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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1939

Page

2

Welfare unit survey ends as colony seeks haven in Britain

Reports from Austin indicate Imperial ties and a drift toward an experimental settlement plan. Governor O'Daniel eyes welfare reforms and cautious migration, while experts debate a two to three week advisory window before September 1. The American advisory committee weighs settlement feasibility amid potential political hazards.

London INS W. Lee O'Daniel Europe Wall Mineral Intish Guland Hoveenae Roosevelt Austin

Parking meters repainted in San Antonio. signs added

Motorists in San Antonio wary as several parking meters receive a bright silver repaint. A related notice discusses Braziler form sand hills and advocates recognizing the Savannahs as a pastoral proposition while proposing a small experimental station to address surplus and stock issues.

San Antonio

Japan Sends Warships and Frontline Tensions Rise

Reports from Sakhalin and Manchukuo outline ongoing hostilities between Japan and Soviet Russia with a 1925 Peiping convention guarding Japanese rights on Sakhalin. Military circles warn of renewed action if a truce is not declared, while front dispatches indicate neither side has secured a decisive victory after weeks of intermittent fighting.

Sakhalin Nikolaevsk Siberian Tatar Strait Peiping Manchuoquo Manchonukuo Outer Mongolia Yesterdal Japan Soviet Russia Moscow Khalka Tokio

Nazi Leaflets Deluge France Arras July 21 Report

Nazi propaganda flooded northern France with large batches of tracts denouncing Britain and praising France. Tracts, printed in French but marked German, were printed in Hamburg by the Deutscher Fichte Bund and discovered with frontier maps by French police. Officials say the effort has little impact on local sentiment despite memories of wounded or buried British soldiers and long-standing friendship with Britain remains intact.

Arras France Britain Hamburg Deutscher Fichte Bund

Japs Fail to Find Wood Pulp Material

Washington July 21 INS report shows Japan failed to produce pulp from alternative sources after wood pulp import restrictions. Lack of technical skill, raw material access, and higher costs hindered progress. about 21 firms funded at 64.6 million dollars, only eight reached beyond experimental stage. Also reports the death of Motoki Masumura, a Japanese consul at Portland, Ore., from injuries in a car crash near Kerr.

Washington Japan Caninereiql Tokio Forest Products Division Department of Commerce Butte Mont Motoki Masumura Portland Ore Ofeay Kerr

City News Dance K f Sal July 22 Musto by Hilds Melody

Dance listings for July 22 feature bands Bandera road locations and Beethover Heine with Louie and His German Band. Admission varies 26 and 40 cents with late night shows and club rosters across local venues.

Musto Hild Sal Ju Uonle Meate Mills Bandera Road Ie Dante Bal Beethover Heine Perieda St. Louie

Corrigan’s Honeymoon Flight Mixes Names at Hotel

Corrigan and his bride Elizabeth Marvin checked into a hotel with his wife correcting the register after a clerical slip. The famed pilot and Mrs Corrigan arrived from New Orleans and planned a visit to the naval air station, seeking permission for an inspection.

Average U S governors near 121, 7915 salary cited

A study by the Council of State Governments finds the average U S state governor is about 121 years old for 48 states surveyed, with an average annual salary of 7915. Harold Stassen is the youngest at 33 and Turen Dickinson the oldest at about 58.

Chicago Council of State Governments House of Representatives Senate Harold Stassen Minnesota Turen D. Dickinson Michigan Louisiana Kentucky West Virginia

WPA Bank Night winner faces relief cut in Le Mars

Mary Ruether a 20 year old WPA worker won 950 dollars in a bank night drawing in Le Mars Iowa. She was notified by Plymouth county relief director Shelby Reed she would be removed from relief rolls for nearly nine months and could spend the prize at 40.4 dollars per month.

WPA LE Mars Iowa Mary Ruether Miss Ruether Shelby Reed Plymouth County

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