Hurricane Threat Strikes Toward Lower Texas Coast
A tropical storm with winds near 50 miles per hour headed for the lower Texas coast, likely to reach near Brownsville in the early afternoon. State police and disaster agencies prepared as warnings extended from Brownsville to Matagorda, with evacuations and shelters set for coastal residents.
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Rresny
Iquilla
Texas
Brownsville
Durin
Harlingen
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Isory
Matasgorda
Rio Grande Valley
Ducstey
Te Valley
Rio Grande
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Laredo
Houston
Corpus Prepares
C.W.T
Brownaylle
Texas Gulf Coast
Corpus Christ
Matagorda
Corpus
Mexico
Yucatan Peminine
Merida
Progreso
Weather ‘Bureau
Gulf’ of Mexico
Yucatan
Cozumel Island
Waco
Victoria
Corpus Chiiati
Lunie i
Heralt
Browns Ville
Nazis Abandon Kast Invasion Updates From Romania
Aug 22 dispatches report Romania’s fourth largest city of Iasi evacuated as German forces retreat toward the Prut river. The Russian push toward Galati would threaten Danube defenses while Berlin claims renewed offensives and widening breaches at undisclosed positions along the Dniester.
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Lonpon
Insi
Romania
Taal Nes
Prut
Bucoyin
Ploesti
Galati
Danube
Galeti
Halkens
Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Berlin
Iasient
Dnestr
Heavies Attack Oil Targets Around Odertal and Vienna
Allied heavy bombers including Fortresses and Liberators attacked oil targets in German Silesia near Odertal and in Austria’s Vienna area. Bombers hit Odertal refinery and underground storage at Lobau while Liberators struck a refinery at Korneuburg.
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Korneuburg
Hora
Vlemita
Rommel's Death Reported Again
London dispatch says Rommel probably died from a fractured skull on dune 18 in a hospital at Bernay near Livarot in Northern France. Mayor and Livarot capture details are cited as authority for his death. Burglar steals $11 from a home on Barrett Street.
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London
Sig
London News Chronicle
Livarat
France
Rommel
Bernay
Ibiverot
Livarot
Police Aid Sought in Missing Woman Near San Antonio
AlDeis sonnet reports police and sheriff departments urged to locate Mrs. Martha Baker, 24, who disappeared Monday two miles from San Antonio on the Laredo Highway. She is due to be confined in three weeks with her seventh child. Described as medium height with brown hair and eyes, wearing a blue and white maternity dress.
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AlDeis Sonnet
San Antonio
Laredo
Police
Sherif
Martha Baker
Baker
Youth Accidentally Shot by Playmate Wilbur Howard
An 11 year old boy was admitted to Robert B Green hospital at noon Tuesday after an accidental gun discharge in the left knee with a .23 rifle. The youth said the weapon went off in the hands of a playmate, Wilbur Howard, 1809 Saline.
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Wilbur Howard
Robert B. Green Hospital
New Airlines Post Terrer Drinkwater Elected Vice President
Drinkwater, who recently resigned as vice president and general manager of Continental Airlines, has been elected vice president of American Airlines. He will oversee route development according to D. and Urquhart, local American traffic manager.
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Terrer. Drinkwater
Continental Airlines
American Airlines
D. &. Urquhart
American
Red Threat To Warsaw Increases Amid Soviet Push
Russian troupes storm the Bug north east of Warsaw as Marshal Rokossovsky rebuilds forces and presses two columns toward the Vistula confluence. German counterattacks falter against 100 to 120 tank waves while 12,000 Nazis allegedly killed in the Sandomierz pocket. Red army pressure extends toward Riga and Tiraspol as fronts claim renewed offensives in Romania and East Prussia.
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Bug
Warsaw
Vistula
Rokossovsky
Praga
Polis
Italy
Germany
Tayestle
Sandomierz Re
Vietula
Sandomierz
Elrered
Hiller
Romania
Tiraspol
Pinl
Sereth
Estonia
Latvia
East Prussia
Beten
Estonla
Lake Pelpus
Masleanikov
Tarte
Riga
Moscow
France
Normandy
Joopee
Avalarie
Pool to Revise Checking System at Woodlawn Pool
Park Commissioner Henry Heli announced Tuesday that a revised pool check system will begin at Woodlawn swimming pool to curb thefts. He said valuables were stolen from the check row recently and the city had to reimburse losses.
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Woodlawn
Henry Heli
Heli
Stormy Weather Brings Rain to Bexar County After Drought
Inland storm system with hurricane nearby moves over South Texas. Rainfall appears in Bexar County breaking a seven week drought, aiding crops and ranches. Winds reach up to 50 miles per hour in squalls as tides run high along the coast. Weatherwarden Yarboe warns Brownsville area would see general rains, while small craft are urged to stay in port.
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Real Ain
Bexar County
Southexes
Wentherman
J. Henry Jarbon
Brownlie ‘Sursday Morning
Ban Antonin
Yarboe
Wicie
Texas
Louisiana
Comain
Laredo
Callaghan Promises Tax Crackdown in City
Alfred Callaghan, tax commissioner, pledged a crackdown on delinquent taxpayers. After a meeting with Mayor Mayermann he outlined steps against those five years late on real property taxes and one year late on personal property taxes. He cited 36 suit filings for collection, including a $15,000 back tax case on a downtown building, with real property taxes totaling over 100000.
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Alfred Callaghan
Mayermann
Callaghan
Ming Sutty
Orlinghan
Sugar Stamp 37 Not for Canning
Sugar stamp 37 not for canning faced clarifications from W. W. McAlister on attaching red stamps to canning sugar applications. Many AMS were mistakenly sent in, and stamps will not be returned. applicants should present their bond so the core red stamp can be clipped to the form. OPA announced five more small stamps become valid September 3 and remain good indefinitely.
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Danaspeck
W. W. McAlister
McAtister
Washington
OPA
Forecast for SAN ameme and vicinity area
Forecaster notes mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain and thunder showers Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday night. Max temperatures near 90. East Texas shows partly cloudy north, cloudy south with showers and thunderstorms, possible heavy rain in the south, strong winds up to 40 mph on the middle and lower coast Tuesday night diminishing Wednesday.
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San Ameme
East Texas
Sonth
Third Army Stuns Hitler Strategy North of Paris
General Patton’s Third Army drives across the Seine near Mantes, threatening the German 16th army and forcing a reevaluation of defenses from Dieppe to Dunkirk. The maneuver opens a bridgehead that could outflank Pas de Calais fortifications while pressuring Von Kluge to withdraw or risk encirclement. The action shifts the battle toward a broader attempt to contain rocket sites and looming coastal defenses in northern France.
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France
Seine River
Paris
Sentealig
Fois
Patton
Mantes
Seine
Dieppe
Dunkerque
von Rerundstedt
von Kluge
le Havre
Dienpe
Abbeville
Wuniu
Geran
Ferers
Normandy
Timhe
Remy
Nelsar
Sommerne
Pny de Calais
Puntamepleau
Mulex
Faris
Somme
Mante
Tandon
Genoal Elsephower
Donnell Pays Court Costs After Vote Contest
Donnell, who lost his election contest in Seventy-third District Court, was ordered to pay court costs totaling $2.25. Judge Roy Archer of Austin issued the judgment, confirming Sam C. Bennett defeated Dorel for the Democratic Commissioner seat in Precinct 2 by at least 40 votes.
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Louly
Siegfried Line Reconditioning Report Quoted
London reports quoted by the Daily Mirror say 100,000 German slave laborers are reconditioning the Siegfried Line and building new fortifications. The Nazi regime is preparing to make a major stand along this frontier.
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London
London Daily Mirror
Stock-holm
Allied Push Seals German Escape Route From Toulon
Allied forces advance from southern France as Toulon falls and German escape routes are cut off. British and American troops drive toward the Seine and Marseille area, with Paris and Marseille threats expanding. Allied losses and German disarray noted as Ardennes and Normandy battles continue. Reports cite Montgomery and Eisenhower optimism, and German units captured or destroyed in the push toward the Mediterranean base.
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Seine
Germany
France
Hitler
Montgomery
Seventh Army
Eisenhower
Normandy Bulge
Normandy
Thia
U. S
Rome
Toulon
Lng
Mediterranean
Pearce
Totton
Marseille
Enat
Nand
Persistent Yanks Plaster Warship Bomber Sinks Jap Cruiser
A United States B 24 Liberator crew blasted a Japanese cruiser in the South China Sea, delivering four heavy bombs on deck during a one hour and forty eight minute attack. The cruiser vanished beneath the waves after the final run, with the sunken ship later described as a 14,200 ton vessel. The crew reported a cautious strike sequence and voiced resolve to keep pressing the attack despite heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Arbadqua
USBS
14Th Air Forge
South China Sea
Claire’ L. Chennault
Algmen
Jaye Leven
Stroudsburg
John
John. D. Shytle Jr
Shelby, Mont
Ching
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Jondon
Alles
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