Letters on World War II Draft Stance at Hearst Castle
A pair of letters from 1944 address Mr. William Randolph Hearst and discuss U S entry into Europe’s war. Bond David from Hollywood questions war aims and sacrifice of soldiers in Flanders while advocating clarity for civilians. Montgomery urges parents to decide about sending their sons while warnings about England, Hitler, and Japan frame the debate.
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Willim Randolph Hearst
San Simeon
Calf
Mr. Hearst
Flanders
Bond David
Chula Vista Way
Hollywood
Califf
Dellwood Road
Bronxville
William Randolph
Fugland
Germany
Japan
England
Hitler
Washington
Montgomery
St. Michael and St. George
Americas may seize Vichy OLED in Western hemisphere
Washington reports American authorities prepared to establish provisional administration for French possessions in the Americas if Vichy France cooperates, with Halifax Hull talks outlining potential control of Caribbean bases, Guianas and nearby islands. France’s territories remain cut off by the British blockade and loyal to Vichy so far.
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Washington
Americas
Germany
France
Hemist
Europe
United States
Atlantic
Halifax
Hull
Viscount Halifax
Havana
Martinique
Panama
Canal
Caribbea
Beara
Gwasloupe
Porte-n-Vitre
Jean d'Arc
French Guiana
Dutch Guiana
Pierre and Mi
France Claims Escape From US Rule Report
A French news agency dispatch says France might have been controlled by Washington if it had accepted British Prime Minister Churchill's proposed union last June. The wording contrasts French independence with potential British and American influence and notes U S relations cited in today’s brief.
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Vaunx
Frances
United States
Ageinty
Washington
France
Churchill
Dominion
Dispatch
Major Dan O'Connele Receives Back Pat for Meeting Efforts
A note lauds Maj. Dan O'Connele for work arranging a state ceremonial meeting. Thornton Navis, VP of the Peties OU and Ga vompaty, earned a merited certificate from Homer Garrison Jr. of the Texas Department of Public Safety for preventing two serious accidents on April 20 in North Alabama Street.
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Dan O'Connele
Tluarans Polentute
Alcafar Tem- Die
Hoat
Thornton Navis
Péeties OU
Ga Vompaty
Homer Garrison Je
Texas Chase Department of Public Safety
North Alama Atreet
Weekend Heat With Sun Tan Oil Promises Warm Rainless Days
Weather outlook forecasts a warm weekend with no rain. Weatherman J H Jatboe says Saturday and Sunday will reach 88 degrees with partly cloudy skies. Winds are light to moderate from the south.
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J. H. Jatboe
Emergency ship program ahead of schedule
The maritime commission reports the emergency ship construction program is well ahead of schedule with ships to be completed faster than planned. In November a full month ahead of contract dates is anticipated under the program, which calls for 412 vessels built mostly in newly established yards.
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Washington
Commission
Briteain
Night bombing pact urged by Bristol bishop at conference
In Bristol on May 10 Dr C. Woodward bishop of Bristol questioned whether Britain and Germany could agree to refrain from night bombing. He suggested a solemn undertaking to avoid air raids during darkness if the other side did likewise, during a Bristol diocesan conference talk.
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Bristol
England
Germany
Britain
Woodward
Average Hourly Earnings Rise in Defense Industries
Washington reports that the longer work week in industries producing for national defense has raised average hourly earnings from 6.5 cents to 89.7 cents in the past year. Economists say most of the increase stems from time and a half overtime pay for hours over 40.
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Washingson
National Defense
Temn
Smuch
Labor Department
Britons Lost in Raids Reported by May Day
London May 1 The Ministry of Security announced April air raid losses in the United Kingdom detailing 6085 killed and 3926 civilians injured. The tally includes 2012 men 7418 women and 880 children under 18 with 61 missing or believed dead.
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London
Jim—derman
Mir Ralders
United Kingdom
Ministry of Name Security
Addiion
Deltain
Army Planes Crash Kill Seven Near Nelsonville Ohio
Seven Army men died when two planes crashed within 15 minutes during cyclonic wind and rain near Nelsonville Ohio, 75 miles southeast of Columbus. One plane struck a hillside near Carbon Hill, another went down west of Nelsonville, with five killed in the first crash and two in the second. Captain Sonefield and lieutenants Wiand Griswell and Brown, plus Sergeant Davis, were among the casualties. witnesses described a 100 yard swath through trees and a hillside impact. Sealed orders were sent to county authorities for inspection by Army officials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Booth
Patterson Field
Dayton
Barkedale Field
Nelsonville
Here
Wilmington
Sonefield
Wiand
Griswell
Brown
Davis
Louisvile
Iky
Pittsburgh
J. W. Sessuins
Wright Field
R. A. van Deran
John CG. Stanley
Washington
Guiddy
Bothem
Ott
Carbon Hill
Stekeling
Sher
Wit Duffy
Hocking County
Army
Baby Mutilation Slayer Sentenced
Ida Altken was convicted of the mutilation slaying of her 14 month old niece Bertha Lorene Altken. The jury set punishment at 29 years. The infant’s severely harmed body was found beneath a railroad trestle after she vanished last September. Altken signed a confession claiming she accidentally smothered the child and harmed the body to feign a fiend’s work.
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Plattsburg
Emira
Ida Altken
Bertha Lorene Altken
Laach
Zealand Leader in Egypt on Tour Plan
Cairo May 17 Prime Minister of New Zealand Ri Peley Frazer arrived by plane for a tour of New Zealand forces in the Middle East during the ongoing mission.
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Zealand
Egypt
Cairo
Ri— Peley Frazer
Est
New Zealand
Forcex
Middle East
Quadruplets Die Soon After Birth in Chicago
In Chicago Mercy Hospital a 20 year old wife gave birth to quadruplets all girls three months premature. The first died within minutes and the others died within hours. The babies weighed under a pound and a half each. The mother’s condition was described as good.
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Chigagg
Fearnot Ces Adams
Chicago
Praeces
Charlene
Avid Margaret
Frances
Marie
Sisley
Police Promote Five In Surprise Lieutenants Move
Police Chief WW Vaughan announced promotions on Saturday elevating five officers. From sergeant to lieutenant were Ext Pylel A Toscano and J Gonzales. Newly named sergeants by Varighatt were H Mansliek and WT Ball. Secretarial staff saw two personnel changes with Mish Aldn Anerson named secretary to Detective Capt DD Murrell and Miss Darlas Roth announced as secretary to the chief.
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Vaughan
Sargeants
Leutenants
Ext Pylel
A. Toscano
Bh. J. Gonzales
Varighatt
H. W. Mansliek
WT. Ball
Mish Aldn Anerson
DD. Murrell
Darlas Roth
Achnnid
Bath
Randolph Field Named for Training of RAF Pilots
Washington May 17 a war department official today approved plans to train several thousand British pilots in the United States. Cadets will enter civilian schools under army contract and receive advanced instruction at Maxwell Field, Randolph, and other bases. Britain will provide instructors while the U S furnishes planes and equipment.
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Washington
Ty War Department
United States
Randolph Stetd
United States Army
Britain
Royal Air Force
Atlantic
Maxwell Field
Natit Field
Randolph
Nazi Air Designer Said Aid to Hess
London reports unnamed disclosures about Rudolf Hess and a suggested tie to Messerschmitt, Germanys famed aircraft designer. Hess flew to Scotland a week ago. British officials say details will emerge but caution Germany to expect no quick answers as internal German tensions grow.
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Hess
London
Rudolf Hess
Will Messerachinit
Meserschmitt
Messerschmitt
Augsburg
Scotland
Germany
Vete Greenwood Gatd
Salum Retaken By Axis Forces
German and Italian forces claim Salum retaken from British control as Axis units attack from Salum to Sidi Barani. Reports state Rommel’s forces recaptured Salum Fort Capuzza and adjacent positions, with British losses and several towns attacked. two British tanks destroyed and 26 prisoners taken amid broader North African fighting.
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Axis
Center
Salum
Aizite Corps
Henda
Commmanimate
Iran
Halfaya Para
Mediterranean
Satum
Vara
Sidi Baryant
Communiigie Yesters Lday
Lind Rommel
Antum
Fort Capuzza
Armos
Birmingham
Northampton
Ipswich
Brighton
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Southampton
Harwich
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Tobruk
Vinoud Satel
Croats Weigh Crown Offer Amid Croatia Talk
Rome reports a Croat delegation may offer the crown to Aosta and discuss a unified Croatia. Viceroy in Ethiopia and Savoy links surface as Italy mulls formal transfer to a Savoy prince.
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Rome
Spateta
Crotia
Austa
Italy
Ethiopia
Vittorio Emanueletti
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Aosta
Axis Planes Aid Fighting Iraqis Reported
Baghdad war bulletin says Axis air units aided Iraqi forces in a strong bomber assault. British planes reportedly engaged the Traqs, with claims that Italian fighters reached strategic targets. Reports from Baghdad describe continued fighting near Baara and near the Iraqi capital as troops push south toward the Persian Gulf.
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Bssrat
Lenanon
Bayry
M— Jan Traq
Baghdad
Baara
Iraq
Persian Gulf
British forces push back units near Hengas
Berlin dispatch says allied naval units on the Mediterranean front forced retreat of Goreman units approaching Hengas. Several transports at Tobruk were attacked and badly damaged according to official German news agency reports.
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Berlin
Goreman Alr
Byitts
Hengas
DNB
Geran
Tobruk
Fire Blackens Argentine Naval Arsenal in Buenos Aires
A May blaze at an Argentine naval arsenal in Buenos Aires damaged an electric workshop and four other buildings before firefighters from La PintA and Ensenada brought the flames under control. The cause was undetermined as crews contained powder depots from risk.
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Buenos Aires
Aig Santaga Naval Arsenal
Datay
LiPinta
Ensenada
Gatse of Me
British seize key Somaliland post after Italian capitulation
In a May 1947 report from NATROBI Kenya Colony British forces occupy the Northeastern Italian Somaliland post Date 1. The advance follows Italian capitulation, with Britain now in possession of Gibissire twelve miles north of Alghe, where Italians had abandoned.
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Natrobi
Kenya
Blaze Destroys 100 Lake Camps
A forest fire in northern New England has destroyed nearly 100 lakeside camps as it moved toward Millinocket Maine. The blaze followed yesterday's fire that razed seven structures in Reggate Corner Vermont, including four houses a 123 year old general store and a country school, leaving the village of sixty residents largely ruined.
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Boston
Millinocket
New England
Reggate Corner
British planes turn back Nazi patrol over Dover coast
British planes engaged a German patrol high above the southeast coast of England. Ground observers heard cannon and machine gun fire, then German planes retreated. No further details were provided on casualties or outcomes.
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Dover
England
Eingland
Weather Forecast for San Antonis and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday, cooler Sunday. Light to moderate southerly winds. High Saturday around 80, low Sunday mid 60s. Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy in West Texas, with possible thundershowers in the south central portion. North and west portions cooler with little temperature change.
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San Antonis
Uaecoms
West Texas
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