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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1939

Page

3

France ready to show force with Italy amid alarms

Paris reports a major ramp up in aircraft production and a Mediterranean naval display as France warns Italy to back off. The Atlantic squadron will join the Mediterranean fleet near Algeria and Morocco, while submarines head to Damascus as Paris weighs wartime measures and Senate action. General Gemelin will inspect frontiers from Tunisia to Africa. The Richelieu launch and joint army navy air talks loom as tensions rise after Chamberlain Mussolini talks.

Paris France Italy Algeria French Morocco Damascus Syria Guy la Chambre Chamberlain Musso- Ind Mark Gustave Gemelin Ermy Mediterranean Tunisia Daladier Serlate Army Navy Censte Foreign Affairs Commission Richelieu Brest

Shakespearean Ads Sparked by Seventy Five Years Ago

Read about how 75 years ago advertisers used Shakespearean scenes in postcards and bread and coffee promotions. Cards hid product details, with Othello and Desdemona praising yeasted bread and Nutty loaf, while coffee promos urged pot cleanliness and novelty.

Shakespeare Othewp Desdemona Manusacturer Othello Ural

Data Upon Lincoln's Death Due in 1947 Data Upon Lincoln's Death

A sealed wooden packing case in the Congressional Library is said to hold documentary evidence of alleged treason by a Lincoln cabinet member. Historian Philin War Doren Stern predicts eight years hence a global news story about the Booth plot and Lincoln’s assassination. The tale involves Robert Lincoln, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, and a box destined for Congress in 1947.

International News Service New York Congressional Judes of Lincoln Philin War Doren Stern Booth Stern Linvaln Peat Ras Billy Herndon Herndon Lincoln Ada Boswell Young Nicholas Murray Butler L and Young Robert Lincoln Butler Robert Buller Congressional Library

Bird Tame But Tongue Wild Talks Spark Zoo Debate

Stark, a zoo director, battles to train a talking bird banned by a seller. The bird, recently from a northern zoo, resembles a crow and speaks fluently, uttering "Hello Babe" for a dollar in a concealed corner. Stark plans to teach proper language before public exhibitions.

Zoo Direckir Fred Starz Stark Biads Cotmissary Babe

Hitler foresees Soviet internal collapse and Ukrainian state doubt

London dispatch reports Hitler told Polish Foreign Minister Beck that the Soviet Union faces internal disruption making an independent Ukraine unnecessary for Germany. The Sunday Times Bild correspondent cites Hitler predicting the USSR's crackup could occur in two or three years without external intervention.

Hitler London Bunday-Chacellor Joseph Beck Russi Germany Ukraine Sunday Times Bild Today Mos Beck Soviet Union Nav! Fuehrer

ODaniels Get Ready to Move to Austin for Inauguration

The ODaniel family plans to move from Fort Worth to Austin for W Lee O Daniel's inauguration. Molly ODaniel prepares for the inaugural ball gown fitting after exams and a Dallas trip. An open house marks Mr and Mrs Mink’s silver wedding anniversary at 402 Palr… Avenue.

Worth Tan O'Daniel W. Lee Pat Mike Molly Austin Fort Worth Erstwhite Four Molly O'Daniel Dallas Itil Mink Re A. Haguery Palr Pyerue

Sharecropper Camps Broken Near Lickston Missouri

About 1300 Southeast Missouri sharecroppers held protests along Highways 60 last Tuesday. State highway patrol moved to clear roadside camps calling them a public health menace, with 12 trucks and 12 troopers supervising removals to farms or nearby towns. Capt. A D Sheppard said operations proceeded without trouble and vowed support for those with nowhere to return.

Likerston Mo Dan Southeast Missouri Illes A.D. Sheppard

Father Gone 10 Years Returns to Family in Texas Move

In POINT MARION PA on January 14 1921 George Kennedy aged 38 returned home after a decade away. He left after tuberculosis diagnosis in Arizona and later built success in Texas oil fields. He plans to join his wife and children Kenneth 12 Georgie 11 in Beaumont Texas where he now works with an oil firm.

Point Marion Wie George Kennedy Kennedy Kenneth Georgie George Arizona Texas Beaumont

Rome London Axis Hinted After Four Day Rome Visit

Prime Minister Chamberlain and foreign secretary Hali fax returned from Rome with hints of a Rome London axis aimed at peace in Europe. He suggested a future oriented policy, noting no common ground with Mussolini on Spain, Tri-line, or Jewish refugees, while promising general collaboration on evacuating Jews from Germany and Italy.

Rome Neville Chamberlain Viscount Halifax Europe Benito Bussolini Chamberlain Mobsolini Britain Mussolini France Kngwt Germany Italy

Dutch Nazi paper under fire as presses seized in Leyden

The Dutch government denied German claims that bullets hit the German legation in The Hague and the Reich consulate in Amsterdam. Authorities in Leyden confiscated printing presses of Het Nationale Dagblad for printing offensive articles, seen by Berlin as suppression of a legally operated Nazi newspaper.

The Hague CN6 Netherlands Amsterdam Leyden Het Nasionale Dagplad Berlin Jan INS Ab Leyden Land Tocal

Haby Re-elected By St. Mary's Exes

Arnest M. Haby was re-elected President of the St. Marys university Ex-Students association at a meeting Saturday night in the Downtown college on College street. Louis E Nelson was named vice president and Robert Seny Sr second vice president. Gracia Robinson was secretary. Other board members elected include Oppenheimer, Buhnke, Lucchese, Higdon, Gittinger, Castigliani, Weltons, Wieder mann.

Arnest M. Haby St. Mary's University College Street Louis E Nelson Robert #. Seny Sr Gracia. Robinson Dense Oppenheimer Irepurer G. C. Buhnke G. L. Lucchese Morence Higdon Frank C. Gittinger

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