Go Through Stiff Desert Maneuvers With U S Tank Crews
American tank crews in the Western Desert prepare to join British forces under Brig Gen Rugie Max Well and Col Thomas BR, training behind the lines with American made tanks praised as superior to German panzers. The units, from across the U S Army, await deployment to the front as the Desert War intensifies. Axis bombers strike Egyptian airfields around Cairo and Suez, while Malta reports losses as British fighter-bombers hit targets west of Alamein.
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Oy George Lait
An. S. Star
Eighth Army
Western
United States Army
Imi
Rugie Max
Middle East
Thomas BR
Kerschner
Cairo
Alamein
Atm
Suez Zone
Egypt
Alexandria
Ft Alamein
Sir Laude Auchinieck
Milnor
Malta
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Warm conditions continue into Thursday afternoon and night with local thundery showers. Airport record shows Wednesday at 90 degrees and Thursday morning around 74. Mostly clear across Texas with lingering heat in the south region.
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San Antonio
Texas
Geliala
Saarbrucken Bombed By RAF In Night Raid On Saar
London reports a heavy RAF raid on Saarbrucken with four motor bombers striking the Saar region and German industry. Air sources say much damage occurred despite nine RAF bombers lost in the foray, as British bombers pressed the nightly offensive against Nazi targets across western Germany and occupied France.
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London
Europe
Bay of Biscay
Channel
Tazi Messerschmitt
Alr
Saar
Germany
Boulogne
Calais
Dover Atrait
Saarbruecken
Great
Satz Valley
Berlin
Slo
Hopkins Pilot Downs Two Japs in China Action
In a July air operation near Hengyang, Major John EB Allison and Lieut. Gen. Josepi led a low-altitude raid that destroyed a bomber squadron and damaged enemy positions. Americans Break up Japanese formation, with pilots Baumler and others sharing honors for downing two aircraft. News from Stillwell’s China HQ notes the attack targeted Japanese bases, causing disruption to enemy air and ground movements.
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Chungking
Yit
Hengyang
John EB. Allison
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Josepi
Stillwell
Unounced
China
Meretofore
Hombed
Jkp
Ickes Sees Hike In Rubber Output From Butadiene
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced the oil industry has uncovered capacity to produce about 200000 tons annually of butadiene, which could raise synthetic rubber output to 249000 to 250000 tons yearly beyond current programs. He compared the discovery to finding an oil well and said it could be brought in by year end by converting existing refinery plants.
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Washington
Petroleum Co
Ickes
Capacty
Butadtere
Tekes
Pos|ibile
Jan
Wright W. Gary
Officr of Petroleum Co
Jad Ickes
Pay for Rural Officers Fee Plan Denounced by Todd
Rev James M Todd of the Bexar County Grand Jurors association attacks a proposed return to the fee system for rural constables and justices of the peace. He argues salaries cost the county about $20 000 yearly and fees are far below former earnings. Todd’s letter to County Judge Charles W Anderson urges reducing precinct officials to four and rejecting the fee structure, warning taxpayers and public servants against a revival of the old system.
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James M. Todd
Bexar County Grand Jurors’ Association
Todd
Anderson
Charles W. Antierson
Tuteday
Pelley Calls Lindbergh As Witness In Sedition Trial
INDIANAPOLIS July 30 UP I former Liberty Jail founder William Dudley Pelley on trial for sedition subpoenaed several national figures as witnesses for his defense including Charles A Lindbergh and former Senator Rush Holt. The list also includes Milner Shaffer and William Clubine. testimony concerns Pelley claims about U S wartime figures and the 1917 sedition law.
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Indianapolis
UPI
William Dudley Pelley
Liver Shiré
Yealeyday
Shares A. Lindbargh
Sid
Pelley
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Robert ©. Haltrell
Oscar 8. Eling
Lindbergh
Rush Holt
Weston
W. Va
Jacob Thorkelson
Butte
Mant
George ‘van Horn
Atlanta
William Allenwhile
Emporia
Kan
Melvin Johnson
Willapa
Wash
Milner Shaffer
Oregon City
Ore
William Clubine
Seattic
Pearl Harbor
Uhree
Agies
Marian Henderson
Lawrence A. Brown
Iie
Fellowship Press
Ing
Noblesville
Ind
Tovernment
Moseley
Wit’nesses
Felley
Beeny
Youth Hurt as Falls From Truck in Broad Street Incident
A 15 year old Moreno resident suffered a facial gash when a dent or dent on a truck caused a fall near Broadway. The youth was treated for his injury Thursday at a local street location with an address noted as Chinwahua street.
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Moreno
Chinwahua
Broadway
Plane lands on one wheel at Kelly Field
Lieutenant Bly attempted a landing after his AT-7 navigation trainer tire jammed but remained in radio contact with the field tower for an hour. The craft touched down safely with minor damage while soldiers and passengers watched. Bly received commendation from Col. H. W. Prosser for the safe landing.
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M. A. Binwl Jr
Lance
Kelly
Bly
Cant
Jack Swarm
Richard Pere
Keylenant Blaw
Burlington
Towa
Col. H. W. Prosser
Kelly Field
New Phone Cables Reach San Antonio
Construction crews will lay underground telephone cables between San Antonio and Dallas at a cost of 3.5 million dollars. The multi channel system will triple long distance circuits and be less vulnerable to storm damage, says Paul M. West, district manager of Southwestern Bell.
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Bn Antonio
Dallas
San Antonio
Paul M. West
South Western Bell Telephone Company
Woman Describes Flight From Java
A Dutch woman, wife of Lieut. Berlyn, recounts fleeing Java during the war era. She details hiding in a locked cab, saving little beyond her marriage, and enduring danger as Japanese advances forced long days in shelters. Her husband trained in Germany before separation. She stayed three weeks, later caring for children and adapting to valiant daily routines.
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Sy Molly
Java
Cense
Prethy
Muller Berryn
Treut
Tick Bertyn
Wally Plot
Berlyn
Nusband
Uy Davn
Sidep Bhanning
Bus Stop Spacing Survey Underway in Dallas Area
Public Service company officials say a Bus Stop Spacing Survey began this week amid plans to eliminate some stops. Powell, vice president, noted the Office of Defense Transportation is expected to order cuts, with John G. Ross of ODT indicating an advisory may target reducing stops to save wear on buses and speed service. Reports from Dallas already mention stops spaced about 500 feet apart on certain streets.
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Public Service Company
Ley
Powell
Office of Defense Transportation
John G. Ross
ODT
Lkely
Savey Atee
Dallas
Rail Line To Oil Area Severed In German Drive South
Allied dispatches report German forces severing the rail line to the Caucasus oil fields. Soviet reports claim heavy fighting along the Don bend above Stalingrad with huge tank losses and a stalled push toward Rostov.
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Gasplan
Caucasus
Stalingrad
London
Crimea
Kerch
Taiwan
Caucasis
Gaurasus
Rostov
Cattrasus
Staliy
Russia
Alexander Nevsky
Mikhail Kutuzov
Napoleon
Eash
Don River
Red Star
Don
Viver
Fravdn
Communist Party
Grimany
Pravnig
Marshall Timoshenko
Aster the
Kretskaya
Kinougrad
Iratt
Factor von Dock
Batalsk
Rostay
Proletarakays
Lower
Gaucasus
Astrakhan
Volga
Proletavskaya
Neon Rostov
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Pilot Downs
Gainesville
Bin
Alvert J. Baumler
New Deli
India
Burna
R. A. Py Ih
Ileckes
Fee
Justices of the Peace
Oder
Vichy
Dick Berlyn
Sids
Army Transitort
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