Texas conscripts join multiple units amid training at Dodd field
The article details conscripts headed to Dodd field for three to five days of preliminary training in Articles of War and calisthenics. It notes the 36th Division of the Texas National Guard will gain war strength with draftees from the state and lists first company A led by First Lieutenant L J Germrod with Sergeant Stanley Postel, plus the first recruit Robert J McBay from Houston. Other volunteers include R C Simmons of Wichita Falls, Melvin F Loyd, Earl D Littrell, and Rot Simmons, each seeking training or career paths in the Army.
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Dodd Field
Chen
Doddfeld
Texas National Guard
Brownwood
Williams
L. J. Germrod
Sianley Postel
Robert J. McBay
Houston
McBay
Melvin F. Loyd
Wichita
Earl D. Littrell
Sittrel
Oklahoma A
MM. College
Army
Police Reloading Slashes Cost of Cartridges in San Antonio
San Antonio police add a reloader to their range practice station to reuse 100,000 shells. The machine reloads 1500 shells per hour by feeding empties through a sequence that updates primers and powder, producing shells for about 45 cents per box versus 1.10. Officers will fire at least 20 rounds weekly, with 50 rounds planned per officer this week at the practice range in Exposition Park.
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San Antonio
Poller
Exposition Park
Mystery Woman Accused By Dies in Chicago Probe
Chicago center of a nationwide espionage inquiry led by Rep Martin Dies was cited as the focus of alleged German and Italian spy rings. A notable witness, Heinrich Fassbender, 23, a German native, reportedly admitted working for the German government for years. Dies planned to resume Chicago hearings December 2.
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Gricago
INS
Martin Dies
Congressional Committee
Chicago
Blank
Dieo
Yu Naz
Blok
Safe Dies
Texas
Detroit
Dios
Aali Ipowers
Congressing
Dies
Heinrich Feter Fassbender
Dieseldorf
Germany
Leas
Two Soldiers Earn Gallantry Medals In War Report
The War Department announced a Soldier's Medal award to First Lieutenant Perry H. Euback of the Fifty-fifth Coast Artillery at Fort Ruger Hawaii for heroism in rescuing a woman from drowning at Mokapu beach on September 4 1933. Corporal Glen D. Franklin of Troop BE Eighth Cavalry now at Fort Bliss Texas received the medal for capturing three prisoners who escaped last May 27 after overpowering their guests and seizing weapons.
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Washington
War Department
Perry H. Euback
Fifty-fifth Coast Artillery
Fort Ruger
Hawaii
Mokapu Beach
Glen D. Franklin
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Texas
Eastman Kodak prints exhibit at O Gunter hotel
Exhibition prints by 20 San Antonio Seguin and San Marcos photographers join Eastman Kodak traveling show at the O Gunter hotel. The works chosen by a salon jury receive commemorative emblems for appearing in the company's 1640 national salon. Free evening color films shown at 7 30 p m accompany the exhibit featuring local and regional photographers.
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San Antonio
Seguin
San Marcos
Eastman Kodak Company
O 'Gunter Hotel
Eastman Collection
San Antonio I
Mary ©. Dessey
Reginald A. Robferts
Josephine Nigel
J. Walker Davenport
W. H. Avers
Bernardb. Brown
H. £. Walker
Harold N. Walsdorf
Claude B. Antol
Chester Tifst
Channing Benton
Hertwell J. Kennard
George R. Carr
Fraker
L. R. Welhaven
Maddele Birewell
Gregory Laver
C. Wehrenberg
Mrs. E. Mueller
Addison Buckner
Greek Attack Repulsed and Mediterranean Bombardment Reported
Greek forces repulsed Turkish and Italian assaults southeast of Koritza and along the Kalibaki high way in Epirus with heavy losses, while Italian bombers struck the Suez area including a seaplane base and the Great Bitter Lake harbor. The high command cited fires at an Idke ship and seaplane base and at Ras-el-Tin docks near Alexandria with British defenses repelling aircraft over southern Italy’s east coast.
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Rome
Ttailan
Koritza
Albania
Epirus
Greece
Ttailan High Command
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Talian
Great Bitter Lake
Canal
Ismail Ilia
Eas
High Command
Stefani
Alexandria
Ras-el-Tin
el Hamaman
Italy
Italians Stiffen Boritza Defense In Battle For Greece
Greek high command reports heavy fighting as Italian resistance tightens near Boritza with bayonet charges and hand to hand combat. Greek troops claim success on Morava heights and near Ko?vlya and Koritsa supply routes amid Greek air and machine gun action. Casualties are heavy on both sides. six hundred Greek prisoners are reported with Albanian volunteers among captives.
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Athens
Etper
Albans
Boritza
Morava Heights
Klya
Zog
igHan
London
Ministry of Home Security
Dodecanese
Minstry
Greece
Prdcemen
Hungary Joins Axis Pact Amid European Tensions
The article explains Hungary’s entry into the Axis alliance, noting debts to Nazi Germany for reclaiming northern Transylvania and outlining plans for a large scale military operation to target Mediterranean exits at Suez and Gibraltar. It also mentions Spain’s potential participation and broader Balkan alignments as Rome and Berlin eye more partners.
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Hungary
Germany
Transylvania
Romania
Cork
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Rome
Berlin
Balkan
Greece
Italy
Huley
City Advised on Industries and Public Services
Herman Pope of Chicago, adviser from the National Public Administration service, met with Chief C. A. Hart to discuss protecting San Antonio’s vital industries water supply and power centers. The fire and police officials were to receive guidance on fire control and emergency response methods for a national emergency.
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Wemeslay
National Defense
Herman Pope
Chicago
National Public Administration Service
National
Pope
C. A. Hart
San Antonio
Red River Dave McEnery Visits San Antonio for Hunting Trip
GOWGOY RADIO SINGER WialTo Dive McEnery known as Red River Dave, a San Antonian by birth, was in the city from New York prior to a five week hunting trip. He met Deputy Fire Chief N. C. Oden, a college friend, at the fire department. McEnery, Brackenridge High School 1931 graduate, has long been active on Mutual network radio and with NBC transcriptions. He has written over 60 songs and led western entertainment for Swift during two World Fairs.
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Dive McEnery
Red River
Dave
Mcenery
New York City
N. C. Oden
Oden
Firemen's College
Brackenridge High School
Stella Boone
Lves
South Olive Street
Gerald McEnery
Nolan Street
Lee McEnery
San Antonin
Mutual
National Broadcasting Company
Army- 590
Swift Company
Radio Announcer and Peggy Kent Wed in Van Nuys
Hollywood Nevada dated report says Ton Wilson radio announcer and Peggy An Kent daughter of Sidney K Kent head of Twentieth Century Fox were honeymooning in Southern California today after a wedding yesterday in Wilson home Van Nuys.
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Hollywood
Nev
Ton Wilson
Peggy An Kent
Sideney K. Kent
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
California
Wilson
Homen
Mother of Bennett Girls Found Dead in New York
Mrs Adrienne Morrison aged 32 mother of actresses Constance and Joan Bennett was found dead today in the bathroom of her New York City apartment Another daughter Barbara is married to singer Morten Downey in a linked family note
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New York
Adrienne Morrison
Constance
Joan Bennett
Barbara
Morten Downey
Light Sleeper Routs Prowler Near Pine Street Grocery
At 2 a m Wednesday a resident on South Pine street aroused by noises chased a prowler from his nearby grocery after the thief grabbed $2 from the cash register. The suspect fled to the back and jumped into an alley, aided by the owner’s alarm. Also reported: $75 in tools stolen from Mrs. J W Caker’s home, a heated blanket missing from Mrs. Mettie Anderson of South St Marys, and battery and spark plugs stolen from Roy Bowers’s car on Rivas street.
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Faul Pats
South Pine Street
Pats
Uth Pine Street
Protocol Terms To Hungary Told
Vienna dispatch reports Hungary is listed as a participant in the three power pact of Germany Italy and Japan. The protocol notes Hungary’s future role in conferences on its interests and adds the pact text as a supplement. The document, in Hungarian and other languages, becomes effective upon signing.
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Vienna
Hungary
Germany
Japan
Talia
Japarese
Ianauages
Wach Raeh
Lwa
Oil Line Fire Disrupts Atascosa Ranch Acreage
A Humble Oil pipeline broke on Mary Stanish’s ranch near Pleasanton in Atascosa County causing a vast fire and smoke plume. More than two thousand barrels of oil spilled, flooding fields one to two feet deep and prompting farmers to rush to help contain the blaze. Firefighters battled the blaze as smoke reddened the sky for miles, with residents fearing a tornado-like cloud.
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Mary Stanish
Pleasanton
Atascosa County
Two Men Placed Under Bond in Collisions
In Corpus Christi court Judge Temple Calhoun placed Tremble and James M Lewis on $25 bonds for negligent collision. Tremble suffered minor injuries after his car hit a bridge on Nogalitos Street and was treated at Physicians and Surgeons Hospital. Lewis, listed at Brooksfeld, allegedly struck a parked car on South Freeza Street owned by W H Campbell.
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Temple Calhoun
Corporation Court
Tremble
Euly
Origes
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Nogalitos Street
James M. Lewis
Brooks Feld
Lewis
Sooth Fresa Street
W. HY. Campbell
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