Hitler Shifts War Focus to Balkans Amid Talks With Antonescu
London reports Hitler held a two day Berlin meeting with Marshal Antonescu and top Nazi officials as axis diplomacy moves to reinforce the Balkans. Observers see signs Hitler may retreat from front line duties to mediate Balkan rivalries while keeping pressure on the Allies.
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Adolf Hitler
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Balkan
Europe
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Antonescu
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fieldmarshal
Wilhelm Keitel
Boris
Bulgaria
Mussolini
Nicholas Kallay
Hungary
Rumania
Dobruja
Istanbul
Moscow
Balkans
Slovakia
Heinrich Himmler
Budapest
Trustees Appointments Show Texas Board Changes
Gov. Coke Stevenson named Claude K. McCann to the state prison board to fill an unfinished term ending February 2, 1945. Regents for Texas State College for Women and several college boards received new appointees, along with Health Board and other state commissions. remaining vacancies on major boards noted.
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Austin
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
Claude K. McCann
Victoria
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
McCann
E. L. Kurth
Lufkin
Albert G. Walker
Maury Pollard
Beaumont
Isaac O. Newton
Seymour
Regents
Texas State College For Women
Girl's nude body found in pie truck near bakery
Homicide detectives sought the identity of a red haired girl found nude in a pie truck parked inside a bakery. Henry Sanudo, 25, held on suspicion, said he met her in a beer parlor and she submitted to his advances before dying likely from a stab wound under the chin. Blood was found inside the truck.
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Los Angeles
Homicide
Henry Sanudo
Soviet Winter Offensive Shrinks First Army on Russian Front
Remnants of the first army, about 40,000 men, were reported shattered in the Soviet winter offensive. The second army remained in reserve as occupation troops, leaving the two forces totaling about 200,000 men.
Soldiers in Front Lines Learn To Sleep Amid Bombs And Mud
Allied dispatch from North Africa describes American troops in Tunisia living in caves and mudholes for months. They endure constant bombardment and night raids while sleep comes only through exhaustion, as they adapt from comfortable homes to frontline cavemen.
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Phil Ault
Allied
North Africa
Tunisia
Flying Fortress Swoops Low To Sink Jap Ship
First Lieut. Hal C. Winfrey piloted a Flying Fortress low over a 6,000 ton Japanese cargo ship at Hansa Bay New Guinea. Despite heavy rain and anti-aircraft fire the crew scored three direct hits sinking the vessel as the ship listed and burned.
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New Guinea
Hal C. Winfrey
Harlan, Ky
Hansa Bay
Winfrey
Francis Peattie
Beacon
N. Y
Texas
Bombardier Peattle
Pace P. Payne
RAF Fighters Sink Launches Off Ramree Island
RAF fighter patrols sunk six Japanese troop launches off Ramree Island Bay of Bengal in a low level strike. Bodies floated in the water. British communique also reported damage to launches on the Mayu River and attacks on troop positions. American P-40s dropped six tons of bombs on Manywet and Myitkina air bases destroying runways. Heavy bombers hit Monywa base. all U S planes returned.
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New Delhi
India
Ramree Island
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Mayu
Mayu Peninsula
Manywet
Myitkina
Burma
U. S. Army Air Force
Monywa
Civil Air Patrol To Meet at KGNC
The Civil Air Patrol will meet Friday night at 8 o'clock at Radio Station KGNC announced by Capt. E. G. Kendall commanding officer. Meeting place was changed from the high school armory.
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Civil Air Patrol
KGNC
E. G. Kendall
Equitable Benefits to Texas Families in 1942
The Equitable paid $1,915,506 in Texas benefits for 1942 with $619,968 to widows and dependent families, $199,254 in annuities, and $1,096,284 in matured endowments and dividends. Nationwide payments reached $215,351,000, aiding homes and communities during wartime.
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Equitable
Texas
Equitable Invests in Government Securities for War Effort
The Equitable purchased 489,999,000 of U S Government securities last year and increased life insurance protection to 7,966,328,000. Funds are invested in essential industries, utilities, power, and railroads to support national morale and economic stability during wartime.
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Equitable
U.S
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