Fireworks and drunkenness limited during New Year in San Antonio
San Antonio welcomed the New Year with a relatively quiet and sober night. Fewer drunks were jailed thanks to liquor shortages and warm weather. One serious traffic accident occurred on Somerset road injuring Solis Yates, 98, while two robberies and several stab incidents were reported, including attacks near Roosevelt Park and at the St. Anthony hotel. Burglars hit three eateries and taverns, stealing from jukeboxes, cash registers, and customers.
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Five Major Points Worry Congress in New Session
Washington faces a fresh Congress with aims to debate compulsory military training higher on the agenda, plus postwar tax and social security reforms. Democrats hold a stronger majority but divisions linger over readiness, spending, and rapid converting from wartime to peacetime economics.
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New York and Philadelphia Welcome 1945 Amid War Patience
New York’s Times Square stunned by a 20 minute patriotic rally drowning out Marion Anderson as 760,000 revelers ring in the new year amid $36 to $1725 drink and club prices. Chicago hosts a long loop celebration while Washington observes sober services and prayer. Philadelphia’s mummers parade allows limited women in uniforms and honors wounded veterans on a stand. War-time restraint marks the night as factories stay busy and joyful plans await peacetime.
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Pilot guided in with eyes bleeding during rescue at air base
Dec 31 report from China describes Capt John F Moyer of Birmingham al his eyes bleeding from shell fragments as he was guided safely back to base by comrade John E Egan during a Christmas dawn strafing mission over the home field. Meyer's plane was hit and he was aided by a flight surgeon while Egan circled for a landing. Meyer is recovering at the station hospital with an eye injury corrected by surgeons. mission fate remains uncertain.
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50 Killed, 60 Hurt in .SP Train Crash
Ogden Utah January reports state about 60 died and 80 injured in a Sunday crash on the Great Salt Lake causeway as a Southern Pacific mail express and a slow passenger train collided. A family of six perished, including Leroy Porter and wife Margaret Frances, with two daughters and relatives among the dead. Fire and wreckage impeded rescue as FBI opened an investigation into possible sabotage.
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Paris Observes Quiet New Year
Paris marked the New Year with restrained celebration as nightlife venues remained subdued and forced gaiety avoided amid a quiet start to 19. The city observed the holiday in a calm mood with limited public revelry and muted gatherings.
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Weather forecast for San Antonio area turns colder
Forecasters predict a cold spell for Monday afternoon through Tuesday across San Antonio and vicinity. Monday night will be notably chilly with subfreezing lows in northern portions, while central and interior regions see 22 to 30 degrees. Coastal areas approach freezing again Tuesday night.
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Yanks Celebrate Over Jap Capital War Report dated amid Pacific push
Allied forces report sweeping air and sea actions across the Pacific. MacArthur notes 32 Nip raid on Mindoro with 14 lost to US defenses. Leyte battle claims 119 Jap deaths plus 117,987 total taps. Iwo Jima bombed for 23rd day. British troops advance toward Akyab and Mandalay amid strategic pincers.
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Ace of 14th Dies On China Mission
Lieut. Col. William Norman Reed of Marion Iowa age 47 an active officer in the air force in China was killed last night on a mission. The exact circumstances of his death were not disclosed and the report came from headquarters.
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B-28s Stampede Jap Elephants in Burma Clash
Allied communique reports B-28 bombers stampeded a herd of twenty elephants used by Japanese forces for transport in Burma. The raid also hit bridges and railroads, disrupting enemy logistics near Juche.
Freeze Forecast for San Antonio With Cold Tempo
Clear skies usher a cold spell as fresh winds push temperatures toward freezing. Monday's low lingered near 32 degrees and Tuesday morning is expected to dip to about 30 degrees, ending two weeks of murky weather.
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Great Air Blitz Carried Into 10th Day
London dispatch reports 1000 American planes struck a German oil refinery near Dallebergen and the Cablenz rail network as part of a ten day offensive. Fortresses with 206 Thunderbolts and Mustang escorts attacked Osterfeld rail yard. Berlin, Oslo, and Vohwinkel targets also hit. Eight planes missing. Pilot Captain George W Porter's squadron noted heavy activity despite snow in southwest Germany.
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Yanks Drive To Narrow Bastogne Salient In Counterattack
Allied forces under Patton and the Third Army pressed to shrink the Bastogne bulge as German counterattacks cost Von Rundstedt 18 tanks. North and northeast of Bastogne, advances and patrols pushed toward Wiltz and Diekirch while Rochefort was retaken north of the pocket. The battle aimed to sever German forces west of Bastogne with tank and infantry drives along a seaward front, as Luftwaffe and artillery retaliated in the pocket’s edges.
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Train Wreck Scenes Described By Utah Doctor
Ogden Utah January 1 The nation hears graphic detail of the Union Pacific wreck west of Ogden with near 200 injuries and many severe cuts as Dr B S Sycamore of Ogden, among first on the scene, recalls the carnage. He aided 17 injured in a day coach before treatment. Major Moran notes two army hospital cars in convoy and commends conductor Kovarik for heroic rescue actions, including lowering a woman to safety after a broken steam pipe endangering passengers.
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