Texas Flood Danger Grows After Heavy Rains Across State
Heavy downpours surged across Texas raising flood risk as Trinity River neared 38 feet in Dallas and creeks overflowed. Trains delayed from Waco to Corsicana. Highway 287 closed. Port Arthur saw 4 inch rain with high winds. One man killed in Breckenridge as a wall collapsed. San Marcos reports building damage.
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Texas
Trinity
Mountain Creek
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Mort
Ie State
McKinney
Cotton Beil
Waco
Corsicana
Richland Creek
Trinidad
Palestine
Chambers Creek
Ennishal Highway
Denison
Sherman
Port
Arthur
San Jacinto
Harris County
Houston
Japs Close on Mandalay from Maymyo Drive
British dispatch reports Japanese forces within 10 miles of Mandalay as attacks intensify in Burma. Fighting continues around Taunggyi and Shwenyaung while the Allied front near Loikaw holds under Gen Stillwell.
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New Delhi
Mandalay
Taunggyl
Burma
Loikaw
Joseph W. Stillwell
Shwenyaung
Sivwenyaung
Teungeyi
Clare
Yenangyaimp
Cme
Torpedoed Ship Rams and Sinks Sub Near Atlantic
Mexican crew reports rescuing 23 men from a torpedoed U S freighter off the Atlantic coast. The tanker Faja de Oro allegedly returned and sank an Axis submarine. One rescued crewman died. survivors landed at a U S port. Additional Navy notes report an American freighter sunk by an Axis sub with several dead and missing, and survivors counted.
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Mexico
Cti'y
Wacionsl
United States
Nantle
Alory
Tampico
Atlantic
Nacional
Norfolk
INS
Fifth Naval District
Myron E. Chandler
Samuel L. _— ‘Cobb
Victor Patrala
Hamilton
Bermuda
Allied Raids Hit Rabaul And Port Moresby In Apr 24 Bullets
Allied planes pounded Rabaul New Britain shipping, barracks and warehouses in a near daily raid. Port Moresby suffered three attacks with negligible damage. Six to eight bombers plus fighters struck Rabaul. Japanese fighters failed to intercept. Philippine actions reported as Jap landings at Yoilo Capiz and Antique. Corregidor intermittent fire. Miranday patrols. US air authority notes wide use of medium and heavy bombers transports and reconnaissance planes in Australia. Ground crew and airdrome work improve.
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Adquarters
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Bulletin
Alga
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Philippines
Yoilo
Capiz
Antique
Visayan
Corregidor Fortress
Mirndaney
United States Air Authority
Weather May Halt Flood Watch Lifts as Snow Falls North
Sharp temperature drop brings relief to Rio Grande flood zones while heavy snow dampens northern watershed areas. U S army engineers report Conchas spillway flow at 35 800 cubic feet per second and fatalities total two. Dam remains of no concern and communication networks suffer in the north as storms linger.
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Albuquerque
Rio Grande
Taton
U. S. Army
Conchas
Don Cameron
U.S. Weather Bureau
Street Rails To Be Girders At City Airport Hangers
Street Commissioner Paul Stel ler announced a plan to save 211000 by using salvaged street car rails as girders for three airport hangars. After two weeks waiting for WPA action, crews will begin digging rails Monday weather permitting with Port funds earmarked for the project.
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Paul Steller
WPA
Bteffler
Breffler
Clark Family of Clarks in War News from Corregidor
The dispatch describes Captains Max Clark from Texas, Galland Lee Clark from Seattle, and John Woodhall Clark from Aberdeen as a trio of U S officers named Clark serving in the war. It notes promotions, family ties, and wartime service across Asia and the Pacific theater with mentions of awards and personal details amid battlefield reports and Allied actions in Burma and China.
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Clarks
Washington State
Texas
Max Clark
Galland Lee Glark
Seattle
University of Washington
San Diego
Calif
John Woodhall Clark
Leland Stanford
Aberdeen
Washi
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Tex
Jewel Hamiltons
Elgin Awatches
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Mediterranean
Maymyo
Surtas, Agtil & Wdelayed
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Jap Rabaul
Australis
Tomer Nat
PRIPA
Biot
Fort Wort
Ana Frederickaburg
Kanna City
Bubbick i. Wey
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Frank Bros
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Duvanile
Brown
Clark
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Galveston
France
Palma
Trank Bros
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