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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1939
Page
12
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on May 20 Navy officials announced special Memorial day services for the 24 victims of the sunken submarine Squalus. The 33 survivors and relatives prepare for the tribute after the ongoing recovery work resumes.
Sguslus herd will assemble the Portsmouth weyy yard auditorium. Music and prayers will be observed as officers emphasize recording the disaster for posterity. Lt Cmdr Longatat said the statements aim to preserve mert’s geratons. survivors from Squalus are back on duty. Ruth Desauel of Dover revealed a wedding planned among LAG 26 sailors who died in the flooded sub after the sinking.
Two brothers Claude Stubberfield and Steve Stubberfield aged 2 and 18 drowned in a bayou swimming hole near their farm home. Russell Smalley, 12, also swam with them. Claude tried to tow his brother to shore and both disappeared near an improvised tower. A nearby boy threw a rope toward them but rescue failed.
Madrid May 29 Spanish Nationalists said Franco will end the civil war by driving out all foreign troops by week’s end. Italian legionnaires from Cadiz head to Italy aboard Toscana Piemonte Sicilia. hospital ship Gradisca to carry wounded. Germans from the Gonder region sailed to Hamburg. Portuguese about 500 prepared to cross into Portugal. Moorish troops returning from Spanish Morocco and other units moving homeward.
The graves of 30 000 American soldiers who died in Northern France were decorated in memorial services led by French and American representatives. Detachments of French troops aided American and French delegations, with ceremonies held a day before American Memorial Day to coincide with a French holiday. Ambassador William Bullitt planned remarks at a Paris area cemetery after wreaths were placed on the tomb of the French Unknown Soldier and Lafayette Escadrille members were honored.
PARADENA Calif May 26 A decade or two is typical until Mars WHE nears Earth at 36 030 008 miles the closest in 15 years. Astronomers will study Martian snow vapor, composition possibly carbon dioxide, and dust canals as the planet nears opposition. William H Christie Mount Wilson Observatory expects closer views and a grand eclipse next December 14 and another on December 19 of a star 19 000 000 times as large.
Novelist Joist Bleinbres reported receiving a threatening letter and telegram demanding 460 dollars from unnamed suspects in Reno and possibly connected to a hoax. Deputies Gibbons and Denton said the letter signed Mauray B Campbell may come from people in distressed circumstances. A New State Bar Act will be discussed at a San Antonio Bar Association meeting at 12 15 p.m. in the Pinza hole ballroom.
Senate judiciary subcommittee recommended against the nomination of William J. Boyle for United States attorney for Nevada after a May hearing. Senator McCarran described the appointment as personally objectionable, and the panel voted 4 to 2 to advise the full committee to report unfavorably.
Fragmented report indicates Tom Conner becomes building inspector office in Charter Finvhem and Momethy oversee fire and policy duties. Patt Wright's office covers in Frank Gare Higa's absence while Garriga left town for weekend with planned return Monday. Incoming administration to take over before Inserm expiry.
Washington May 29 67 The house committee on un-American activities plans to investigate naval officers reports that communists and other groups influenced loyalty morality and discipline of enlisted men. Rep Walters said chair Dies promised a thorough probe of navy statements that several men were discharged for associating with groups seen as threats to national defense.
Former Atlanta mayor Key, noted for a 1981 Paris remark on prohibition, died of pneumonia at age, after a long decline in health. He led Atlanta for a decade before retiring from public life in 1996, shaping local politics and public policy during his tenure.
Two inmates Bill Metnhurt and Clifford Prather escaped Wynne Prison Yard. Bloodhounds followed tracks toward Huntsville but the fugitives remain at large. Prather had a prior murder and was being sought for further charges. Authorities from Montgomery and Tarrant counties report ongoing manhunt and investigation.
A slight head cold worries President Roosevelt as he relaxes at his Hudson River family home during the Memorial day holiday. The Secretariat says he has no engagements and plans to rest and motor over the big estate. No cancer is suspected at residence.
A. Frear, 78, former secretary of state for Wisconsin and long time congressman, died yesterday in Ayastington after a kidney ailment. He served in Congress from 1914 to 1934 as a Republican. His widow and daughter survive.
In Leavenworth Kansas on May 20 1931 T J Pendergast Democratic boss surrendered at Leavenworth penitentiary at 9 am to begin a 13 month term for federal income tax evasion He arrived with his wife and three children and was met at the gate by U S Marshal Henry Dillingham to obtain the required compartment papers The surrender reportedly aimed to avoid news photographers and cameras.
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