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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1941

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Canada and the Europe War Loom Promise and Peril

Ontario premier Hepburn argues Germany may conquer Europe and Russia, urging the U S and Canada to supply Britain while avoiding arming Russia. He warns against wasting resources, calls for prudent defense spending, and stresses preserving democracy at home amid a broadened conflict.

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Three Army Men Die in Training Plane Crash

In Lawton Oklahoma a training flight ended in tragedy when an observation plane from Fort Sill crashed. The remains of three soldiers were found in a wheat field by farmer LS West who spotted the disintegrated wreckage and a torn parachute snagged on barbed wire. Army officers began an investigation.

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Senate confirms NLRB member nominee in unanimous vote

WASITINGTON Sept 29 The Senate today unanimously continued the nomination of Gerard D. Reilly of Massachusetts to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for a five year term succeeding Edwin F. Smith whose long service helped expand activities of the board across the nation.

Wasitington CENA Senate Today Gerard D. Reilly Massachusetts National Labor Relations Board Edwin F. Smith Wise Widespred Activitiels Con

Wave Of Revolt Sweeps Europe

A rising tide of revolt, strikes, and terrorist gunfire across Europe strains the Nazi regime’s grip. Reports from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Bohemia and Moravia, Yugoslavia, and Croatia detail executions, arrests, and civil emergencies as resistance grows. Germany tightens control and suppresses anti Nazi actions while revolt spreads to several occupied regions.

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Parks Budget Crisis Prompts Possible Dismissals

City park officials plan a do or die move to meet the budget as the department faces overrun of about 27000 for the current three months. Commissioner Henry Rein refuses to name a target, saying one of his top hands may be cut while sanitation, pool operations, and other services face curtailment to stretch the remaining funds to spring.

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Reds Take 10 Villages Sink Ships in Baltic Drive

Russian forces claim major gains across the central front and Baltic, recapturing 10 villages near Yelnya Smolensk and sinking German ships from Arctic to Black Sea. German reports say Kronstadt shelling and Kharkov threats persist as fighting tightens around Leningrad, with German air bombardment and Romanian units reported in Ukraine. Britain and the United States proceed with a three power aid framework in Moscow as the Soviet defense stiffens.

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Weather and war news mix with heavy rain and retreats

The report describes intense humidity and cool seas, with German raids on railroads and Medway defenses. It notes scattered showers on the Crimea peninsula and the Perékop isthmus as Soviet forces push toward a gateway. Russian high command reports heavy losses and 13,000 taken prisoner amid swampy terrain.

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Federal Hearing Set For Campa

Campa, a West Side San Antonio politician, and his wife Antonia Eliwondo Campa, face charges for failing to register as aliens. They were arrested last week and released on $150 bonds. A May 1992 federal perjury conviction linked to false asset disclosures was noted.

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Police Baffled By Miley Slaying

Lexington police hunted suspects after golfer Marlon Miley 27 and her mother 60 were shot in their club apartment while two men demanded receipts from a dance. A $1000 reward was posted as investigators pursued two unknown gunmen and recovered shell casings and fingerprints. Miley had won multiple titles including the Western Open and Kentucky championships.

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British Raiders Hit Italy in Heavy War Air Offensive

British four motor Stirling bombers pounded Genoa and Turin as part of a Mediterranean campaign to “bomb Italy out of the war.” Italian torpedo planes attacked a British convoy, sinking three cruisers and several merchant ships while damaging a battleship and other vessels in a nine hour battle across the central Mediterranean.

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Tropical Storm Over Guatemala Warns of Gale Winds

The weather bureau reports a tropical disturbance moved over Guatemala last night and near Campeche bay this morning, heading west-northwest at about 18 to 20 mph. The system remains east of Fontera and Villa Hermosa at 6:30 p.m. CST, with forecasted gale winds along the southern Campeche coast and northward toward Vera Cruz as it shifts west-northwest.

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Forecast for San Antonio oil vicinity and east Texas

Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers Monday night and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday with high around 88 Monday, low ~72 Tuesday morning, high ~86 Tuesday. East Texas shows cloudiness north and Rio Grande area, scattered showers south, cooler northeast portion Monday night, warmer northwest Tuesday, fresh winds along coast. West Texas mostly cloudy with intermittent rain Monday night, decreasing cloudiness and cooler temperatures Tuesday.

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Nazis Confiscate Catholic Foundation Property

Berlin today announced the confiscation of the Catholic foundation Bt Valentinus Haus in the Rhineland as hostile to the state per the official Gazette. The action underscores Nazi measures against religious establishments identified as disloyal.

Berlin Catholic Foundation Valentinus

Anglo-Russ Parley Opens

Moscow opened the three power talks aimed at outlining United States and British aid to the Soviet Union in the war on Germany. Vyacheslav Molotov presided as Harriman and Beaverbrook led the American and British delegations. The chiefs of the missions met at the Kremlin after arrival with Vishinsky and Oumansky photographed welcoming the parties.

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Judge Favors Bridges Ouster Over Deportation Rule

Judge Charles Sears ruled Harry Bridges was deportable after hearings in San Francisco. He found Bridges was affiliated with the Communist Party and the Martime Workers Industrial Union and denied reopening the case citing alleged wiretaps used by the Justice Department.

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