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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
2
A columnist laments sentimentality after Laddie the dog dies on a California journey. The piece contrasts public affection for faithful pets with harsh vivisection of animals, questioning selective cruelty and urging restraint despite calls for necessary medical research.
A Hollywood studio bought a $100 deluxe model for a movie and used it in a wrecked, piecemeal manner. After a month of testing the car traveled 64 miles and was offered for sale at about $50 if junked by the seller.
Tulsa, February report notes eighteen year old Lionel Hills Cripa Uf achieved a perfect score in a grave enlistment physical team contest yet remained unmoved. He pulled a blue ribbon and recalled winning first prize in a Tulsa county free fair baby show in 1923 for the most perfect boy between one and two years old.
Washington Feb 20 Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Japan's new ambassador, said Japan intends to expand southward peacefully for supplies and will honor treaty obligations with Germany and Italy. He cautioned the United States may not be drawn into war. London reports British aircraft attacked Brest naval base and docks at Calais in German-occupied France last night amid prior weather delays.
Mrs. Ernest L. Christensen, Canby mill, questioned an egg she sold in January 1940 after a customer in Sutherland, Virginia, Lester A. Gates, railroad agent, reported eating the egg and deeming it good. The exchange highlights a long distance egg provenance inquiry.
Commerce February item notes Bill Granberry of Texas State Teachers College as the lone student named in a new G A A class of 30. A niece of Hmimie Lytch, Miss Granberry aims for an instructorship in G A 4. She owns a plate and seeks to participate in herbal fleeting if war involvement occurs.
Mrs. Jennie Hill, aged 97, shovels snow off her walkway in Waynesville while managing most of her own housework. Her husband, Mr. Hill, is also 97. The brief note highlights her independence and daily labor despite advanced age.
A fragmented weather roundup lists temperatures, conditions, and lunar phases across many U S cities including Amarilli Atlanta Boston Chicago Corpus Christi Denver Des Moines Huron Louisville Lubbock Macon New York Oklahoma City Raleigh Richmond Springfield Tampa Washington Wichita and more. It notes snow across several metros, cloudy and clear spells, tides, humidity, and a new moon phase.
An advertisement touts Creamulston Emulsion as a fast acting remedy for coughs bronchitis and chest colds. It claims to loosen phlegm heal irritated bronchial membranes and avoid tar while promising quick cough relief sleep and recovery with a money back guarantee.
In Sioux Falls South Dakota Roy Sherwood a three year old boy has a string of misfortunes. He swallowed a safety pin broke a leg and swallowed a penny requiring trips to the hospital. His brother Ralph asked only if the penny was returned.
In Colorado Springs the Barnes family welcomed a surprise multiple birth as the doctor advised expecting twins. The couple anticipated more, and triplets arrived—all boys—named Kurt Bent and the third infant.
The Adbokiated Press reports British South Africans capture an Italian garrison at Mogha Ethiopia with about 600 prisoners amid heavy fighting in Somaliland. RAF bombers hit Brest and Calais, London and other targets suffer bomb damage. Japan gestures toward calming war alarms in the Orient as talks of a Far Eastern crisis fade. Thailand warned to evacuate. Turkey denies a Bulgarian pact while Germany touts a Balkan entente.
Nary Richardson charged with murder of her husband received a year sentence. Leon Phillips Charles Foster Henry Barrett and Buster Brown each got two years on burglary charges. Edward Kloosterman Jr. and Robert Ideink, deserters from Camp Beauregard, were given eleven years with a five year suspended sentence. Brady and Lawson note a burial of local resident after a heart attack, with survivors listed including a son and two daughters plus siblings.
In Lamar Colorado Evelyn Hatchett a 19 year old applicant sought admission to a pilot training course on January 2 but was rejected because she was an Indian po short. After a month she reportedly stretched and bent her way to meet the requirements and now stands five feet two inches and will begin the course following a medical exam by Dr. E Likes.
Kansas City news wire reports a puzzled Grocer Clifford Myers observes repeated meat package disappearances from his truck. A stray incident leads to a stolen police dog sighting at a golf course. In Pratt and Kingman two towns face a string of strange events. A young girl is killed in Kingman amid other accidents to hospitalize Joe Helse. A Light Want Ad promotion appears.
The 1940 world fairs in San Francisco and New York yielded only 804.85 in counterfeit money, per Frank J. Wilson, head of the U S Secret Service. Treasure Island reports $20 in counterfeit notes and $40.20 in bogus bills, while the World of Tomorrow shows $587.48 in fake calms and $187 in counterfeit. Total fair receipts were $61,448,621.
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