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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1941
Page
1
A reflective essay compares bullfighting crowds in a pageant of spectacle and fashion. It notes ticket touts, luxury cars, fashionable women, and eager crowds, arguing the cruelty and bloodshed expose flaws in the human race and communal fascination with violence.
British forces push toward Cheren in Ethiopa as the Middle East command notes continued advances south of Cheren and into Debra Markas region. Allied troops from Australia New Zealand India Free French Belgian Polish and Czech units mass with American aircraft in a major offensive aimed at erasing Italian positions before the rainy season. Heavy Ethiopian native resistance slows the Cheren push while two British columns move toward Noghell and Ade.
BELGRADE Yugoslavia edged toward a showdown in the Balkans as German reports circulated after a 20 minute meeting between German Foreign Minister Viktor von Weizsacker and Yugoslav Foreign Minister Aleksandar Cincar-Markovic. A Russian envoy reportedly arrived from Moscow to discuss diplomacy as Yugoslav leaders stiffened against the Nazis amid British troop landings in Greece.
Washington reports a plan to shift government workers to new hours starting March 21. The aim is to reduce peak congestion from about 70,000 workers to roughly 23,000 by spreading start times across the day.
Luftwaffe targets Kiel and Wilhelmshaven with high explosives and firebombs as RAF raids hit German naval bases. Fires at Rotterdam docks, Emden bombed, one German bomber shot down near Norfolk. London and Hull endure long alarms. a hospital and a dance hall sustain damage, two deaths in small houses, and rescuers race to free victims. Raiders also attacked coastal towns causing widespread alert.
Rome dispatch says British forces massed on Cheren Eritrea front with land and air strength. Italian communique notes heavy losses for British assaults yesterday and local counterattacks, with no change in battle lines. Also reports Italian fighters destroyed a key attack on a British air base in Africa and bombing of mechanized units and troops.
Local League for Abolition of the Poll Tax campaigns against Gov. W Lee O Daniel proposed bill to abolish the Texas poll tax and end primary elections. Chapter president W M Cowan said a new measure will be submitted next week calling for full abolition and a stop to primary voting.
A U S coast guard plane and cutters searched the Gulf of Mexico for the motorboat Floride Trail Blazer, long overdue from Port Isabel Port Aransas Texas, with operations centered near New Orleans after the 24 hour delay.
Paris reports Praneh authorities protest to Japanese officials that Thailand breached the peace accord of March 11 by advancing troops beyond the new western Cambodia border. The move, they claim, blocks French supply routes and isolates troops in the region.
Dispatches from BhyGHaAVE Yugoslavia report U S built aircraft reaching Greek mainland airports as the Balkans conflict intensifies with German and British forces. The message mentions American hub shipments via Cala and R ALB lines but provides no exact plane types or numbers. Separately, French Socialist leaders Jacques Moutet and Solomon Grumbach were released from administrative detention at Vals-les-Bénès.
The Commissioners' Court sought a precise opinion from Attorney General Gerald Mann on whether a tax for maintaining a tubercular hospital is allowed under the 25 cent general fund limit. The ruling, based on a Wichita Falls precedent, says such a levy would follow the hospital construction statute but cannot exceed constitutional tax caps.
State police broadcast a pickup order for three men reportedly traveling with a woman suspect in the Agnew murder case. Investigators linked a San Antonio man to the crime and questioned two hotel suspects as they traced leads from Edinburg to Brownsville and San Antonio.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved by a unanimous vote an $8.446 billion peacetime navy program for the next Oscar year starting July 1. The measure includes $1.515 billion in appropriations plus funds for new ships to accelerate construction of a two-ocean fleet.
In March 1921 New York City Mayor La Guardia and J O readers reached an accord to restart talks with the Transport Workers Union over Manhattan bus services. Philip Murray, head of the union, announced the breakthrough after a conference with city officials, aiming to end the one day old strike.
Weather forecast shows cloudy and warmer for Wednesday night and Thursday. Moderate easterly winds on the coast. high Wednesday about 54, low Wednesday morning 39, low Thursday morning about 48, high Thursday afternoon around 68. East Texas and nearby areas: mostly cloudy with some rain in the southeast, cooler in the west.
RAW YORK March 19. Philp Murray 61 and Thomas B Kennedy secretary of the United Mine Workers of Africa submitted their names as candidates for the mediation board invited by President Roosevelt. In Tokyo Sukehide Kabayama 72 a member of the House of Peers died today.
Bitter winds and heavy clouds push through the region as winter loosens. Temperatures peak around the mid fifties with lows near the mid forties, while a brief warm spell is expected later in the week.
German torpedo aircraft damaged two heavy British vessels in an attack on a strong naval squadron off the Greek island of Crete in the eastern Mediterranean. The communiqué reported both ships were struck amidships and listed as damaged.
Medical authorities began a cleanup at RongKone bay as seven new cholera cases were reported bringing the total to 283. Death toll estimated at 60. Cleanup efforts faced delays due to opposition from hawkers. A mining bill was approved by the Senate committee in Washington.
In a March 19 radio speech from Vichy, Marshal Petain told the nation that American aid is necessary for France and that a new French constitution would follow a European peace. He acknowledged criticism of his government, urged unity, and defended measures to prepare for a free France.
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