Biggest Navy in History Reaches 61,045 Ships in 1944 Review
The Navy reports the fleet has 61,045 ships and 39,971 added in the year while planes total about 27,000. Warship types include battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and landing craft with a shift toward combat support vessels. Air force totals reach roughly 27,000 aircraft as production continues through 1944.
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Washington
Navy
HeNting
I Europe
Totl
Garreys
Escorta
Sack Too Big For Santa, So 4 Boys Jailed
Four youths aged 14 to 18 were stopped by a patrol officer at Alamo and South Presa at 4 a m after allegedly breaking into the Triple R Cafe, 1602 North Hackberry, front window entry. They are held for the juvenile division. The rest of the text references naval manpower shortages and maintenance parts for fleets in 1945, but those lines are fragmented.
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Alamo
South Presa
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Triple R
North Hackberry Street
Three Taylor Men Reported Missing
Three Taylor families learned on Wednesday that members of their households were missing in action in Europe. Harvey Henderson, husband of Mrs. Harvey Henderson, is missing over Germany as of December 5 while based in England with the Eighth Air Force. Linn Zidell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Zidell, has been missing since December 5 after serving in England since summer. Daniel Dorosek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dorosek, has been missing since December 2 in France.
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Taylor Romey
Mxs
Harvey Henderson
Tient
Germany
Henderson
England
Eighth Air Force
41al Zidel
Linn
Mar
Bobby” Zidell
Joe Garosek
Pie
Daniel Dorosek
France
Texas Tops Bond Quota in Sixth War Loan Drive
VAULTS, Dec 29 Texas totaled 563 246 405 in war bond sales surpassing its quota at 135 percent. Nathan Adams of Dallas, chairman of the War Finance committee, said Texas exceeded its bond quota by more than 149 million dollars, with individual gifts over 24 million and overall gains of 149 million.
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Vaulas
Nathan Adams
Dallas
War Finance
Venus
Texas
Siyorehan
Germans Overrun Echternach Holdouts After Three Day Siege
After three days of fierce resistance near Echternach, American infantrymen held their positions against heavy German bombardment. Tanks finally entered on the fifth day, aiding a retreat of some wounded and exhausted troops, while others remained in fortified cells as relief attempts failed. A POW report described both sides suffering heavy casualties and the stalled relief effort near the Sure river.
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Lewis Hawkins
Third Army
Echternach
F Germatt
Naelines
Lient
George
Patton
Luxembourg
Bhrolps
John B. Saupley
Fort Payne
Ala
Telleé
Sient
Cigarettes Used as Bait in Want Ad at Mishawaka Plant
In Mishawaka Indiana on December 29 Enieval M Callendor who runs a restaurant at the Dodger manufacturing plant offered prospective waiters a salary and free meals plus a daily package of cigarettes as bait in a rare job advertisement.
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Mushawaka
Ind
Enieval M. Callendor
Dodger
iMishawaka
Contract Let for Courtroom Job At 37th District
County Commissioners awarded Walshandy Burney Total Constructors a 5376 dollar contract to remodel the old 37th District courtroom Ito probate court. The board also received a 1446.10 check from the federal government as final payment on a 10 496.10 contribution toward construction of the nurses addition at Robert B Green Hospital. County Judge Charles W Anders announced a short meeting on New Year s Day when all officeholders would be sworn in.
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37Th District
Ito
Walshandy Burney
County Commissioners Court
Robert B. Green Hospital
Charles W. Anders Con
City Insists Sewer Bill Payment From Adjacent Properties
City acts to insure sewer bill payment by residents outside city limits who want to connect to city sewer. fines affect property owners who do not pay. a city attorney announces that property owners must file to obtain a permit with the county clerk. A lien may block resale until charges are paid.
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T. D. Cobbs Haa
Era
Nazis Make Masquerade in U S Garb Fools Allied Forces
War report by Lee Carron describes a German assault on the western flank in Belgium halted by American doughboys. Scenes of wrecked Tiger tanks and German armor dot the field as U S troops retrieve bodies, seize documents, and question prisoners while pursuing captured rations and letters. An anecdote follows Lt. Davis M M Smith of Boston as he escorts troops through a minefield and briefly encounters German forces, then continues toward the town where a German vehicle and an American jeep are found.
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Lee Carron
AONE
Pelgium
Salent
Belgium
Meuse
Liegs
U. S
Toad Pest
Bavis
Smith
Boston
Merche
Lieyt
Jack Genezer
Stolth
Hinally
Tim
Telephones and freight cars aid war effort in town
System go 975 telephones, enough for an average town of 5 000 people, he takes more than 1 000 freight cars to help build our war feef.
Desert Chase Through German Jeep Pressure Ends In Flight
A wartime escape tale recounts ferries breaking apart as troops fled a pursuing German jeep. A hand radio warned another vehicle to accelerate while the trailing convoy opened fire on a tank, forcing tight evasion. The narrator recalls a scorching December day and uneasy encounters with enemy troops in American uniforms.
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