Diary of Survival in New Guinea Air Crash
War era diary fragment recounts six days stranded on a New Guinea mountainside after a plane crash. Survivors, including Cpl. Hastings and Sgt. Meeker, endure injuries, scarce medical aid, and hunger while awaiting medical drop. McCollum coordinates salvage of jungle supplies, shares basic rations, and reflects grim endurance amid danger and fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAG
Margaret Hastings
Kenstth Wecker
New Guinea
Nahtsol
Jeln McCollan
Shanarila
Nargari
Surviving a Jungle Hospital Ordeal Amid Fire and Grief
The narrator recalls a brutal fire that left McCollim barely alive and the narrator badly injured. Gangrene spreads as they endure bandages, fear, and pain while companions and natives from a nearby village bring food, shelter, and quiet support.
Czechs Help B-17 Pilot Escape Nazis
In Europe, Lieutenant Stovall of Salt Lake City faced a direct German attack as his B-17 broke from formation over Czechoslovakia. Crippled, he jettisoned bombs, regrouped, and miraculously steered to safety, while crewmen were killed or captured. He evaded capture with Czech help, endured a tense German search, and survived to be awarded honors including the winged boot insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCollum
Decker
Pete
McCollom
Dete
Anderston
Trish
Hiford
Stovall
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
Linn
Europe
Aussle
Lek
Tne
Sige
Lachems Gays
Carey
Harev
Goremans
Tylée
Gelinda
Wight
Filer
Tahger
Mived
We de Stovall
Alyea Fr Sal
Lake Gnduly
J@ Me
Novia -Mckinney
el Paso
Burglary Report Details Items Stolen in Quiet Wednesday Night
Lucille Smith reports burglars forced entry through a rear door and took a table radio an electric fan, plus another fan and wrist watch from CW Geiger of No 2 Prouch Court. Mrs C Th Brown on 549 Rist Listed Street lost $11 in cash and a fountain pen during the same incident.
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Wis
Nigist
Alice
Lucille Smith
Dawgias
Geiger
Prouch Court
Tn & Avivd Burghry
Special Deputy Charged With Molesting At Alamo Streets
City detective Jao Teeter filed a complaint on behalf of Mrs Dolores Daonn of 308 Laredo Street. The accused special deputy allegedly molested and annoyed female customers at a cafe near Alamo and Third streets over several days.
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Sneriie
Tider
Thirsiay
Alamo
Third Streets
Jao
Dolores Daonn
Laredo Street
Mussolini's Clash With King Heats Up In Rome Visit
A 1920s era account portrays Benito Mussolini clashing with King Victor Emmanuel III during joint Roman events. It cites power struggles, the king’s frustration with royal prerogatives, and Mussolini’s push toward a diarchic rule. The piece recollects meetings in Rome and Florence, the 1923 grand council, and tensions that culminated in the king’s later stance against fascism.
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Mussolini
Victor Emmanuel
Benito
Disterbatea
Dy Fats
Rome
INB
Grand Council
Puissolink
Atohy
Tomay
Germany
Mwe
Munich
Berpis
Duce
Ayini
Fehger
Quirinal
Hiker
Uip
Pineza di Siena
Wirds Duce
Caticombs
Florence
France
Rhoades
Corsica
Greece
Freemasons
Llapen
Sicily
Wey Olferk
Fourteen U Boat Crew Members Reported in Florida Camp
Miami authorities state that fourteen teen crew members of the U-530 are prisoners of war in a Florida camp after rumors tied the submarine to Adolf Hitler and Frau Eva Braun ashore before surrender. Admiral Godt denied any of the dictator or his mistress were aboard the vessel, while the U-530 crew is to be turned over to the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Hitler
Eya Braun
Bbethuré Godt
Ovet
Navy
Cline
Army
Knitting Nazi Sympathy Denied Citizenship Claim
German born Afra Helene Mueller faced citizenship denial after admitting to knitting sweaters for German prisoners of war. An immigration bureau official questioned her prior pro German sentiments, though she claimed knitting for American soldiers. Judge Elwyn Shaw asserted she did not deserve citizenship.
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Chicago
Auge
INSI
Canada
Immigration Bureau
Elwyn
Afra
Helene
Mueller
Mantis
Lara
Judge Shaw
Mie Junge
San Antonian Writes New Book City Square by Burketh
Benjami) Burketh of 49 Mar shall street is author of a new book City Square published by Dorrance and Company Philadelphia. The story follows the life of a child crippled in an accident and depicts hardship and hope. Perry Mascael, famed composer of Cavalleria Rusticana, died in Rome of bronchial pneumonia and arteriosclerosis.
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Benjami
Burketh
Marshall Street
Rome
Perry Mascael
Kottly
Foot Itch Athletes Foot Care Ad Fragment
A fragment prompts readers about foot itch and athlete's foot remedies. It mentions a special medical preparation and promises relief by using a topical treatment twice daily. The text is fragmented and contains nonsensical phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Paris
Two Negro Soldiers Executed at Schofield Barracks Hawaii
In Honolulu on August 2 military authorities report two Negro soldiers, Jesse D. Huston and Cornelins Thomas, were executed at Schofield Barracks after murder convictions. Huston, 36, was executed for the stabbing of a Mant woman last February. Thomas, 23, was convicted of the fatal assault on a Manf man in June. Huston from Boston and Thomas from Detroit via Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
JINS
Nnst
Schofield Barracks
Ne ‘Thewe
PLC
Jesse“ D. Huston
Cornelins Thomas
Hoston
Thomas
Boston
Detroit
Thomes
Houston
Davies Named Assistant Manager at McCollum's Funeral Home
McCollum's announces the appointment of Ian Davies as assistant manager. Davies is an experienced funeral director and former owner of his own funeral home. He is well known in San Antonio and is active in several veterans, church, and fraternal organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCollim
McCollum
McCollom
Maggie
San Antonio
Ian) Davies
Davies
Ben Antonio
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Hawaii
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Veterans of Foreign Ware
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Kennetil G
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