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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1940
Page
1
Fragmented reprint quotes President George Washington’s farewell remarks on not seeking a third term. The text extols restraint and constitutionalism, warning against habit, self interest, and extending tenure. It highlights the idea that retirement after public service preserves liberty and prudent governance.
The fragment records Jefferson urging a longer term or retirement timing in letters to the Vermont legislature and Governor Fitch. Jefferson argues a fixed period for office would aid stable government and contends that relinquishing power could become lifelong rule.
Turkey will not join the war now, says President Ismet Inönü in a guarded statement to parliament. He notes friendly shifts with Soviet Russia while pledging loyalty to allies and independence, with no national ambitions and a readiness to defend sovereignty if attacked.
A prank call in Birmingham Alabama led a fire engine to rush to a false alarm and collide with a locomotive, killing fireman D. T. Pearson. Authorities investigate whether the hoax was tied to broader tensions with Soviet Russia and Bulgaria. Pearson, a site officer, left a widow and a young son.
Reuters dispatch from Hastnedbaig cites British agency reporting an air raid alert in Athens. Turkish advance in clear skies west of the city prompts authorities to sound alarms as leaders confer with Maj. Gen. Arthur J. Smits on security and mutual defense ties with Britain. The president cautions on Soviet Russia amid escalating tensions.
Mayor F H LaGuardia faced a $350000 suit after allegedly twisting Benjamin H Owens necktie during a campaign rally in Detroit on October 21 Owens sues for assault and battery and slander alleging the mayor grabbed his necktie and provoked questions about Boss Flynn The incident occurred at Detroit City Hall where LaGuardia spoke for President Roosevelt.
Dallas Hoy Herald reports two Texas airmen, Harela O. Phillips and Horace Helsing, were killed in England during World War II. A cablegram says their Spitfire collided with a balloon barrage cable while engaging a German aircraft over Sonden. Both had been connected with Elles aviation before enlisting several months ago.
Air ministry reports British anti-aircraft fire shot down a sighting plane near two miles altitude above Dover today as Allied forces engaged, the incident disclosed from London.
Governor W Lee O Daniel announced nominations for 12 selective service appeal boards to review classifications of registrants. Each board of two members serves about 70 000 registrants with final decisions subject to presidential approval. members come from labor industry medicine law and agriculture across districts from Austin to Waco.
Texas faced fatalities as high winds and tornadoes left a trail of destruction across the southeastern region. Narrig County reported a dozen injuries, five serious, with Alcide Dans killed by a falling tree. Armando Divan, a one year old, survived a flooded storm area incident. other deaths included Jon Mave, near Houston, and Ralphie Blankenship near Poxqukane. Severe damage hit ships in the Trouston slip channel and widespread flooding affected Hardin and nearby counties including Port Arthur and Beaumont.
Rome reports Italian guards have moved 35 miles from the Albanian frontier into the Yoannina region, seizing a district of 79 villages. Meanwhile British bombers hit Naples for the first time, damaging industrial suburbs, with one death and five injuries reported. In Egypt heavy fighting resumes near Sidi Barrani as Italians push toward the Nile. Italian engineers repair roads at Kalabarda as retreating Greeks pull back.
United States marshal reported the twelve jurors could not agree on a verdict after two hours. The judge ordered officers to remove the washroom door to try to release a juror trapped inside. The panel remained unable to reach a verdict.
BALBOA Canal Zone November 1 authorities and navy officials are probing a newspaper report of an unidentified submarine seen in the Gulf of Darien east of the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.
Fair Friday night and Saturday with cooler Friday night and light to gentle northerly winds. High Friday near 78, low Saturday around 52. East Texas: fair Friday night and Saturday, cooler Friday night, slightly warmer north Saturday. West Texas: fair Friday night and Saturday, little temperature change.
Greek General Staff reports Italian forces repulsed everywhere as Greek navy shells and bombards positions along the river and coast. Patras air raids cause heavy civilian casualties. Metaxas vows retaliation. Foremost leaders urge global support and a boycott of Italian goods. King George III meets Metaxas and Papagos to discuss war posture.
London reports raids on Naples center with air ministry noting a successful attack on tanks and other targets. British bombers struck from Malta as naval planes were ruled out, with additional strikes against a merchant ship off Norway during ongoing daylight operations.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 1. Police prepared today to turn free residents of a small village in Puebla state over to the federal attorney general for prosecution on charges of smuggling large quantities of narcotics into the United States. Alfonso Rojas Garcia and two associates were seized in Aflixco after 400 pounds of carefully packaged narcotics and large gardens of the drug were discovered yesterday. Rojas is an official of Aflixco's municipal government.
Berlin radio reported that German dive bombers sank nine vessels totaling 27 000 tons from a British convoy off Sheerness near the Thames estuary. Three more ships were seriously damaged by direct bomb hits, including a light cruiser, the report said.
The United States plans to ship its army bombsight to Britain as part of a larger $12,000 aircraft aid package. Sperry gyroscope sight will equip army craft while navy bombsight remains different. shipments will be split for security. Production aims to add 12,000 American planes for Britain and 25,000 for U.S. use, with totals rising to 51,000.
Weather man J H Jarboe predicts a slight weekend chill with a Saturday morning low around 52 degrees while highs reach 78 degrees on Friday and Saturday. Light northerly winds clear skies for most of the state as recent rains record near 0.29 inches at airport and 0.24 inch downtown.
President Roosevelt indicated a possible new production program for American military planes to boost capacity toward 50,000, amid questions about Britain seeking fighters and a rumored Sperry bomb sight for Britain. He said the plan could align with the War Production Board and William Knudsen, with officials cautious on verifying external reports.
German long range guns shelled British shipping in the Dover strait near Cap Gris Nez and Calais. The bombardment by at least two batteries lasted about two hours, met with a sharp British response from big batteries, and ended with smoke obscuring part of the French coast as flashes were seen along the shoreline.
A single aircraft from French Morocco conducted a raid over Gibraltar this noon. Hearings reports described several heavy explosions from the enemy bombs with anti aircraft fire in response. A second plane reportedly flew over Gibraltar twice but did not drop bombs.
MEXICO CITY November 1. Brig Gen Pranalsea TL Urquito, chief of the Sie Mexican military iwisson, visited staff and was promoted to general of Ai eton by President Cardenas. Urquito becomes assistant elt et wlatt as the army reshuffles. Also other generals were promoted in ST.
British forces destroyed a camel train in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and captured a prisoner after engaging the convoy. A separate British patrol reportedly inflicted casualties on an axis in the Egyptian western desert on a prior night.
A brief item reports a Spanish mission traveling to London for unspecified discussions. The piece references an air commander and relations with British authorities, noting dull details and unclear outcomes.
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