City Candidates Weigh Voters Fate in Heated Race
City machine candidates forecast midteens total votes as Mayor Maurermann and Grover Morris clash over annexation and Roosevelt ties. Fire and Police head P L Anderson faces critics. write in Earl Matheny campaigns against him. Parish of campaign notes cite parks, garbage, and cross endorsements amid a crowded field.
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City Machine
Mauermann
Everal Hundred
Grover C. Morris
Mauermenn
P. L. Anderson
C. L. Dobbs
Anderson
Pat Dwyer
Marvin Reynolds
Drunken Mexican Driver Subdued With Pipe Wrench
Philip Nickle and Kernon Edwards chased a reckless Mexican driver on Culebra road after he forced them into a ditch. The driver, unlicensed and armed with a knife, was beaten with a pipe wrench and held at the county jail for the FBI.
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Leense
Culebra
Philip Nickle
Route 4
Kernon Edwards
Whi
Edwards
FBI
Two Killed In Weekend Traffic Accidents
Two persons died and others injured in weekend traffic crashes. Victims include Emma Dane icls, 28, of 318 Mason Street, and Dyngile Fernandez, 3145 Dlanders Avenue, both pedestrians. A separate fatality involved a child struck near 3800 Fredericksburg Road, driver Jesus Vanc Ras of 1348 Flanders Street. Four people injured in two-vehicle collision on South Mores Street.
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Emma Daneicls
Mason Street
Dygnile Fernandez
Dlanders Avenue
Justine I. W. Saye
Bat Corrigan
Tad Hot
Daniels
Little Rock
Ark
Jesus Vanc- Ras
Flanders Street
South Mores Street
Walter Payton
South Tores Street
Opal Payton
Ben Wiley
Finte Elreet
Portugal Mourns As Players Ignore Calamity
A satirical column mocks Portugal for declaring five days of mourning for Shickelgruber and Mussolini while sports and summer window screens are prioritized. The piece quips about arson, chaos, and the public’s appetite for vaudeville, noting the timing of mourning amid ongoing troubles and a remark on counting eggs.
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Arthur
Bugs
Portugal
Shickelgruber
Mussolini
Real 5 Day Raid Staged By Briton
A 20 year old British driver named William Plidington staged a five day vendetta against German forces. Disguised in a German tunic he captured 80 Germans, loaded them into his truck and handed them over to American troops. He claimed to have fired at Germans and killed those he encountered. Portugal breaks relations with Germany over lack of a legal government in the Reich.
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Tangermuuende
Germany
William Plidington
Dunkerque
Hussiangard
Portugal
Lisbon
Reich
Guards Set Fire to Hitler's Chalet, Berchtesgaden
Eyewitnesses report that attackers burned Hitler’s Berghof retreat at Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden two days before Allied seizure. Pieces of the estate’s interior and art were destroyed or hidden, while natives expect a possible Hitler return. Local resident Frau Therese Anschaney Schiffauer notes trucks carrying supplies arrived.
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Berchtesgaden
Hiller
Hans. Wacthenfeld
Bergholl
Oberselnberg
Tehrer
Hitler
Bavaria
Mace Haus Wachenfeld
Frau Therese Anschaney Schiffau
Schelienburg
Obersalzberg
House
Tas Wachenfield
Himmler
Goetels
Provost Aid Captures Jewelry Thief Near Houston Street
Assistant Provost Marshal J. L. D. Lymx-Wwiltz spotted a youth fleeing after crashing a jewelry store window at 722 West Houston. He chased the suspect down the street and captured him within blocks. Officers recovered $58 worth of fur glasses and trinkets tossed aside during the pursuit.
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J. L. D. Lymx-Wwiltz
B. Tidwenn Jewelry Company
Houston Street
San Antonio
WPB Moves to End Freezes and Cut War Production
Washington reports that the War Production Board plans to lift civilian production freezes and institute cuts in army ground force output, including tanks and ammunition, with actual curtailments tied to earthmoving equipment and power tools. A new reconversion list prioritizes civilian goods such as typewriters, cutlery, batteries, film, dental tools, and motor graders.
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Washington
Otto Hilgers Services Held
Otto Hilgers longtime San Antonio resident and retired buyer at Deske Bros. department store was honored in services held at Porter Loring chapel and St Joseph's church. Survived by two daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. burial at Mission Burial Park.
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Otte William Allgers
TAF East Woodlawn
San Antonio
Porter Loring
St. Joseph's Church
Taterment
Missiary Burial Park
Hilgers
Deske Bros
Ellis al- Waugh
John M. Clark
Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Petui
O. J. Hilgers
H. E. Hilgers
Lockhart
Texas
Hunter Hopkins Rites Planned
Funeral services will be held Monday evening for Louie Hunter Hopkins 04, who died Sunday at his home 605 E Quincy Street. A retired government appraiser, he had resided in San Antonio for 23 years. Survivors include three daughters Mabel Solomon Dallas A M Cowan Elk City Okla and Ruth Hopkins Salling San Antonio sister Mrs WWB Mc Clellan three brothers FD S S and D Hopkins all of Dallas and four grandchildren
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Louie Hunter Hopkins
E. Quincy Street
San Antonio
Mabel Solomon
Dallas
A.M. Cowan
City
Okla
Ruth Hopking Salling
WW. B. McClellan
FD. S. S
Doenitz Orders U Boat War Ended Worldwide
Flensburg radio broadcasts Admiral Doenitz instruction to cease hostilities by all U boat commanders after six years of warfare. He salutes U boat crews for bravery and loyalty to Germany, urging continued unity and sacrifice for the fatherland.
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Adm
Doenitz
London
Flensburg
Germany
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