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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1941

Page

2

Letters on politics and gender from 1941 readers

The page presents two letters: one from E C Carter of Two Rivers Wisconsin urging a representative to resist delegation of legislative duties, referencing British relations and historic events. The second, from George Kust, defends The News columnist’s stance and defends women's leadership, criticizing press censorship and political mobsters, and urging a thoughtful column appreciation.

Two Rivers Wis R. W. R. Wearst McCloud California Mr. Wearst Adam Mr. Gearst

Lebensraum Rentals Advertised Across Nationalities

Fragmented OCR text promotes housing rentals with unclear phrasing about Lebensraum and nationalities. The piece mentions San Antonio residents and advertisements in The Diehl publication, urging quick action to secure vacancies. It cites a dial phone contact and suggests rapid rental listings across editions.

Readers praise Lindbergh piece and letters blur the page

A Long Beach letter from February 13 1941 lauds a News editorial on Colonel Lindbergh while two other correspondents from San Simeon and San Francisco touch on patriotism and requests for lighthearted fables. The exchange shows readers engaging with wartime guff and public figures amid a mix of praise and curiosity.

Long Beach Calif Naminer Los Angeles Lindbergh American Legion Lindberg William Handolph Hearst San Simeon Altus Gaspar Bela Daruvary Wythuild Calle

Bulgaria signs axis pact and moves troops into Balkans

The article describes Bulgaria signing an axis treaty and mobilizing troops into Bulgaria and nearby Greece. It notes Hitler’s Vienna visit with General Kessel and von Blomthofen, a large crowd at Belvedere, and Hungary’s greeting of Ribbentrop. It mentions Yugoslavia and Greece as remaining targets for axis powers in the Balkans.

Bulgaria Greece Brice Rumania Hitler Vienna Wilhelm Kettel Fuehrer Baron Herbert von Blenthofen Wenne Keltel von Ribbentrop Ciana Oshima Seine Belvedere Palace Imperial Hotel Balkans Yugoslavia Frleniy Gree Traly

Obituary notices for McNay Stark and related residents

A garbled obituary notice list from Chesterville Ohio to San Antonio Texas notes multiple individuals with survivors and service details. Included are Elizabeth J. Sands 77 and several McCann and Colvin family members with varied burial plans at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and Hagy-Mecollum-Murray chapels, with dates, times, and officiants.

Mobay Avenus Chesterville Ohio Else Whitney BicNay Don Denton McNay San Antonio Addie McNay Marion Irs Elizabeth J. Sands Wwdrose Avenue Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Luther Miller Natkve Derby Line Amn Maj. S Needham John Fred Carpenter Lawrence Mats Mabel Boyle

Winter Garden Music Festival in Uvalde March seventh

The Winter Garden Music Festival will be held in Uvalde on March seventh. Bands and choral clubs from Del Rio Rocksprings Crystal City Carrizo Springs and other nearby towns are invited to participate, with multiple local groups expected to compete across several venues.

Uvalde Uts Uvalde Maret Toe Parbleipate Chorat del Rin Rocksprings Crystal City Gabings Carriza Springs Tioado jHrackelmvile Peassall Ta Payor Devine Dutey Ane Cowie

Local notes from Bexar Facts and community arrivals

W Brady trains events for a twelfth birthday party amid crowded notices. Douglas W Smiths welcome Eliza Beth Smith new arrival while Grover Morris becomes a grandfather again. Homer Pyle boosts the family treasury with 360 dollars from Uptown Kinechter. Cahill offers wobble hultets for the Ninth Infantry to throw tare sgels to Company D and a quarantine pause due to a distasteful illness among many girls calling soldier boys. hallway triphone removed.

W. Brady Traintings Charlie. Barbera JR Pettly & Jotaf Banda Elizabeth Smith Douglas W. Smiths Grover Morris Homer Pyle Bert John J. Cahill Twenty-third Infantry Ninth Infantry

Watch on the Channel Sees Daily RAF Raids

A historic report notes aircraft gun on the French coast and British planes raiding Uisenast nearly every day as observers monitor the English channel from across the water.

Uisenast Newerpricte

NAAT RAIDERS DRIVEN BACK OVER LONDON

London reports say German planes attacked the Thames estuary but were driven off by anti aircraft fire before reaching London. Thick mists and winds limited air attacks. Bombs fell in Home counties and East Anglia with light casualties. A destroyer amper was damaged during a North Sea submarine attack. attackers were driven off with no further damage.

London Thames Channel Britain Home Counties East Anglia Admiralty Dars North Sea

iCarrico elected head of Cavalry Club in San Antonio

Homer E. Carica elected president of the San Antonio Cavalry Club to succeed Capt. Donald C. Gandion who goes on active duty as post adjutant at Fork Ringgold. Capt. Allan Hall becomes secretary succeeding Capt. M. C. Engel stationed at Mort Riley, Kansas. Colonel Carico recently moved to San Antonio from Dallas and commands the 311th Cavalry.

Bulgarian Signs in Vienna Speed Up Mobilization

War Roundup reports Bulgaria signs in Vienna for junior partnership in a German Italian Japanese alliance, accelerating mobilization. Nazi planes patrol Thames estuary as British anti aircraft fire drives them off. Italian high command claims Fascist reinforcements retake Cantelrosso island from British, while RAF conducts overnight raids on Germany and Nazi occupied Netherlands targeting Wilhelmshaven.

Bulgaria Vienna Thames Estuary Cantelrosso British Air Ministry Germany Netherlands Wilhelmshaven

War 25 Years Ago Today 1916 World Tensions Rise

A 1916 snapshot notes President Wilson pressing Congress to clarify policy toward Americans at sea as U boats threaten ships. Verdun sees reduced gunfire while Germans suffer heavy losses. A German paper urges breaking with the United States amid rising tensions. Russians near Vietnam? VEhotg front reports pushback as Finns retreat. Paris discusses food rationing and restricting alcohol and fuel.

Waon Strru Berlin Sumner Welles Reich War Alta France

Adult Education Class At Mesaig High School

Mesaig High School adult education class will meet Monday at 4 6 pm at the setagl Mes R J McClure chairman announced principal speaker what he Mes Crates Weimer If you are interested in livestock study classification 123 light wankers

Gayda cites pact warning in Milan clash

Rome dispatch reports editor Gayda warns that Bulgaria pledges to the Liree power alliance threaten Greek influence. Vienna notes signatories as a prelude to potential Balkan and European shifts with Washington urged to take arbitral stance.

Rome Vieinie Gayda Hulgaria Washington

Detectives Report Odd Birdshot Average in Danville Hunt

Detective Sgt. Roy Thurston averaged almost IL birds per shot in a recent hunt in Danville. The Wenking grommet was main alent, the game was stir Ungs and he wed acshelgun with No. to snot.

Danville Roy Thurston

Signal Company Can't Use Flags In Parade

In Lemar Wood Missouri March 1 time seems to fly Maj E F Hammon commanding the Bish Signal company wears the corps. The unit lacks proper flags and signaling equipment, hindering signaling duties.

Leonarg Wood E. F. Hammon Bish Signal Company

Nurses Ordered to Active Duty for Camp Boyle

Miss Jessie Rep Gnatleberry of 17 East Craig Place and Miss Rebecca Charlotte Behind of 1708 Ancranjento Street have been ordered to active duty as nurses at Camp Boyle Browngood on March 17.

Jessie Rep Gnatleberry East Craig Place Oval Rebecca Charlotte Ancranjento Street Camp Boyle Browngood

Smithville to Hold Aldermen Election in April

Mayor G. B. Shade calls for election April to elect three aldermen in Smithville. Voting action follows a procedural motion discussed in the city council meeting and sets the date for the local government ballot.

Emithville Shade Purpenu

Turks Affirm Pact Ties Amid Balkans Tension

Ankara March 1 British Foreign Secretary Eden and Sir John Dill head to Cairo with assurances Turkey will honor a two year old alliance pact as Balkan events quicken. A Turkish Bulgarian nonaggression treaty is seen as a diplomatic win by Axis powers, while Britain says it does not affect the Anglo Turkish agreement. In Laredo, Alejandro Alejandra 1024 Geutly Laredo street lies wounded from a knife attack near a bar. Roy Whipple sustained a severely lacerated arm after a fall in a barroom incident. Investigators report a tense security environment and ongoing Balkan discussions.

Ankara Turkey Egypt Balkans Cairo Anthony Eden John G. Dill Imperial Generel Athens Greece Ge Axis Germany Britain Been Etateiment Robert 3 Green Hospital Romonlda Alejandro Geutly Laredo Polkn Investigatory A. Dotson Alejandra Watson Cub South

Bogeyman Legends Unearthed In Alaska Excavations

Archaeologists in Alaska report ancient Eskimo tales of a Bogeyman feared by children long before written history. The mythosan includes the Ivory-Eyed Man, linked to a figure called Tupilak or evil spirit, as discussed by Irmis Joinson in The American Weekly.

Alaska Irmis Joinson Tomorrow Ban Antonio Light

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