Job Seekers To Be Sent War Plants
War Manpower Commission ordered sweeping controls to direct virtually every job seeking man to apply to the U S Employment Service for assignment to war plants. Employers will hire only men referred by USES. McNutt said the system channels male labor to high priority war work and notes shortages in foundries, ship repair, rubber, tire production, logging, textiles, coal mining, and electronics. Aimed to be in effect by July 1, with sanctions for non compliance.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
America
United States Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
DA Studies Lottery Case Changes In San Antonio
The District Attorney reviewed changes to operating a lottery as two San Antonio gambling establishments faced shutdown and raids. Ranger Lee Miller reported 42 sites closed and two open, two arrests were made, and charges were under review to decide if felony or misdemeanor counts will be filed.
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San Antonio
Lee Miller
Miller
Miler
Gambling Closed Who Let It Open in San Antonio
A screed laments widespread illegal gambling in San Antonio and Bexar County. It calls for permanent shutdowns of bookie joints, marble tables, and coin operated devices, accusing city and county officials of tolerating or enforcing lax laws while urging all levels of government to act decisively to close gambling once and for all.
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San Antonio
Pny
Bexar
Gambblers
Texas
Bexar County
Ramblers
District Attorney's Office
Sheriff's Office
County Commissioners’ Court
Rangers
Justice of the Peace
Pope Warns Rome Must Be Preserved in War
Pope Pius XI warned during a college of cardinals speech that victory demands could prolong the war. He urged victors to aid the vanquished and said anyone striking Rome would bear grave responsibility. He urged restraint, vowed Rome’s preservation from being a theater of war, and noted Rome’s improving air raid treatment.
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London
Pius XIi
College of ‘Cardinals
Rome
Pope Pius
FDR Reveals 175000 Plane Output Amid War Drive
President Roosevelt disclosed at a news conference that in three years the United States produced over 175000 war planes. More than 33000 were sent to Allied forces, with 4400 shipped abroad from January 1 to April 3 this year, averaging 33 planes weekly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
United Nations
America
Kelly and Childers Visit Alamo
Kelly and Lieut Ernest Childers visit the Alamo amid school crowds in San Antonio. Commandos Kelly and Childers sign autographs as veterans from the Battle of Italy their honors include the Congressional Medal of Honor. Officials from war finance committees and local business leaders accompany them on a 20 minute stop. A separate notice reports Irving resident Albert Reynolds, 79, dies after a heart attack.
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Tech
Charles E. “Commanda
Kelly
Ernest
Childers
Italy
Commando
Joe Infverson
Commando Kelly
Salerno
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Broken Arrow
Okis
J. H L. Frost
A. B. Robertson
Cochairmen
San Antonio
Laurence Keiser
Fourth Army
J. M.dempsey
Washington, D. C
Army Ground Forces
Rving
Dallas
Albert Reynolds
Irving
Hig Meme
Yanks Hit Calais Heaviest Bombardment Reported
Allied air forces bombed the Pas-de-Calais area and rail yards in Saumur and Szolnok as part of a broad pre invasion offensive. American heavy bombers and Western Allied air fleets struck France Hungary and Crete, with losses reported and German defenses showing limited response. The raids accompanied Allied preparations for a major invasion with fighter escorts and maritime patrols, and casualties reported by Vichy broadcasts.
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London
Wechters
Italy
Hungary
Transylvania
Medsterranean
Issmalia
Miskale
Sze
Szeged
Cluj
Simerian
Trenayivania
Romaian
Germany
Pas-de-Calais
France
Scandinavia
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Crete
Channel
England
Eisenhower
Department
Calais
Boulogne
le Touquet
Cape Griz Nez
Saumur
Paris
Budapest
Szolnok
Bormard
Denmark
Middle East
Cairo
Aegean
Pesworch
RC. A
Vichy Radre
Nantes
Vichy Radio
Second (Actical Air Force
Borkum
Battle Near Rome as Fifth Army Seizes Velletri
Allied units push toward Rome with Fifth Army capturing Velletri, U.S. Infantry advancing on the Alban heights and sealing escape routes. American forces cut the Via Casilina line near Valmontone while German resistance and heavy fighting continue around Ferentino and Monte Artemisio. Strong action across the front from Naples to the Adriatic, with French forces closing in from the west.
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U. S
Via Casilina
Rome
Alban Hills
Cty
Fifth Army
Velletri
Eternal City
Valmontone
Hermann Goering
Eighth Army
iFerentino
Ferentino
Vel- Jetri
Monte Artemisio
Peschio
Artemisio
Herlin
Lariano
Valmjontone
Kesselring
Hermann Go
San Antonio forecast and Texas weather notes
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for partly cloudy conditions Friday night and Saturday with a high of 86 on Saturday. The extended period notes temperatures above normal across Texas west of Gulf Plains and light precipitation from scattered showers or thunderstorms mainly in the latter half of the period. The University of Texas bureau of business research reports mild cooling toward the end of the period and an April index of 1245.
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San Antonio
Austin
Texas
Gulf Plains
University of Texas Bureau of Peratures
Business Research
Ike’s War Office Echoes Pray and Know Thy Enemy
In Eisenhower’s supreme headquarters office, framed portraits and artifacts reflect a war ethos. The scene shows Churchill and Roosevelt, allied leaders, and reserves of strategic texts, with a prayer book and notes about Hitler’s generals, illustrating an outlook of vigilance and faith in victory.
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Wes Gallagher
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Stalin Supreme
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Air
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