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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1940
Page
2
The piece argues the United States can defend the western hemisphere with independence or cooperation, urges a measured view of Churchill’s French Navy acquisition, and advocates strong sea defense as essential security against invasion.
Admiral Thomas Charles Hart, commander of the US Asiatic fleet, left Shanghai for Telugtas to rejoin the fleet as Japanese requests for control of the British defense sector surface. Under a temporary agreement while further talks occur, Shanghai volunteers will patrol under US Marines as the British withdrawal begins. The Japanese opposed the plan, arguing their forces should cover the entire sector.
Park Commissioner Henry Henry Thursday pronounced the city’s new garbage disposal satisfactory after an inspection of the Expection park dump grounds. The city recently inaugurated a system to dry garbage after it is dumped. The dump needs two more trucks and a larger age, evening $14,000.
A dated recount notes Russian and German Metis fighting in the Gulf of Riza with Rustisans retreating behind Meeti-Litovse as a city nears fall. Artillery duels rage on the western front while a year earlier Germany and allies announced trade terms and mass troop movements to border regions.
Rome reports Italian authorities indicate planned actions against Britain following success in British Somaliland and Berbera. Mussolini orders Aosta to pursue new aims, while British forces retreat from Berbera amid fires and a large surrender of troops including South Africans. Hitler congratulates Mussolini on East Africa victory.
Willams Holst, 27, park department worker, was attacked by a raccoon at the zoo while attempting to capture it. Fellow workers restrained him during the struggle. the raccoon bit through his cap and injured his index finger. Holst was treated at a hospital for a lacerated finger.
A 14 year old youth at 206 Fite Street sustained injuries to his throat and right hand from a bread slicer at a local shop. He was at Robert S Green hospital where Jimenez, 64, of 727 Arbor Place, reportedly broke a rib after falling from a tree. Mary Louise Arter was also noted in connection with the incident.
Allied air forces press Berlin raids while British production claims parity toward air superiority. Churchill vows to sustain the air war, rejects Hoover’s blockade plan, and appeals for U.S. help as raids hit Boulogne and Dover. Britain warns of possible shelling of London as German attacks intensify.
Frederick Abbott resigns after 25 years in public education at Thomas Jefferson High school. He will pursue personal matters and publishing, with poems and children’s works upcoming. Abbott led state winning declamation and debate teams, wrote the alma mater, and sponsored The Thespians on Jefferson’s famed Thespian Island. He began at Warrensburg Missouri State Teachers College in 1914 and later directed performances at Mall Avenue High School.
Washington Aug 20 Sen ator Danaher demanded a senate inquiry into officials access to prized postage stamps. He charged Secretary Ickes could profit about 187 417.50 on imperforate stamps bought for 382.50 and cited a letter to New York University’s chancellor offering rare stamps for sale at charity auction. A separate Minnesota item notes Jule H Lasbatas completing a long rural route journey before retirement.
A Commons committee secretly heard testimony to determine if Capt A H M Ramsay’s privileges as a member of parliament were violated by his detention at Brixton prison under the defense act. Ramsay appeared under guard at the parliamentary buildings for the first time since May 23.
The report notes unsettled conditions with chances of rain and cooler temperatures as a front moves through the area this evening. Winds from the northwest could reach moderate speeds, with overnight lows near the mid forties.
Chinese capital Chungking faced another Japanese air raid as 100 bombers returned this afternoon, dropping explosive and incendiary bombs across all districts and hindering relief efforts. Fire raged in ruined sectors while anti aircraft defenses claimed several bombers shot down. In Hepyang Hunan province, a US Presbyterian mission hospital and four nearby buildings were destroyed in August air raids, with damage exceeding 10 million dollars.
The city begins installing lights at Thornyland Park softball diamonds and tennis courts, with completion in two weeks. Recreation director J. W. said charges for light use are undecided, likely 25 cents per hour, and meters may be installed. The plan aims to extend evening play.
San Antonio officials move to obtain a second civilian pilot training unit under the Civilian Aeronautics Authority for San Antonio Junior College. Initiated by J E Nelson, the plan passed to J E Stutsman, with a training wait at St Mary’s University. Fox said an application will be made to the CAA for the unit, with 24 hours each for meteorology and navigation and Dying likely at Stinson field. max 60 students per course per school.
British wartime leader David Lloyd George said he was in a house shaken by a blast last night. The explosion struck near London, damaging areas in Norfolk and Suffolk.
A 22-year-old RAF sergeant earning his wings rammed an unarmed Heinkel bomber during night raids, killing himself and five German airmen as spectators saw the two planes collide and crash intertwined. The official inquiry could not confirm intent.
In Trondheim on August 20 a German military court executed Carlos Sant a 35 year old Norwegian citizen of Thallen parentage convicted of murdering a German air force soldier during a quarrel at Sant's home. The sentence marks the return of the death penalty to the region under occupation after 63 years.
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