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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1940
Page
2
The piece argues humane societies struggle to curb animal cruelty in films. It cites studios profiting from mistreatment, officers used as shields, and the need for state authority and proper funding. It urges public action and stronger enforcement to curb debasing brutality.
War department reports rapid preparations to expand the nation end forces to a million men in four months. First 400,000 recruits to be mobilized by March 15, with three months of retraining at replacement centers and large scale maneuvers planned for next summer. Enlistments push regular army past 376,000. national guard mobilization to February. total around 225,000 plus later calls. Replacement centers listed include Camp Wolters Texas and Fort Sill Oklahoma with capacities for infantry field artillery coastal defense and other branches.
A San Antonio resident lauds Retonga a vegetable aromatic medicine after relief from weakness, constipation, headaches, and nervousness. She credits improved strength and weight gain. The Retonga representative at Welgreets's drug store advertises the product at 300 East Houston Street.
Maj. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead will direct a two week mobilization and training period from November 12 to 24 with 20 staff and officers at the Majeslie building as twenty San Antonio units of the Thirty-sixth Division are inducted into federal service on November 25 under War Department training programs.
Vatican City reports London warned of possible British air raids on Rome. Rome seeks renewed assurances from Britain that the eternal city will be spared. Spokesmen say such pledges were previously obtained before Italy entered the war and note Italian attacks on London had not been publicized by German communiques.
George, the Marquess of Lothian and British ambassador to the United States, received the Order of the Thistle in London. He is presently in England on a brief furlough and holds one of Britain's most distinguished honors.
A large crowd gathered at the Russian embassy in Washington for the annual reception hosted by Ambassador Constantine Oumansky and Madame Oumansky. Attendees included the British and other belligerent European powers, signaling a softened attitude toward Russia compared with last year when many in the diplomatic community stayed away amid the Russo-Finnish war.
Dispatches report heavy fighting along the Greek front with a large-scale push toward Ioannina and renewed British naval activity near Gibraltar. Luftwaffe and Italian forces bomb Greek and Turkish regions while German claims of sinking Allied ships clash with British raids on Essen and London. Far East notes mark a Japanese envoy warning the Netherlands East Indies of cooperation with Axis powers.
London report states Mrs Neville Chamberlain declares her husband’s strength has been failing and he is gravely ill. The former prime minister, 71, had been resting in the country since resigning as lord president of the council on October 3 and as prime minister last May 10 as Germany advanced into the Low Countries and France.
Residents of Salonika hastily piled sandbags and dug trenches to guard against aerial attacks. The city transformed to a trench scarred citadel in days, with open ditches preferred over cellars for raids. Greek vigilance rose under new anti espionage regulations as citizens watched conversations and suspected outsiders. An American journalist noted wary curiosity turning to pride as the city faced bombardment and soldiers claimed air victory.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe bomb impacts near Tower of London and nearby Strand sites in central London. Possible mentions of bomb damage, street closures, and emergency responses with uncertain details.
Heavy gunfire was heard in the Mediterranean today as a British fleet of 14 warships based at Gibraltar left harbor. The group included a battleship two cruisers eight destroyers two submarines and any aircraft carriers sailing amid news of the Mediterranean theatre.
London faced renewed bombing with German Ju-88 and Junkers 84 raids over southeastern towns and the Midlands. Anti aircraft batteries fired as daytime alerts sounded, with factories, a hospital, and a Catholic home among damaged sites while casualties remained light.
The article recalls events from November 1915 with the Russian front near Kolki on the Tyr River where German positions were driven back and a German submarine sank a 2 5000-ton British steamer near Crete. It notes the Serbians holding against Bulgarian pressure at Hatchacl Base. It also reflects ONE YEAR AGO TODAY on a prelude to the Battle of Britain, Adolf Hitler narrowly escaping death when a bomb exploded at Bürgerbräukeller in Munich, killing eight and wounding 63 as Hitler spoke.
Boston Nov 8 UPI Joseph P Kennedy says he remains ambassador to Great Britain and will be in London within 48 hours if an emergency requires him. He plans to stay in the United States until after Christmas and opposes the United States entering the war by any door while insisting on aiding England as much as possible for the United States’ best interests.
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