Gomel Railway Hub Falls to Soviet Forces Amid Push
Moscow reports Soviet troops capture Gomel, an industrial rail center linking five railroads to Lenin and the Ukraine, part of a broader by by strategy across White Russia. Street fighting steadies as troops advance along the Dnieper tributary and through surrounding cities.
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Ukraine
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Oliftai
County Opposition Looms In Local Political Feud
District Attorney John R. Shook emerges as a potential candidate amid a wider county ticket push. The piece notes ties to former firm members, shifts in county leadership, and hints at forthcoming campaigns against Commissioner Donnell and Assessor-Collector Dickison, with broader town hall maneuvering including the sheriff and park bids.
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Arley
Knight
John R. Shook
Mershall Terrell
James R. Davis
Robert McMillan
Davis
Wiliam Davis
Bexar County
Tom Dewey
Southwest
Bete Murrey
Dim Donnell
Jo Mey
P. E. Dickison
Sam C. Bennett
Donnell
Robert F. Uhr
Bob
Capcus
Owen
Paul
Sherif
Owen W. Kilday
Paul J. Kilday
Fire and Power
F. 2. Anderson
P. L
Coperets
Oil Allowable Unchanged in Texas for November
AUSTIN Texas oil production in November will stay virtually unchanged from October the Petroleum Administration for War reports. The Texas allowable is 52 064 000 barrels daily about 50 percent above October and near the current level. The Railroad Commission chairman received the advisory by telegram from Deputy Administrator Ralph K Davies and a statewide hearing is set for next Tuesday to discuss the coming month’s allowables with operators.
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Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Beauford Jester
Ralph K. Davies
Nex
Adak Commander Gets Post in U S Defense Command
Maj. Gen. Eugene Landrum, who led operations to capture Attu and occupy Adak, is reassigned to a new command in the United States Alaskan defense command. Brig. Gen. Harry Thompson succeeds Landrum as Adak commander.
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Alaskan Defense Command
MNB
Eugene Landrum
Attu
Adak Islands
United States
Harry Thompson
Landrum
Adek
Nazis Lose 15000 Planes In Two Theaters
London dispatch says Germany has lost more than 15000 aircraft in two theaters since the war began. Undersecretary of Air Lord Sherwood disclosed the figure in a speech at a southwestern airfield after accepting nine Typhoon fighters from Brazilian ambassador J. J. Moniz de Aragao. He said over Britain 10000 planes were destroyed and 5000 captured in the Mediterranean area, praising Allied airmen for crippling the German air force.
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London
Britain
Germany
Aly Lord Sherwood
J. J. Moniz de Aregad
Mediterranean
Lord Sherwood Kaid
Theft of U S Property Costs in Camp and Uniform Fraud
The court convicted several offenders in a U S District case over pilfered items from Camp Normoyle and meals at Kelly Field, including a woman with six months suspended, Amatt who paid 150 dollars and one year suspended, and a defense worker who admitted stealing four dollars worth items and received a 150 dollar fine with suspended term. A Mexican musician Melquiades Villareal faced deferred sentence after admitting false citizenship, having drawn a blind pension. youths wearing U S uniforms without service faced suspended sentences or longer penalties for impersonation and thefts.
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U. S. District Court
Camp Normoyle
Kelly Field
Air Corps
Amatt
Melquiades Villareal
Villareal
Janton
San Antonio
Mexico
U. S
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Unifort
W. A. 'Keeling
Toledo
Ohio
United States Army
Pearl Harbor
Federal
U.S
Unity Federal
Army
Colina
War Funds Questioned by Cannon on War Costs
Washington D C March 10 The House Ways and Means Committee, named by Representative Cannon, asserted no cuts in war expenditures despite Republicans’ calls to trim a $10 billion request. Cannon said the administration’s needs may require spending more, not less, to support the Army and Navy as leaders warn of ongoing fighting and potential losses. He claimed wartime savings have already been maximized and emphasized readiness to fund the armed forces despite doubts.
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Marshal
FBI Captures Rumrich in California Fraud Arrest
The Justice Department announced the arrest in California of Gunther Gustav Maris Rumrich, 21, a Chicago-born convicted Nazi spy, for alleged fraud tied to false information for a coast guard pass. FBI Chief Hoover said Rumrich, among the first Nazi collaborators to be convicted postwar, was nabbed in Richmond, California, by FBI agents after a two year prison term for espionage. He was reportedly out with a date when curfew forced his detention.
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Washington
Justice Department Today
California
Gunther Gustav Maris Rumrich
Coast Guard
FBI
J. Edger Hoover
Rumrich
Richmond
Calif
Rites Set For Veteran Brick Mason Durand
Dr A P Shirkey will officiate at funeral services at 10 a m for Frank Durand 80 of 614 Wilmington street oldest bricklayer in the United States who died Friday at Porter Loring chapel Durand a San Antonio native lived here 18 years and was a life member of Bricklayers Union No 2 the International Bricklayers Masons Plasterers Union of Washington and A F & A M lodge He is survived by his widow Mrs Maline S Durand
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A. P. Shirkey
Frank Durand
Wilmington Street
United States
Porter Loring
Durand
San Antonio
Ufe
Bricklayers’ Union No. 2
Lfe
Missing Sergeant Neuner in Siellan campaign report
Sergeant Gow J Neuner is reported missing in action during the Siellan campaign. He is married to Georg ia Fitzgerald, a government employee in Dallas. A Peacock Military academy graduate of 1937, he trained with American Rangers and British Commandos. His father serves as a staff sergeant with the Army Air Forces at Laughlin Field Del Rio.
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Férmer Georggia Pitzgerald
Dallas
Neunér
Peacock Miliary Academy
Army Air Forces
Laughlin Field
del Rio
Coal Strike Tops Labor Unrest in Nationwide Dispute
Reported across industries miners shipbuilders and aircraft war plants walked out amid discontent over pay and profits. About 21 500 miners were out with 18 000 in the area and 9 500 around Terre Haute Indiana. Union leaders urged a return to work while stressing wartime needs and loyalty to the war effort. Federal labor board planned a meeting to chart a course to end the stoppage as some workers ignored pleas and several shipyards saw walkouts despite union opposition.
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Terre Haute
Ind
le L. Lewis
Toy
Lewis
Washington
Wet Labor Board
WLB
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
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