Eight and last Victory Loan drive set for October 25
Washington reports the eighth and final Victory Loan drive will start October 25 with a target of 11 billion dollars. The government seeks four billion from individuals, half via E bonds, as Vinson notes the coming costs of demobilization and rehabilitation will require large cash. Deputy Sheriff Galloway to assume grand jury bailiff duties September 1 per Sheriff Kilday.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
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Doh B. Galloway
Owen W. Kilday
Navy Seeks Typists Washington Jobs
Navy offers civil service wartime typists and stenographers in Washington DC to help wind up the war. Navy representatives are in San Antonio and will remain at the U S Employment Service office through September 1 to recruit eligible workers.
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Washington, D. C
Marie Ah! Aud Honerhen Miler
Navy
San Antonio
U. S. Enployment Service Office
Joske's
Texas
Parmanent
Doska's
FASTEETH Powder Keeps Dentures Firmly In Place
FASTEETH powder sprinkles on upper or lower plates to prevent sliding or rocking. It claims no gummy taste or paste feel, offering a cleaner bite and odor control. Available at drug stores.
Evangelist Sued for Libel By Composer
Sam Morris, local evangelist, is sued in U S District Court by Austin Miles of Pitman NL for 50000 alleging false defamatory statements broadcast August 20 19 14 from Winona Ind damaged Miles reputation and royalties Miles now retired from active work claims the statements imply he drank and crime past and insanity Miles seeks damages and correction Morris broadcasts temperance messages and resides at 191 Edgewood Street.
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Sam Morris
Austin Miles
Pitman
Mitta
James V. Graves
San Antonio
Morris
Winona
Ind
Miles
Niles
Buelah Land
sEdgewood Street
Army Evades Point Issue Soldier Says
A Louisville telegram from Corporal Lowell D. Reed of the 18th Airborne Corps claims the war department policy barring overseas shipments for men with 73 points or more is designed to confuse the issue. Reed notes a 36 month service record with overseas time, family status, and age raise questions about re deployment. He cites parallels in the 18th corps to protest continued overseas assignment of seasoned soldiers.
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Louisville
Associated Press
War Department
Cpl
Lowell D. Reed
18Th Airborne Corps
Camp Campbell
Washington
Reed
18Th Corps
Bomb Fails To Stop Wasp in Pacific Battle
Bremerdon Anglian report notes aircraft carrier Wasp suffered 488 casualties on March 19 when a Japanese bomb pierced her flight deck. She continued fighting with Task Force 58, 63 miles from Japan, after battling fires below decks and aiding in air operations. Her sister carrier Franklin had earlier taken a direct hit, with 22 killed or missing and 270 wounded. Wasp later returned to Puget Sound for repairs.
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Bremerdon
Ang
Carrier Wasp
Japan
Navy
Puget Sowid Navy Yard
City Extends Limits Annex Willow Springs Park Site
City council expanded boundaries on Thursday by annexing Willow Springs golf course area and Ex position park, the site of a proposed 1,750,000 coliseum to be voted on Saturday. Commissioners also enacted higher inspection fees for rent Backers and repealed a prior section requiring building permit applicants to obtain a preference certificate.
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Willow Springs
Exposition Park
Alamo Heights Sets Budget Plan For 1948 Expenditures
Alamo Heights city council prepares a 90,000 dollar budget covering salaries municipal operations and tax bond interest and sinking fund. City marshal Prat Villaret Jr. announced a meeting likely next week to review the financial statement and allocations.
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Alamo Heights
Prat Villaret
Red Cross Seeks Books for Kits
Curren magazines and pocket mystery books are urgently needed by the Red Cross to make kits for servicemen on trains and at redeployment and separation centers. Mrs. Chester Kilpatrick, collections chairman, Bexar county Red Cross chapter, said Thursday the books are being collected at Viltta.
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Curren
Red Cross
Chester Kilpatrick
Bexar Couply Red Cross
10,000 Planes Sought in Postwar Fleet Program
Washington reports a 5 billion postwar army navy program drafting 10,000 planes for Congress. The plan covers two years after hostilities end and aims to maintain a postwar force about one fourth the size built for prior war. It includes continuation of aircraft production and propulsion development, notably in jet propulsion.
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Washington
INS
United States
Congress
Germany
Japan
Last Rites Planned For Mrs Ristca
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Felipa Ristca 75 of San Antonio died Wednesday A native of Italy she lived on South Laredo Street A rosary service will be held Thursday at Angelus chapel Interment will follow in San Fernando Archdiocesan cemetery Survivors include sons Sam William and Joe grandsons Sam ad Galletano Gegolanni Sam Risical III and Sam Joe Risical granddaughters Frances Fardatts Felips Dorgan Rose Marie Ristca and one great grandchild Barbara Ann Dorgan
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San Antonio
St. Francis de Parchuteh
Risich
Italy
Jala
South Laredo
Angelus Chapel
Hiterment
San Fernando
Sany Jr
William
Joe Hisica
Sam Ad Galletano Gegolanni
U. S. Army
Sam Risical III
U. S. Navy
Sam Joe Ristca
Frances Fardatts
Felips. Dorgan
Rose Marie Ristca
Barbara Ann Dorgan
Radio Hams Return To Air After Pearl Harbor Ban
Amateur radio operators in good standing, off the air since Pearl Harbor, may operate again immediately in the 112 to 215.5 megacycle band starting November 15, 1945. Rolang M Areni bald, supervisor of the Gulf states monitoring area, announced that hams will share this band with the war emergency radio service, a temporary emergency communication setup for national defense. The WERS service will terminate November 15, 1945.
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Pearl Harbor
Unl
Rolang M. Arenibald
Gulf States
1946 Auto Prices Set
The August 23 report notes new 1946 car prices with increases up to ten percent. The automobile space industry received price formulas individually after OPA talks with plant executives. Prices for new models are expected to speed up production plans.
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Orbtroit
Cneé
OPA
Police Probe 7 Charges of Assault
Seven criminal assault charges surface as police seek two soldiers for abducting a Wagenn old girl near Fort Sam Houston at 3 30 am Thursday.
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Fort Sam Houston
Robert B. Green Hospital
We Can Build a Great City in San Antonio
A call to action urging collective effort to promote San Antonio’s interests amid a regional boom. The speaker emphasizes brains and energy over money, promising dynamic growth in Southwest Texas and the Gulf coast as hundreds of thousands move in, and asks residents to ensure the city shares in future rewards.
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San Antonio
Literailly
Texas
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Riveria
New World
Mexican congressman speaks to Pan American Optimist Club
Francisco P. Jimenez, once sponsor general for Mexico in San Antonio and now a congressman for Michoacan, addressed the Pan American Optimist Club at the Gunter Hotel at Thursday noon.
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Francisco P. Jimenez
Mexico
San Anitonio
Michoacan
Pan-American Optimist Club
Gunter Hotel
Wainwright Diary Revealed Amid War Secrets
Mrs. Jonathan M. Wainwright disclosed the complete diary of General Wainwright, covering events from the war’s outbreak to the fall of Corregidor. She said the diary was sent from the Philippines with a colonel seeking quinine for Corregidor’s sick heroes, who later reached Australia.
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Araneateles
INS
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Géneral Wainwright
Corregidor
Madichurla
Wainwright
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