Dallas Cowboy Henry Fatally Shot in Action and Pacific War Blitz
A Dallas cowboy, Captain Jack Ort, shot down a Zeke fighter over Magamigahata as carrier strikes hit northern Honshu and Hokkaido. The Third Fleet pummeled three Japanese cities and 13 other targets, sank ships, and damaged oil centers and rail facilities amid heavy air and sea assaults.
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Cowboy Henry
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Guam
Japan
Jack Ort
Fresno Drive
Magamigahata
Associated Press
Ort
Nagoya
Untold Reasons Behind Chennault Resignation Revealed
CHUNGKING July 16 Officials in the Chinese capital generally took for granted today that much remains untold behind the resignation of Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault as commander of the U S 14th Air Force in China. Chennault indicated reasons of internal forces for his action. He has long been a popular American figure in China and served in a dual role as Generalissimo Ching Kai-shek s air chief of staff and commander of the 14th Air Force. Rumors preceding the resignation lessened shock in many quarters. an Kunming report said Chennault actually prepared his resignation statement for a July 12 press conference but did not read it. His aide Capt. Joseph Alsop could not reach Gen. Wedemeyer for permission. Chennault criticized critics of China and urged Americans to cease faulting their ally and said he expects to return to the United States and retire from the army.
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Kunming
Rand
Beanvise Chennaul
Joseph Alsop
Wedemeyer
Chennault
George E. Stratemeyer
U, & Air Forces
China
Boy Charged With Murder in Local Court
A 14 year old boy, Richard Deary of 11h Borrison Street, faces murder charges after Alvin Stakes, 48, of 4605 Sherman Street, was shot Saturday evening at a North New Braunfels Avenue location. Stakes died Sunday at Robert B. Green Hospital.
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Deary
Borrison Street
Alvin Stakes
Sherman Street
Stokes
Bingk
New Braunfels Avenue
Robert B. Green
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Partly cloudy Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers in the late afternoon and evening. Maximum 96, Monday night 74. East Texas mostly partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the southwest and extreme south portions Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday. Gentle to moderate easterly winds on the coast. More weather on Page 2-A.
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wWeintty
East Texas
3000-Plane Daily Raids Hinted by Guam Officers
In Guam, Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles outlined a plan to hurl up to 3000 planes at Japan in a single day by coordinating tactical and strategic air power. He said the B-29 force would double in impact under the new USASTAF setup, with Superfortresses targeting Japan’s war economy and mainland sites as pre-invasion missions.
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Japan
Strategic Air Foreng
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Ftir
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Astatle
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Mustang
Sauerkraut Breath and the Fraternizing Ban in Bavaria
Howard Cowan reports in EGERN ON THE TIGERNSES, Bavaria, July 16 that General Eisenhower’s order relaxing the ban on fraternizing is nearly in effect. Soldiers discuss, doubt, and test the new rule as they observe German girls and street conversations while jokes about soap and sauerkraut breath surface amid lingering caution.
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Tigernses
Bavaria
Eisenhower
Joplin
London Restores Lights After Six Year Blackout
London celebrated the return of full wartime blackout and street lighting as peace time power was reinstated. The Times Square area and Piccadilly Circus buzzed with neon signs and multicolored street lights. Crowds filled the West End, many dancing and singing, while children experienced fully heated streets for the first time.
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Times
West End
Pilotless B-29 Hunted Crew Safe After Bailout
A pilotless B-29 on a round robin flight from Pyote Texas to Duluth Minnesota to Wolf Point Montana was forced to bail out near northern Minnesota after fuel and engine issues. Lt Keith Hudson was rescued unconscious and later revived. 11 crew members were aboard with others scattered near Napoleon Lake and Link Lake ranger stations as search efforts continued.
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Dakotas
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Minnecot
Edward J. Szychor
Bayonne
N. J
Montans
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Pyote
Texas
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Minn
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Mont
Szycher
Keith Hudson
High Point
Hudson
Link Lake Ranger
W. C. Menke
Des Moines
Jona Davies
Fort Worth
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Alhambra
Calif
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Rhode Island
Roberts
Radionavigator
Massachusetts
Jack Lomas
Detroit
John Cox
Atlanta
Jacob Thm
Booth Bend
Ind
Harold L. Parker
Morgantown
Peach Week Opens as Governor Declares Trade Drive
Austin reports Peach Week, proclaimed by Governor Stevenson to aid the peach crop. A local wholesaler admits few perches though not of the best variety, while others say no peaches available.
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Austin Peachless
Austin
Stevenson
Truman Sees Berlin Wreckage in Potsdam Tour
President Truman and Churchill toured war ruined Berlin ahead of a key wartime conference. He becomes the first American leader to visit Germany in 25 years, viewing the shattered Reich Chancellery and Reichstag as Soviet officials announced Molotov and Stalin would attend, with session delays reported.
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Truman Tours Berlin After Roosevelt's Death Meeting
President Truman toured Berlin with Byrnes and Leahy, inspecting Second Armored Division in an occupation zone. He awarded a citation to Company E of the 17th Armored Engineering Battalion and spoke of the war's consequences, while meeting Red Commander Gorbachev and Barinay as Allied leaders gathered for a closely watched conference.
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Alexander Gorbatev
Berlin
Nikolas Barinay
Autwerp
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Paroled fighter Claude Henry shot dead in Dallas
Ex-San Antonio prizefighter Claude Henry known as Cowboy Henry was killed by three bullets in Dallas less than three months after parole, fired by cafe owner W. Farrow who claimed self defense. Henry had been imprisoned for killing a San Antonio police officer and was paroled after a board ruling that his sentence was too severe. Burial set for Leming after services at Akers funeral home.
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San Antonio
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Dallas
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Six Typhoid Cases In One Family Probed
City health department checks a private water supplier after six members of one family contract typhoid fever. Thelma Drive area residents, four children aged 2 to 6, an aunt aged 22, and an 11 year old cousin were hospitalized. A milk source and possible carrier are being investigated.
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Levis Robbing
Hubert B. Green
Pthent
Familly
Robbins
Child Hangs Self In San Francisco Closet
Police report 8 year old David Stoltz hanged himself in a closet at home in San Francisco on July 18 amid severe ridicule from playmates over a greeted illness. Authorities say the boy was found there after an apparent self inflicted hanging, ending a troubled day.
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Hoy
Weather report for San Antonio shows no rain next day
A rain gauge at the Alamo area downtown logged 141 inches during the heavy downpour Sunday. The Municipal airport weather station recorded rainfall along the thunderment path, but the official 24 hour period ending Monday morning shows no rain.
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Nazis Admit Killing Flier After Yank Jumps From Plane
AP dispatch from PRESSING, Germany, July 14 reports U S Third Army officers saying German police confessed to killing a young American paratrooper, Sgt. Donald Ludwig Hejn, after he landed near Langenselheld last December 12. Witnesses say a gardener and a German soldier captured him and turned him over to police. Police Chief Albert Bury testified he ordered the execution, and Lt. Col. Albert Langeuilting pressed the defendant to recount shooting the flier in the head.
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Albert Bury
Polleoniag Wille Haetner
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Bury
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