Two Youthful Desperadoes Identified in Kingsville Shootout
State police identify two 18 year old bandits killed at the edge of the King ranch near Kingsville after a gun battle that killed night watchman P L Barnhill and Mrs W E Davis. Leroy White alias Leroy David of Houston and R B Williams alias A D Johnson of Stamford were linked to armed robberies and car theft while on the run from Gatesville reforms. Deputy officers killed them at dawn as they tried to escape. Mrs Davis and Barnhill died from gunfire and beatings amid the hijacking spree that began Monday in the Big Grande Valley.
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Kingsville
State Police Identification Bureau
Leroy White
Leroy David
Houston
R. B. Williams
A.D. Johnson
Stamford
White
Gatesville Reformatory
Williams
Gatesville
el Paso County
Storio
Abilene
Reformatory
P. L. Barnhill
Davis
King Ranch
Bishop
R. M. Arnold
Earl Nichols
Corpus Christi
B. B. Ballard
Big Grande Valley
Texas
Battle at Oran Sinks French Fleet Amid Mediterranean Chaos
British forces press to control the surrendered French navy as a major clash erupts at Oran in the Mediterranean. German and Italian reports claim heavy damage with battleships Dunkerque, Provence, and Bretagne involved. Casablanca and Alexandria also figure in shifting fleet movements. Churchill accuses Petain of betrayal as Britain seizes ships in English ports and casualties run high across Europe.
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Associateds Frese
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Brita
BNH
Oran
Gibraltar
France
Geneva
Casablanca
Gran
London
Churchill
Commons
Africa
Sma
Britain
Germany
England
Battli Fo
Alexandria
Vrrimsey
Petaiss
Provence
DNB
Indran
Bretagne
Brettagne
Strasbourg
Dunkerque
Petain
Hitler
Berlin
Naziy
Stiler
Nags
DN. B
Romania
Iment
Premer Ghtorghe Tatarescu
Ion Gigurtu
Ofl Wells
Russia
Vorland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Gerling
Japanese Spokesman Links U S Actions to Hostilities in Asia
A Tokyo naval spokesman says Washington must end “unwarrantable interference” with Japan’s Far East policy to cure the “grave cancer” of U S—Japanese tension. He lists U S aid to Chiang Kai-shek, economic pressure on Japan, and delays by Britain and the United States as part of the conflict, while Tepan remains non-provocative.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Far Eastern
Chiang Kai-Bhek
Washington
Elks Club Presents Flag to Bexar County Court
G. K. Smeltz acting for the San Antonio Elks presented an American flag to the Bexar County Probate Court. The flag will hang behind County Judge Charles W. Anderson in the district courts and the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals.
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Bexar County
G. K. Smeltz
San Antonio Elks
Merge
Charles W. Anderson
Elks Club
Fone
Clyil Appens
French Units Still Fighting Near Basel
Basel July 4 Ten thousand German speaking farmers and peasants of Alsace and Lorraine return home from Southern France amid isolated French resistance. Vanguard of 200 led by fro German Alsatians advances. refugees repatriated to provinces ruled by Germany since 1871. Swiss officer visits fort with Basel newspaper clipping. tears mark reaction as belief in forts persists despite disrupted communications.
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Basel
Switzerland
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Germany
National Zeitung
Pis Tari
Ithane
Suill
Cash and Silver Lost to Friends Amid Missing Items
Mendship police investigated two theft reports involving a friend who cared for $250 worth of money and jewelry during surgery at Robert B. Green Hospital. Another case involved Mrs. E B Holland reporting missing silverware and china left with a friend during a vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Hammell
East Martin Street
Rebert B. Green Hospital
Hammell
EB. F. Holland
Broadway
Italian and British border troops clash near Sollum
Rome reports Italian forces from Libya crossed into Egypt at Musaid near Sollum while Ethiopian native Dubai troops occupied Moyale on the Kenya border. Sollum sits on the Mediterranean coast at the Libya Egypt frontier.
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Rome
Libya
Musaid
Sollum
Dubai
Ethiopia
Moyale
Kenya
Egypt
Italians Routed at Border on Kenya Ethiopia Clash
British military circles said a force on the Kenya Ethiopia frontier routed Italians in a small but successful engagement near Morale. Italians earlier crossed border in greater numbers and attacked a British post, but reinforcements and bombers drove them back, destroying four guns.
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London
Kenya-Ethiopia
British Attacks Hit Gun Posts Near Moyale District
British air force communique reports South Africa airmen bombed heavy gun positions near a native camp in Moyale district. The strike registered direct hits with heavy bombs and an explosion likely at an ammunition dump. Troops sheltered in a ravine and woods and were machine-gunned by the aircraft. all planes returned safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
VPI
South Africa al Force
Moyale
Texas Crippled Children Society to Meet at St Anthony Hotel
The Texas Society for Crippled Children holds its state convention at the St Anthony hotel on October 20 through 22. J R Olds executive secretary announced the event after meeting the Community Committee for Crippled Children chaired by Miss Monin Hunter. New members Mrs P FE Dickinson Mrs J Ross Bolestaig and Mrs A V Seldeman were introduced to the committee.
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Texas Society For Crippled Children
St. Anthony Hotel
J. R. Olds
Olds
Monin Hunter
P. FE. Dickinson
J. Ross Bolesaig
A. V. Seldeman
Fireworks Spark Washington Fires. Three Children Die
Seattle July 4 Fire works increased fire jitters for northwest forest guardians as reports say over 170 fires started by fireworks across western Washington in a week. A farmhouse blaze near Jasper Oregon killed three children of Mr and Mrs Everett Chase, authorities said.
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Seattle
Cowan, Washington
Forest Fire Association
Washington
Jasper
Ore
Eugene
Everett Chase
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Adwriter
Mns
Y- E. Davis
Mostage
Vv. & Davis
Shol
Seine
Fannin
San Antonio
Josee
Joske
Churchill Bitter
Chureau
Trish Coast
Canada
Elks’ Club
Cash
Silver
Crippled Children Society
I. Miller
Joske’s
Klee Salon
Jonkea Street
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