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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1940
Page
2
Readers are urged to pressure studios and lawmakers to stop exploiting animals in motion pictures. The letter criticizes self regulating rules as weak, calls for state enforcement, and argues bans and legal penalties deter cruel production practices across the industry.
In London Britain restricts re export to Ireland of cattle feed fertilizer unmanufactured tobacco oranges lemons and assorted tools without a license. The ban targets items vital to Ireland economy amid tensions over bases for British convoys.
Norma Shearer, Hollywood motion picture actress, is ill with influenza at Sun Valley Idaho. She arrived with her two children on Monday and her condition improved by Tuesday. Dr Moritz says she is running an average course through the illness.
Giant waves and extremely high tides pounded southern California coastal sections, collapsing beach houses and shops. Redondo Beach suffered heavy damage while San Pedro saw undermined foundations and partial collapses. City officials estimated about 250000 dollars in Redondo losses and coastal resorts from Long Beach to Santa Barbara fortified waterfronts.
In New York on February 27, the WPA adult education program announces a three month course for male nurses. The program responds to a new state licensing law requiring practical nurses to be licensed.
Wilhelm Muhlenbroich, 40, a German inmate convicted of kidnapping 3yearold Marc de Tristan, slit his arm with a razor in an attempted suicide at San Quentin. He survived, telling authorities he failed to finish the act. Warden Onto Duffy reported the cut shallow and the prisoner in hospital with no danger.
Washington sources say President Roosevelt may soon propose rapid construction of a large number of merchant ships to aid Britain, part of a broader plan to lease or lend equipment and supplies. Debate over ship transfers, base sites, and potential submarine chaser aid continues as officials weigh military value and strategic needs.
Bejucal Cuba and nearby towns faced a deadly cyclone strike with at least eight bodies found in Bejucal and three in Rancho Boyeros as martial law is imposed. More than 200 doctors and nurses rush from Havana to aid victims after two tornadoes leveled about 150 homes. Death toll feared to rise beyond initial estimates.
A police guard at the firm Goeth Webb and Goeth in the Smith Young tower received an anonymous call claiming their office safe would be robbed. The incident prompted heightened security at their Tomneys location near Wes Stationed.
A Dutch naval officer said unfinished Netherlands warships taken across the channel during the May German invasion will be completed in British harbors and soon enter action. The Netherlands fleet air arm now has modern machines, and Britain will received a destroyer from the U S naval base deal. The larger part of the Dutch navy escaped to England, with only three gunboats and two mine layers lost.
A rough summary notes Japanese forces shelling a British island in the South Pacific while German long range guns bombard Dover. RAF and Nazi air forces resume action after a Christmas truce with British bombers striking Bordeaux. A German raider is repelled near London. The British press reports ongoing bombardment of Libyan forces at Bardia as Archibald Wavell’s command awaits orders. Italian air bases and Greek reports describe continuing skirmishes and withdrawals in the Balkans.
The record notes on the Western front where German-held Westenide remained shielded from sea action by the British. Heavy battles unfold between Russians and Austrians along the Bessarabia Bukovina line. French forces consolidate gains at Hartmannsyeilerkopf in Alsace with action ongoing. One year prior, Finnish forces crossed the Soviet border near Salla as Karelia saw heavy combat and Britain signed a war treaty with Sweden.
Bt Mark s Episcopal church will hold a special service for the deaf Saturday at 7 40 p m. The Rev Robert C Fletcher Episcopal missionary to the deaf in the Southern states will come to San Antonio for the service. Open to all deaf regardless of church affiliation. The Rev Mr Finteher was recently appointed one of three trustees of the National Association for Deaf.
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