Allied setbacks in South Pacific and renewed Truk raid
Reports detail new Japanese shipping losses during the Truk raid February 16 17 with destroyers sinking and damaging ships amid limited shore batteries. Navy tallies revise Truk results to 33 ships sunk and 11 damaged while top air casualties shift to 201 destroyed and 50 damaged. Pacific battles extend to Kwajalein Eniwetok Ponape and the Mariana raid claiming carriers attacked with claims of sunk ships.
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Finns Readied For Peace Move
Stockholm report says Finnish press prepares people for a possible government decision on leaving the war with Russia. Helsinki suffers heavy bombing with 600 Soviet bombers noted by Finnish communique. Refugees describe 70 percent of Helsinki buildings wrecked. university nearly destroyed.
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Secret Probe of Hospital Resumed
An investigation into the treatment of patients at the San Antonio State hospital and related institutions resumed in Austin. Weaver H. Baker, chairman of the board of control, said no open hearings will be held but the full record will be made public when finished. The probe followed Brownsville Herald reports alleging inhumane treatment and weight loss of an elderly patient.
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Accidental Shot Fatal to Child in Seminole Family Home
Joyce Anderson, daughter of Joseph Anderson of Seminole Texas, died after an accidental shooting yesterday while playing with a friend in the home of her uncle County Judge Roy Anderson in Aspermont.
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U S Flies Shells To French Ships In War Effort
Washington reports air transport swiftly delivering bombard shells to French warships off Italy. Two Douglas cargo planes carried shells across the Atlantic and North Africa, with crews skeletonized to save weight. Lieutenants Gillian and Macatee commanded the mission. Gillian injured a leg during unloading and was hospitalized.
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Pleasure Saint crosses largest British convoy in history
United States forces massing in Britain for an invasion of western Europe arrived in one of the largest troop convoys ever to cross the Atlantic. The crossing had no submarine attack, despite storms delaying comfort. troops included mechanized units and specialists, fully equipped and ready for combat with planes aboard. A correspondent noted this crossing felt like a pleasant ride compared with a crossing two years earlier.
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United Kingdom
Johnn A. Morosa
Associated Press
Konvoy
Fighting on Anzio Front Intensifies as Allies Advance
Allied headquarters in Naples reports a sharp rise in fighting along the Mo jetty river headwaters southwest of Carroceto with German strongpoints stormed and captured. American cruiser shelled German guns while patrols probed lines as weather limited operations. A. L. Shine named general agent for the Frisco Railroad at Houston.
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Red Army advances near Pskov and along Dnieper front
Russian troops pressed toward Pskov within artillery range as Ukraine forces moved southwest of Nikopol. They captured villages, widened control on the west bank of the Dnieper, and threatened Kherson and Nikolaev. German claims of 100000 fresh Soviet troops and a Minsk route were reported by Moscow.
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Luftwaffe Down to New Craft
London reports an intense week of Allied aerial bombardment targeting German industry. Estimates claim 644 German fighters destroyed as 15 major production centers were hit, with 439 from the Eighth Air Force and 205 from the Fifteenth Air Force. Allied losses include 587 heavy bombers and 37 fighters.
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Germany
Storm Rips Dallas and Texas Areas Killing Child
A cloud burst across Dallas and storms sweeping Texas left a small girl dead near Corsicana and caused property damage at Emhouse and Fort Worth. Winds up to 60 mph, hail and heavy rains damaged warehouses, post offices, and streets while fire crews searched storm sewers and White Rock Creek for the missing girl. rainfall totals varied across cities, with Dallas at 1.20 inches and Brownwood above three inches for the week.
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S. A. to Have Short-Lived Cold Wave
A brief cold snap will bring much cooler weather to San Antonio Monday afternoon and night, with temperatures dropping to 42 degrees Tuesday morning. The cold spell will be short, followed by a return to springlike warmth by Tuesday afternoon, according to the weather bureau.
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U S Heavies Hit France In Northern Attack
London February 2 heavy bombers joined by American Marauders and British bombers struck military objectives around Nezmiliary in northern France. It was the first heavy bomber mission since the Regensburg raid and the eighteenth U S Eighth Air Force four engine operation this month.
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Small Craft Warning Issued for Texas to Alabama
The weather bureau issued a small craft warning today spanning Brownsville Texas to Mobile Alabama. Winds will increase from the north to southeast reaching 25 to 33 mph starting Monday afternoon through Monday night. Central War Time indicates the timeframe for the warning.
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U S Fleets To Equal All Other Nations
Cambridge mass The strength of the United States fighting fleets will be equal to that of all other nations by year end Rear Admiral Edward L Cochran e declared at MIT graduation exercises He said maintenance of naval supremacy is key to world peace and that the United States will emerge as the greatest naval power by year end In Dallas publisher Robert C Dyer dies after 40 years with the Southwest Hardware and Implement Journal aged 68
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Bureau of Ships
Dallas
Dulles
Southwest Hardware and Implement Journal
Robert C. Dyer
Forecast for San Aromo and vicinity
Patchy cloudy conditions forecast Monday afternoon through Tuesday with cooler air arriving Monday night. Expect fresh to strong winds diminishing Tuesday evening. Low Tuesday morning around 42. East Texas area mainly cloudy with possible thunder showers in extreme east portion Monday afternoon, otherwise partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday. cooler conditions inland and along the coast Tuesday night.
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East Texas
Texas Livestock Value Drops Despite Stronger Herds
Austin report from the U S department of agriculture shows January 1, 1944 livestock value at 586 million dollars, down about 7 percent from the prior year. Hogs horses and cattle rose in number while sheep goats and mules fell. value per head declined for all species except costs.
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Department of Agriculure
Virtual Civil War Rages in France Kills Nazis and Vichy Supporters
A report from Lisbon notes widespread terror in France as partisans and German forces clash. It cites 1500 to 2000 German troops, 1500 police killed, arresting new sabotage figures, and ongoing attacks on railways and town halls. The piece mentions collaborationists and resistance groups led by Jon Darnand's Gestapo efforts.
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