Vacation in Canada Framed as Freedom Friendly Encouragement
A letters page reflects U S citizens urged to visit Canada without border barriers, noting no passport is needed for entry while cautioning that re entry requires proof of citizenship. The piece echoes Canada United States ties and cites Lake Superior region attractions and Great Lakes grandeur to entice travelers.
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Simeon
Hearst
Canaia
Cansia
Americas
Canada
United States
Eurst
Examiner of
San Francisco
British Columbia
Sam
J. Gordon Smiths
Victoria
B.C
Unite States
Europe
Asda
St. Juin Renee
Great Lakes
Tere
Pope Urges World Pray For Peace
Vatican City April 24 1 Pope Pius XII appeals to Catholics worldwide to dedicate May to prayer for peace. He asks faithful to pray for a rapid end to the present war harms, to foster friendship and a tranquil order founded on justice, and to involve children in prayers for the wounded prisoners and exiles while seeking lasting universal peace.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Woulgh
Magliano
Pontiif
Wichita Falls Field to Cost 9 Millions
Washington April 24 The War Department announced funding for two new air corps technical schools at Wichita Falls Texas and Biloxi Mississippi. The Wichita Falls site named Sheppard Field honors late Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas.
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Washington
War Department
Air Corps Technical
Wichita Falls
Bilox
Miss
Biloxt
Wichita Pally
Sheppard
Garvey Renamed Bexar's Auditor
Edgar Garvey was reappointed Bexar County auditor for a seventh term by live district judges in San Antonio. He entered the office in 1920 as a bookkeeper and was first appointed auditor in 1930.
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Edgar Garvey
Thurssay
Bexar
Garvey
San Antattio
British Torpedo 10,000-Ton Tanker GONDON Sunk
The British Admiralty announced that a heavily laden tanker over 10,000 tons was torpedoed by an Austrian submarine while attempting to breach the British blockade. In Canada, two Fridely Jenet trainees were reported killed in a crash near Mount Forest during a training exercise.
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Gondon
Canada
Guelph
Ont
Cansadi Press
Mount Forest
Fiesta Weather Improves in San Antonio After Bad Start
San Antonio’s Fiesta forecast shows improvement with partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures. The U S weather forecast calls for warmer Thursday and Friday with no rain expected, though the text is garbled.
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San Antonio
U. S
Embassy Goods Sunk in Atlantic War Losses Reported
The United States embassy said a large shipment of supplies for America was sunk in the Atlantic after a torpedo hit the cargo vessel. The loss included trucks, about $2000 in stationery, and 66 pouches of official mail among the goods en route to England.
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London
United States
America
Joe
Atlantic
England
Epirus Toll Admitted in Rome
Rome reports that Fascist forces suffered about 6000 dead and wounded in the Greek Epirus offensive on the Albanian front. Stamos estimates 300,000 Italians and 400,000 Greeks fought along 10 days of Easter front, with Greek lines breaking and Arabian troops said to have penetrated up to 40 miles into Greece.
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Rome
Asian High Comimand
Fiaa
Stamos
Epirus
Iril
Greece
Bank Clearings Expand Sharply This Week
Bank clearings expanded sharply in New York and other cities with gains of 50 percent or more over the 1940 period. Dun and Bradstreet reported total transactions at 6,704,481,000, up 26.1 percent from last year’s 5,315,31,000. They were 81,029,774 above the previous week’s turnover.
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New York
Cies
Dun and
Bradstreet
Lurnover
Building Trades Council Announces Defense Strike Action
The Building Trades council announced a strike of insulation workers on defense projects to support wage demands. Secretary K. G. Bitter said the extent of the walkout had not yet been determined.
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Diego Calis
Building Trades Council
A. IL. Conshinption
Shortay Altey Bom
K. G. Bitter
Caine
Final Ethiopian Stronghold Falls
In the northeast of Addis Ababa a last Talla stronghold fell as Ethiopian forces pressed the final defense. Affected areas include WAIRODI and Kenye Colony with reports of Japanese neutrality talks in Moscow and Tokyo on April 14 to 24.
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Wairodi
Kenye Colony
Atvienan
Salt “Gir Fromm
Shesheniv
Hortheast
Addis Ababa
Talla
Ethiopia
Jays Okka Cheaty
Tokyo
Japanese Privy Council Today
Japan
Hitista
Moscow
Night raids batter Plymouth and eastern ports
PLYMOUTH England April 14 Luftwaffe strikes persist on this key port and surrounding areas. Berlin reports British destroyer engagement at night near Nighthwalde while Plymouth and the naval base endure heavy bombing with fires, warehouses, depots, and ships damaged.
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Plymouth
England
Berlin
Grrmann
Attee
Mouth
Singapore Gets More Aussies Reinforcements Arrive at Singapore
Australian reinforcements arrive in Singapore as transports bring men and machines to bolster defenses. The fleet previously landed troops in February and now additional personnel including transport services and essential auxiliaries join the garrison.
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Bingapore
Singapore
British Greece defense holds in Thermopylae area
London reports British forces in Greece still hold defensive positions in the Thermopylae sector. Officials deny British flank turned, cite Greek high command noting a surrender of Spirits Army without Italian mention. British and German sources discuss stalled Axis advances toward Suez and ongoing activity around Tobruk and S tum.
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London
Greece
Ute Thermopylae
AEN
Waty Doudifiur
Eemitios
Sosta Peaut Bid II
Ethiopia
Duke of Aaste
Khareloum
Tobruk
Satum
Egypt
Suez
East Africa
Hleh
Tessie
Addis Ababa
Majl
Pass Seizure Recanted In Berlin
Berlin reports recount a claim by the German high command that only cleanly targeted units broke into terrain positions near Thermopylae and that British armor was destroyed while Greek forces face uncertain retreat. The armistice terms ended Greek fighting and allowed limited movement in designated districts as Germany and Italy rewrote the front in Salonika.
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Berlin
High Command
Athens
Wnita
Lamsa
Lamia
Tim High Command
St Wad
Atkin
Greece
Aviisro
Salonika
At & Py
Il A
Garfoan
Stena
Stegmamad List
Alfred Jod
Germany
Perrery
Ualy
Tsolakoght Cone
Macedonia
Big New Warship Joins British Fleet
London, April 24. The 36,000 ton battleship Prince of Wales is now in service with the Royal Navy, the second of five fast and heavily armed ships to be commissioned. The King George V is the first. Each battleship mounts ten 14 inch guns, 16 4.28 inch guns, and other heavy weapons.
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London
Prince’ of Wales
Une
Royal Navy
George V
Lord Halifax
United States
Brig. Gen. Waller to Assume Post at Fort Sam Houston
Brig. Gen. Fred K. Waller will arrive in San Antonio Saturday afternoon to assume duties as assistant to the commander of the Second division at Fort Sam Houston. He takes over a post vacated by Brig. Gen. WIl Simpson, transferred to Carp Wolfers as commander of the infantry replacement training center.
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Fred K. Waller
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
We IL Simpson
Carp Wolfers
Indo-China King Sisowsil Monlvong Dies at 66
Manila dispatch reports Cambodian ruler Sisowsil Monlvong of Indo-China died Wednesday night at age 66. He had held the throne since 1927, with Phnom Penh Hin as rival claim. The consulate at Manila noted the change in leadership following his death.
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Manila
Apm
Eich
Sisowsil Monlvong
China
Prim-Penh Hin
Italian forces seize Yugoslav Islands near Adriatic coast
Rome dispatch from Stefani of the Italian News Agency reports that all Yugoslav islands in the Kayuta group near the Adriatic coast have been occupied by Italians. The report notes rapid advance and points to strategic gains along the coast.
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Rome
M—Stefani
Attieint
Yugorhiy
Kayeuta Group
AdMwtig
Ualians
Public relations officer Nickoll hailed in West Point event
Pat. Capt. W. T. Nickoll, public relations officer at Randolph, drew national attention with the West Faint of the Air publicity. Thousands of subjects of King Antonio XXII braved the elements to celebrate the arrival of His Majesty Monday.
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W. T. Nickoll
Randolph Held
West
Antonio XXII
Taxes to Save America Sought by Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to approve a $3,000,000,000 new tax plan to fund defense, curb profiteering, and shift burdens to high earners and excess consumption. He argued taxes would be fair, mobilize resources, and preserve national safety as defense expansion continues. The proposal includes broad rate hikes and new levies on alcohol, soft drinks, cigarettes, and other goods, aiming to raise the federal tax take to about $12.0 billion next year.
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NN Sprciwig Vlan
Moyeenthau
Treasury
Morgenthau
Torebher
Bandits Raid New York Athletic Club. One Kills Self
Three armed bandits invade the New York Athletic Club on the nineteenth floor. They beat a chambermaid and threaten Frank Erickson, a race bookmaker, before a confrontation with patrolmen. One bandit shoots himself as police close in. another flees with an accomplice. A third is captured. a chauffeur and his employer escape in a crowded limousine.
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New York
Trattlel
Patronan
New York, Athletic Club
Inter
Uty Frank Erickson
Pita
Putis
Meafub
Drown Ging
Homer Lickwits
George Schick
Liebowktz
Beick
Innok
RAF Disables 2 Nazi Battleships
London reports on April 4 to 5 that Nazi battleships Scharhorst and Gneisenau were damaged in British raids on Brest and northwest Germany. The press agency cites raids on Tholen and Terschelling, with planed strikes and air ministry notes of several alerts and one ship loss claim.
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London
Scharhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Press Association
Firltfrh
Intesh
Oil Ministry
Hite
Thbenburen
Germany
Churchill silent on war as Parliament debates draft
London date April 24. Prime Minister Churchill asks lawmakers to postpone wartime measures but signals a broadcast on Greece while avoiding full debate. He vows to provide a clear account of recent events and actions to the public.
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London
Minkact Winslon Chtrchit
Parliament
Anlister
Bovesmanl
Fort Suitor基地 Holds Book Buying Plan
A military post plans to spend $6400 to purchase 50,000 books for entertainment and education. The effort targets officers in the Eighth Corps area and aims to select titles from a military-authorized list. Key personnel include Heatstar, Wallace, Wolters, Bowle and Haden at Fort SUItor and Huachitine.
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Eighth Corps
Will Supervine
Cans Wallace
Wolters
Bowle
Haden
Fort Suitor Bliss
Fort
Huachitine
Kin of Yates Pool Discoverer Killed
Mrs. Tou HW Rhodes of Austin daughter of Trt G Yates died here today from injuries after a fall from a vehicle en route from Houston to Austin. Delays were unknown.
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Yates Pool
Austin
Tou HW Rhodes
G. Yates
Yates
Burglary and Theft Charged In Hearne Case
A complaint filed in Justice of the Peace court against Reipis Lider and Ken Wilder cites burglary and theft of merchandise valued at 17 dollars from Ewiles McDonald at 9234 Tast Cam meen Street. City Bettolive Joe DiStefani filed the complaint in Cerrigan's court Thursday. both defendants list Hearne addresses.
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Ewiles McDonald
Tast Cammeen Street
Justice of le Peace
Cerrigan
Reipis Lider
Ken Wilder
City Beto
Joe DiStefani
Vent Theater Erected at Bowie
Vaguely reported note claims a Vent Theater was built at Bowie near military camps. It mentions Robbt EB MeKer and a McKee organization organizing an installation at Camp Bowie with tent theaters and related facilities. Details are unclear and spellings are inconsistent.
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Bowie
Texas
Gamp Bowie
Drownvywood
MeKer
General Contrast
Wilt
Logo Anactes
el Paso
McKee
Parade Box Sales Banned Ahead of Flower Parade
Police chief W. W. Vaughan announced Thursday that parade boxes and baskets cannot be sold for the upcoming Flower Parade crowds. Citizens may bring their own snack boxes or baskets to the event, as officers will permit personal containers.
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W. W. Vaughan
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Weather forecast notes continued cool Thursday night with party breezes. Friday partly cloudy and warmer with moderate northerly winds. Airport highs Thursday near 72 with Friday low around 60 and Friday high about 74. East Texas remains cloudy and cool Thursday night and Friday with similar winds. West Texas mostly cloudy with occasional rain in the southeast and central portions. Panhandle partly cloudy.
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San Antonio
Viclnity
Thursiey
East Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
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