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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1940

Page

6

Added defense funds asked for in wartime bill

Washington, Sept 26. The house appropriations committee recommended approval of an additional 1.4436 billion dollars in cash and contractual authorizations to raise the armed forces to 1,399,441 men by July. It details aircraft, ships, vehicles, and training needs, with pilots, guards, and conscripts expanded, plus new bases and facilities to support a peacetime buildup.

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Hebrew School to Hold Closing Exercises at Agudas Achim

The Talmud Torah of San Antonio Hebrew school will hold closing exercises Thursday at 7 30 p m at Agudas Achim synagogue. Rabbi David Tamarkin will speak on Youth and Education and Lew in resident of the Talmud Torah will show motion pictures of the event.

Talmud Torah San Antonio

War Roundup hints Spain joins Axis and Gibraltar attack

The roundup reports Germany poised to move via Spain to strike Gibraltar as Spain’s possible Axis collaboration looms. Japan may back Germany if the US enters Europe, while Italy’s Ciano heads to Berlin to push talks. Firebombing and raids hit British ports and German targets as allied offensives shift.

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Nazi Flier Galland Claims One Kill Per Trip to England

Berlin report profiles Maj Adolf Galland, 28, German air ace and squadron commander, who says he always downs at least one British plane on every flight to England. He received the Knight’s Cross and Oak Leaves from Hitler for his fortieth victory, noting 240 combat flights in the Spanish Civil War and two score over England. Galland, tall with a mustache, bears facial scarring from a 1925 crash.

Berlin Germany Adolf Garland Cnmmnlander England Adolf Hitler Galland

Four More France Held in Administrative Internment

The Fe ltain government announced four Popular Front leaders were confined in administrative internment. Marx Darmoy Jules Moch Sol onion Grumbach and Vincent Au viol, long associated with Blum era offices, were named as new prisoners amid unclear links to war blame cases.

Vichy Rept Fetain Popular Front Marx Darmoy Jules Moch Solonion Grumbach Vincent Auviol Chamber Freign Affairs Commission

Senator-elect Chadick Returns Home After Visit to San Antonio

Chadick, senator-elect of Texas seventh district, left San Antonio for Quitman after business on National Guard matters. He won the runoff in East Texas oil country over Will Pace by about 3,800 votes in five counties. Chadick attended a reception for Governor O Daniel and met with Senator J Franklin Spears, accompanied by David Steed Jr. of Winnsboro, at the St. Anthony.

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City council approves charter group for San Antonio

The council formally approves a council manager charter committee with Harold Keller named chairman and a list of appointees. An ordinance authorizes a four month tractor lease at 89 dollars monthly from Lewis-Patton company. A contract with Beer county water district No 3 allows sewer installation. A 80 day option exists on Steves and South New Braunfels avenues property for a new fire station site. A bid to fence Collins Gardens tennis courts goes to Alamo Iron Works for 217.90. Traffic rules add stop signs at five intersections.

San Antonio Harold Keller Stanley Banks R. D. Bell Leroy Denman F. H. Conroy Lee Brewer Henry Vielemann 4. H. Dietz Gilbert Lang Oscar Miller Howell J. Mueller W. A. Push Bro. Hereld Schnepp A. B Wacker Etmineil Lewis-Patton Company Beer County

Community Chest Schools Slated To Acquaint Public

Community Chest plans a speakers school Friday at 10 AM and 4 PM at the Casino club building chest headquarters. The program repeats October 3 with W D Towner, manager, giving a half hour walk through the chest history. Civic groups are invited to attend.

Community Chest Chest Casino Club W. D. ‘Towner

Horse Bite Sends Man to Hospital

Charles Dukes, 41, Route 41, was treated Thursday after a horse bit off part of his left ear at Beet B. Green Hospital. Jose Meza, 11, 2108 West Houston Street, injured a broken arm from a fall on a bridge on Commerce Street. Elsie Frisch, 20, of Taylor, received hospital care after an automobile crash on Highway 86 south of the city.

Beet B. Green Kospital Charles Dukes Jose Meza West Houton Street Commerce Street Elsie Frisch Taylor

Hitler Uses Chancellery Shelter as NightSafe Refuge

Berlin reports Adolf Hitler utilizes the chancellery air raid shelter as a nightly refuge for himself and a growing group of people. About 100 children and 30 women, some pregnant, are brought nightly to the shelter which is being expanded to hold 690 children and mothers. Newsmen note physicians and nurses attend, meals are served, and children receive entertainment before sleep. Hitler’s visits to the children are described as part of the nightly routine.

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Norway Declared Nazi-Modeled State Occupying Plan

A garbled report describes Nazi style governance installed in Norway by Terboven the occupied Netherlands high commissioner. It notes removal of the monarchy parliament and a new state structure under German control, with Norwegians ordered to show loyalty. details remain unclear due to corrupted text.

Noreway Bertini Norway Joseph Terboven Nahin Enone Terboven Aimarchy Duckuiar Ebayer Foti Haakon Biel Heen Pepiagerd Enis Viekim Qiang Peomhd Gemini Soneninsisite Terhoven

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