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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1940
Page
2
A dated editorial laments war spending and political corruption. It condemns Congress and the administration for diverting funds from essential air power, arguing that fewer misused dollars could fund a superior American air force to defend the nation amid global conflicts.
Rites will be held Thursday for Paul Jones 62 a longtime San Antonio resident who died Sunday in North Hollywood California The service will be at Roy Akers Funeral Home with burial at Mission Burial Park He was a certified public accountant member of Masonic Lodge Rotary Club native of Carthage Texas Survivors include his widow daughter Marion Herring and Carin Ann Jones of North Hollywood sons Paul Jr Maurice and Chappel of San Antonio mother Mrs M M Jones of Deridder Louisiana and other relatives
New York May 8 Electric power output in the United States for the week ended May 4 declined slightly from the prior week but remained well ahead of a year ago. Edison Electric Institute reports total production around 2.486 billion kilowatt hours, with idle hours near five percent.
In Dallas a marauder removed a window screen and dropped a 40 pound limestone slab onto the heads of Miss Kyle Webster and Attle Sharon Gay Rogers in the bed where they slept at Mrs Clatice Rogers home. Both victims were left critically injured. The women included a caregiver employed by Mrs Rogers. Paris dispatch notes Norway's Foreign Minister Heivdan Koht and a colonel arrived from London to confer with Premier Paul Reynaud.
In tense wartime measures the Netherlands imposes a communications blackout and recalls 400,000 defense personnel. Government says forces are redeployed to border defenses as military alerts rise while trains and inland waterway travel are curtailed and public buildings guarded.
Helsinki reports the official Finnish press bureau denied a Moscow claim that industrial property in ceded territory had been sabotaged in violation of the peace treaty. The Russian accusation appeared in Pravda, prompting speculation on its significance as relations with Russia were said to be normalizing.
The Associated Press reports a deroused British Labor Party demanded Chamberlain's downfall with a no confidence motion as war nerves sharpen across Europe. Morrison accuses Churchill and the Admiralty of fault, while Britain contemplates muddling through. Netherlands tightens defenses amid uncertain international moves and German troop feints. The U S fleet remains in the mid Pacific with no sign of redeployment.
Rain fell Tuesday night across a broad Texas swath from Dalhart to Del Rio and Dallas, with totals up to 4.25 inches in places. Dallas bureau said Lubbock and Amarillo had no moisture. Dalhart 1.08 inches. Wichita Falls area about one inch aiding grain and cotton planting. Abilene region reported heavy totals including Abilene 3.0 inches and Ace Hickman ranch 4.24 inches. other towns varied from 1.25 to 3 inches across Shackleford county, Clyde, Brownwood, Albany, Port Griffin, and San Angelo recorded multiple tenths to inches.
Claude A. Watson of Los Angeles opened the Prohibition party convention in Chicago urging a coalition of Christian patriotic forces to realign the veteran parties. He said major parties offer no hope and that the party seeks ethical governance to keep the nation Christian. Roger W. Babson signaled potential nomination. Nominees to be chosen Friday after platform adoption tomorrow.
Report covers first quarter moon phase and coastal tide times, with daily weather observations for Abilene Albuquerque Alpine Apalachicola Avanta Brady Brownsville Charleston Chicago Chicago area totals, and city by city conditions. Includes temperatures humidity and precipitation, sun and moon events, and general forecasts for numerous U.S. locations and Canada.
In Alexandria on May 3, consular officials from France Britain the United States and others heightened precautionary measures as war rumors grow in the eastern Mediterranean Gas masks and air raid shelters were provided for foreign communities with 200 Americans and 700 Egyptians noted as potential evacuees They planned to move to sea refuge and await ships while the Allied fleet remained at anchor and officials predicted a near decision on the East’s fate.
President Wilson summoned his cabinet to weigh U S action as Lusitania fate loomed. Crowds packed Cunard offices in New York seeking word on relatives aboard the ill fated liner. Austro German forces push again against Russians in Galicia as the war widens.
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