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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1940

Page

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The Constitution’s Great Battles in the War of 1812

Anes the great victories over the Guerriere and the Java earned the Constitution the nickname Old Ironsides. After a year in Boston repairs she faced new captains and foes, dodging British frigates near Marblehead before engaging Cyane and Levant in a dramatic sunset duel that tested sail and gunmanship alike.

Anes Boston Ro Ses Charles Stewart Marblehead le Jed

Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity

Cloudy with occasional rain and warmer Thursday night. Friday cloudy with local rains and warmer. Light to moderate easterly winds becoming southerly. Airport highs near 66 Thursday, around 60 Friday morning, about 74 Friday afternoon. City highs around 58 Wednesday, low 43 Thursday morning. East Texas and West Texas sections note cloudiness, rain chances, and warmer temperatures with variable winds.

San Antonio Texas Partons West

Three youths survive desert trek to Mexico coast near Brownsville

Gaunt youths from the missing yacht Bagheera of Houston stagger into Matamoros after three days on the Mexican beach. Erickson, Boggess, and Hollis were aided by Mexican fishermen while search planes from Brownsville and Pan American routes scoured the coast for yacht owner Ray Boggess.

Brownsville Bagheera Houston Matamoros Mexico Acros Rio Grande Iter Tere Carleton Boggess Ray Boggess George Erickson Galveston Denzil Hollis Eves W. 5 Nolan Neleo Jung Tiem Suchor Coastguard United Slates de Moyer Boxgess Youls Rio Sato Se Marina Hoggess Akitt Erickson Abe Shoe Eighth Pass HUN B. G. Eubank Gisherman States Matamoros Lass Hight Gulf Tampico Texia

East Side Fumes Endanger Homes

Gasoline fumes rising from sewers in the East Side near Sandemeyer street threaten homes in the 500 block as firemen and health officials, after two weeks of investigation, report no source found. Officials test sewer water along Fort Sam Houston to Seguin road while fumes spread toward the Sherman street pumping station.

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Port Arthur Man Sought by Police

Bon Antonio police sought E A Guidry of Port Arthur during a visit here. Port Arthur officials have an important message for Jim.

Port Arthur Bon Antonio E. A. Guidry Jim

Plymouth Target of Nazi Bombers

Berlin reports Plymouth a southwest port and naval base was heavily bombed by German planes. Reconnaissance shows rail links to London broken. over 100 aircraft involved, incendiaries dropped along the harbor. Night raids on western Germany acknowledged with limited damage.

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Interior Secretary Ickes Pushes Federal Oil Industry Control

Washington November 23 Interior Secretary Ickes announced he will urge Congress to enact federal oversight of the oil industry extend the bituminous coal act two years and implement government inspection of all mines He also denounced the Walles-Logan bill while oil approved by the Senate New York November 28 stock exchange members shifted as the bi year turnover rose to 33000 in value with previous day’s trade.

Washington Cins Icrces Congress Ickes Waller—Logan National Labor Relations Board House Senate

No Bananas for British

London sources forecast a wage price marketing policy to weather the months ahead. The Food Minister Lord Woolton warned Britain must cut meat imports to conserve ships and noted apples apricots grapes and bananas would vanish from tables as the communal feeding system potentially expands and zoning may extend.

London Lord Woolton

Religious Motive Suspected In Hand Amputation

A 34 year old mother of three, Mrs. R Splott, calmly cut off her left hand with an axe near Lytle. She then walked to a Mexican neighbor for help and to Mrs. Spicer’s house where her father was nearby. Dr J A Land said the hand was found later and the woman will recover. Religi ous reasons are suspected by her mother as to why she acted, with three children named Cleo Betty Amaline and Carol Lloyd.

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Girl Gets Job With Take Off Controversy In Hollywood

Greta Ronan, a blonde stip picket of flims, reportedly won her strike grievance as producers halted her topless scene. Agents say she reached the under slip stage before two men covered her with an overcoat and hinted she should return to the film. Ronan claims she was dropped from the picture and that her deleted scene was the one she had hoped to perform.

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Submarine Grenadier Launch Sparks Portsmouth Event

New submarine launching set at Portsmouth New Hampshire with the Grenadier built rapidly at a cost of around 2,500 dollars. The ceremony marks a swift production effort and showcases naval advancement.

Portsmouth N. H Grenadier

Northeast U S Covered by Snow

Snow spread across the Northeast from the Great Lakes to New England with subzero readings in Minnesota and heavy cold from the Mississippi valley east to the Middle Atlantic coast. A warm Pacific front was expected to move in, bringing mixed air and more snow as forecasters predict continued wintry conditions.

Worth Easton United States Great Lakes Upper Ohio New England Worth Dakota Montana Pauline Stewart San Antonio Tam Dent Mary Hardin-Baylor College Washington Ore- Brinn Tolohoo Petulure Mississippi Valley Middle South Atlantic Berldj Minn Warn Mir Pacific Coast

Prelude to Rain After Warmer Thursday

A brief weather note reports Thursday will see highs near 66 degrees with a later rise to 74. Showers are expected by nightfall and into Friday, with light easterly winds shifting to southerly.

US 8 HOUT Pyigny Petey

Court Reporters Will Appeal Case

Court reporters indicated they would pursue payment of salaries at 2600 dollars annually for several months to the state Supreme Court. The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals overruled a motion for rehearing on Wednesday. The case arose after Bexar County moved into a higher population bracket in June.

State Supreme Court Bexar County

Japs Killed in Troop Train Blasts Near Hong Kong

Chinese agency dispatch reports 200 Japanese soldiers killed or wounded when a Japanese troop train pulling out from Tsinan Bhanting Puoyiner struck a Chinese mine. An explosion wrecked the locomotive and four coaches.

Hongkong Soy UPRA Disputch Tsinan Bhanting Puoyiner IL Sail

Dynamite Found on Drunk in Greenville Street Incident

In Greenville on November 23 police arrested a man for drunkenness and found four sticks of dynamite, several blasting caps and fuse in his pockets during a routine search at headquarters. Recorder James A. Richardson commented that the man might have been in serious danger if he had friends present.

Gheenville U. S James A. Richardson

Two Escape Injury in Auto Collision

A. M. Mize Jr. aged 23 of 607 Exsex avenue escaped serious harm when his truck overturned after a collision at Carson and Hackberry streets. Police say he crawled from the wreck with minor bruises as Adolph Ice aged 17 of 203 Hawthorne street was not hurt.

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