Japs Admit Truk Defenders Left to Own Resources
General MacArthur announced that Mitchell medium bombers sank five freight transports and damaged two cargo ships off Truk in the Carolines while Allied raids hit targets across the Pacific from Mamaro Celebes to the Marianas. In China, Chinese forces advanced near Tengchung as Japs planned a March drive from Saikit on the Luchow peninsula, with heavy losses on both sides reported.
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Mamaro
Celebex
Carolines
Trak
MacArthur
Tokyo Radio
Truk Faye
Hart
Mir
Nimitz
Jien
Volcano Islands
Soth
Tokyo
Pagan
Agizuann
Marianas
Palau
Ponapeda
Caroler
Wake
Halmahera
Ching
Tengchung
Saikt
Luchow
Hainan Jind
Kwellin
Kwangst
Hitler Faces Disaster as Romania Declares War
The Romanian government declares war on Germany after accusing Berlin of breaking promises and bombings in Bucharest and other towns. Romanians in the capital reportedly repulse German efforts, and Bucharest is described as completely demented, with orders given to begin resistance against German forces.
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Germany
Bucharest
Prondeaateid
Jive Alive New Aldrich Family Debuts on KTSA Channel
The Aldrich Family premieres Friday September 1 on a new network with Henry Aldrich and Homey at 7 p m on station KTSA Voices promise trouble but end with outcomes.
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Henry Aldrich
Hie Pal
Aldrich
Atarta Feklay
KTSA
Nazis in Greece and Yugoslavia Hit by Allied Air Forces
Allied planes attacked enemy troops in Yugoslavia and Greece for a second consecutive day. Seventeen enemy aircraft were destroyed, with American fighters escorting Fortresses and Liberators. Train and motor convoy strikes targeted Zagreb, Brneva Jarviga line and near Arta Greece. Press reports note uncertain Nazi retreat movements.
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Rome
Yugoslavia
Greece
ASFP
Zagreb
Arta
Brunn
Czechoslovakia
Proddlav
M.A. A. FP
Col Randolph Unit Bags 29 Nazis in Day
Col Randolph Unit from Schertz Texas reports destroying 19 German planes and damaging 20 other craft in an air raid north of Berlin. Lieut Col John P Randolph led the attack with claims of success from Lang Seach California based gunner Joseph Manskar.
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Col. Randolph
John P. Randolph
Schertz
Texas
Altmoks
Berlin
Lent
Joseph Manskar
Lang Seach
Calif
L Fost
Aed
Randolph Hbnselt
Light voting in Bexar county on candidate offices
Sparse turnout expected in Bexar and Hill counties as residents head to polls to choose candidates for attorney general and associate justice while Republicans meet to plan efforts against Democratic candidates. The Kansas City dispatch describes a slow scene as a fire incident unfolds with limited resources until help arrives.
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Heap
Paign
Grover Seliera
Jesse Z. Marlin
Justion
Richard Critz
Col. Gordon Simpson
J. M Woods
C.E. Preettan
Mranthne
Milam Bulding
Ramon
J.frakin Spears
Sen
Finnish police hold 500 for quizzing riot stems
New York dispatch reports Finnish police blocked roads at dawn and began an inquest through the capital, with the radio broadcast saying results were anticlimactic. No public explanation offered as authorities interrogate those whose identity papers were not in order. Temperature readings from Kansas City forecast heat.
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New York
Nivk
Anans Valda
Radin
Hroadcast
Club Calendar: Daughters of Mile Event Notes
Saturday evening calendar item for Daughters of Mile at 9 pm at the home of Hary Morris on Broadyeay and Olmes Lane. Described location details are unclear but indicate a social gathering. Event appears informal with unspecified agenda.
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Daughters of Mile
Des
Hany Morris
Broadyeay
Olmes Loon
Allies Press on German Defenses Across Wide Front
Allied forces launched night and day assaults on forts guarding the port while ships like Warspite shelled defenses offshore. US units pushed toward Belfort and the Rhine while German withdrawal north of the Seine paused the enemy’s last resistance west of Paris. The Somme Marne line stretched 250 miles as the Allies closed in on the Siegfried Line and Alsace Lorraine. More than 109000 foreign laborers were reported to toil under Nazi overseers to strengthen defenses along the Siegfried Line.
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St. Nazaire
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Patton
Rhineland
Troyes
Belfort Gap
London
Belfort
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Strasberg
Paria
Maine River
Reims
London News Chronicle
Paris
London Herald
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Von
U.S
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Seine
Supreme Headquarters
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Beine
Blbert
Belgium
Mantes
Alsace-Lorraine
Somme-Marne
Somme
Dieppe
Boulogne
Haute Marne Department
Abbeville
Amiens
Pevauin
Hamion
Mante
Chateau Thierry
Epernay
Hitler
Qwest
France
Madrid
Risdia
Boan- Heh
Yanks Near Spanish Frontier In World War II Frontline Sketch
Report from TRUN France dated August 28 cites French authorities expecting American troops to reach the Spanish French frontier at Hendaye across from Trun. Allied sources offer limited confirmations as the PPI notes the Americans aided Bordeaux and the city’s fourth greatest wartime role. French radical elements held at Bordeaux Thursday, but details remain unclear.
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Spain
Sata
Hendiye
Tongs
PPI
Bordeaux
France
Algiers
Writer Survives Narrow Road to Paris Amid War Turmoil
Reporter Ernest Hemingway and a group of correspondents recount a perilous journey from Rambouillet toward Paris. They describe hostile patrols, near misses, and shattered towns as German forces tighten grip while Parisites endure heatless days and food shortages. The tale blends frontline danger with wartime aid efforts and lingering memories of Paris in 1940.
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Raibouillet
Paris
Cheebingiy
Ernest Hemingway
Man Faces Charges in Holdup Series
Ben Wilte Whitehead, 22, of 900 South Cherry Street, confessed to three robberies in a holdup spree. He is to face charges filed by city authorities and was arrested Monday by Detective Buck Maddox. The alleged crimes include $120 from a Grackett hotel guest, $10 from a Transit Company bus passenger, and $58 from a second bus rider. Whitehead claimed to have stolen the plates used in the robberies from National Cash Register where he formerly worked.
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Ben Wilte Whitehead
Souths
Cherry Street
Whitehead
Buck Maddox
Grackett Hotel
Edwix Schroeder
Griggs
Whitehent
O. D. Davis
Crane Boulevard
Winthherd
Cherry
Victoria
Phelsen
el Monte
National Cash Register Company
New English Prince Is Born
A son was born today to the Duchess of Gloucester in London and both mother and infant prince are in satisfactory condition. The newborn prince ranks ninth in the line of succession, immediately after his elder brother Prince William of Gloucester and before the Duke of Kent.
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London
Duchess of Gloucester
Eck
William of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Panei
Reds Near Bucharest and Warsaw Front Report
Reds push toward the German frontier in Northern Poland as Gen Zakhorov’s forces extend near Warsaw’s Praga district. Reports say Soviets advance east and northeast of the city while Germans keep tank and infantry pressure. Vistula bridgehead and East Prussia frontier remain points of sustained conflict and strategic contest.
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Atrat Extonia
G. P. Zakhorov
Rivselan
Hitler
Vintage Pattern 6159 and 9159 for Teens and Linen Motifs
Pattern 6159 offers teen size designs with velvet prints and plasty motifs for wool. Pattern 9159 includes teen sizes 10 12 14 16 and size 13, plus yardage details and linen and garment motifs. Sold by San Antonio Light Potter Department for 20 cents plus 15 cents more for the book. delivery may take two weeks or longer.
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San Antonio Light
Potter Department
San Antonio
Texan
Marin
Martin
New York
War talk and trees mute the mood of the home front
columnist Bugs Baer riffs on wartime conferences at Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks, questioning if the war effort is winning or dragging, mocks wartime speeches, and jokes about German policy for the next 25 years while railing at a humorous, rambling digressive style.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
International Nets Service
Bretton
Woots
Dumbarton Oaks
Dead Pauper Found To Be Rich Miser
Chicago police probing the death of Stephen Morris 76 last August 12 found in his room a stash of cigarette stubs and cigars, amid reports he left a safe deposit box containing bonds valued at 526000 and 6200 dollars. Investigator Jack Rawens opened the box, revealing the apparent wealth of the pauper.
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Chicago
Stephen Morris
Jack Rawens
Marv Tuside
Povern- Ment Bonds
Jn Curronet
Army Plans to Abandon Ft. Brown
Brownsville announces army decision to abandon Fort Brown on September 25 after border defense reorganization. Fort Brown, named for Major General Jacob Brown who died in action, honors legacy of early U.S. military leadership.
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Ft. Brown
Brownsville
Ward York Rites Held In Church
Miss Margaret Laverne York wed Lieut. Charles Wilson Want in Corpus Christi area ceremony officiated by FH J. Gregory. Wynell York as maid of honor Garret Yard as best man. Out of town guests included families from Corpus Christi Little Rock Spofford and Los Angeles. The couple departed for a California home.
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Margaret Laverne York
Ami
Doe K. York
Spelford
Charles Wilson Want
Henry S. Ward
Corpus Cavisti
J. Gregory
Wynell York
Garret
Yard
St. Anthony Hotel
Walt Graham
Mar Joie “Nesh¢t
Beidegroom
Mes
Garret Ward
Hog Ward
Robert Porter
Corpus Christ
Wait Graham
Little Rock
Ark
Wynell
Joe York
Guy W. Webb
E. PB. Shenson
A. L. York
C. B. Alderson
Spofford
Corpia Coristi
Thome
Los Angeles
Calif Ese
Houstonites End Visit After Tough Break
Mrs. W C Jackson and her son Robert Edwards aided a drunken man crossing a street in Indianapolis when attacked by an assailant. The victim suffered a broken leg as he intervened, with private detectives from the National Protective System noted for confidential advice and 24-hour shadowing.
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Shadon- Adr
National Protective System
Milam Bldg
Holes Instead Of Planes Show German Air War Strain
Soldiers dig long shallow holes beneath sandbag lines as a response to heavier Allied air attacks in France. The trenches, aimed to guide emergency evacuations, are 4 to 6 feet deep and long enough for two to four men, with wire obstacles and anti-personnel features. The improvised fortifications reveal the German struggle to cope with allied air power.
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France
Luttwafte
America
Chattres
Serondar
Ettaw
Gera
Neal
Morele
City News Bante K T fall Sak Aug 26
Local entertainment listings announce village band performances and dances across several venues from Aug 25 to Aug 27. Acts include Tom Lickey Shomboyn, Joe Hartman’s Orchestra, Texas Tumbleweed, Melody Kids, and a Castroville Centennial dance with multiple dates noted.
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N. B
Tom Lickey
Alg
Bim
Leon Springs
Melody Kids
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