San Antonio sanitation workers threaten pay rise after walkout
More than 100 garbage men and drivers halted service since Friday, demanding at least a dollar extra per day. They gathered at the city yard on Nevada Street and criticized Mayor Quin for inaction while LeLaurin and Park Commissioner Hein urged council action. Wages cited range from pickup at 2.60 to drivers at 5.00 daily, with long hours and heat noted as hardships.
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Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Forecast shows warm conditions with occasional gusty winds. Airport temperature readings indicate a high around 104 and a low near 58. Scattered thunder showers expected with cooler air in the northwest portion today.
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Tigers Down Seven Jap Planes In Air Battle
Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group claim to down seven and possibly eight of eighteen Japanese planes in a fight over Kwekiang, south central China. The unit, based for Chinese forces, is to join the U S Army Air Force on July 4.
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Sea Victory Ends Threat to Coast in Midway War
Pearl Harbor June 12. Speedy American reinforcements may be sent to western Pacific bases and key points after the Battle of Midway. The Japanese defeat eases invasion fears on the U S coast as planes and heavy bombers are needed for coastal defense and future campaigns.
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Midway
Eight killed as bomber crashes into Sarasota Bay
A four engine bomber crashed during an early morning training run near Sarasota Bay. Maj. Gardiner Piske of the Sarasota air base said the aircraft cleared the runway and went out of control, landing in shallow water about 200 feet from shore. Eight crewmembers died, two were injured, and authorities identified all the victims.
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Day set to honor MacArthur by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt announced he signed a congressional resolution designating a day to honor Douglas MacArthur, commander of the Southwest Pacific area. The act aims to recognize his leadership. In other dispatches, the Duke of Gloucester completed a visit to India with the aid of British forces.
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Fumes Blamed For Loss of Lexington at Coral Sea
Reports from Lexington crew reveal the 93,000 ton aircraft carrier caught fire and exploded after heroic efforts by the crew at the Coral Sea. Torpedo and bomb strikes, followed by gasoline vapors, doomed the ship though most of the crew were saved before the final blast.
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Nine Japanese Ships Sunk Before Coral Sea Battle
Wartime dispatch from Pearl Harbor recounts a daring dawn raid on Tulagi harbor in May, with pilots shouting Remember Pearl Harbor as they pressed a bomb and torpedo attack. Reported losses include two heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, two destroyers, and two transports, plus several smaller craft and a carrier squadron. The piece frames this as a prelude to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Loss of Carrier Lexington Revealed
Navy disclosure details a major Pacific battle outcome. It reports at least 37 Japanese ships sunk or damaged while the United States lost three ships including the aircraft carrier Lexington and the destroyer Sins with about 160 crew killed. The release notes significant damage near New Guinea and at Port Moresby, with earlier actions at Coral Sea and Midway shaping the broader sea war effort.
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MacArthur Feature in Sunday Pictorial Review
The Pictorial Review section of the Sunday Light on June 14 will spotlight General Douglas MacArthur and San Antonio and Southwest Texas servicemen. Demand is high. place advance orders with your newspaper seller or the Circulation Department at Fannin 2441 to ensure copies.
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Yank Edition Ready for Overseas U S Forces
New wartime tabloid Yank debuts this Saturday as a 24 page rotogravure weekly for overseas U S troops. Editor William H Richardson heads the staff, with Sunday editor from the Manila area coordinating for the signal corps.
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Muionging
Yank
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Man Belsco Chinatele
The
Signal Corps
Chinese concede loss of Chuhsien rail renter site
Chinese forces conceded today the loss of Chuhsien in western Cheklang province while claiming recapture of Tytl on the Sheklang Klangsi line between Chhaly and Hangchow, northern terminus of the line.
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Japs Try To Land on U S Carrier At Sea
Nine Japanese fighters attempting to land on a U S Pacific Fleet carrier mistook it for a friendly ship. Under gray dusk skies a mixed flight approached deck as American planes prepared to take off. The five misled Japs illuminated their landing lights and were blasted by anti aircraft fire, then fled into the night.
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