Biggest Army Game to Open in June Maneuvers
Eighth corps maneuvers launch the largest field exercises in the country, with Third and Second armies to join in September. Preliminary drills run May 24 to June 1, then June 1 to 15, near Brownwood. About 50,000 officers and men, plus attached units, will participate across Fort Sam Houston Camp Borie Fort Worth areas under Third Army direction.
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Eighth Corps
Brownwood
Third Army
Thure- Gay
War Department
Louisiana
Phen
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Borie
Camp Berkeley
Abilene
East Texas
Louisians
Pebid al A
Manhole Cover Theft Arrests in Greensboro
Police in Greensboro arrest two men for stealing heavy steel manhole covers from city streets and selling them as junk. The suspects allegedly disassembled the discs for salvage while authorities note rising demand for housing and rooms.
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Greensboro
N. C
Divorce Granted for Cool Coffee in Chicago
Mrs Patri tia Reinfeld sought a divorce from Samuel Reinfeld in Chicago after he left to buy cream and did not return for a year. Judge Cornelius J Harrington granted the divorce citing prolonged separation and failure to maintain marital duties.
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Chicago
Patri
Tia Reinfeld
Samuel
Cornelius J. Harrington
Draft evasion case rocks federal grand jury in Maine
Uncle Sam took Stanley L. Leonard at his word on a draft questionnaire. Leonard wrote I’m not making this out if you want me come and get me. He was arraigned on a draft evasion charge and held for a federal grand jury in Kangas City Maine.
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Kangas City
Marci
Sam
Stanley L. Leonard
Leonard
Mel
Jerat
Startling Developments In Five Day Old Agnew Murder Probe
An ominous pause followed lengthy closed conferences among top officials as investigators in the Agnew murder case identified two suspects still at large. District Attorney Roth R. Shook and Sheriff Gwen W. Kilday led the discussions, signaling possible breakthroughs in the high profile inquiry.
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Agnew
Roth R. Shook
Sherif Gwen W. Kilday
Shis
Agnew murder suspects traced across Texas and beyond
San Antonio lawmen spread full descriptions of bald suspects linked to the brutal killing of Agnes Agnew. Reports say one man has a Kansas prison term and ties to West and Midwest crime, with moves through Rio Grande valley toward the Pacific coast. A South Carolina woman was tested for truth, later cleared, as investigators gathered clues from Agnew’s belongings and questioned others in Edinburg and San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Kansas
Texas
West Coast
Rio Grande Valley
Agnew
PBC
Trady
South Carolina
Raymondville
iWho
Pat Dwyer
Bexar County
Dwyer
Agnes
Brownsville
Clytiing
Mindy
Patten
Houston
Edinburg
Victoria Street
Fagg-McCollm-Murray
H Trubftte
Mision
Tunial Park
Caterers to See Style Show Skit
The San Antonio caterers club will meet Thursday at 4 15 p m at Horeee Mann school. A style show of waitresses uniform will be held under the direction of Mrs Bo Moffet, director of caterering of the Dubie school. Miss Pear Hart will direct the skit.
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San Antonio
Digeelinn
BO. Moffet
Directar
Dubie
Achooly
Pear Hart
Train Collision Kills Six in Spartanburg at Night
Six rail workers, all from Columbia, die when two Southern Railway freight trains collide near an overhead bridge at Glendaly Avenue in Spartanburg. Firemen used torches to reach and recover the bodies after hours of effort. Engineers J. R. Holcomb and L. B. McCord, conductor L. O. Grant, firemen J. G. Summers and J. J. White, and assign- ment Harry C. Sehiffey are named among the victims. A brakeman and flagman on the southbound train escaped by leaping to safety.
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Spartanburg
Southern Railway
Columbia
R. Holcomb
L. B. McCord
L. O. Grant
J. G. Summers
J. J. White
Harry C. Sehiffey
Easter eggs scarce for British children this year
A London report notes a shortage of surat and other materials used in chocolate making will stop producers from creating both Easter chocolates and blocks. The shortage means no Easter eggs for British children this year and affects chocolate manufacture.
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London
Britain
38000 Defense Workers Idle Across Nation
International News Service reports widespread idle labor in vital defense industries despite a new federal mediation board. about 33 000 workers in 21 plants are idle with scattered disputes in others. cities and companies listed include Chicago Illinois Allis Chalmers Milwaukee Edgewater Aluminum Todd Galveston Universal Cyclope Pittsburgh General Motors Oakland Detroit Calkin Motor Brill Richmond Dayton Wheatland Harvill Rock Falls Valparaiso among others with 200 to 10000 workers affected.
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International News Service
Federal Mediation Board
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Edgewater
N. J
Dayton
Ohio
Wheat Fie
Inglewood
Cajif
Harvill Aircraft Company
Rock ‘Falls
Valparaiso
Ind
Ailiglntat Steel Products Company
Sharecroppers Get Back on Their Feet in Missouri
A year after homelessness 1500 sharecropper families in Missouri's boot heel region now stock their larders with 250000 dollars worth of food grown by the farmers themselves. The Farm Security Administration funded gardening and food preservation supplies for families certified by Missouri social security or on relief. Landlords provided free garden plots.
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Washington
Merchai
Mnb
Missouri
Fami
Itea
Farm Security Administration
FGA
Missouri Social Security
Pope Starts Peace Feellers Plan for International Armistice Conference
Informed London sources report Pope Pius XII backing general armistice moves and an international conference to discuss peace possibilities rather than terms. Mussolini and his circle oppose the plan, while Crown Prince Umberto is expected to be a key initiator. British Catholic clergy favor Vatican directions but oppose any pact that does not aim at Germany's total defeat.
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London
Mussolini
Victor Emmanuel
Trajan
Umberto
Anid
Tate
Britain
Vatican
Ars
Germany
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