That Wild Kid From Piqua New American Air Hero
In wartime reminiscence Capt Don Gentile of Piqua Ohio recalls his unlikely ascent from a rebellious teen to a celebrated American ace. He details Dieppe and early combat, the moment his plane joined the fight, and his drive to fly amid parental resistance and draft pressures.
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Piqua
New American Air Hero
Capt
Don Gertile
Lee Carson
Lves
Oyning Features Syndicate
Dac
U S
England
Patsy Gentile
Papa Gentile
Don
Don Gentile
Ohio
Gentle
America
Stanes Lung
BR. A. Ewing
Iander
Fiqua
Wurm
Bow
Ittie
Gentlie
G. A. Malan
Royal Air Force
Don S. Genille
USAAF
Glendale
Calif
Canada
Gentile
FFA's Take All Prizes In Hog Show
The Mercedes Edcouch FFA swept the Lower Rio Grande Livestock Show snagging blue ribbons in the hog division including grand champion Billy Harbison and others from Edcouch and Mercedes. Capon contest honors went to Lloyd Cox with Duane Miller earning cash prize.
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Mercedes
Cox
Miller
Mayor Hosts Pan American Relations Reception in Rome
The Pan American Relations Council hosted a reception for about 300 guests led by Mayor and Mrs. Gus B. Meu rerman. Consul Carlos F Palacio Reyi delivered greetings from Mexico as Miss Livia Magnon organized a pageant and Miss Jo Ann Roberts sang. Hosts included Mrs. Preston H. Dipl and various consuls, officers, and civic leaders from Dallas, Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Cuba, and other cities.
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Gus B. Meu
Eramann
Council of Pan American Relations
Rome
Carlos F Palacio Reyi
Mexico
Mauermann
Livia Magnon
Jo Ann Roberts
Preston H. Dipl
Garlos Palacio Ross
Ernesto Zorilla
Bert Korling
Honduras
Alonzo Perales
Nicaragua
Manuel ©. Gonzales
Michael Davis
Paul C. Wilkins
John A. Porter
Ated
Walter C. White
A. .N. Bump
Paul C. Blair
Behora Antinio Silva Gomes
Rio de Janeiro
Zoca Lianes
Cuba
Caesar Arroyo
Puerto Rico
Mirs
Gus Jones
Senantonio
Zora Llanes
Guba
Costa
Senor
Senora
Cosme Hinisosa
Senora Angel Lascurain
Gene Lory
Dallas
Texas Bar Association
Good Neighbor Ceremony Held at Border Bridge
Good Neighbor Ceremony Held in Brownsville on Pan American Day featured brief greetings from Matamoros Mayor Ladisio Cardenas and Brownsville Commissioner Charles Bracht representing Mayor Dean Porter. Forty students from each city exchanged goodwill, with music by the 138th Army Band from Fort Brown.
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Brownsville
Twin Cities
Matamoros
Gateway Bridge
Ladisiio Cardenas
Charles Bracht
Dean Porter
138Th Army Band
Fort, Brown
Officials to aid marketing of Texas vegetables and fruits
E M Johnson of Christine says two ODT representatives will address the Atascosa county farmers union at Pleasanton meeting Thursday night. The service aims to improve the San Antonio Vegetable Market by promoting local produce from South Texas and Rio Grande Valley growers.
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ODT
QDT
Ih &En Antonio
South Texas
Rio Grove Valley
E. M. Johnson
Christine
Texas
Johnston
Atascosa County
Pleasanton
Gan Antonio
Adolf Wagner Dies One of Hitler's Early Naz Collaborators
London reports the death of Adolf Wagner aged 84, former gauleiter of Munich and early Nazi collaborator with Adolf Hitler. The Berlin station denounced his passing as news reached international observers.
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Adolf Wagner
London
Gauletler
Munich
Adolf
Hitler
Naz
Herlin Stadio
Wagner
Rancher Before Court in Laredo
Rancher Winfield Scott, a wealthy Texas figure, is scheduled to appear before Federal Judge Allan J. Hannay in Laredo on Monday to show cause why his suspended 18 month sentence for morphine smuggling should not be revoked. The case involves a 1942 trial and a U S attorney move alleging misconduct. Scott testified he sought treatment in a U S hospital and felt cured. Also noted is the death of Edward M Thierry, 53, a public relations executive and WWI correspondent.
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Taredo
Winfield Scott
Texas
Allan J. Hannay
Beolt
Fort Worth
Laredo
A. S. Marshall J. R. Wright
Scott
United States District Atetorney
U. S
Farley Urges Planning Now For War to Peace Shift
On April 1 at St Patrick's Church Holy Name Society dinner ONELDA NY former Postmaster General James A Farley warned that millions could lose jobs if industry does not prepare to switch rapidly from wartime to peacetime production He warned about a potential 300 billion dollar dent and asked how the country would cope without work He also urged preventing hunger and predicted that after reconversion the U S would enjoy unprecedented industrial and agricultural prosperity.
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Onelda
N.Y
Wat
Eng
James A. Farley
New York State
SS Patrick's Church
Holy Name
Farley
United States
March sales rise for Independent retail group
Washington reports March sales for the Independent retail group increased 19 percent from February and 9 percent above the same month last year, according to census figures.
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Washington
Ibutesu
American airmen escape to Sweden after crash in Denmark
Ten U S Army Air Forces crewmen, forced to land in a Danish alfalfa field after a flak hit, reached neutral Sweden after a perilous four night trek through occupied Denmark. They evaded German patrols, rode a fisherman's boat to Malmo, and were hospitalized and sheltered by Swedish authorities as refugees. Their bomber reportedly shot down five Nazi fighters earlier in the mission.
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Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Germ Baltic
Stectin
Abilene
Kan
Shell
Dallas
Texas
Malmo
Injury in Italy Surprise Playing With TNT Yank Job
In Italy a bomb disposal unit near a pine cone stoves and the hand grenade fuse lay exposed. Howard Johnson of Freehold New Jersey, a bomb disposal officer, defused a grenade while chatting with a reporter. The scene highlighted the risks bomb techs take against hidden detonators and the toll of delayed accidents during wartime.
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Italy
TNT
Yank Job
Geunwe
Freehold
N. J. Johnson
Tata
Kawinhl
Bony
Johnson
Banker Attacks Government Role in Private Banking
Washington financier J. Clifford Folger, president of the Investment Bankers Association of America, condemns government pressure on interest rates and argues private bankers serve the average investor better than state control. He urges war bond buying, noting $50 million in savings and cash as major prosperity forces. Conference guests include SEC Chairman Ganson Purcell and other industry leaders.
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J. Clifford Folger
Washington
Investment Bankers Association of America
Texas Group
Plaxa Hotel
Bod Jre
Ganson Purcell
Securities Exchange Commission
Wallace H. Patton
Philadelphia
National Association of Securities Dealers Inc
Alden H. Little
Ship Blasts Cause 1000 Casualties
Bombay dispatch reports two ammunition explosions triggered by a docked ship fire that raged over 31 hours. Estimates place casualties around 10 with hundreds rendered homeless as military police and relief teams mobilized to aid the injured.
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Bombay
Small Craft Warned On Texas Coast
New Orleans April 17. The weather bureau issued a small craft warning for the Texas coast from Browerville to Lake Charles. Increasing southerly winds up to 35 miles per hour were forecast for this afternoon and tonight with higher gusts offshore.
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New Orleans
the &. & Weather Bureau
Browksville
Texas
Lake Charles
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