Free French Join U S Navy Threat of Blows On Japs
Free French and the American Navy joined Wednesday in threatening Japan with power blows. Rear Adm Alfred E Montgomery urged confidence in the future and early termination of the Japanese. Reports indicated carrier strikes reaching Mippons inner defenses and Jap losses in China, Burma, and New Guinea. Radio France said the French would join the Pacific war after Hitler's defeat and would fight until the final crushing of the enemy in Agra.
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Alfred E. Montgomery
Aly
Mippons
Agra
Co-Pilot of Marauder Returns to U S after Overseas
First Lieutenant Alfred R. Mopper Sr., co-pilot of a Marauder medium bomber and Air Medal holder with three oak leaf clusters, returns to the United States after sixteen months overseas. He joins a new station at Lake Charles Louisiana. A San Antonian, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Alfred R Flapper, former Highland Park residents now in Dallas. His brother Marvin B Hopper is in Navy training at UCLA.
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United States
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Hopper
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Alfred R. Flapper
Highland Park
Marvin 8. Hopper
University of Galifornia
Los Angeles
Archbishop Urges World Court and Postwar Peace Plan
Archbishop Robert E. Gavey urged Castroville delegates that Allied victory alone won’t secure peace. He said the United States must submit disputes to an international court and that armed force may still be needed to deter unjust aggression. The remarks were part of Castroville’s centennial events.
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Robert E. Gavey
San Antonio
Deleites
Catholic State League
Castroville
St. Lovia
United States
Ayrr
Lawrence Fitasinou
AmaviHa
Catraville
Rt. Tey. Ligh
G. Ligntl
National Cabheale Rural Life Conference
Bes Moines
Towa
Boysville Belknap Abandons Planned Bexar County Home
Boysville of Belknap quits plans to operate the Bexar County Boys home in Southton and to occupy a new property at 503 Belknap Place. Andrew Dilworth, president, said the decision was made at a directors’ meeting held Monday. A petition by 100 Lancet Heights residents protested the home’s location. The board will keep its current Ave nu home and may not pursue another boys home. The group cited policy and charter limits, stressing the aim to aid underprivileged boys who can be reclaimed under proper supervision and discipline.
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Belknap Place
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Lancet Heights
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Dilworth
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Bexar County
Hays
World War I Hero Killed in Action
Reading, Fa, Au, 2060 Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Paul B. Binder, a WWI hero awarded for bravery, was killed in action in the South Pacific. Navy officials reported his death today. Binder, a former golf pro and insurance salesman, earned recognition for saving lives on Bougainville in 1942 and also served on Guadalcanal.
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Paul B. Binder
South Pacific
Navy Department
Biyder Enitut
Bougainville
Everin
Guadalcanal
Chevalier Death Rumor Stirs Paris Amid Secret Fight
Reports from Paris and French interior sources give no confirmation of Maurice Chevalier's death or arrest. Witness accounts place him near the fighting area but details remain undisclosed and unverified as the situation in Paris intensifies.
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Maurice Chevalier
Chevalier
Paris
Civic Cancer Critic Slams Civic Leaders In San Antonio Debate
B K Matocha accuses local officials and Chamber of Commerce of civic decay in a talk urging a debate at the auditorium on what is being done for San Antonio. He cites war-time spending and federal funds as examples and calls for cleaner enforcement to help veterans earn a living.
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Civic
Scadera
Thember of Commerce
San Antonio
Torsday Night
Shark Yard
Tmouston
Port Arthur
Weather Allies Blast Key Nazi Port Cities
Large formations of American bombers struck Kiel and Bremen through clouds while British and Canadian units hit Calais and northern French ports. Russian air forces supported the advance by targeting Stettin and Königsberg as Allied fleets pressed the German coastline. Mosco w reports claim destruction of ships and rail targets, with heavy losses on both sides and ongoing aerial activity across the Baltic and eastern fronts.
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France
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Moss Quitos
Berlin
Hamburg
Germain
Calais
Pas de Calais
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Romania
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Moravska Ostrava
Europe
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Yugoslavia
Lithuania
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Russia
Germany
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Anzacs to Aid Labor Shortage in Australia
Prime Minister Curtin told parliament that thirty thousand army men and thousand from the air force will be released by next June to help ease the critical labor shortage. Australia needs 96,000 migrant workers, including at least 99,000 in essential industries.
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Ganberra
Australia
Curtin
House of Representatives
Australy
Turks Help Nazi Spies Say Reds
The article republished from Pravda accuses Turkey of assisting German spies and relays Moscow and Foreign Office notices. It notes Russian forces near the Dardanelles and Pravda’s claim of a break with the Nazis, while a Moscow broadcast urged Spaniards to oust Franco and align with democratic nations.
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France
Germany
Spain
Franco
Cotton Truck Hijacked in North Carolina Load
A tractor trailer loaded with about $50,000 worth of cotton goods from North Carolina mills was hijacked. Police reported the truck found near San Antonio after a Wednesday, August 30, 1944, incident. No injuries or further details provided.
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North Carolina
Mills
San Antonio
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