We Can Build a GREAT City Editorial for San Antonio
An editorial urges San Antonio to become a gateway city to Mexico through mutual understanding and language efforts. It calls for Chamber of Commerce leadership, cross border trust, and equal opportunity for all citizens, including Black residents, to foster friendly ties and boost regional prosperity.
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Censors work on vet items at San Antonio center
Local censors in the federal building at San Antonio supervise convalescent training articles for veterans. About 300 ex-service workers are employed partly arming to straighten items and craft scarves wallets and picture frames for Brooke General Hospital. The operation runs under direction of H. Johnson with 80 days pay and reduced activity as the program winds down.
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Cemsership
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Red Cross
Truck Tires and Wheels Stolen From Unloaded Trailer
Russell Howers, a cattle dealer from Titl Flo, reported at 150 a.m. Wednesday that an unloaded cattle trailer truck was driven into town, overturned, and later found missing all wheels and tires including the spare. He estimated the haul at over 1500 pounds with wheel and tire value around $100.
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Russell Howers
Bowers
Wando
K-9 Vet Reunion Spotlight in Albuquerque Street News
In Albuquerque on August 22 Dave a 3 year old Irish setter once in the K-9 corps is set to be reunited with Ira Morton of Bay Pines Florida who funded his care and wait. Morton, recently discharged from the army after hospitalization, returns and plans to reclaim Dave from kennel owner George Grake.
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Ira Morton
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Fla
Morton
George Grake
Jay
O Daniel Choice Loses O Daniel Choice Loses
Senator W Lee O Daniel said Attorney General Tom Clark recommended Chief Justice Ber FH Rice for the Texas federal bench with O Daniel surprised and disapPointed He noted he was asked to recommend a first time and implied a shift in expectations Alongside this he mentions Governor Stevenson for the federal bench and references Texas citizens and state leaders as backing the move The text also references a shipment supervising power stock and a warehouse purchase in Washington.
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Rice
Waco Court of Efyi
Texas
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Stevenson
O'Danil
O'Daniel
Aledo White
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Washington
New Zealand backs U S in Pacific trustee talks
Prime Minister Fraser stated New Zealand would support negotiations on a trustee agreement. The plan would place Pacific islands formerly under Japanese control under United States administration, signaling regional alignment with Washington.
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Reuters
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Petey Fraser
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Pacific Islands
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Father Gives Up 5 Children Over Bride Size
Lewiston Me August 22 A father of 15 children Richard Barthot 41 faced a court as welfare officials said he would give up five of his children because they were too many for his 22 year old bride. He named four children as they hid behind sisters and asked the court to allow the state to take them. A final hearing will decide if the five can be reclaimed with social workers and police matron Ira Mien to supervise a full investigation.
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Ira Mien
MacArthur reveals terms of Nippon surrender in Tokyo plan
General MacArthur disclosed surrender terms for Japan and said the document would be signed in the Tokyo area on August 31. He announced Allied occupation would begin with air and naval landings near Tokyo and Yokosuka, with instructions to demobilize ships and neutralize coastal defenses while ensuring POW welfare and orderly occupation.
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Japs Plan to Lift Morale by Music
In SAN TMANGISCCO on August 22 a Japanese broadcast said leading musicians will give recitals next month and this autumn. The program aims to entertain the nation and lift morale as the people respond to life during a busy season.
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Reds Hold Puppet Manchuria Ruler in Occupied Territory
Russians announced via the Soviet Komsomol radio that they were holding the puppet ruler of Manchukuo as an internee. The report, broadcast to Japan on Wednesday, cited Menvy Press and described the action as a containment move amid the Manchukuo governance dispute.
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First Rain in 3 Weeks Bathes City
Rain fell at 11 32 a m Wednesday aiding crops and coal needs in a sweltering city. The first measurable rainfall since July 31 brought relief, with an inch noted at the weather bureau on August 1 and the system moving from the northwest.
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Weather Bureau
Monty Shaken Up in Landing in Germany
In Allied quarters at 21st Army Group Germany an official report says Monty's plane was force landed today while en route to Canadian Laos. Tinka Maes arranged the flight. Monty was "rather badly shaken up, but he is all right."
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Laos
Mwe
Japs Surrender Conference Report in China
A surrender conference near Chihklang, China, finished with Japanese delegates capitulating to American officers. Brig. Gen. Tarden K. Bortner, based at 142 Berry Street, represented American forces at the total surrender talks.
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San Antonio
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Armerican
Weather Forecast For East Texas Pronounced Changes Ahead
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers Wednesday afternoon and night and Thursday morning. Cooler Wednesday night and Thursday morning with a maximum temperature near sixty and light to moderate northeast winds. East Texas expected partly clear with thunderstorms in eastern and southern portions Wednesday afternoon, northeast winds in those areas. Notable warmth in the extreme northwest with cooler conditions in the west central region Wednesday night and Thursday.
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Sho Antonio
Vieluily
Florenca
East Texas
Atomic bombs kill or injure 480000 in Hiro shima and Nagasaki
Associated Press reports radio Tokyo figures saying 480000 dead injured or homeless from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki raids. Hiroshima losses counted 160000 dead or injured and 200000 homeless, Nagasaki 120000 casualties, with ongoing deaths from aftereffects and disrupted city areas as windows shattered and fires spread.
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82nd Airborne Takes Berlin Garrison Duty After Invasion
Veterans of the 82nd Airborne, celebrated for their roles in Normandy, Sicily, Italy, North Africa, and Holland, assume occupation policing and guard duties in Berlin. Under James A. Gavin, the division replaces the Second Armored, performing peacetime tasks for Allied control. The unit wears white gloves, red chequered sashes, and white belts as part of formal dress, reflecting its storied history and discipline.
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