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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1940
Page
2
A guest recalls sending a parrot home that later fails to appear. Dinah the cook explains the bird spoke four languages and was cooked for dinner, prompting incredulous remarks. The tale meanders through a columnist stance on old stories and modern sensibilities.
Sangha a nationalized Japanese editor and president of a pro-Japanese Chinese language newspaper was shot dead by two Chinese gunmen in a restaurant. The attack occurred in the British defense sector, with the assailants escaping before authorities arrived. The editor had been linked to Wang Ching-wei and the Japanese-backed regime in Nanking.
A Tokyo broadcast reports Japanese plans to land at Hanoi in Indo China under the Japan Transport Company. The Japanese government supported the move amid several demands placed on the French colony authorities. The Thailand service and Doimei news agency noted permission for the raids.
German expeditionary divisions will assume protection of Romania south Bucovina on September 16, after Romania ceded North Bukovina to Soviet Russia. Strong Nazi forces will be aided by Italians as clashes persist in northern Transylvania where Romanian and Hungarian forces vie for railway stations and military posts.
Rome reports Premier Mussolini piloted a seaplane today delaying his Northern Italy tour. He flew from Rimini to Jesi near Ancona to inspect the Savoia Marchetti seaplane factory, amid industrial area scrutiny.
British dispatch describes Ramsgate as the hardest hit seaside town in three weeks of Luftwaffe raids on the southeast coast. Only 22 killed and 45 injured despite 500 bombs, due to deep air raid shelters and resilient port function. Other ports like Portsmouth and Southampton largely remain operational amid widespread destruction.
Borough engineer R D Brithmell notes Ramsgate’s deep shelters stretch about a mile and a half with 80 foot tunnels designed to be bombproof. Travel along the coast recounts severe damage at Dover Folkestone and Hastings with a major air battle near Hastings. Brighton and Portsmouth show varied wartime impacts and resilience as Germans raid the southern coast.
London reports growing evidence that fifth columnists signaled German air raids in Britain. Three women were taken into custody for suspected signaling from a Willesden rooftop. An elderly Swiss couple was remanded for trial. Northwest England wardens found oblong reflective objects in a field, believed to indicate military objectives when flares dropped.
The fragmentary text combines scattered weather data from multiple locations with an extended personal proclamation about a transformative experience. It references temperatures, rainfall, and humidity across various places, then shifts to a first person account claiming contact with God and a life change after years of hardship.
An advertisement urges readers to write to Dr Frank B Rabingon in Moscow Idaho to learn how to talk with God and receive teachings free of charge. The pitch claims no human power can match God powers and promises life changes from poverty to hope. It stresses a one cent inquiry during a sensational sales tone.
Washington reports the house military committee approved a modified Burke-Wadsworth draft amendment to seize and operate defense plants for war materiel, with a close vote. The bill shifts peacetime conscription debates to age limits 21 to 44 vs 21 to 30 and conscript ceilings of 1 million versus 900 thousand.
London military circles acknowledge British forces have retired southward from Buna in Kenys colony on the Ethiopian frontier, confirming prior Italian reports. Geneva dispatch notes Sean Lester, deputy secretary general, taking charge as temporary successor to resigning Secretary-General Joseph Avenol.
The report notes a Beltish transport sunk near the Dardanelles with 1870 lives lost, Italians capturing forts at Rovereto delaying the Trent drive, and fierce Galicia combat. It recalls Britain and France entering the war a year earlier, the torpedoing of a British liner two hundred miles northwest of Ireland, with 112 lives lost among 1100 passengers including Americans.
London reports show RAF fighters fended off waves of German bombers in a two alarm day. British losses include 13 fighters, while German planes downed exceed 40 with many others missing. Mussolini’s command cites Italian squadrons targeting Allied ships in the Mediterranean as retaliatory raids continue.
Flood waters in Union Lake receded mildly easing dam pressure on Millville New Jersey factory city of 18000 as 400 families evacuated. Bridges damaged by Maurice River hindered travel while Vineland faced upstream flood danger and Atlantic county roads remained closed. State troopers assisted local officers in Billsville amid $80000 in unofficial damages.
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