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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1940
Page
4
Reports from Vichy say Marshal Philippe Petain takes control of executive authority, combining chairmanship of the council with head of state duties to govern France during occupation. President Lebrun resigns or is sidelined as Petain moves toward a new constitution under German oversight.
London reports an authoritative British source stating British merchant shipping losses reached 329213 tons by July 12. Germany claims it has sunk about 877000 tons since the war began, with 244000 tons of merchant shipping destroyed or scuttled, surpassing British losses to date.
London July 12 The British government issued an order under Home Secretary John Anderson banning aliens from employment in defense areas and related industries. The prohibition covers sectors including utilities transport and welfare organizations, marking a wide restriction amid wartime tensions.
Madrid radio quoted by the London Daily Sketch that Gen. Eugene Mittelhauser, commander of French forces in the Near East, had been dismissed by the Petain government.
In Austin investigators from the committee to study un-American activities begin wading through a maze of leads from four days of sessions. The panel plans reconvening in three to five days as state police cooperate to separate innocent witnesses from potentially hostile.
A cloudburst drenched the Nebraska table lands northwest of Big Springs, washing out a bridge approach and sending five feet of floodwater down a gulch. Victims were A Phelps, 68, Big Springs. Frank Manners, 35, Corad Wanna, and his daughter.
Premier Safi of Turkey will declare his country's foreign policies a day before the Turkish national assembly in Ankara, as heard on a broadcast via WN.
An excerpted historical discussion contrasts Scythian nomads with Persian armies. It recounts Tomyris’s defiant stand against Cyrus, depicting ancient customs, warfare on horseback, and a dramatic moment where Cyrus is defeated by a woman’s strategy and resolve.
Axis warplanes continued raids on England while British forces claimed downed German bombers over English skies. A bomb killed ten in a Scottish town amid heavy fighting as Italy reported naval engagements near Malta and damage to ships. Churchill’s government tightened controls to protect food supplies. Haile Selassie’s Ethiopian government gained recognition as a lawful ally, with up to 200,000 native fighters to bolster Allied efforts in Africa as Nairobi reports fierce clashes near Moyale on the Kenya-Ethiopia frontier.
Fascus Martinez, a box dealer, was elected president of La Sociedad de la Union, the largest Mexican organization in the area. The vote occurred Friday, signaling leadership changes within the community group.
The French government announced that all mobilized soldiers will receive a 1000 franc bonus, 200 paid immediately and 800 later. Demobilization in areas not under German occupation should take several weeks, while troops in Nazi held territory will be demobilized under terms set by the French German armistice committee meeting in Wiesbaden.
Washington says 22 947 enlistments were recorded in June with 61.7 percent of new recruits possessing an education above grammar school. The report notes 14 2 percent college graduates and that the air corps focuses on recruits between high school and college levels. Re enlistments totaled 5293 and initial three year terms paid basic wages.
Hoboken N J July 12 The destruction of the French liner Champlain, amid earlier conflicting reports, was confirmed by Michel Weill a San Francisco merchant who but a Nea Hel Jag passenger witnessed the liner sink in La Rochelle harbor by an air attack magnetic mine on June 27.
The bulletin lists temperatures and skies for numerous cities from Des Moines to Winnipeg with rising and setting times, rainfall measurements, and percent cloud cover. It notes totals like inches of rain since January and forecasts for Friday, reflecting regional climate readings and tourist weather guidance.
A windstorm at Oklahoma City Municipal Airport damaged nearly all barracks at the aeronautics hangar and tore up doors and plates from the roof. Four of 16 planes were unharmed. Tulsa reported uprooted trees traffic disruptions and broken plate glass. Blanchard saw three inches of rain and a high voltage outage. Westbound motorists faced a dust storm reducing visibility to zero.
A decree limits dealing in foreign stocks when Amsterdam Exchange reopens next Monday. Officials say certificates will be permitted, though no official quotas will be published. The move follows directives from the Drie administration offices amid ongoing regulatory changes.
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill observing German bomber raids with a calm, wartime demeanor. He inspected coast trenches and shelters in the face of aerial attacks, staying in tunnels until enemy planes withdrew.
Twenty seamen from the British tanker Athelbird torpedoed July 2 were towed nearly 400 miles in a 420 foot lifeboat. They subsisted on biscuits corned beef condensed milk and rainwater eight miles from the Irish coast when sighted by a vessel and arrived at an Irish port today. The captain and 22 survivors were picked up 200 miles from the coast by another ship. The Athelbird, 8009 tons, was bound for Cube when sunk northwest of Ireland.
Windstorms with vivid lightning struck North Texas and parts of Oklahoma causing damage to buildings and downed trees. Dallas Fort Worth Wichita Falls reported strong winds heavy rain and crop losses while Denison Sherman Olney and other towns recorded rainfall and electrical displays. Author dies aged 60 at Union College Schenectady linked to lectures in the past.
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