Bexar prepares Fourth War Loan with $24.19M goal
Bexar county sets Fourth War Loan quota at 24,192,000 with 7,790,000 allocated for Series E bonds. Campaign chairmen Tom Frost Jr and Al Heck push a broad appeal to individuals as three weeks remain to organize county offices, business, residential, and rural sale teams, plus payroll and special subscriptions efforts.
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Bexar County
al M. Heck
County War Finance Commaittee
Heck
Tom G. Frost, Jr
Fourth War Loans
Frost
Travis D. Bailey
Alex B. Spencer Jr
C . Schnabel
H. A. Faizhugh
Leon Harp
Col
Neill E. Bailey
H. B. Houseman
Nazis Claim Six More Allied Destroyers Sunk
The Berlin radio reported that U boats sank six more Allied destroyers in the Atlantic, claiming Allied losses in destroyers over the past 30 days total 21. No Allied confirmation was available.
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London
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Berdin Radio
Atlantic
Backing Down On the News By Bugs Baer
In a spoof column Arthur Baer parodies wartime chatter about German ships and secret weapons. The piece riffs on the Scharnhorst and Goebbels while joking about headlines and slogans as the humor shifts toward wartime bravado. In Dallas, Ellis W. Wright, 48, died, former Lockheed trainer and head of the national defense school.
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Dallas
UPI
Ellis W. Wright
Lockheed Modificaton
Dallas National Defense School
Rogers to Speak Here in San Antonio Lecture by Will Rogers Jr.
Congressman Will Rogers Jr., famed humorist son, will lecture at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio next Tuesday January 11 on Is This War the Last. He recently served in Camp Hood air with the bluejackets and soldiers and flew to England last summer. He sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and broadcasts for his own California newspaper.
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Will Rogers Jr
America
San Antonio
Congress
Lank-Busters
Camp Hood
Rogers
England
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House
California
Wil Rogers Sr
Angered by Home Front Strikes Letter From South Pacific Vet
Robert Passailaigue writes from a naval hospital about his anger at strikes at home. He recalls battles in the Gilbert and Salamom islands and urges workers to see real war. He joined the Navy in 1942 and served overseas from September that year. His father notes signing papers allowed enlistment while underage.
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Robert Passallaigue
South Pacific
San Antonio Players Set Tryouts for February Play
Tryouts for the San Antonio Community Players are at 7 39 p m Tuesday at San Pedro Playhouse for Out of the Frying Pan. The show opens February 2. Both men and women in the armed forces are invited to join the cast.
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San Antonio
Miss White to Perform Piano Concert at Bonham Street
Dorothy White, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph M White, will give a piano concert at Joseph's Academy 118 Bonham Street at 8 p m Wednesday. Her program will include works by Chopin and modern composers.
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Dorothy White
Joseph M. White
SL. Joseph's Academy
Bonham Street
Jane Wyman Stricken By Ptomaine Illness At Home
Hollywood January 4 Actress Jane Wyman was confined to her home after a ptomaine poisoning attack. Physicians said her condition was not critical and she was resting under medical care.
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Hollywood
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Polsching
Jane Wyman
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