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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1940
Page
2
Seattle court hears Neil Victor Bandbere seeking a divorce and uncertain marriage date. He claimed the marriage might have occurred in May or June, but fixed the year as 191%. The judge ordered him to obtain the marriage certificate. Source: The Gate, April 4, 1925.
Sixteen people died and more than 100 were injured when two passenger trains collided near Mage, close to Rio de Janeiro, during Easter weekend travelers. Officials say confusion over signals is a likely cause.
Mayor Maury Maverick proposed to President Roosevelt and Hoover a plan to invite Finns displaced by the Russian invasion to move to Alaska with the US covering all expenses. He urged congressional funding, claiming settlers would defend democracy, boost settlement and yield returns within a decade. Also reported is the death of famed etcher George Canning Wales at 71 in Brookline, Mass.
Weather report with temperatures and conditions for multiple locations including Abilene Dallas Austin and Brownsville. Provides high and low temperatures, cloudiness and visibility notes, sun and moon phases, and precipitation details for a period ending with a full moon expected Saturday.
The Good Friday calm was shattered by new naval action as German submersibles torpedoed the Danish freighter Heidsdenheim and Danish ships Christiansberg and Charkow, with crew outcomes uncertain. France's Reynaud vowed total war while Britain reports merchant losses and Allied air-raid conditions. American munitions purchases stir congressional talk as Sino-Japanese tensions widen. A Darlington attorney amazes fingerprint experts with unusually smooth fingertips.
Most men seek a new suit for Easter and consider Frank Bros smart Spring styles in Gabardines Tweeds Flannels Tropicals and other fabrics. The ad highlights dressy fabrics and ready to wear options for the season from a local retailer.
Sheriff Smoot Schmid and District Attorney Andrew Patton travel to Phoenix to seek custody of Dallas murderer Robert Lacy Cash under an extradition warrant. Arizona authorities and Bisbee prosecutor Frank Thomas back Texas in the pursuit while Cash may resist extradition after recapture from Huntsville.
Berlin reports a quiet Good Friday as war worries deepen. Offices and stores closed, sermons rarely tied to politics, though some Nazi aligned churches urged a “fight to victory.” Clergy have long avoided political-tinged sermons since the war began.
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