Martin to Serve As State Agent for Texas Extension Service
Martin will become acting vice-director and state agent for Texas A. and M. college extension service March 1. He will supervise headquarters staff men specialists and district agents. Since 1937 he has served as agent for District 10 covering 24 counties around San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Martin
San Antonio
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
College Station
Martin
Fragmented satirical column on wartime figures
A satirical paragraph mocks Adolf Hitler and German generals with biting lines. It references Schickelgruber and Baer, mentions Atell and Adell, and hints at a forthcoming joining biography. The tone is caustic and dismissive of wartime leaders.
Mother Receives Captain Voss Air Medals for Meritorious Service
Captain John D. Voss, missing since November 8 after a Bougainville sortie, is posthumously honored as his mother Mrs. Agnes L. Voss receives the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters at Kelly Field. Col. Randolph L. Wood presents during the 4 retreat ceremony. Awards cite ten fighter sorties in 15 days and two enemy planes plus ten more sorties in a week. Voss earned wings October 26, 1941 at Lakefield Arizona.
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John D. Voss
Agnes L. Voss
West Olmos Drive
Kellyfield
Randolph L. Wood
24Th Air Depot Group
Voss
Bougainville
Lakefield
Phoenix
Ariz
Woman Injured In Hit-Run At Busy Laredo Crossing
Mrs. Remijia Aguilar, 67, of 1020 South Laredo Street, was badly bruised after a southbound truck turning left at West Commerce and Laredo streets struck her and fled. She was taken to Robert B. Green hospital Monday morning by private car.
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Remijia Aguilar
Laredo
Robert B. Green Hospital
Tablets Held Death Cause Inquest On Mrs Yorty
Police believe sleeping tablets caused the death of 33 year old Mrs George H Yorty found in bed at 215 Weaver Street at 5 30 PM Monday Neighbors discovered her as lights burned all day Her husband away on a business trip The inquest is conducted by Justice Brotherman Funeral arrangements are pending at the Alamo Funeral home
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George H. Yorty
Weaver Street
Justice
Brotherman
Alamo Funeral Home
Former Light Carrier Cited for Purple Heart Honor
Pfc Ivan K R Puller, formerly of Lago Carrier, received the Purple Heart for wounds in Italy on January 13. Word reached his mother Mrs Eula Fuller of 1017 South Presa Street. A San Antonio Tech graduate, Fuller served with the J engineer corps in Italy.
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Ivan KR. Puller
Lago
Italy
Eula Fuller
South Presa Street
San Antonio Tech
Fuller
J Engineer Corps
Denver name change petition seeks Louis Papedo
An applicant in Denver County Court asked to change his name from Pappakon stantinou to Louis Papedo, seeking a legal name change in a formal petition. The case notes the current name and the requested new name as part of the filing.
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Denver
Louis Papedo
Pappakon
Stantinou
Soldiers To Train Troops In North Africa Veterans
Headquarters reports three San Antonians among infantry troops arriving to train units for the invasion of Occupied Europe. Staff Sgt Sammie R. Goodwin of 301 Matagorda Street, Cpl Jose V. Garza of 724 North Street, and Pfc Robert L. Boenig of Route 4 are named. Many veterans joined in the initial landings in November 1842, fighting on beaches and at airfields, strategic heights, and forts in Morocco Algeria and later Tunisia.
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Sunvpran
North Africa
Europe
Sammie R. Goodwin
Matagorda Street
Jose V. Garza
North Street
Robert L. Boenig
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
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Arthur
Schickelgruber
Bugs” Baer
Adell
Adolf
Atell
Brown B&us
Aros
Lares
John ED. Voss
Pfc
Ivan R. Fuller
Purple Heart
Flowers
Glamour
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