Ration deadline prompts holiday rush to stores
In San Antonio shoppers thronged groceries ahead of the wartime ration cut in effect midnight Monday. Families like Housemayes lined up outside stores, including Chinese owned grocers, buying canned goods meat and sugar as enforcement chief Dobbins moved to prevent violations. Pattern ads and sewing info follow amid wartime shortages.
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W. B. Dobbins
Jornal
OPA
Ineal Grocers
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Bad Weather Slows Italian Fighting On Front
Heavy snow and freezing weather slowed operations on the north Italian front. Canadian troops pressed to within striking distance of Alfon sine on the Ravenna Ferrara highway while Eighth army units mopped German rear guards between Taenza and Bagnacavalla. The American Fifth army probed enemy lines but faced deep snow and freezing cold. Allied air forces carried out missions against Nazi positions, targeting supply hubs in Brux and Austrian railway yards, and R.A. planes supplied Marshal Tito’s partisans in Yugoslavia.
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Building Permit Issued for New Frame Home
A permit was issued Tuesday to Charles B. Pye to build a frame home valued at $1000 at 2033 South New Braunfels Avenue. It is the first home permit issued this week.
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Preacher Kills Son-in-Law in Georgia Family Tragedy
In Columbus Georgia on December 28 a quarrel at a Christmas dinner ended with the fatal shooting of Joseph E Mayo by his father-in-law, Rev 8 W Noles, a 52 year old preacher. Mayo, a brick mason from Laurel Mississippi, was shot four times while his wife and six children watched. The minister claimed self defense as authorities noted tensions within the Assembly of God community.
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Touny
W. Noles
Assembly of God
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Laurel
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Roz Russell Rebounds From Illness for Palm Springs Visit
Hollywood gossip notes Roz Russell at length recovering from illness and preparing a month in Palm Springs before resuming film work. Louis B Mayer returns to studio. Olivia De Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts active in talks and projects.
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War Plant Strike Ends in Detroit
Detroit workers at Motor Producers plant resume production after six day strike following a worker’s discharge. About 1800 employees returned to work though no settlement announced. Picketing continues at Detroit area stores and broader Allied war effort coverage notes Canada’s wartime aid of over two billion dollars to Britain and allies.
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Westbrook Pegler Attacks Estate Tax Confusion and Burden
Westbrook Pegler denounces the U S estate tax as vague and confiscatory charging that the forms form No 700 and Regulations 105 are largely unintelligible to ordinary people. He argues the tax forces reliance on lawyers and accountants, undermines security for widows and long term planning, and enables government overreach by intruding on personal fortunes and private arrangements.
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Allied air raid shakes Swiss over Milan destruction
Reports from Switzerland quote the Lausanne Gazette that an Allied air raid yesterday hit northern Italy’s Milan, destroying a powder factory and threatening nearby areas. The Swiss correspondent notes a violent incident and describes loud aviation roars echoing into Switzerland.
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Jury to Compare Chaplin Baby in Paternity Trial
In Los Angeles four month old Carol Ann Garry is the plaintiff in Charles Chaplin's paternity case. Joan Barry answers questions as the child's mother. Chaplin will reopen his defense amid Barry’s claim that he is the father. Chaplin testifies he could not be the father and that relations with Barry ended nearly a year before the alleged conception.
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Mins Barry
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Joseph Scott
Caralann
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Chaplt
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State Death Toll 16 Over Weekend
Texas recorded at least 16 deaths from violence and accidents over the Christmas holidays with multiple fatalities from traffic crashes and a fire. Ottis L. Vaden 44 of Temple died in his private plane crash near Cleveland. Jore Gonzales 69 was found slain near Arredo. Pearl Childress of Gainesville died of mine. W A Barley 37 of Huntsville killed in auto crash near Fairfield. Three Mauldin children perished in a house fire at Borger. The oil water heater explosion injured parents. Douglas Schmitt 2 died after a fall from a car in Abilene vicinity.
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Temple Real
Monroy
Milles
Cleveland
Jore Gonzales
Aredo
Willard Mauldin
Borger
Barbara Mauldin
Glenda Mauldin
Vernon L Mauldin
Douglas Schmitt
Clarence F. Bchmitt
Abilene
Sandra Sheets
Phil Sheets
Sweet
Traffic Toll Reports From Multiple Crashes
A series of fatal and injury crashes occurred over a weekend across Texas. Three soldiers and a civilian died in a ten mile east of Shemrock crash while another head-on collision on Commerce Street viaduct in Dallas killed Sgt. Malcolm Schwarte and injured eight. Earlier, a Cadillac and pickup collision near Marlin harmed 18 year old Darwood Welbusch and several others. A toll of six killed in three accidents and widespread injuries marked the holiday period.
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Darwood Welbusch
Fanhendle
kHed Sturday
Shemrock
Malcolm Schwarte
Palmer
Amarillo Army Airyfield
Commerc Street
Dallas
Nazi convoy attacked near Bergen by German torpedo boats
London reports Nazi convoy attacked off the Norwegian coast near Bergen by speed boats with torpedoes and guns, according to the German DNB agency. The disclosure notes the raid occurred amid ongoing wartime operations and mentions responses affecting maritime security.
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DNB
Norwegian
Bergen
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