Blaze Destroys Navarro Club Downtown
A Tuesday morning fire destroyed the Navarro Club interior at 312 West Houston Street, with authorities estimating damages likely in the thousands. The blaze spread rapidly from the club’s rear to the front, drawing crowds as firefighters with ten units brought it under control by 8:18 a.m. Nearby stores Mangel’s of Texan and Lord’s Ready to Sweat sustained heavy water damage. Traffic rerouted at the busy intersection as Fire and Police Commissioner P. T. Anderson arrived during the blaze. A separate fire Monday at ABC Rug Company injured Jose Figeros, who is expected to recover. Partners investigated causes remain undetermined.
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Navsacre Ceb
Houston Street
Mangel's of
Texan
Ao Women's Clothing
East Houston
Lord's Ready To Sweat
Werne
Fremont
Eres
P. T. Anderson
ABC Rug Company
Avenue B
Jose Figeros
Robert B. Green
Figeros
Snowstorm Grips Wide Area From Nebraska To New England
A major winter storm swept coast to coast, driving heavy snow from Nebraska and Kansas into the Northeast. Central Alabama and Georgia saw significant accumulations, with Pittsburgh hit hard by 5 inches of snow paralyzing traffic and schools. Temperatures plunged with forecasts of 20s to 60s along coasts, and gale warnings issued for Atlantic regions.
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Ana Aly
Colorado
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Alammna
Macon
Nebraska
Kansas
New Fugland
Allawric
Virginia Capes
Eastport
Mate
Aren
Florida
Frovida
New Tongland
Los Angeles
Valley Frost Slashes Lower Rio Grande Crops
Weather bureau signaled the winter cold crest was fading as Texas began assessing frost damage across the Lower Rio Grande valley. Eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, and snap beans suffered heavy losses at 23 to 24 degrees, while most other winter crops and young trees showed varying damage. Corpus Christi trucking and Robstown noted cabbage onions and peppers mostly spared, with surveys underway to gauge total impact.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Grande Valley
Willney County
Corpus Chorist
Robstown
Corpus Christi
Five Objectives of American Foreign Policy Outlined
Secretary of State Stettinius testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee outlining five main aims of U.S. foreign policy. They include accelerating postwar trade expansion, preserving peace, preventing Germany and Japan from waging war again, creating a strong United Nations, and promoting worldwide free institutions while expanding trade and living standards. He urged swift action on his department’s reorganization and confirmed key nominees including Joseph C. Grew and Nelson Rockefeller, stressing cooperative leadership with Congress and the American people.
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Teo
Stettining
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Senate C
Brettinius
Germany
Japan
United Nations Organization
United Nations
Arethialis
Senate
Congress
Joseph C. Grew
Stettinius
Cordell Hull
United States
Negroup
Department
Grew
Nelson Rockefeller
Archibald Brack Lelsh
W. L. Clayton
James C. Dunn
Julius Holmes
Stettinus
Holmes
Exsenhowar
Roosevelt
Stetrnkis
Pruitt Dai Honored in St Louis Military Parade
St Louis honors Captain Wendaell O Pruitt a Negro pilot who enlisted in the Army Air Forces. In 1942 he flew 90 missions in a P 51 Mustang and earned the Distinguished Service Medal and the African Medal with four oak leaf clusters. He returned home on leave and the ceremony praised his service and the sacrifice of young men from St Louis and elsewhere.
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Pruitt Dai
St. Louis
Der
Wendaell O
Pruittary
Trent
Comill
Edward
Burch
Byibtof
Italy
Alake& Gutman
Jand
Ueda
Afr
Pruitt
Mayne A. F. Kaultiman
St. Lovin
1250 Heavies Hit German Industries
A large American air raid with about 2,200 planes including 1850 Fortresses and Liberators struck Merseburg’s synthetic oil plant and rail hubs at Hanau Aschaffensburg and Darmstadt. The raid followed 18,000 tons of bombs in a three force assault crippling Ruhr oil output and main rail routes. An eye catching vapor-trail rainbow appeared over the Strait of Dover as the fleet returned to base.
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Merseburg
Hanau
Aschaffensburg
Darmstadt
Teuna
U. S
Fignth
Berlin
Farbrasces
Elberatsts
Germany
Strait of Dover
15Th Wit
Italy
RAF Bomber Command
Ruhr
Wear
Britain
Eighth
Frankfurt
Huns
Glesten
Sahbenber
Landau
Vienna
Allied
West
Berlin Press Shields Nazi Reality in Daily Cheer
Berlin residents are urged to endure under rationing and bombardment as German papers print upbeat warnings and edicts. Reports highlight scarcity of theater, beverages, and consumer goods, with buses and trains crowded and civilians adapting to a cafeteria style dining system in Berlin hotels and restaurants.
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Naz City
Berlin
Forecast for East Texas and Rio Grande Valley
Forecast shows partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions Tuesday through Wednesday. Minimum Wednesday morning around 28 to 32 degrees, with variations by region including northeast and northwest portions. Light rain possible in Lowey Rio Grande valley Tuesday night or Wednesday. More weather on Page 4-A.
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East Texas
Nortan
Gloudy South
Lowey Rio Grande
Allied Push Near Duren Reaches Roer River Front
London report says U S Seventh Army opened a major offense along a 40 mile front east of the Roer, with advances toward Duren and Merode while Hodges’s forces press along the Autobahn. Third army nears Saar region as German lines resist in the Siegfried zone.
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Upper Rhine
Weguenau
Guenther Weber
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Hitler
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Duzen
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Hodges
Mernde
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U. 9
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Wpto
Saarland
Zweibrucken
St Ingberl
Five
Ride
Seventh Army
Berlin
Rohrbach Aml
Reichsheffen
Vosges
Huguenau Forest
Woerth
Worrth
Huguenaus
B 29 Raids Over Tokyo Report Fourth Incendiary Visit
Tokyo radio and Transocean reports say B 29s conducted a fourth raid over Tokyo with incendiaries dropped on two of three targets. The city was reportedly being evacuated with about 20,000 people, mostly elderly and mothers, leaving as essential workers and civil defense personnel remained.
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Nor-Tsaentral
Tokyo
Berth Radio, Quoting & Transocean
Dispatch
Radio
Allies Cripple Nazi Transport and Berlin Freight
Stockholm dispatch reports Allied air offensives sever rail links in western Germany. Requisitions of workers and intensified bombing disrupts Odessa like routes, as German rail hubs struggle to maintain freight to factories and fronts. Berlin issues orders to boost freight movement despite persistent damage.
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Wansport
Germany
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Ems
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Western Front
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