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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1940
Page
1
A fragmented front of wartime poetry and editorial letters from December 12 1040 recount fears of renewed conflict. Voices of youth mothers and veterans clash with calls for American English diplomacy and a proposed loan tied to colonial possessions. The page blends poetry with letters urging policy shifts and global power considerations.
Preliminary U S treasury audit shows Britain near end of cash payments for arms and munitions with autumn next year likely. Detailed balance analysis to fix exact date of cash exhaustion while Britain liquidates assets and seeks loans or leases to sustain war material imports.
A narcotics peddler was jailed after a Milan square sting led to arrest of a wholesale supplier at Leona and Monterey streets. The dealer directed officers to a cemetery grave site where marijuana cigarettes were buried beneath a tombstone. The case involved a second suspect identified as Toscano Vescano.
Radio patrolman D Arredondo spotted a man in civilian clothes carrying an army overcoat near 400 South Santa Rosa Avenue. Insignia on the coat indicated Second Division. Wilbur Bailey of Fort Sam Houston arrived to reclaim the car and coat, while Victor Mireles, 27, 27 Co Uma Street, was jailed under $50 bond for hot theft.
Berlin reports indicate that ties between Vichy France and Berlin remain unsettled and not satisfactorily clarified. The current relationship with Laval is questioned, as discussions on future cooperation are not imminent after the cabinet changes.
An unidentified submarine fired a torpedo at a silo near Santa Maria in the Azores as it left Punta Delgada. The torpedo exploded on the beach causing property damage. The submarine, flying a Panamanian flag, maneuvered away without further incident.
Police patrol the area after a sequence of blasts in the 400 block of Pierce Avenue. Mrs. Yeltoy Oude reports explosions at ten minute intervals as Patrolman George W. Bischel investigates. authorities have yet to determine the cause amid ongoing unidentified blasts.
Berlin reports German submarines attacked in the North Sea sinking a British merchant vessel of 12,822 tons and a second ship of unknown tonnage. A German scouting plane dropped two heavy bombs on a merchant ship east of the Thames mouth. Large German air forces reportedly bombed London amid claims of violent explosions.
Highly placed Italian editor Virginias Gayda warns that US supplies to Britain via neutral Ireland would widen the war from Europe to the western hemisphere and beyond. He argues American intervention could trigger a broader conflict, citing Italy Japan and Germany pact and neutrality violations.
Fernanda Caesar Jr a two year old at 204 Any Avenue was treated by the fire department inhalator crew early Saturday after convulsions at 12 32 am. He revived after hours of effort though a summoned physician failed to arrive and his condition stayed serious at 5 42 am.
A second program about selectees at the Fort Sam Houston reception center will be broadcast from the Daddford headquarters at 6 p.m. Saturday on WOAT. The plan is supervised by Major Robert J. Pugh, adjutant of the training center, with high selecters taking part in the broadcast.
Crystal City has purchased the city gas distribution system from the Texas Gas Distributing company. City Manager G. Williams reports the transfer will be made in San Antonio on December 31 with the city taking charge on January 1. The purchase price is listed at 35,000 dollars.
Excerpt reports Joe E Brown’s son may join a Randolph field cadet program in Los Angeles. Brown is currently under primary training at a California playing school at Gutayin Cain, with details learned locally.
A violent storm system sweeping from Cuba to the United States produced at least 20 deaths across Cuba, Mexico, and Florida, with hundreds injured and extensive property loss. A Florida electrocution and a Coast Guard rescue near California highlighted the storm’s reach as crews battled extreme winds and waves.
San Antonio area saw two hunting fatalities as Sam J. Stark 57 a railroad machinist and Ancelmo Cano 16 of Florestown died in separate incidents. Stark was shot in a hunting party near Johnson mob Pearsall while a Missouri Pacific brakeman died when hit by a freight train. The inquest ruled the deaths accidental with Stark’s rifle mishap and Cano’s shotgun discharge as cause.
Cairo dispatch reports Mussolini ordered Fascist forces at Bardia to hold and defend to the death as British forces threaten. Italian commander Graziani hastens defenses near Tobruk while Rome announces destroyed British mechanized detachments at Bardia and shelled positions along the western coast.
A car struck two pedestrians at busy street corners. The Rev. Ambony Dah of 426 North Preso Street and Frank Herrides of 3 North Leon Street were injured, while Florence Snyder of 3409 Moularey Street suffered body bruises. Adelino Flan, driver, was identified.
San Antonio area forecast shows little temperature change through Saturday night and Sunday. High Saturday around 70, Sunday low morning about 42 and Sunday afternoon around 72. Friday high reached 85 with a low of 36 Saturday. East Texas and West Texas forecasts note light winds and modest temperature shifts with coastal winds moderate on the coast.
The forecast predicts clear skies for the weekend with little temperature change. Saturday highs near 72 degrees with morning low around 42. The text notes some confusion from critics about meteorology and references New Mexico weather reporting.
New York Dee 78 six hundred0 Brooklyn boys aged 14 to 16 were released from jail as a result of the Brooklyn adolescents court program. Ralph Jacobs reported that from 1930 to 1934 the average annual sentence for adolescent boys was 9 61. he predicted the total for 1940 would be about 157.
Moscow dispatch reports two border clashes with bands of trespassers wiped out by Russian army troops. The first occurred months ago in the mountains during hand to hand fighting. the second happened recently near a volcanic ridge with rifle and hand grenades. The Communist Youth paper Comsomol and Pravda relay the official account.
German news agency reported the German Navy is using a captured British submarine. The vessel, described as the 25% tol Seal, was recommissioned in a German harbor after actions against England. A commander and crew were afloat in the Novi SCA Task force by May 5 following incapacitation.
Lisbon dispatch reports travelers from unoccupied France say Chief of State Petain authorized a "vacations" for French naval officers in North Africa. Several French warships had already sailed from Taylor to North Africa, according to reliable information.
British general headquarters announced that 38114 girl-oners were counted taken in the offensive against Tallan Gibya, as part of the Cairo front updates issued today.
Melbourne reports a sea raider bombarded the British mandated island of Nauru near the equator in the Pacific. The vessel signaled to avoid wireless and threatened to shoot, firing on stores and fuel while sparing private homes. the attack left the island’s population dwindling to under 9,400.
A 5000 ton steamer was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean by a hostile vessel. The Italian admiralty reported the loss today and said Italian auxiliary ships remained at sea to retaliate against Atlantic targets.
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