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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
3
A 10 year old cat owned by Mrs Fanite Dodie of 118 Cypress St regularly sleeps on a store cash register at 405 West Commerce St. The busy business disturbs the cat's slumbers while awake the animal remains comfortable and a wet turban is used to millify the summer heat.
Houston report notes a strong recruiting surge with a 4 2 score for the DEVY. Army recruiting announces twins Paul and Bennie Crater of Ciordon as applicants while the navy office lists two sets: Howard and Harald Cook of Burhel and Marvin F. and Marvin T. Studer of Temple.
Jefferson Patterson of Dayton Ohio, heir of the National Cash Register company and first Secretary of the United States embassy, married Mary Marvin Breckenridge of New York in a ceremony at the embassy in Berlin. The Rev Stewart Hermann, pastor of the American Church of Berlin, conducted the service.
Special to The Light reports Representative Francs Case charging that the sale of 2% patrol vessels to Great Britain violated the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917, and mirrored neutrality provisions dating back to 1909 and 1907 Hague articles. He cited statutory support and called out the neutrality breach as senators and House members criticized the transaction.
London dispatch says revolts against the Italians are beginning in each province of Ethiopia. Italian planes are seen at Jibuti about four times daily without bombing. Patrol activity has increased.
ROME June 20 The condition of Myron Taylor, Roosevelt's representative to the Vatican, was described by attendants as serious but not alarming. His illness, ascribed partly to overwork, has kept him in bed at his villa in Florence.
Berlin dispatch from June 20 quoting Voelkischer Beobachter on British local defense volunteers. The newspaper warns England that Germans would employ brutal hardiness in handling snipers in any combat situation.
Tokyo reports France fully accepts Japan's demand to halt war supplies through French Indochina to China and allows Japanese inspectors to enter Indo China to verify the cessation. Ambassador Atsene-Henry conveyed the decision to Vice Foreign Minister Tant after months of truck shipments, with calls from Tokyo papers for stricter control.
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