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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1941
Page
5
Mrs H M Hornsby Jr of 906 Denver Boulevard advertised a reward after losing a wrist watch on a Public Service Bus six years and nine months ago. A Flake of West Agarita Street returned it, noting the owner’s name on the back, and refused the advertised reward.
Jerusalem report says The Jewish agency called on all bachelors aged 23 to 30 to enlist with British forces. In London, marriages in England and Wales rose to a record 468,207 last year per the health ministry announcement.
Melbourne dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey stating 43000 British troops were rescued after the Greece withdrawal. Churchill’s earlier claim cited 45000 rescued from a 60000 force, with about 3600 left behind on beaches as German forces advanced. Casualties at sea unlikely to exceed 500. Blamey noted unknowns about sick and wounded in Greek hospitals.
Brig. Gen. Alighiero Minle, chief of staff of the Italian high command in North Africa, was killed April 22 by a bomb explosion during a British air raid on Tripoli, the report states. Justice Owen J. Roberts, aged 66, marked his birthday today in Washington.
Marseille reports the American relief ship Leopold L. D landed yesterday with 8000 tons of flour and 102 tons of milk products for distribution in the unoccupied zone by the American Red Cross. No official reception or announcement accompanied the arrival.
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