Allies claim major New Guinea victory against Japanese
Allied forces driven from the Mambare valley and wiping out hundreds of Japanese combatants in northeast New Guinea. General MacArthur’s communique notes 709 Japs killed and 100+ prisoners captured, with remaining enemy likely dying from starvation and disease. Allied air power pounded bases, with 2000 pound bombs on Gusmata airfield and strikes on Lie, Finschhafen, and Madang as troop movements continue. A separate report notes a funeral in Laredo for Emelerig Mendoza, longtime Welsh county resident.
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Blue Star Ointment Adverts for Skin Irritation Relief
An advertisement-style note promotes Blue Star Ointment for cheek itching and eczema like symptoms. It claims quick relief with repeated use and urges trying it today, targeting readers seeking topical remedy.
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Texas airman dies guiding bomber over Bremen yards
A. P. photo tells how Bombardier Jack Mathis, 20, of San Angelo Texas, suffered a shattered side and nearly severed arm yet returned to his flying fortress bomb sight and released its load on Nazi submarine yards near Bremen. He died in the plane.
Father of soldier hero faces six months for gas coupon scheme
In Philadelphia on March Bey, Samuel Eplan Sr., 42, father of a decorated North Africa veteran, begins a six month sentence after federal court found him guilty of possessing gasoline ration coupons and selling 40,000 gallons worth at his filling station. An OFA agent testified the outlet was a key black market source. The defendant pleaded no defense as Judge Cullen Ganey admonished him.
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Philadelphia
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Samuel Eplan Sr
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Assault Charged In Dare Knifings In Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi March 4 assault to murder charges were filed here against three 1 year old youths who knifed two men last week after they dared them to fight. The two men were injured and a third person died in a house fire at 422 Guenther Street. Floyd Melvin 25, a bunk driver, died in the blaze and 13 year old Johnnie Soyala was badly burned. Fire damaged the two story frame house valued at about 2500 dollars.
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Harney
Rafael Cavazos
Noe Marcha
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Robert Weir
Lewis Finch
Bessie Overles
Floyd Melvin
Melvin
Wayne Highland
Brooke General Hospital
Johnnie Soyala
Robert B. Green Hospital
Morales
Iturbi May Settle Case Out of Court
In Los Angeles on March 28, Judge Edward R. Brand summoned counsel for pianist Jose Iturbi and his daughter to discuss possibility of settling out of court over custody of the children Maria Teresa and Maria Antonia. The judge warned that court proceedings would harm the girls and noted the parents sat together in court. Mrs Hero, named as the mother, is contesting custody with her husband Stephen Hero, a New York violinist, who has not been notified of the action. The couple wed January 21, 1938, in New York and separated March 25, 1940.
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Los-Angeles
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Iraria Témrbi Hero
Edward R. Brand
Iturbi
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Maria Antonia
Brand
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Bikes for Bombs War Production Surges in Bicycle Industry
The bicycle industry now dedicates at least 110 percent of its capacity to war work, converting facilities to make airplane parts bombs and bomb components, small arms, and other military articles, as factories shift to support the war effort.
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