Churchill outlines Italy invasion impact and hope for liberation
Churchill tells Commons that Italy faces a decisive moment as vast Allied forces land at its doorway. He predicts changes in Italy and war aims, praising Italian desire to end German bondage while warning German plans to shield the Fatherland from war damage. He notes U boat setbacks and collaboration with the United States and Russia.
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Italy
Churchill
Maly
Europe
Palermo
United States Army
Britain
Russia
United States
Commons
Caesar
Field Glasses Used in Narcotics Case
U S commissioner A V Knigal heard police watching a marihuana operation on West Commerce street. Martin Lopez Gonzales, 54, of 5054 West Martin Street, was held on $500 bond for possessing 22 grains of marijuana on July 24. Investigators saw youths take items from a fruit basket under a palm tree near a food truck and smoke cigarettes. a basket of crushed marijuana leaves was taken as evidence.
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U. S
A. V. Knigal
West Commerce Street
Cominls
Sioner Kaleab
Martin Lopez
Gonzales
West Martin Street
Hays
Mussolini Resigns as Italy Moves to Defend Nation
Reports describe Mussolini handing his resignation to King Victor Emmanuel III after a Fascist council split over Hitler’s plan to collapse Italy into German defense. Badoglio’s appointment sparked massive demonstrations in Rome Milan and across the peninsula with Fascist emblems removed and crowds cheering the new course as German forces agreed to support Italy’s defense.
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Tey Wiladk
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Badogiload
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Rome
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Vatican
Pape
Muaraches Placed on Ration List
Bernard M. Goldberg district ration director says Mexican huaraches from June 1 will be rationed. Slower sales noted by fashion magazines as women use stamps for heavier shoes. Waivers allow five pairs domestic and ten overseas duty pairs. More women stay home and farm, tightening demand.
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Bernard M. Goldberg
Jfucwear
WLB Has Hearing On Corpus Dispute
Corpus Christi July 27 The war labor board will conduct a labor dispute hearing here Tuesday between Local 53 United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers and Southern Alkali Corporation. The panel will focus on maintenance of membership and the check-off system with wage, vacation, and termination issues also examined. Wales H. Madsen Amarillo will serve as chairman with J O'Neil San Antonio industry member and John Crossland Houston labor member on the panel.
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Corpus Christi
War Labor Board
Local 53
United Gas,coke and Chemical Workers
San Antonio
John Crossland
Houston
City Still Awaits Sewage Report
Gilly engineers await survey results by Freese and Nichols on Fort Sam Houston sewage conditions to secure federal funds for improvements. The survey is finished and a report has been sent to the Federal Works Administration in Fort Worth for review. If deemed important to the war effort, San Antonio could receive a portion of the 200 million Lanham Act municipal aid.
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Gilly Engineers
Freese and Nichols
Fort Sam Houston
Federal Works Administration
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Chinese Fliers Honor Instructors Dinner at Brackenridge Park
Chinese student observers in Class 43 G at Brooks Field hosted a Monday night 413 dinner in the Chinese garden at Brackenridge Park. Lieut Pan Jun Pao of the Chinese air force arranged the event featuring chop sticks and Chinese dishes. Kenneth Hawkins, senior student officer at Brooks Field, served as honored guest.
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Hrooks Field
Strumar
Brackenriege Park
Pan Jun-Pao
Italy Crisis Sparks Passport Rush After Mussolini Resigns
Reports from Huntsville detail a wartime atmosphere as Italy faces upheaval. Police and foreign office staff receive heavy requests from Germans and Japanese in Rome seeking passports to flee. Citizens celebrate Mussolini's resignation while the royal family and Badoglio align with the popular shift.
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Foreign Office
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Ialy
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Badoglio
Night aerial raids hit Hamburg and Essen amid broad Allied assault
Allied air forces pressed a sustained campaign against northwest Germany, with Hamburg targeted for a third night and Essen under fire. RAF and US bombers pounded industrial sites, rubber works, and rail facilities while German defenses fought back with fighters and flak.
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Nazi Drives Cut To Pieces in Sicily
Axis forces in Sicily face intensifying Allied pressure as German units prepare to sacrifice troops in crash landings and the Messina frontline holds with patrol actions. American advances push toward Palermo while Patton’s corps nears the city, with 79 000 Allied casualties reported so far and German divisions lined up to defend the Messina triangle as Mussolini’s collapse reshapes Axis plans.
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Albert Kesselring
Hermann Goering
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Vestinale
OPA Eases Eviction Rules For Room Rentals
The OPA will relax eviction limits for landlords renting furnished rooms to families. Tenants may be evicted under local law, with rules lifted for dwellings of 10 or more rooms not in an apartment. The change aims to encourage wartime workers to occupy unoccupied rooms and remove renting disadvantages.
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OPA
Fred ©. Goeth
Allied Successes Pressuring Hitler on Multiple Fronts
AP writer argues Allied successes in Russia and the Balkans tighten Hitler's position. Mussolini's downfall and potential Italian surrender threaten Axis lines, with Germany forced to consider withdrawals toward the Dnieper and Po rivers as Soviet pressure grows and Italian collapse weakens distant defenses.
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Russia
Solly
Hitler
Mussolini
Italian Manland
Thuk
Balkans
Aviation Needs For L A Discussed
Officers and members of the chamber of commerce board of f rectors met Tuesday noon at the St Anthony hotd with Clinton M Hester of Washington to discuss aviation needs and objectives for San Antonio. B B McGimsey, president of the local chamber, presided.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of F
St. Anthony
Clinton M. Hester
Washington
San Antonio
B. B. McGimsey
OPA to Set Price Ceilings on Beer in Texas
District officials convene in Dallas to impose new beer price ceilings. Reports indicate cafe owners are raising Texas beer up to 35 cents per bottle and similar hikes for offsale and Mexican beer. The Wednesday meeting aims to finalize the ceiling.
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OPA
Wood
Hawers-That-Be
Texas
Dallas
Texas beer price ceilings set by Dallas meeting
Prices have risen above March 1942 levels when Texas beers ranged 11 to 15 cents while imports were 4 cents higher. Officials from San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth and Dallas will meet in Dallas to set Texas beer price ceilings following New York authority steps. Clifton George surveys total prices at the request of the Bexar county war price and rationing board. He will attend the Dallas meeting. Retailers exploited a loophole in the price order to stock brands available in March 1942, keeping prices at previous levels in many cases.
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Texas
New York
Reek
Pe Antonio
Houston
Fort, Worth
Dallas
Clifton George
OPA
Bexar County
Itching First Application Helps Hear Maney Bark
Fragmentary text suggests a chaotic note about itching ventures and a character named Maney, with stray phrases about hearing barking and a call to try something today. The readable fragments center on a curious, noisy situation with unclear actions or outcomes.
City Offers Garbage Fund to Housing Authority
The city considered paying $20,000 a year to the Fun Antonia housing authority to provide early garbage collection for local housing projects. Commissioner Henry Helo was briefed by Tor Blue, a housing authority member, as current city crews service courts every other day. Blue cited weekend overload and said a study of the conditions would be needed before action. Don’t throw it away sell through a light want ad for cash.
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Fun Antonia Housing Authority
Henry Helo
Tor Blue
Housing Authority
Sagiitus
Hein
Adwriter
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