Oxygen equipment tested for high altitude jumps on Lovelace
Lieutenant Colonel William Ben Lovelace, chief of the sero laboratory at Wright Field, tested parachute bail-out oxygen gear from 40,000 feet. He described brief loss of consciousness but quick recovery with automatic chute deployment and full revival by 8,000 feet. He urged universal use of the gear for immediate or delayed parachute openings. Lovelace, tied to Mayo brothers clinic in Rochester, was the test pilot for the army high altitude program.
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Éspital
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Mayo Brothers Clinic
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Nazi Labor Service Rules Hit Belgian Men and Women
A Berne radio report quoted Brussels saying Belgium to compel all men aged 16 to 60 and all unmarried women aged 18 to 35 into voluntary labor in either Hel Sinai or Germany under Nazi command. The dispatch also said Belgian students will be barred from universities until they complete service, reshaping higher education access.
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Scisi
Brussels
Helsina
Germany
Belgium
Three Injured in Auto Collision Near Pruitt and Edwards
Three people suffered cuts in a late Wednesday auto crash at Pruitt Avenue and Edwards Street. The drivers were 46 West Thee ui 1 Olivarri and 28 Alex Vargas of 121 Sogendie street with a 14 year old passenger Rudy Flores. They were treated at Robert B. Green Hospital.
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Thee Ui
Alex Vargas
Sogendie Street
Pruitt Avenue
Edwards Street
Guvarti
Rudy Flores
Magendie Street
Vargas
Robert B. Green
Hondo to Open Celebration Schedule Dominates Weekend
Hondo prepares a two day celebration starting Friday at 1 p.m. with a busy slate of sports and military events. WAACS basketball and baseball teams, softball, and field events highlight Friday activities while Saturday features a navigation training rally and a formal military review with Distinguished Flying Cross awards.
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Hondo Navigation School
Kelly Field
WAACS
Honda Waac
Honda Comets Sei
Normoyle Ordnance
Navigation School
Legro Barebsll
Adolph Field Brown Ramblers
Hondo
Randolph
Robert
Berger
Steves
Nistaiding
Ae Ryvicator
Fortresa
San Antonio Service News Highlights Military Moves
Khaki Faets Bt Wesley A Rochester reports 18 months in South Pacific on furlough visiting parents at 335 Kayton avenue. He will report to New River base. Berns ard W Shoenfield commissioned as second lieutenant at Aberdeen Proving Grounds assigned to Camps Claiborne. Cpl Roy Thorndlom recovering at a San Diego navy hospital from Guadalcanal injuries. Cpl Walter Einkauf attends tank mechanics course at Fort Knox. Local San Antonians volunteer as engineers: Lang, Layer, and Moxley. Col Royal Stacey pins second lieutenant on son James Edward Stacey at Camp Barkeley. Lieut Col Frederick Bell commands Robins Field, with wives from San Antonio. D.D. Dillehay sisters report to Brooks Field. Support staff available. help wanted ads.
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Marines
South Pacific
Kay 1
Ton Avenue
New River
N.C
Aly
Bernsard W. Shoenfield
East Mulberry Avenue
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Cpl
Waliter FL Einkauf
Olmos Drive
Fort, Knox, Ky
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Corps of Engineers
Charles FE. Lang
Paso Hondo Street
Louis J. Layer
Weat Martin Street
Robert L. Moxley
Clay Street
Royal K. Stacey
Burr
Bt. Louis
Yeutenant
James Edward Stacey
Medical Administrative Corps
Camp Barkeley
Frederick Bell
Celine E
Hagner
San Antonio
Robina Field
Amy
Doris
Hagel Dillehay
Jacksonville
Texas
Brooks Feld
Cty
Mrees
Bread Curb To Limit Daily Bread Purchases
Dennis Poe of the FDA announced an amendment to food distribution order No 1 instituting a bread curb effective Thursday. Grocers may buy only bread they intend to sell that day to reduce waste from unsold daily returns. San Antonio housewives saw varied displays as the change nears Friday.
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FDA
Por
San Antonio
Poe
Gypsy Healer Exposed After Fraudulent Cure Request
Mrs. Petra Rodriguez of 109 El Paso Street paid a Gypsy healer $31 for a supposed cure but received no relief. The healer demanded $196 more to complete the blessing, then vanished with the money. Rodriquez reports her faith shaken and her health unchanged. Police were alerted to the alleged fraud and the missing funds.
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Petra Rodriguez
el Paso, Street
Rodgust
Mes. Rodrgues
Rodrigue
Lucre
Man Dies While Mowing Lawn
Eduardo Rapuivel, 8, of 222 White Avenue, fell dead while mowing a lawn at 500 Rigsby Avenue late Wednesday. Justice of the Peace J. W. Sage ruled the death was from natural causes.
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Eduardo Rapuivel
White Avenue
Rigsby Avenue
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Sage
Mind Reader Joins WAACS in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS Ind June 30 Something new was added to the WAACS today a mind reader. Then Mrs Daley Hartwell of Fart Wayne Ind who has staged her theater telepathy act over nations vaudeville circuits for 30 years and recently displayed her occult powers before President Roosevelt.
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Indianapolis
Ind
WAACS
Daley Hartwell
Fart
Wayne
Roosevelt
Garbage Can Theft Reported to Police
Mrs. T. Vander Hooven of 1500 San Pedro Avenue AC reported to police early Thursday that a garbage can was taken from her home. She said this is the second theft in recent weeks, and her nephew District Attorney John Bhook noted the repeated incidents.
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T. T. Vander Hooven
San Pedro Avenue
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