WACS Faced Court After Nazi Prisoner Notes Scandal
At Camp Hale Colorado an army release details WACs who exchanged notes with German POWs and eight soldiers connected to a prison escape plot. Dale Maple of San Diego faces court martial for aiding fugitives Erhard Schwichtenberg and Heinrich Kikilius. Several other soldiers are promised trials as investigations reveal secret notes and illicit fruit liquor schemes behind the bar racks.
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Camp Hale
Colo
Sweate
Mexico
Pir
Dale Maple
San Diego
Califo
Maple
Harvard
Erhard Schwichtenberg
Heinrich Kikilius
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Linnt
John A. Chase
War Department
Army
Colonel Chase
WACS
Frances H. Bundarf
Birminghan
Ala
Florence C. Rechon
New Orleans
I. Marpeér
L. Franklin
Oakland
Calif
Courismartial
Theophil 3
Leonhard
Stonewall
Texas
Paul A. Kissman
Eric
Eric B. Hotelling
Mountain Lakes
N. J
Pic
Friedrich W. Blering
Chicago
Hotelling
Land
Stalf
Guido M. Gundisch
Milwaukee
Wisiscons
Schwichtenberg
Kikitus
Ingas
United States
Alfredo Fuentes
Fuentes
Funeral Rites Set for Samuel D Bridge
Funeral services for Samuel Davenport Bridge prominent milling engineer who died Wednesday will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev Bam Capers officiating. Bridge, long-time resident of McAllen, San Antonio, and Mexico City, died while visiting here. The report notes stranded winter visitors seeking gasoline and transit home, with 150 letters prepared for tourists to contact their home boards.
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Samuel Davenport Bridge
Christ's Episcopal
Bam Capers
Mr. Bridge
Mcallen
San Antonio
Mexico City
Wllness
Joseph T. Ryan
Elgin
Tibe Thiermeat
Mission
Ryan
N.E. Buescher
Hidalgo
Patel
Rayburn
Texas Congressiay
Texas
The Light of Civilization and the Red Cross Rally
A patriotic tribute by Harry H Schlacht extols the American Red Cross as the light of civilization born in the Civil War by Clara Barton. It lauds nurses, mothers, and volunteers, calling for donation with the plea If you can't fight give. It honors Lieut Dean Shatlain and soldiers, urging daily support for the Red Cross.
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Harry H. Schlacht
Marth
Red Cross
Clara Barton
Angel of Mercy
Army
Navy
Marines
American Red Cross
The
America
Hour
Africa
Dean Shatlain
Law for Texas Murders in San Antonio in 1943
San Antonio had fewer murders but more aggravated assaults than the three largest Texas cities in 1943, according to a federal FBI annual report received by Police Commissioner P. L. Anderson. The city listed 23 murders, 168 robberies, 688 aggravated assaults, 810 burglaries, 256 thefts over 50 dollars, 1994 thefts under 50 dollars, and 498 car thefts, with Houston and Dallas also cited among the big cities.
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San Antonio
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigae
P. L. Ansderson
Houston
Dallas
Autopsy for Boy Ordered After Tragic Death
An autopsy was ordered by Justice of the Peace Otts West for Hilario Mendoza, 10, who collapsed on a South Richter Street sidewalk around 10 p.m. Thursday. Neighbor Raymond Aguirre found him and moved him to his home. Fire squad from Station No. 11, led by Chief H. A. Dustin, attempted resuscitation for 10 minutes but he died en route to the hospital. His father, Titus Mendoza of El Paso Street, said the boy had been in good health with no signs of violence observed.
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AL Auspey
Oy Justice of the Peace
Otts
Hilario Mendoza
Richter Street
Raymond Aguirre
el Paso Street
Pire Station No. 11
H. A. Dustin
Titis Mendoza
Shoe Stamp Compliance Drive Urged in San Antonio
Bernard M. Goldburg, district OPA officer, warned that ship stamp fraud in San Antonio may trigger a compliance drive and spot checks on shoe stores. Merchants found accepting loose stamps could face suspension orders, with hearings by the district OPA manager. customers guilty risk losing War Book 3 access and War Book 1 stamp No 18 becoming invalid April 2.
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San Antonio
Bernard M. Goldburg
OPA
Dealors Warned of New Liquor Tax And Stock Inventory
San Antonio liquor dealers were notified by the tax unit that they must perform full and accurate inventories of their stocks on April and pay a floor stocks tax under the 1943 revenue act. The notice signals wartime revenue measures affecting alcohol and related beverages as production scales up for war.
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San Antonio
Floghol Tax Unit
Tuberculosis deaths rise 13 percent in England 1938–47
Canada births climb to 273,981 in 1942, up 116,500 from 1941 as population data shows shifts in health and demography. Tuberculosis deaths in England increased by 13 percent over the 1938 to 1947 period, reflecting ongoing public health challenges.
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England
Canada
Admiration in the Lame Film Package
A fragment notes admiration tied to a film package. The item mentions the project titled Admiration in the Lame and references its role in a broader cinema package, with limited readable details about producers or release context.
Alaska Phone Line linked from Norman Wells to Whitehorse
The 2600 mile Alaska Northwest Canada telephone line connects Norman Wells in N W T to Whitehorse in Yukon and links Edmonton Dawson Skagway Fairbanks Whitehorse Norman Wells with the United States. It ranks with the Alaska highway and CANOL project as a major northern infrastructure feat. The system parallels the CANOL pipeline and ties into the Edmonton-Fairbanks line completed by the U S army last fall.
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Edmonton
Asia
Alaska
Northwest
Wildern Dss
Edmonton-Fairbanks
U. S. Army
Beware Coughs Following Flu
Old advertisement text touts Creomulsion for coughs after flu and claims fast relief by reaching bronchial membranes. It promises money back if the medicine does not quiet the cough and urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle.
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Cohen's Army Store
NTS
Fiji
Samuel D. Bridge
Iceland
New Gainea
Gunner
Washington
Srhs
Alamo Plaza
S.A
South
W. W. Mo‘orory
Criminal District Court
Aurora
Winston Butler
Sam Stewart
Frenchy
Dennis la Verne Roberts
Gus Morrison
Rafael Lopez
Premidlvo Segura
Butler
Dewey
Concepcion Trejo
Cevallos Street
McCrory
Dittlinger
Millis
Medina
Duncan Coffee Company
Admiration
Lorgett
Maryland Club
Bright & Early Coffee
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