Patch Favors Germany As Site for Training
General Patch, returning from war zones, will command the Fourth army at Fort Sam Houston to train thousands of troops for the Japan invasion. He argues for universal military training and use of German camps to educate and save taxpayer money while maintaining a quick moving standing army. He notes German surrender aftermath and the need to counter Nazism beliefs among youth.
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Big 3 Plan One Day Recess For Winnie
Potsdam July 24 The Big Three schedule a one day recess to keep Churchill in London for the British election results while new government leaders arrive. Eden and Churchill plan Potsdam return if Conservatives win and a new foreign secretary is chosen. Truman seeks rapid Japan defeat and stable European settlement with minimal bloodshed.
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Church
Lonedon
Churchill
London
Anthony Edwnard
Clement R. Attlee
Eden
Uee
Intruman
Stalin
James Byrnes
Set Up to Last From 10 to 15 Months Ration Book 5 May Be Last
Washington officials outlined December distribution plans for War Ration Book 4 for meats, fats, processed foods, sugar and for gasoline books. Bowles warned of shortages lasting months, noted Book 5 could become the final wartime ration book with limited stamps, and mentioned a new A book may follow.
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Department of Agriculture
War Production Board
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Government to Boost Heavy Duty Laundry Soap by 100 Million Pounds
Secretary Clinton Anderson announced a 100 million pound increase in heavy duty laundry soap over the next year to ease civilian supply. He said no rationing will occur due to the complexities, and the boost targets washing heavy garments and walls, not fine fabrics or specialty soaps.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
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San Antonio Man to Explain Gasoline Use Before Board
A San Antonio resident summoned from Colorado to appear before the Bexar county war price and rationing board to show cause why his gasoline allotment should not be revoked. He allegedly used two cars and a pickup for business and transported saddle horses to Colorado, with gasoline provided for those vehicles. Hull indicated investigations are underway into gasoline abuses issued for business purposes.
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Colorado
Hull
Huge Aerial Moving Van To Get Trial
A large aerial moving van cargo plane will depart New York for Los Angeles tonight carrying four households. The 18 508 pound payload includes an event plane and refrigerators. The test uses a newly Consolidated Ville experimental ship to study long distance air transport feasibility. American Airlines leases the ship for three months of research at a cost about 3700 door to door, roughly 80 percent higher than ground shipping, with a seven day delivery goal.
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onNaj
Los Angels
Coste Ty
American Airlines
Witch
Convent Planned On Dachau Site
London dispatch says Cardinal von Farhaber seeks Eisenhower approval to build a convent at Dachau concentration camp site. He envisions making Dachau a pilgrimage site for Europe, as broadcast by a Maastricht college rector confined at Dachau.
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London
Michael von Farhaber
Munich
Eisenhower
Dacha
Dachau
Europe
Weather forecast for San Antonio area and East Texas
Forecast says considerable cloudiness Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Max temperature 26 degrees, minimum 714 degrees. East Texas mainly partly cloudy in the north, cloudier in the south plus scattered showers in the southeast and extreme east, light to gentle winds along the coast.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Seventeen Groups Back TB Tax Proposals in San Antonio
Seventeen San Antonio organizations publicly support proposed tax levies for improving Robert B. Green Hospital and tuberculosis control. Voters in Alamo Heights will decide Wednesday on the five cent city levy at city hall and county measures at designated precincts including Argyle Hotel and Alamo Heights Presbyterian Church. The Bexar County Red Cross endorsed the resolutions, noting health needs warranting public support despite agency policy.
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Alamo Heights City Hall
Argyle Hotel
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Alamo Heights Presbyterian Church
City Hall
St. Peter’s Church
Horschel H. Cooper
Bexar County
Red Cross
Josey
Mexac County
San Antonio backs July 25 vote for TB facilities
Directors of the Bexar County Tuberculosis association unanimously endorse two measures. The groups urge citizens to vote on July 25 to fund hospital and public health facilities. Support comes from the San Antonio Council for Churches the Council of Pan American Relations and Boy Scouts of America among others.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Undejanate
Rele
Vote Against Tuberculosis in Bexar County Election
Community voters are urged to decide at the polls whether to fund tuberculosis control, linking tax increases to ending the high death rate. The appeal emphasizes economic and social angles, noting the disease affects rich and poor alike and urging immediate participation to curb the spread before it worsens.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Texas
Alamo
Barkley Defends Charter's Ideals Before Senate
Senator Barkley urged support for the United Nations charter during a Senate debate. He argued the UN will succeed if peoples worldwide will it, and warned against using it for narrow selfish aims. He recalled Wilsonian ideals and stressed renewing the peace effort amid limited opposition votes.
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Washington
UPI
Barkley
Senate
United Nationa
Ibeal
Hiram Johnson
R.gallf. Johnson
Naval
Woodrow Wilson
500 Aussies to Fly Home for Release
WW-Army Minister Francis M. Forde announced that 500 Australian soldiers with five or more years of combat service in the southwest Pacific will be flown back to Australia for discharge. The group includes veterans who fought in New Guinea, New Britain, Bougainville and Bougainville. The move is part of a Commonwealth plan to release five year veterans with two or more years of overseas service.
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Australia
Francis M. Forde
Southwest Pacife
New Guinea
New Britain
Bougainville
Bort
Commonwealth
Sister pleads with senators to save soldier from hanging
Chicago woman Rose Michalski, sister of Pvt. Edward J. Reich, 39, today entreated Senators Scott W. Lucas and C. Wayland Brooks for intervention to save her brother from execution after a court found him guilty of firing a rifle while intoxicated that fatally wounded a sergeant.
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Chicago
U. & Senators
Planes Strike at Main Island in Huge Allied Assault
Allied air power hammered Japan from ADmiral Halsey's Third Fleet and accompanying land-based aircraft. More than 2000 planes from carriers along with 600 plus support aircraft hit targets across Honshu and the industrial belt, including Nagoya and Osaka, while Tokyo acknowledged damage to the Kure fleet harbor and other bases. The raid marked a major two week campaign with B-29s deploying 400 tons of explosives on critical targets.
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Third Fleet
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Kure
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Osaka
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Nom Iwo
Asia
Frisky farmer subdued after deputy raid at Adkins farm
In Bexar County near Adkins, farmer Soltyak resisted a deputy visit with an ancient shotgun. Deputies used tear gas and hoes to subdue him as his sister Ann charged with a hoe before disarmament. Soltyak jailed as officers recovered two old shotguns and weapons.
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Frank Soltyalk
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MoRar
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Soltysik
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