Van Wie the Car Romeo Sought by Police
Ex lion tamer Francis Van Wie age 58 known as a trolley car Casanova faced police questions over how many wives he had and the timing of marriages. He is alleged to have married six to eight women, with three wives joined in 1943 and more in 1942 41. Police pursued bigamy warrants while FBI questioned his impersonation stories.
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Hennen Mackett
United Press
San Francisco
Francis van Wie
van Wies
van Wie
Mabel
Ringling Brothers Circus
Mary
Sadie Levin
Myrtle Martha Wheeler
Missing Persons Bureau
Clyde _ Beatty-Russel Brothers
Portland
Ore
FBI
G-men
War Writers Get Share Of Scares
War reporters stationed at B-29 Headquarters Guam describe isolation and night dangers. They recount encounters with Japanese stragglers near their camp, guard actions, and near misses that keep editors wary and on alert at their silent jungle outpost.
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Vern Haughland
Associated Press
Guam
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Rogery Ramey
21St
Texas Supreme Court to review Fort Worth bicycle injury case
The Texas Supreme Court granted a writ of error to review damages awarded to guardian Mattie V. Lee for Victor Atkins a 14 year old injured when his bicycle fell into a Rock Island railroad cut in Fort Worth The appeal questioned railroad protection under pre extension city limits and contributorily negligent light duties The article adds wartime propaganda and a surrender report amid unrelated notes indicating a broad page mix.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Victor Atkins
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Mattie V. Lee
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Navy Crew Rescues Flier From Drifting Raider Shore
Second Lieutenant Arthur Wagner, a Corsair pilot, survived a water landing after his plane was struck near Ponape. A Dumbo patrol bomber then staged a dramatic rescue, transferring Wagner and a six-man raft to safety as 14 hours of drifting ended with a destroyer arrival and escort. Additional crew aboard the PBY included Durward W. Haak of Texarkana and Ted M. Small of Brownwood.
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Marshalls
Arthur Wagner
China
Calif
Fourth Marine Air Wing
Ponape
Truk
Wagner
Navy
C. M. Rees
Rees
PBY
Durward W. Haak
Route 4
Texarkana
Ark
Arm
Ted M. Small
Brownwood
Tex
Harmon Dressed Down Praised By Montgomery For Meuse Counterattack
Maj. Gen. Ernest M. Harmon earned a sharp rebuke and praise from Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery after leading a quick counterattack near Celles on the Namur Dinant road. Harmon's Second Armored division halted a German armored thrust, rerouting Allied plans to prevent a split in the American lines along the Meuse while Montgomery credited him for decisive action.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
U. S. First Army
Belgium
Ernest M. Harmon
Bernard Montgomery
Harmon
Ethen
Celles
Namur-Dinant
Meuse
von Rundstedt
Dinant
Second Armored
Harman
Germany
Montgomery
L. Lawton
Lightning Joe
Collins
Seventh
Rundstedt
Promission
Ernie
Monty
Chan
Per
Lubbock Men Reported Missing In Action In World War II
Four Lubbock area service members are listed as missing in action. Roy Fowler Fielder, second class aviation man, Henry Wayne Houston Cotton, third class ship's cook, and two soldiers from Lubbock High and Texas Tech background, Private Morris Allen and Private Charles A Maynard, are missing in the European theater and in the Eighth Naval district. Allen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Allen of 2408 Thirteenth Street and served in the 14th Armored Division, Seventh Army, after a prior ATSP period. his brother Lt. Robert J. Allen Jr. serves with the Air Corps in India.
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Roy Fowler Fielder
Eighth Naval District
Fielder
Wayne Houston Cotton
John Houston Cotton
Hermletch
Lubbock
Morris Allen
Charles A. Maynard
War Department
Pfc
Allen
Robert J. Allen
14Th Armored Division
Seventh Army
Lubbock High School
Texas Technological College
ATSP
Tank Corps
Camp Campbell
Robert J. Allen, Jr
Air Corps
India
Collins and Harmon Halt German Drive at Key Point
Officers Collins and Harmon receive praise for breaking up a major German advance at a critical point, restoring pressure and disrupting supply lines during a pivotal engagement.
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Sonal
Collins
Harmon
Mustang planes chalk up 41 enemy aircraft destroyed
Morning Avalon air force units under Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault claim their biggest single day total with 41 Japanese planes destroyed in missions around Tsinan Peiping Tientsin and Tenhsen.
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Chungking
Claire Chennault
U.S. Air Force
Tsinan
Peiping
Tientsin
Tenhsen
Acute Shortages Of Ordnance Revealed
Brig Gen A B Quinton Jr, Detroit Ordnance district chief, said artillery, mortars, truck parts, ammunition and fires produced in the area are critically scarce on the Western front. He cited cables from Maj Gen Campbell noting every round now supplied is worth three in the spring, with overseas shortages seen as real production lag.
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Detroit
A. B. Quinton, Jr
L. H. Campbell
Ordnance
Quinton
Family of four named in Lubbock induction notice
Mrs Maynard and three children Charles Ancil Jr 8 Loretta 7 and Wayne 5 live on route 6 Lubbock Pfc Maynard has three sisters Mrs Glen Barker Mrs J Norris and Mrs J W Cox all of Lubbock Prior to his induction into the infantry last March he was employed by Wilson and Co Inc
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Maynard
Charles Ancil, Jr
Loretta
Wayne
Lubbock
Pfc
Glen Barker
J. Norris
J. W. Cox
Infantry
Wilson and Co., Inc
Splendid Cough Syrup Mixed at Home
A home remedy recipe promises quick cough relief by mixing a sugar or honey syrup with Pinex to create a pint of medicine. It claims soothing effects on throat and bronchial membranes, eases breathing and promotes restful sleep, with a money back guarantee.
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Anna
Johnson
RED Cross
Johnson & Johnson
Gohmons Red Cross
Orlie
Con
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Broadway
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