Prisoners Escape From Papago Park Camp During Nazi Victory Cheer
In Phoenix on December 26 a celebration near Papago Park war prisoner camp ended with a small group of sailors escaping after an eight foot double wire fence was breached. Col. Holden said few of the approximately two hundred prisoners were recaptured as rain and the crowd helped conceal the break lasting into Sunday. A rumor linked to U-boat ace Guenther Prien circulated but was denied by Maj. Trays. Separately the commissioning of the heavy cruiser Chicago was postponed from December 28 to January 10 due to manpower shortages at the Philadelphia yard.
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Scapa Flow
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Philadelphta
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Navy
Folladelphta Navy Yard
Famed Nazi Sub Chief U S Prisoner
London dispatch reports Guenther Prien, famed German submarine commander, taken prisoner by the United States. The news unsettles Germany as Prien, once celebrated as a Hitler era hero after the Royal Oak raid, faces capture. Prompt German propaganda tries to frame the event to minimize impact.
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Pormar
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Berins
London
Guenther Prien
Germany
Prien
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Goebbels
Nagi Superman Thearits
New York Meat Dealers Rest Amid Closures
Police survey found about 34 percent of Manhattan butcher shops closed on December 26 with 508 of 1448 markets shuttered. Remaining shops had little or no meat for sale as mass business holiday threats disrupted normal operations.
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New York
Manyhattan
Haliday
Switzerland
Wensher Invasion of Norway Urged
London report says Johan Nygaardsvold prime minister of Norway disclosed that his government urged the Allies to launch an immediate invasion of Norway from the west. He urged Norwegians to sink Nazi transports and sabotage communications to lengthen the war and warned that German withdrawals raise the war stakes.
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London
Johan
Nygundvdsvola
Norway
Nygaardsvold
Baby Born To Mother In Long Battle With Illness
In Batele Creek Michigan a daughter was born Christmas day to Mrs G Hobart Mitchcock 27, wife of a captain serving with the First Army on the western front. The infantile paralysis patient spent 16 weeks in an lire lung. Both mother and baby were in good condition. Delivery lasted about an hour with four brief artificial respirations for the mother during labor.
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G. Hobart Mitchcock
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Jung
Martha Haynes Last Rites Set
Last rites for Mrs. Martha Ann Haynes will be held at 7 p m Tuesday at Zizik Kearns Funeral Home. Interment will be Wednesday afternoon at the Heiness Cemetery near Hallettsville. Mrs Haynes a Panola County native lived 16 years in San Antonio. Survived by four daughters, several sons, sisters and brothers, and 13 grandchildren with numerous great grandchildren.
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Zizik- Kearns
Heiness
Hallettsville
Haynes
Panola County
San Antonio
Mery Haynes
Alice Haynes
Vicena Youn
Ada Hanselmenn
Victoria
Sams
Amos
Sidney
Oscar
Beeville
Albert
Beaten brothers seek missing teen after San Marcos assault
Jesus Elizondo, 19, of 607 Santiago street, escaped with bruises after a group robbed him and his brother Jun, M4, near midnight at San Marcos and South Laredo streets. Jun remains missing. the elder named a West Side gang and said his brother had $25 in his packets.
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Santiago
Jun
San Marcos
South Laredo
West Side
Red Cross Seeks Field Directors for Overseas Service
Pittsburgh news reports that the American Red Cross calls for more than 500 field directors to support U S assistant field directors overseas. Expenditures align with army and navy plans. Demand grows as V E Day approaches, with needs in the Pacific China Burma India theaters increasing for American troops.
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Army
Navy
Pacific
China
Cantrman Basil O'Connor
Music Teacher Wins WINSELNt Coaching Football Again
Roger Johnson, a high school music instructor, has again coached the football squad for the second straight year after temporarily taking over when the regular mentor left for duty. His team has shown strong offense and defense, with Dickinson’s squad totaling 214 points while Belding’s opponents remain scoreless.
Three New Air Generals Elevated in U S Eighth Air Force
London Sept. 26 announces three U S Eighth Air Force combat tradition arbiters in heavy bombardment status have been elevated to brigadier general. The officers named are Atchley Old of Atlanta Texas, W. Castle of Washington D C, and Jack W Wood of Riverside Ontario. General Old and Castle command bomber wings while General Wood leads the 10th Bomber Wing units.
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U. S. Eighth Air Force
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Atlanta
Texas
Poe W. Castle
Washington
Jack W. Wood
Riverside
Onlit
Hitlers Health Reported Slightly Better in Radio Cast
A clandestine Atlantic radio broadcast heard by NBC said Hitlers health showed slight improvement and he had light meals in recent days. It added that Field Marshal von Guderian reported progress on western and eastern fronts and BBC cited German prisoners claiming an order to break to the Channel and finish the war in six weeks.
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Fuehrer
Radio Atlantic
NBC
Marshal von Guderian
BBC
Adolf Hitler
London Subway Strike Ends After One Day
London on December 26 resembled a ghost town as the war scarred capital saw a partial return of transit. Subways resumed with a skeletal service while buses and trams operated slowly, and streets remained unusually deserted. The subway strike was a protest against shifting Christmas or an equivalent day.
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Herley
MacArthur and Philippines War Deeds Highlight Heroic Return
In a dramatic reflection on his return, General Douglas MacArthur lauds American and Filipino guerrillas aiding the push across the Philippines. He credits Admiral Halsey and General Kenney for air power, notes brutal Japanese resistance, and signals continued, relentless fighting as the campaign advances toward final victory.
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MacArthur
United States
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Melbourne
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Philippines
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Tokyo
Formosa
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Terge
William F. Hulsey
Third Fleet
George C. Kenney
Far Eastern Air Force
Kenney
Bull Helsey
Islan
Plague Drains Relief Funds at San Antonio Meeting
Delegates from about 100 public and private health and welfare agencies plan to discuss relief needs at a 10 30 a m Wednesday session in the Municipal auditorium west wing. T K Swander says the city TB control program may double or triple the number of families receiving aid through the Community Chest while federal aid for needy persons and surplus commodities has fallen and Chest receipts have risen yet remain insufficient.
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T. K. Swander
Community Chest
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Charity Association
Swander
Water Extension Granted by City to Serve 84 Homes
A conference between the city government and the City Water Board approved an immediate water and sewage extension. About 84 homes will gain service along Millard Street Rail Street Henry and Lembrang Streets and Tampico Street, between specified avenues and streets, to eliminate health hazards. City engineer Tommy Gige hill, chief Hart, and Dr. Lewis Robbitts supported the plan.
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Robbitts
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San Pedro Avenue
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Lembrang
Hamilton
Eighteenth
Tampico
Zarramora Street
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