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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1940
Page
1
Washington reports reveal the Army Air Corps and other units face serious supply and equipment gaps. Congress moves to make 1.9147 billion dollars immediately available for national defense, with Baruch and Lindbergh among leaders backing rapid military build-up amid looming European tensions.
A Senate debate on aviation service for the U S army probes the status of a 7 billion defense program. Clark questions why funds of 7 billion to 9 billion were appropriated but results show only about 58 to 68 nonobsolete airships by 1941. Lodge and Chavez defend the effort while noting production and foreign purchases.
Police and five patrolmen spent over an hour corralling snakes that fled into yards sheds and under cars. Mrs. Dorothy Roedell was bitten after stepping on one nonpoisonous snake and treated at a local hospital. nine of the snakes were venomous. City ambulance stood by during the roundup and firefighters assisted in corraling the reptiles.
President Roosevelt boarded the U S S Potomac for an overnight cruise down the Potomac River from the White House brief notice. The announcement stressed the trip would last only the night and gave no details on who accompanied him.
President Roosevelt unites industry credit and government to push a broad emergency plan. The navy seeks congressional action on a 1. S02,990,72B naval program, lifting labor laws to aid contractors and relax bidding rules, while Walsh Healey reforms and extended workweeks. aims include 50,000 aircraft and stronger armed forces as part of a swift national mobilization.
May 26 will see Memorial Day ceremonies honoring 31119 Americans who fell in France and Belgium. Ambassador William C Bullitt is expected to speak at Surmesney cemetery near Paris with British and Belgian participation. Taps will be sounded and national flags and artificial poppies will be shown.
Paris May 18 Premier Paul Reynaud announced a cabinet shakeup and took command of France's armed forces. He warned that Germany's advance toward Paris has gained ground and threatens a grave crisis. Reynaud named Petain vice premier and military strategist, Daladier to foreign affairs, and Matiecial to interior. Gamelin remained a defense topic. The government vowed a supreme effort to repel the German drive as Luftwaffe bombers struck Paris and Parachute troops reportedly landed behind Allied lines.
A severe quake struck southeastern California's Imperial Valley with El Centro reporting deaths and many injuries as buildings collapsed and a great fire swept Mexicali's Chinese quarter after the first shocks. The many aftershocks continued to rock the region through the night.
New York May 14 Prime Minister Winston Churchill will deliver an important address to the British empire at 2 p m C E T tomorrow, with major radio networks planning to rebroadcast the speech across the United States.
The suburb of Omens Terrace Salarday voted 161 to 68 to incorporate, according to election officials.
Weather forecast shows Patty cloudy and cooler Sunday with varied airport readings. East Texas expects partly cloudy conditions, cooler air, and scattered showers along the upper coast Sunday. Winds shift from southerly along the coast to northerly inland early Sunday, with generally fair conditions for the week ahead and possible showers Tuesday or Wednesday.
Storm systems and cold air from the Rockies moved through Texas on Saturday worsening drought conditions. Dallas airport logged 2.38 inches, Trinidad 2.02, Waxa Huchie 2.94, and Crystal City 2.35. Doyle Pass and Kingsville reported about 11 inches, with Big Spring noting a drought-busting 9.0 inches amid scattered damage and no deaths.
In Topeka on May 18 1911 national relief figures aired a radio appeal by Alt M Landon for Ted Gross funds. A Texas youth, dilgene Gold of Clarksville, was killed when a truck carrying 22 GCC boys from Montrose to Jimmigan overturned on the highway. Several others were injured in the crash.
London dispatch notes Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands fled to England chiefly due to Crown Princess Juliana expecting a child. The widow queen reportedly preferred to stay with her people but relented to Juliana s request, according to the Sunday Express.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. May 18. A strike in all shipyards in the Los Angeles harbor loomed as a row between the CIO and the AFL intensified. Around two hundred CIO members resisted outsiders being brought in to build U S wartime cargo vessels, risking job losses for local CIO workers.
London May 18. Reichsfuhrer Adolf Hitler told Berlin officials a peace conference would secure Europe by August 15, according to German circles in Kaunas Lithuania as reported by Reuters.
Reporting from multiple capitals, the war moves west as German forces push from Antwerp toward Belgian and French ports, menacing Paris while Paris vows steadfast resistance. In Washington Congress rushes defense funding with broad support, while London cites French resolve to fight to the end and Belgrade fears Balkans blitz.
Berlin reports a rapid German offensive after Antwerp’s fall. Armies push along the Belgian coast toward Ostend and Dunkirk while aiming to sever Allied lines and trap forces in Belgium. Nazi dispatches claim Paris may soon be within reach as German forces expand the Meuse valley advance and coordinate attacks from the north and south.
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