Army in Crisis Reports and Desertions Across Europe
Fresh World War II dispatches describe mounting personal crises and desertions among German forces, with reports of camps on the Finnish frontier and thousands of prisoners. Countermeasures include forced labor, deportations, and increased occupation policing across Norway Belgium and France as the conflict widens.
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Athens
Taxt
Vichy
Enduru
Pierre Laval
Legionnaires
Popular Front
Jacques Wortat
Beeney
Moye
Paris Radio
Bré
Naation
Laval
Eleven Killed in Bomber Crash on Sierra Grande Peak
Des Moines reports an Army bomber with 11 aboard crashed on Sierra Grande Peak in Northeastern New Mexico. Two sheep herders spotted the wreckage at dawn, ending an eight hour search as the plane, en route from Rapid City, SD, was declared missing after takeoff.
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Des Moines
Sierra Grinda Peak
New Mexico
Rapid ‘City
Sierra Grande Peak
Gadget to Speed Up Loading Plane Invention
Development of a device to compute a plane’s load and balance quickly was reported by Consolidated Aircraft. The bale dial, devised by G H Avery and the weight engineers, aims to let a pilot determine load and balance without paper and pencil.
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Bandingo
Calif
Osh
Consolidated Aircraft
G. H. Avery
Field x
Promised Bohemian Resettlement Upsets London Relatives
A Reuters dispatch reports Karl Hermann Frank, German secretary of state for Bohemia and Moravia, ordering relatives of those who fled to London to be sent to concentration camps. He warned that wholesale executions do not erase the blood debt from the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. Seven more Czechs were executed in Prague for possessing hunting rifles and black market activity.
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Vichy
Karl Hermann Frank
Xstila
Bohemia and Moravia
Gaech Agltutars
London
Rte
Frank
Feithard Heydrich
Gestapo Chiettain
Reuter
Pragile
Escape from Philippines by two officers reaches Australia
GEN MACARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS reports Lt. William Lloyd Osborne of Los Angeles and Lt. Damon Gause of Winder Ga. arrived safely in Australia after a dramatic 68 day sea and land trek from Luzon. They hid from Japanese forces at night and endured machine gun fire and storms, finally reaching safety near Corregidor before completing the journey by boat and coast run to Australia.
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MacArthur
William Lloyd Osborne
Los Angeles
Damon’ Gausé
Winder
Australia
Philippines
Gog
Osborne
Gay
Narow
Woode
Bataan
Manin Bay
Manila
Nene Taal
Poyalty
Arith
Garovte
Gause
Corregidor
Tuzon
Mie
Osborth
Luzon
San
Defense official surveys San Antonio civil defense efforts
James M. Landis, national director of civil defense, visited San Antonio to review regional offices and the emergency medical division. He praised local staff, noted room for improvement in the Southwest, and warned residents to rely on themselves in a raid rather than only military protection, citing Dallas and Houston comparisons.
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James Mm.landis
Office of
Civilian Defense
San Antonio
Regioni Ood
Ogilvie
Majestic
Dallig
Dean Landis
Medica Division
Dallas
Houston
New York
San’ Antonio
Landis
Richard Donovan
Eighth Service Cormmane
Col
Humice Garrison
Ytuth Department of Public Safety
Well Water Used to Christen U. S. Tug
Mrs. Lou Cordell of Durham Oklahoma christened the U S tug Choctaw at Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock by sprinkling water from a bucket as three of her sons, survivors of the Lexington aircraft carrier, watched.
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Gharleston
S.C
Lexkigton
Jidudiy
Film Stars to Visit Fronts
Hollywood reports 109 top ranking stars will tour world fronts to entertain American troops. Personnel details are restricted but Merry Oberon says the group will travel by any means to reach overseas soldiers. Oberon and others previously flew to Ireland and England to boost morale, noting the joy on victorious troops’ faces.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Victory Committee
Merry Oberon
Holymasi
Miss Oberon
Patrick Morlton
al Jolson
Frank McHugh
Allen Jenkins
Irelard
England
Dodd Assured Plenty Turkey for Soldiers at Fort Sam Houston
Dodd promised ample turkey supplies for a Thanksgiving reception center at Fort Sam Houston. The plan aims to provide a hearty meal for soldiers, with procurement ahead of the holiday.
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Dodd
Fort Sam Houston Recepton Center
Thanksgiving Dinner Plans Amid Labor Shortage
Col T G Goteschalk, commander of the center, already five dollars into studying host dinner production. Accompanied by Cant Charles B Alton and 1st Sgt Thomas J Delaney, he toured poultry and produce houses Friday to gain firsthand info on turkey crops. After talks with produce centers, they returned to the reception center with assurance that Thanksgiving dinners can be provided despite labor shortages between farm and mess hall.
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T. G. Goteschalk
Hostiny
Charles B. Alton
Thomas J. Delaney
Nazis Bomb British Coast
German daylight raiders attacked several towns along the east coast of Beltain lodiy causing damage and casualties. One town was struck as a plane machine gunned the main street, while another area near Thames estuary saw wreckage and suspected dead. No bombs fell on London.
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London
Beltain Lodiy
Caushik
Lanedon
Minin
Fay
Trentieredt
Lock
Murdest Wit
Anelta
Thames
Itoom
Iaterttne
Guinea
Londonself
Burglar Seized In Shanklin Grocery Break-In
An ex offender was caught inside the Shanklin grocery at 334 Goulnd street by a neighbor who alerted N. A. Shanklin. Police say the burglar fled when confronted, and another suspect remained at large after the Sunday night incident on Rome 1606 West Travis street.
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Shanklin
Goulnd Street
Matey “Beeagse
N. A. Shanklin
Nannie Roy
Rome
West
Travis Street
Civil Air Patrol Sets New Meeting Time and Place
The Civil Air Patrol will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Place Notel, discontinuing Monday and Thursday evening sessions. Group commander H. K. Stanfield announced the change on Monday.
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Civil Air Patrol
Notel
H. K. Stanfield
Carter's Little Liver Pills Yell About Bile Flow
A vintage advertising fragment urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to “wake up your liver bile” and promote bile flow. It promotes relief from sluggish digestion and claims quick stomach cleansing effects, urging purchase of the 30 dose package.
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Shawna
Carter
Texans race to beat November first license deadline
About 20 000 Texans seek new driver licenses daily to meet the November 1 deadline for underlining changes in the license system. Applicants who hold old permits must renew and take examinations to qualify for new licenses. The license division can issue around 10 000 renewals per day, with processing taking three to four weeks.
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Austin
Ort
Neeky Ig
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