MacArthur Credited With Saving Australia in 1942 Crisis
Washington dispatch says General MacArthur's stand halted a feared Australian and Pacific invasion. Army officers, citing plans and hesitations, credit his resolve with staving off a Japanese drive that could have threatened Hawaii, the West Coast, and even the Panama Canal region.
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Blood Donor Service Topic at Alamo Chapter Meeting
Barnett Cocke, chairman of the blood donor service of the Benar Tony chapter of Red Crosswall Papin, speaks on saving lives on the battlefront at a meeting of Alamo chapter American War Dads at 7:45 p.m. Thursday at the Plaza hotel. Chaplain A V Vaughn GL, retired, will speak on From Victory to Peace. Alex Nordhaus and committee chairmen attend.
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Rescue of S A Flier After Pacific Crash
San Antonio sergeant Fred Kirchhoff survived a Zero crash during a Pacific raid near Bayen Island in the Marshalls. His bomber went down 50 miles from the nearest base but was salvaged by a rescue boat led by Ensign Nolan O’Neal. Kirchoff’s family listed in California.
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San Antonio
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Yale Avenue
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Jacksonville
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Break Seen in Williams Murder Investigation
Chicago February report says a potential breakthrough in the Drake hotel death of Adele Born Williams emerged from the detective bureau laboratory. Investigators grilled two women and a man, withholding names, while describing the suspect as a middle-aged woman linked to the fatal wounding of Mrs. Williams, wife of Frank Starr Williams, a Washington state department attache.
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Washington
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Crew of Clipper Marooned Off New York
Six Pan American Clip per crew members were stranded at sea about a nautical mile offshore from LaGuardia airport after their aircraft reached sea roughness. Airport staff lowered food and coffee in waterproof bags by grappling hook to the stranded fliers, who did not attempt to launch a rescue. Winds show no sign of abating as night falls.
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Gay
LaGuarda Airport
Church Group to Hold Reunion at Park Methodist
The Men's class at Park Methodist Church, formerly the Bernes class, will host a reunion banquet at 7 p.m. Thursday. J. Floyd Smith presides, with Roy Paine as program chairman. Judge M A Childers will speak, plus solos by Thomas E Malone Jr and Mrs Clifford Zirker.
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Colonel Taber Earns DFC and Silver Star Decorations
Col Mortis F. Taber aged 30 has held commands at Ran Jecton Field and the aviation cadet center pre night school. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Silver Star for service in missions in China. A West Point graduate, he rose through ranks in San Antonio and was promoted to colonel in April to join Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault’s 14th Air Force in China.
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Allies Push Toward Cassino Rome Corridor In Italy
Allied advances in the Cassino region report Canadians pushing through heavy German defenses in the lower Garrigliano valley near Minturno Mount Natale and Mount Purgatorio captured amid mounting air attacks. French and British units made local gains as weather limited operations to 800 sorties with several ships lost and ground air losses tallying across five days.
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Castroville Cadets Schedule Reviews
Very Rev Dean Lenzen reviews Castroville Cadets of Moye Military School at Castroville on Sundays. The event runs under Capt Danits J Canty and invites guests from Fort Clark Howdd Kellyfield and Fort Sam Rouster to renew cadets each Sunday through May 14.
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Moye Military School
Castroville
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USO Advisory Council Meets in Sidney Latham Texas
The USO advisory council is scheduled to meet Friday at the Gunter hotel near Sidney Latham Texas to discuss the organization and its ties to the local community. A rehearsal of the Elks band, previously announced for Tuesday, has been rescheduled to Thursday evening at the Elks club.
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Killer Coyote Drowns Self in Rio Grande Brush
Federal wildlife officers in San Antonio received a report from Trapper Lake Stillwell of Quemado about a female killer coyote that evaded traps for 15 months along the Rio Grande in Maverick County. After escaping a trap in October and being caught again in December, the animal died by drowning herself in a deep pool.
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Siwell
Rio Grande
Maverick County
Flu and Pneumonia Cases Rise in L A Area
Dr M M Dorbandi reports 30 flu and 27 pneumonia cases last week in Bexar County amid warm weather. Other illnesses include two measles four scarlet fever and three tuberculosis cases. Health unit head notes steady weekly totals over the past month.
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Col Eugene Lewis Named Staff Quartermaster in N C
Col Eugene W Lewis of San Antonio has returned from the China Burma India theater to become staff quartermaster at RAF Boston Technical Training command headquarters in Greensboro North Carolina. Mrs Lewis and their son Eugene W Lewis Jr remain at the San Antonio home.
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Ninth Youth Of Gang Held In Round-Up
Sheriff's Investigator Bill Brogan arrested the ninth youth in a roundup of juvenile check changing racketeers. He expected to bring in three more Tuesday. The last boy, 16, said the gang swindled among themselves using phony checks sold at half value. They also had some T gas ration coupons.
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Pistol Packin' Mama Betrayed in Cheyenne Post Office
Cheyenne Wyoming February 1 a woman was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon after her purse dropped in a post office and a pistol in it discharged the bullet ripping a hole in the purse but doing no other damage Deputy Marshal George Smith said no injuries occurred and the incident caused a brief scare
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Quake Wrecks Turkish Town Gerede
An earthquake in Gerede, a northern Turkish town 180 miles east of Istanbul, killed and injured many of its 25,000 residents. The tremor lasted 40 seconds and was felt across Turkey, with Gerede described as being far from major landmarks.
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Residents Protest Tavern Application Near Porter Street
Residents in the 900 block of Porter Street will appear before County Judge Charles W. Anderson Wednesday morning to protest Linn Slotsky's bid to open a beer parlor and tavern at 900 Porter Street. The state liquor control board office was notified Tuesday and Anderson has authority to approve or reject the application.
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Charles W. Anderson
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Porter Street
State Liquor Control Board
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