War Correspondent Notebook Belgian Cows Used as Nazi Roadblock
A U S Army officer in Belgium improvised a roadblock with Belgian cows to halt a German tank. The scene included a foxhole defender lobbing a rocket and a bazooka squad rallying to quash the threat as U.S. artillery blasted the vehicle. Nearby soldiers, including Tony, a Brooklyn sergeant, captured a German sentry with a pistol as chaos unfolded.
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U.S. First Army
Belgium
Sidney P
Dane
Aren
Sthitle
Girvan
Flonia
Brooklyn
Tony
Fln
Soldion
Ss Tong
Alin
Ant
Technician Swidier Awarded For Heroic Communications Repair
San Antonio based technician Hymen Swidier, nephew of B FP Morris and M Levit, earned the Silver Star for repairing communications under heavy fire during a battalion attack. He dedicatedly fixed broken lines, enabling his unit to hold position until relief arrived. The report notes Swidier’s actions protected fellow soldiers and disrupted enemy advances.
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Swidier
Retief
Padway Letter Conflicts With Public Statements
Westbrook Pegler reports that Padway, Geneva counsel for the AFL, wrote to George Scalise after Scalise was denounced as a convicted white slaver. The piece accuses Padway of ties to underworld figures, questions his labor spokesman claim, and urges the AFL to repudiate him to restore public confidence.
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Westbro
Cotepa Padway
Geneva
American Federation of Labor
George Scailse
Sealise
Padway
Bealise
New York
Building Service Employer’ Union
Wis
Chicago
Old Capone
Tras Thik Padway
Seatise
Tn Tuet
Milor Withan
Mereleridge
Con. Subuhon
Tobin
Padlway
Genera Counsel
Yireseento
Autopork
Tms
Bern
Scalise
Green
Reber
Jackson
Labor
Ciizen
Court
A.B of Li
Tom Dewey
Dewey
ALF
Jane
Wala Greta
Improves With Age Sally Lake Triumphs at Salt Lake City Amateur
Norman Echulte finally wins after 27 years of golf tournament play. He claims the 1044 Salt Lake City amateur title, marking a long-awaited breakthrough in his career.
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Sally Lake Prey
Norman Echulte
Salt, Lake City
It Says Here by Bob Hope in Long Beach
Bob Hope riffs on wartime naval life and celebrity indulgence as he describes attending a launch of a battleship, quips about a cherry pop toast, and observes sailors, a parked car, and a welder mother during a Liberty era visit with humorous, rough-edged anecdotes.
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Bob Hope
Calif
Califorhia Shine
South Pacific
Torrapatra
Adib
King Beaturry Byndicate
Soldiers listed dead and wounded from Texas area
War department reports 1 dead and 17 wounded from Texas among 1728 names. Casualties include Private J B Baker of San Saba and Private Julius H Reiter of D Hanis, with next of kin notified. Navy department lists 293 casualties, among them Charles Marin Frierson Jr. of South Texas and Conrad John Iv Netting, son of Mrs Katherine Netting, among others.
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War Department
Texas
Giese
Aulalio Aguirre
Virginia A. Aguirre
Yorktown
J. B. Baker
Moxaaret Baker
San Saba
T. Darrell Current
Ruth F. Gurrent
Anna
Pfe
Delfina Garza
Marla M. Gara
Laredo
Eugens Green
Ites
Norma Afigen
Lous B. Hovadk
Caldwel
George W. Muir
Fraink W. Tiard
Brady
Pyt
Charles C, Mathews
Pie
Gite F. Zimmermann
Helen M. Zimmermann
Shiner
Southwest Pacific
Korigte I
Barrera
Juan G. Barrera
Rio Grande
Willam E. Dean
Wifey
Dean
Berphan Boulsvare
Margarita
B.jasso
Balnbirg
Y-5
Roberts
Ruddeen
Claudia White
Gonzales
Navy Department
South Texas
Charles Marin Frierson Jr
Fierran
Naval Reserve
Dividend Tax Tips From 1940s IRS Guidance
A historical IRS guidance explains how to report dividend income on Form 1040. It covers taxable vs non taxable portions, liquidating dividends, special cases for savings bonds, stock dividends, and the treatment of dividends in cash and stock forms for different tax years and methods of accounting.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Bureau of Intertral Revenue
Soldier dies in action in Normandy during World War II
Joyo class at Texas A and M, Texas soldier Johnny W. Fisrés, son of Mia Theresa W. Moree and J. A. Flores of Poteet, was killed December 12 1944 in Europe after serving in the Army since 1941 and overseas since 1943. He was decorated for bravery in action in Normandy in June and was reported missing earlier that December.
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Lent Conirad
J. Neting
Katherine Henderson Netting
East Auhby Place
Netting
Everaur
France
Fiswag
Elanth Air Force
Ptc
Jehnnie W. Fisrés
Theresa W. Moree
J. A. Flores
Poteet
Ace
Ity Surope
Normandy
Wourda
Gataber
Schidn
Wis
Beye
New Whs Cs
Two 9 Year Olds Critically Injured in City Collisions
Two nine year old pedestrians were critically injured in separate vehicle incidents. Obtries Ward of East Grayson Street crossed East Grayson at 6235 p.m. Monday and was struck by a tailgate car driven by Mitchell Fartish of 1302 Division Avenue. The second victim, Joe Orgisco of Gan Fernando Street, was struck at 400 block of Ciadelage Street while crossing. Meanuel Montalonge of 717 South Loti Street was the driver of the car.
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Robert B. Green Hospital
Joe Orgisco
Gan Fernando Street
Ciadelage Street
Meanuel Montalonge
South
Lcotia Street
Polict
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Teamsters' Union
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Department Ad Justice
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