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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1941
Page
3
Demonstrations in loading anti-tank and heavy weapons for air transport were shown by Ninth infantry troops for Movietone newsreel at Duncan field. The anti-tank company loaded a 7-millimeter anti-tank weapon in the C-3 Douglas transport plane, while heavy weapons troops demonstrated mortar loading.
War Roundup reports Ghorehill's 447-3 confidence win on war conduct in parliament and Britain's pledge to hold the Nile valley Suez and Maite. Commons cheers success against U boat campaign as Luftwaffe battles over the channel. RAF says 19 German planes shot down in 24 hours. German night raiders attack Glasgow Liverpool and Northern Ireland while British bomb Hamburg. Iraq troops retreat from Mosul Haifa pipeline and Lake Habbaniyeh air base. Stalin assumes premiership of Soviet Russia after longtime backstage role.
Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies told New York reporters Britain cannot lose despite German successes and urged U S convoys. He arrived aboard the Dixie Clipper from Lisbon and said Britain’s win pace depends on America, planning to meet President Roosevelt in Washington.
A May 7 1916 report notes U S French merchants Venezia sighting submarines and two commerce ships near U S waters. French claim German attacks on Neuse river positions were repulsed amid broader pressure for peace in Washington. Admiral Keyes criticizes Chamberlain before the House as Parliament debates expanded war powers for Churchill. Germany asks Hungary to permit troop transit. Holland alerts and suspends leaves.
Moscow report says Joseph Stalin replaces Vyacheslav Molotov as premier, taking open leadership of the USSR after years consulting from behind the scenes. Molotov becomes vice chairman of the council while retaining his party post. Stalin has moved to the fore amid policy shifts and recent speeches.
Special to The High Lansing May 7 Senator Burton K Wheeler says the fate of war or peace rests with President Roosevelt after a 7000 mile tour through 22 states. He warns the president will decide whether the United States remains a democracy and a sanctuary for peace. He claims 90 percent of voters want peace.
Col. John Perkins will speak on National Defense at 7:30 p.m. Friday in room 627 Federal building, signed by Maj. Graham Buchanan. All officers are invited. Sergeant to Lieutenant: M. Stafford of San Antonio has been advanced from staff sergeant to second lieutenant in the 141st Infantry, 36th Division, Camp Towle.
DC police pressed their investigation into the death of Dr Heinrich Simon a 61 year old refugee German journalist and minister critic Coroner A Magruder MacDonald ruled there was no doubt Simon had been assaulted Some investigators suspected robbery motive Simon had recently moved in with his wife after returning from a walk at 3 am Tuesday He left Germany’s Frankfurter Zeitung years ago amid Hitler's rise and sought asylum in America
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