Soviet Attitude Seen As Threat to U S Peace Plan
Federal officials prepared to invoke the Lindbergh law against two Norfolk men, John R. King and David Keith, held on assault robbery and concealed weapons charges after abducting a U S naval attache employee in Virginia and forcing a chauffeur and a passerby to drive a wild, cross state spree ending when spotted in a New York theater. The men claim the escapade was a drunken spree. Lieut Horace H Heyette, a Flying Fortress veteran, is home on furlough with honors including the Alt Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross.
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New York
Norfolk
John R. King
David Keith
Virginia
U. S
Naval Attache
Havanh
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Notion Picture Theater
Horace H. Heyette
Germany
Europe
George Hy Beyette
Bedell Street
M Pils End Girls Ride in Army Truck
Two Pleasanton girls aged 11 and 16 were riding in a government truck stolen from a local army post toward San Antonio when MP arrested the driver at Stinson field on Sunday afternoon. They said a soldier offered the ride while they waited for a bus to visit a sister who works as a waitress at a local cafe.
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Pleasanton
San Antonio
Stinson Field
Stage Star Moran Dies in St. Louis
Springfield il reports John E B Cochran known as Moran of Moran and Mack vaudeville dies at Jefferson Barracks hospital. Interment at Camp Butler National Cemetery near Springfield with American Legion military rites. His partner Charles E Mack was killed in an automobile accident in Arizona in 1934.
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Springfield
John EB. Cochran
Moran
Moran and Mack
Cochran
Jefferiso Barracks
Camp Butler National Cemetery
American Legion
Charles E. Mack
Arigona
Olivia de Havilland Departs Touring Army Hospitals
Actress Olivia de Havilland resumed her hospital tour after a cold kept her hospitalized at Brooke General, Fort Sam Houston. She departed San Antonio for McKinney to visit Ashburn General, then El Paso to see Beaumont General patients, with a final stop at Bruns General in Santa Fe, New Mexico before returning to Hollywood.
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Olivia
de Havilland
Army General Hospitals
Brooke General Hospital
Fort
Bam Houston
San Antonio
McKinney
Ashburn General Hospital
el Paso
Giaft
Beaumont General Hospital
Hollywood
Bruns [General Hospital
Banta Fen
Red Border Policy Looms As Problem
Washington officials fear Moscow may pursue a lone path in relations with Poland the Baltic states and Finland risking American support for a permanent world security system. Hulls principles urge settlements by law and equal sovereign rights and officials hope Stalin reverses course before the public rejects international cooperation for world peace.
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Kingsbury Smith
State Department
Soviet Russia
Hale
Allind
Hult
Hull
Washington
Stalin
Sergeant Held After Bar Fight at El Rancho Bar
Military police arrested a sergeant late Sunday after a free for all at the El Rancho bar on Frio City road. Furniture was smashed and two plate glass windows were broken. Deputies said the affray began between the sergeant and a civilian with others joining in. The proprietor cited 30 dollar windows and 12 missing billiard balls.
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el Rancho
Frio City Road
Hondo Postoffice Sees Record Year With Air Base Impact
The Hondo post office reported a record year with receipts more than doubling from 1942 to 1943 due to war influx from the air forces navigation school. Total receipts reached 38,246.97 in 1942 and 60,471.9 in 1943 with 28,026.40 from all mail shipments. The office will enter first class operations in July.
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Wrough
Hondo
Air Forces Navigation School
Honda
Three Soldiers Injured In Auto Crash Near McDonna-Lacoste Road
Three soldiers were knocked down by a car Sunday night on the McDonna Lacoste road, the sheriff reported. None suffered serious injuries and they were treated at Kelly Hospital. Guadalume Lopez, 22, of Von Army, the driver, said he was taking his sick daughter to a hospital in San Antonio when his headlights failed as he approached the hikers.
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Nelly
Overheated Stove Sparks S A Fire in San Antonio Home
An overheated wood stove started a house fire at Adbert Mehla’s home on West Young Street causing 200 dollars in damage to the house and 80 to contents. A grass fire spread to ignite a six car garage at an East Locust residence, with 500 dollars in damage. Officials listed Navy procurement officers reading a late Saturday notice for qualified applicants for commissions from ensign to lieutenant.
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Adbert Mehla
Young Street
L. M. Murphy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
The
Navy
Leutenant
Heiser
Office of Naval Procuresment
Niels Fperson
Haan
Hedy Lamarr to Visit Camp Hood for Army Conference
Pim star Hedy Lamarr was scheduled to visit Camp Hood for the opening session of the Eighth Service command theatrical conference. Attendance was reported at 1,100 soldiers.
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Hedy Lamarr
Camp Hood
Pim
Hedy Lamar
Camp Hood Mortday
Eighth Service Command
3 Gunners Get Awards at Laredo Air Field
Three gunners received Air Medal oak leaf clusters in ceremonies at the Laredo Army Air Field. Col. Charles G. Pearcy presented the decorations for service in the Solomon Islands and Pacific campaigns including raids over Bougainville Munda and New Georgia. Harp of Crystal, Mty, Richardson of Longview, and Barrett of Buechel Ky each earned their first oak leaf clusters or additional devices.
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Laredo Army Air Field
Charles G. Pearcy
Mty
Tech
Ispl
Wardie W. Richardson
Longview
Richard
Barrett
Buechel
Exiled Lithuanian President Antanas Smetona Dies in Cleveland
Antanas Smetona, exiled Lithuanian president who resisted German pressure and led the Nationalist party, died of suffocation in a Cleveland residence where he had lived with his wife since 1942. His son Burka, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren were among survivors.
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Cleveland
Antanas Smetana
Lithuania
Sofie
Hye
Sulings Smetona
Burka
Jal
Red Army
Europe Air War Slacken After Constant Attacks
London reports reduced Luftwaffe activity over continental targets with only small forays noted, while RAF Mosquito bombers struck Aachen and Ludwigshafen areas, and American heavy bombers idle until Friday's southwest Germany assault reportedly hit key plants. Stettin raid noted on January 6.
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London
Wreeks
Vichy
Ceremany
Western Reich
Berlin
Aachen
Germany
Feutral
Ludwigshafen
RAF
Stettin
San Antonio Flier Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Local flier Kyle Mitchell of 350 Enviro Avenue in San Antonio receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for thirty missions with a troop carrier squadron of the Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific. The award is announced by headquarters of Allied Air Forces under Lieutenant General George Kenney.
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Kyle
Mitchell
Enviro Avenue
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
George
Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Inti
Convict Faces Murder Charge After Sheriff Killing
In Waxahachie on January 10, Joe Basil Stephens a 27 year old escapee from Retrieve prison farm was slated to face murder charges. Deputy Jess White 34 pursued Stephens on the highway outside Waxahachie and later died after a gunfight and rollover crash. White shot Stephens in the leg before a crowd recaptured the fugitive.
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Waxahachie
Joe Basil Stephens
Retrieve
Stephens
Filis County
Jess White
Jess Cariker
White
Ranger Recovers Stolen Car in Alice
Texas Ranger Gulley Cowsert recovered a Buick sedan stolen from a College street parking lot. The sheriff's office said the vehicle was found abandoned in Alice and Cowsert notified San Antonio authorities after locating the auto.
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Avil
College Street
Alice
Texas Ranger
Gulley Cowsert
Sheri
Cowsert
San Antonio
Morrow
Third I Street
Seven San Antonians graduate as army pilots from central training
Seven San Antonians join the most recent class of army pilots at the Central Flying Training Command. The San Antonians listed include Dale V and Glenn O. Lucas Jr. with multiple addresses, along with First Lieut Clyde Logue Jr and other graduates from Corpus Christi, Cotulla, Eagle Pass, Kerrville, Mission, Refugio, San Marcos, San Saba, Tafti Oscar P Austin Jr, Victoria, Uvalde and more, marking a broad regional cohort.
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Robert B. Nourse
West el Prado Drive
R. 5. Carter
Corpus Christi
Theodore A. Kerr
Cotulla
Lawrence C. McBride
Eagle Pass
Robert K. Howard
Havilagent
Sam G. Puller Jr
Kerrville
Andrew J. Herren, Jr
Kenneth W. Lacke
Thuman A. Glasgow
San Marcos
Albert G. Smith
San Saba
Clinton
Foland
Tafti
Oscar P. Austin Jr
Victoring
Wayne C. Kennedy
Victoria
Albert B. Capt
Uvalde
Two Drunk Men Held After City Car Crash
Two men sobered up after a collision at Guadalupe Street crossing when a car struck a Missouri Pacific switch engine. Both suffered cuts. one claimed he came to rescue the driver. The driver faced charges for negligent collision drunkenness and license tag and ration book violations.
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Missouri-Pacific
Guadalupe Street
Veterans talk by Sam Houston VFW post on KTSA
Joe CG Bettenraart representing Sam Houston post No 76 Veterans of Foreign Wars will discuss Post War Veteran Employment at 4 15 p m Tuesday on Radio Station KTSA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe CG
Bettenraart
Sam Houston Post
Post
KTSA
Police Hold 3 Zoot Suiters
Three youths in zoot suits, two aged 16 and one 18, hide money and marijuana cigarettes while living in a South Alamo street hotel. Detectives booked them for vagrancy after failing to explain funds, leading to a hotel room discovery of another boy hiding under a bed and 27 marijuana cigarettes in a coat pocket.
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South Alamo Strep
West Side
South Alamo Street
Mike Ellis
Mishap at Frenchy’s Black Cat injures staffer
Rudy Corfovea, 20 years at Frenchys Black Cat 11 South Alamo, slipped Sunday night in the restaurant and broke his right arm. He was treated at? hospital.
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Rudy Corfovea
Frenchy's
Black Cat
South Alamo Street
Bante Rosa Tinspital
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