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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1938
Page
2
Lelapd E. Pert of the Recruiting Service will report to the oval office January 3 to replace Louis Nagy who is reassigned to the fleet at San Diego California. Recruiting aid due.
Washington dispatch notes William Tyler Page, 70, longtime House aide and historian. Born as a page in the Capitol, he vowed to die there, praising 50 plus years serving Congress and his lineage to John Tyler and Carter Braxton. He remains a revered reference for both parties.
Insurgent big guns intermittently shelled Madrid defense lines as snow and swollen rivers in the north slowed the insurgent offensive. The weather hampered movement and communications in the sector near Hendaye France.
Dallas prisoner Joe Carson aged 24 faced a total 75 years in prison after a 25 year sentence for holding up two men at an ice station. He already had 50 years for robbery of a drug store, and the terms were made cumulative.
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain won a Commons vote on foreign policy and opened an inquiry into alleged defense ministry incompetence. Junior ministers fault rearma ment delays naming Leslie Hore Belisha Sir Thomas Inskip and Earl Winterton. Calls arose to replace Lord Runciman and other officials as reshuffles loom before Mussolini talks resume.
Berlin officials voiced disappointment after Chamberlain signaled willingness to continue appeasement but pressed for a concrete positive contribution from Germany. Commentators note Berlin’s view that resolving the Czechoslovak crisis and Hitler’s Munich antiwar pledge should pave the way, while awaiting further steps.
Mrs J K Beretta of San Antonio accepts a post on the Texas committee for the president's birthday celebration. George Waverley Briggs announces she is the twentieth prominent Texan to take a post as county chairmen are named for several counties. Officials say the event, January 30, funds will support the fight against infantile paralysis.
Police searched Tuesday for an eight man who disrupted traffic and frightened residents near Aust in and Burleson streets Monday while steering a wheelchair. Radio Patrolkeen M M Hirsch and J R Chambers said they received a call to arrest a man thought intoxicated rolling a wheelchair. Before arrival the man fed up traffic by rolling in front of autos careening down a street and disappeared down an alley.
David Lee Hill son of Dr. B. Hill of the First Presbyterian church was notified of his commission in the Naval Aviation Reserve. He will report to the Naval Air School at Pensacola, Florida, December 28 for a four year tour of duty. Hill recently returned to San Antonio after 30 days training at the Navy Elimination School in Opaloka, Florida.
Chinese pickets and American sympathizers protest shipment of deserted war materials to Japan as San Francisco longshoremen resist through two loading days. A waterfront committee meeting was set to decide if the port would stay halted amid threats to widen picketing and disrupt operations.
Shanghai December reports describe a five year Japanese plan to pacify north China and set up a strong government. Officers said troops are moving north from the Yangtze valley, creating guerrilla pockets as rapid invasion leaves areas unconquered. Neutral estimates show limited control in several provinces with much of north China held by Chinese irregulars.
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