Automobiles Capture Paris to Early Public Fascination
In early automobiling days crowds met the horseless carriage with laughter then awe as Europe’s test runs and factory floors showcased cars. A Paris factory offered many ready machines while drivers were nontechnical “patineers” and a French youth named Emil piloted a bath tub open car with side facing seats. The era birthed high hopes, profits, and rapid social shifts despite rough interim costs and reparations.
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Paris
Versailles
Emil
Gale lashes San Antonio with damaging hail and wind
A severe thunderstorm swept San Antonio Tuesday evening, driving 40 mph winds with gusts to 50 mph. Lightning struck several homes including Mrs Calzada at 310 East Ashby and damaged signs and power lines. 0ther impacts included torn trees, severed utility wires, and over 500 tents at Dodd Field damaged or leveled.
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San Antonians
J. H. Jarboe
Stingon Field
San Antonio
Jarboc
Army
Dodd Field
E Calzada
East Ashby Place
Weather Gun Forecast Keeps Cool Air Arriving
General J. Janioe’s weather gun Wednesday forecasts blanket cool spells for falr conditions. Northerly winds bring moderate to fresh speeds after a hot Tuesday with 95 at the airport and 98 in the city. Wednesday may top 81 degrees, Thursday around 82 with 60 expected by Thursday morning.
Work to Start on Dallas Air Plant
Ground will be broken Saturday near Dallas for a 6.5 million dollar military plane factory, the first built under the national defense program. The 140 acre site at Hensley field will be leased to the army and used by North American Aviation for tests and operations.
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Dallas
INS
Hensley Leldom
National Defense
Chamber of Commerce
J.H. Tndelberger
North American Aviation, Inc
Hensiey Field
Alr
Army
North American
Rainfall Detail Says Auto Was Washed Down Hill
Police report by Joe Morales notes a car rolled toward a hill in the 600 block East Woodlawn. he states rainwater washed it down the slope causing the vehicle to strike a tree after jumping a curb and stopping. Owner Mrs. J L Parker drove the auto home.
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Joe Morales
Morales
Down & Hill
East Woodlaws
J. L. Parker
East Woodlawn Avenue
Missouri Guard Heads to Texas for Year of Training
About 1000 men and officers of the 203rd coast artillery regiment of the Missouri National Guard were scheduled to leave Joplin for Camp Hulen in Texas for a year of training.
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Joplin
UPI
Third Coast
Missouri Nations Guard
Camp Hulen
Texas
Malta Gibraltar Cable Ripped Up
Mediterranean telegraph cable linking Malta and Gibraltar torn from sea floor by a special Italian vessel. Report notes about one mile of cable lost as bases remain at risk. Shipping lines and radio posts monitored closely for further damage.
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Malta
Gibraltar
New York
Alian Radio
Axis Backs Jap Indo China Raid
Rome dispatches indicate the Rome Berlin axis gains support from Spain with Spain and Japan backing military aid to the Axis. Ambassadors and ministers discuss the French Indo-China advance while signaling possible Berlin talks and ongoing Franco Serrano Suner presence as Britain faces Axis counter moves.
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Axis
Rome
Germany
Italy
Spain
Japan
Ti Popolo di Roma
Rome-Berlin
Elil Aman
Count Galeazzo Clano
Berlin
Glano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Clano
Bar- UN
Ramon Serrano Suner
Generalissima
British Night Raids Strain London Amid Destructive Bombardment
British wartime bulletin reports a heavy air raid on London with about 100 invading planes and widespread destruction across central districts. Explosions along the Dover Strait marked renewed raids on the German coast as British fighters tried to repel the attackers. some fires blazed, stores remained open, and August casualties were noted in north Wales.
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London
Ue—Gereman
Channel
England
Strait of Dover
Baget
France
Nazair Forte
Fungfish
Mgnt
Assovigled Press
West Jend
Air and ‘Home Security
Wales
Amarillo Cool Winds Bring Relief to Texan Heat
A fragmented weather summary notes cooler air moving across Texas and into Oklahoma. Amarillo reported a 48 degree low Tuesday night with a cooler pattern expected into Wednesday. Minimums ranged from 57 in Shreveport to 67 in Austin, with San Angelo at 60 and Corsicana easing into cooler conditions further south.
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Amarillo
Shreveport
Nui
Fisenberg
Texas
West Texas
Corsicany
Austn
San Angelo
Fight to End Pledged by Defenders in Dakar
Dispatches from Vichy and London report French forces in Dakar valiantly resisting and the Free French and British actions prompting air and naval exchanges. Citations note bombardment of Dakar and Gibraltar reprisals, civilian casualties, and continued radio communications from the harbor as battleships and cruisers face bombardment.
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Vichy
Prairie
Dakar
Henr Phillipe Petain
Japan Defiant of Reprisals By U.S.
Tokyo said the United States would retaliate over Nippon’s invasion of French Indo China but would not affect Japanese moves in the Far East. Japan announced expeditionary troops landed at Haiphong under a Franco Japanese agreement. The army warned Britain and America would face force if Singapore naval use was threatened.
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Wlurmer
Mars
Nathan
Fournier
Tokyo
United States
Tomokamori
Nan
Hori
Far East
Hsiphong
Japan
Singapore
Manoru Shinosaki
Dutch Indies
Tameu
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
Koekumin Shimbun
60 Day Term Given in Theft of Shirts Case
Enrique Garza of 10 North San Saba street received a 60 day county jail sentence for stealing 17 shirts from Sugarman's store at 401 West Houston street. Ruben Garcia of 415 San Jacinto street was found not guilty on the same charge.
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Enrique Garza
San Saba Street
Sugarman’s
West
Houston Street
Ruben Garcia
San Jacinto Strest
Gulf Small Craft Warned in Cool Front Spread
The Weather Bureau issued small craft warnings from Brownsville Texas to Carrabelle Florida as a cooler air mass moves in. Strong northwest winds are forecast to affect the Gulf Coast with stronger gusts near Brownsville and Carrabelle tonight. The alert covers a broad coastal area as pressure rises over the plains and Mississippi valley bringing cooler weather.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Texas
Carrabele
Via
Ravande
C. S.T
Carrabelle
Pla
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Purse Stolen by Stick Burglar Details Eighth Foot Reach
San Antonio reports a purse theft attributed to the stick burglar known as Sul. Ruby Craddock of 222 Fifth Street states a purse containing 1.95 was taken from her home. Police describe the method using a tong stick to hook purses through screened openings. The bed and screen hole measured eight feet apart from the purse.
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San Antonio
Ruby Craddock
Fifth Street
Brose
Craddock
Choppy Channel Delays Dover Crossing
Wind rose in northeast creating a poor crossing direction as sea grew rough at dawn disrupting crossings at Dover England. Local mariners warned sailors to seek shelter as conditions worsened and authorities monitored for further changes.
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Dover
England
English Channel
French renewed attack on Gibraltar from air
French warplanes bombed Gibraltar in a second raid within two days. The assault began at 2 40 p m with four planes and grew to 14, dropping a heavy payload near the arsenal and town streets. Bombs also fell near ships in the harbor, but no fighters appeared from Britain.
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LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Pysental
Krours
Unis
L A Man Prefers Jail to Storm in Main Square
A rainstorm drove a man to hail a passing police car in downtown Los Angeles. Officer Bem Arredondo rejected the taxi idea and arrested him for drunkenness. The detainee, identified as T Morena, listed address 420 Goliad Street, was booked at city jail.
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Antonian
Jolficer Bem Arredondo
Artedonda
T. Morena
Goliad Street
Siege of Dakar dominates air war and clashes overseas
War at a Glance reports Dakar operations continuing despite unconfirmed claims of surrender. Six landing attempts are said to be repelled with 185 killed and 363 wounded. Vichy reports 45 tons of bombs on Gibraltar. The Air War notes daylight bombing of London resumes as British bombers strike German bases. Indo China sees stalemate as Japanese talks follow three frontier clashes.
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Vichy
Nkay
Caplink
French West Africa
Donkar
B.S. To
Gibraltar
Dakar
Charles de Gaulle
Dekar
Civigtan
Richelleu
Naval Ministry
Iegma
Richelieu
Landreau
Lacroix
London
Paige
Associated Press
Berlin
Reuters
Japan
Indoina
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Fall and cooler conditions expected Wednesday night and Thursday with moderate to fresh north winds. Airport highs around 84, 82, and 95 on respective days, lows near 60 to 69, with cooler south portions and fair skies inland. Coastal winds become fresh to strong from the north. western Texas sees fair to partly cloudy, slightly cooler southeast.
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San Antonio
Texas
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