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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1941
Page
3
Cairo reports three Italian German columns halted within five miles of Sylum after harassing fire and storms. British armored divisions block the advance with air superiority and interrupted supply lines, Germans rely on aircraft to redeploy troops, shortening the journey from Uripoll.
Berlin reports a high level commentary stating that Germany Italy Hungary and Bulgaria will share Yugoslav territory as a guide to possible dismemberment. Zones cited include German civil administration in parts of Slovenia and Carinthia, Hungarian occupation between the Drava and Danube, Bulgarian control around Skoplje and Prilep to Lake Ohrid, and Italian hold on the Dalmatian coast and Ljubljana region. The axis powers also recognize Croatia as an independent state carved from Yugoslavia.
Berlin reports that coaling, band and foodstuffs totaling over 40 million dollars have fallen into German hands since the war began. The German News Agency DNB states 872 merchant ships have been seized or captured to date.
Berlin dispatch reports that five British planes were shot down in under half an hour of fighting over the English Channel. Uniformed sources said the action occurred today, marking a sharp clash as war operations continued along the channel front.
German guns shelled the Dover area from the French coast for nearly six hours in the heaviest cross channel action of the war. British artillery and RAF countered as a mammoth duel stretched across about 20 miles, with three occasional injuries and negligible damage to England's southeast corner dubbed Hell's Corner. The reported raid suggested a tentative invasion prelude.
Miss Lorraine Ripps of 1812 Bynzos Street, army Duisé is ordered to report for service at Randolph Field Hospital on May 1. She previously served two years at Fort Lang Houston with the Santa Rosa hospital school of nursing.
New York April 29 Italian radio said Italy will renew its push to annex Nice from France with a nationwide Nice campaign day. Prominent state party and press figures will deliver speeches to rally support and public backing for the move.
The twentieth District WCTU will convene Thursday at 1 a.m. in Central Christian Church with Mr M Glass presiding. The San Antonio Temperance movement, directed by Billy Busby, will present a program.
Philadelphia April 29. President Walter Fuller of the National Association of Manufacturers says American industry has done a modern defense miracle through voluntary cooperation of free men. He notes 13 billion dollars in defense orders absorbed in under four years with 99 percent in production and 86 percent of manufacturers expecting on time delivery. He envisions 1942 as the year America becomes the unsurpassed arsenal of the world and urges candor and shock to boost morale and preparedness.
United States Civil Service commission announces open competitive examinations for positions including carpenter's helper and junior general mechanic at Fort Sam Houston. Job pay ranges noted as $1620 per year for the former and $1440 for the latter, with tests scheduled for Tuesday.
Long Beach California April 29 Army physicians rejected him as physically unfit for the Civil War. In 1869 he was given only one year to live. Eaton J Merchant has just celebrated his hundredth birthday anniversary.
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