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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1940
Page
20
In a forceful anti isolationist tone the author weighs the consequences of entering a global conflict. He discusses Pacific defense needs, potential troop deployments, and the economic toll including billions in costs and casualties. The piece reflects a heated wartime debate with quotations and projected strategic shifts.
Readable text notes wind shifts from north to southerly with warm spells. Sunday and Monday highs near 42 degrees Fahrenheit. Monday afternoon expected warmer with light winds. A few cold pockets may linger but no rainfall expected. Tuesday morning forecast around 68 degrees.
Two pedestrians were injured in separate crashes. Herbert Ezell, 21, of Port Sai Houston, suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his right leg after a car struck him on Fioresnd Coyallog streets. driver Horace Hicks, 6 East Commerce Street, remained at the scene. At South Santa Roca Avenue, Red Avant Kellyfield was hit in the 200 block, sustaining minor injuries. driver Hector Yara, 834 Arbor Place, was listed as the other party.
AUSTIN Dec 8 Release of warrants for a $2 per capita apportionment totaling $3,076,178 was announced by State Superintendent of Education L A Woods. Woods said another $2 payment would be made in January and the apportionment was based on 1,897,888 schumetics.
Marvin Wachtel of Myrtle Street reported two men offered to drive him home from a cafe on North Flores Street at 10. They robbed him of $37 and his shoes after taking him beyond city limits on Highway No. 68. He was deprived of cash and footwear and later reviewed.
Mrs EB L Avrer reported a wrist watch and $20 stolen from her residence at 1507 West Houston Street. A valet was reported stolen from a pocket while the owner slept in its ear ring.
Cairo dispatch reports British forces contacted Italian advance elements in the western Egyptian desert near Sidi Barrani and captured about 500 prisoners in a south of Sidi Barrani engagement. British lines noted activity from their far western front with no major gains reported elsewhere.
London dispatch reports Premier Mussolini refused Graziani request to be relieved of his command of Italian forces in Africa. Graziani had asked after Marshal Baroglio was urged to resign as head of the fascist forces in Albania.
A report from London states the Netherlands Navy suffered a loss during war operations confirmed today. The article mentions cooperation with British forces and details a separate incident where a man named Wes Saegesser was assaulted after parking in front of a restaurant, with a tire slashed and punctured.
Bicycle riders who bicycle about the city at night may face traffic tickets. The White House announced President Roosevelt signed action allowing postmasters entering military service to be absent, marking a broader wartime staffing shift.
Report from London notes another batch of Canadian air crew arriving at British ports. The arrival underscores Canada’s expanding role in wartime air training and defense efforts with additional personnel deploying to support Allied operations.
Nassau officials plan heavy security for a royal visit as Duke and Duchess of Windsor travel to Miami Beach. Police expect 89 officers and 20 escort vehicles to guard the route for the Southern Cross yacht while the duchess recuperates from a minor operation. The Duke will not publicly appear in the United States.
U S Steel operations this week run at near capacity as the steel industry reports continued strong activity. The Albertenn Tron and Blee Institute estimate tonnage for 1940 may surpass the best year in history, projecting around 60.9 million tons vs 93.0 million in 1920, with year-to-date output above prior weeks and last year.
London endured a massive night raid described as the mightiest assault yet by the Nazi Luftwaffe. DNB reports a great glowing sea of fire across the capital with blasts on government buildings, storage tanks, grain elevators, and warehouses. Two areas, Poplar and Bethnal Green, suffered the worst destruction as blocks collapsed and clouds rose over the city.
Buenos Aires paper Critinn reports the British light cruiser Enterprise engaged a German raider off South America. Carnarvon Castle, a 20,100 ton converted cruiser, sustained shell damage and rushed repairs in Montevideo harbor. Uruguayan authorities set a deadline to clear Montevideo by Tuesday evening under international law.
French warplanes reportedly dropped 22 bombs on Lukhou, a Thai town, in retaliation for an alleged bombing at Vientiane. French authorities said border hostilities had escalated to serious proportions with significant bombing activity.
The federal government adopted special emergency capital and income taxes today for national defense. The law becomes effective January 1, 1931 for four years. The present normal income tax frequency remains 12 percent. The War Department announced Pendston, Gre, has been selected as a site for a new air corps station.
Partly cloudy conditions persist for San Antonio and surrounding areas with warmer temperatures expected Monday night into Tuesday. Highs reach the low to mid 90s, lows near 68, and coastal winds increase from the southeast. East Texas shows partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday with warmer eastern portions, while West Texas experiences diminishing clouds and scattered rain chances Monday night. Overall, mild swings in temperatures across regions governed by prevailing winds and moisture.
Greek forces push beyond Argirocastro in a swift follow up attack as Italians retreat from the main Fascist body. Capture of strategically important Arghrecasiso and near ports sparks celebrations while Greek reinforcements and air attacks press the southern Albanian front toward Elbasani and Valona.
Rome dispatch reports the Italian Eleventh Army withdrawing to a new defense line in southern Albattia after orderly retreat with negligible material loss. In Ninth Army sector repeated enemy assaults were repelled and counterattacks scored. Italian air force bombed targets at Sant Moura and the Gulf of Arta amid poor weather. several reports of aircraft losses and British raids causing casualties.
AUSTIN December 2047 Dr George W Cox was unanimously reelected state health officer for a three year term. He has served about four years in the role and will begin his new term immediately despite national defense program pressures and population growth areas demanding health facility expansion.
Pope expresses sympathy for France amid sorrow and stormy history praising moral force and spiritual support as new French ambassador Lean Berard presents credentials. Berard and Pope discuss hope for a serene future and Europe’s spiritual foundations during private audience on Dec. 9.
A man named Burke, described with a rough beard, turned up at the police station claiming to be ready to return to duty after five weeks away without permission. The report is fragmentary and contains garbled place names and dates.
Denison justice of the peace reported a verdict of murder and death by own action in the fatal shooting of Mrs Hotage Hicks and her father in law WH Hicks. Mrs Hicks died at her home Friday four miles west of Hagerman, where the shooting occurred. The case centers on the deliberate self-inflicted death tied to the alleged murder scene.
London dispatch describes British night raids on Lorient Bordeaux Brest Dunkerque and Gravelines in an effort to strike industrial and military targets in German occupied France. Reports say docks stores and docks were damaged as bombs and bursts lit the sky and pilots were reported missing or shot down.
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