Allies Hold Entire Key Road Forces Reinforce Front
Eighth Army reports holding the key road as allied troops straighten lines. Six San Antonio soldiers return home on rest and housing allowances after overseas service of six to 29 months. Capt. Charles H. Orman a bomber pilot with 58 missions and 39 months in Europe. Capt. Waller B. Nasif navigator with 50 combat missions. Lieut. Bryan Lowe 30 combat missions. Staff Sgt. Eugene M. Bleyman ball turret gunner. Cpl. Mike Ward airborne infantry veteran. Richard C. McRae field artillery veteran. Families listed at various local addresses. Repairmen needed for government work in Washington.
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San Antonio
Morales Tree
Byran Re ‘Lowe
Gred- Yea
Lowe
Miller Street
Eugene M. Bleyman
Mit
Louisa PB. Flehman
Schulasina Street
Mike
Ward
Anita Ward
West Mistletoe Avenue
Richard C. McRae
Field Artillery
G. Ti) McRae
Comal Street
Relief At Last For Your Cough
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent cough remedy for coughs, chest colds, and acute bronchitis promising quick relief, better sleep, and a money back guarantee if it does not ease symptoms. It notes the product contains narcotics and urges consulting a druggist for purchase.
Texan Vet of Front Operation in China Front Lines
Raymond Lieke, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lieke of Karhes city, underwent an appendectomy at a field dispensary in Western Yunnan province China. He served two months with Y-Force aiding Chinese Expeditionary forces in the Burma road reopening. He worked in a field dispensary caring for wounded and ill soldiers before being sent to a rear district dispensary behind a 26‑foot wall.
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Btaltlagt
Raymond Lieke
Henry Lieke
Karhes
Yunnan
China
Y-Force
Burma
Lieke
Sitk
Slayer of 2 Contesses continues in Tulsa Amber
Tulsa police sought Otto Steve Wilson in January 1943 after two women, Mrs Lugila Stewart and Mrs Georgia Green, were slain and wounded in a brutal crime. Detectives noted similarities between Tulsa and Los Angeles cases as Wilson remained at large.
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Tulsa
Oxi
Otto Steve Wilson
Los Angeles
Lugila Stewart
Georgia Green
Poliea
Glenn Biliett
Los Ans
Commandos Land on Greek Isle and Italian Front Advances
Allied forces report a small commando landing on Melos in the Aegean while the Irish Eighth Army advances north and west of Forlì in Italy to widen the front near the Monotone river. Allied naval air activity continues on Adriatic targets as weather limits air missions. A fox terrier named Dill in Missouri is fed a cinnamon cone treat by his owner Maude Ellis.
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Rome
INS
Plovénce
Forli
Forll
Montone River
Clark
Italy
Mediterranean
Albana
Po Valley
Adriatic
Noel
Dill
Bill
Maude Ellis
Fall of Metz to Be Severe Blow to Pride of Hitler
Allied dispatch from outside Metz reports the city’s fall would strike a severe blow to Hitler’s pride and Wehrmacht prestige, erode its western bastion, and herald a likely rapid Nazi power decline in western Europe. Prisoners describe scrapped units, supply failures, and civilians awaiting occupation as Metz’s fate nears.
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Metz
Hitler
U. S
INS
Europe
Third Amy
Strasbourg
Naghle
Eoptora
Pilin
Fornar
Evan
Lhote
Verny
20 Forts to Be Reduced in Taking Metz
General Patton's Third Army must break through about 20 forts to crack the German defenses at Metz. The fortifications are two to three rings of detached works guarding the approaches to Metz, blocking progress as U.S. forces advance through the region.
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Metz
Patton
Mets
Warhington
James FP
Byrnes
Senate
George
D.-Ga
Maine
San Antonio Light wartime dispatch on German targets
A 1944 San Antonio Light fragment notes Allied wartime observations near a hospital and wooded areas where enemy shells were stored. It mentions gas shells moved to Germany amid Nazi industrial sites like a petroleum ordnance plant and chemical plant, indicating shifting German assets as the war progressed.
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Hopital Foreah
Neasby
Germany
Natl Aigh
Peltre- Ordnance Factory
Pet -Now
Meta
Metz Fortifications Through Ages and the 1870 Siege
The text outlines Metz as a longtime strategic fortress, its Roman water works and road network, and how German forces in 1870 reduced the city in the Franco Prussian War. It notes later World War I use of Metz fortifications, and describes 1644 to 1648 shifts under French Westphalia context and earlier sieges.
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Andarda
Metz
Germany
Mate
Rome
Lyons
Strasbourg
Reims
Trier
Westphalia
Mela
Europe
Napoleon III
Mets
France
British Push Toward Roermond Amid Maas River Assault
British forces drive toward Roermond in the Maas bulge area as Haythuijton Grat-Nem Basxem fall. Dutch towns lie within five miles of the river as German defenses tighten on the east bank. A French 1st Army Group spokesman reports troops are performing well in the offen sive near Montbeliard south of Belfort with Moroccan Algerian and Senegalese units reinforcing.
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Roermond
Maas
Haythuijton
Grat- Nem
Basxem
1St Army Group
Montbeliard
Belfort
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