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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1940

Page

13

Enemies Within Our Gates Calls for United Front Against Sabotage

The Dies committee report portrays the Communist party in America as a threat to U S institutions and national security. It asserts anti American aims including civil war and domination in key industries and unions while criticizing the administration for antagonism and urging cooperation to counter sabotage.

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Picture of Italian warplane hints at metal shortages

A dated, fragmentary report analyzes a photograph of a large Italian monoplane in England. It argues ropes and stabilizers reveal metal shortages and the need for lighter, stronger materials amid fascist promises. The piece criticizes dictators Mussolini and Hitler for unmet promises, housing plans, and economic distress across enslaved nations.

Zingland England Italy

Roosevelt Seeks Unity Amid Defense Progress Debate

Washington December 2 President Roosevelt expresses satisfaction with most defense progress while Congress voices mixed views. A military committee member secured late data on modern aircraft but found it disturbing and destroyed it. Talks of investigations hover as Stimson blasts commercial plane production. Britain’s wartime stance and possible limited peace talk influence American markets as Roosevelt eyes uniting 22 million who opposed or supported him for a broader domestic peace and industry drive.

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Odds and Ends Vemls Brightest Ab Brey in the Travens

A garbled note states Vemls is the brightest ab brey in the travens besides the sun and moon. It mentions a quota dralgration with about 159,900 altens, suggesting a numeric count amid uncertain terms.

Vemls Travens

1920 Open Baron talk and city building talk feature

In a 1920 Open Baron address Dr Charles G. Dabbermeyer discusses global tension and American leadership while a British philosopher criticizes Europe’s jealousy of the United States. The article also notes upcoming theater offerings at St Mark’s and Beethoven Hall with casts listed and the single tax debate in San Antonio.

Une Charles G Dbermeyer Europe America

City Manager Form Debate in Charter Amendment Vote

Discussion on the city manager form of government to be decided in the charter amendment election set for December 17 in San Antonio. The opinions stated do not necessarily reflect The San Antonio Light’s views.

San Antonio Gerald J. Schinepp St. Mary's University

Council-Manager Debate for San Antonio Charter Amendments

Gerald J. Schinepp argues the council manager plan offers expert city administration with public council oversight and merit-based staffing, while Herman A. Knopp counters that the amendments erode electoral control by removing direct votes for mayor and commissioners, risking politics and patronage under a city manager system.

Fom Citzenry Herman A KNOPP San Antonio Pareonelty United States

Good Place That Tent Helps You Discover the Stars

A weary visitor seeks shelter at a mountain ranch, finding brief solace in simple hospitality. The narrator notes the hard pain of loss and hints at broader worlds beyond private grief, where hope and courage may guide healing through shared warmth and memory.

Ife Patna

By Elsie Robinson Poetic Self Freedom Note

A fragment attributed to By Elsie Robinson urges self discovery through inner insight. It speaks of breaking free from self-made confines and asserting personal freedom despite ongoing constraints. The brief item appears as a literary aside or column snippet with minimal context.

Riddled Q&A Snippet From The Gomle Page

A fragmented puzzle item lists odd person clues with names such as Diogenes Hermes and Methuselah alongside puzzling labels like Palatatt La Diehard and Old Nick. The garbled line hints at turn to the Gomle Page for answers and credits King Wray, Ryne ted a.

Damovles Hebe David and Jonathan Hermes Diogenes Palatatt Diehard J. Herod Dogherry Niobe Jonah Methuselah Nick Nementa Gomle King Wray Ryne Ted

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