Former Attorney Awarded Legion of Merit to San Antonio Colonel
Col. Douglas N. Lawley of Encino Avenue received the Legion of Merit for outstanding services in North Africa Sicily and Italy from February 20 1933 to December 11 1944. Maj Gen Lyman Lemnitzer praised his data work for invasion plans. Lawley, a WWI veteran with Purple Heart and Croix de Guerre, later practiced in San Antonio and led Alamo Post No 2. He and his wife have two children.
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Douglas N. Lawley
Encino Avenue
Hig Wile
North A Os
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Lyman L. Lemmnitzer
Haly
Lawley
San Antonio
S6th
American Legion
Alamo Post No. 2
San Antonio Bar Association
Lawleys
Douglas Jr
Federal grand jury empaneled for first week of San Antonio court
A 23 member federal grand jury led by foreman J H Calvert was empaneled Monday by Judge Charles A Boynton in El Paso. Jurors from San Antonio include W G LeLamin Fred E Mueller BF Jackson Jessa J Beitel and others. additional members hail from Seguin Devine Karnes City and Somerset. The panel will hear more than 50 cases for indictment.
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U.S
Federal Grand Jury
J. H. Calvert
Charles A. Boynton
Fl Paso
Federal Court
San Antonio
W. G. LeLamin
Fred E. Mueller
BF. Jackson
Jessa J. Beitel
H. R. Blagier
Raymond Maten Jr
Leon & Goodman
Go. T. Abbey
Graud
C. V. Garza
Florestilie
EB. Herdeke
Seguin
Valentiine Senge
Geronine
Walter Tausch
Campbellton
B.C. Graham
Devine
G. R. Hughes
Poteet
J. R. Tinsley Jr
Gonentes
Thompson
Big Foot
George Govett Jr
Segum
Alex Pohl
Alvin Quez
Karnes City
A. Engelbech
Kingsbury
Albert Chavez
Somerset
Archie Beard
Overseas Malaria Shows Drop
Washington May 7 UP I Preventive measures have cut the rate of malaria among American soldiers overseas by 75 percent since the 1943 peak. The Office of War Information cautioned that the disease could be spread in the United States because the Aedes mosquito exists in every state. Hospitalizations overseas fell to 40 per 1000 men last December from the 1943 peak of 155. In certain Pacific locations, malaria was 10 percent in 1942 and 1943, now reduced to 10 cases per 1400 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Office of War
Pacific
Uist
State Completes Bandera Road Plans by June Deadline
State officials plan to complete Bandera Road reconstruction from the city limits to Helotes by June 1. Maddox, district night-way engineer, told commissioners on Monday. Commissioner Sam G. Bennett said the county would resume buying the right of way once the plans are received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandera
Heroles
Maddox
Sam G. Bennett
Young Nimitz Wins Navy Cross For Submarine Combat
Comdr Chester W. Nimitz Jr, son of Admiral Nimitz, has earned the Navy Cross for commanding a submarine on its seventh patrol. The citation credits sinking several Japanese warships and damaging or sinking 16,400 tons of merchant shipping while attacked by heavily escorted convoys. Nimitz also holds a Silver Star and a Gold Star. his wife resides in Vallejo, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester W. Nimitz Jr
Young Nimitz
Hew
Nimitz
Vallejo
Calif
U S to Keep Strong Europe Air Arm
U S military plans to retain a strong air arm in Europe for police and transport duties after the war. Ground crews may total 76 000 to 100 000, with American and British personnel, not necessarily equal. The postwar air force aims to maintain order in Germany and repurpose heavy bombers as cargo planes, leveraging recent aid missions to Holland where Lancasters and Liberators dropped food and freed prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S
Europe
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Germany
Holland
Miners to Get Portal Pay Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court ruled that coal miners are entitled to portal-to-portal underground wages. Justice Murphy delivered the 5-4 decision with Justice Jackson dissenting, joined by Roberts and Frankfurter. The ruling cites March 27, 1944, precedent for ore miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waomngton
Supreme Court
Ttn
Murphy
Jackson
Roberts
Frankfurter
Ic Bay
High Temperature Powder Released for Oil Wells
The Army disclosed a one year supply of high temperature powder to aid safe and rapid completion of deep oil wells where extreme heat is encountered. The explosive, used in gun perforating oil well casing, is designed to replace older methods hampered by safety and reliability concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Nurse Visits Mother on 44 Day Leave
Lieut Mary Tourourze, Army nurse, visits her mother Mrs Emma Toudouze at 17 Octavia Place during a 44 day leave after 82 months overseas. She served in Teeland England France and Germany earning the American Defense Ribbon and ETO ribbon with two battle stars. She attended Blesserty Sacrament academy and the Robert B. Green school of nursing. After leave she will return to the eastern theater of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary P. Tourourze
Eimma Toudouze
Octavia Place
Touwlowe
Teeland
England
France
Ger. Ee
Blesserty [Sacrament Academy
Robert B. Green School
Mansing
Poudouzn
Wounded on Iwo Jima and other Gulf coast casualties
The war department released South Texas casualty lists detailing wounded and missing service members across the Pacific European and German theaters. Names include Cpl J W Bell from Houston and many others in San Antonio Corpus Christi Laredo and Brownsville with hometown connections and family relations.
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Cpl
J. W. Bell
Iwo Jima
War and Navy Departments
Follrawinis
South Texas
Navy
Ife
Eduardo Davila
U. 3
Marine Corps Reserve
Celestino Davila
Laredo
Sel
J. P. Sloan Jr
U. 5
Ereen
Jasper F. Sloan
Corpus
Army
Pacific
Christi
Pie
Charley V. Stewart
Rita Giddens
San Antonio
Julia G. Guerrero
Naval
Laureano G. Guerrero
San Angelo
Pfc
Edwin BF. Hoerber
Charles V
Alfred Koerber
Stewart
Quemado
Fio
Cipriano V. Lugo
Julia
V. Lugo
Raymondville
Pic
Francisco PD
Martinez Jr
Maria I. Martinez
Dela Rio
Evavisto R. Medina
Basilia Medina
Brownsville
Isabel Rivers
Tédra S. Rivera
Rio Granda
Jesus N. Baiz
Manuela Baiz
Irving E. Calloway
Gertrude S. Calloway
Sandia
Walter W. Me
Mahan Jr
Walter W. Mann
Paeiie
Philip H. Parker
Kins
Parker
McAllen
Germany
Pri
Arnulfo M. Arredondo
Antonio Arredondo
William AY
Murchison
Alma Schacer
Bistrop
F Saenz
Beatriz Rivera Saenz
Bastrop
Eouis E
Oswiecim Death Camp Death Toll Reported by Radio
London May report cites the Soviet extraordinary state commission stating the Oswiecim camp in Poland killed over 4,000,000 people of various European nationalities. It describes the camp as a vast German death machine with mass extermination, experiments on healthy men women and children, sterilization, castration, and testing poisons on live subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mossow Radio
Oswiecim
Poland
Sober V E rejoicing urged as official approach
Washington May 7 The government urges sober rejoicing for V E Day but cautions no interruption of war production. War Mobilizer Fred M Vinson says authorities will not fix rigid conduct, leaving norms to citizens and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Truman Cruises on Potomac River
President Truman enjoyed a relaxed Potomac River cruise aboard the presidential yacht marking his postwar respite since taking office on April 12. The Sunday outing provided a quiet interlude away from Washington.
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Truman
Potomac River
Washington
President Truman
Retired Grocer Dies at Corpus Christi
OVEFUS CHRIGTI May 7 Funeral stryfers held Saturday for Charles William Stuth a retired grocer who died Thursday in a rest home in Corpus Christi He lived there 20 years and retired three years ago Surviving are three sons Harry Stuth Corpus Christi Henry Stuth Robstown and G J Stuth Greenville two daughters Mrs Fred Steele Kingsville and Mrs William Heckworth Rosebud
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovefus Chrigti
Charles Wiliam Stuth
Goris Christi
Harry Strth
Corpus Christi
Henry FE. Stuth
Robstown
G. J. Stuth
Greenville
Fred Steele
Kingsville
William Heckworth
Rosebid
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Rudolph €. Flanagin
David Planagin
Porter Street
Mying
R. C. Flanagin
Col
Douglas WN. Lawley
J. L. Lemaitzer
Cross
Pepei-Cola Company
Long Leland City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
SAN Antonio Transit Company
Portal
Mweutenant Toudouze On
Yish To Nother
Ww. Bell
B. M. Palmer
Edison Drive
Hawaiian
Haugainville
Guam
Susan CG. Carrara
Elvin O. Haecker
Telka
BR. Haecker
Cibolo
Albert Havermann
Elsie Hopper
Thomas H. Jackson
Lola P. Jackson
Elgin. Tech
Erwin J. Lorke
Annie Lorke
Hallettsville
Nelson T. Meckel
Lorene A. Meckel
Richard DB. Mills
Mary F. Mills
Paul R. Norman
Addie Norman
Vancerpool
Pfe
Bennin F. Perez
Amelia M. Perez
Linton Pie
Johnny C. Rodriguez
Martin Rodriguez
Melvin Lb. Tally
Lorena M. Tally
Brady
James J. Stevens
U, 9
Harry Laughlin Stevens
Robert. Lee Fox Jr
U. 5S
Naval Reserve
Bessie Fox
Wesley Ogden Glaze Jr
U. S. Naval Reserve
Thelma Wallace Glaze
James F. Nefner
Mapele Swayze
Yoakunt
Federico Sanchez
Florencio Sanchez Victoria
Robert L. Davis
Frances A. Davis
Gustavo R. Ontiveroz
Leonor Ontiveroz
Manuel G. Cantu
Elisso Cantu
Thomas J. Paul Jr
Hilda W. Paul
del Rig
Israel Soliz
Sanjuana Soliz
Alice
Fic
George Butler Jr
Sadie M. Metver
Leslie E. Cox
Eva B. Cox
Alan Friesenhahn
Clara Friesenhahn
San Anstero
Paul W. Frits
Emma Parker
Chl
Albert J. Fuchs
Anita BR. Fuchs
Kares Guy
Porter
Garner
Schulenburg
Ffc
Tuan Moxa
Isabel V. Meza
Sal
Jesus H. Moraiis
Tomasita Morales
Charles B. Saenz Jr
Herlinda L. Saenz
Pio
Manuel
A. Torrex
Fillomena Torrez
del Re
Robert F. Vincik
Mus
Katie Vinci
Shiner
Set
Frank N. Bane
Fidamone Banse
Weimar
Flo
Vicente B. Cantu
Lorenza ¥. Cantu
Langtry
T-5
Lee J. Carrola
Pfo
Albert WR. Klesel
Airs
Alice D. Klesel
Raymond
Townsend Jr
Wilala Peevey
Corpus Christ
John G. Camargo
Juanita Camargo
Tre
Jose Charles
Justa
Charles
Juan 2
Maytinez
Inosenica Martinez
Macdona
Lacey FP
Morton
Mary B. Morton
San Anstorito
Jack H. Wood
Margaret M. Wood
Joshua
V-E
O. K. Mayo
Alamo Plata
Toby Tyler
Cartein
Vogue Economy
Flease
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