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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1941

Page

3

Coast Guard Air Patrol Sheds Light On Atlantic Flight

A Coast Guard aviation unit conducts a routine patrol over the Atlantic coast. The narrative follows operations near Ambrose Channel and Barnegat, detailing aircraft, ships, and the day's calm yet watchful sea air scene.

Migat Ancineer Ajergtars United States Coast Guard Ployd Bennett Field Nervy Swanston Neil U. S. Coast Guard Boston U. S

Siew Area Altlack Kills 90 Hurts 106

Cairo reports a hostile air operation resulting in 90 deaths and 106 injuries. The axis attack targeted the Bex canal area. German command claims two British destroyers were sunk before the raid, with ships totaling 16,000 tons.

Siew Altlack Hurts Cairo Egypt Bex Canal Aie Egyptien Digi

Gasoline Trolleys Suspend in Tokyo

Gasoline shortages force RAMOMNe powered trolleys to suspend service in Tokyo starting August 1. Railways struggle as fuel supply disruptions halt operations and reduce city transit options.

Tokyo

British fleet gains Sardinia raid details

British warships attacked Sardinia with incomplete destroyers and ships lacking parts. The fleet entered Alghero roadstead and Port Cotte Rabiy in the morning. Reports said a new plane slipway and hangars were set afire after shelling Alehore airfield.

London Sardinik Admiraly Mediterranean Alghero Jmnebor Alehore Kdmirilty

War 25 Years Ago Today Compiled War News

War reports from Cairo and London describe British troops seizing German defense trenches near Porres and two downed units south of Brody. Turkish forces assault British positions as 14 000 Turks attempt to reach the Suez Canal. Roosevelt appeals to Congress for stricter spy laws amid invasion concerns.

Germany Secund Porleres Soneth Tivar Brody Fenant Suez Canal Mars England A. Fin Cairo Roosevelt Congress

British Tobruk Attack Fails In Libya Front

Rome reports British assaults on the Tobruk front in Libya were repulsed with heavy losses. The Tallon high command says about 100 British dead and many wounded, while a British tanker was sunk by a German submarine and a Sunderland flying boat was shot down with its crew captured.

Rome Tallon High Command Guriman Tobruk Libya

Norman Thomas Attacks Willkie Over Debate on War Issues

Norman Thomas, former Socialist presidential candidate and national Socialist chairman, denounces Willkie for refusing a public war issues debate. He accuses Willkie of engineered stunts and disputes the legitimacy of debates invited by mayors and groups. The statement cites Wheeler in the Senate charging remongering and argues for open debates under any proper auspices that ensure fair discussion of national issues.

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Optimist Club to Feature Singers at Gunter Hotel

Members of the Optimist Club will be entertained by a program at the Gunter Hotel Tuesday noon. Renee Harker will lead the group in singing.

Prograsi Optimist Club Gunterbetel Tesday rEne Harker Geaup Ainging

Mexican Welfare Worker Tours U.S. Institutions

Senora Francisca Acosta, a welfare department official from Vera Cruz, is on a two month tour visiting San Antonio hospitals and juvenile courts before proceeding to St Louis New York Washington DC and Atlanta City to study American welfare systems.

Senorita Francisca Acasta Secrealey Department of Welfare Vera Cruz Mexico Ciablow San Antonio Benenita Acista United States St. Louis New York Weslington Atlanta City

Pardon Bribe Accusations Shake Massachusetts Leader

Massachusetts senate heard allegations that Governor Daniel Coakley pressed pardons for political favors in a 16 year inquiry. He denied any personal gains and asserted he would prove his innocence before the senate in the impeachment proceedings.

Hostor Daniel H. Coakley D.boson Massachusetts Senate Secate Hay Coakley Bisuket Courtetliur Senate

Brooks to Receive Ten New Planes

Ten new ATG planes were to be ferried from North American Aviation in Dallas to Brooks Field on Tuesday afternoon. A party of six officers and four enlisted men led by Captain Louis Croes will accompany the planes, with Lieutenant Ray Osborn, Lieutenant Robert Miller, and others aboard. Also noted is a large home and office yard sale advertisement in the paper.

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