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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1939

Page

4

British deny 4 warships hit by bombs message

The report claims Britain denies four warships hit by bombs as protests over seizing German exports escalate. Japan, Sweden, and Denmark mount demarches over possible neutral shipping consequences. Paris and Brussels reflect protests from Belgium Italy and others as Britain plans export seizure. naval activity includes mine clearance of the Thames estuary and resumed normal traffic.

Italy United States Japan Tokio Germany Mamoru Shigemitsu London Britain George Sweden Denmark Ibe Sas Londoty Thames River

Hill Official Free Under $1000 Bond Indicts Embezzlement

Waco district reports seven indictments charging embezzlement and misappropriation of county property. Earlier in the week Roy Wallace Tate faced additional counts after a $3800 fraudulent bill scheme emerged, with the district attorney pursuing action and related arrests.

Hill Waco Roy Wallace Tate Jimieimenis

Japan and Britain face widening tensions over German exports

Tokyo sources report a renewed Anglo-Japanese clash after Britain and France move to seize German exports. Japan warns of retaliatory steps if commerce is harmed and accuses Britain of violating a pledge not to interfere with German goods. The dispute could affect Japan's ties with Soviet Russia and others.

TOKIO Japan Great Britain Britain Soviet Russia

Plans Set for Gone With the Wind Distribution

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives meet in Chicago to finalize showing plans for Gone With the Wind. World premiere is scheduled for December 15 in Atlanta, Ga, with $10 admission. General public release expected January, as projections exceed 3.01 million dollars.

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Town Crier Vows Audience in 8 A

Alexander Woollcott captivated a capacity audience at Thomas Jefferson High School with The Confessions of a Dying Newspaperman. He praised The Man Who Came to Dinner as a box office hit and recalled his career from New York Times critic to radio commentator while teasing locals and friends with his trademark wit.

Alexander Woolleath Alexander Woollcott Thomas Jefferson High School Woollcott Santa Barbara Calif Alen Witlon World Alec Oullinedthy Careve New York Times Times

Five Injured In Traffic Crash On Carolina Street

Miss Verna Hesch suffered loss of two teeth and minor injuries when the auto she rode crashed into a parked vehicle in the 200 block of Carolina Street. Don Marshall and others also sustained injuries as Police cited unclear details and names amid the collision near Commerce and Millmap streets.

Verna Hesch South Mesquite Street Carolina Street Don Marshall Aberdeen Street Tur Vemiete Power Te Aucos Jim Senovio Chaves Eugene Liltinfahn iCaniierre Steredt Sone Tite

Seven Nabbed in Poker Game Raid

Police vice squad raided an establishment at 845 North Flares Street and arrested seven men for alleged participation in a poker game. Officers entered after a patron, Carrigan, wearing old clothes and carrying oranges, left the venue to summon help. Evidence included a punchboard and alleged lottery activity.

Atserbing Corporation Gourt Simimy Carrigan North Flares Carrigan C. H. Rinter T. F. Swain Bammera Majeatic Hacbanon

Bulwark Disaster and Russian Win Noted in 1914 War Roundup

The 1914 war roundup notes the British battleship Bulwark mysteriously sunk off Sheerness near London with about 800 lives lost. It also reports Lord Kitchener urging the House of Lords to recognize a major Russian victory in Poland and the Belgian city of Dixmude reportedly retaken by French forces.

T. No S Sheerness London Karl Kitchener House of Lords Poland Dixmide

Scholars to Meet OEG in San Antonio November

The nineteenth annual Southern Classical association meeting opens in San Antonio on November 30 and runs through December 2 with public lectures by 15 states’ scholars. Henry J. Haskell of the Kansas City Star will speak at a luncheon if available. UT speakers include Dr. W. J. Battle and Dr. Daniel A. Penick among others.

Southern Classical Association San Antonio Henry J. Haskell Kansas City Star Charles&. Little Peabody College Ers Nashville Marie B. Denneen Woman's College of the University Oforth Carolina Kathryn Bowen Hockaday Junior College University of Texas W. J. Battle Daniel A. Penick H. J. Leon Minnie Lee Shepard Incarhats Ward College M. Colimkine Jan Aloysius Fran=ces Smith Thomas Jefferson High School Glyde Pharr Vanderbilt University

Nazis Seattle Ship Passengers Saved in Atlantic Sinking

CAPETOWN Nov 3 The entire crew of 27 and 34 passengers including 38 women were saved when the German steamer Adolph Woerfman was scuttled in the South Atlantic off the African coast to avoid capture by British warships on the trail of a Nazi raider.

Capetown Ins Adolph Woerfman South Atlantic

Vatican City and USSR by area in world ranking

The world's smallest country by area is Vatican City at 108.7 acres. The largest is the USSR with about 0,144,228 square miles, highlighting vast continental scope in historical context.

Vatican City Ussr Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

German patrol ship sunk by mine near North Sea field

Nov 25 reports describe a German patrol vessel struck a mine in the southern North Sea mine area, exploding and sinking within minutes. Thirty three crew were saved by German ships and a Danish torpedo boat, with twelve missing. Also update from Paris notes 36 survivors of the Italian steamer Grania landed at Houlogne after striking Rome in the English Channel. London reports allied ships captured three unidentified German barges.

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