Col McKee Gets New Post at Kelly Field
Lt Col D D McKee is named assistant chief of administration at the San Antonio Air Technical Service Command Kelly Field Texas announced by Brig Gen George B Beverley commander He will assist Col Lewis A Dayton deputy commander McKee known as Dangerous Dan flew 145 missions in the 359th Fighter Group earning the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with 17 clusters and Croix de Guerre
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D. D. McKee
San Antonio Air Technical Service Command
Kellyfield
George B Beverley
Lewis A. Dayton
McKee
Dan" McKee
Eighth Fighter Command
Skin blemishes worry you Sayman Salve ad
Thousands of girls discover a medicated salve touted to smooth skin and reduce pimples and blackheads. The Sayman Salve claims fifty years of use and invites women to try it for a week, promising soft velvet skin and praise from users. Available at druggists for about 25 cents.
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Sayman
Grays Ointment for Your Shin
A soothing topical product Grays Ointment offers relief for externally caused itching rash and irritations. Pine tar and additional ingredients aim to calm skin and aid minor cuts and sprains. Available at local drug stores.
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Drux
Col Macatee Heads Depot Post at Fort Sam Houston
Col Edward Macatee, quartermaster corps, assumes command of the San Antonio Army Service Forces depot relieving Brig. Gen H W Beyette on sick leave. Macatee previously served as commissary sales officer at Fort Sam Houston from 1937 to 1940, headed the general supplies branch in Washington, and was chief quartermaster of the Persia gulf command at Tehran from 1942 to 1944. He and Mrs Macatee with their three sons will reside at Fort Sam Houston.
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Edward ¥Acatee
Quartermaster Corps
San Antonio
Army Service Forces Depot
H. W. Beyette
Jeave
Magatee
Fort Sam Houston
Washington
Persia Gulf Command
Tehran
Iran
Matatee
Two Holdups Foiled by Victims and Fleeing Attackers
Domingo W. Lopez of Van Ormy says two youths and a girl tried to rob him in the 200 block of Produce Row but fled when he reached for a weapon. In a separate incident on South Laredo Street Carlos Gonzales and Raul Gonzales were attacked by a gang. Carlos was cut and Raul hit with a rock before the attackers fled.
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Domingo W. Lopez
van Ormy
L. F. Garcia
Jack Leach
Concho Street
Carlos Gonzales
South Laredo
Army Depot Seeks Radio Repair Man
The San Antonio army service forces depot announced openings in the radio repair shop. Applications for the position of radio repairman at $1.10 per hour will be accepted between May 21 and May 31 at the civilian personnel branch at the depot Grayson street station.
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San Antonio
Revisit Club Burgled After Night Visit
Burglars hit Sully's Nite Club at 1802 Frio City Road and fled with nothing, after a prior week’s $300 haul. Reports describe a string of local burglaries including jewelry theft from Mrs. Carolina Jones at 227 South Presa Street, a prowler at Willie Lewis’s Worth Hotel room taking rail tickets and cash, and a purse theft from Mrs. Roy Tate at 111 Jones Avenue. A disturbance at 103 West French Place involving two men in chauffeur uniforms ended with no theft.
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Sully
Frio City Road
Carolina Jones
South Presa Street
Willie Lewis
Worth Hotel
Roy Tate
Jones Avenue
L. G. Denman
West French Place
State picks locks to aid homeless in Long Beach
New York May 22 UP The state used lock picking to gain entry to 37 apartments in a resort hotel at Long Beach seized under the state emergency housing act to provide shelter for fire homeless. Locksmith Abe Kupchick removed and replaced locks after Pauline Goldman refused access. five families housed and nine others assigned.
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New York
Long Beach
Pauline Goldman
President Motel
Walter van Nostrand
State Division of Housing
van Nostrand
Abe Kupchick
Kupchick
Miss Goldman
Othe
Iran dispute at UN council shades Russia role
Hussein Ala, Iran's ambassador, said Iran's complaint about Soviet interference remains on the Security Council agenda amid calls to drop Moscow's stake. The council table session included tense debate as Dr Lange accused big power politics of shaping Iran policy. Meanwhile 38 colleges entered the IC-4A track meet at the Naval Academy with 501 athletes listed.
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New York
Hussein Ala
United States
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Russia
Ala
Council
Netherlands
Jreluo van Kleffens
Britain
Qayam of Tran
Osear Lange
Marquette
Michigan Siae
Middle West
U. S. Naval Academy
Asa Bushnell
Association
Home-made Car Costs Youth Five Dollars
A Russell youth, Daryl Baler, built a working automobile from scrap and parts for five dollars. He used his father s washing machine motor, oak, city scrap iron, and four used bicycle tires to power a vehicle capable of about 25 to 35 mph depending on load. He plans to deliver his paper route with the car, proving low-cost ingenuity in automotive innovation.
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Angelo
Vfi— Insemi
Kan
IL Needle
Louis
Turner van Entan
L. T
Eman
van Eman
Marfa
Daryl Baler
Russell
Davyl
Pacific war hero threatens to surrender Medal over dam plan
Melvin Mayfield, 27, a Pacific War veteran, says he may give his Medal of Honor to President Truman if the Hood control project stops the $10,000,000 Dillon dam. He warns his eight acre farm and 179 acres could be flooded and had a White House appointment.
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Washington
Melvin Mayfield
Covetess
Truman
Mayfield
White House
Bus Miller Funeral Set at Arlington Cemetery
Corona Calif May 22 The navy s one man task force Capt Norman M Bus Miller 38 who died at Corona Ant hospital will be buried Monday at Arlington national cemetery Miller who won 14 navy decorations and whose unit was credited with damaging or sinking 66 Japanese ships totaling 63350 tons died of tuberculosis One of his last acts was to direct royalties from his two books be used by the Red Cross to ensure families of squadron members killed in battle would not want He is survived by his wife Thelma and five children
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Corona
Calif
Navy
Norman M
Miller
Thelma
Atomic Test Fleet Sails From Pearl Harbor May 22
The largest group of test ships sails from Pearl Harbor today bound for Bikini Atoll to be hit by atomic blasts and high waves. Flagship to the task force commander Vice Adm William H P Blandy leads the target and support vessels while only a few large ships remain in Pearl Harbor including carrier Saratoga and the former German cruiser Prinz Eugen.
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MT. Mckinley
Pearl Warrior
Bikini Jagat
William H. P. Blandy
Pear'l Harbor
Saratoga
Prinz
Eugen
Her Mistress Voice Cats Eat While Mistress Absent
Dallas residents report Mrs. Ted Mayborn kept four cats fed during a two week vacation to California. Her husband recorded Mrs. Mayborn calling the cats on a home recording disc and played it at mealtime. The cats ate when the voice called, confirming the cats' reliance on their mistress even in her absence.
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Dallas
Klan Ousted In California Court Bans Hooded Group
A California court ordered the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan disbanded in the state. Superior Judge Alfred E. Paonessa voided the organization’s chartered privileges after Attorney General Robert W. Kenny argued the Klan failed to meet its benevolent purposes. Ray Schneider, a former Los Angeles County Kleagle, denounced the action as the mission of the Klan being sacred.
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Los Angeles
Knights of the
Ku ‘Klux Klan
California
Alfred E. Paonessa
Robert W. Kenny
Klan
Ray Schneider
Los Angeles Kounty Kleagle
Ias
Kenny
Thes Klan
Heart Beats Breath Stops at Erlanger Case
In Chattanooga on May 22 the Erlanger hospital officials reported a rare case in which a young woman ceased breathing Sunday after brain surgery but her heart kept beating until 6 10 p m Monday The physician described the condition as very unusual noting that breathing was nearly undetectable while still sustaining the patient’s existing state through a slow even heartbeat.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
INS
Erlanger Hospital
A. F. Branton
West Point welcomes largest class. 38 Texans among 81 cadets
Seventy seven San Antonians and former San Antonio residents are among West Point’s 81 cadets, the largest graduating class. The San Antonians include Robert B. Tully, Robert A. Walsh, Raymond P Whitfield, Clarence F. Horton Jr, Marshall Williams II, Richard H. Bacon, and Raymond T. Moore, all listed with their addresses and parent names. Frederick B. Cordova of Port Arthur, Brackenridge HS graduate, is noted as a former San Antonian. A quick pick-up for new business and new opportunities. Light Want Ads.
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San Antonians
San Antonio
West Point
Robert B. Tully
Joseph M. Tully
Howard Street
Robert A. Walsh
A. D. Walsh
Fort Sam Houston
Raymond P Whitfield
R. P. Whitfield
Cardinal Street
Clarence F. Horton Jr
Clarence Horton
Harrigan Court
Marshall Williams II
Marshall Williams Jr
Laimont Street
Richard H. Bacon
Charles Road
Raymond ] T. Moore
Walter Moore
Geneseo Road
San Antonian
Frederick B
No Apartment Worries No Apartment Worries
New York May 22 7 David Kirk former adjutant general of the Second Service command with one rank of colonel until discharged last February reenlisted as a master sergeant He cites higher take home pay of about 373 a month after tax and retirement privileges and no apartment worries He has over 27 years in the army.
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New York
David Kirk
Second Service Command
Kink
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Beyette
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