Storm-Riding Yanks Bomb Regensburg Schweinfurt
American air forces mounted a major bombing raid on Regensburg and Schweinfurt in Germany, as part of a four day series of coordinated assaults from the west and south. More than 1100 heavy bombers and 800 fighters participated, with numerous enemy aircraft encountered. En route home some fighters strafed rail targets, while operations extended to Brox in the Sudetenland on the Czech border.
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Lowdon
Germany
Regensberg
Schweinfurt
Italy
Berlin
Britain
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Guyance
Witner Wargeuman Regense ‘Herg
Schwelrfure
Sudetenland
Brox
Czzechoslovakia
Brux
Phaha
Prague
New Yreaks
al- Ned
Fce
Armitd
Allied Air Armadas Hit Germany And France Fronts
Allied air forces bombed German and French targets from the Ruhr to Normandy, hitting rail hubs, ball bearing works, and factory plants. American bombers plus Mosquitos attacked convoys and river crossings near Paris, Regensburg, Schweinfurt, and Friedrichshafen, with 17 enemy planes downed as 14 000 Allied sorties pounded the theater.
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Normandy
Homberg
Bottrop-Wilhelm
Ruhr
Hamburg
France
Paris
River Po
Yugoslavia
Regensburg
Germany
Munich
Schweinfurt
Reich
Friedrichshafen
Mames
Eiedromes
Italy
Alles
Seine
Slight Accident Averts Major One
A near head on collision on West Commerce Street led Roy Fielder to swing his car into a truck. Three passengers were injured, Nina Dodson aged 20, Jerry Louthan 26, and La Verne Maddox 22, all suffering cuts and bruises.
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West Commerce Street
Fidet
Roy Fielder
Ven Ness Street
Nina Dodson
East Evergreen
Jerry Louthan
McKinley Street
la Verne Maddox
Chickering Street
End in Sight for Nazis Says Press
London editors assess Hitler’s near downfall after the bomb attack and Tojo’s government collapse, predicting Germany’s “birth pangs of defeat” and noting Allied successes in the Pacific. Editorials from Evening Standard, Times, Daily Mail, and other papers comment on morale, Axis disintegration, and a bleak forecast for the war’s end.
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London
London Star
Hitler
Germany
Evening News
Caesar
Yojo
Standard
Bruwler
London Daily Herald
London Daily Mail
Diller
Navy’ Herald
Pacific
Saipan
Britain
The
Daily Mail
Atc
Tojo
Cayss
London News Chronicle
Hess
al- Mes
Yorkshire Post
Pokya
Toje
Japan
$20,000 Set In Bus Death
Mrs Leona B Spielman of 122 Lovett Avenue received $20000 damages in a Thirty seventh District court agreed judgment over the death of her husband Elmo B Spielman killed when a transit company bus and a train collided near Camp Normoyle on March 29 The settlement provides $44000 to Mrs Spielman and $8000 to be split among seven children including Thent R A Spielman who was among 10 Americans who escaped a Philippine islands bison camp and reported Jap atrocities.
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Leona B. Spielman
Lovett Avenir
Auil
Elmo B. Spielman
Spielman
Camp Normoyle
Spieliman
Thent. R. A. Spielman
Philippine Islands
Mexican Officials Lead Inaugural Mexico City Flight to San Antonio
Group One headed by George Messersmith U S ambassador to Mexico and Gen Maximino Avila Gamacha arrives August 1 on the first plane from Mexico City to celebrate service opening to San Antonio. Also present are Gen Camacho Lezana and other Mexican officials. A dinner at the Gunter Hotel will honor them and local chamber plans events. new offices in the Ginter Hotel open August 10 delay announced.
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George c. Messersmith
U. S
Mexico
Maximing Aviin Gamacha
Mexico City
San Antonio
General Camacho
Worl
Alfredo Lezana
Civil Aeronautics Department
Leopaldo Palsielos
Mexican Reforation of
Mothers urged to flee London under robot bomb threat
London and south England faced salvos of bombs as Home Security Minister Herbert Morrison urged mothers to evacuate the capital. He warned the quiet nights could mislead, stressing the need to stay safe and endure the new weapon until the danger is removed.
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London
England
Home Security
Herbert Morrisot
Morrison
Mexico Sponsors School in S A
A six weeks school funded by the Mexican government will run in San Antonio starting September 16. Organized by the Mexican public education department and the National University of Mexico with help from the foreign relations ministry, it will welcome both Mexican and American participants. The plan has backing from Texas Governor, the University of Texas, and the Mexican chamber of commerce in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Mexico City
Mexican Public Education Department
National University of Mexico
Foreign Relations Ministry
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