O'Daniel Faces Major Vote Test
In Houston on August 22 a Texas senatorial runoff vote showed W Lee O'Daniel leading with 49.3 percent as James V Allred trailed at 32.1 percent amid claims of isolationism. Various results from precincts and races for lieutenant governor and railroad commissioner were reported as the campaign intensified.
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Houston
the Chronicle
Abaris Coyunty
W. Lee O'Daniel
Aames V. Allred
Texas
W. Lee
Pappy” O'Dawel
Janes V. Allred
Thas
Allred
Aled
O'Daniel
Roosevelt
Jimmy Allred
3 A Men Soon to Get Call
CHICAGO August 28 Maj Gen Lewis G Hershey national selective service director offers this advice to physically ot married men with one other dependents than wives Begin making arrangements now for entry into draft The director said reclassification of all married men would begin probably in October and certainly by Christmas When the supply of single men is exhausted the next months will target men with wives and secondary dependents Local boards will handle dependency questions Hershey said
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Chicago
Lewis G. Hershey
National Selective Service
Tn & Speech
Hershey
Pune
Swedish Prince Berith Arrives as Naval Attache in London
Swedish Prince Berith, grandson of King Gustaf VI Adolf and a Swedish navy captain, arrived in London as naval attache of the Swedish delegation, reporting from the capital on August 22.
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London
Berith
Sweden
Gustaf VI
Strike Fails To Close Tank Plant
A war production board review faced a Detroit strike at the Chrysler tank arsenal over hiring of some C.S.O. workers. About 475 AFL workers stopped work. organizers claimed protest, while ALCOA Los Angeles saw 200 aluminum workers walk out as unauthorized. George W. Taylor urged an immediate return to work to uphold wartime effort.
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Chrysler Tak
Detroit
WFH Board of Review
Building Trades Council
A. FU
H. L. Weckler
A.fll
Arsenal
Ed Thal
Detroit Building Trades Council
C.so. Brebers
BE. J. Hunt
Alumphium Company of America
Vernon
ALCOA
Los Angeles
George W. Taylor
The
War Labor Board
Inyal
Patelade
Light Vote Reported in Bexar County Runoff
Early returns show a light turnout in Bexar County Democratic runoff with total votes between 20 000 and 27 000. Absentee ballots ran 404 versus 437 in the primary while polls opened at dawn and faced minor machine troubles. The race centered on the U S Senate contest between W Lee O Daniel and James Allred with Allred leading in Bexar County but lacking enough to easily defeat O Daniel. Other contests included lieutenant governor and treasurer races, and a narrow Democratic committeeman race in Precinct No 63.
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Uigte
Joe County
Glai
Albert Trawalter
United States
W. Lee O'Daniel
James
Allred
O'Daniel
Bexar County
Jan Moony
Moony
Alfred
John Lee Smith
Harold €. Beck
Hebtenant
Jesse Janits-W
Gregory Hatcher
Bierce Brooks
Beauforder
Allroad
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
Reds Drive Nazi Forces Back In Stalingrad Battle
Soviet reports say Red armies counter attacked along the Stalingrad front halting the German eight week drive. In the Caucasus new Soviet regroups claim attrition of German vanguards near Pyatigorsk and Krasnodar with 1000 Nazis said killed south of Kramodar. German sources cite difficult weather as they push toward Novorossisk and Krymskaya. A UN offensive against Germany is announced.
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Red
Werac
Jaynaiig
the Bend
Stalingrad
Great Volga
Caucasus
Pyatigorsk
Kramodar
Baku
Vyaligorsk
Baku Oil
Axia
Krymskaya
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Europe
United Nations
Germany
Forgery Bond Set For World War I Veteran
Fenty Eberts, 40, a civilian craftsman at Kellyfeld and World War I veteran, was held under a $1000 federal bond after arraignment before U.S. Commissioner A V Knight on a forgery charge. Edward Tyrrell, secret service agent in charge, stated the veteran forged a $90.47 check.
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Fenty Eberts
Kellyfeld
U.S
A. V. Knight
Edward Tyrrell
Secret Service
Solomons Campaign Involves Heavy Allied Losses
The Solomon Islands battle saw heavy enemy losses and significant American casualties as U S Marines and sailors reported decisive actions around Makin Island and nearby targets. Admiral Nimitz announced 39 Japanese prisoners taken and multiple destruction of installations amid intense hand to hand fighting and raids on select targets in the South Seas theater.
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Tmintg
Associated Press
Mal Jomes
Assaul
Makinishmid
Wight
Makin Island
Gilbert Islands
Hawaii
Inash
U S Forces in China See Command Shifts
Brig Gen Clare L Chennault will keep command of American fliers in China despite Brig Gen Grayton T Bissell being named commander of American air forces in China Burma and India The War Department said the change will not alter Chennaults position as head of all forces permanently stationed in China Bissell heads the Seventh Air Force based in India and may operate in Burma and China to support the war effort
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Washington
Clare L. Chennault
United States
China
War Department
Tadoy Hal
Grayton T. Bissell
Burma
India
New Delhi
Linus
Pny York Slilwell
Chennault
Chennaut
Bissell
Mth Air Force
Levis H. Treveton
Triplets Born at Robert B. Green Hospital
Hospital triplets born at Robert B. Green Hospital in San Antonio after years of no such births. Mother Crescensio Moving, wife of a Bexar County farmer, delivered by Dr W. Clark, resident physician, and Dr T. A. Harkins, interne.
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Robert B. Green
Priday
Crescensio Moving
Bexar
W. Clark
de. T. A. Harkins
Father Foretells Daughter's Death in Drunken Driving Crash
In Philadelphia on August 2 a man named Wil Yn Rock reportedly told a friend his daughter would die. Moments later a car struck and killed his seven year old daughter Mary Jane Potter, who had been the passenger. the driver faces a drunken driving charge.
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Philadelphia
Tek
Mary Jane
Potter
First U S Soldiers in France Fight Nazis at Dieppe Front
Four American Rangers who landed at Dieppe amid German fire say they were among the first US troops to fight on French soil in World War II. They describe knocking out pillboxes above Dieppe, engaging a 10-man German patrol, and praising British commandos and Canadian allies amid heavy combat and a dangerous coastline advance.
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London
Aug
United States
Miles War
Dieppe
Wiliam R. Brady
Grand Forks
Dy Shalt Ggl
Kenneth Clemson
Russell, Minn
Pranklin M. Koons
Swea City
Iowa
Alex Wh. Szima
Dayton
Brady
Amertinins
Annd
U S Pilots Raid France Over Dover Straits
U S air force pilots flying British Spitfires take part in patrols over the Straits of Dover and northern France. The Americans operated with Royal Air Force, returning from Calais and roaring over Deal at housetop level.
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London
United States Air Force
Straits of Dover
Price Dachg
R.A. Bumnils
Ure
Calais
Deal
Publisher Faces Sedition Charge in We ton Trial
Publisher William B. Kullgren, an artist from Calif, was ordered tried on a sedition indictment in We ton District Court. He faces charges of conspiring to undermine military loyalty and discipline. Russian dance master Michel Fokine, 64, creator of The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova, died in New York on Friday.
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ANGE
William BE. Kullgren
Atistadera
Galif
Weton
D.C
U.S
David’ B. Hear Malleren
New York
Michel Fokine
Anna Pavlova
Lodny
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Forecast calls for thundershowers Saturday with little temperature change. East Texas east of the meridian to see rain in the extreme northeast portion and scattered showers south, with showers each day. Saturday may bring a ditle temperative change elsewhere.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Production Below Plan Pushes War Output Goals
Washington reports production chief Donald Nelson says overall munition output rose 16 percent from last month but remains 9 to 16 percent below the yearly goal. Aircraft output rose but battleships and naval ships lag, with ordnance and shipbuilding up yet not meeting planned targets for the year end.
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Washington
Donald Nelson
Munithens
Nelson
Iit
Eert Harbor
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