Panama City on War Footing Revealed in Letter
A letter from Mary Aubrey Keating, wife of Col. Peter M. Keating at Fort Amador, details panicked scenes as the canal zone braces for war. She describes blackouts, candle searches, crowded ferries, armed guards, interned enemy aliens, and heightened patrols with civilians told to stay indoors as Panama City mobilizes in support of the United States.
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Panama
Feast Harbor
Mary Aubrey Keating
Peter M. Keating
Fort ¢Mader
Xealing
Aubrey
Jean
William
Keating
Panama City
Taffarda
U. S
Ban Antonin
Falstaff Gift Certificates Offer Easy Holiday Beer Gift
Give a Falstaff gift certificate good for a case of premium Ruauity beer. Certificates available at Falstaff dealers with no wrapping or fuss. The note promises flavor and a $1,009,000 insured by treathbred yeast and a ready path to gifting joy this Christmas.
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Bend Falstaff
America
Radios Address System Could Aid Local Defense Units
Emergency address systems are being adapted from radios by Schromberg Carlson. Many radios now use recording units that can be turned into public address systems. A fast position allows a microphone to feed sound through the radio speaker, enabling wide area coverage for defense units and schools planning emergency preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee McCanhe
Schromberg-Carlson Teleephone Manufactering
Texas Officer Is Killed in Panama
Ennis, Det. 13, reports the death of First Lieut. Josepl Jennings Blackloupe in a four plane accident at Rio Hato, Panama. The War Department notice says he was killed when a plane struck a building though he was not aboard. Parents Mr and Mrs OG Sacklone Backloupe of Ennis received the news Saturday.
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Ennis
Det
Josepl Jennings Blackloupe
Rio Hato
Panama
OG. 1
Sacklone
War Department
Backloupe
Mares Miry Helen Mati Halpcal
Tacoma
Wash
Garden Clubs Set Meeting in San Antonio Patio
Garden slutha of San Antonio will meet from 9 20 a m to noon Wednesday in the patio of the Witte muselitt. Christmas decorations indoors and guidocr will be the theme with an invitation for all to exhibit. Glass 1 discusses Christmas table decorations while another group considers wreaths and sprays. Judges are Mrs Robert Witt Mrs Cats Proper and Mrs Raymond Edwards. Mrs Dean Wold speaks. Mrs L L Stephenson will lead.
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Garden Slutha
San Antonio
Witte Muselitt
Christrass
Guidocr
Glass 1
Clis
Robert Witt
Cats Proper
Raymond Edwards
Dean Wold
L. L. Stephenson
Axis Flees From Libyan Showdown
Cairo dispatch reports British gains southeast of Guzain as Libyan campaign shifts toward a potential decisive battle. Allied forces claim German tanks and infantry were repulsed in counterattacks, with numerous Axis prisoners taken and seven guns along with fuel dumps and planes destroyed or damaged. Gazala region described as virtually encircled, front lines extending toward and beyond the main resist centers to the southwest.
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Cairo
Egypt
Guzain
Erwin Rommel
Borrnet
Eighth Army
Gazala
Mds
Resistffice
U S Observes Bill of Rights Anniversary
The United States marks the hundredth anniversary of the Bill of Rights with a nationwide broadcast led by President Roosevelt and planned remembrances at the Sub-treasury steps in New York and Historic locations. Governors Lehman and Price headlined speeches, Virginia’s earlier ratification on December 15, 1791 is noted, Mason credited as drafter, and observances emphasize the enduring value of basic freedoms.
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United States
Roosevelt
Treasury
New York
Old Federal Hall
Capitol
Congress
Lehman
Price
Virginia
George Mason
Diary of Congress
Journal of the
House of Representatives
Wallace
Mason
Gunston Hall
Fairfax County
Veteran S A Soldier Made Lieutenant
One of the army s newest commissioned officers is Bee Lieut D Fill from Van Nees oronto who recently graduated from the Gela artillery officers candidate school at Fort Sill Okla. Hill is a veteran of 10 years in the army having served as 4 driver gunner and at the station while an enlisted man is now 8 battery offices of the field artillery replacement training center Fort Bil
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Army
Bee
D. Fill
van Nees
Ronto
Gela Artillery Officers Candidate School
Fort Sill
Oklo
Hill
Fhe Field Aollery
Fort Bil
Scout Leaders Schedule Christmas Party at 7:30 PM
Scout leaders from Beant and Alamo Connell plan a Christmas party to aid needy children. The event is set for 7 30 p m Tuesday with gifts requested for those in need. Committee members listed include Francis Sullivan Heraeg Saunders Albert Steves Moore Varney and others.
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Beant
Can
Alamo Connell
Francis Sulivan
Dutch claim two Japanese ships sunk off Malay coast
Batavia dispatch states official confirmation of two Japanese vessels sunk near the Malay peninsula by Dutch submarines. The freighter and a tanker were previously credited by yesterday’s reports to Dutch subs active in the same area last Saturday against Japanese transports.
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Batavia
Java
Malayami
Netherlands
Cotton crop production limited by farmer vote in 1940 referendum
Southern farmers joined the federal government to keep in force the 1938 cotton marketing controls. In a Saturday referendum, 604,566 voted to continue quotas and price supports while 37,013 urged removal. The vote preserves the planned per acre quotas and a government loan program for next year.
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Washington
Agricurer
Wickalot
Far
Qin Tae
Unions and Rails Sign Pact After Prolonged Mediation
Chairman Wayne L. Morse led 14 railroad union representatives and carrier management in signing an agreement to pare down mediation provisions. The deal, noted by Jim Washington, aims to secure wage dispute settlement and prevent a national strike after two days of continuous mediation, the final session lasting 33 hours.
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Rails
Wayne L. Morse
Nanayne
Ed Tofay
Railroay
Jim Washington
Jask
Hijackers Take Man's Trousers and Wallet
A man awoke in the 1300 block Carson street after a bottle strike by two Mexican men left him unconscious and missing his pants and shoes. He received head wound treatment at Robert B. Green hospital. Multiple thefts reported across San Antonio areas included a $15 billfold theft at a hotel room, hats and a car item larcenies, $12 Christmas purchases, blankets, and a radio valued at about 24.05. Victims include J W Oringdeff, R G Garver, Carlos Villareal, Mrs C N Yeunkin, Mrs M Martinez, Mrs Roy Rogero, Joe Guerra, Gillies, and Virginia Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Oringdeff
Sauth Alamo Street
Carlos Villareal
San Patricio Street
Comal
Army Man Learns Two Things About Army
In Mills Jackson on December 15 Ada Simmons failed to halt on command at a railroad bridge. The sentry detail reported the army can shoot straight and heart, firing twice as the accused ignored three commands and ran. A frightened negro claimed he was just taking a shark home when the shouts arose. Further inquiry showed no outward injuries and that his wife and several children were in need, prompting a guard detail to collect for Ace Simmons’s Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mills
Ada Simmons
Beauries
Ace Simmons
Home cough syrup promises quick relief without cooking
An advert touts a do it yourself cough remedy that mixes primulated warm water with a concentrated Dinex compound to create a pint of syrup. It claims rapid relief, soothing throat membranes and loosened phlegm, with a money back guarantee if not pleasing.
Parish Group To Bless Flag With Army Young Men
St Girard’s parish plans a blessing service at 7 40 p m Tuesday in the church with a procession escort by drum and bugle corps and church groups. The flag will hang before the shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help as a silent reminder to pray for the young men of the country. Special Tuesday services for service members and Holy Name Society meetings are noted, with prayers during blackout hours for those in service.
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la Young Amen
Pavy
Potter Daly
The
Holy Namie Society
Lost Pilot Search Called Off Amid Cold, Plots Abandoned
The naval search for the missing pilot Lleub, Janes, and his plane has been abandoned. Despite the search being halted, other pilots continuing to scour the area for the vessel, which disappeared after taking off from El Paso last Monday night.
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Puntan
Lleub
Janes
T Bayder
A Faso
Whi
el Paso
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