Indicted in Antitrust Probe of High Rate Loan Chains
A federal grand jury in San Antonio charged sixteen loan chains and 75 individuals with conspiring to fix interest rates on small loans across 23 states in a broad antitrust probe. Chains led by J. Lee Wilson Crowe and Terrell allegedly operated high rate offices in Texas Alabama Arkansas Tennessee and North Carolina Missouri and other states. The United Operating Company and Triangle Securities Trust are named as the two largest groups. The case, described as the first major activity in this broader banking and credit inquiry, continues with tentative arraignment plans and bond discussions.
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Federal Grand Jury
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San Antonis
J. Lee Wilson
Crowe Chain
Terrell
Wendell Berge
Tito Violatons
U. S. District
W. Br.ith
San Antonio
A. Keeling
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J. Lee Ison and Associates
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Highgate
Missouri
United Operating Company
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Triangle Securities Trust
Nashville
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11 000 Planes Launch Normandy Invasion Air Assault
Allied air forces launched a vast invasion of Europe with about 11 000 aircraft across the Normandy coast and inland, delivering heavy bombardment while facing limited German resistance. Royal Air Force and American bombers combined in night and dawn strikes, targeting coastal guns and command posts to disrupt communications and fortifications.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Europe
Normandy
France
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Nazis Boring By Their Absence
London June In six hours of cross channel patrols no Nazi aircraft were sighted. An Allied fighter pilot returned to base and described the sky operations in three words: Boring as hell.
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Reds Massing To Strike From East In War Build Up
MOSCOW June 6 The Russians were understood to be massing and ready to strike as part of the Allied plan to crush Germany with a major eastern blow coordinated with Eisenhower’s western invasion and Alexander’s Italian thrust. The looming operation followed debate over the so called second front, a controversy that had dominated discussions in 1942 during Stalin’s push for Western Europe aid.
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Germany
Eisenhower
Alexander
Italian
France
Teheran
Stalin
Western Europe
Forecast for San Antonio and nearby areas
Mostly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday with showers and local thunderstorms. Tuesday highs around 84 degrees and Wednesday near 88. East Texas shows similar patterns with clouds, showers, and local thunderstorms, especially south and along the Rio Grande Valley coast Tuesday night and Wednesday. More weather on Page 24.
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Vurney
Texas
South Portion
Rio Grande Valley
Towet Coast
First American Paratroopers Strike Nazi Communications
American paratroopers, veterans of Sicily and Italy, dropped behind German lines on D day to sever and disrupt Nazi communications. C-47 aircraft and CG4A gliders delivered troops for a coordinated assault aimed at crippling enemy command and control during the invasion.
Invasion Prayer Speech by Roosevelt Read Tonight
President Roosevelt prepared an invasion prayer read to the nation as Allied forces landed in France. The message pleads for divine aid for troops and home front support, urging steadfast faith, sacrifice, and resolve toward a just peace and world unity.
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Roosevelt
France
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Invasion on Lips of All San Antonians
San Antonio residents reacted with mixed emotions as news of the invasion of Europe spread. Radios blared and crowds gathered as extras sold and papers sold, reflecting excitement and anticipation despite the gravity of the event.
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San Antonio
Europe
San Antonians
Germany
Natiy
First Nazi Opposition Weaker Than Expected
Allied forces landed in Normandy with light German resistance and limited losses, as airborne troops struck inland and coast defenses were silenced. Churchill announced the invasion began and Allied air and naval power supported the assault across a 100 mile coast, with 11,000 reserve plants and 4000 ships mobilized.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
France
Cherbourg
le Havre
Bay of the Seine
Britain
Churchill
Commons
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Ierk
Nazi Germany
Writer in Plane Sees Battle Dotted With Parachutes
A MARAUDER BASE IN ENGLAND June 6 UP from the cockpit of a bomber supporting the Allied landing in northern France I watched a sea battle and fields along the Channel coast dotted with Allied airborne parachutes and likely gliders. Ships shelled the coast while convoys brought up reinforcements and planes with black and white invasion markings aided the operation, all amid mist and smoke.
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England
France
French Inhannel
Amon
Supreme Headquarters
Sicily
United Nations
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