Alberta, where the duke owns a large ranch. A stop in Chicago is possible on September 27.
Soviet and Nazi dispatches depict brutal fighting along the central and Smolensk fronts as Red Army counterattacks attempt to blunt German onslaughts around Lake Timen and toward Moscow. Reports claim heavy Soviet losses and German advances, with rumors of Bulgarian and Turkish tensions tied to the wider conflict.
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden met with the Turkish ambassador to discuss British Turkish relations amid German pressure for concessions. Observers expect talks to cover Bulgaria’s likely entry into the war and Turkey’s stance to resist Nazi demands, with Eden also set to confer with Soviet and U S ambassadors Maisky and Witment on the southern front situation.
Patrolman J W Reardon was punched in the face and nicked while stopping a speeding motorist who fired four shots before stopping. The driver, booked for drunk driving and aggravated assault on an officer, fled after the punch. Envois recalled: Iran recalls diplomats from Germany, Russia, and Romania per Tehran dispatch.
Weather bulletin warns of strong easterly to northerly winds increasing to near hurricane force by Tuesday night in San Antonio. Partly cloudy skies may turn overcast tonight with light precipitation. Temperatures rise to around 86 degrees Tuesday, cooling to near 70 by Wednesday morning.
O G Eisenwater a 52 year old farmer living on the Austin highway was bitten on the right hand by a rattlesnake Tuesday and is in serious condition at Robert B Green hospital. He was loading corn when the bite occurred.
The tropical hurricane, now described as severe and destructive by the weather bureau, edge toward the Texas Gulf coast near Freeport and Matagorda with winds up to 90 miles per hour. Evacuations, boarded windows, and guard preparations unfold from Port O'Connor to Palacios as the center remains offshore.
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