San Antonio Light (Newspaper) - August 23, 1940, San Antonio, Texas 1NTHE NEWS The newsreels show the practice maneuvers at N. Y. The troops participating according to the hav come from all along the East coa from Maine to The lack of modern equipment painfully apparent In their The soldiers had no trench mor tars so they made wooden stands tc support pieces ot steel Painted signs identifying thes make-believe weapons as mi were fastened to the flet The Twenty-sixth division ha only two so they substitute trucks and labeled them tanks b means of large Improvised gas pipe guns were used by the troops durin the In one scene troops were advancing across a and th commentator sadly they are launching broomstick Into the barrels of the pretended mortars and th troops inserted empty beer cans t simulate This Is far from an amusing sit It Is f In point of it is extremely It causes UK to wny ou government insists upon being s warlike when we have little or noth ing to be warlike It also compels us to thoughtfully how the seven thou sand million which havi been expended in the last seven years for military have been A large of as Senator Clark has has gone down rat holes to fatten parasitic But what are the rat holes and who are the Generalizations hardly meet thi necessities of the Fat rats will not defend the tion against possible We cannot hope to spread tation among the greedy and forces of Hitler and Stalin with empty beer Pull beer cans might have some effect upon the German and vodka bottles might temporarily de- lay the Russian But for permanent high explosive shells are much more to be relied What a md commentary this whole condition of unpreparedness is upon our boasted democratic Seven thousand million dollars have been spent for empty beer cans wooden mortars and painted signs Surely Roosevelt can hardly say In this planned it that Perhaps there is no use crying over spilt The rich milk has long gone down the rat The rats fattened on It. They have done their prescribed part In The transaction is The new deal is entrenched in A compliant and complacent con- gress is content over the Another seven thousand million dollars have been appropriated for more military Perhaps some shrewd politicians plan it. that It may not be good but It is plainly good fellow what we must look to is not so much the past as the We promised that everything will be from now Again generalities are not How much better results will we get under the same impractical new deal which has mismanaged thing it has undertaken since it came into Will we have bigger and better preparedness or merely bigger and better rat and bigger and fatter rats and bigger and higher taxes and bigger and emptier beer We need for our brave and Ing defenders new Maybe we a new government to get it. We need efficiency In our tary and in our governmental we need a man of proven efficiency at the head of the We like our We do not want to see it fail in a We love our We do not want to see it sub- dued in arms or outdistanced in trade and progress by distinctly in- ferior countries simply because they have the efficiency which we We have been dreaming and drifting along in a paradise without reducing without restoring without providing without achieving organization and system in without safeguarding our out preserving our without protecting our priceless All we have done of late as a nation Is to transfer money from one pocket to another and call flint All that we have done is to rob the workers and producers io ish largesse upon the Incompetent and and call that more abundant All that we have donp Is to waste Hip money of nur own In buy the and up Ihp of International News Dispatches Appear Exclusively in The Light 9 VOL. 217. Published by The Publishing San Texas Member of Associated Press if A Constructive Force in the Community 0 AUGUST 23, 1940. TWENTY-EIGHT THREE CENTS city anc and f U.S. Army Plane's Gas Tanks Explode in Crack-up Near Aug. S. army filers were blown to bits when their twin-motored bombing plane crashed and exploded during a storm while on a routine practice flight from the Air Corps Technical school in Denver last The explosion scattered wreckage and parts of bodies 300 yards from the spot where the Douglass craft 23 miles southeast I Maj. Leo H. officer at Lowry said plane's gasoline containing approximately 300 gallons of I apparently had exploded when it Fifteen unexploded loaded with small ies of were found tered around the wreckage when a searching party from Lowry field reached the scene before CAUGHT IN STORM Investigating officers said it was the plane was struck by or was caught in a draft during a severe hall and storm 8 m. A sister ship accompanied the plane on the flight assignment to practice bombing a target on the isolated bombing Officers of the second plane said he first ship had released two before it disappeared in a torm Soon Major Dawson he missing plane radioed that 1 lad lost sight of Its sister ship That was the word from it. 2ND LT. K. P. Air corps reserve flier Guns Answer Shelling by London Suffers Third Air 2ND LIEUT. W. A. CHAMPAGNE Pilot of The second plane returned to Searching planes quipped with were d to the bombing range at 11 p. in when the missing bomber was stir They led ground ies to the site of the on a arren spot adjacent to the bombing MOVED FROM The two officers and seven en- sted men killed were attached to he Thirty-seventh medium which was loved to Lowry field early in July rom Barksdale near La. The squadron is scheduled for ater transfer to a new army air ase now under construction at The Second Lieut. Wilbur A. Second Lieut. Robert P. air corps Valley Long N. Staff William 2, Tenn. Staff Sgt. Clarence L. 35, Sgt. Truman 26, C. 25, Switz Pvt. Claude E. 23, Pvt. Charles K 23, radio Pvt. Weldon 22, Hutchinson and Bryson were not members of the plane crew and had one on the practice flight .as Major Dawson An board was to attempt to learn the ause of the Its members re Major Maj. Arnold lich and Maj. Harold barrage Balloon Goes oh Rampage Aug. age balloon broke loose and went n a rampage over London nocking over chimney pots and ng off showers of sparks by ng its cable over trolley Finally it tangled on St. Mark's hurch While police nd a balloon crew were trying to ree it. it suddenly gave a yank that church spire cd its cable and sailed British Force Leaves Shanghai Aug. 23. A detachment of British oops of the East Surrey regiment from Shanghai today for n undisclosed The oops marched through the streets f the international settlement by a United States marine irps The first group of the British who are withdrawing from left M KILLED IN- Aug. 23. A passenger plane en route om to fair in n storm said HIP 17 era three members of ew all the Weather in Game Of San Antonio Friday was ing some of thp most pleasant mid- August weather It has had in Temperatures ranee from 65 in the early morning .to a top of 90 degrees in the late Forecaster J. H. Jarboe The high for Thursday was 90 and the was predicted for Friday and Skies will be partly cloudy Friday night and Spanish Long 111, Is Dead Aug. 23 Cardinal Ooma y primate of Spain and the Vatican's semi- official representative to issimo Franco's government during the Spanish civil died late last night at after eral He was 71. Aug. disclosed today heavy guns on both sides of the channel have joined the battle of Britain as German air raiders hit hard three sub- urbs in early morning Military sources said British guns had fired few at man cannon bombarding the Im- portant channel port of Dover from the French They minimized the possibilities i of long-range de- glaring the German guns could have some but could no military Although vans began moving the belongings of Dover's military sources declared the guns could not make the British give up Dover as a war CASUALTIES FEW Homes and public buildings were blasted in the raid on London and a bomb burst in one area several hours but casualties were Nazi planes struck also at tered areas in the southeast and damaging buildings and killing at least two Those areas also were raided by night and an official ment acknowledged there had been number of fatal airplane and motor factories and were the German a high command communique In Berlin ing four merchantmen fires and explosions caused in several and 11 British planes downed against two German planes On the other the British reported nine German warplanes shot down against four British two of which the filers re- In a royal air force com- said British bombers had destroyed two Italian a destroyer and a submarine depot in a bombardment of warships at FIRM ON In face of Italian pressure on Britain reaffirmed her 1939 guarantee that the event of any FDR Demands Congress Speed Conscription Plan Further Debate Will Clog Defense Chief Executive This and map were dropped by Nazi planes over tain to cause alarm among the according to Several maps were found upon which detailed instructions to were printed in hut no parachutists were action which clearly threatens he independence of Greece lis majesty's government would feel ound to lend to the ment all the strength in its A spokesman for the ministry of ionic security said today there will Je no published list of the dead and in London The ust total of civilian air raid on Page 4, Col. 6) 4 Crash Victims Once at S. A. Field The two officers and two of the enlisted men killed in the crash of an army bomber near Denver day night previously had been at Kelly it was an- by officials at the training school They were Second Lieut. Wilbur A. Second Lieut. Robert Staff William McDearman and Roy C. Lieutenant 24. a of was from Kelly field in 1938. After leaving here he went to dale His Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. live in Only recently he had married Miss Lorraine Griffith of BROTHER IN S. A. He is survived also by a brother n San Noah assistant secretary of the San An- Drug who lives at 225 Myrtle Drive east. Lieutenant 26. a ive of N. was ated from Kelly field In 1940. He also was a graduate of Syracuse His father and mother live in New York Lieutenant at Randolph field this past was well known to San An- as a fine cellist and he in two of the San Antonio symphony concerts this season under Max 20 YEARS IN Sergeant 42. is a native of Brazos and been in military service 20 the last 12 of which were with the Sixty-fourth School squadron at Kelly During the World war he served with the One Hundred Fifteenth Field He is survived by the Mrs. Gladys and a Sergeant an in- at Kelly and Sergeant Adkins were on detached service at Lowry 25. was a native of Switz and is by his Mrs. Lulu I who lives He had been at Kelly field several Aug. today their air raiders shot down 11 British against the loss of three of their despite bad weather hampering air Air patrols over the these sources dispersed a British convoy near Dover and damaged two merchantmen with bomb Effective bombings of several British airports also were official German news said the German ed seven Spitfire fighter planes shot down over the South England coast by Nazi pursuit patrols in the course of the Aug. 23. Thp air ministry said today nine German planes worn destroyed over Britain seven by Brit- ish two by anti-aircraft of our fighter aircraft were but two of the pilots are the ministry enemy bomber was shot down in the early hours this morning by bewis gunfire from the Ecuador Solons Probe Nazi Acts Aug. Informed sources said today An- dres provisional tiad been questioned on Nazi ties in at a secret session of congress last Another secret session was to be lield Monday at which cabinet arc expected to explain the results their investigation of re- ported Nazi Bexar Warrants for I toads Seen An indication worth of The state federal warrants will be issued by the stand to expend in September to finance on the strip if the of vital military highways ty will provide the 160-foot wide San Antonio from a court meeting The with nil out the funds for the project arc crs opened In thp office of limited and may bo shifted to Commissioner Robert F. Also present were D. R. ber of commerce highway T. H. assistant district son favors the Issuance of warrants Russell county highway and Harry secretary to thp county County Judge C. W. Anderson Is on The commissioners heard a letter from F. S. state highway department asking action it was Mat d on right-of-way negotiations ls b trans- on highway U. S. route The court authorized the county auditor and the Stewart com- to prepare title reports on of San ACTION Maddox pointed out the court promised last March 29 to right-of-way for a stretch 6.3 miles west of San Antonio and extending 103 miles to Medina county HARDWARE DEALER Aug. 23. Frank 70, past president of the Texas Hardware and ment association and a hardware merchant for 22 died here National Guard Goes to FDR Aug. The senate sent to the White House oday legislation authorizing the to call the national guard and army reserves to active duty for a period of 12 consecutive The chamber completed ive action on the resolution by without a ence report previously approved by anywhere within the Western or the Philippine The legislation provides any guardsman or reserve under the rank of captain who has ents with no other means of port could resign within 20 days after he lias been ordered into tive Guard members under 18 years of ape would be given Re-employment of those Inducted As finally Ihp measure into service would he nf vould make approximately 396.000jemployers, nfler of of thp officers with n provision erve reserves and I that they should then be units to charged without lor one Weather Forecast San Antonio and Partly cloudy Friday night nnd Light to gentle easterly port high Friday about 90; low Friday night about 66; high Saturday about 90; high Thursday 90; low Friday morning 65. City high day 90; low Friday morning East Texas Partly cloudy Friday night and Gentle Io fresh northeast and winds on the West Texas Partly cloudy Friday Saturday except after- noon cloudiness in southwest portion nnd scattered Afternoon showers and thunderstorms in HIP northern Not much change in Rieber Resigns as Texas Director NEW Aug. Torkild who quit the manship of Texas corporation last resigned today as a director and the company announced his complete retirement from the of the big oil His chairmanship resignation took place following disclosure of his with special trade envoy accredited by the German embassy in Texas corporation announced the post of chairman of the board had been abolished and its duties had been assumed by W. S. S. in to his duties as President Roosevelt said today he was personally and absolutely op- posed to postponement of sory military training until Tile president told a press con- ference increments of man power were needed now to learn to use modem fighting equipment that already is on To iml off actual drafting of lie would delay tlir whole de- fense a year or A few the I press congress action on em- Ihp chief executive to call Ihp national nnd re- active duty for a 12- month of mpni with on a final ot Ihc sent the to thp White Upon by 396.000 men become subject to active service within the Western The army has termed the a necessary prelude to Ihp training of men brought into service through con- nnd when votes the compulsory training lation favored by Ihp said hnd the since June 20 and still was talking about it. If a should not be enacted in the couple of he work if right-of-way is not there was going to be real delay In 'the defense ROCKNE Likening this program to the con- winning Notre Dame ball teams under the late Knute the president asserted if Rockne had started a season with only nine players in- stead of 44 four full teams would not have had a winning If thp United States is it wants to the chief executive adding we had better have a good football team than none at Pending in the senate as the president spoke was an amendment proposed to the conscription by Senator loney which would de- lay actual selection of men for tive military service until ary 1. Roosevelt expressed himself as emphatically opposed to such de- Shortly before Senator Glass had joined the ranks of conscription advocates opposing Maloney think we have postponed ting ready for Glass told I am not in favor of postponing action for another Maddox urged pointing vided stated judge to complete the highway since it is a link In a military road and despite the 1938 platform against The he considers an TITLE WORK It was said warrants for this and similar to the amount of probably will be issued by SAN Aug. 23. died in the San Quentin prison gas chamber today for the hunting knife ing two years ago of beautiful Leona 20. The killing of the blonde girl occurred in the hills back of as the two sat in parked on a dent of Texas a SHIP REACHES AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT. Aug. camouflaged liner with more than 1200 including several hundred British reached this port today from The children were re- ported to be bound for homes in the United States as well as War At A Glance By ihe Associated Battle of British long-range guns shell Calais on French replying to shelling of London scoffs at Berlin claim big guns can control German bombers attack three London renew violent air raids elsewhere in island RAF bombers raid western Greek Fascists in Rome sound clear warning Italy will in- vade Greece if British occupy Greek Britain renews pledge to aid Greece if attacked by Albanian newspaper charges Greeks close frontier to keep Albanian farmers from working land in Greek Mediterranean British bombers destroy two Italian data oil page i destroyer and depot ship in Libyan But resuming senate debate on Senator Wiley contended voluntary service should be given a trial before com- training is senate cannot afford to hasten action on this Every angle is too IE we de- bate this for three more it in my delay pre- Conscription advocates quickly contended President Roosevelt's statement to the press would tip tlie scales against the Maloney Senator Burke of the pending said he thought the would result in age of the without such as Matney observers agreed a senate vote on the Maloney proposal was unlikely before next The president said the ment had been concentrating on letting orders for new and much of it was to be delivered this fall and next The equipment without man er is of no lie The present of the army and national HIP president was around 400.000 and the dim to raise this to a year from this BASE MATTER There was no he told re- on thp with Britain on leasing by the United States of some of thp In this hemisphere for There was Iw hp on thp of 4, Col. it
