Lightning Fighters Sweep Italy in Big Allied Raid
Allied units struck across Italy with Lightning fighters and heavy bombers in a coordinated raid. The attack targeted Foggi a airfields and Taranto freight yards while Liberators and Fortresses hit railway centers. Allied losses were light, with heavy enemy casualties and aircraft downed. Lieutenant George MacNichols of Memphis earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for organizing the operation.
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Forgia
Middle East
Trailan
George MacNichols
Memphis
Tenn
Fogmla
Carl Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
Tag Mallon
Broadco
Rome
Mogyin
Crotene
Tryig
Allied plan for Burma offensive under Mountbatten
Allied ground and amphibious forces prepare a two pronged push into Burma and the Dutch East Indies from bases in India and Ceylon while Lord Louis Mountbatten is named supreme Allied commander of Southeast Asia. The plan aims to reopen the Ledo Road, retake Moulmein and Nagoan, and cripple Japanese position with air bases for large scale bombing. Supplies to India surge under Lend Lease as weather improves.
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Washington
United Nations
Southeast Asian
Southeast Pacific
Louis Mountbatten
Teader
King George VI
Southeast Asia
Roosevelt
Ottawa
Canada
Lord Mountbatten
Yala
Ceylon
Japan
Churchill
Thesr
Quebec
Burma
China
Chia
Bune Road
Nangoon
Singapore
Dutoh East Indies
South Pacific
France
India
Roose
Velt
Congress
Jaymin
Sheit
Central Pacific
Col Williams Dies in Africa in Action
Col John O. G. Williams, 49, of the U S infantry, died in action in North Africa on July 16. Widow Mrs. Williams, formerly Amima Bond of San Antonio, reports the death. He served in Fedelx landing, Morocco, and the Tunisian campaign, and is survived by two sisters, two brothers, and three children. He had been stationed at Fort Benning and other posts including Houston and the Canal Zone.
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North Africa
John OG. Willams
U.S. Infantry
Colonel Prisoner of Italians in World War II
Col Wiinur W Aring of 229 Donaldson Street reported missing on an Sicily mission is now a prisoner of the Italians. A Kelly Field graduate of 1922, he served as a pursuit pilot and led a squadron in October 1942 near Sicily where 17 of 50 attacking planes were shot down. his plane was lost and a letter to his wife confirms his capture.
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Wiinur W Aring
Donaldson Street
Sicily
W. W. Aring
Aring
Kellyfield
Wombat
Pearson Accepts Ford's Challenge
Detroit August 28. Washington colonist Drew Pearson agreed to meet a 40 year old Henry Ford in a footrace. The Detroit Merchants association planned to sponsor the event as the opening gun in a War bond drive. The Pearson challenge followed Ford's criticism of war coverage.
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Detroit
Washington
Drew Pearson
Henry Ford
Detroit Tethil Merchants Association
Pearson
Ford
Bord
Berlin Bombing Eyewitness Describes Hell On Earth
Eyewitnesses recount a brutal mass raid on Berlin Monday night with crowds of panicked residents and fires sprawling through the city. Reports suggest hundreds of fires, widespread destruction, and a claim of millions affected as air raids continued across central districts.
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Berlin
Hell On Earth
Tempelhot Sudrome
Gestapo Citief
Heinrich ‘Himmler
Germany
Fgend
Hercely
Vichy
Daily Mall
Bares
Anylare
Eas
Furmer-I
Stendam
War Between San Antonio Officials and Sanitation Dept
Open warfare flared between the Bin Antonio garbage department and Harlandale law enforcement officers over dumping at a new nine acre site near San Jose Mission. Arrests were made, and officials warned of further actions as fights persisted over city taxation of the transit company and franchise moves.
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bin Antonio
Harlandale
Bexar County
Sandese Mission
A. A. Luther
City Sanitation Department
Fd Schaefer
Hart
Schaefer
Ottis A. West
Luther
Mission Road
Fred Carrillo
Osunty
Lebauris
Ely Garbare
Ceryillo
Behaefer
Alec Maelas
Krober
Alsal
West
Henry Heiry LeLaurin
San Jose Mission
Hein
Fred Hickman Leaves for Army Training
Assistant Director Fred Hickman of the department of public safety departed for military training at Pittsburgh University. A former marine sergeant in World War I, Hickman was commissioned a captain in the army’s military government branch before leaving Austin.
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Austin
Mner
Fred Hickman
Department of Public Safety
Army
Pittsburgh University
Hickman
Nazi destroyers sink two Swedish boats in North Sea
Swedish news agency reported three German destroyers sank two Swedish boats off the northwest tip of Denmark last night in the North Sea, according to a Gothenburg dispatch.
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Stockholm
North Sea
Denmark
Gothehnors
Hitler Elevates Himmler Amid Fear and War Strain
The article argues Hitler's appointment of Heinrich Himmler as interior minister signals German fear rather than strength. It portrays Himmler as the bloodthirsty enforcer of Nazi rule, responsible for executions and terror in occupied lands and at home. The piece links his elevation to efforts to quell revolts among conquered peoples, stabilize the home front, and keep wartime production going despite Allied bombings.
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Dewitt McKenzie
Hitet
Heinrich Himmiler
Frehger
Rebh
Hiller
All Wleest
Himmler
Hummer the Hun
Hitler
Drumbhead
Timmles
Neville Henderson
Barry
Genly
Himmiler
von Trebentrap
Gerrman
Miller
Four Missing From Hondo
Four Army airmen from Hondo were reported missing after a twin-engined navigation training ship crashed last night in about four feet of water a mile off Biloxi Mississippi. The accident occurred during a training flight near Keesler Field. An army officers board was named to investigate and lead a search for the men. Names were not released immediately.
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Hondo
Hondo Army
Mississippi Sound
Biloxi
Miss
Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity Weather Update
Forecast shows little temperature change Thursday afternoon through Friday forenoon with widely scattered thunder showers Thursday afternoon. West and central portions expect light showers Thursday afternoon and early night, with minor cooling on Thursday night. Additional data available on page 2.
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San Antonio
Texas
Residents Flee Berlin as Allied Air Raids Escalate
A Die Net report from Bern describes Berliners fleeing nightly to forests while Goebbels propaganda rails against Allied bombing. Evacuations spread, trains overflow with furniture shipments halted, and many residents relocate to Bavaria Silesia or Vienna. The piece notes coal dust fires and new incendiary devices, with a London broadcast detailing officer dispersal and widespread panic. A separate item reports the launching of Texas’s first ocean-going concrete barge at San Jacinto shipyard.
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Bern
Switzerinus
Np. 2
Berlin
Die Net
Jane Nbc
John “Mc‘vatla
London
Germany
Mag
Vane
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Die Nation
Hamburg
Bavaria
Silesia
Vienna
Houston
Texas
San Jacinto Shipbuilding
Berlin Raided Third Night by Mosquitos over City
London reports a third consecutive raid on Berlin by Mosquitos amid glowing embers from fires started by Monday’s heavy bombers. American and British medium bombers hit airfields and power stations in western France with no losses. RAF Mitchells and Boston aircraft supported strikes near Bernay, Beaumont et Roger, while the Bern dispatch notes village damage from a Fortress raid on August 16.
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London
Vy—R. At
France
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Ab Rouen
Tricqueville Aitfield
R. A. F. Mitchells
Bernay St. Martin Skry
R.A. F. Bostons
Beaumont Je Roger
Bern
Ane de Geneve
le Bourget
Vilages
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Foggia
North Amrica
Alg
Acros
Italy
Naples
Adriatic
Penincula
Ecores
Larens
R.A. F
Taranto
Liberatora
Crotoe
Gulf of Taranto
Col. Williams
Africa
Reuter
Roy McClure
Rearson
Weeck
Ford Jing
Pengsen
Suelter
San Antonio Transit Company
City Council
Decison
Gordon Rupert
Transit Company
Hubert Green
Citizens’ Counputer
Gus B. Mayermann
Codwell
Rupe
Green
C. B. Fulton
Fulton
Airpe
Lupe
Transit
Joske's
Fane 4
Sweden
Rangster
Himmmler
Copenhagen
Reich
Taots
Gestrayigg
Tha i
Heinrich Mimmler
Iutcher
Tiergarten
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