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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1938
Page
1
In Berlin on June 20 the anti semitic campaign intensifies with raids and red paint marking Jewish owned shops. Placards proclaim We don t sell to Jews as stores in the Wilmersdorf district and surrounding areas report damage and intimidation.
WPA crews started removing steel car shits from San Antonio streets along Rigsby Avenue and South Walters Street. The 8000 tons of rails were sold to Sonken Golampa Co of Kansas City for 9.28 per ton. Proceeds will fund city projects and repay torn-up sections.
Insurgent bombing planes circled Barcelona for an hour in the morning before breaking through a curtain of anti aircraft fire and dropping 46 bombs. Most bombs fell inland with little damage and no deaths reported.
Riot erupts as supporters of Gen Ignacio Otero clash with followers of Gen Anselmo Maxias near the customs office in Nogales Sonora. Federal troops are summoned to restore order as tensions rise ahead of the Sonora governorship race.
Chinese officials report 4595 civilians killed in nine months August 1987 to June 1988 in Kwangtung from Japanese air raids. Toll includes 8558 injured, 3027 buildings destroyed, 1490 raids with 800 over Canton, and 10 292 bombs dropped. Jewish areas show closures and night safety orders amid anti Jewish sentiment in the West End. Degni Marconi marries Prof. Gabrielle Paresce in Spoleto Italy with Italian embassy press contact.
Henry W Keyes former war governor of New Hampshire and three term U S senator died at his farm after a five week illness He was 76 and left a widow Mrs Prances Parkinson Keyes and three sons Henry W and Francis of Boston and John P of New York Keyes served in the New Hampshire House and Senate and chaired the state excise commission before winning the governorship in 1917 He was elected to the U S Senate in 1918 and served until his retirement.
Jesus Sanchez of 210 Cecelia Street reports being given a ride by a man named Friend on Sunday. Inside his trousers pocket he found his purse missing after arriving at his home 210 Cecelia Street. He suspects his ride companion may be involved and plans to press charges.
Britain announces a commission of British Swedish and Norwegian experts will investigate aerial bombardments in the Spanish Civil War with a focus on military targets. The U S declined participation. Butler spoke in Commons while Britain and Italy push for the April 16 Rome agreement to be used.
Tokyo warns that Japan would occupy Hainan Island to threaten the sea approach to the northern port of French Indochina. A foreign office spokesman says such action would breach the 1907 treaty requiring Japan to consult France before any steps affecting the island.
Norman I. Davis, president of the American Hed Crees, in London urged at an international conference that measures be taken to restore civilization to sanity and stop the killing of noncombatants by warring forces. He emphasized urgent action to protect civilians amid ongoing hostilities.
A New York Enquirer report says Democrats and Republicans back pressing Governor Lehman to appoint Mrs Francis Copeland widow of Senator Royal Copeland to the late senator’s seat. The move aims to place Copeland’s widow in the Senate for the next term, via a fall convention and November election, with a January seating unless a special session occurs.
June 20 Paris dispatch says Spanish insurgents claim slight gains on the eastern and Cordoba fronts in southern Spain. Government militiamen hold fortified positions near Castellon de la Plana and along the Mijares Seco corridor. Insurgent spearhead remains about 30 miles north of Valencia as government forces press near Vilreal. General Queipo de Llano reports advances along a Córdoba tributary.
Tom F Hunter, governor candidate, wins endorsement from central Texas pension association after a mass meeting in Austin led by Ly Aytes K Ross. Association had backed Clarence Fishter and went on record for changes on the Townsend plan. Japanese actions in China and floods in Yellow River region cause heavy damage with thousands drowned or missing.
Berlin report states six individuals executed by guillotine at dawn on charges tied to communist activities. Among those harmed were Iselotte Herrmann aged 28 and three companions, Josef Sleldle, Bte fan Lovacz, and Ryhtur Guwericz, with claims of alleged treason and communist links.
A fragmented weather report includes precipitation totals and lunar phases, with scattered city data such as Dallas Clear at 26, Albuquerque and other western states showing clear or cloudy conditions. The entry contains times, tides, moon phase notes, and assorted city names, but the text is garbled and partially unreadable.
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