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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1942
Page
5
The Santa Fe railway announced it will scrap a 95.5 mile line in Oklahoma following government action. Details indicate the route from Farley to NMM is targeted, with the company stating compliance and timelines for removal of tracks and facilities.
Lyle Talbot a 36 year old stage and screen actor applied for enlistment at the Army Air Forces screening office in Los Angeles. It was expected he would be sworn in later this week and would be allowed two weeks to finish a picture. Talbot, married, has starred in a New York stage show for more than two years. A later note quotes a proverb about marriages lasting to a golden wedding.
A group of 13 newspaper women rode a General Lee M-4 tank at the Hammond Indiana factory tour of war industries. They reported a 15 minute ride leaving stains and claustrophobia, while officials touted the tank’s 40 mph speed, 76 mm gun and multiple secondary weapons. The plant also makes 105 mm howitzers and trench mortars, with production up 20 percent in July.
I. E. Stutsman superintendent of San Antonio schools suffered a heart attack Monday night at a focal hospital Bray during the opening of city schools. His condition is described as critical with heavy burdens from wartime school adjustments blamed by friends. Mrs. Stutsman remains at home and unavailable for comment.
New York Aug 26 Miles Green once a child film star now an actress wed Joseph Pleyney actor and director yesterday The bride 21 the groom 30 The couple rehearsing for Let Freedom Find with Pleyney directing and the bride preparing to enter the armed services after the show opens September 15
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott at PORT KNOX Ky praised United States armored divisions as the best, claiming they have more vehicles firepower and self propelled cannons than Germany or any other nation. He spoke on the all-soldier radio program after returning from North Africa.
Col Edwin W Pilburn, back from Africa and the Middle East, says U S weapons and armor compare well with Axis forces. He cites coordination, supervision, and equipment as key strengths, noting American crews can outperform German tanks in Africa and stressing allied superiority in planes tanks and guns.
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