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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
5
Mrs. B. W. Bradley of 1032 West Halsache Avenue owns Wee Ben a two‑pound five month old toy fox terrier. Previously walked on a leash the dog now rides in a handbag for warmth as chilly crowds pat the shivering animal. Ben sticks his head out and seems to beg when the handbag appears.
BEDALIA Colo Sept 26 Mrs Mary Belscher 21 a bride of five days witnessed a lightning bolt strike and kill her husband Clayton 24 on a ranch near Seladiz where she had gone to watch him load hay.
Berlin ministry of education issues decree restricting bicycle use to commuting to school only. Children may ride to and from school, with violators facing tire confiscation as punishment under the new order.
A doctor advises addressing the cause of constipation by dietary changes. It warns against relying on quick cures and promotes Kellogg's All-Bran for bulk, along with adequate water and medical consultation for chronic cases.
Federal troops pursue small rebel bands across Durango Chi huahua Tamaulipas and Michoacan as President Lazaro Cardenas offers jobs and pardons to surrendering rebels. He travels from Saltillo to Torreon to inspect a communal farm project before visiting Chihuahua.
About 100 public school music teachers within a 100 mile radius of San Antonio will attend a two day clinic to learn a new state issued music textbook. From San Antonio high schools 180 music students were selected to demonstrate the book. The event, one of eight clinics statewide, runs Friday and Saturday in the Rose room of the Gunter hotel with E L Gedbois directing. Jerome Zoeller of Jefferson High school chairs the organizing committee.
Mexico City reported President Cardenas will return by week’s end to focus on immediate reorganization of the gas government gilt industry and the worker administered national railways. He plans to devote all his time to this overhaul.
Summit house atop Pikes Peak in Manitou Springs Colorado, capped with snow, was closed for the winter today.
An investigation into a Marfa area plane crash near Marfa Airport failed to reveal the cause. Victims Colvill Rponte, 24, and William H. Smith, 27, died in the crash. Plane owner Spence had 105 flying hours at Randolph field. Smith served in the Quartermaster Corps at Fort J. A. Russell. Maj. G. T. Barnes, also connected, is at Fort D. A. Russell. Smith was a Lewisville native, son of Mrs Reale Smith of Denton.
London dispatch reports the death of Wiliam Henry Davies age seventy at his Nailsworth Gloucestershire home. A widely known Welsh poet he spent several years in the United States and had an international literary presence.
Police in Belfast strike against the outlawed Irish Republican Army arresting 50 men in raids across entire streets of houses as part of a sweeping crackdown.
Berlin reports the United States embassy has revised working hours to ensure staff rest after air raids. The schedule now runs from 10:30 p.m. to an early morning shift, reflecting ongoing security concerns and disruption from nightly bombing near the city.
Weather moderated this morning as the strait of Dover narrowed between German-occupied France and England. The report notes calm conditions and suggests visibility remains adequate for passage.
Auror Frederick Keene aged 61, once a gaining engineer associate of former President Hoover, was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage in New York on September 26.
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