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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
4
June 28 dispatches report Britain bracing for a tense summer amid Churchill's warning of a crisis and Edens urging a tough stance. Britons watch German moves, with reactions from Bevin and US allies while Parliament debates conscription growth to 800,000 potential recruits.
Lieut Robert N Stanley piloted a glider to about 18 400 feet in a storm near Wilira New York setting a new American altitude record amid violent turbulence He reported a slow descent with the craft iced over and nearly torn apart before escaping the storm A second flyer Parker Leonard of Osterville Mass also reached 70 feet in the same test as officials calibrate instruments to certify a record held by Richard DuPont from the previous year.
PARIS June 29 A three power warning to Germany over the seizure of Danzig was printed in French papers today. The warning, echoed by Winston Churchill and others, pressed that force would meet force and warned the world that any attack on Poland could become a decisive war. French leaders including Edouard Daladier stressed the gravity of the crisis, while deputies and mayors, including Bordeaux's Adolphe Marquet, warned that the United States might not immediately assist France in such a conflict.
Gdynia Poland June reports say artillery moved from East Prussia to the free city during the event. The munitions included 16 artillery pieces and other ignitions were carried from the fire city of Danzig.
The Texas Bar Association opened its fifty eighth annual convention in Austin with Judge Ben Powell as president and William B. Carlson as executive secretary. The opening session highlighted the convention as the start of bar reform under new Texas laws admitting lawyers to the bar and granting the Supreme Court power to prescribe rules.
Complaint charging SPM Pulliam with assault with a car in a Texas county court at law. The case names Pulliam, an announced candidate for sheriff in the Democratic primary, and cites a June filing date. Judge and exact venue are listed but details are obscured by OCR errors.
In Coleman on June 28 funeral services were planned for Gay Shepherd an attorney who worked for the state in safety cases. He died from injuries after his ear skidder accident when thrown to the ground while en route to Amarillo for a case. Shepherd was a son in law of State Comptroller Shuppard and survived by his widow a daughter Alyphpnl4 and four brothers.
The town of Tisertyvile marks a joyful celebration with $14,000 in bank savings and no debts. Arthur St. Sylter, village president, leads the event. Guests include local elders and 4000 residents, noting a long era of unity since 1933.
Mrs. Lassie Brooks aged 43 from seven miles north of San Antonio returned home Thursday from Robert B. Green hospital after receiving suction treatment for a rattlesnake bite. Her condition was not believed serious.
L. G. Barrey Jr. manager of Milam drug store was freed on $1500 bond after federal narcotics agents charged him with selling 64 ounces of paregoric on June 2, 1859. Arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Lockhart, the Montgomery native has hearing tentatively set for July.
Hollywood detectives probe a link between the hammer murder of Margaret Campbell 56 a silent screen and Los Angeles City College drama instructor and the February bludgeoning of Anya Sosoyeva blonde Russian dancer. A key marked 208 from Sosoyeva’s apartment surfaces amid other clues as investigators pursue possible shared suspect and motive. Campbell’s son Campbell McDonald 25, a student, is missing and faces questioning while neighbors recall a blond shock of hair. Police seek connections to previous moon madness attacks and other victims Delia Bogard and a similar assault in March as the case unfolds.
Members of the W. U. A. Stay at Home camp will act as living models in a Charm school demonstration. Bernice Shapiro will model as a brunette Eleanor MeJilton as a red head and Joyce Vance as a blonde for two lectures by representatives of a local beauty college to be held Friday at 4 p.m.
Julia Montemayor aged 28 of 102a Zarzamora Street faced County Court at Law No 1 on negligent homicide charges after a May 9 collision at Zarzamora and Tantpico streets. Prosecutors say she struck cyclist Cleovis Reyna of 515 San Carton Street, fatally injuring him.
Pravda denounces Communist reports from Manchoukuo claiming Japanese air victories over Soviet and Mongolian forces on the Far Eastern frontier as unfounded. It notes alleged Soviet losses and mocks Japanese boasting as aimed at boosting prestige.
Brig. Gen. Earl Truesdell announced Fort Sheridan will be strengthened per War Department orders. About 1,000 men will transfer from Fort Snelling to Fort Sheridan in September, and the largest motor repair shops in the Sixth Corps area have been completed, prompting a transfer of 40 men from Jeffersonville Indiana to the fort.
A 45 year old glee worker Ledwedge vin cent Lawlor pleaded guilty in London to two charges of possessing a firearm with intent to damage property. He was placed on 12 months probation on the condition he return to New Zealand after being arrested on June 6 for firing a shot near the Duchess of Kent and later accused of stabbing into the home of the Princess Royal.
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