Allied Offensives Hit Jap Invasion Forces on Land and Sea
Allied forces delivered heavy blows to Japan’s invasion group in the Pacific with land and sea actions. A base at Babo Dutch New Guinea was raided, two Japanese destroyers sunk, and several ships damaged by U.S. submarines. Liberator bombers attacked targets across the Arafura Sea and near New Britain, with all planes returning safely. In Burma, British forces clashed with infiltrating Japanese troops along the Maungdaw road as RAF planes struck camps north of Rangoon and attacked river steamers.
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Dutch New Guinea
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Australia
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Kal Islands
Lofobau Island
New Britain
Koibe Bay
Navy
Burma
Wavell
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Camip
Rangoon
Jap Commanica
Tiros
Joan Lenn
Pa2ai
Motor Thief Strikes Homes Across San Antonis
A theme of daytime burglaries hits San Antonis as a motorized thief targets homes, including Mrs Bryan Ptteread’s at 1231 Division. Police report about a dozen incidents in six weeks with thousands in losses, clothing and furniture among the stolen items. A tip from Jim Thurman, 11, recalls a middle aged man in an old black car converting to a pickup, seen on West Lynwood Street.
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San Antonis
Bryan
Jimnn Thurman
West Lynwood Street
Westlinale
Professor to Mark 50th Anniversary at St Marys
Professor at St Marys University will celebrate the fiftieth religious profession anniversary in the Society of Mary on Wednesday May 12. The program includes solemn mass at 8 16 a m solemn benediction at 6 a m a jubilee dinner at 5 30 p m and a public campus reception at 8 p m. Brother Schlitt has spent 25 of the 50 years in Texas.
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Brother Kever Schule
St. Mary's University
Society of Mary
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Brother Schlitt
Texas
Marine In Movies Spotlight For Local Theaters
The mother and friends of Rid Ney Scales, United States marine, welcomed his appearance in the March of Time premiere in a local theater. Scales, a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and former student at Mary’s University, joined the marine corps in August 1946 and served two years in the Pacific before transferring to the East Coast to feature in We Are the Marines. His mother is Mrs Tone Wright Bowles, 119 West French place. A brother, Wallace Wright Seales, is a navy lieutenant.
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Ridney Scales
United States Marine
San Antonio
Scales
Tone Wright Bowles
West Prench Place
Wallace Wright Seales
Navy
Weather forecast snippets from scattered newspaper lines
Fragmented text shows a temperate weather note with a mix of times and locations. Various city names appear including New York and Houston along with vague degree and wind indicators. The readable content is garbled and does not form a coherent forecast or actionable data.
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Ware
Paso
Yanks Close In On Bizerte Front Lines
Allied briefings report the British First Army seized 5000 prisoners since April 21 as forces moved from Medjez El Bab to Pant Dahs near Bizerte. Air operations were hampered by bad weather but Allied crews claimed no losses. a Tunisian-bound enemy ship was destroyed east of Cap Bon and a 660-ton Italian torpedo boat sunk.
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Medjez-El-Bab
Pant da Fahs
Tiat
Aled
Cap Bon
Naples
Eisenhower
Tunisia
Lions Nominating Committee Named
Pete Murray was named chairman of the Lions club nominating committee by President K. M. Bickett at a Wednesday luncheon at the Gunter hotel. Members include Martin Arnold Maj. David Boyd FE EF Haye and L. L. Lenin. The committee will present nominations on May 19 with officer elections on June 2.
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Lions Club
K. M. Bickett
Gunter Hotel
Martin Arnold
Maj
David Boyd
EF. Haye
L. L. Lenin
Election Workers Instruction Set
A school of instruction for election workers on all tickets and candidates in the present city election race will be held in the city council chamber at 5 p.m. next Saturday. City Attorney Tommy Cobb will explain the law to all persons who desire to attend.
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Uity
Tommy Cobb
Missing in Action: First Lieutenant Vernon J. Reed
Mrs Jick Reed of Yuma Ariz and war department notified Wednesday that First Lieutenant Vernon J. Reed a bomber and Ninth Infantry veteran stationed at Fort Sam Houston is missing in action in North Africa on April 17 He entered the air service at the war outbreak and had been cited for a medal and a promotion before being recorded missing.
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MIT
Jick Reed
Hucot Erschland
War Department
Vernon J. Reed
North Africa
Reed
Mying
Yuma
Ariz
Fort Sam Houston
Ninth Infantry
Air Service
U S Army Reaches Maturity in North Africa Campaign
The article describes American and Allied forces breaking through to take Green and Bald hills near Mateur. It highlights supply challenges across the Mediter ranean Approaches to Bizerte, the cooperation of Goums and American infantry, and the successful pushback of Axis forces with captured prisoners. The piece credits growth in the American army's spirit and unity as the campaign advances.
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Mateur
Bald
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Memn
Corps France D'Afrique
Sau Lake
Garact
Hillbun Case Report Ready Before Grand Jury
Attorney Jon M. Shook says he has completed the Hillbun case investigation and will present affidavits to the grand jury Thursday morning about the alleged imprisonment of 18 year old Maxine Hillbun after her one day marriage to Aviation Cadet Julian Goldstein. Goldstein seeks annulment in district court and a cross action was filed by the girl's parents' attorney.
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Attomey Jonn HH
Shook
Grand Jury
Maxine Hillbun
Julian Goldstein
Brackenridge
Justice of the Fence
Corrigan
Goldstein
State to cut 8 to 26 million in 1941 45 expenditures
Austin May 6 The state will operate on about 8 million to 26 million less than the current biennium as work on appropriation bills nears completion. House totals reach 85 408 000 Senate 78 493 000 for the two year period starting September 1 with differences to be settled by May 11 in conference.
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Austin
Odey
House
Senate
Howe
Senator Shivers Opposes Amendment on State Bonds
A Texas Senate debate centers on an amendment to the bond measure. Senator Allan Shivers of Port Arthur initially supported then moved to reconsider the amendment. The proposal would influence the state's bond issuance.
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Sion Tok
Aj House
Allan Shivers
Port Arthur
Bond Rule Rejected by Attorney General Prior to 1940
The text notes an eight year period ending before 1940 during which bond assumptions were ruled out by the attorney general. The fragment suggests legal debates over bond policy and official interpretation before 1940. No additional names or places are provided in the readable fragment.
Problems Picker Sparks Light Ad Strategy
A compact note outlines using Light Ads for diet product placements and adwriter style prompts. It mentions Diet FL2at as a sample cue and Sob Wi as a placeholder reference.
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