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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
3
Parliament convenes for a nine day session to vote on government war measures aiding Britain in the World War effort. The session faces formality with later decisive votes. a rejection could topple the government, recalling the 1914 precedent when Canada entered the war.
Washington Sept 1 4 The American Red Cross ordered local chapters nationwide to start producing surgical dressings bandages and hospital garments for war zones Those with production units will make bandages and dressings while other chapters or those lacking equipment will sew clothing for refuges and war suffering children
In New York Sept 7 a camouflage paint job dressed the Queen Mary while the Manhattan docked with 2147 aboard including 472 officers and crew. Notables aboard included Postmaster General Farley and Grace Moore. Me de France also expected with 1000+ passengers. Coast guard aided rescue survivors from the Athenia. Roosevelt's presidential cruise was delayed by a labor dispute before departure.
Scottish jurist Lord Macmillan is named England's information chief in a new wartime department under Prime Minister Chamberlain. The plan includes Roosevelt era links and American officials like James H. Ferguson of Brockline Mass and Dale W. Maher, second secretary in Budapest. Five Americans were denied passage under orders requiring imperative reasons to sail to Europe.
Britain outlines a long term offensive against Germany across three threads including military and air cooperation with France and Poland, naval blockades to choke supply lines, and civil defense to sustain morale. Britain and France plan a 500,000 pound loan to Poland, with existing credits totaling 10.7 million pounds. Mussolini’s Rome ports reaction noted as war continues. London presses for faster air raid warning Communiques amid critiques of the ministry of information.
Athens reports a telegram from the German naval attaché in Berlin saying Berlin expresses regret over the sinking of the Greek steamer Gostis in the Baltic on Monday. The Greek government received the message today.
The Japanese government says it will refrain from actions that prejudice its position in China as Europe erupts in war. A note to Britain’s Tokyo ambassador states Japan does not intend to be involved, signaling neutrality amid reports of a possible axis among Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan and speculation on a German Soviet pact.
San Antonio immigration officials receive instructions from Washington to revoke passports held by residents returning from abroad. Current passport holders cannot reuse them. new permits require a documented reason to travel overseas. No guidance yet on Mexico and Canada. During World War I, U S citizens needed immigration permits to visit Mexico.
United States power production for the week ended September 2 totaled 2.95738 trillion watt hours, up 1 percent from the prior week and 7 percent above the 2.149 trillion watt hours in the same 1938 week, according to the Frilson Electric.
A Bexar County jail inmate, an Army private accused of auto theft, argues in a letter to Judge W W McGrary that a federal emergency could arrive at any moment and he ought to be with his military unit. He seeks a meeting to discuss the matter.
Reports from Tientsin say Japanese gendarmes occupied the American YMCA auditorium in a Japanese controlled area last Saturday. They claimed the move was to train troops. United States Consul General Caldwell reportedly asked the gendarmes to vacate the building.
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