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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
1
Dun and Bradstreet reports New York and other U S cities show a week end July 13 total clearings of 4 882 433 000, down 44 percent from the 1931 week and 270 527 000 below the prior week. The drop marks the seventh year-to-year decline in total bank clearings.
A wind whipped forest fire in Yellowstone National Park spread quickly noon to threaten about 1500 acres, with crews fighting to corral the flames along ridges. Authorities reported the blaze covering additional hundreds of acres as shifting winds hampered containment efforts.
German Army Chief Brauchitsch warned Poland from Tannenberg East Prussia that Germany does not seek fight but will not fear it. He said Poland should not expect to claim East Prussian territory, calling such a move a mistake. The gathering included officers from several German cities and noted a planned communications route link through Polish corridor areas.
British Ambassador Robert Leslie Craigie faced a guarded situation in Tokyo as anti-British sentiment rose. A man was seized after scaling the British legation walls during the unrest surrounding China talks. Craigie held a lengthy two-session discussion with Foreign Minister Hachirra Arita and planned to meet again.
Los Angeles reports that Janes Burchel, who spent 21 years of a 60 year Pennsylvania sentence for murder, faces a Monday sentencing for a 23 year old crime. A Superior Court jury convicted him of the December 15 1918 killing of Motorcycle Officer Thomas Kronschnabel and the kidnapping of 43 year old Naomi Allred, now Mrs Naomi Bispo of Los Angeles, who was harmed but released unharmed after the officer was shot.
The report indicates clear conditions for San Antonio and vicinity on Thursday night and Friday with light to moderate southerly winds. Airport temperatures show a low around 26 and a high near 98. City readings list a Wednesday high of 96 and Thursday morning low of 78, with notes on fair conditions across East and West Texas and scattered showers in the northwest. Overnight wind details, sun and moon data, and extensive citywide temperature figures are provided, along with numerous area station readings and forecasts for the broader state and coastal zones.
The navy began recruiting a several thousand strong minute man fleet reserve modeled after the army’s reserve. Open to sailors recently discharged or within four years, the program aims to bolster ship crews quickly in war. About 46 percent of crews are at full complement, with a $2 annual incentive and Glass P-2 equipment for ongoing readiness.
Horace J Cervantes aged 38 a former city motorcycle policeman suffered a fractured skull when thrown from his motorcycle in an accident at Gladstone Avenue and Vegalitos Street He is in critical condition at a focal hospital residing at 4226 Weel Mousten Street
New York July 20 4(INS) Marion Talley governor and open star, who has not seen her baby daughter since two weeks old, won a victory yesterday against estranged husband Adolph G. Eckstrom. Referee Lyndon recommended that Susan, now 4, be given into her mother's custody for nine months each year. The decision, handed to State Supreme Court Justice Frankenthaler, also urged both parents to reform their domestic conduct and warned against bitterness.
A radio listing invites listeners to tune KTLA at 3 p m each evening except Sunday to place their nesshbg for The Lights Lost and Found segment. The ad uses quirky phrasing and appears as a station reminder.
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