Fatal gas blast claims South San Antonio woman
Mrs. Lora Trapp, 59, died after a gas explosion that destroyed her home on Palatine Street while she tried to light a range. Her husband, L. R. Trapp, 74, was nearby in a barn. she died at Med ical and Surgical hospital at 12:44 a.m. Tuesday. Funeral planned at Trinity Baptist Church. Damage estimated at 3500. Survived by husband, five children, and three sisters.
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Lora Tapp
Palestine Street
South
San Antonio
Medical and Surgical Hospital
Trinity Baptist Church
Ilenen
N. R. McRae
L. 2
Trapp
McRae
H. A. Dustin
Chile Arranging U S Japan Exchange
Berlin report says negotiations for a swap of American diplomats and citizens in Japan for Japanese diplomats and nationals in the United States are progressing satisfactorily through Chilean mediation. Chilean officials in Santiago are said to be finalizing arrangements after talks with the Chilean foreign office.
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Berlin
Van
Japan
United States
Jop
Chile
Yoshii Yamagata
Santiago
Lincoln Talk By Expert At Jefferson High School
An expert address on Abraham Lincoln titled Lincoln Topic of Talk by Expert was given to the student body at Thomas Jefferson High School. Louis A Warren director of the Lincoln National Life museum will also speak to University of San Antonio students and faculty on Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren
Lincoln National Life Company Musem
Thomas Jefferson High School
Warren
University of San Antonio
Vichy and British Exchange Hostages
Fourteen British hostages held at Vals-Les-Bains for three months will be exchanged for six pro Vichy Frenchmen freed in Syria. The exchange was announced by the secretariat of information. Among the Englishmen at Vals-Les-Bains was John Amery, son of J S Amery British secretary for India.
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Wighy
rTencr
Vals-Les-Bains
Syria
Secretariat of Information
John Ameryton
J. S. Amery
India
De Gaulle Radio Silence Explained
London reports the scheduled De Gaulle address was canceled last night as he failed to submit his copy 12 hours in advance per foreign office rules. The incident prompts questions about timing and authorization for Free French broadcasts.
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London
Charles de Gauly
Foreign Office
Plants to Build Homes in San Antonio Area
A number of manufacturing plants in the San Antonio area are equipped to produce pre-fabricated houses or components. Locke of the OPM division says defense housing needs include 42,000 demountable houses for wartime workers nationwide. The Federal Works Agency will oversee construction with funds from defense housing appropriation. Selection of sites for 23,728 demountable houses in 47 localities is under way.
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San Antonio
P. B. .Locke
OPM Division of Contract Distribation
Wit
Locke
Federal Works Agency
Ushi
Nu Apccial Ppnopriatian
FWA
Atta
Spectacular Blackouts Reported Across Texas by Military Officials
Military observers watched a Monday night blackout exercise across Dallas Fort Worth Austin Corsicana and Corpus Christi areas. Officials called the test a near perfect blackout with only minor infractions including a window broken to switch off a bulb and a tavern match leading to a head injury.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
Corsicana
Corpus Christi
Richard Donovan
San Antonio
Eighth Corps
Reyden Williams
VNT Corps
Port Worth
Nueces
Kleberg
San Patricio
Tor
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Three Die In Plane Crash Near McChord Field
A medium army bomber crashed a mile from McChord field near Tacoma Washington killing three airmen. Pilot Second Lieutenant J P Otlossn from Salt Lake City co pilot Second Lieutenant G G Hopkins from Kansas was killed with Osborn from Los Angeles. Fire burned the plane. sheriff checked for bombs. Evacuees returned in six hours.
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Tacoma
Wasa
McChord Field
Here
J. P. Otlostn
Salbi Lake City
G. G. Hopkins
Par- Kan
G. Osborn
Los Angeles
Tely
Nin
Sheriff's Office
Garth
British Guard Against Typhus in Mediterranean
London authorities say special measures protect British troops in the Mediterranean against a Typhus spread from Eastern Europe. Continental reports warn the disease, once large in Eastern Europe, may reach Spain, with crisis from the illness growing.
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London
Mediterranean
Europe
Spain
New Enlistment Regulations Issued by Army Official
California Kinzie B Edmunds district recruiting officer announced new enlistment rules on Tuesday. Applicants must present a statement from the selective service board proving they are not employed in technical or key war production positions and have not been ordered to report for induction. Exceptions include immediate aviation cadet applicants and those aged 18.
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Cal
Kinzie B. Edmunds
Kinzie
Selective Service Board
War Board to Hear Nelson Defense Plan Proposals
Washington January meeting of the War Production Board aims to outline Nelson plans for reorganizing production offices to speed war output. Proposals include centralizing automobile industry conversion and creating a materials traffic board for army navy and lend lease demands. Roosevelt asks Congress for 3000000 to support workers amid industry shifts to war production with weekly benefits for up to 26 weeks.
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Washington
CMS
War Production Board
Roosevelt
Donild M. Nelson
Defense
Nelson
Office of Production’ Management
OPM
Army
Congress
War 25 Years Ago Today January 20 1957
Compiled highlights note capture Nanesil near the Sereth in Eumania the Norwegian liner Gaea torpedoed off Spain with fifty dead and a hundred injured after a munition factory explosion near London plus a Roosevelt inauguration anniversary and ambassador changes.
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TS Tentons
Nanesil
Sereth River
Eumania
Gaea
Spain
London
Roosevelt
Third Line
John Winant
Joseph Henmedy
Kassala Ares
Eritrea
Hallax
Africa
Greeky
Adriatic
Crete
Keitel Reported in Hungarian Capital
Berlin dispatch notes German Field Marshal Keitel was observed in Budapest this morning according to a German radio broadcast. Hungary reportedly agreed to Axis demands for more military assistance against Russia and related wartime measures.
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Berlin
Wilhelm “Keitel
Budapest
Hungary
Bern
Switzerland
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