Battle Attitude of Troops Hit
Washington October 22 An army captain in the Infantry Journal condemns failures in combat training. Captain Heckethorn cites emotionally unprepared soldiers and lack of foxhole and drill readiness. He urges more realistic training with live fire, booby traps, and intensified physical stamina programs to prepare troops for battle.
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Washington
Infantry Journal
Clarente A. Heckethorn
Eld
Hecketharm
Cap
Nazis Offer Frontline Bonuses Promised by German High Command
London report says German radio announced bonuses for soldiers who fight on the front line. The Nazi leadership pledged payments as an incentive to frontline engagement amid ongoing conflict.
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London
INS
Father of il Volunteers For Navy
SHREVEPORT Louisiana October 22 A 4-year-old negro Tom Washington father of1 children aged 15 years has been sworn into the navy here as a volunteer Navy officials said Washington's allotment would be 308 2 month under the proposed service men's allotment act The family lives on a farm STAMFORD Connecticut October 32 INSi New hope for the motherless children of Edward Strath 38 was held today when his draft board announced it would hold a special meeting to consider this case Strath whose wife died September 25 while giving birth to their eleventh child was released with induction under the new draft of prewar fathers
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Shreveport
Qet
Tom Washington
Navy
Washington
Stamford
Conn
Insi
Edward ‘Straih
Algeuss
Strath
Doctor Asserts No Burns on Marigny Murder Trial
In Nassau on October 22, Chinese doctor Dr. Leonard Huggins testified in Count Alfred de Marigny's murder trial that he found no burns or blisters on the defendant after examining him a week after Sir Harry Oakes was slain. He said Oakes’s stomach and body showed no alcohol odor, and noted no singe on de Marigny’s forearms pese hair or beard. He warned microscopic examination would be more definitive.
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James L. Kelgallen
Stall
Nassau
INS
Alfred de Marigny
Sir Harry Oakes
Leonard Huggins
Bahamas
Oakes
Sir Harry
Godfrey Higgs
Huggins
Marigny
Harry
Crown
Westsbourne
Jean Ainsley
Royal Air Force
Yanks Break Up New Nazi Defenses Near Alife
Allied report describes Fifth Army capture of Alife and Piedimonte d Alife as German counterattacks fail. British forces repulse assault at Cancello on the Volturno. Air forces bomb shipping off Yugoslav coast and attack Melitopol, Krivog Rog areas as Soviets push toward Kherson and Dnieper bend.
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Noland Norgaard
al Giers
Fifth Army
Alife
Eisen'shower
Piedimonte D'alife
Cancello
Volturno
Balkans
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Athens
Alify
Cancella
Plas
Fne
Mondragone
Mt. Massica-Venafro
Clark
Venafro
Birlite
Rome
Krivoi Rog
London
Red Army
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Reuters
Krivot Rog
Aron
Sea of Azo
Crimea
Krivol Rag
Sea of Azov
Ithrogt
Dniepropetroysk
Metitopol
Topol
Boy
17Th Army
Kuban
Caucasus
Pincer Move on Burma Seen by Allied Sources
Semi official British and Chinese sources foresee a large Allied pincer against Japanese forces in Burma. Chinese troops hold the Salween river west bank as 30 000 reinforcements press from the north. In the Pacific theater U S fighters destroy eight Japanese planes at Bougainville while Liberator bombers strike Tarawa.
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Burma
Chungking
Brijayss
Mountbatten
India
Iis New Southeast Asia Command
Chiang Kai-Shek
San Tang Po
China
Dap
Salween River
Song River
Finschafer
New Guinea
Ninth Division
U. S
Kahili
Jetome
Bougainville
Solomons
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Tarawa
Gilbert Group
Texas Gunner Downed Five Planes in World War II
Allen B. Huckabee of Temple, a 43 year old airman credited with shooting down five enemy planes during engagement near Buckley Field and in Sicily. The physical director of the Armorer unit was wounded 11 times and later reported in 1942 army records.
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Denver
Oblo
Texas
Huckabee
Buckley Field
Idja
Sicily
Ragusa
Stalian
Hose
Allen B. Huckabee
Temple
Pilal
Brickley Field
Marine Ace Delivers Three Zeros In Three Minutes
Lieut Christopher Magee of Chicago tallies three Japanese planes in three minutes during a dawn air attack over Kahit airdrome. Magee, flying with Maj. Gregory Boyington’s Black Sheep squadron, shares credit with Lieut. Pal Mullen as the unit claims a high score in the South Pacific air war near Bougainville.
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U.S
South Pacific
Eb. Wald
Christopier Magen
Chicago
Pal Mullen
San Antonio Mayor Calls City Blessed Despite Theft
In a convention of mayors, San Antonio's Mayor declared the city blessed by God yet acknowledged a curse of car thefts. A visiting mayor, Hi V Stokes of Sonora, found his 1941 coupe stolen after leaving it in a lot near St Anthony hotel Thursday afternoon. police work underway to recover the vehicle.
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Mauermaim
San Antonio
Convention of Mayors
Hi. V. Stokes
Sonora
St. Anethony Hotel
TL. Andris Aow
Moonlight Knife Duel Between Teens In Los Angeles
Two teenage girls fought with a knife in a moonlight confrontation in Los Angeles. Doris Rhodd, 17, and Hetty Reeves, 19, were hospitalized with arm wounds and facial injuries after a midday quarrel on a bus escalated. Reeves said Rhodd had long picked fights and sought to escalate the feud over a new romance, while police reported no complaint issued yet pending parental conferences and investigation.
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Los Angeles
Moon
Doris
Lieut. William
G. Marr
Miss Jackson
Brily
Marr
Lenge
Doris Rhodd
Hetty Reeves
Nicks
Miss Rhodd
Miss Reeves
Wasps Taught To Ferry Forts
Washington readers learn the WASP pilots among the first women taught to operate large ships. The group of 17 from Sweetwater Texas completed a five and a half month ferry training course at the field, marking a milestone in women’s military aviation.
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I Washington
Airforce Service Pilots
WASPS
Sweetwater
Texas
Tomimand
GPA May Move to Cut 8. A. M. Bus Fares
Wagley mentions a potential fare reduction and a best case in an eastern city. Sieffler notes GPA could analyze the San Antonio bus company’s finances if invited, though the cost would be substantial. OPA might conduct the analysis instead.
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GPA
Wagley
San Antonio
Vedner
T Sieffler
OPA
German High Command Outlines Plot to Kidnap Hitler and Mussolini
Berlin broadcast reports alleged plan by Marshal Sadogilo to abduct Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The claim, said to be found among captured documents, was announced by German high command in a Berlin broadcast.
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London
High Command
Marshal Sadogilo
Hitler
Mussolin
Berlin
Tom
Forecast for San Antonio Vicinity Unclear Weather Update
Weather fragment notes slight temperature rise Friday and Saturday with light wind in the southwest portion. The readable text is garbled with missing names and dates, but indicates an upcoming change in temperatures Friday afternoon and night into Saturday forenoon amid light rain possible in the southwest area.
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San Antonio
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