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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1939

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Golden Angel Testimony in Kuhn Case Halts Progress

New York November 28 Proceedings in Fritz Kuhn s larceny trial focused on letters and a romance with Mrs Florrace Camp. Kuhn admitted lying about divorces and claimed the Camp relationship was friendly and not serious while prosecutors sought to show embezzlement linked to moving Camp s furniture. The witness line will resume tomorrow as the court weighs the impact of the letters on the case.

New York Fritz Kuhn Itla Florrace Camp Angel Bundfuehrer Gamp Cemp Pribary Kuhn Gul Teader Thade

Don’t Knock Knob Plea on Safer Doors

Dallas dispatch describes Patrolman C J Hocker encountering a vandalized Patriard Motor Co door with a note reading don t knock knob See combination The intruder left the storefront disturbed and the manager was summoned to secure the scene as punst al services were planned for Henderson Mitenel Holton in Dallas.

C.J. Hocker Patriard Motor Company Lshts Pionera Dallas Wow Tei Taday Ter Henderson Mitenel

Britain Denies War Costs and Naval Losses Report

The Associated Press reports Britain defends war costs at 23.18 million while noting maritime losses. The destroyer Gipsy was beached after a collision. a Greek freighter among at least 18 ships lost near Italy. German mines blamed for damage, with Hitler’s chiefs reviewing air sea and land forces. German claim on French planes downed, and Romania’s government resigns amid trade dispute with Germany.

Dritaly Sir Solin Germany James Sks Adolf Hitler

War News: Germans Pressed on Eastern Front 25 Years Ago

Report from Petrograd notes German advances halted between the Warthe and Vistula rivers as Russians press operations toward Ware. New claims from Merlin of progress clash with German setbacks in East Prussia near Gumbinnen. In the west, German forces bombard Belgium while a thrust in the Argonne is repulsed.

Gumbinnen East Prussia Petrograd Warthe Vistla Merlin Ware Germany Belgium

Hitler hosts army and navy leaders at Berlin chancellery

In Berlin the Fuehrer hosted a fall reception for military leaders from the army and navy, with Goering, von Bernuthitsch, Reeder, and Keitel present. The gathering reviewed the year’s activity, noting reconnoitering results over France and Great Britain despite pursuit. The morning communique cited German plane losses and French pursuit engagements along the border.

Berlin Adoolf Hitler Germany Fuehrer Hermann Wilhelm Goering Cok Walther von Bernuchitsch Army Erich Reeder Navy Wilhelm Keitel Armed Forces High Command Hitler Potts Campaigd

Man Injured as Car Turns Over In City Crash

Traffic accident victims located at Robert B Green hospital Thursday included Antonio Aguirre 73 of 311 Colima street and Santos McCumber 25 of 301 Matamoras street. Aguirre suffered cuts and bruises after being struck by a car at Sut Jacinto and Guadalupe streets. McCumber injured when the auto he was driving overturned at Cevallos and Nogalitos streets as he swerved to avoid another vehicle.

Robert B. Green Hospital Antonio Aguirre Colima Santos McCumber Matamoras Aguirre Sut Jacinto Guadalupe McCumber Cevallos Nogalitos

Vessels Added To Toll at Sea

London reports six more British French and neutral ships lost to mine and submarine warfare in the past week. Losses include the British steamer Dario sunk November 12 with sixteen crew believed missing and eleven survivors saved after days afloat. The Greek ship Eletia R and the Goerathus also sunk or damaged with multiple survivors. The admiralty notes the destroyer Gipsy beached after a ravine hit with forty crew missing and twenty one injured.

London Dario Eletia R Slink By & Min Sods Goerathus Candieston Castle Sulby Withe Geoffrey Shakespeare Admiralty House of Commons Ienish Gipsy Britain

Gestapo Ends Wireless Contact with British Ahead of Bomb Plot

German Gestapo and British intelligence reportedly concluded 21 days of wireless exchanges in which spies posed as anti-Hitler revolutionists and extracted secrets. British agents Capt. Richard Stevens and Sigismund Payne Best were arrested near the Dutch-German border. DNB quoted they aided the Munich bomb plot against Hitler.

Berlin DNB Britib Gestapo Secrot Richard Henry Stevens Sigismund [Payne Best Muntch Hitler Itae Cicteno Secret Service Inman Walsh Hague Netherlands Jperson

Brother of Sigmund Best Denies British Spy Link

Walter Winchell cites a claim that a man named Sigmund Best is a British intelligence officer who planted a beer visit bomb. Mike Best, a West Side sportsman, says his brother Sigmund is an American airman and has no ties to British secret service. He notes Sigmund married in Prague, then in Bohemia, and left the United States two years ago.

New York Walter Winchel Fine Men Work Daily Mirror Oday Himmler Inund Payne Gestapa Sigismund Payne Best State Department Sigmund Broadway Mike West Side States Judal Prague Czechoslovakia Bohemia Westhempt Hitler

Weather Review San Antonio Area and Nearby Regions

Partly cloudy conditions persist in San Antonio and vicinity with light to gentle variable winds. Temperature readings vary across locations, with high thursday around 72 and friday near 72, lows around 45 to 46. Rainfall deficits noted since January 1 totaling around 7.60 inches, while western sections show little temperature change and sparse precipitation. A large compilation of city, state, and national stations lists varied conditions, winds, humidity, and cloud cover across numerous cities, including Birmingham, Buffalo, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Nashville, New York, San Diego, Seattle, and more, all reflecting a broad, somewhat unsettled pattern.

San Antonio East Texas West Texas Pricay TNO Stombh Thur Wes Wid Bonn Faden Avanann Parish Wiehu Aden Ainviucrane Ab iAuatin Teveres

Raid drives off invading plane near capital during air raid

A German raid was driven off near the capital shortly after midnight as anti aircraft guns opened fire and alarms rang. The aircraft wheeled over the city and then escaped out of range without dropping bombs. The all clear sounded at 1 am after warnings earlier in Northern France. In Paris reports, six German fighters were shot down yesterday, five on French soil and one over Belgium. An inner cabinet in Paris vowed intensified economic warfare with Britain, including ministers of finance, merchant marine and blockade.

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