Matocha Urges End To Rackets In San Antonio
Former Texas official Matocha presses District Attorney John R Shook to act against gambling and slot machines in Bexar County. He claims a large racket operates in San Antonio and urges removal of coin operated games paying out cash. Shook agrees to confer with law enforcement and awaits sheriff Kilday’s return to decide further action.
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John FB
Bexar
Matocha
Bedell Beilding
Basiness
Church Antoresti
Mothers of
Poya
Matowin
Pae Bourthouse
Boal
Owen Kilday
Shook
Maturin
John R. Shook
James ¥. Allred
Allred
Securities Division
San Antoni
Bexar County
Justice of the Place
Shook Sayi
Sherri
Owen W. Kilday
Texas Rangers
Sid
Sheritf
Texas
Forecast for Antone area shows continued warmth
Generally fall conditions with a warm spell continuing Friday afternoon through Saturday. Expect high temperatures around 100 degrees on Friday and Saturday. Light rain is unlikely along the eastern edge of the basin while other areas remain dry.
Reds Surge Toward Warsaw as Nazis Retreat Across Territory
Russian forces closed on Warsaw with Brest Litovsk and Kaunas reported under Soviet control. Deep advances along the San and through Lithuania, Latvia, and Prussia pushed German lines back, 30 miles from Warsaw and 128 miles from Berlin, as Stalin announced sweeping victories and orders.
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Warsaw
Lithuania
Berlin
San River
German Silesia
Brest- Litovsk
Kaunas
Baltic States
Poland
Camathian
Loward East
Prussia
Caechartovakis
Garwolli
Stalin
Moscow
Brent Libovsk
Bug River
Watsow
Warssaw
East Prussia
Minsk
Wilno
Russia
Kaunes
Tte
Prussasia Frontier
Japs Bleed Under 5 New Allied Blows
Allied advances across Palau Truk Sabang and fronts in China push back Japanese forces. Carrier air strikes sink ships near Palau and weaken a western Caroline base. MacArthur bombers sink and damage ships near Truk. Guam and Tinian offenses press on as casualties mount on both sides.
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United States
Carolings
Philippines
Palau
Truk
Sabang
China
C. C. ‘Tseng
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Arty
Caroline
W Aller
Iine Layvers
MacArthur
Sabang al
Sumatra
Laraor
Burma
Singapore
London
Guam
Tinian
Nimitz
Ambulance Plane Crashes Killing 22 on Scottish Cliff
A hospital transport plane carrying wounded American soldiers to Scotland crashed against a Scottish cliff, killing 22 people including an American nurse. The aircraft was part of a troop carrier air evacuation, with few details released about survivors or next of kin. A fire followed the crash and several bodies could not be identified.
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London
Woundat
Scotland
United States
W. 8
Air Force
Prestwick
Scoand
Lnes
Britain
IAM
Two Die in Severe Heat in San Antonio
Heat wave pushes temperatures above 100 degrees as four men and a woman suffer prostration. Mrs Mana Gatreon, 57, dies at home from heat prostration after being found in a backyard. B E Stowhben, 63, dies at Robert B Green hospital. Antonia Gonzales, unconscious, admitted after heat stroke at a garage. Lois Arnold, 18, bends at Greyhound station waiting room, treated and recovered.
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Mana Gatreon
Nolan Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Judigerd W. Saye
BE. B. Stowhben
Fast Commerce Street
Robert B
Antonia Gonzales
Weg
Gonzales
Nogathtas Street
Division Avenue
Lois Arnold
Oklahoma City
Shricken
Greyhound
Navarro
Pecan Streets
Rivers and trenches shape Nazi defense in Europe
A wartime dispatch discusses Nazi plans to anchor defense on the Seine and Oder rivers as Allied forces push toward Germany. It notes river barriers, potential bottle necks, and the expected German countermeasures, with reference to Stettin, Paris, and the Cherbourg peninsula. Also reports two British motor torpedo boats and a German E-boat sunk near the Nore mandy raid.
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J. C
TON
Jong-tanee
Germany
Seine
Dows
France
Oder
Slettn
Mécklentairg
Pomerania
Vistula
Audi A
Stalin
Red
Stettin
Berlin
Tondon
Admiralty
Chaotic Normandy Retreat as U.S. Tanks Break Gap
War dispatches report a flood of American armor driving through a gap near Coutances in Normandy. General Bradley's spearheads push deeper, with 60,000 to 75,000 German troops threatened in the Coutances pocket as Montgomery eyes another blow. Allied air forces destroy many German tanks and Tigers while field reports describe chaotic retreat and ongoing mopping up of pockets west and south of Saint Lo.
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Giles White
Normandy
Coutances
Greroin
Bradley
London
George 8. Fatton Jr
Bieliy
Scsconst
Supreme Headquarters
Marshal Raumel
Africa
Marguerin
Periers
Corbuchan
Soulles
Goutovices
Germany
Avrances
8. Lo
Vite
Enadquarters
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Agime Tamks
Nalf
Sriidery Onlta
Vire River
St. Lovert
Caumont
Refuel Tanks Under Fire In Allied Push Through Nazi Lines
Am erican drivers haul tanks to the front past burning villages and exploding shells as they push through German positions. Captain William M. Lawler of San Francisco is credited with capturing five Germans in a Nazi command post. Maj. Robert Crust leads a 34‑truck column through hazardous roads, keeping tanks moving amid heat and sparks.
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SAL
Royle
Caniry
S0 Ralles
Canisy
U. S
Willian M. Lawler
San Francisco
Lela
Tniai
Hee
Robert Crust
St. Paul
Mina
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Brest Litovsk
Lwwow
Lwow
Old Poland
Europe
Bucharest
Czechoslavskia
Hungary
Izvestin
Lyuv Sun
jSsnda
Islai
Slauling
Oithuania
Fen
Cpt
Daugavpils
Latvia
Bialystok
Stanialanow
Gachoslovakia
Carpathian
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Rezekne
Garwolin
Sledkro
Milles Eest
Gulf of Pislang
Carpathians
Reteti
Mallow
Red Air Force
Antile
St. la
Syilal Lwo
Olla Neur Dently
Henry Jayhoe
San Antonio
iDefense
Rhine
Paria
Streicher
Eles
Bradiey
Olichaire
Cherbourg
Penicaula
Montgomery
Cantanors
Astant Teast
Nazi
Phrast
Coutunses
Rio
Teren
Valles
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