Yanks in First Raid on Hungary
Allied air forces led a major bombing of Budapest targeting the railway center and a key aircraft factory, with Flying Fortresses and Liberators from Italy and bases in Naples. The operation followed a Steyr raid in Austria and involved extensive German air defense efforts and reported Allied aircraft losses.
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Hungary
London
Budapest
United States
Dasca
Italy
Berlin
Fifteenth Air Force
Naples
Europe
Danube
Germany
Reich
Balkans
Steyr
Austria
United States Air Forces
Trely
U.S
R. A. F. Mosquito
Hannover
Krefeld
Aachen
Yugoslavia
Reds Drive Deeper in Rumania Japs Isolate Imphal
Allied dispatches report Japanese patrols pushing toward Imphal while striking at Dimapur lifeline areas. Britons and Americans stage counterattacks across Arakan and northern Burma, with glider-borne commands cutting rail and river routes from Myitkyina to Katha and destroying dozens of enemy boats. Air forces claim multiple enemy aircraft and installations destroyed to disrupt Japanese advances in the region.
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Rumania
Imphal
New Delhi
UPI
Ttc
India
Menipur
Manipur
Dimapur
Astam-Burna
Joseph W. Billwell
Shin Hills
Tamu-Falel
Arakan
Butheraung
Afriea
Tokyo
Meungdaw
Buthedatns
Arskan
Myitkyina
Burma
Darmines
Katha
Ywataung
Akyab
Kaladan
Mayu
Hailstorm toll reaches 1.5 million in San Antonio damage
Insurance firms estimate hailstorms caused more than 1.5 million in damage across San Antonio. The storm ripped through Bandera to Hondo area, hitting Alamo Heights Brackenridge Park and Terrell Hills before moving east. Windows shattered citywide with Emerson Junior High suffering 4560 panes. churches stained glass damaged. transit buses and Witte Museum skylights damaged. repairs underway as crews work Sunday afternoon.
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San Antonio
Bandera
Hondo
Alamo Heights
Brackenridge Park
Terrell Hills
Willow Springs
G. O. Hill
Emerson Junior High
Hill
San Antonio Transit Company
Felice Benton
North Center Street
Hall
Solon probes idle Cocktail Lounge officers in army ranks
Representative Adolph Sabath leads one man inquiry into why 30,000 officers remain idle or in desk duty. He seeks details on where officers are stationed, their duties, and why experienced personnel are retained while others are idle in offices and cocktail lounges.
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Washington
Adolph Goliath
Heith Sabath
George C. Marshall
Brehon B
Dallas
Army
Old Mora
Negro Vote In Primary Ruled Legal
The Supreme Court ruled that Negroes may vote in a Texas Democratic primary for congressional nominees. Justice Reed delivered an 8 to 1 decision, noting the Fifteenth Amendment protections apply to state primaries and cannot be denied because of color. Lonnie E. Smith of Houston, barred in 1940, brought the case. Justice Roberts dissented. Continued on Page 2, Col. 3.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Congress
Reed
Roberts
Lonnie E. Smith
Houston
Forty-eighth Precince
Harris County
Fall and frost in Texas forecast notes
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fall Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday with warming Tuesday. Extreme northwest reports frost Monday night and scattered frost in the extreme east portion Monday night. East Texas also falls Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday with warmer Tuesday.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
East Texas
Italians Take Hill From Nazis
Allied forces repelled a German flame thrower attack on the beachhead south of Rome while Italian troops linked with the Allies seized peaks in the Fifth Army front. German artillery pounded sectors near Olsterne as tanks advanced and were driven back. Italians reported capturing positions near Castelnuovo and Marrone with several bridges destroyed by Fifth Army guns.
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Naples
Ett Inn
Rome
Fifth Army
Mount
Castelnuovo
Marrone
Cassino
Arta
Adriatic
Garignano
U.S. Destroyer Shells Yank Craft at Eniwetok Atoll
A Pacific Meet bulletin reports that a U S destroyer shelled three American landing craft at Eniwetok on February 22, killing 13 and wounding 48. The Navy says misfortune arose from out of position and limited visibility during the incident.
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Washington
U. S
Eniwetok Atoll
Navy
Tirpitz Hit By British Planes In Bold Allied Strike
British naval planes attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway’s Altenford area, with the admiralty reporting multiple hits on the 35,000 ton ship. The attack followed prior torpedo damage by midget submarines last autumn.
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RAF
Tirpitz
London
Apr
Admiralty
Norway
Allen Ford
Royal Navy
Hitler
Fleet Air Arn
Garbage Jobs Offered to Women in San Antonio
City sanitation chief A LeLaurin announced a call for women to fill sanitation roles in San Antonio. With 24 men short, the plan pairs workers to handle heavy garbage cans and runs six days a week from morning to noon and afternoon. Women would earn a modest 3 cents per day.
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San Antonio
A. LeLaurin
LeLaurin
U S Navy plans 581 warships to reach 1500 fleet size
Under-Secretary James Forrestal told New York's Bond Club the United States will complete 581 warships this year to boost the fleet to at least 1500 combatants. He cited 28,000 planes to be built in 1944 and urged maintaining sea air strength for lasting peace despite war exhaustion.
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New York
INS
James Forrestal
United States
U. S
Bond Club
New York City
Forrestal
Navy
Press on Odessa and Romanian frontier in war update
Soviet forces pushed into Romania near the Prut and Jipia rivers toward Ploieşti, with Odessa looming as a target. Molotov signaled continued advance, while Red Army eyes reach Hungarian border as air battles unfold over Hungary and relations with allies discuss press conferences revival in Moscow.
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Rumania
Yasl
Jassy
Odessa
Hungary
Russia
Molotov
Prat
Red Army
Taren
Boris Polevoy
Pravda
Hed
Jipia
Prut
Tasi Grasny
Gorrespoidrots
Soviet Union
Germany
S. A. Lozovsky
Soviet Information Bureau
Kulbyshey
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Moscow
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
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Witte Museum
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