Flying Tigers End as China War Unit Disbands
The Flying Tigers, famed American Volunteer Group in China, dissolve after bold service against Japan. The final official history lauds their 1941 1942 record of 284 downed planes and 25 lost in action, with Gen Claire Chennault to return to the U.S. only after Japan is defeated.
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Flying Tigers
Teiug
Gra
United States Army Air Force
Ghina
China
Br, H. Neale
Teen
Iowa
Hill
Hunt
Texas
W. N. Reed
Bention
W. D. McGarry
Los Angeles
KR. Jernstedt
Yamhill
Ore
R. L. Little
Spokane
Wash
Ced Spection
G. T. Burgers
Sunbury
Jack Neskirk
Lansing
Mich
C. Ti
Olger
G. R. Bond
ATDEC
Burma
AVG
Claire L. Chennault
Union Agrees to Test 7 Day Week for Sugar Industry
About 100 machinists in Vancouver slipyards protested in a telegram urging that an allotment of sugar be allowed for seven day operation of yards wharves and warehouses. The committee led by George Judson said sugar would cut transportation waste and aid Texas factories. the movement seeks to relax consumer sugar rationing to free space for bumper production of sugar related goods.
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Vancouver
B.C
Iocay
Wasp
Dastrias
Texas
Tian
Briday
Washington
George Judson
Repreemis BO
San Antonio
Tras
Eaton Rouge, Inc
Taviasana
Cent Regievels
United States
Henderson
War Chest Board Named by Citizens Committee
Ban Antonio's newly organized War Chest named its board of directors and adopted by laws drafted by a committee led by Judge James R. Davis. The nominees include Mrs. Rufus D. Bell John M. Hennett Tenry H Bryant Edward E. Cole ding and many other named figures including The Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey and Col. W. B. Tuttle. The meeting was led by J. A. Prost to organize the chest and approve the bylaws and board selections.
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Ban Antonios
War Chest
J. A. Prost
Citizens’ Comittee
Organization of the Chest
Japs Take City Near Nan En? Invasion Presses Chinese Force
Amid reports from Amungking on July 3 4 the Japanese claim the capture of Thwang Irigy along a highway south of Nan en 0 miles from Hang province and near the Chekiang Hiangsi railway. The invaders press to trap a large Chinese force in a semicircle south of the railway.
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Amungking
Kien
Thwang
Irigy
Hangs Province
Nanens
Chekiang-Hiangsi
Tity
Leo Cheeapy
Other Spies In Canal Zone Being Hunted
Intelligence officers moved against an established spy ring in the Canal Zone and adjacent areas. Authorities disclosed the roundup targeted about 20 suspects including a Panama Canal labor office employee and a prominent British businessman. Arrests were made June 22 after a U boat landing and seizure of eight boats.
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Canal Zone
Caribbean
Camm
Jilly Jins
Barun Canal
United States
Frank Andrews
Ting
Panama Canal
Ima
Cansei Zone
Belize
Two Army Fliers Killed in Crash Near Vigforville
Two Army flying cadets died when a three motor training plane crashed 16 miles northeast of Vigforville Gall today. The Army announced the deaths as Wayne Kiger of Monterey California and Harvey B Jerwen of International Falls Minnesota. It was the first cadet fatality since the Victorylite Flying School opened in October 1941.
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Vigforville
Gall
Uly
Army
Wayne Kiger
Monterey
Calif
Harvey B. Jerwen
International Fells
Minn
Victnrylite Fiyisig School
Jap-Held Dili Bombarded by Allied Raid
Allied headquarters report a double night bombing of Jap-held Dili Timor concentrated on occupied holdings, the wireless station and the airdrome. Two buildings hit, several fires started, and casualties revised upward for the commando raid last week near Salamaua. First air raid inflicted about 64 casualties at five men wounded.
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Austtalia
Dil
Portugdeis
Timor
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Passengers Probed Aboard as Investigations Continue
Jersey City reports ongoing inquiry into about 700 ship passengers aboard the Swed ish exchange ship Drottningholm. Investigators and officials interview travelers as dozens more are cleared. most aboard are American and Allen refugees from Occupied Europe.
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Jersey City
le Foerth
Ariyal
Shin
G& T Latino-Amere
Wellet Tt
Yast
Nasi Reis
Dwattiingholm
Omonay Nasi
Akelean
Allen
Euroty
Serve The Light Honors Young Texans In Military Service
The Light presents young Texans who have answered the nation's call to the colors. The feature honors their service and current status in the U S armed forces.
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U. S
Defend GR AML Guard Meets at Empire Broadway Highland
Guard plans weekly gatherings at three theaters Empire Broadway and Highland with showings including Vanishing Virginion starring Frank Morgan and Kathyn Grayean at Empire Bahama Passage with Madeleine Carroll and Atimind Hayden at Broadway and Highland and a double feature Roy Rogers in South of the Santa Fe plus Edgar Kennedy and Binni Duncan in Snylfy Smith Yard.
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Edgar Kennedy
Bini Duncare
Snylfy Smith
Fort Sam to Fire 48-Gun Salute on 4th
Fort Sam Houston plans a 48 gun salute at noon to honor the Union with the 2nd Infantry Division leading Fourth of July events. Soldiers from multiple battalions join parades in Houston Cucro Kerrville with open house 10 am to 4 pm and aWeapons exhibit 1 to 4 pm on Arthur MacArthur Field.
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2Nd Infantry Division
Fort Sam Houston
Houston
Cuera
Kerrville
Gath Infantry
38Th Field Artillery Battalion
20D
Medigal
2Nd Division
Pand
Une
3Ath Infantry
24Rh Infantry
Cucro
Walter M. Robertson
9Th Infantry
Arthur MacArthur Field
Arthur MacArthur
46Th Field Artillery
Radio Operators for Aid in Emergency Form Local Group
San Antonio War Emergency Radio unit of 28 licensed operators from the San Antonio Radio Club is ready to function if inter-city telephone lines fail or police transmitters go down. Police cooperation is complete and about 17 operators will be designated special officers to operate on police frequencies if needed. The emergency system is nationwide, Jordan said.
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Office of Civilian Defense
San Antonio
Jordan
Woman Informer Shot by Bicyclists
Vichy July reports say a woman informer, manager of an Paris apartment house, was shot and seriously wounded by bicyclists in reprisal for informing German authorities about subversive tenant activities. French civil and German military law compels reporting of suspicious tenant acts as large rewards are offered. Also, reports from occupied Praner describe the arrest of 12 youths at Dezlers in a raid on clandestine print shops.
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Vichy
Bijcyelists
Womah
Paris
Praner
Dezlers
Stay Home July 4 Urges From Eastman Transport Chief
Washington July 3 INS stay home or man Fourth of July. Repatriate and stay home urged by Joseph B. Eastman transportation director as he cited heavy traffic burdens on railroads and highways due to wartime conditions.
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Washington
INS
Joseph B. Fastman
Fehac Transportation Airector
Vichy Orders U. S. Newsmen to Leave
In London July 3 the Tome radio and foreign and Iewlen newspapers were ordered by the French government to leave Vichy. The order affected American men and press personnel and aimed to control reporting from the occupied zone.
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Vichy
U. S
London
INS
Tome Radio and Today Foreign
Iewlen
Ath
Jexye Vichy
Affecta Atmerann
Youth Held for Threat to Crosby
In Los Angeles a 44 year old unemployed truck driver, George Harry Baker, was taken into custody by federal agents on attempted extortion charges. He is accused of sending letters to Bing Crosby and family demanding $1000 with threats to kill Crosby and Crosby's four sons if money was not sent.
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Los Angeles
Bing Grosby
Hatalq Lloyd Svilly
Tack
George Harry Baker
Griver
Crosby
Vandalism Reported at Will Rogers Elementary School
Police report damage at Will Rogers Elementary School 30 Melivain Street on Friday. Youthful vandals entered through a broken window, flooded the lower floor by opening water hydrants and wrecked a wall clock.
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Will Rogers Ktementary
Melivain Street
Ex-RCAF Flyer To Get U. S. Wings
Rodolph Wartitr, a former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, enters U S aviation cadet training after about a year in Canada’s air force. He aims to earn U S wings and serves at Albany, Georgia during the program.
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RCAF
U. S
Rodolph B. Wartitr
Yams Bridge
Gval
Bra
Tunerfield
Albany
Rayal Canadian Air Force
British Trap Stops Nazis at Alamein Relay
Dispatches report Rommel’s forces withdrawn west of El Alamein as British lines guard the bottleneck to Alexandria. The northern flank holds the road from the Mediterranean shore to the Qattara Depression as Axis withdrawals press through the Qahtara salt mines.
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Ling
el Alamein
Rommel
British
Boston
Hottleneck
Alexanaiua
Fesolale Qattara
Rommmel
Qahtara
Backers of Wilson Meet In San Antonio Luncheon Article
A 1912 gathering in San Antonio brought Texans supporting Woodrow Wilson for president together at a luncheon hosted by Frank G. Davis. Delegates from various counties backed Wilson from the first ballot through the forty sixth, with notable participants including C. W. Davidson, Royal Watkins, Thomas B. Lave, and Cone Johnson among others. The piece notes Johnson as chair and mentions a later promotion for classified ads in the newspaper’s Sunday section.
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Worlrow Wilson
Gunter Uider Pridug
Ay Frank GC
Davis
San Antonio
Wilson
Cementatia Conventina
Delegaton
CT. W. Davidson
Federal Loenge
Berns
Royal Watkins
Dallas
MM. M. Crane
Geneal
Texas
Thoms B. Lave
Force
F. Sadler
Dndins
Nouston
Robert T. Brown
Jens Gerson
Hood Avan
Corpus Chanti
Clifford Berkham
Washington
H. C. Sfghes
Galveston
T. Buen
Roy Marens
J. By Noe
Boerne
L. Cobb
Los Angeles
Cone Johnson
Tyler
Clanstiention 7
Better That Way Jessel and Lois Andrews Separate
Hollywood. Comedian George Jessel and his wife Lois Andrews announce a separation for the time being while Jessel performs. Both say it’s better this way. Andrews, 44, married in 1910, has just signed a major film contract and they have a daughter born Oct 22, 1941.
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Hollywood
Jwiy
George Jessel
Lois Andrews
Jessel
Timater
Hegan
Sai
Vessel
Minn Ane Drewa
Mia Andrews
Camedan
Tir
Critical War Occupations To Be Listed
Washington announces that lists of essential civilian war occupations will be published around July 15 to guide military deferments. McNutt says drafts may be deferred only when individuals prove necessity to war work, and groups are not automatically exempt. The definitions cover essential and critical activities tied to production, repair, transport, and maintenance in wartime.
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Washington
United States
Paul ¥. BicNutt
McNutt
United Nations
United States Employment Service
Local mentions and military notes from 1838 Bexar area
The item lists personal names and brief notes from San Antonio and nearby areas. It includes a 1838 marriage involving Melissa Crownover Phillips and Ben Phillips, references to Don Milam and San Jacinto, military promotions and enrollments, and assignments from San Antonio, Midland, Bakersfield, Philadelphia, and San Marcos.
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Vaolet Haynes
DeVilbiss
Vitatian
Melissa Crownover Phillips
Army Air Fares
Rising Sun School
Philadelphia
Zoo Adds 1988 To City Coffers
City officials report receipts from a San Antonio region society event. Commissioner Hey F Hoh received a check totaling 4 5 087 in June. Names Sloan Teer Prithy and Brackenridge appear in the readable text amid damaged OCR.
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Zoo
Sloan Teer Prithy
Hey F. Hoh
San Antonio
Gunfire Reported Off Dover Coast
Sporadic cannonading heard along the Dover Strait today, described as possibly from the English side. The report notes uncertainty whether the attack involved British or German forces and references shaking artillery sounds over the channel.
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Dover
London, Jilly
Dover Strait
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Portsmouth
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Coast Artilleryman
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Billy” Mitchell
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Farmer Lovebirds
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C. G. Milner
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Albert N. Sprenger
Jack H. MrFaylund
Spencer Avenue
Echoe
Minter Weld
Bakersfield
Howsard Green of
Schertz
Midland
John I. Kerchevilte
Cuppies Road
Now
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al Kelly Field
Dan Guidasteiss
Corwen Street
Air Corps
Mini Beach
Zella BH. Buche
Southwest Texas State Teachers’ College
San Marcos
Lawrence B. Roberts
Auhhy Place
Rugend R. Fabian
Mistrchos Street
Medical Corps
Alexander Bayer Jn
Arbor Place
Camp Grant
Pia
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