Yanks Fight in Cherbourg Fortified Area
Allied forces battle to push from the Cherbourg peninsula as weather hampers unloading on the beaches. Reports say units advance toward Cherbourg while German resistance in the Carentan area weakens. Allied air power and naval movements support the assault amid rough Channel conditions.
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Berlin
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Supreme Command
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Orth
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German defense near Cherbourg may be doomed, says AP
AP war correspondent Don Whitehead with American forces reports German troops surrendering so rapidly units lose track of their numbers. An officer on the scene predicts Cherbourg’s fate could be sealed by the line of German defenses, noting Germans may fight to the last and may turn Cherbourg into another Sevastopol.
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Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Cherbourg
Whitehead
Sevastopol
Nude Photos In Heinz Heir Custody Case
In Los Angeles on June 20 seven photographs showing a woman nude and semi nude were admitted as evidence in Clifford Heinz Jr's custody suit for his son. The defense argued the photos were trick photography and the wife said she did not pose. Heinz testified the wife struck the child with a wooden spoon after a refusal to eat and that she admitted affairs with Walter von Neudigg, a former Austrian count.
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Los Angeles
Clifford
Heinz Jr
Maurice Rose
Elizabeth Bald Heinz
Packing Family
Rose
Meinz
Heinz
Walter von Neudigg
Sachileven Reunion Honors San Antonio Elder
Oscar Sachleven, 72, was the oldest member present at a Sachileven family reunion Sunday at Fischer's store in the Hill Country. More than 100 people attended the gathering highlighting family ties and regional roots.
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Oscar Sachleven
San Antonio
Sachileven Famiy
Fischer's
Hill
Credit Customers Hold Value for Long Term Trade
Dallas report notes a good credit account is more valuable over time than cash purchases. F D Woodruff of El Paso told a Dallas war credit conference that credit customers become attached buyers who trade continually with a merchant, unlike cash shoppers who shop around. He urged cultivating postwar credit accounts.
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Dallas
F. D. Woodruff
Paso
Woodruff
Private Spratt Sets Sit-Up Record at Keesler Field
Private Edward O Spratt of Greensboro North Carolina 28 pre aviation reader at Keesler field claims world sit up record with 6429 repetitions in six hours averaging one every six seconds he took water every 200 turns and ate half a chocolate bar losing about eight pounds after the effort.
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Keesler Field
Miss
INS
Edward O. Spratt
Greensboro
N. C
Spratt
Manpower Plan S A Meet Topics With Local Manufacturers
E A Elliott area war manpower director will meet with San Antonio Manufacturers association members at the Plaza hotel to explain the effect of the priority referral plan on the local manpower situation. The meeting is set for 7 30 p m per C C Leel executive secretary of the association.
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E. A. Elliott
San Antonio
Chiang Welcomes Wallace at Airport
Chiang Kai Shek greeted Wallace at the airdrome with a formal protocol salute as the visiting vice president arrived from Siberia. The moment highlighted the official welcome extended by the Generalissimo, reflecting the head of state’s courtesy and the ceremonial duty.
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Chiang
Wallace
Chundg Kina
Gune Wu
Siberia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Texans Tie With 20 Japs In Pacific Aerials
Maj Thomas McGuire of San Antonio and Jay Robbins of Coolidge Texas were tied on 20 enemy planes in the Southwest Pacific after a dawn sortie over Jap held Jef man airdrome near New Guinea. Maj Richard Bong of Poplar Wisconsin led with 27 kills.
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Jef~ Man
Thomas McGuire
San Antonio
Jay Robbins
Coolidge
Texas
Southwest Pacific
Fifth Air Force
Dutch
New Guinea
McGuire
Robbins
Maj
Richard Bong
Poplar
Wis
Trial Set For Soldier Assault At Local Center
Wayne Parks, operations manager at the Municipal airport, faces trial for aggravated assault with a pistol on Sgt. John Kittsmiller of Kelly Field. The incident followed a minor traffic accident on Blanco Road last Saturday in front of a community center. Shopkeepers offered to raise a fund for Kittsmiller.
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Wayne Parks
John Kittsmiller
Kelly Field
Oy Kittsmiller
Parks
Blanco Road
Kittsmiter
Hearing Set For German in S A
Karl Brendemunl, 54, of 322 Sandmeyer street, charged with falsely representing himself as an American citizen, appeared at arraignment and was released on 250 bond. Born in Germany, he has worked for a San Antonio brewery since 1912.
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United States
A. V. Knight
Karl Brendemunl
Sandmeyer Street
Brendemunl
Germany
San Antonio
Malone Named Commander at Marfa Army Air Field
Col Malone succeeds Col Donald B Phils as commanding officer of the Marfa army air field Col Phillips has been at the B 17 transition school for commandants at Hobbs New Mexico Col Malone previously commanded Lemoore army air field in California
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Donald B. Phils
Marfa Army Air Field
Phillips
Hobbs
N. M
Malone
Lemoore Army Air Field
California
Water Rate Savings Cited In Annexation
The city passes the annexation ordinance and promises immediate water rate benefits for residents in the annexed areas. W D Masterson, city water board manager, notes minimum rates of 65 cents inside the city versus 1.16 dollars outside, and outlines per foot extension costs and the plan to upgrade mains to Woodlawn Hills with part owner funding.
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City Water Board
Water Board
Masterson
Woodlawn Hills
iLsue
Woodlawn
Funeral Rites Set For Albin Seidel
Funeral services will be held at 10 a m Wednesday in Porterloring chapel for Albin Seidel 79 resident on Seidel road who died Sunday Interment will be in Sunset Memorial park Seidel was a native of Germany and lived in San Antonio 65 years He came to San Antonio in the early eighties with brothers Gus and Louis and started a vegetable farm Later he was an alderman under the Hicks administration Survivors are wife Mrs Berta Seidel son Capt Kurt Seidel daughter Mrs John H Has kin sister Mrs Lena Krausler and two grandchildren
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Albin Seidel
Seidel Road
Memorial Park
Seidel
Germany
Antonla
San Antonio
Gus
Louis
Hicks
Berta Seidel
Capt
Kurt Seidel
John H. Haskin
Lena Krausler
Special Diet OPA Forms Available at Bexar County Board
Special diet ration applicants must obtain a new OPA form from the Bexar county ration board. The form is taken to a doctor who completes the requirements and signs it. Formerly rations were issued via a doctor signed letter or statement.
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Bexar County
General Berman Returning to S A Command
Brig. Gen. Morris Berman will return July 1 to command the San Antonio Air Service command after serving at Kelly Duncan and Randolph fields. He has led the Ogden Air Service command in Utah since November 1940 and succeeds Col. Thomas H. Chapman following the departure of Brig. Gen. A. W. Vanaman.
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Morris Berman
Kelly, Duncan
Randolph Fields
San Antonio
Four Free Tuition Engineering Courses Open This Week
Four free tuition engineering courses begin at St Marys University downtown college this week. Registration for Civil Engineering Drafting and Elementary Surveying is at 7 30 p m Tuesday. both are open to men and women high school graduates and run 14 weeks. Registration for Elements of Hydraulics and Elementary Engineering Mathematics is at 7 30 p m Wednesday.
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the &L Mary's
University Downtown College
Highland Lions Set Installation In July
New officers of the Highland Park Lions club will be installed July 1. G. H. Mcorel ess, president, C. DeWaal, Rev. Wood Patrick and William Seipel, vice presidents, Roland Crutcher, secretary-treasurer, Deaver Lee, tall twister, Stanley Rabke, lion tamer, and J.B. Seibert, Owen Davis, T. BR Heyland, F. L. Reeder, Dr. M. I. Moreland and BH. A. Craighead listed.
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Highland, Park Lions Club
G. 8. Mcoreless
C. DeWaal
T Wood Patrick
William Seipel
Roland Crutcher
Deaver Lee
Tall Twister
Stanley Rabke
Lion Tamer
J.B. Seibert
Qwen Davis
T. BR
Heyland
F. L. Reeder
M. I. Moreland
BH. A
Craighead
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