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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1939
Page
9
The piece discusses U P and other railroads embracing new ventures after the 1930s downturn. It highlights streamlined trains, dining car improvements, and gender roles, noting Jeffers era policies and Harriman modernization efforts plus Sun Valley as a symbol of progress and prosperity.
TOKIO January 3 Indications of a rift between fascist and liberal elements over China policy deepen a cabinet crisis. Baron Kishiro Hiranuma returns from Kanagawa amid speculation he will form a government after Premier Konoye resigns. The old Kokuminsta party advocate Nipponism linking fascism and communism to secure Far East tranquility.
Ward January 3 reports Sheriff-elect Jasper Day plans to ban radios in Yakima County Jail after five inmates escaped by sawing bars while loud music played. Escape aided by radio and a forged police chase. Escaped prisoners include Roy Wright 18 of Watsonville Calif and James Tutor 29. Others named are Cecil B Chappelle 36 Fagens Terwilliger 22 Rector Watson 30. Watson was captured after a farmer's pitchfork ended his bid for freedom.
Activity across Caldwell and adjoining counties shows multiple oil tests and drill stem tests in progress. Notes include a No 1 and No 2 wildcat wells with tests at depths around 2,300 feet to 3,000 feet, perforations, and varying pressures. Magnolia Petroleum and Union companies report sands and potential yields, with several prospects under evaluation in Abansas, Jackson, and Guerra areas.
Moscow reports that five Soviet police officials in the Moldavian republic were executed by the military tribunal at Kiev. They were accused of arresting innocent citizens on false charges to gain cred for themselves as leaders and smashers of counterrevolutionary organizations. The prosecutor said the offense was grave as it discredited the state police to which the defendants belonged.
Fire alarms activated Monday at 108 East Training Street in Vista spviiments. Witnesses report smoke from a heated atror and a damaged auto owned by RL Driskes near Camas, Wert Hountett. No injuries noted. authorities assess structural damage and trigger response by local fire department.
Shanghai dispatch outlines Japan’s intention to consolidate 18 months of fighting under Lieut. Gen. Quogo Yamada. Observers doubt major new offensives, predicting continued mopping up to pacify conquered areas. The piece notes Japan controls Shanghai, Tientsin, Canton, Hankow, and vast rail and river routes, with heavy casualties on both sides amid a disrupted Chinese economy and industry.
Report from Chunqing cites a Chinese informant saying a considerable number of executions occurred after former Premier Wang Ching-wei was expelled by the government party for desertion and seeking peace. Hundreds more were reportedly arrested as the purge continues secretly to deter further defections by loyal Chinese and “fringe” elements.
Span ish insurgent commanders massed forces along the 265 mile frontline near the French border as of Jan 3 aiming to intensify the drive against Barcelona provisional capital and the government line between Falguieres and Borjas Blancas. Early reports say operations on Sunday and Monday targeted the southern and northern flanks to straighten existing defenses.
Philadelphia report states American Friends Service Committee proposes immediate relief for non Aryans in Germany and a program to speed Jewish emigration. Delegation leader Dr Jones says Reich promised cooperation, with relief stations and camps outside Germany. About 600000 in need, 400000 Jews, 150000 heads of families to be moved, some 200000 expected to remain. London report notes Montagu Norman to visit Berlin with proposals to separate refugee aid from export policy and urge allowing Jews to take at least 20 percent of property.
A German chancery list shows Mexico and Guatemala among nations sending telegraphic felicitations to Hitler. Japan's emperor sent no message. France's Premier Tehrun sent none, while George VI of Britain and Czech leader Hacha did. Also announced, four hundred thousand German girls under 19 will be drafted for compulsory labor on farms and in households.
Bexar area notes drift through a jumbled recap of 19th century figures and events. Names like Krown, Johnson, Lopez, Tate, Wilson and others appear amid scattered sightings of parks, weddings, birthdays, and local chatter as residents mark the dawn of a new year. Frequents references to Battle, Bethlehem, and Brackenridge Park mix with brief crime hints and social events, painting a mosaic of early urban life.
Washington dispatch reports Protestants and Jews joining the National Council of Catholic Men to oppose the persecution in Spain under Barcelona’s red regime. A petition campaign will urge President Roosevelt and Congress to maintain neutrality and strengthen the embargo on munitions to Spain, with a mass meeting at Constitution Hall.
Old time jovialist and anti Nazi propagandist Nie kisch was arraigned for treason before Berlin’s Volks gerichtshof. Court proceedings were held behind closed doors with a terse press release noting Nie kisch sought Soviet councils in postwar Munich and recalling Bavarian upheavals in 1919 1923 and Hitler’s rise. Death is the extreme penalty if convicted. Also reported US radio protested the Shanghai wireless station’s censorship and transmission to the United States.
London reports government plans to spend over 200000 pounds on bomb proof backyard shelters. Scientists from the International Peace Campaign warn the plan is wasteful and urge communal cellars and evacuation as more effective protection for civilians. The statement, signed by J S Haldane among others, argues for immediate focus on practical shelter strategies.
London reports that Britain’s foreign office defends Ernest Golding proconsul at San Sebastian and his wife Mara against espionage charges after insurgent authorities arrest them. British agent O B Jerrain In Bygm seeks access to legal aid. Golding, Welsh by birth, has held the honorary post 10 years. Evidence mentions a Basque refugee in Sir Jean de Luz sending a message to his wife, and a package tied to Franco’s campaign rumor.
Senator Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed ostracism for Japan if it fails to meet U S standards and said penalties would require legislation. He hinted actions could target nations and would be of a type you requested.
Berlin s two leading newspapers the Tageblatt and the Volkzeitung will cease publication by January 30 and a third will soon become a mouthpiece of Change Hiller. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung has been sold to Deutscher Verlag and will become an organ of Hitler.
Danzig authorities disenfranchised former Nazi president Terman Rauschning who had emigrated to Palang in 1935 after friction with the party. The move followed Rauschning's book Revolution of Nazism which allegedly contained revelations about Nazism. London report notes an envoy change with Percy Zoraine set to replace the Earl of Forth as ambassador to Turkey in April.
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