Ranger Accused of Beating Negro to Get Confession
A Texas Ranger named Cowsert and Deputy Sheriff Fred Semaan were accused in Criminal District Court of beating a Black prisoner to force a confession at the county jail. The tortured claimant testified the officers strapped him to a chair, struck him repeatedly, and used a rubber hose to coerce truth under threat of further harm.
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Texas Ranger
Gulley
Wallis
Ranger Consert
George Grace
Prise
Byollen
Willis
Branger
McCrory
Langer
Barloco
Jerome Barloco
Santa Rosa
Wills
Barloca
L. J. Gittinger
Russell Wine
J. Sam Levey
Forrest Campbell
Edward Dwyer
Bett
Grilinger
Stevens
Ranner Cowsert
Fred Semaan
Jong
Soothe and roolaway beat sesh and prevent it
A cryptic note mentions Soothe and roolaway beat sesh along with a warning against it. It references Sprinkle with Mereana formerly Mexican Heat Powder and Geb Mexaana as possible names or ingredients in a misformatted health or cosmetic context.
No Woman's Land Two-Timer Tales From War Front
In a no-woman’s-land dispatch from the Pacific theater, soldiers debate romance and absence as they await furloughs. A sergeant recalls a year without women amid isolation on Andreanes Islands while privates trade snatches of home life including fiancés, hobbies, and imagined marriages. Letters unopened and unclaimed reflect longing and humor as they cope with the war’s absence of women.
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Eugene Burns
Andreanes Islands
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
USO
Dame
Dodger
Run and Shoot Me To Death in Seath Texas
A fragmentary confession details abuse by Ranger Consort toward a Black prisoner, including threats of ten years in the penitentiary if he spoke, and a claim of past beatings by Cowsert, who rose from deputy to captain of Company B based in Alice with 36 Southwest Texas equities.
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Senmaan
Ranger Consort
Ehott
Herald
Frank Buller
Cowsert
Alice
Texas
O Daniel Warns of United States Dictatorship in Letter
Senator W Lee O Daniel of Texas warned South Texas poultry raisers that federal officials plan dictatorship and regimentation. He called for a large removal of officials to save the nation and accused Washington bureaucrats of plotting to replace the private enterprise system with communism or socialism. The OPA set a 27 1 3 cent per pound ceiling on South Texas broilers as growers seek a 3 cent raise to cover higher costs.
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Washington
Sunt
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
South Texas
Austin
O'Daniel
OPA
Davis Heads Presidents in San Antonio Council meeting
The San Antonio Council of Presidents re elected Howard W. Davis as president in a Monday meeting at the Ed Anthony hotel. Officers include Harold Saund ers as vice president Dick Henry secretary Mrs Gladys Canaday treasurer Mrs J K Beretta parliamentarian Mrs Jean Weaver Keller reporter and Rev Samuel Ony ers chaplain Directors Indident vs R D Bell Mrs William King Charles Baldus J O Lollin Haymond Allup and at large Arthur Uhl A F Dugosh Manuel Gonzales Rev F A Dash The traffic control talk by Lb Andersen cited San Antonio as a top congestion area and noted surveys by the National Safety Council and Office of Defense Transportation.
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San Antonin Council of Presidents
Ed Anthony
Howard W. Davis
Harold Saunders
Dick Henry
Gladys Canaday
J. K. Beretta
Jean Weaver Keller
Samuel Onyers
Indident
R. D. Bell
William King
Charles Baldus
J. O. Lollin
Haymond
Allup
Arthur Uhl
Manuél Gonzales
Rev
F. A. Dash
Lb. Andersen
San Antonio
United States
National Safety Council
Office of Defense “Transportation
Chaplin Paternity Case Deepens as Inquiry Ends
Hollywood June 8 The district attorney’s office finished prelitigation probe into the paternity suit by Joan Barry against Charlie Chaplin. Investigators examined Barry’s motives and the pistol incident at Chaplin’s Beverly Hills home. Testimony touched on Arden’s claim, Barry’s vagrancy plea, and a telegram from an army chaplain. Chaplin and lawyers prepare his formal denial pending court actions.
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Hollywood
District Attorney’s Office
Charlie Chaplin
Joan J. Barry
Fred N. Bowser
Miss Barry
New York
Robert Arden
Chapt
Miss Barry Drew
Beverly
Dove of Peace
Larry
Chaplin
Howser
Aie
Hawser
Arden
Beverly Hills
Eugene O'Neill
Miss O'Neill
Chup- Ma
A. Bie
Misa O'Neil
Leaf superstition used by US fliers in Aleutians
In the Aleutians American fliers drop paper maple leaves with tinting to resemble real leaves as a warning to Japanese positions. Private Arthur W. Schluett Jr., 22, Naval Aviation Machinist Mate, kept one as a souvenir after service in the Far North where he suffered a spine injury and received a medical discharge. A separate note states the Delta Shipbuilding Co. completed its sixty second Liberty ship in New Orleans, named B S John Sharp Williams after a former U S senator from Mississippi.
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Louis
Aleutians
Arthur W. Schnelt Jr
Naval Aviation
Schuett
New Orleans
Delta Shipbuilding Company
Willian
John Sharp Williams
United States
Front. I Massissippi
Extension of Gas Curb Seen Across Nation
Washington reports that officials consider extending the gasoline curb to the entire country as the government counters the black market. J R Parten of the Petroleum Administration for War told senators that such an edict is favored. Texas administrators argued refiners should run at full capacity where possible, while Muskogee bus drivers walked off in a wage dispute.
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Washington
J. R. Parten
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Austin
Anc
Texas
Smet
Comet Star in Warner Bros The Adventures of Mark Twaby
Halley’s comet takes a literal starring role in Warner Bros The Adventures of Mark Twaby with Freddie presenting. March the great American humorist flashes through the opening as a presidential figure in the Jesse L. Lask production.
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Comet
Star Hollywood
Haltey
Warner Brog
Mark Twaby
Freddie
March the Great American
Jesse L. Lask
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