Dirty Tricksters' Pranks Heat Up Pacific Campaign
A wartime profile recounts Admiral Halsey and his six member staff known as the dirty tricks department. They engineered morale boosting ruses and misdirections to sow confusion among Japanese forces, with Halsey famously rubbing in victories after Pearl Harbor. The piece notes key figures like Captain Ralph B. Wilson and Commander Harold Stassen among others, detailing their roles in daring, sometimes quirky actions against the Japanese in the early Pacific theater.
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G. Neew
Denver
Kule
Halsey
Car
Enu
Marshall Islands
Attey
Tor
Atr
Uximiral
USN
Pacific
Pearl Harhay
Marshalls
Marcus Halsey
Ralph BH Wilson
Sasistant
Guadalcanal
Leonard James Dow
Saratoga
Stassen
Mayion Chase Cheek
Far East
Orient
Baissa
New Zealand
Newmes
Harold Edward Stansen
Minnesota
Dtp
Horace Douglass Moulton
Robert Bostwith Carney
Haley
DIL
Reir Admiral Carney
Raff
Trish
Mick
Moscow
Ger Bela Miklos
First Army
Janos Voros
Horkhy
Horthy
Iend
Himeary
Iast
Budapest
Republeans
Michael Harold
Free Hungarian” Committee
London
Yugoslavia
Russia
Medics at Front Nat Headline Talk by Brooke General Doctor
Col Henry N Winens medical consultant of Brooke General Hospital and organizer of the 56th Evacuation Hospital will address American Legion members at the SS Anthony hotel Tuesday noon. The speaker, a veteran of North Africa Salo and Anzio, will discuss The Medical Service In Combat Zone with notes on the 36th and 45th Texas divisions and remarks from Brig Gen Sliton D Casey Vincent and Lieut Albert Slavik.
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Hunt
Henry N. Winens
Ehic
Brooke General Hospital
American Legion
SS Anthony
It Says Here by Bob Hope on High School Tales
Bob Hope recalls wartime students interrupted from education in Hollywood. Youngsters from the South Pacific joke about training to fight while recalling sharp uniforms, pranks, and a veteran student’s return to school amid makeshift classrooms and humor.
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Bob Hope
Hollywood
Calif
Dea
Rome
Sehonl
South Pacific
Mttic
Tha Esams
Keroy
Wieey
Tomi
Washington
Linco
Man Injured In Truck Crash Near San Antonio Streets
A man identified as Peito Dietz, 6, of 25 Avenue A, was hospitalized Saturday night with a fractured skull after a oil field truck accident. Police say the truck driven by Diaz struck a curb on Buena Vista and Zarzamora streets, throwing the driver onto the pavement. the victim’s condition is listed as serious.
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Peito Dietz
Avenue A
Trobert B
Green Mean-' Ovis
Diaz
Fie Cuzy Ab Buena Wish
Zarcamora
Thro Vista
Zarzamora
Gaudy Nickel Passes Go On Sale Sunday
The San Antonio Transit Company will offer 50 000 gaudy nickel passes at 25 cents each starting Sunday. The passes come in red black yellow and green with weekly design changes and feature messages for riders such as Please step to the rear of the car and Has operators needed Bailey says the company sells over 50 000 passes weekly.
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Ban Antonio
Lewis W. Batley
Apecial
Timsth Company
Transcires
Reat Don
Bailey
Weather Bombing Cannot Beat Japan, Air General Says
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Douglass, deputy commander of the Strategic Air Force in the Pacific, argues air power alone cannot force Japan's surrender. He says land forces must show the Japanese they are beaten, and that blockades alone can complicate defeat without invasion. His views signal a shift from earlier AEF optimism about victory through air power.
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Marianas
Robert W. Dougines
Strategic Air Force
Pacific
Japan
Pacific Command
Nimitz
Douglass
Hereford Sale Slated By Essar Ranch
Reservations are being made for about 1500 people for the first annual Essar ranch Hereford sale on January 10 at the Hssax ranch ten miles west of San Antonio on the Forranco road. Grand champion T. Royal Rupert heads a sale of 50 head of registered stock including 17 from his line. Auctioneers include Walter Britten and Arthur Thompson with several national associations and livestock magazines in attendance. A barbecue lunch will be served noon sale day.
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Glates
Essar Ranch
Hssax
San Antonio
Forranco Road
Tom Slick
Arthur McArthuir
T. Royal Rupert
Walter Britten
College Station
Col
Arthur Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
Earl Gartin
Greenshore
Ind
J. Kinzer
B. M. Anderson
City
National Hereford Breeders Association
Mielude Jewett Fulkerson
Roy Rishardson
Kunsug City
Lieut Pfeiffer Rites Monday in Virginia crash death
Funeral services for Lieut. Pfeiffer 23 killed in an air plane crash near Lategley Fivid Virginia will be held at 4 p.m. Monday from the home 225 W Laurel with burial in Beth El Cemetery. He leaves a widow Mrs Lila Gardner Pfeiffer, his parents Mr and Mrs John Phillip Pfeiffer and two grandmothers both of San Antonio.
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Don Bfelfer
Lategley Fivid
W. Laurel
Beth el
Lila Gardner Pfeiffer
John Phillip Pfeiffer
Bertha. Gawbert
John Pfeiffer
San Antonio
50 Mission Vet Reassignment Noted for Discharged Air Medalist
50 Mission Vet Antony David Jy of 2200 Kavich St Marys Street has been reassigned from the NAF Convalescent Hospital at Bl Petersburg FL after completing GD combat missions as radio operator and gunner on a Liberator. He holds the Air Medal with fone clusters and is being sent to Miami Beach FL for reassignment after recuperating at the Air Force hospital.
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Tuch
Antoine David Jy
Antonin David
Kavich St. Mary's Street
Miami Beach
Fln
NAF
Bl. Petersburg
Pla
Air Force Hospicel
Ga Training Debate Over Wartime Methods for Schools
Dr G G Alistaled of the University of Texas argues the GI style quick training is too costly for general education and should not replace deliberative schooling. He notes 10 months of navigator training costs as much as educating 200 students per year, and warns public funds may not support such methods.
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Austin
Qd. G. Alistaled
University of Texas
Umstald
Suwi Ag
Profresor
Winstattd
Falangists Claim German Offensive Near Western Front
The Spanish Falange on a Vallay broadcast said German reserves await orders for a major offensive off the western front. It claimed Field Marshal Rundstedt has gained experience from a full dress maneuver and will deliver a decisive breakthrough, even as it asserts the United States First Army is already overwhelmed.
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New York
ENS
Falange
Vallay
Rundstedt
United States First Army
Germany
Dream of Ship Sinking Confirmed by MacArthur News
Mrs. Mary Nota of 807 University Avenue believed a dream predicted her son Beamance John Henry Nota survived a ship sinking. Philippine island letters and a December 23 MacArthur confirmation later stated the 1.8.5. Mahan sank with some survivors.
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University Avenue
Beamance
John Henry Nota
Mahan
Douglas Mace Arthur
Nota
Philippines
General MacArthur
Italy Front Quiets Down From Allied Counter-Attack
In the Serchio valley near the Tyrrhenian coast American Fifth Army positions held firm after Kesselring’s counter-attack failed to renew. Canadian units of the British Eighth Army pressed near Alfensine and aimed at reducing the German salient along the Sehia river north of Fans.
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Tsunday
IINS
Neal Marshal
Albert Kesselring
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Serchio Valley
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Alfensine
Sehia
Fans
Bridges Seeks Divorce Amid Deportation Battle
Harry Bridges, the labor figure facing possible deportation, will file for divorce from Agnes Bridges. He accuses her of extreme cruelty amid their 1923 Oregon marriage while he served in the United States coast survey. He reportedly seeks custody of their daughter Betty Jacqueline, age 26.
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Francisco
Harry Bridges
Wakerfunny Snader
Agnes
Ifaly
Bridges
United States to Aid Bolivia in Oil Refinery Plans
Washington reports a Commerce Department survey mission of private industry experts will visit Bolivia to help develop oil resources and plan refinery construction. Bolivia also seeks higher mineral export prices to ease economic downturn, while the U S. development mission provides valuable surveys for Latin American public needs.
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Dee
Fins
Department of Commerce
Bolivia
Tas
United Rates
United States
Unites States
Thi
hyter-American Development
Wade
Fashions of 1945 Bursting with Bare Midriffs and Bustles
New York fashion notes from December forecast bold trends for 1945. Short skirts and bold bustles mix with bare midriffs, hats, fur stoles, and feathered accessories while wartime fabric limits reshape style choices and hosiery.
Stalin backs Hungary monarchists in Russian zone
Debrecen government formed by monarchists with two communists in key posts and military leaders who opposed Germany. Exiled Count Michael Harrow may lead a London committee seeking influence as Moscow weighs a royalist orientation for Hungary. Rose essence note ends fragment.
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Hungary
Alfred Turnaver
New York
CNS
Debrecen
Kremlin
Central
Europe
Apuiculture
Commitrce
Three Die in Des Moines Wedding Night Shooting
A 45 year old divorcee Mrs Cecil Caskey opened fire at the Des Moines apartment of her former husband and his new wife. The former husband Gi B Caskey a 43 year old railroad yardmaster died hours later. The bride Mrs Blaine Woods Caskey 32 was killed instantly. The shooter then killed herself.
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INS
Cecil Caskey
Yesterer
Gi B. Caskey
Rock Teland Railroad Yaxmaster
Blaine Woods Caskey
Yardmertes
Two-Headed Calf Born at Cornell in New York
A Holstein calf with two heads and a normal body was born Christmas day at the State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University. The calf, named Jojo, has one pair of ears and one throat but two eyes and two mouths. It cannot feed properly and lies on its side. Veterinarians hoped Jojo would improve by next week during the annual conference at Cornell.
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State Gallage of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Jojo
Veterinsrona
Cornell
Couple Celebrates 60 Years With Family Party
A golden anniversary celebration was held this week for Mr. and Mrs. Ber Sealorn at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Bod Beaulorn, on Texas Avenue. Relatives attending included Jewel and Jean Davis, Mrs. C. Brawich, Mrs. Dallas Hatsell, Mrs. Creeke Weir, Allen Taylor, Ruth Devis, Lee Sealorn, Sgt. Robert Carl Sealorn, Lieut. Jack L. Taylor, and director Mrs. Lewis Taylor.
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Bod Beaulorn
Texas Avenue
Missex Jewel
Jean Davis
C. Brawich
Dallas Hatsell
Creeke Weir
Seallorn
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