Japanese Warships Sunk and Damaged in Solomons Fight
Allied headquarters report heavy damage to Japanese naval forces in the Solomons. A task force attacked Bougainville and Rabaul area, sinking one cruiser and four destroyers, damaging others, and forcing Japanese ships to retreat toward Rabaul after a two hour battle. US ships remained afloat and safe.
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Solomons
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Rabaul
Bindu
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Micariel
Empress A Bay
Mondey
Ontagol
Iy Mulus
Bougainmerican
New Zealand
Tix
Tobera
President names Louisianan as Fifth Circuit judge
President Roosevelt nominates Elmo Pearee Lee Sr. of Louisiana for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals covering Texas Louisiana and several Southern states. Lee succeeds the late Judge Rufus K. Foster after the Senate blocked former Governor James W. Allred's nomination.
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Rossecell
Elmo Pearee Lee Sr
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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
Lee
James W. Allred
Allred
Senate
White House
Allred Jeter
Rufus KR. Foster
Roosevelt Letter Affects Texas Judge Nomination
President Roosevelt writes that he reluctantly follows a May 3 suggestion to nominate someone else for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, citing public service needs and to avoid partisan war controversy. Texans Overton Ellender and O Danie l opposed Allred’s nomination amid alleged deal rumors and a contested race.
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Jeler
Alfrec
Jimmy
Fath Circuit Court of Appeals
Setiste
Mons
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alled
Texas
O'Daniel
Allred
Military promotions and training highlights in wartime notices
A list of service members and family links shows promotions to captain and staff sergeant, assignments at Fort Knox and Keesler, aviation and bomber training, navigation cadet status, and Good Conduct medals. Names include Hal W. Tucker Jr, Charles Thexiore Florke Jr, Marcos Chandler R. Royal, Edward F. Stuart, Fred W Albini, Clement Rangel, and George Basind, among others, with addresses and home towns in Texas and Oklahoma areas.
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Carl R. Pegert
Amida W. Olson
Dixtrovilia
Hotdo Army Alrfle
Hal W. Tucker Jr
West Megs Nolla Avenue
Armored
Fort Knox Ky
Oklahoma City
Charles Thexiore Florke Jr
I Roepke ‘Avenue
Texas Navigation Cadets
St. Sas
Marcos
Chandler R. Royal
Corpus Christ
Bayer
Floresville
Marcus . George
New Breufelk
Edward F. Stuart
Victoria
Fred W Albini
Comfort
Ctuile
W. D. Cunningham
Sith Air Force
Ser‘ee Cortinand
Panam
Annie
Albini Baughter
Charles FP. Gueniher
Howard Street
Banasma
Clement Rangel
Route 5
North Camp Hood
George Basind
H. Basoco
Morales Street
Wensaver Field
Turkeys Sell At Good Price In Corpus Christi
Turkeys frozen for sale arrived in Corpus Christi and went on sale Thursday at 57 to 60 cents per pound. Despite the price, the birds remained in demand, according to local produce dealers, and the price compared favorably with last Christmas.
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Seles
British School at Ashford Sees No Examinations
Britain outlines a future school model at Ashford Kent with 800 pupils of North Central school learning reading writing farming and motor engine instruction. There are no examinations no punishments and no regulations.
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London
Britain
Ideal School
Ashford
Kent
North Central School
JH McDaniel Dies At Home In PLUSSSVILLE
J H McDaniel a prominent stockman and former Floresville councilman died at his home after a long illness. He was son of the late County Clerk John McDaniel and a former deputy county clerk. Funeral at 4 30 p m Friday with burial in Floresville cemetery. Survived by widow Inez a daughter E L Powell of San Antonio a son Ted McDaniel of Palacios four sisters and three brothers.
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McDeniel
Wilson County
Ines
Ile
John McDaniel
Ploresvile Cy. Council
Floresville Carne Drery
Ang
Inez McDaniel
Ie. L. Powell
San Antonio
Spi
Ted McDaniel
Palacios
J. A. Griffith
Maria
R. L. Stevenson
Presidio
O. F. Burney
Jara Carl Damsey
Plaresville
Clam McDan
Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds Sparklong County Battle
Three years passed without a hospital as petitions surged to fund a tubercular facility. Courts split on financing, bonds sold despite injunctions, and a public memorial day marks the political struggle over the Robert Green Merona hospital plan.
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San Antonio
Corpus Pipe Line To Relieve Shortage
Corpus Christi completes a new Galien to Corpus Christi water pipe aimed at easing future shortages. The 5000-pound 16-foot section was installed, enabling a 15,000,000 gallon daily capacity and supplementing two existing lines.
Fighters Answer to Nazi Threat Rockets Fail to Stop
Washington reports military experts dismiss the Luftwaffe rocket planes as ineffective against U S bombers. Analysts cite the Wilhelms hav en raid losses and note American P 38 fighters Thunderbolts and escorting bombers counter the rockets.
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United States
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Wilhelmshaven
Naval Base
Schweinfurt
Japs Advance in Central Yangtze Area
Japanese forces pushed along a 90 mile front in the central Yangtze valley seizing Kunagan and Nanhsien from the river port at Shans as American and British air power intensified operations in Burma. An American soldier died in northern Burma. Tokyo hosted talks with puppet government leaders amid plans for a broader East Asian alliance.
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Yangtze Valley
Kunagan
Nanhsien
Shans
Burma
India
China
Philippine “Republic
Lang Ine Prince
Thailand
Assembly of
Victoria County Men Enter Service Now
Victoria county men, most married with no children, completed physical examinations at Fort Sam Houston inductions center. Twenty two enlisted in the army, twenty in the navy, two in the marines, and two joined the Coast Guard before a brief furlough.
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Victoria
Victoria County
Fort Sam Houston
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Cotton production in Victoria county reaches 15514 bales
Victoria Gins reports fourteen thousand seven hundred eighty nine bales in the 11943 season, with government statistician Arthur Wearden noting 5128 bales were stored at the same date last year. Production is tracked by Vitlamia, a local gin operation in Victoria county.
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Victoria
Arthur Wearden
Fliers Return From Burma With 378 Combat Hours
Ten American airmen averaging 378 hours of combat flying head home for a brief American vacation and barnstorming trip. They served in the India Burma theater where the force has grown from seven Flying Fortresses to a large fleet bombing Burma targets. Maj. Gen. George Stratemeyer notes Bangkok raids are among the longest at over 2700 miles with daily missions of eight to 15 hours. The group flies a 8 24 Liberator led by Capt. Raymond Rote of Phoenix Illinois. None of the ten are from San Antonio.
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New Delht
America
Amer
George Stratemeyer
Bangkok
Raymond ©. Rote
Phoenix
Ariz
Air Station Seeks Christmas Tree Donation
Corpus Christi reports a Navy Air Station appeal for a Christmas tree after Waukegan IL sailor W. G. Jamies sent a check but locals say none are for sale. Beam station news notes the lack of trees and mentions a controversial feature in The American Weekly about an entertainer’s appeal.
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Corpus Christi
W. GC
Jamies
Waukegan
Ater
Navy Air Station
James
Navy
Hog arrivals flood Chicago stockyards forcing overcapacity
Hog arrivals topped capacity at the Chicago stockyards forcing packers to carry over 25 000 head they could not slaughter. Congestion nationwide due to manpower shortages created a bottleneck in hog supply. Prices fell to three month lows with some government weights near floor support levels.
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Chicago
Kinard Robbery Sentence Continued in Corpus Christi
In Corpus Christi on November 5 1939 judge George C Westervelt continued sentencing for E T Kinard 39 father of four who planned a robbery by threat while impersonating an officer last July indictments indicate he robbed two couples Kinard faces charges filed in Criminal District Court information read at the hearing.
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Corpus Christi
E. T. Kinard
George C. Westervelt
Criminal District Court
Kinard
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