Deferment Policy Shifts Draft Age Range 1637 Bexar County
Clarence L. Solomon of Board No 6 outlines new national directive delaying drafts for men 26 to 37 in essential civilian work. Induction focus shifts to younger ages with 95 listed essential activities creating indefinite deferments and altered sequencing for volunteers delinquents and those leaving agricultural work.
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Bexar County
Clarence L. Solomon
Thew
Hershey
Soloman
Bombers Strike Balkans Hit Ploesti and Belgrade
Allied air forces from Naples report heavy bombers striking the Balkans on May 11. Ploesti in Romania, Belgrade and Nis in Yugoslavia were targets with good results claimed. Weather later hindered observation and no major attacks were noted over Britain on May 18.
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Naples
Balkans
Ploesti
RoMania
Belgrade
Nisin
Yugoslavia
Nis
Priestl
London
English Channel
French
Britain
RAF
Ford Explains War End Prophecy
Henry Ford, in a March interview with the Atlanta Constitution, said he believed the war would be over in two months. Today he indicated new information suggested the conflict could end sooner, though he expressed worry that it might not be over yet.
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Detrula
Wiky
Henry Ford
The
Atlanta Constitution
San Antonio Beer Juke Box Racket Probed
Criminal action against San Antonio beer distributors and juke box operators for alleged anti trust violations and other crimes is being investigated. Assistant Attorney General Elbert Hooper and state liquor board officials said reports show possible state and local law breaches. Over 50 affidavits allege taverns were pressured to install illicit gaming devices to obtain beer. A court of inquiry may be convened by a local justice of the peace to determine criminal violations.
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San Antonio
Elbert Hooper
CG. A. Paxton
State Liquor Board
Harris
San. Antonio
Tom McPhaul
San Anc Tonia
Hooper
John Shook
Aquor Boards
San ’Antonio
Austin
Paxton
Liquor Board
Justice of the Peace
Seaman Harte nberger Dies After Plane Crash
Fort Worth May 18 071 Seaman First Class John R Hartenberger USNR son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hartenberger San Antonio died at 140 pm today in Fort Worth hospital of head and internal injuries from a magic training plane crash at municipal airport yesterday. He was alone in the plane which was demolished.
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Fort Worth
John R. Hartenberger
USNR
Robert Hartenberger
San Anatonio
Municipal
Harlenberger
First US Army WAC Medic Sees First Woman Casualty
In Italy on May 18 Fifth Army field notes record the first female casualty of the battle. A French WAC ambulance driver, shot while entering the zone beyond Spigno, is evacuated to a hospital ward where medics note a steady recovery path. Lieutenant Angela Brusall aids the injured, describing the moment as a striking, unexpected occurrence.
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George Tuckex
Hos Hrral
Fifth Army
Front
Italy
At & P
WAC
Spigno
Angela Brusall
San Francisis
Invasion Warnings Given by Secretary Stimson
Washington May 14 Stimson warned the public to be alert to Nazi propaganda tricks aimed at confusing Allied plans for the coming invasion of Europe He stressed secrecy during preparations and said two daily communiques would be issued from London once the invasion begins with reporters and photographers assigned to the European theater and extensive news plans in place.
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U.S
Washington
Stimson
Europe
Publi
Sven
England
London
Hudson Yields Missing Girl
In Yonkers New York on May 8 the Hudson River yielded the body of Valsa Matthal a 22 year old Indian student from Columbia University who disappeared from Riverside Drive dormitory during a pre dawn snowstorm in March The Westchester Medical Examiner said she died by drowning with no bruises and no obvious cause of death. Her father John Matthal heads Tats Chemical Co of Bombay and he is an economist and government official.
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Yonkers
Hudson River
Valsa Mattahi
Columbia
Westchester County
Edwin M. Huntington
Riverside Drive
C Lever
Miks Matthal
John Matthal
Tats Chemical Company
Bombay
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity with mild winds
Partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and night and Friday. Temperature expected to rise slightly with fresh winds. High near 86 degrees Friday in East Texas.
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San Antonio
East
Texas
Stilwell Takes Jap Airdrome
General Stilwell with American and Chinese troops toppled a key Japanese airdrome in north Burma and pressed the siege on Myitkying, closing the gap between Allied forces in Burma and China to under 80 miles. U S planes landed engineers and Chinese troops after the capture as Brig Gen Frank Merrill’s Marauders took part in the surprise operation.
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Stilwell
Jap Cone Tro
Burma
China
Southeast Asia
Aled
Myitkying
Ratiroad
U. S
Frank Merrill
Stilwell Army
Indie
Wounded Crew Reaches Safety After Fort Nose Snapped Off
In England the bomber Lady Stardust Second and crew bombed the Brix synthetic oil plant in Czechoslovakia. Despite a grazing hit that ripped off the Fortress nose and killed a gunner, the crew returned to England with two engines dead. Captain Milan Marecek led the wavering flight home as aid units picked up nine survivors.
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England
Lady Stardust
Brux
Czechoslovakia
Iehanne
Rescue Command
Dwight Miller
Bridgeport
Ken
Brix
Milan Marecek
Chicago
Harold Eastman
Milford
N. H
Miller
Hitler Line Falls in Italy as Allied Forces Break Through
Allied HQ announced the Eighth and Fifth arm ies have captured Cassino fortress and the Benedictine monastery while Formia fell to American troops. Poles seized Monastery II and British forces punched Cassino. About 4500 prisoners were taken, bringing total German captives in Italy to 26,000. The Gustav Line was breached, forcing German retreat and encirclement of German paratroopers.
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Naples
Eighth Army
Tuins
Cassino
Formia
Tony
Italy
Monastery II
Green Devils
Fifth Army
Casaing
Guatay Une
Fifth
Lit
Henty
Rome
Tiri
Appian Way
Formila
Gaeta
Zirt
Fonnia
Esperia
Itri
Liri
Anzin
Paints
Richard Heldrich
Fourth Parachute Regiment
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América
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Nepal
Stavure Ee
Adolf Hitler
Pontecorvo
Ignature
S.giorgio
Ausoniz
Arrown
Tibet
India
Calcutta
Bengal
Bhutan
Imphi
Myitkyina
Chittagong
Vaid
Akyabt
Mandalay
Rangoon
Ashio
Burme
Chiengmai
Chungking
Kweiyang
Thailand
Subol
Rajadhar
Seangkok
Hitler Line
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