Two Corps Mark 170th Anniversary With War Effort Emphasis
The article notes the 170th anniversary of the Quartermaster and Engineer corps, praising their WW II roles from Rhine river crossings to supplying troops. It highlights San Antonio depot activities under Brig. Gen. J. A. Porter, and details engineers and quartermasters building airfields, roads, pipelines, and managing rations and fuel.
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Quartermaster Corps and
Freesoms of Engineers
San Antonio Army
Pas
Continental Congress
Bunker Hill
Rhine
Tokyo
Tree Quirtenmasters
Bataan
Pacific
B. B Gregory
Qm's
Tse
Hss
M Corps
Antonio Army Service
Tolqug Met For One Day Another Nuge Business of Ten Quartermaster Corps
Army
Pepsirs
Continental
United States
Glock
Joe Just
Anzio
Eto
Altiga
Sicily
Puove
Eugene Reveeld
Asia
Burin
India
San Antonio
Charges Filed in Ice House Attack
Samuel Yell of 101 May Street and others are charged with assault to murder after an ice house incident at 1703 South Hackberry Street. Covington of 230 Porter Street sustained serious injuries following a dispute with Yell and Cayington. An estimated 20 percent of Canadian dwellings still rely on kerosene or gasoline for heating.
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Ghatees
Samuel Yell
May Street
George Werenysgen
Hamteide de Partnent
South
Hackberry Street
Chy Pollermin G. ©. Covington
Porter Street
Yell
Cayington
Petain Claims Secret Britain Ally Role In War
Paris reports Petain in his French treason trial claims his Vichy regime was secretly allied with Britain. He says he negotiated with Churchill in October 1940 to pursue a double game with the Axis and Allies. He also states he cannot recall orders to scatter French equipment and defends Toulon fleet scuttling as necessary.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Tbe
Preath
Petain
Por Montrouge
Charchill
Petain I
Toulon
Gadgets that promise a postwar home revolution
New York based designer Robert Heller predicts a flood of postwar innovations to ease homemaking. He envisions heat tempered electric blankets, weatherproof furniture, and glass fiber fabrics shaping homes by six months after V J day, with widespread availability within a year and a major boom in home building.
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Robert Heller
New York
Heller
Qir Forens
Asda
Ing Feiltries
West
England
Africa
Japan
Girl Scout Classes Start In City Wide Program
Girl Scout classes begin this week across Bexar County with folk dancing led by Mrs W M Adams at the Catholic USO meeting twice weekly for four weeks ending in a Folk Dance festival. Seventy girls enrolled, each earning a Scout badge and Red Cross junior life saving emblem. Additional classes planned include cooking, drama, flower arranging, music appreciation, archery, first aid, group singing and needlecraft. 15 girls needed to start a class with more sessions to follow once filled.
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Bexar Ennity
W. M. Adams
USO
I. A. Mn
Cir Recreation Department
Rodney Varney
Red Cross
Crow Compidhan
Rites for Austin Authoress Set
Funeral services will be held in Austin on Sunday for Mrs. Theresa Meare Hunter a writer of history and poetry who died Friday at her home She was 67 a native of Dublin Ireland and came to Austin 59 years ago
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Austin
Fins
Theresa Meare Hunter
Water Safety Course Begins at St Marys Monday
A 15 hour water safety course for officers and personnel will be conducted by the Red Cross at St Marys Moncay according to Mrs Richard L Brandt chair of the water safety committee Rodney Varney will direct the course. Classes run a.m. and p.m. with mornings and evenings offered.
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St. [Marymull Moncay
Richard L. Brandt
Rodney Varney Wil
UT Develops High Oil Yield Cotton Strain
AUSTIN Maystery cotton under development at the University of Texas promises to raise fiber per acre by about one third. Early lab tests show recoverable oil around 400 pounds per ton with indications of 416 pounds in some trials. Research began in 1942 by G W Goldsmith. field testing and seed release to an oil firm are in progress as scientists await multi year proof.
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Austen
Tune
University of Texas
International News Service
Searl
G. W. Goldsmith
University Saculty
Alstin
Accident Deaths and Injuries Rates Cited in US
A statistic driven note reports that an accidental death occurs in the United States roughly every five and a half minutes, with injuries recorded every three seconds, highlighting broad safety concerns.
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United States
San Antonio Rises in Travel to Mexico Passages
San Antonio shows increased passage to Mexico with more passengers from the city heading to Mexico. Den L. Urquhart, traffic manager of American Airlines in San Antonio, cites improved relations and border clarity as factors. He notes that surface transport limits domestic priorities push travelers to use San Antonio as a departure point for flights to Mexico.
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Mexiga
San Antonio
United States
Los Angeles
den L. Urquhart
American Airlines
Mexico
Drough
Mexica
Former Lampasas Resident Dies
Lampasas June 9 services for E S Long who died in an Austin hospital June 4 were held Thursday. Reared near Lampasas he had long resided at Sonora. Survivors include son Cpl Jack Long of Fort Benning GA two brothers Will and Bath Long of Lampasas and Austin Long of Llano and James Long of Austin three sisters Mrs Mary Blythe Mrs Minnie Farubar of Lampasas and Mrs Ella Farubar of Glendora California.
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Lampasas
ES. Long
Austin
Sonora
Cpl
Jack
Long
Fort Henning
Will
Bath Long
Austin Long
Llano
James Long
Sistis
Mary Blythe
Minnie Farubar
Ella Farubar
Glendora, Calié
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