S A Man Recalls 1900 Galveston Hurricane
A Galveston resident recalls the 1900 hurricane and tidal wave that devastated the city on September 8 as reported by the Galveston Daily News. Evans, 71, longtime railway mail service veteran, now pursues fishing and collecting old newspapers.
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Galveston
Galveston Daily News
Law
Evans
West Ashby
Galvestokk
New York Herald
Lincoln
Railway Mail Service
Ration calendar notes stamp validity and deadlines
The document lists sugar, meat, and other ration stamps with valid dates and book numbers. It specifies stamp numbers, issue periods, and expiration dates from July through September, plus inspection deadlines for book holders.
Relief for Slavs Asked to Aid Yugoslav Prisoners of War
The National Yugoslav Relief fund urges donations through the San Antonio War Chest to aid some 165000 Yugoslav POWs in German and Italian camps. Packages from Geneva reach camps by 4 PM and are distributed with help from the International Red Cross. The fund provides medical and invalid food parcels, basic supplies, clothing items, razors, sewing thread, towels and shoe repair kits, seeking 2.5 million dollars this year via the National War Fund and allied drives.
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United Yugoslav Relief Fund
San Antonio War Chest
New York
Geneva
Mageslay
National War Fund
Far
Dallas Judge Charles Piphen Funeral Set
Dallas obituary notes the funeral for Charles A. Piphen 74 longtime Dallas County Criminal Court judge. He died Friday of a heart attack after serving 18 years on the bench and recent years as district sidney seek.
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Dallas
Charles A. Piphen
Dallas County Criminal Court
Heii Latins
Sidney
Navigation Contest Set at San Marcos and Hondo
Cadets from Hondo and San Marcos prepare for a two day navigation and athletic meet led by Col. John N. Reynolds. Six top graduates from each field compete in six hour navigation sessions by air and ground missions with eight athletic events starting Tuesday at 2 pm.
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Army
Alr
Hondo
San Marcos
Ligut
John N. Reynolds
Scheol
Air Commanders to Speak On Army Hour Broadcast
Army air force commanders at headquarters in war theaters will answer a red question read by Gen H H Arnold on the Army Hour. The NBC Sunday program marks the 36th anniversary of the aeronautical division and the 4th anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight in service.
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Army
New York
Ins
Army Air Force
United States
H. H. Arnold
Army Hour
N. B.C
Soldier Dies in Pacific War Final Toll Report
A San Antonio soldier, Villareal, died in the Southwest Pacific. He served from July 29, 1942, trained at Camp Roberts, California, and went overseas to Australia and New Guinea. His mother, Mrs. Sita Genzapa Villareal, received notice from the War Department.
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Tine Villareal
Southwest Pacific
Sita Genzapa Villareal
Quinn Street
War Department
Army
San Antonio
New Guinea
Texas
Prt
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China
Cyrus Duncan Sewart
Chungking
Free China
James W. Stewart
Office of War Information
Cyrus
Raia
S.A
Yugoslavia
Pacific
SAE Rose Beauty Aids
Deodorant
Cologne
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