Nation's Auto Registrations On Decline
Detroit based statisticians from L Polk and Company released figures showing 3,851,000 passenger cars have disappeared from U S highways since Pearl Harbor. The July 1944 operation total stands at 11,000 plus, far down from 27,700,011 in 1941, with District of Columbia worst drop and East and Midwest hit hardest by war time shifts in warehousing and work. Truck and commercial registrations are excluded.
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L. Polk and Company
Pearl Harbor
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Kansan Receives Medal of Honor
Faris December 11 A Kansan veteran of three invasion landings Lieut Walter Od Bhiers a 23 year old farmer from Manhattan received today the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry on the Normandy beachhead Ebler who two days ago was a staff sergeant received the award from Kansan Lieut Gen Donna G H Lee commanding general of the communications zone
Mrs Roosevelt Back Resumes Film Work
Actress Faye Emerson was scheduled to resume film work today after a brief honeymoon with Col. Roosevelt. The president's son is expected to report soon with an RAF photo graphic unit. They were married December 3 at Grand Canyon, Arizona.
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Faye Emerson
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Bexar County Battles Bond Shortfall as Six War Loan Nears
Bexar County trails its $25,390,000 target with six days left, about $1.75 million short. Series E bonds lag at roughly half the $6.3 million goal, while sales extend to December 31. A December 20 war bond concert at Municipal Auditorium features John Charles Tomas and Vivian Delis Chies with seats reserved for bond buyers.
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Sat Antonis Symphony Society
John
Charles ‘Tomes
Vivian Delis
Chies
Rat Forium
Wounded Texans List Expanded by War Department
War Department released an expanded list of 1247 soldiers wounded in action, including numerous South Texas names from the European theater and navy reports. The report notes individuals from San Antonio, Victoria, San Benito, and other local locales, detailing next of kin and hometown ties. It also mentions casualties and a prisoner of war tag for Steve Olivarri, with families notified of the latest status.
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South Texas
Manuel Gry
Jorinrelo Crug
San Bent
Melvon
Davis
Vivian
San Antonio
Lent
Amnold
Mullingy Wother
Vera Ditting
Antonio
Enrique Fernandes
Joe G. Fermandes
San Benito
Arthur MM. Petersen
Mrg
Luz
Brownsville Officer Promoted in France to Brigadier General
Brownsville Texas native Clyde Massey of the Seventh Army Quartermaster has been promoted to brigadier general in France during World War II. The news notes his service with the Seventh Army in Alsace and highlights his role in logistics and supply.
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France
Seventh Army
Alsace
Dec
Clyde Massey
Texas
Anti Freeze Kills Soldier and Sickens Eight in Westerly
In Westerly Rhode Island a soldier died and eight others were sick after anti-freeze solution drained from navy planes was blamed. Naval authorities withheld names of victims after an investigation at the Westerly Auxiliary Air Facility. Ice manufacturers gathered at Fort Worth for a two day Southwestern Ice Manufacturers Association convention beginning today.
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INS
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Ebelit
Westerly Auxilary Air Facility
ICE Manufacturers Meat
Fort Worth
Eouthwestern Ice Manufacturers Association
Bacing Down On the News By Arthur Baer
The column mocks government contracts and wartime procurement. It notes investigations at Camp Shanks and accuses contractors of repeated orders and inflated charges. The author references Noah, Ararat, and dishonest dealings, suggesting wartime scarcity bred crooked behavior.
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Chilean Air Chief Visits San Antonio for Awards Dinner
Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Hatsovs, Chilean air chief, visits Kelly Field to present decorations to U.S. Air Force officers in recognition of aid to the Chilean government. He attends luncheons and a dinner with Col. Laird, Col. Folio Latorre, and other senior officers.
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Oscar W. Hat Svos
Chilean Air Fucce Commission
United States
Kelly Field
Gal
John A. Lad Jr
San Antonio
Juan Rodriguez
Herbert Perry
Laird
Gleat
Frank H. Gather Sage
Robert L. Macon
Helly Field
Licey
Filipe Latorre
San Antonin
World War Vet Awarded Purple Heart
A World War II veteran, 46, of 117 Oleander Street, was wounded in action with the Second Division and awarded the Purple Heart. He dedicates the award to his wife and three children and mentions relatives Reginald, James, a foreign clearance officer at Kelly Field, and Lieut. Sergio Poblete of Chile.
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Thomas Guardiane
France
Thomas Ogusrrdin
Mornnes Street
3. A. Gordon Br
Oleander Street
Eerrith
Gordon
Gordon Fodgetin
Aeronautical Cantisstah
Reginald Fp, James
Kelly Field
Sergio Poblete
Chile
Tripp Man Burned to Death in Highway Car Fire Near Dallas
O S Ragsdale 54 a grocery store operator from Tripp was identified by Dallas County as the victim burned to death yesterday in his car on a highway near Dallas. He was described as a resident of Tripp and operator of a local grocery. The incident occurred on a highway near the city. Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire.
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Tripp
Dallas
O. S. Ragsdale
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