Bergman Tells of Alaskan Trials
Ingrid Bergman after a two month Alaska tour said service members felt forgotten. She described soldiers and sailors who had not seen a woman in years and were too shy to speak. Bergman traveled with Neil Hamilton and others as part of the entertainment trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bollywood
Alaska
Hellywood
Ingrid Bergmcan
Miss Bergman
Neil Hamilton
Joan Barton
Narcy Barnes
Mutician
Mervelle Andre
Navy Fliers Lost in Fog Land Safely
Navy notes six planes went down in yesterday's heavy fog along the eastern seaboard. All pilots were sighted and accounted for today. The incident involved planes from Woodwood, New Jersey, and occurred over a widespread area.
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Navy
Viiadelphia
Naval Headquarters T
Naval
Local servicemen promoted or stationed in World War II
A batch of San Antonians and relatives receive promotions, postings, and duty assignments. Among them Lieut Frederick G Spence and Sgt Alton E Stein serve as Flying Fortress pilots over Europe, Pvt Walter A Rich ter Jr in Miami Beach, and Lt Hesiquin H Gonzalez after medical school. Promoted or reassigned are Warren H Powell and Francis M Anderson to corporal, Daniel M Segovia Pedro G Alvarado Jerome R Lawke James L Walker Ambrosio M Martinez Denver J Anderson, Maj Russell Lee Deter to lieutenant colonel, Edwin Calhoun and Marmon to captain, Winston Hill and William Eason advance, plus others in infantry air corps signal and sanitary units. Cpl Augusta M Bippert trains Marine Link, Sgt Jack Simons Jr returns from Alaska, and Paratrooper Nie Longoria earns Lae jump certificate. Ranging postings include Mojave Calif Pecos field Italy and South Pacific theatre.
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Frederick G. Spence
Thomas R. Spence
Michigan Averte
Hes
Europe
Alton E Stein
Route 4
du Paseo
Eighth Air Force
England
Walter A. Richter Jr
Cupples Road
Anlu Air Forces
Miami Beach
Fla
Hesiquin H. Gonzalez
Saunders Avenue
Medical
Carlisle Barracks
San Antonians
Laughlin Field
del Rio
Warren H. Powell
Howard Street
Francis M. Anderson
Porter Street
Daniel M. Segovia
Monterey
Russell Lee Deter
Medical Corps
Elmhurst
Edwin Crawford Calhoun
Woodlawn Avenue
Thomas Carlyle Marmon
Ordnance
East Crockett Street
William Henry Rugeley
Air Corps
Travis Albert Infantry
Queen's Court
Max Hitzfelder
Rayton Avenue
Herold Joseph Lozano
Infantry
Donaldson Avenue
Fred Andrew Lindsey
Westfall Avenue
Everett Aulman Powell
Leutenant
Winston Clyde Hill
Cavalry
Holliday
William Warren Eason
Drexey Avenue
Sanitary Corps
Harold Stanley McCrabb
Air
Jack Simms
North Ping Street
Charles O. Hixson
Negro Soldier Vote Out in Georgia
In Atlanta on January 29 INS reports Governor Ellis Arnall said Georgia law bars negroes from voting in the white Democratic primary. The NAACP urged a ruling and called the law unconstitutional, but no litigation is planned to challenge possible disenfranchisement of black and white voters in service.
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Atlanta
INS
Pascane
Georgia
Nlh
Ellis Arnall
Atlants
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Beeville Soldier Receives Purple Heart
Beeville January 20 Starr war. Mack C Massengale son of Mr and Mrs L W Massengale was seriously wounded in Italy in December and awarded the Purple Heart. In a letter to his parents he says he is improving in a North African hospital and forwarding the Purple Heart to his wife in Houston. He left for foreign service with the 36th division in April 1943.
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Beeville
Jan
Mack C. Massengale
L. W. Massengale
Italy
North Africa
Houston
Injured Boy Released After Street Accident
The 1918 Rogers Street boy, treated at Robert B Green hospital for a head injury and bruises after a car struck him at Crosby and Pieter streets while crossing and buying butter, was discharged Saturday. Jaycees to hear Smith at noon Tuesday at the Gunter hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Undie Ashley
Rogers Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Crosby and Pieter Streets
Jaycees
Smith
John Lee Smith
Texas
Com Ymelce
Gunter Hotel
Five Children Die in Stone Park House Fire
A morning blaze in Stone Park, a Chicago suburb, killed five children aged two months to 11 years. Parents Tay and Amitt Carhline Parr were away at work. an older brother named Sonny, 4, escaped the fire.
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Chicago
Gay
Stone Park
Parets
Tay
Amitt Carhline Parr
Ab Wark
Sonny
Blige
Resources of Texas Listed
South Texas showcases animal resources with potential for industrial use as outlined in a San Antonio Manufacturers association bulletin. Prepared by G C Leel with W B Thrasher and Carl Pool, the list highlights diverse resources and avenues for future development.
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South Texas
San Antonio
G.C. Leel
Association
W. B. Thrasher
Carl Pool
Lampasas Couple’s Four Sons in Service Flag Donated
Mrs. George N. LaBounty of Lampasas reports four sons in military service. Capt. George N. LaBounty Jr. is in North Africa after three years’ service. First Lt. James R.B. LaBounty recently returned from 14 months overseas and heads to Camp Breckenridge for reassignment. Opt. Jack LaBounty serves in the Pacific with the 392nd Bombardment Squadron. Charles E. LaBounty completed high school and has served since May. The flag was donated to the American Legion post by Mrs. Mary Hail and scripted by Edward Merrick at a U S ceremony honoring the Spanish American War Veterans.
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Sami Rsne
George N. LaBounty
Lampases
Lan- Pases
Lampasas High School
George N. LeBounty Jr
North Africa
James RB. LeBounty
Camp Brewert
Jack LaBounty
Pacific
392Nd
Charles E LaBounty
Achcool
Gertrude Coston
Ee Hets
U. Ss
Gilena Schmidt
Cemetery official named secretary treasurer at Texas Cemeteries convention
Grover A. Godfrey Jr. of San Antonio was named secretary treasurer of the Texas Cemeteries spepulation at the annual convention held in Dallas.
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Grover A. Godfrey Jr
San Antonio
Texas Cemeteries Spepulation
Dallas
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Bergman
Peter
Ben-Gay
Science
Peter Pain
Diej Hens Gay
Oll
Lee
Tasha
Johnnie Longoria
Lucas Longoria
Delgado Street
Lae
New Guinea
Cpl
A. Kanter
Signal Corps
Leota Kanter
Cliff Avenue
Guadalupe Teniente
Arturo G. Teniente
Saunders, Avenue
Sgt
Porfirio M. Nino
Porfirio Nino
Guadalupe Street
South Pacific
Pic
R. G. Lopez
Jess Lopez
Seal Atrett
Camp Maxey
Cakanter Ami
Beeville Soldier
Tualtress
Ane
Lannsby
Cy.gy
Aike
Lawson
Yoye Chaice
Thayer
Chatham
Blore Mars
Resources of Texas Listed
Karotkin
de Hay
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