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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1942
Page
2
President Juan Antonio Mucating announced no rapid foreign policy change as he took office for a six year term. Rios swore in and pledged continental solidarity while seeking cordial relations with all countries. Chile and Argentina maintain relations with the Axis.
Investigators probed a $300,000 blaze that destroyed a war work plant and damaged a neighboring factory. The fire, starting in a blacksmith forge at Centurk Hesting and Venabling, spread to a leased building adjoining the German Engineer ang concern amid strong winds.
San Antonio brewing association official announces McGimsey’s appointment to the 18 member advisory committee for the brewing industry. John B. Smiley heads the committee as chief of the beverage and tobacco branch of the war program.
London dispatches quote Vichy radio stating Jap troops landed on small islands near Timor, claiming strategic importance to complete the island front against Australia. Melbourne reports Premier Curtin says Darwin endured eleventh raid with 85 bombs dropped, causing minor damage.
About 700 Axis aliens and their families, held by Panamanian authorities since the war’s start, are en route to the United States for internment from a Canal Zone port. Among them are 184 Japanese men of military age, with many wearing field caps. others include 98 Germans, 14 Italians, and 27 from Axis-occupied countries.
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