This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1945
Page
3
Moscow reported Russian correspondents uncovered a German chemical plant in Pomerania used by 10,000 foreign workers. Noted that the factory was evacuated before Allied advance, with a hidden railway line nearby and the main section sealed a week earlier.
A Texas sergeant, Lucian Adams of Port Arthur, is set to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after a ceremony in France. He is in the Third Division, which claims the top total of Medal of Honor recipients in this war, while another sergeant from Delaware received his medal in the same ceremony.
A boy, age five, was examined by specialists in Los Angeles and Vancouver to assess if life can be saved by a pioneering heart operation. Under study by Bortows Johns Jones and William Paul Thompson since arrival, a definite surgery may be performed by Rector Jones. Doctors say the patient is doomed unless his heart condition is corrected before June 28.
The San Antonio independent school district board of education voted at a special meeting to hold an election for two six year trustees on April 7. The seats to be filled are currently held by Leo Brewer and J E Selher. The board's president and secretary are named. Both indicated they would not confirm plans to run again.
A man tentatively identified as Warren CG Pagine 24 of Latina Texas, a discharged soldier, died after leaping from an eighth floor hotel window while in police custody. He wore a second lieutenant’s uniform, had been arrested on charges of passing bad checks and impersonating an army officer. Payne and his bride Elizabeth Sarah 27 Wilkes Brive Pahe married Tuesday in Kyattesville Md. They met when he was an army orderly at Kew Gardens Hospital and she was a nurses aide. Police said he was a private in the medical corps until May 1943 when discharged. reason not disclosed.
American First Army doughboys and allies roamed Cologne's rubble strewn streets and marveled at shell-scarred landmarks including the Cologne cathedral. In Hotel Excelsior’s wine cellar, officers allowed men to loot bottles as they moved through barricades and entlang the Rhine.
LOUIE reports from Cologne after Allied advances reveal widespread destruction in the down town area. The Reichsbank Dresdner bank and other financial buildings lie in ruins while the main post office and telephone exchange are destroyed. Debris fills streets near St Gergon’s church as residents observe collapsed hotels and damaged cathedral windows as mass continues in the battered city.
London March 8 Allied trade talks with Switzerland to curb Nazi loot and prevent German supplies from moving in or out have ended in a complete agreement with some concessions on both sides, the Swiss radio said today.
Nona faster. None surer, Str. Joseph. Aspirin world's largest seller at 10c. Economy size 100 tablets for 86c. Why ever pay more. Why accept tema. Good St Joseph Aspirin.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.