Tragic Duval Street Fire Claims Three Lives
Five people slept in a two story frame home at 109 Duval Street when a blaze broke out. Earl Harris 14 saved his mother Rose Marie Neighbors 39 but died after pushing her to safety. Earline Harris 15 was missing and later presumed dead. Three others perished Charlie Brown 54 Cherokee Indian veteran, Rudolph Kits and wife Marcia lower escaped by window. An inquest was planned as bodies were taken to a local funeral home.
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Peysons
Duval Street
Earl Harris
Mre
Rose Marie Neighbors
Earline Harvis
Howard J. Brows
Eqgard
Sam Thomas
Viola
Thomas
Richard Wilcox
Rudolph Kits
Marcia
Kyle
Ells
Brown
Cox
Broch
GH Juates
Duval, Street
Antonia Jaret
John Yurrs
Oak Street
Vaughan
Alama Funeral Home
Fright Costs Three Lives In Fire At Duval Street Home
14 year old Earl Harris recounts how a blaze killed three relatives and left his mother badly burned after he tried to rescue them. He explains how fear prevented others from escaping through a window as neighbors called to evacuate. Sister Eanning was thought lost but returned home later safe.
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Molly Heisman
Earl Harris
Duval Street
Earl
Gomibody
Granny
Mom
Eart
Eanning
Garbage Men Aid Salvage Plan in City
City garbage collectors will assist a salvage program by pulling salvageable paper and metal cans from trash. Park Commissioner Henry Hehne urged households to bundle dry papers, and noted slow participation. delays hinder the salvage effort. In related news, Titan R. Vaquera and Francisca Current, both of Bijey Mis Mexico, faced immigration charges and were jailed pending $800 bond after arraignment.
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Rarbaca Park
Henry Hehne
R. Vaquera
Francisca
Biedy
Negus
Mexico
Solons Inspect Rehabilitated French Supply Ports
The 17 members of the U.S. House military committee began inspecting American military operations in France with a tour of rebuilt supply ports. They visited Cherbourg yesterday and planned to inspect another major port today.
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Paris
Der
U.S
House of Representatives
France
Cherbourg
Aggressive Allied Air Strikes Hit Philippine Convoys
Allied forces report sinking of multiple Japanese ships and heavy losses of troops as B-29 raids and dive bombing target central Philippines. Japanese counterattacks and propaganda claim city defenses hold, while Chinese refugees move inland amid advancing forces in China and Burma.
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Leyte
Phiippines
Fiers
Tokyo
Saipan
Palau Islands
Peteliu
Pacific
Peatl Harbor
War Department
Ghutm
China
Albert OG. Wedemeyer
Ning
Burma
Bomei
Masakazu Kawabe
Senator Seeks Allied Unity On Eastern Front War Plans
Senator Robert A. Reynolds says the western Allies have a grievance with Russia over delays in opening a second front. He urges concerted military action on the Polish front to strike German heartland before Christmas, while Soviet sources speak of a vigorous UN assault to crush Germany soon.
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INS
Robert A. Reynolds
D N
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Russia
Russa
Germany
United States
Britain
Tolan
Yugoslavia
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Mec
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Witner
Polis
Berlin
Europe
Irant
Churchill
Commons
U.S.8
Pacific
Alfred W. Mayes Jr
Pittsburgh
Hoifoots
Navy
U. & Navy
Tom
German Woman Soldier Killed on Saar Front
A German paratrooper woman found dead on the Saar battlefield near Palek, wearing a green camouflage uniform. Lieutenant Mather reports a .50 caliber head wound, implying she was a sniper. unconfirmed notes suggest additional German women casualties.
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SAO
Saar
Germany
Patton
Third Army
Yalck
Inete Carman
Palek
Alexander M. Mather
Albany
Joseph Goebbels
Iwothen
Cold Sweeps Northern U S with Extreme Weather
The Associated reports extreme cold sweeping the northern United States from the Rockies to the Eastern seaboard. Freezing conditions extend toward the Gulf, with New England hit by wind and rain causing millions in damages and at least five deaths in New York area. Snow measured nineteen inches at Syracuse as below freezing temperatures persist eastward.
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Associated
United States
Rockies
Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
New England
Atates
Apatite
New York
Weather Bureau
Syracuse
Clouds And Mist Slated in L A Area Weather Note
Clouds and mist were forecast for the Los Angeles area with a cool weekend ahead. San Antonio's weather was described as cool with a low around 44 degrees and a promised Friday morning freeze that failed to occur as clouds cooled the night. Rome report notes Col Charles Poletti to depart for Washington for consultations on the Italian situation.
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San Antonio
Henry Juynoe
Italy
Rome
Dec
Charles Poletti
Rene
United States
Washington
East Texas
Rl Grande Valley
Yanks Gain on Rhine Barriers in Major Rhine Crossing
Paris dispatch reports three American armies advancing across churned battlefields along the Roer and Saar. Ninth army captures Welz near Linnich as Patton’s Third Army presses the west bank of the Saar and advances toward the Siegfried Line. The drive aims at Linnich, Münch en Gladbach, and other Rhine frontier towns with heavy Allied casualties and German resistance noted as they defend the Rhine line and the Hunsruck range.
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Paris
Roer
Saar
Rhine
Witla HH. Simpzon
Welz
Linnich
Rhineland
Munchen Gladbach
Raer
Patton
Baart
Teaks
Hilbringen
Bastern
Meralg
Hutsbruck
Moselln
Nahe
Welswanen
Mainz
Frankfurt
Hitler
Hodges
Oer
Linnieh
Fulish
Durer
Linnichs
Munchen
Gladbach
Juliet
Rocy
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Diet Adolf Hitler
Third Army
Gemany
Sam
Eagine
Saar at Nine Years Halfway Into Hitler’s Rhine Front
A 1940s style dispatch recalls Hitler’s 193? drive to claim the Saar region nine years earlier, noting propaganda, plebiscite tactics, and subsequent Nazi influence. It describes French civilians helping German troops and local sentiment turning Nazi as Allied efforts faltered.
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Gerimany
Hitler
Lasr
Reich
League of Nations
Snar
Paul Joseph Goebbels
M Berlin
Fuchrtr
Wii Volkesgenossen
Saar Louis
Sarrenguemines
San Lantern
Sarvegimims
Volksgenossen
Jer
Almavican
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Aia
Saar
Thun
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