Cargo Planes to Reach Ocean Shipping Parity
The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce reported that by year end 1943 the Army Air Forces expect air transport cargo planes to swell to parity with wartime ocean shipping. Dozens of giants crisscross routes to Australia, Alaska, Britain, Egypt, India, and the South Pacific. New models and modifications, including Curtis and Lockheed transports, are coming off lines as commercial air lines will carry about two million pounds of army cargo weekly under contract.
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Washington
Aeronautical Chamber of Commierce
Army Air Force
Air Transport Command
Wartine Ccean
Swifk
Army
Navy
Australia
New Zealand
Alaska
China
Russia
British Isles
Iceland
Egypt
India
South Pacific
South Americ
Chamber
Consolidated
Army Cage
Serve The Light Honors Young Texans Carving Paths
Serve The Light honors young Texans for service and sacrifice, recognizing their commitments across armed forces. The program highlights commendable youth contributions to national defense and community leadership, emphasizing courage, duty, and civic responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Noted Nazi Pilot Marseille Killed in Egypt
New York dispatch reports Capt. Hans Joachim Marseille, famed Nazi fighter pilot, killed in an accident on the North African front. The German high command credited Marseille with shooting down 158 British aircraft in aerial combat. The announcement came today.
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Egypt
New York
Hans Joachim Marseille
Marseille
Weather Holds Up RAF Raid Delayed By Storms
Unfavorable weather over the continent kept British bombers grounded again last night. The RAF’s offensive on Germany, which began strongly in early September, tapered to a seven night lull by month end. An English east coast dawn raid occurred with minimal damage reported.
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London
Germany
Kent
Altomether
Flensburg
Bank clearings rise in San Antonio September figures
Bank clearings in San Antonio totaled 110,492,467 for September, up by 11,722,923 from the previous year, per Thomas G. Leighton, secretary of the Clearing House. Postal receipts reached 1,280,639, Sunday Postmaster Dan Quill noted, underscoring continued business growth.
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San Antonio
Thomas G. Leighton
Army Develops Plastic Button Crime
Army develops inexpensive plastic button to reduce reliance on imported Tagua nuts from Ecuador. Quartermaster corps announces production at San Antonio depot using efficient use of water and electricity to free front dependence.
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Quartermaster Corps
Ecuador
San Antonio
Fish Dealers Licenses On Sale
Deputy state game warden A. E. Hilateiner announced new licenses for Gedlers in fish and posters are available at his home 626 North San Marcos Street. Purchases were open through Wednesday with the sale ending at deadline.
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A. E. Hilateiner
Etate
Gedlers
San Marcos Street
Small Firms Bewildered By War Policy New York Testimony
Elmer Davis told a special senate committee small businessmen fear the way government policies demand sacrifice. He cited price fixing rationing and other wartime rules as confusing and contradictory. Areas with war production show a boom while other regions suffer loss of patronage and workers. A further decrease may come next year as shortages bite more retailers. Davis said many are trying to conform as far as they can understand the rules.
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Hngton
Elmer Davis
Wet Information
Senate
Davis
OWT
35 S. A. Nurses At State Meeting
Three members of the San Antonio Council on War Nursing attended a state meeting in Malas on Thursday. Attendees included Miss Ellen Louise Brient, superintendent of Nix hospital, Mrs. Edith Barney, executive secretary of District 3, Graduate Nurses' Association, and Miss Charlotte Bucker, executive secretary of the San Antonio council Red Cross Nursing service.
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San Antona Council On War Nursing
Malas
Ellen Louise Brient
Nix Hospital
Edith Barney
Graduate Nurses’ Association
Charlotte Bucker
San Antonio
300 in Britain Seek U S Duty
London January 11 The American embassy opened a foreign recruiting center to handle transfers for servicemen. About 800 applications were on file as British based personnel sought U S duty with Allied units moving to American forces.
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Britain
U. S
London
United States Army
Hebrew School Opens Enrollments at Evening Sessions
The San Antonio Talmud-Torah daily Hebrew schoolat 17 Ewal Quincy Street invites children to enroll for daily afternoon and evening attendance. Enrollment hours run 4 to 6 p.m. on Mondays, with sessions continuing in the afternoons and evenings.
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Hebrew School
San Antonio
Meat Output Sets Record for September
Meat production reached an all time high for September per the American Meat Institute. Output was 20 percent above September 1941 and 40 to 50 percent above the 1929 33 average. Hog marketings and cattle marketings rose, sheep and lamb up modestly, with livestock prices overall steady.
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American Meat Institute
Driver Hunts Arm Lost in Crash near Chadron
CHADRON Neb Oct. Ross Thompson, 50, reported his left arm was severed when a truck sideswiped his自 machine Tuesday night. He drove about four miles before losing consciousness, later found unconscious with shock and blood loss. Doctors say Thompson has a fair chance to recover.
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Chadron
Neb
Ross ‘Thompson
Arid
Thomipson
Thompson
Five Santa Antonio men named lieutenants in quartermaster corps
Five San Antonio men completed officer candidate school at Fort Warren and were commissioned second lieutenants in the quartermaster corps. The group includes Anthony Me. Qlaskey, Lee M. Melton, Eugene Wilson, Harvey H. Cross, and others. In unrelated notes, a stabbing and an ax assault left victims injured in San Antonio with arrests following the incidents.
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Santa Antonio
Quartermaster Corps
Fort .Warren
Wye
Anthony Me. Qlaskey
Mr. and Bars
Shire Avenue
Lee M. Melton
Eugene Wilson
Dixie KE
Wilson
West Woodlawn
Harvey H. Cross
Hessey
Cross
Craig Place
Cuban gas sale begins with private car owners allowed
In Havana on October 1 the government begins selling gasoline to private car owners to ease shortages. A witness reported a companion assaulted her and threw her into a stream before police intervened.
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Havana
Now She Shops Gash and Carry
Fragmented OCR text mentions shopping and service complaints with garbled phrases about backache and emissions. References to people, places, and vague events are unclear. Overall, no coherent incident or timelined fact pattern emerges from the readable lines.
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