Argentina Eyes South American Expansion Amid Nazi Blueprint
A leaked Nazi blueprint allegedly maps Argentina's dominance over Uruguay Paraguay and Bolivia with rail links into Bolivia and Misiones. It suggests German influence backed by Gestapo ties in Buenos Aires and hints Argentina sees itself as a future southern hemisphere power amid Latin American tension and German-Italian émigré presence.
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Venezuéla
Colombia
Ecuador
South America
United States
Peru
Cal
Sedtan Airlines
Sedta
Buenos Aires
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
Guenther Niedenfurr
Ger- Mat
Argentina
Gottfried Sachstede
Gestapo
Wind
Ior
Germany
Talians
Unscrutable fragment notes ointment application claim
Fragmentary text mentions application of a star ointment and a personal note about healing. Other words appear as list items or garbled names without clear context or identifiable event or outcome.
German plans in South America stir regional tensions
The text notes Nazi influence aimed at creating rival nationalisms across South America. It cites Argentina and Brazil, with Brazil reportedly preparing to press rail into Bolivia to counter Argentine routes. It mentions President Getulio Vargas and Buenos Aires’ ambitions, signaling German-backed shifts in regional power dynamics.
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Hio de Janeiro
Santiago
Lima
Bogota
Berlin
South America
Per
Ecuador
Argentina
Brazil
Paraguay
Tulio Vargas
Breall
Asuncion
Bolivia
Misiones
Taxi Stands Pact Renewed by City Council
The city council renewed the downtown cab stands contract with Yellow Cab and Baggage Co dating to June 1 1940 effective November 1 through June 1 1992. It grants 18 Ivory Black stands 11 Yellow Cab stands and 5 United stands, with the city receiving 2 12 percent of gross receipts after driver salaries and license fees. Some stands are relocated and one stand near Navaho terminal will be removed at owner request.
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Yellow Cab and Baggage Company
Undeko
Meyor C.K. Quin
Anderso Quin
Anderson
Maury
Maverick
Quin
Yellow Cabs
United Cabs
Yellow Cab Company
Navahro Street
Persmit
Crockett and
St. Mary’s
Callaga
St. Mary's
Treslt and
Navarro
Ten killed as RAF raids hit southern Italy provinces
Home edition reports ten persons killed and 42 injured, including women harvesting in fields, as British planes bombed sites in Regio Calabria and Calataaro yesterday afternoon. Damage described as light. Communique also notes an Italian air raid on Malta.
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Regio Calabria
Calataaro
Vase
Malta
British Fear Jap Trouble Deepens in Orient
The British embassy in China urged British nationals in areas re-occupied by Japan to depart at once citing deteriorating political conditions. Officials in London and China confirmed the move after consultations.
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Bhanghat
China
Jap+ juhe
Orient
London
Miners Okeh FDR Plan Progress Report
A series of talks with mine leaders from Pennsylvania to Alabama discusses Roosevelt's recommendation to reopen the mines at once. The defense mediation board would hold an immediate Pull session to review the central dispute and propose a final settlement. Participants include James Mark Clearfield PA William Hynes Unicortown PA John OLeary Pittsburgh PA P T Pagan Pittsburgh PA John Owens Columbus OH Ray Edmundson Springfield IL Van A Bittner Charleston WV William Turnblazer Jellico TN William Mitch Birmingham AL F Davis Fairmont WV.
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Iuet Taster
Springfield
Birmingham
Ala
Lewis
James Mark
Clearfield
William, Hynes
Uniortown
John Oleary
Pittsburgh
P.T. _Pagan
John Owens
Sumumbus
Ohio
Ray ‘Edmundson
van A. Bittner
Charleston
W. Va
R Willam
Turnblazer
Jellico
Tenn
William Mitch
Bumingham
F. Davis
Fairmont
Roosevelt
Defense Mes
Three Tax Deadlines Loom for Bexer County Taxpayers
Taxpayers in Bexer County face three deadlines this week to cut state and county taxes. Friday marks the last day to pay delinquent taxes with a 24.5 percent penalty and interest. For November the penalty rises to 13 percent. Midnight Saturday grants an exemption from penalties and interest under the 1919 to 1939 state law. Sunday midnight offers a 3 percent discount on current 1941 taxes, with November’s discount at 2 percent.
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Bexer
Speeding Charge Refiled Against Ferguson in Justice Court
Constable Yecker announces that speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road charges will be refiled this week in Justice of the Peace John Geraghty’s court against L. J. Ferguson. Ferguson previously had fines of 25 dollars and costs appeal rejected by Judge McCollum Burnett for faulty complaints.
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Justice of the ‘Peace
John
Geraghty
L. J. Ferguson
Wielor Yecker
Iqaud
Ferguson
Cothbert
Troops Move for Target Practice Near Fort Sil Oklahoma
Troops from Camp Bowie will depart Brownwood Sunday for Fort Sil Oklahoma for four weeks of target practice on the Fort Bill range. The 132nd Field Artillery, 2d Battalion, Gard Bletd Artillery, and 2d Battalion, Mand Infantry will participate. Artillery will fire at various distances. infantry will conduct known-distance drills. Return to Camp Bowie by November 29 is planned.
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Orveral Barane Sti Alvinson
Camp Howls Brownwood
Fort Sil Okla
Fort Bill Range
Camp Bowie
132Nd Field Artillery
Igard
Eery
Buwke Kovenber
Elks Sponsor Flying Help For Cadet Training
The San Antonio Elks club begins a three hour per night twelve week course at San Antonio Technical and Vocational School to train recruits for Randolph Field. Applicants must pass a physical. twenty have qualified and more applications are being accepted as part of a national Elks cadet drive.
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Cyrmoree
Randolph Field
San Antonio
San Antonio Elks Club
Randolph
Fort Sam’ Houston
Elks Club
The
Elks Clubs
Noel Coward Draws Defense Penalty
Noel Coward, internationally famous British playwright, fined 220 pounds for violating defense finance regulations. He pleaded not guilty to three charges of failing to report possession of American securities valued at 102,684 dollars. George Arthus, veteran actor, previously fined for not reporting possession of American securities.
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Lunugn
Oct
IINSI
Nora Coward
Coward
George Ar- Uss
Kearney Attacked Rescuing Convoy
Washington reports new details on the Kearny’s torpedo attack as the warship helped defend a convoy from a mass U boat assault. Official navy statements describe the damaged hull, twisted beams, and torn plates while releasing photos of the wounded ship at port.
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Washington
Det
Kearny
Navy
Department
Feu
Girl Singer Sentenced to Year and a Day
Lois Luckner a 22 year old night club singer also known as Pam von Luckner was sentenced today to a year and a day in the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson West Virginia after being convicted last week of falsely representing herself as a federal employee to obtain money the sentence was handed down in New York City by a federal judge the case involved fraud claims related to pretending to be a government worker
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New York
Lois Luckner
Pam von Luckner
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Forstly
Grand Jurors Finish Term In Bexar County
The Bexar county grand jury led by Barry M Harrison completed a two month term and filed a report with Judge W W McCrary. The panel returned 187 indictments, 169 presentments, and sent 17 cases to county courts with seven cases to the next grand jury.
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Bexar County
Barry M. Harrison
W. W. McCrary
McGrary
Joourts
Addon
Justice of the Peace
Commissicemova Casset
Nazi Attacks Repulsed By Russians In Crimea Drive
Soviet dispatches report a major German offensive into Crimea was launched while Moscow says the Russian counterattack holds the line near Kalinin. In the Volokolamsk area a Soviet unit claimed to have destroyed 18 German tanks and 120 armored cars, while killing upwards of 800 enemy soldiers in a four day battle. The status of the wider operation remained officially unclear.
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Kalinin
Moscow
Volokolaimyk
Germany
Four Air Schools To Start Courses In 1942 Gulf Coast
Four advanced flying schools on the Gulf Coast will begin training in November 1942. Maj. Gen. Frank Lahm, commander of the Training Center at Kelly Field, says Randolph field will graduate 141 cadets, Goodfellow 69, Brooks 77, and a Civil Basic school will graduate about 1. Victoria and Ellington field near Houston will each train 60 cadets from Randolph. Victoria starts with 50 students on single engine aircraft while Ellington begins with 40 on twin engine planes.
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Gulf Coast
Training Center
Geh. Frank
P. ‘Lahm
Kelly Field
Randolph Field
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Brooks Field
Goodfellow
Mying
Victoria
Ellington Field
Houston
Elington
Field
Graduate Nurses To Hear Col Brooks
Lieut. Col. Brooks C. Grand of Eighth Corps area headquarters address the San Antonio chapter of the Texas Graduate Nurses association Friday at 1 30 p m at the Medical and Surgical hospital. The army officer will speak on Means for Maintaining Morale Among Army Personnel.
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Brooks C. Grand
Eighth Corps
Bert Sam Wollsten
San Antonio
Texas Graduate Nursice Association
Afecical and Surgical
Panoplied Youth Sacrifice Told and Missing Teen Found
Fragmented wartime vignette contrasts a shadowed mountaintop scene with a plea for forgiveness. The second item reports Robert Charlton, 18, missing from Wollaston, Mass., found by police in Damariscotta after six days, 176 miles away, while the Charltons sought him.
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Wollaston
New England
Robert Charitor
Duxbury
Holté Charlton
Robert
Damariscotta
Mass
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