15 Sailors Give Up Life Boat to Wounded Mates
The Light honors young Texans serving with U.S. armed forces. Today are presented the following young men who have answered the nation's call to the colors.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1942
Page
2
Mormons Form New Battalion
Salt Lake City July 10. Members of the Latter Day Saints sworn into the Marines last night in a mass ceremony. They become the first platoon of a modern prototype unit linked to the old Mormon battalion famed for a lengthy march from Council Bluffs to California. Some enlistees trace lineages to the original battalion.
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Salt Lake City
Roday 10
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Idaho
Snefr Hneage
Council Bluffs
Iowa
California
Yanks Down Jap Plane in China
Lieut. Geo. Joseph W. Stillwell's headquarters reported a two engine Japanese observation aircraft shot down yesterday at Hengyang in China during World War II operations.
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China
Chungering
Geo
Joseph W. Stillwell
Hengyang
Twelve heroes die after sinking in Coral Sea
San Francisco July 10 INS The 12 crewmen of the stricken U S tanker Neosha sacrificed themselves to save wounded shipmates as 15 leaped into shark-infested waters. Survivors B H Flaherty and D J Nelson recount how Lieut Harry Bradford and others gave up spots in lifeboats. Neosha and destroyer Sims fought off planes before sinking.
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San Francisco
INS
U. S
U. S. Navy
Coral Sea
B. H. Fisherty
St. Louis
D. J. Nelson
Laurel Mont
Harry KK. Bradford
Flaherty
Nelson
Sims
Neosho
Lieut
Bradford
John 8. Phillips
Alay
United Nations
Spharka
Georgia
J. T. Nix
Texas Cadet's Season Unexpected Flight Lesson
In Chickasha Texas a flight instructor T A Fordham gave Cadet Robert E Boyd of Alto Texas a scro bate flying lesson. The cadet reportedly released his rip cord after seeing a parachute settle to the ground and the other seat remained vacant.
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Chickasha
Sale
T. A. Fordham
Robert E. Boyd
Alto
Texas
Boyd
Col Johnson Named President Of Seized General Dyestuff
Louis Jabogon former assistant secretary of war named president of General Dyestuff Corp of New York after government seizure on July 6. Alien Property Custodian Lea Crowley announced the appointment, noting General Dyestuff is the sales agency for General Aniline and Film Corp, tied to I G Farben.
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Wasiington
CNS Co
Louis Jabogon
Lodey
General Dyestuff Corporation of
New York
Johnson
Alien Property
Lea T. Crowley
General Dyestuff
Crowley
General Aniline and Firm Corporation
I G. Farben
German Chemical Trust
Germans Utilize Night Maneuvers in Desert War
Washington reports Senator Lodge Jr says Axis gains in Africa reflect German night actions. He cites Rommel moving troops tanks and supplies in darkness and notes British weakness due to control of a single desert defile. Lodge recently returned from Libya after studying desert warfare.
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Washington
INS
Africa
Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Libya
Rommel
Todge
Alleged Reds Sentenced by Besancon Court in France
In Besancon on July, the anti-Communist court sentenced 34 men to terms from hard labor to one year in prison. The cases involved alleged communist links amid wartime repression.
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Vichy
Besancon
Nive
Japs Midway Losses Seen Even Higher
Naval sources anticipate a final Midway tally showing greater U S gains than the Coral Sea and possibly a crippling blow to Japan. Since the battle in early June, Honolulu reports list 25 warships and many auxiliary vessels sunk or damaged, with several carriers included among the losses.
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Uy - Ay
INS
Battle of
Midway
United States
Corl
Nippon
Honolulu
Riddle Funeral Set for Trinity
The body of Mrs. W. L. Riddle 84 died here Wednesday was sent to Trinity her former home for funeral and burial Thursday afternoon. Two daughters and a brother survive.
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W. L. Riddle
Trinity
Brether
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