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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1941
Page
2
A vivid critique of a bullfight highlights the crowd's taste for blood and the bull's ferocity. The scene details toreadors in color cloaks, banderillas piercing the bull, and a blindfolded horse sacrificed by a treacherous matador as the crowd's appetite for violence is exposed.
A prolonged critique contrasts bullfighting with vivisection and animal cruelty. The author frames the matador’s courage against blood sport, then condemns vivisection as a modern Inquisition, urging humane treatment and Christian values in the United States.
The fragment mentions a visiting team scoring a goal and a crowd applauding frantically. No clear names, teams, dates, or locations are readable to identify the parties or context.
In Vichy on March 18, 25 Jewish judges and attorney generals were retired under anti Semitic laws as Justice Minister Joseph Barthelemy led a broad overhaul of the French judiciary. Twenty two were removed and ten transferred, with 34 new judges nominated. Three mayors and one department councillor also were removed.
Istanbul dispatch reports Turkish press view a strong British effort in the Balkans as crucial to halting German advance. Yen Sabah says Greeks will fight, Tan notes Britain must block Salonika, and Hung Turk talks and Balkan alignments shape the crisis as officials in Ankara deny foreign moves.
Edgewood Elementary hosts an open house on Wednesday from 1 to 4 PM with about 700 attendees expected. Student hosts include Jack Carothers Esther Tosnareski Helen Caldwell and Imogene Bean. Rooms feature exhibits and a marionette show The Three Bears. The F T A meets after with GC E Liew shiyn chair and music by Mrs Upton Breeden's first grade rhythm band.
The document lists temperatures and conditions for numerous U S cities with forecasts and totals. It notes high and low readings, humidity, wind directions, and precipitation totals for the period, alongside moon phase and sunrise sunset times.
Nazi Luftwaffe rains fire bombs on Holl as heavy casualties feared. London endures the longest night alarm since December. RAF bombers strike Kiel Wilhelmshaven Emden Rotterdam. Germany attacks a three ship convoy while Britain opens drive to crush Italians in East Africa with Jijiga in Ethiopian hands. Rome claims British gains in Cheren Eritrea as Belgrade notes Greek northward movement to meet Nazi invasion. Turkish Greek talks near frontier as Turkish foreign minister seeks new talks with Eden. Yugoslavia balks at German troop right of way while Albanian front remains quiet.
A World War II era recap notes German air raids injuring nine near Kent, Holland protests Berlin over sunk ships, a French destroyer damaged by a submarine, and a British all night bombing of the Sylt air base as Chamberlain maintains a firm stance and promises reprisals.
Dutch steamer Rantaupandjang of 2542 tons was sunk in the Pacific by the German raider Tokyo Maru. The Tokyo newspaper Nichi Nichi received the Batavia dispatch noting no passengers aboard.
The report notes Moscow bans defensive pacts among Sweden and Norway with Finland to avoid provoking military targets. The piece references Scape Flow incidents as part of broader tension and asserts official caution against alliance formation amid fears of renewed aggression.
London reports that an appreciable number of cattle on British estates must be slaughtered due to a feeding shortage. Agriculture Minister Hudson warned farmers grain and fodder supplies will not quickly improve, threatening milk and meat supplies.
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