Nazis Execute Families of Generals in Treason Plot
Frontier reports say German execution squads killed wives children parents and close friends of eight Army officers hanged in Berlin for treason after the July 20 plot against Hitler. The victims included relatives up to cousins as executions occurred days after Marshal Erwin von Witzleben and other officers were condemned by a People’s Court. Other officers named: Erich Hoppenheimer, Hellmuth Stieff, Paul von Hase, Robert Bernadis, Friedrich Klausing, York von Wattenburg, Albrecht von Hagen.
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U.P
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Erwin von Witzleben
Germany
Frontier
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Italy
von Witzleben
Geron
Erich Hopenener
Hellmuth Stieff
Paul von Hase
Robert Bernadis
Friedrich Karl Klausing
Count York von Wattenburg
Albrecht von Hagen
Legislator Calls Pensions Committee Meeting in Dallas
Ennis, a member of the 1as House of Representatives in Gray County, calls a House committee hearing in Dallas at 10 o clock September 11 in the district court room to rewrite Texas Pension Laws. The plan seeks a standard old age budget, appeals jurisdiction away from the Department of Public Welfare, and regulation of homes boarding elderly residents.
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Ennis Favors
1As
House of Representatives
Gray County
House Committee
Dallas
Texas
Department of Public Welfare
Representative Favors
C. H. Moore
de Leon
Favors
Car Ceiling Limits Dealer Used Car Transactions
An OPA announcement states that due to a regulation amendment used car ceiling prices cap charges between dealers at base price plus equipment allowances. Dealers may only charge warranty prices to non dealers and auctions between dealers at warranty prices violate the rules.
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OPA
Dallas Judge Appointments Clarify City Court System
Gov. Stevenson named William M. Cramer to the 101st District Court seat and Winter King to the criminal district court, filling vacancies created by the late Claude McCallum and Grover Adams. The moves reaffirm Dallas bar designations and clarify military service impacts on civil office.
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Austin
U.P
Dallas County
Coke R. Stevenson
William M. Cramer
Claude M. McCallum
101St District Court
Winter King
Criminal District Court
King
Grover Adams
Cramer
95Th District Court
Dallas
Dick Dixon
McCallum
Judicial Administrative District
W. L
Jack) Thornton
44Th District Court
Stevenson
Jeff Stinson
Stinson
State Supreme Court
Dixon
Supreme Court
Dallas Bar
Differ in Politics but Have Hat Rack in Common
In Boise Idaho on August 10 Democratic U S Senate hopeful Glen H Taylor and his Republican rival Gov C A Bottolfsen traded a brief nod in a hotel hat rack encounter. Taylor recalled Bottolfsen leaving the dining room and him placing his hat in the same vacant spot. The item notes a shared moment across the campaign.
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Boise
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
U. S. Senate
C. A. Bottolfsen
Bottolfsen
Taylor
Emergency Tire Panel Formed in Lubbock District
An emergency tire panel meets in Lubbock each Tuesday Thursday and Saturday to review applications from local boards and ensure fair distribution of the limited large truck tire quota. Members are drawn from War Price and Rationing Boards across the district, with boards invited to submit volunteers.
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Lubbock
OPA
South Plains
Flying bombs in South England carry about twenty incendiaries
Report notes that each of the flying bombs recently falling in South England contained about 20 incendiary devices. The explosions scatter these fire missiles across the impacted area, with the blast generating widespread fires.
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England
Longest German air raid lull ends with drone over London
After a 24 hour pause the German flying bombs return, with a few robots droning over London and the southern counties at daybreak. An announcement said a number of people were injured. Betty Chowning plans to visit Plainview, leaving August 23 from 212 North Fifth Avenue.
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London
Plainview
Betty Chowning
Fifth Avenue
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