Florence Occupied by Allies as Treasures Saved
Allied forces have fully occupied Florence after a slow advance by the Eighth Army. General Alexander’s headquarters say northern forts slowed the push but city fell under skillful pressure’s result. Destruction limited. repairs begin as AMG promises full support and safe passage for evacuees. Meanwhile Italian front shows continued engagements with Santa Maria, Carpinetta, and Cerasa areas seeing clashes and heavy enemy losses.
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New LA puzzle reveals missing money mystery
Ray Hickman finds a dropped box on his route to work containing 360 dollars. He contacts the owner, who hesitates and guesses zero. Hickman, recalling a Detroit habit, says anyone returning 350 dollars would risk no loss and ultimately receives 20 dollars as reward.
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440 Trabcock
San Agtonians
Debrnit
Hickman
School Heads May Receive Higher Pay
In the tentative budget the school board considers raises for top officials and a general eight percent boost for teachers. Assistant superintendents Thomas Porkivaadl and Edna Neal, director of vocational education L. W. Pax, and director of instruction James C. Brier are listed for increases. Principals mostly face about four thousand to five thousand dollar salaries. superintendent T. Statsman and business manager Halley Peyton may see raises below four thousand. Board president Leo Brewer cautions no official will exceed four thousand.
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Edna Neal
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Ng Leo Brewer
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Allies Pin Nazis Near Seine River Front
Allied forces pressed a widening push toward the Seine with gains up to ten miles east of Paris and near Mantes Gassicourt. Reports say heavy fighting in the Paris area as U S and Canadian units seized Cabourg and Cabourg estuary actions while German resistance faltered northwest of Paris and in the Fontainebleau area. Prisoner counts climbed with tens of thousands reportedly captured in the pocket near Paris, as weather limited air operations and slowed German redeployments.
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Oops
Gace
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Qormany
Palaise
Spotted Internee Walter Brickry Sought After Camp Escape
Widespread search continues for Walter Brickry a 43 year old civilian internee from Kenedy camp who escaped August 17. Described as German Guatemalan born with Nazi ties he is tall about 5 feet 10 inches weight 165 pounds with a khaki shirt and trousers. Reports say he speaks German and Spanish with English accent and officers urge telephone tips to the PB I. aifles in San Antonio Garfield 4218 for information.
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Toulon encircled by French as Patton blasts inland
American forces and Allied units pressed toward Marseille and Toulon in Southern France, driving German defenses back as Patton urged relentless advance. Front reports described French and American spearheads pushing west of Aix en Provence toward Marseille while German resistance collapsed along the Durance and near Toulon.
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Rhona
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Ivar
Tampeta
Italy
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Aix-en-Frorence
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Manosque
Valensole
Lyon
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Light Want Ad Offer for Cash in Fannin Area
Local notice offers quick cash for items. Call dial Fannin 1231 to arrange sale or pickup.
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Dial
Correspondents' Blackest Days Reach Front in France
War correspondents recount a brutal 8 days in France where Tom Treanor of the Los Angeles Times and Charles Shaw CBS News died in jeep and tank incidents near Chartres. William Stringer of Reuters and Gault MacGowan of the New York Sun were captured or wounded as German forces tightened their grip.
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Times
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London
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Willam Stringer
Texan
Reuters
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kOled White
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Treanor
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Italy
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San Antonio
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U S Hospital Turned Over To Germans
Washington reports the Glennen General Hospital at Oklahoma City has been converted into a German prisoner of war hospital with German doctors and staff. The enclosure is guarded and American doctors will shift to serve U S soldiers. the move aims to free American medical staff for U S patients.
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Glennen General Hospital
Okraniger
Okla
Uris
Glennen Hospital
Glennen
French Patriots Fire Confusion in Narrow Evasion
In a perilous escape they faced German shelling and shrapnel as they hid for 36 hours with no food or water. While marching westward they encountered a group of French patriots and, after a mistaken identity incident, the jeep officer was fatally wounded and the photographer was captured.
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Bie" Lopez
Conferees Focus on Basis Principles at Dumbarton Oaks
Washington reports say current diplomatic issues are set aside to build the framework of a postwar peace organization. Cadogan, Gromyko, and Stettinius indicate sessions center on foundational principles with no boundary disputes or occupation talks. Agreement requires formal acceptance by the United Nations members.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Ag Soon Ag Rosalbie
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
Dow
Cadogan
Andrei Gromyko
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Hal
Funeral Services Set for Mrs Webb
Funeral services for Mrs Kerths Jute Webb longtime San Antonio resident will be held at 4 p m Wednesday at Porter Loring’s chapel Interment follows in the old Lutheran cemetery Mrs Webb died Tuesday morning at her home 1130 West Courel Place Survivors include daughters Mrs O J Hiles Mia Fol Glan and Mrs Richard Lay sister Mrs Elizabeth Butler two grandsons and four granddaughters
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Ellza
Beth Butler
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