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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1943
Page
2
War correspondent recounts Eisenhower arranging access to observe the Italian fleet’s surrender after Salerno. Aboard HMS Hambleton, Gen. Eisenhower and Adm. Cunningham inspect the Italian battle line, including Warspite and Vittorio Veneto, noting Italian design influence and the fleet’s strategic impact.
Report notes discussions on increasing allowances for families of service members with a nonworking spouse and two children. A $120 monthly figure is cited, with earlier suggestions of $95 for a wife and varying child allowances. The dialogue includes Eisenhower and references to a congratulatory message for Cunningham’s victory, reflecting wartime policy debate and political maneuvering.
A veteran recalls the Italian fleet scene and a mock movie moment during a ship review led by Eisenhower. The admiral joked about the shot while a signal corps movieman drew laughter, then the crew returned to port and HQ to file stories late at night with public relations promising fast coverage.
In the Forrestville region of Pennsylvania, fourteen miners died and nine were injured when an explosion ripped through the fifth level of the Moffett Schrader coal mine near Forrestville. The disaster occurred late yesterday, trapping workers 1200 feet below the surface.
Funeral services were held in Dallas at 4 p m for Fred Guthrie prominent Dallas oil man who died Friday morning Survivors include his widow and daughter Ann Guthrie was well known among Texas oil men question
Hollywood notes recount Paul Lukas being cast in a Nazified role for Purple Heart and Parley Granger rising as a star under Dana Andrews. Rumors swirl about Fred MacMurray, Veronica Lake, Susan Peters, Richard Quine, Irene Dunne, and others, with industry moves and future projects sketched amid war updates and social schedules.
American fighters and Royal Air Force bombers struck railroad yards at Pisa with high explosives to disrupt German movements. Overnight Wellington aircraft targeted shipyards at Teghorm harbor used to move German forces from Bastia, Corsica. General Montgomery spoke at Fifth army HQ with Clark, noting morale and troop integration with the British IX corps joining the Eighth Army.
New York dispatch reports seven United States aircraft landed on Soviet territory in Kamchatka on September 12 after an American air attack on Euriles. The planes and crews were interned, the Soviets said, claiming engine trouble forced the landings. An American intel officer noted five planes possibly lost with five others reaching land.
In Dallas Judge W. Davidson sentenced John F. Hell, former Dallas ration board clerk, and Velney Baker, travel bureau driver and clerk, to two years each after guilty pleas to bribery and rationing violations. The judge also fined eight others and gave one a 13 month suspended sentence for violations of pre and gasoline regulations.
A fragmented 1943 radio log lists performers and programs including Taylor Tabernacle, Million Dollar Band, Grand Ole Opry participants, Duke Ellington, Glenn Gray, Horace Heidt, and various parades. It mentions diverse acts like Truth Or Consequence, Dance Parade, and Latin American hour, reflecting a wide variety of entertainment on a Saturday evening lineup.
The Black Gang tankers crew headlines KTSA Saturday evening with a dramatic gun story. Colonel Stoopnage hosts a mock floton program and Miriam Hopkins acts in Inner Sanctum. Hit Parade features Frank Sinatra. Saturday Serenade presents Gus Haen sehen's orchestra. Groucho Marx closes with comic radio. News summaries follow from World Today and CBS News.
Actress Alice Faye announced today that she is expecting her second child, due next April, wife of bandleader Phil Harris.
The Women’s Society of Christina will hold a district seminar at Travis Park Methodist Church on Thursday September 30 from 8:49 a.m. to 2 p.m. A luncheon will be served at the church. Reservations should be made with Mrs. J. W. Glass by Tuesday September 28.
Dr J L MacMAhon president of Our Lady of the Lake college delivered the commencement address to Loyola University New Orleans graduates on Friday.
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