Discharge Of Texans At Fort Sam
Texans of the 36th division will be discharged at Fort Sam Houston and not returned to Texas for inactivation. Demobilization will occur in New York upon arrival from Europe, with most Texas members to be discharged at Sam Houston or sent to ration centers nearer home.
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Fort Sam
Texas’ 36Th Division
Texas
Washington
Tom Conpilly
J. E. Hull
Army General State
NL XY
New York
Europe
Hull Sil
Patterson
Marshall
Eisenhower
Brown~ Wood
36Th
Brownwood
Camp Bowle
Bull
Hull
Fort Sam Houston
Sena
Shanghai hotel bars military from terrace grill area
Shanghai Navy today barred military and naval personnel from the Sky Terrace grill and ballroom at the Park hotel. The restriction affects the fourteenth Noor of the hotel after a price rise of 30 percent. Scotch and soda rose to $2 per drink in U S currency. Dallas officers hunted a three man bandit trio after they robbed four liquor stores late last night.
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Shanghai
Park Hotel
United States
Dallas
Probers hunt woman tied to Sgt Murphy slaying case
Investigators pursue a mystery woman, missing since November, linked to the murder of Sgt John W Murphy a Dodd Field guard found dead from bullet wounds in a pasture 14 miles southwest of New Braml es. Authorities search storage spots and the borrowed car Murphy used, while exploring seven angles including wife absence in Waco and a missing 45 caliber pistol.
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Tawestay
John W. Murphy
Dodd
New Bramicles
Murphy
Waco
Oklahoma City
Raymond South
Waco 2
Pvt
Maurice Hyland
Ilsa
Doddfield
Travel Bureau
Ag Investigatora
Murephy
South
Cold Fatal to Fall Victim
A railroad brakeman, Paul A. Owen 51 from Lafayette Indiana, died after a 50 foot fall into Lake Pend Oreille while flagging a freight train on a trestle. Coroner L C Moon identified the victim. He clutched a lit lantern in the freezing water as he sank.
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Sandepgint
Idaho
VPI
Lake Pend Orelile
L.C. Moon
Paul A. Owen
Bafayette
Ind
Patifle
CIO Digs in For GM Strike Action at Detroit Plants
In Detroit on November 2 1929 the United Auto Workers pushed for a prolonged strike against General Motors aiming to tighten its control over GM’s nationwide factory network. Walter P B Reuther vowed to continue the walkout to the bitter end as GM weighs arbitration terms and government mediation advances. John W Gibson arrives to discuss with Reuther as three hours into the walkouts GM's vast production system nears standstill except for the Messien Conn bearing unit remaining operative under local TAW dispute.
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CIO
Detroit
Auto Workers
General Motors
Walter PB. Reuther
Union Viee Brealdent
Dlen
Reuther
G. M
John W. Gibson
Latior Schwellenaach
Gibson
Michigan
Sysbew
Messien, Conn
Contenot
T. A.W
Company
Union
Aide Testifies For Yamashita War Crimes Trial
Manila reports Gen Yamashita faced defense witness Lieut. Gen. Arkin Muto who argued internal army and navy jealousies left Yamashita powerless to stop street fighting in Manila and blamed him for atrocities. Muto described a Filipino plot to blow up Yamashita's headquarters as part of his account.
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Manila
INS
Lietitl
Gon
Arkin Muto
Vornayuki Yamashita
Muto
Yamashita
Taff
Philippines
Terfor E
Mula
Thanksgiving Across Front Lines In World War II
U S forces worldwide mark Thanksgiving with prayers, turkey feasts, and homebound thoughts. Troops in Japan, the Philippines, Europe, and the Pacific celebrate in ships, depots, and stations, while officers honor fallen families and await postwar reunions. Army and Navy units share services, meals include turkey and trimmings, and radio orders thank loved ones at home.
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Mrere Tokyo
Radio Tokyo Today
Japan
Philippines
Orient
Turkey
Great Republic
Tokyo
Geontpas
iKoreraiine
Yokohama
U.S. Sixth Army
U. S. 24Th Corps
Korea
Mm Shaenghet
Cyal
States
Washington Transit Seized as Strike Ties Up Capital
Washington faced a second transportation stoppage in weeks as President Truman ordered a seizure of the capital’s transit system amid a strike by the A B of L union seeking a 30 cent hourly wage hike. Management offered raise to 1.02 dollars with a 48 hour workweek, while union reaction remained muted. Authority says arbitration is required and strikers were urged to comply. Taxi drivers extended delays for a 10 day pause to support wage demands and fare system reform.
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Washington
Washingtoniana
Truman
C Office of Defense ‘Transportation
Capital Transit System
A.B of L
Nazis Converted to Catholicism in Nuremberg Jail
Nazism leaders in Nuremberg face war crimes trials and many have turned to religion after Germany’s collapse. Hivna Frank, former Nazi gauleiter of Poland, was baptized in his prison cell in October. Protestant Dr. H. F. Gerecke and Catholic Rev. Sixtus O’Connor report most defendants are philosophical about Germany’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
INS
Hivna Frank
Poland
Jap nurses seek higher pay from Tokyo hospital
Nurses at the Japanese metropolitan police hospital petitioned management for higher wages and protested mistreatment. The director called the group angry children, saying the action may stem from a misunderstanding. They listed wants including pay, basic needs, and facility fixes.
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Toxu
Noy
Urses
Strikes Bring Claims and Unemployment Upturn
Detroit November 22 strikers not eligible for benefits yet the Michigan unemployment compensation commission predicts a sharp upturn in job insurance plans due to the General Motors strike. Director Eugene T. Downey says informed people expect upturns in many plants not directly involved. If shutdowns occur, layoffs will have valid claims for relief.
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Detroit
Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission
General Motors
Eugene T. Downey
Iup
Mase
Pension minimum urged to 30 40 dollars a month
Representative Knutson proposed a national minimum pension of 30 to 40 dollars a month for old age pensions. He said he would present the plan to the House Ways and Means Committee, which he serves as ranking minority member, with hearings planned next month or January.
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Washington
Koulson
R.-Minn
Congress
Knutson
House
Ways and Mews Committee
Kimes Sought Near Houston in Bank Robbery Case
Houston reports Matti Kimes, accused in a September 5 bank robbery in Morton Texas, possibly sighted in Texas City and Houston area. An unidentified man told Police Shield Ladish he saw Kimes in a beer tavern Tuesday night. Kimes had a 60 day prison leave from Macalester Oklahoma, 42 days before the Morton bank holdup.
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Houston
MattiKimes
Fe Morton
Texas
Texas City
Harsdls
W. L. Ladish
Kimes
Macalester
Olia
Merten Bank
Forecast San Antonio and vicinity weather update
Forecast shows continued cold conditions Thursday afternoon and night with a high near 64 degrees. Rain likely Friday followed by a cooler high around 54 to 60. Wednesday's high reached 64 degrees. Additional weather details appear on Page A.
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San Antonio
Nazis Show Light Moods At Trials
At Nuremberg on November 24 the Allied Prosecution moved to convict 20 top Nazi aides as the court opened its third day. Streicher was ruled sane, Bormann's trial in absentia continued, while Goering Hess Keitel and Jodl smiled, and a large screen projected Nazi footage as hundreds of documents outlined Nazi planning and aggression. The jury observed as defendants and their lawyers watched the proceedings with rising interest.
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Mernberg
International Tribunal
Mibler
Julius Streicher
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Goering
Hess
Joachim von Riphen
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodl
U7. 3
Cal
Hubert Storey
Dallas
Nestétand U. 2
Naxidam
Germany
Storey
Lawrence
United States
Ralph C. Albrecht
New York
Nal
San Antonio Sees Cold Front with Freezing Temperatures
A morning visit by officials confirms a statewide cold wave sweeping Texas. Forecasts show temperatures dropping to near 28 degrees with highs around 44 later, while freeze warnings extend across several counties. Notable low readings included 10 degrees at Junction and 29 in Amarillo as cities report sleet and light snow in some areas.
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Dan Antonio
San Antonio
U.S
J. In
Jarboe
Juncton
Purésu
Austin
Wichita
Falls
Abttene
Grape Valley
Gar Len
Weather Bureau
French Constitution Commission Named
PARIS with no comma. A one member commission to draft a new constitution for the fourth French Republic was named by the constituent assembly. The assembly will vote tomorrow on the tentative approval of President De Gaulle's coalition cabinet.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Jews Strike At Palestine Policy Protest Hunger Strike
In Rome and Cromer, Jews in the displaced persona camp began a hunger strike to protest the Bellini policy regarding Palestine. They were brought there from central European concentration camps by the Alles.
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Rome
Navy
Cromer
Palestine
Negro Confesses Santa Fe Slaying
Santa Fe New Mexico November 22. District Attorney Bert Clancy announced that Lars Young a 4 negro convict from Houston Texas gave a full written confession to the murder of Mrs Blaise Kennedy 23 a socially prominent Santa Fe bank owner s wife. Young faces first degree murder charges. He had been assigned to work at state police headquarters and had previously done jobs for Mrs Kennedy. Coroner s Inquest testimony noted the slaying occurred in Kennedy s apartment.
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Santa FE
Leon G. Kenedy
Bwengsold
Palice
Clancy
Young
Poitentiary
Banta Fe
Kennedy
Ft R
Slal Bolter
Frank Young
Fourth Army Chief Dies at Brooke Army Hospital
Funeral services planned for Lieut Gen Alexander McCarrell Patte at West Point with interment in the National Cemetery. No services in San Antonio. Fourth Army orders note his 32 years of service and leadership. The death occurred at Brooke General Hospital Fort Sam Houston Texas on November 21 1915.
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Alexander DicCarrell Patch
Foturth Army Ac
Fort Sam Houston
Brooke General Hospital
United States Military Academy
West Pont
Fourth Army
General. Paten
West Point
National Cemetery
Genere
San Antonio
John F Lucas
Ger
Alexander McCarcell Pate
U.S. Army
Brooke Vespital
Texas
Neryloe
Pourtty
Patch
Charles M. Grummond
Alexander M. Patel
Joseph Patch
Washington
Henry M. Winans
Brooke Hospital Center
George C. Bench
John C. Weadland
Garbage Jobs Pay Off in Philadelphia Council Antics
Philadelphia report notes city council members claim garbage jobs pay well with overtime doubling salaries. Wallace Egan, council committee chair, cites overtime boosting annual pay from about 2000 to over 5000 dollars. Fellow councilman Finneas Z Green jokes about quitting to take these jobs.
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Philadelphia
Wallace Egan
Egan
Couneliman Fhineas Z. Green
Lemay Credited With Conquering Japan in Six Days
National Broadcasting Company correspondent Ure Merritt Manley reports from Cleveland that Gen Lemay, born in Columbus and living in Lakewood, spearheaded a plan that allegedly reduced Tokyo to rubble in six days. Discussion covers atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a controversial claim of American sacrifice.
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Woo Rtand
Acer
Ure Merritt Manley
National Broadcasting Company
Japan
Chin
Corella Lemay
Cleveland
Mueller
Lemay
Columbus
Lakewood
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
America
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