Tire theft ring shocks Alamo Heights San Antonio area
Federal complaints target two Alamo Heights service stations and a statewide tire theft ring. U S Attorney Bert Foster planned ten charges under wartime powers as investigators from Fortyorth to San Antonio traced over fifty stolen tires. Purchasers, including prominent locals, faced actions, with 12 signed statements and arrests anticipated across Texas as $7000 worth of tires were recovered from bootleg outlets in a San Antonio suburb.
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Orth
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Guadalupe County
Dallas
Rio Grande Valley
Kidnapped Officer Rescued and Attacks Ended in Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee area police units from Tennessee and Georgia rescued a kidnapped officer early today. One kidnapper was killed and three others captured after a gunfight near the border town. Patrolman Ray Evatt was lightly wounded, and Patrolman Logan Stroud was freed unharmed after being forced into a car at pistol point following a speeding stop near the Georgia line. The incident ended near Chattanooga.
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Here
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Striking French Prisoners Fatally Hurt Reported
New York report cites Moscow radio saying German guards fatally wounded 46 French prisoners who refused to work at Brettn camp. An additional 112 prisoners were reported injured by machine gun fire amid a broader public safety briefing.
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Moscow
Brettn
Broads
Nazis Admit Wasp Error Correction in Atlantic Report
Berlin corrections to a report from August 13 claim the United States aircraft carrier Wasp was not damaged in the Mediterranean raid. The retraction says the carrier damaged was the British carrier Eagle, part of a convoy that included 21 vessels totaling about 180,000 tons.
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Brosdenstag
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Wasp
Mediterranean
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Eagle
Bomber Crash Kills Nine Near Hastings
Nine people, including Lieuts L H Tally Maurice McCall Eugene G King and James J Dalley, Staff Sgt John Hazen and Cols B L Prather Steve Spaniard George F Slronpre and BR V W Goril Jou, died when a heavy Army bomber crashed in a cornfield seven miles south of Hastings Michigan. The Willow Run based aircraft reportedly belonged to a bombardment group from Willow Run.
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George F. Slronpre
BR. VW
Police Election Vote Count Set
Members of the Police Relief Association will meet Saturday at 3 30 p m in the police assembly room to tabulate votes. The election is described as the hottest since Bryan Callaghan with 241 members meeting Friday afternoon to vote for president vice president secretary treasurer and 13 directors.
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Police Relief Association
Bryan Callaghan
Nazis Admit Great Damage at Mainz
Rho Switzerland Aug 15 The Neue Zuercher Zellsman correspondent in Berlin said today reports in the German press indicate Mainz the Rhineland city bombed twice in heavy force by the British this week now belongs to the list of German cities which suffered great damage.
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Switzerland
Neue Zuercher Zellsman
Berl
Rhineland
Mainz
Missing Oklahoma RAF Pilot Thomas W Prentice Jr
CATRO August 19 officials disclosed that Pilot Officer Thomas W Prentice Jr of Ponen Gily Oklahoma is missing. Prentice, who recently transferred to the desert squadron from England, had been a fighter bomber pilot.
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Thomas W. Prentice Jr
Ponen Gily
Okla
Prentice
Desert Squadron
England
30 Finish Air Warden Course At Hot Wells
Hot Wells school will graduate 30 air raid wardens Monday. A moving picture showing duties of wardens will be exhibited when tickets are issued.
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Hot Wells
Escape From a Falling Bomber Over Cologne
London report recounts an R.A. pilot's escape during a May 3 raid on Cologne. After being hurled from an exploding bomber, he deployed a parachute and landed heavily despite mid‑air confusion. He survived while others in the squadron suffered fatalities or capture.
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R.A
Geran
Cologne
Noal
Germans Build Dummy Defenses Along Norwegian Coast
Moscow radio reports German engineers are erecting fake fortifications along the Bergen coast to deter an Allied invasion. The broadcast says many positions are repurposed or antiquated structures fitted with dummy guns, with infantry strength reduced in Bergen and other southern coastal sectors.
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Moscow
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Nazi Raid Scatters Fire Over East Anglia Coast
German raiders conducted night bombardment across East Anglia and the Dover area firing incendiaries and bombs before dawn. Ipswich and coastal towns reported fires while British lines said only light enemy activity and minimal damage. Berlin claimed large fires at Enstbourne and heavy bombings at the Portsmouth naval dockyards yesterday with attempts to ignite grain fields near two villages.
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Ipswich
Rauters
Berlin
Enstbourne
Portsmouth
Allied Planes Down 12 Nazis in North Africa Action
Allied air forces claim at least 12 enemy planes down in a week of combat over the Western Desert with American and British pilots in heavy action. Two German transports reportedly shot down. Allied losses numbered four aircraft. The United States Army Air Forces began combat integration with RAF fighters yesterday as raids continued against targets in northwest Africa.
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United States Army
Aesort
Mediterranean
United States
Africa
Ti. A. F
el Dala-Fika
North African Front
Impostor broker held in Newark fraud case halts private dwelling
Michael E. Goldberg 37 of Englewood faced a federal charge for posing as a WPA priorities division officer and halting private construction after quarrel with contractor Races Demencurio. He was arraigned and released on $2500 bail as prosecutors describe a forged bank telephonized order to stop $4300 funding.
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M. D
Ilingele
Michael E. Goldberg
Englewood
United States
P. B
New Jersey
Goldberg
Demencurio
Tea Neck
Juarder
Gman
Himsele 15
Walter Bradley
WPA
Fortune
Demoncirio
Head of Warsaw's Ghetto Kills Self
A Polish government in exile source says LG. M. Garminkoy, mayor of Warsaw's Ghetto, committed suicide likely to avoid deportation of about 100,000 Jews to an unknown destination in the East. The report cites fears for the lives of the Jewish population under threat.
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London
LG. M. Garminkoy
Auselda
Red Subs Sink 16 Nazi Ships
Moscow dispatch reports two Russian submarines returned to port after sinking seven German ships. One of them a 16,000 ton transport loaded with troops and munitions in the Baltic. A second report said three Red submarines reached a battle port after sinking mine layers and transports, including a 10,000 ton ship and a U boat.
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Moscow
I—Kk
Pravdyo
Stalingrad Defense Near Crisis Amid Baltic Front Moves
German columns reportedly seized Georgievsk 120 miles northwest of Grozny as Stalingrad defenses strained. Soviet dispatches claim heavy fighting near Kotelnikovski and in the Vyazma and Voronezh sectors while German reinforcements rush to protect Moscow and northern Don Front.
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Astikhan
Elista
Skatelnikovist
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Russia
Stockholm
Hitler
Moscow
Voronezh
Rehev
Vyasina
Bryamsk
Vorjonezt
Vyazma-Rebey
Tire Thieves Still Active in L A Area
Reported thefts from Duncan Field and a Michigan station involve missing tires cash shoes and pennies. Police note multiple incidents in the Los Angeles area with burglars gaining entry by breaking in through ceilings and other weak points.
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San Antonio
G. Brucks
Duncan Field
Barney
Huffman
Lily
Magsgie Green
Esobel Street
Youth Bites Patrolman in Los Angeles Incident
A 20 year old youth struck off duty Patrolman L G Dunaway on the right arm and hit him over the head with a blunt instrument. The officer was wounded but the assailant was later arrested and charged with aggravated assault. The incident occurred Friday at 14 45 near 1146 Main Avenue.
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L. G. Dunaway
Main Avenue
Battle in Seventh Day in Solomons Seizures Reported
Washington correspondent Walter Farr states American Marines seized Makambo and Gavutu near Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. He reports Pacific fleet warships have pressed close to enemy naval units and for seven days inflicted crippling blows to Japanese power in the Solomons theater.
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Walter Farr
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Washington
United States
Makambo
Gavutu Nonar Tulagi
Solomons
Solomon
British Study Severe Curbs on Indian Rioters
In Bombay on August 15, British officials weighed drastic penalties to curb violence by followers of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi after his nonviolent independence drive. Proposals include death or whipping for railroad sabotage and collective punishment for communities, aiming to end destruction of rail lines and telegraph wires across India. Two Bombay city councillors, Dr Gharpure and Sa Khadir, were arrested amid the crackdown as police prepared to meet the All India Congress.
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Mohallad HK
Gandhi
India
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Gharpure
Sa Khadir
All-India Congress
Mayr
Yasud Mayerally
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Congress
Reds Catch Nazis in Russian Uniforms
Moscow reported German personnel captured today in an unidentified city wearing Red Army commander uniforms. Portable radios and maps of Russian dispositions were found with the prisoners in a military press line note.
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Moscow
Red Army
Chinese Recapture City Near Canton Reported
Chinese Central News Agency reports recapture of Wangkong north of Canton in eastern Guangdong after severe fighting. The advance comes as the Kwantung province theater remains volatile with ongoing clashes in the region.
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Chinese Central News Agency
Wangkong
Canton
Kwvangtang
British Navy Bombards Rhodes Isle in Ionian Sea
British naval squadron bombarded the town of Rhodes on the Italian island of the same name for 12 minutes early Thursday. The action, led by Rear Admiral P. L. Vian, involved coordinated air and sea bombardment and fires were seen along the waterfront as shells fell on the airfield and fortifications. No ships or aircraft reported damage, and cooperation between sea and air units was praised by Reuters.
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Rhodes
Reuters
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Mediterranean
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Dodecanese
John Nixon
Miral P
Marines Hold Solomon Islands In Pacific Invasion
Marines smash back Japanese defenders to tighten beachheads on the Solomon Islands amid air and naval bombardments. Tokyo claims a heavy Japanese victory, while Allied air forces strike Japanese transports and fighters, with heavy clashes reported near Kokoda and Port Moresby as American forces advance.
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Solomon Islands
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Solomon
Iatest
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Plevco
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Solomons
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Grant
United States Ning
MacArthur
New Britain
Guid Aled Gult
Ouler United Nations
Kokoda
New Guinse
Port Moresby
French Told to Build Cruiser Subs under German Occupation
MOSCOW August 15 Tass quoted Lisbon diplomatic circles saying Germany ordered construction of a 10000 ton cruiser seven submarines and two destroyers at French dockyards under occupation. The reference to occupied France likely points to the Mediterranean region near Toulon where French naval forces are stationed.
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Tass
Lisbon
Germany
Atlante
France
Mediterranean
Toulon
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Nearby Areas
Forecast notes a temperature change Saturday afternoon and night for San Antonio and vicinity. East Texas may see thunderstorms along the coast and in the western area Saturday afternoon. Scattered thunder showers and cooler conditions expected in the southwest and north central regions. Little overall temperature change anticipated.Weather data supplied by authorities.
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