Japanese Merchant Fleet and Navy Suffer Heavy Losses in August
Allied communiques recount extensive Japanese losses in August with about 300 ships sunk or crippled including 18 combatants. The tally omits over 500 barges and river craft while submarines sank 52 ships in August. US air forces mounted heavy blows on the Philippines and Japan as battles rage in China and Southeast Asia.
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Hemanth
China
Dap
Cairo
Philippines
Halmahera
Davey
Japan
Tokyo
Paramushiro
Olina
Taymen
Innan
Honglong
Chungking
Lisi
Yochow
Ganval Sulwell
Hankow
Yangtse
Tehang
Hunan
Discharges Up to Military Say Solons Discharges Up to Military
Washington sources on Capitol Hill report the war department will propose a demobilization plan after the war. The plan would rank discharges by length of service dependency status and military records using a point system. First considerations would target those with lengthy records, married status exempt.
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Washington
War Department
Capitol Hill
House
May
D-Ky
Rotarian Meeting to Hear Maj Kilgore War Flight Veteran
Maj Joseph M. Kilgore veteran of Liberator bomber Squaw will share combat experiences with Rotarians at the luncheon. Kilgore hails from Mission and is stationed at Randolph Field.
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Maj. J. M. Kilgore
Joseph M. Kilgore
Squaw
North Africa
Rotary Club
Lnchems
Anthony
Mision
Randalpfield
Navy Veteran Visits San Antonio Uncle in Mixed Message
Navy veteran George Henry Grobe first class aviation machinist arrives in San Antonio for a visit with his uncle Ernest Hauser, assisting sisters Marjorie Perry and Alice Manerer. He served in the southwest Pacific after Pearl Harbor, reflecting on wartime duties and campaigns.
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Marjorie Perry
Alice, Manerer
Gove
Pearl Harbor
Otter
War Bonds Redemption Simplified by Treasury Plan
The treasury department will ease cashing war bonds series A to E. Beginning October 2 bond owners may cash at any qualified commercial bank in Bexar County after simple identity checks, with immediate payment and no charges. Previously bonds required certification by an authorized officer or redemption via a federal reserve bank.
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Treasury Department
Bexar County
Fedieval Reserve Bank
Treasury
Beliver Bank
Cities May Get Special Tire Quotas
A request from the U S conference of Mayors asks Mayors to report on tire shortages. Mayor Mauermann was questioned about services at risk in San Antonio due to inability to obtain heavy duty truck tires. Commissioners Hain Anderson and Steffer were tasked to report on tire supply in their departments.
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Mauermann
Paul W. Batters
Washington, D.C
Peerstory
U. S. Conference of Mayors
San Antonio
Batters
Henry Hain
P. L. Anderson
Paul Steffer
Bond rules limit transfers and holding periods
The new system does not change that bonds are non transferable nor the 60 day hold for redeemable Series E bonds. Cashing Series A to E bonds is restricted for corporations, associations, partnerships, fiduciaries, named beneficiaries and owners whose names have changed by marriage. Banks may not make partial payments on bonds.
Allied Air Turning Jap Tide in China
Washington dispatch reports that Chinese officials say Tokyo strongholds in continental China are crumbling under growing American air power. Shanghai civilians face evacuation orders due to bombing danger while Amoy also sees forced departures. Bhonghal has long been a key Jap penetration point with vast commercial interests. If evacuee reports hold, the tide into China may have turned.
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Washington
Japan
Chungking
Tokyo
Shanghai
Amoy
China
Likce
Jap folvNiana
Ching
San Fernando Fire Loss Heavy in San Fernando Valley
Firefighters battled a large brush fire in the San Fernando Valley area overrunning seven hundred men. The blaze charred about three and a half square miles, destroying 90 homes and damaging at least a score more. Fire Chief John W. Alderson estimated total losses at $200,000.
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Los Angeles
Aug
Hills Rin Ming
San Fernando Valley
John W. Alderson
Manville Sets Eighth Bride in Mickey Devine Match
New York reports Tommy Manville the perennial bridegroom has chosen Mickey Devine, ex Mrs Horace E Dodge Jr, as his eighth wife. He said he will marry Mrs Dodge very soon whenever she wishes.
Colonel Reindicted On Fraud Charge
A federal grand jury indicted Colonel Joseph J. Canela, quartermaster at the Santa Ana Army Air Base in California, on a conspiracy to defraud the government through improper purchase and dispensing of dairy supplies. Co-defendants include Raymond W. Wykolf Kenneth W. Rainey and Harry B. McCornyne, Santa Ana dairy executives, with prior indictments dismissed for vagueness.
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Canella
Burlington, Iowa
Raymond W. Wykolf
Kenneth W. Rainey
Harry B. McCornyne
Santa Ana
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