Allied Air Forces Pound Jap Strongholds in Southwest Pacific
Allied air forces mounted a major raid from Hollandia New Guinea smashing a fleet of bomber fighter aircraft and destroying Japanese defenses in the southwest Pacific. MacArthur reported heavy planes based at Hollandia participated in the Palau offensive as Liberators and fighters pummeled targets with tens of tons of bombs and thousands of rounds. The Davion Island strike left several Liberators lost and many fighters shot down as American forces advanced in the Admiralty Islands Rambutio area.
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Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
New Guinea
Japa
Macarthur
Palau
Carolines
Marlin Spencer
Neome
Ryers
Eassguil
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
South Pacific
Davion Island
Admiralty Islands
First Cavalry Division
Rambuyto
Manus
Merling Named Rabbi at Rocfei Sholom Congregation
The Rev. M. Merling formerly of New York is named rabbi of Congregation Rocfei Sholom at 115 Fast Laurel Street. He will conduct Passover services this Friday at 1 30 p m and is described as a cantor who studied in Austrian conservatories and sang with the late Joseph Rosenbalt of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Merling
New York
Congregation
Rorfei Sholom
Laurel Street
Merling
Austria
Turigaty
Joseph Rosenbalt
Obituary notices for Wells Mears Meats and Butts in local church services
Obituary notices list survivors for Mrs Bellc Wells and Sam A Mears with funeral at Hatfield Memorial Nazarene Church. Services led by Rev J F Hamm with interment at Mission Burial Park. Also notes death of Sam A Meats and Clarence William Butts with services at Milark Kearns and St Gerard's Catholic Church and burial at San Fernando and New Lutheran cemeteries respectively.
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Bellc
Th. Wells
James
Paul
Charile L
Bennie L
Walter H
R. Edwin Wells
Cornelia Sanford
Leroy Barbee
Sam Curtis
Leroy Nordyke
Esther Wells
Woodrow Wilson
James . Hale
Hatfield Memorial Nazarene
Sam A. Mears
New Braunfels
Jessie C. Meats
E.G. Mainz
G. L. Ozmun
H. H. Ulrich
Milark- Kearns Funeral Home
St. Gerard's Catholic Church
Arthur Frost
San Fernando
Clarence William Butts
Chestnut Street
San Antonio
H. Carr
William
Charles Butts
Sizik-Kearns
L. Wolff
St. John’s Lutheran Church
New Lutheran Cemetery
July 4 Deaths Noted for Three Presidents
Fragmentary note mentions John Adams Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe dying on July 4. The text then shifts to product claims for Maroline and Moroline with marketing phrases about skin healing and high quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
Thomes Jefferson
James Monroe
Hope Held for Romania Rift With Hitler
Washington sources on April 5 report continued U N allied talks for Romania to exit from Germany influence. Count Stirbey and emissaries in Cairo spark cautious optimism while noting German dominance limits Bucharest actions. An armistice idea surfaces with unclear practical terms and potential shifts for Romanian troops.
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Washington
Vpr
Count Barbu
Stirkey
Cairo
Thomas Grandin
Blue Network
Lotion Today
Antonegen
Grandin
Balkans
Romania
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hitler
Russia
Count Stirbey
Sil
Julius Maniu
Antonescu
Maniu
Germany
Japs Hold 15 Miles of Road
Allied spokesmen report a strategic pullback by Japanese forces along the India Burma border as they contend with supply disruptions. Frank C. Martin notes the most dangerous Jap move north of Imphal but warns reliance on captured food and rough terrain may strain their supply lines. British forces concentrate at key points and strike when Japs reveal themselves.
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Associated Press
Frank C. Martin
India-Burma
Imphal
Martin
India
Methane as Gas Substitute Seen Ready for Use
Cleveland April 5 United States may have a methane substitute for gasoline ready soon sources include natural gas petroleum coal and sewage Dr Gustav Eploff and Mary Alexander of Universal Oil Products Chicago report methane can be prepared to power autos trucks and trains with reduced lubrication costs and less carbon deposits Europe already uses methane and other gases for autos while German and British prices are cited for comparison
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Cleveland
United States
American , Chemical Society Today
Gustav Eploff
Mary Alexander
Universal Oil Products Company
Chicago
Efloge
Europe
Picific
Egloff
Germany
England
Plea Change in Immigration Case Faces Federal Court
Josefina Olvia de oifuentes and Guadalcupe Espitia, both 20, pleaded guilty to an immigration charge in federal court after initial not guilty pleas. Espitia allegedly sent her birth certificate to de oifuentes who lacked naturalization papers. In December 194d, Joaquin Bonilla of San Antonio faced trial for allegedly acquiring 200 grains of marijuana and transferring them to Jose Mota Nteta.
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Josefina Olvia de Oifuentes
Guadalcupe Espitia
Federal District Court
Miss Espitia
Mexico
Joaquin Bonilla
San Antonio
Jose Mota Nteta
County Wins In Plat Suit
The State Supreme Court sustained a county ordinance granting county commissioners discretion in filing subdivision plats. Judge Schaefer of Bexar County challenged mandamus to force filing, but the court affirmed the trial court’s refusal. The law aims to align subdivisions with existing streets and alleys when annexed to a city.
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Sam H. Schaefer
Bexar County
State Supreme Court
Schaefer
Bexar
Supreme Court
Sharks Liberator Crewmen Saved After Battle with Zeros
An air crew in a Liberator made a water landing near Truk after a 45 minute Zeros attack. Pilot Second Lieut Hubert W Glass and crew survived despite injuries and a shark-infested sea. They fought off sharks all night and were rescued by an American destroyer at dawn.
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Jack Maron
1. N
Solomon
Trak
13Th Air Force
Truk
Hubert W. Glass
Fort Wayne
Ind
Moon Island
Jeff D. Snead
Chester
Wiliam L. Abernathy
Charlotte
N.C
Lester J. Buchanan
Pensacola
Fla
Charlie
Spt
James F. Rive
Moline
Lieu
Glass
Sidney Simon
Long Island City
N.Y
Cleo W. Knight
Sharon
Okla
Bombardier
G. Scharkong
Bridgeville
Buchanan
Abernathy
Rice
Knight
Snead
Ipass
Simon
Weather Temperatures Across Cities On Tuesday Reported
The incomplete weather listing shows temperatures for multiple cities including Abilene Albuquerque Amarillo Austin Boston Brownsville Corpus Christi El Paso Houston Kansas City Los Angeles New York Omaha Pueblo Dallas Fort Worth and more. Highs mostly in the 60s to 80s with varied lows and precipitation notes.
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Ambrillo
Austin
Boston
Brownsville
Cheyenne
Wyo
del Rio
Dodge City
el Paso
Henston
Jackson
Los Angeles
Mennhis
New York
Pueblo
Coe
San Antonio
Waco
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Allied Air Force
Hepeneck
Riverside Baptist Church
Presa ST
Wm. L. Pettingill
EUS
Bari
Rocfei Sholom
Gen. Anderson
London
Simuel E. Anderson
U.S. Air Force
WEA
WPS
OPA
Apaw
Ink
Florida
Joske
Barrett
Raymont
Garfield
the Alamo
Sharks Liberator
William FR
McCrery
Monmouth
Dewey E. Hodge
East St. Louis, IL
SWIFT
Camp Swift
U. S
W. A. Keeling
Samuel Aaron Wiseman
Toronto
Canada
Louis Polkowski
Poland
Augustine Valenquela
Bath Black Hawk
Shaw
Shaw's
de Federat
Texas
E. Houston
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