Iceland Occupation Sparks Senate Clash Over Britain Troops
Joint Anglo-American occupation of Iceland faces sharp Senate criticism as calls rise to withdraw British troops. Key figures accuse U S bases buildup in Scotland and Ireland, while Knox appears before the naval affairs committee amid pressure for deeper inquiries into troop use and defense moves worldwide.
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Soap Box Derby Sunday in San Antonio
Soap Box Derby event on Sunday July 13 at Parland Place off 3500 Broadway in Bexar County. Free admission with winner to represent San Antonio at a national race in Akron Ohio.
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Bexar County
Amity
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Ohio
Texans Donate Oil for Britain Campaign Opens
A large crude oil donation from Texas aimed at aiding Britain progresses with 1 350 000 barrels possibly pledged by John F P Camp of San Antonio. Other Texas operators join, pledging thousands more as shipments near readiness through the Tener lending program. Roosevelt acknowledges the gift and outlines delivery terms while Washington arranges final steps.
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Texas Oil Tora It & Plan
John FP. Camp
Sa Antonia
Texas
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Nueces County
Southern Pipe Line Company
Roosevelt
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Ington
United States
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Hero Dies as Gas Kills 3 in Gillespie County
Frederickburg dispatch reports Walter Stieler 62 a prominent Gillespie County rancher died in a gas accident while two Mexican laborers Lupe Chapa 60 and Ramon Chapa 26 were clearing water from a silo. Fire crews recovered four victims. Wiedenfeld revived. Stieler left a widow two sons a daughter and three siblings. Funeral services pending.
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Walter Stieler
Ciilespie County
Barnard Stieler
Confort
Edldie Widenfeld
Wiedenfeld
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Stieler
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Roland
Bernard
Roy Willmann
Adolph
Prita
Gust
Mrz
Victor Keidel
Passage of 1921 Draft Lottery Draws 70 000 Youths
Washington reports the upcoming draft lottery will call 70 000 youths to determine induction order. The 1921 era plan uses a capsule draw to assign relative order for those who registered July 1 and will reach 21 by mid 1920s.
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Washington
Farmer Hatt destroys wheat over government quota dispute
Marion County farmer 55 year old Simake Hatt tears up 17 acres of wheat in protest after officials say his yield exceeds the allotment and impose a 49 cent per bushel penalty. Neighbors intervene but Hatt vows to finish what he started, regretful over earlier shock costs.
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Conservator cites 62 cars for oil burning in U S parks
Washington July 12 United States park police ticketed sixty two automobiles over the past four days for burning excessive oil. Motorists were given ten days to fix defects while a notice on windshields warned engines are defective.
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INB
Harold Tokes
United States Park
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Paix Police
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Sata
Ionabie
Levant Peace Signed Ends Five-Week War in Syrac
Armistice reached in the Levant at 10 40 p m after five weeks of conflict between British and Vichy forces. Firing stops at midnight Friday by order of Gen Henri Dentz. Preliminary talks arranged via U S consul in Beirut amid British siege conditions. Demobilization of most Vichy troops and postwar independence assurances for Syria and Lebanon.
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Palestine
Syra
Henri Dentz
Byria
United States
Beirut
Inglide
Vighy
Syriz
Lesucozs
Train Derails After Collision with Cow Near Jesup
Seven Atlantic Coast Line cars of the Champion train derailed 20 miles north of Jesup as a cow blocked a switch. Ten people were injured, none seriously. Maj. W Frice Reid of the Georgia state patrol linked the crash to the cow struck at the switch and derailment.
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New York
Jesup
Maj
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Georwig State Patrol
Wau
Agilh & Switch
Pensions Sought for Ex Rangers
Pallas July 12. Former Texas rangers seek federal pensions for men who served in the meat law enforcement body during World War I. Thomas M. Donagan Jr ex-ranger and former sailor says the Texas ex-rangers association is pushing federal legislation to provide pensions for rangers who guarded the Meklesa border during the war.
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Texas Rangers
Thomas M. Donagan Jr
U. S
Davy
Texas Ex-Rangers Association
Meklesa
13 Inmate Escape From Reformatory Sparks Manhunt in Pine Bluff
In Arkansas Pine Bluff, 13 youths fled from the boys' industrial school fearing a former superintendent might return to lead the institution. Police patrolled highways as nine remained at large, while four, ages 14 to 18, were recaptured within half an hour.
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Roosevelt Sets Sail For Weekend Yacht Cruise
President Roosevelt departs Washington for a weekend aboard the yacht Fotomac on Chesapeake Bay. Accompanying him are Benalour and Mrs Alben Barkley presidential secretary Mrs Stepan YT and Miss Grate Tully. A son was born today to comedian Berh Lahr and his wife Mildred Schroeder.
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Fotomac
Chesapeake Bay
Benalour
Alben W. Barkley
Stepan YT. Early
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Hollywood
Berh Lahr
Mildred Schroeder
U S Not Asleep On Gliders
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold says gliders hold limited value for restricted operations and the United States plans to keep warfare away from American shores. He warns the enemy is not asleep and notes several experimental glider types in development.
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Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Arnold
United States
Two Pilots Safe After Collision Near Wheeler Field
Two pilots parachuted to safety after formation of three aircraft collided over Wheeler Field. Both were hospitalized with minor injuries. Names: Second Lieut. Richard Teale, 22, Deter, Colorado, and Second Lieutenant Ulysses O'Hearn, 26, Loyall, Oklahoma. They arrived in Hawaii on July 5.
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Jay
Cains
Poth
Richard
Teale
Deter
Colo
Solent
Ulysses
O'Hearn
Loyall
Okla
Hawaii
Portugal Assured Islands Are Safe
Portuguese minister in New York says the United States will not occupy the Cape Verde islands or the Azores and vows Portugal will repel any invader. He spoke as he met his daughter arriving from Bermuda.
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Portugal
United States
Cape Verde
Azores
Jann A. Dibianehl
Dibianehl
Bermuda
Portigal
Southeast Ration Power Return Approved for July 21
Atlanta July 12 The Southeast will again ration electric power after Georgia Power asked that all industrial public and private consumption be reduced by one third starting July 21. The move follows regional energy shortages and aims to curb demand as hot weather drives usage.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Georgia Power Company
Tokyo Envoys Flee Moscow in Groups
German radio quoted a Vienna report that most members of the Japanese embassy in Moscow left the Soviet capital for Tokyo. They traveled in groups of 16 and 10, leaving only the chargé d affaires, a military attaché, and an AMOI staff member.
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Ausaia
Moscow
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Amoi
Actress and Singer Wed in Nevada
Katherine Grayson a 19 year old film actress and John Skelton 26 singer wed today in Las Vegas Nevada after a surprise elopement. Grayson recently starred in Andy Hardy's Private Secretary marking her first film role and a notable career milestone.
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Hollywood
Katherine Grayson
John Skelton
Las Yrgna
One Killed Two Hurt in Beewille Wreck Sightings
Earl Glen Vaught Jr about 20, Bauldin, died when a Wik automobile crashed into a telephone pole. Two companions Bess Forbes Skidmore and Min Carley Mathis were injured as the car lurched and wrecked on an early July day in Beewille.
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Earl Glen Vaught Jr
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Bess Forbes
Skidmor A Min Carley
Mathis
Suttered Miu
Prostitution Ban Signed by F D R
President Roosevelt signed a measure prohibiting prostitution in or near sanitary or royal establishments, directing enforcement by federal authorities. The action aims to restrict vice activities around designated facilities.
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Naples Suffers Great Blows
Naples, Italy endured heavy damage as British bombers hit its waterfronts and fuel depots on July 12. The Italian bulletin tallied casualties with 928 wounded and unspecified deaths while reporting additional strikes on North Africa and the port of Tripoli.
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Italy
Middle East
Ar Porgane
Showers Lift Texas Heat Amid Widespread Rainfall
A Texas weather roundup reports scattered showers late Saturday easing heat across regions from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle. Del Rio recorded heavy rain while Abilene and Houston saw notable amounts as cities including Galveston and Palestine report rainfall improving conditions.
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Gorbus Christi
Houston
Marasoin
Palestine
Yoo-Hoos Pale Olympia In Cupid Bombing Parade
Troops returning to Ford Levis California beat a strategic withdrawal by disguising movements as they enter Washington and stage a drive through the capital. Army trucks bombed passersby with love notes and paper hearts as Wood slick thropes joined in, while messages urged sportswear, lunch in parks, and letters to localMiss Washington.
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Yoo-hoo
Washington
Cayuitol Way
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Ben Lear
Brenda to wed Holly in Las Vegas at midnight
Brenda Marshall and Willan Holden plan a Las Vegas wedding at midnight with attorney Brian Donlevy in attendance. The couple has reportedly left their Hollywood home and will return after the ceremony to resume work on Paramount's The Remaking Andrew. Mina Marshall may follow to Canada for new work opportunities.
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Pim Stara
Brenda Marshall
Willan Holden
Las Vegas
Attor Brian Donlevy
Hollywood
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Paramount
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Mina Marshall
Canada
Reds report no defenses cracked in big war advance
The latest dispatches describe German claims of breakthrough toward Leningrad Moscow and Kiev while Soviet officials deny major changes and say defenders hold in areas around Vitebsk and Novograd Volynsk. Hitler asserts a three pronged offensive and a shattered Red Air Force. Moscow reports continued heavy fighting near Vitebsk and along the Soviet line as Germans advance beyond Minsk and toward Odessa.
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Rumania and Great Traskindling Assaults On the Black Sea Ports of Constana
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Weather Forecast San Antonio Sunday Outlook and Winds
Forecaster calls for mostly cloudy conditions in San Antonio with light to moderate northerly winds turning southerly. Saturday highs near 92 with a Sunday morning low around 72 and Sunday high near 92. East Texas may see partly cloudy skies with afternoon thundershowers and fresh onshore winds along the coast. West Texas expects cloudiness with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms Sunday and cooler by night.
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