Casualties Report From World War II South Texas Service Men
The army and navy released casualty notices detailing South Texas service members. Corpl Bilis, in the Marine corps, was killed in the South Pacific after 19 months on combat duty and Guadalcanal action. other names include Pvt Tom Fisueros and Pvt Ignacio Vasquez wounded. Robert Worth Smith missing. Cp Raymond C Knapp and Marine Sam W McAllister Jr wounded. Lt Francis Birret McAllister injured in December. Staff Sgt Charles Donald Wilson wounded in action in Italy. notes on locations, mothers, and grandmothers in Austin, San Antonio, Seguin, Bonita, and Ratán.
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South Pacific
Bertha Ellis
Austin
Bilis
Marines
Guadalcaras
Army
Navy
South Texas
Mediterranean
Tom
Fisueros
Felicitas B. Figueroa
San Antonio
Ignacio Vasquez
Marie Vasquez
Seguin
Robert Worth Smith
Aviation Rachis
Thomas Worth Smith
Ratan
Dorothny Dean Smith
Raymond C. Knapp
U.S .Marine Corps
Victoris Snapp
Bonita
Marine Smt
Sam W. McAllister Jr
Pacific
Mra
E. B. McAlister
Francis Birret
Mcallister
Solomon Islands
Germans Face Potato Shortage
New York dated January 12 Berlin radio warned Germans a potato shortage requires sharp conservation to ensure enough potatoes for spring planting.
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New York
Berlin
Cowboy 74 Jailed For Shoplifting in San Antonio
Sobbing and pleading guilty, John P. Dorsey of Sheridan Wyoming, 74, asked Judge Burnett for clemency after admitting to stealing $26 worth of clothing from Joske’s on December 15. He claimed range life and cold drove him to San Antonio and that a stolen bag at the stockyards explained his act. He received 30 days with credit from January 1. London reports a German broadcast saying 98 killed and 100+ injured in train collisions near Arevalo northwest of Madrid.
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Wyoming
McCollum Burnett
John P. Dorsey
Sheridan
Wyo
Joske’s
San An
Tonio
San Antonio
Joske's
Burnett
London
Arevalo
Madrid
Court Forces Bond Test Case In Quake region
URUAPAN Mex Jan 42 G Court action forces a bond test as Paricutin volcano increases activity following a quake. The Texas Supreme Court will review a case tied to $200000000 in county bonds and a new crater reported near Patacuaro about 30 miles east of here.
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Commissioners Court
Uruapan
Mex
Paricutin
Bom
Texas Supreme Court
Associa
Ton of Texas
Patacuaro
Texas
Here
U.S. Baby Crop Rises by One Million Since War Start
Census Bureau reports the United States registered about one million more births in the past two years than in the two years before the war. The peak in births occurred roughly a year after Pearl Harbor, marking a notable baby boom milestone.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Pearl Harbor
Ministers Hear Houston Man
Dr. Dawson C. Bryan pastor of St. Paul s Methodist church in Houston spoke to superintendents and conference chairmen of the San Antonio Ministers association at a meeting at noon Wednesday in Travis Park church. He outlined plans for a general membership drive to be conducted in Southwest Texas from February 26 to March 22.
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Dawson C. Bryan
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Houston
San Antonio
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S. Pacific
Oph
Harold Q
Snooky" Els
Cpl
Harold C. Ellis
Bete Ora
Carman
Hickson
Frank
Chilon
Iberta
Freestone
Hale
Santa Rosa
Ayrebank
Kieffer Pears
Eureka Persimmnor
Briarcliff
Edith McFarland
Etaille de Holland
Hit
Luxembough
Talisman
I Cowboy
U.S
Heine
Sears
Boyville
Sears, Roebuck and
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