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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1942
Page
4
The Pester Lloyd from Sofia to Budapest reports sharp rise of spotted typhus cases along the Bulgarian frontier toward Serbia. Health officials advocate mass vaccination of communities near the border as fear grows over regional spread.
Theodorn Fey 86 longtime resident of Graal counts died late Monday. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Survivors include two sisters Elizabeth Maloney of San Antonio and Mrs Gus Reimpget of New Braunfels.
Texas Farm Security Administration employees face job losses after a dramatic reduction plan. Director C T Watson said August 1 would see forty assistant supervisors and twenty eight women removed, including staff in Dallas Tarrant Harris Bexar Galveston and Jefferson counties, disrupting services to farmers and families.
Laredo July 22 4 The 5 year old street car tracks have been called out for retirement to go to war. Mayor Hubert Cluck transferred 207 tons of steel to the War Production Board which will supervise relaying of the essential materials for war production. The move aims to support wartime demands and traffic relief in Laredo.
FBI officers under Newark head E. E. Conroy raided 39 German alien residences in North Jersey today. Ten were arrested as investigators seized firearms, short wave radios, photographic gear and Nazi literature amid links to German-American conspirators near defense plants. Police aided operation in South Philadelphia also netted 10 enemy aliens with two cameras and Hitler memorabilia.
The trial of eight alleged Nazi saboteurs resumed as cross-examination continued today. The son of the only defendant to testify on his own behalf began his direct examination, following yesterday's proceedings before the military commission.
Two persons charged with assault with intent to commit murder pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault. Margaret Austin of 68 22nd Cobbs Street admitted as part of Thames Law, jailed 10 days. Inge Jide W. McCrory and Toaquin Brxn faced fines and noted addresses.
Duncan field workers including 171 aircraft mechanics aided the war effort by modifying bombers in three and a half days for Midway action. The team, led by Continental Air Lines executive Staniel T. Shatto, rushed from Duncan to Lowry and Denver, producing planes that helped sink about 20 Japanese ships.
A broadcast reported by Gustav Siegfried Eins says Himmler transformed SS guards into a civil army of 750000 mercenaries from occupied countries. It claims Croats Rumanians and others are being stamped into German citizenship to blindly sell themselves for money. The note also mentions a Second Division USO event in San Antonio with invitations issued to 2800 soldiers and 1000 hostesses, plus numerous agencies assisting.
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