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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1940
Page
2
December promises a bustling month for State 1941 business with Want Ad results. Readers urged to use The Lightown and dial F-12321 to place classified notices in division 4 percent. Local listings encourage profitable ads and leasing opportunities through Light Want LTORE.
Reports from Indo China and Thailand indicate ongoing hostilities along the Siam border near Thakhek and Savyannakhet. A French communique notes Thai air attacks on Indo-Chinese targets including the 900-ton ironclad vessel Beryle, with minor damage and one ship’s anti-aircraft guns returning fire. Bandong Island near Vientiane was occupied by Thai forces without resistance as communications with Thakhek remained broken. Native uprisings persist in northern Indo-China while officials promise strong action. about 14 killed and 30 injured in bombings according to circulating reports.
The Sixty third Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort Macarthur, will relocate to a new port at Wort Elias, El Faso, Texas. It numbers 1600 officers and men and departs in 240 army trucks along an announced route. The move is reported in December with details from the War Department.
Washington reports the U S Navy command deems the fleet the strongest sea force globally with plans for new bases in the Atlantic and Pacific. Admiral Harold R Stark renewed talk of a Guam base as essential to deter hostile forces, outlining readiness and strength in annual naval operations review.
Milan Italy December 2 The fascist press reports that high altitude planes to revolutionize air combat are being produced by Italian factories. Inventor Secondo Campini told Coltiere Della Sera that the craft uses a gas chamber to boost power, employment of a regular motor and propeller, with a heated air boost.
Marcus Mac of 903 South Fria street pursued a youth caught burglarizing his residence and apprehended the intruder inside a neighbor’s house two doors away. The incident prompted police notification and potential charges under local burglary laws.
Budapest Dec 2 authoritative sources said a secret weekend meeting between Adolf Hitler and Yugoslav Foreign Minister Aleksandar Cklear-Markovic in Berlin prepared Yugoslavia to join the tripartite pact. The talks reportedly ironed out details for Yugoslavia to follow Hungary Romania and Slovakia into the German Italian Japanese decade military economic accord.
In Waterford Prime Minister Eamon de Valera declared support for a large nationwide standing army to deter invasions. Speaking to a 2000 strong home security force he said he would not be satisfied until all men aged 20 to 35 were enrolled in defense units.
Nine stray cattle are grazing on a ranch. Francis Cunningham, Campbelltan road stockman, reported to the sheriff's office on Monday. Two of the cattle are branded with a VF on the right hip, Cunningham said.
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