Flood Waters Threaten Wichita Falls and Abilene
Wide floods from Lake Wichita overflow and Holliday creek forced hundreds from their homes in Wichita Falls as water reached 42 inches at the spillway and officials opened 800 cots at Sheppard Field. Abilene saw a fresh flood along Lyric and Cedar creeks with several families marooned.
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Bexar 4-H Club Elects Officers at Courthouse Meeting
Theagenia Meteger of Converse was elected president of the Bexar County Girls 4-H Club during a Saturday courthouse meeting. Other officers named include Justine Janters of China Grove as vice president Jeanette Metzger of Converse as secretary treasurer and Mary Jo Sawyer of Leon Valley as sonylester.
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Theagenia
War Roundup Stages and Death Toll Across Fronts
Survivors aboard the tanker J. C. White reach Rio de Janeiro with 17 aboard the Del Norte en route Sunday and 18 on the West Nile, while two men remain missing as search continues. In Washington the Maritime Commission notes 4 ships moved between 12 and 20, American owned and British governed. Moscow reports heavy German losses on the Burman front with 1600 killed and German retreat further on the central front. Berlin says major eastern front operations are underway with a Soviet landing defeat near Stretja and 2000 Hessian soldiers killed as tanks break Soviet lines. Prague reports seven more executions in former Czechoslovakia for treason, lifting Europe’s weekly count to 195.
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Air Depots Mass Meeting Shows Gain Is Called
A mass meeting in Harlandale discusses a suburban mystery about a proposed federal $200,000 school project. Lieut. Col. Clement McMullen reports September air depot activity at San Antonio shows large gains with 17,000 tons moved, parcel post dominant, and air freight doubling versus last year. Community concerns focus on school facilities and board transparency amid influx from nearby airfields.
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R. W. Helmes
Harlandale
Pleasanton Road
Trucks Take Food To Ist Cavalry
A convoy of army trucks from the San Antonio General depot will move to Fort Bliss Texas to supply the 1st Cavalry Division during their return from the Louisiana maneuver area. Col 7 A Porter announced the shipment includes 1260 pounds of bread 1700 pounds of butter 170 cans of spiced ham 172 pounds of lard 1985 dozen eggs 50 pounds of canned ham 224 five pound boxes of cheese 8250 pounds of reef rounds and 7223 pounds of cured ham.
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San Antonio General Depot
1St Cavalry Division
Justice Honored On Birthday at Pearl Prank Vaughan
Clerks of his office toasted Justice Vaughan on his fiftieth birthday in an informal noon ceremony. Wine and cake were ordered for the occasion.
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Sergeant Injured In Bridge Fall
Sergeant D. R. Sinclair of Randolph field fell about 20 feet from the Houston Street bridge and suffered a possible skull fracture. He was transported to the Base Hospital at Fort Sam Houston for treatment.
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Japs Propose Limited Resumption of Ship Calls
Japan proposes a limited resumption of shipping with the United States to allow a few ships from each country to call at the other's ports to exchange mail and passengers. The suggestion was conveyed to Secretary Hull by Ambassador Nomura in a State Department meeting.
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Athonesador Kichisa
Bure Nomura
Atate Department
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Ten Schools Plan Volley Ball Meet at Martinez Grounds
Rural and Class G schools join the seventh China Grove volley ball tournament to begin October 1 at 9 a m on the school grounds at Martinez. Tom Nolan principal announced Bolitville Sayers Lock Hill Macone Leon Springs San Salado Valley and W W White Converse schools had announced participation.
Weather Notice From The Light District
An unrelated notice mentions quick weather updates and a contact line F-12931 for further guidance. The fragment references a Gb-1 employer and a general ads service.
Books Top Reading List in Berlin Rush
The Berlin reading public favors William J. Shirer’s The Berlin Diary and Hitler’s Forty, with six copies of Shirer’s book checked out. The fiction favorite remains Keys of the Kingdom by A J Cronin while Mein Kampf and aircraft titles draw broad interest.
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