Brothers Reunited at Pacific Base
Two San Antonio brothers, Lieut. Ben F. Tate Jr and Ensign Eugene M. Tate, USNR, long separated since 1942, met recently at a Pacific naval base. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Tate of ALE Rigsby Avenue. Eugene awaited his brother's ship. Ben found the reunion a complete surprise. Eugene's wife Constance Baugtanon, formerly of Oklahoma City, is living with her husband's parents.
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San Antonio
Pagisin
Ben Fh. Tate Jr
USNR
Eugene M. Tate
Ben R. Tate
Ale Rigsby Avenue
Eugene
Ben
Constance Ant Baugtanon
Oklahoma City
General Gilbreath Commands Posts and Training Centers
Gen Gilbreath held command of the South Pacific facility with headquarters on New Caledonia and led the Seventh Cavalry until May 1941 before taking command of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation. He later commanded the general services forces training center at Fort Lewis Washington and was linked to his wife Ives at Boerne.
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Seventh Cavalry
San Francisco
Fort Lewis
Wash
Foreman Suspended After Women Workers Walkout
Chicago. Women workers at the Western Field works walked out twice to protest patting and pinching by a foreman. They voted to return after the foreman is suspended for two weeks pending an investigation of the charges.
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Shicago
Western Feld Works
Vincennes Man Greets French Leaders in France Visit
Vincennes Indiana sent greetings to liberated Vincennes France as Capt L B Eschbach nephew of former mayor Joseph Kumnel met the new mayor and spoke from the steps of the Hotel de Ville in a Vokes welcome.
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Vincennes
Ind
France
Paris
Indiana
L. B. Eschbach
Joseph Kumnel
Hotel de Ville
Murder Charged In Shooting At Valdez Home
Felix Valles, 46, operator of a saloon on Mathews Road, was charged with murder in the killing of Jose Valdez and wounding Valdez wife Fellpa in a shooting at the Valdez home 113 Balbon Street. Valdez died at once. his wife, nursing a seven month old baby, was taken to Rabe Ext. B. Green Hospital and expected to recover. Valles said he acted after Valdez and his wife cursed him and after being authorized to search for a man in an old case by City Detective Klevenhagen. He claimed Valdez threw a rock before shots were fired.
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Felix ‘Valles
Mathews Road
Jose Valdez
Valdez
Fellpa
W. W. McCrory
Valles
Valdea
Valedea
Balbon Street
Rabe
B. Green
Buck Caria
Arthur Villarreal
Vallias
Valdes
George Klevenhagen
Walles
Resources in Texas Cited by Manufacturers Association
A bulletin mailed to over 1000 San Antonio businessmen by the San Antonio Manufacturers association outlines Texas Southwest resources and 100 plus chemicals that can be produced locally. C. G. Leel notes collaboration with Grrf Pool and W. B. Thrash er, and cites ongoing plans to diversify San Antonio industries while avoiding a Pittsburgh comparison.
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Texas
San Antonio
San Antonio Manufacturers Association
C. G. Leel
Grrf Pool
W. B. Thrasher
Leel
Charles Carroll Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Church Priest's Study Burglarized In City Parish
Police report says burglars broke into a church and a priest's study, stealing about $1 from a ration box and $90 from a drawer in a priest's aid room at the Catholic brothers' home on Mootlough Avenue. Father A J Haut filed the report, with Father John Quine Liven noted in the night's call.
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A. J. Haut
Mootlough Avenue
Pather
John Quineliven
Amos Married To Jane Stoneham in California Ranch Ceremony
Freeman Gosden known as Amos from Amos n Andy wed Jane Stoneham daughter of Charley Stoneham former owner of the New York Giants at Standwood Murphy's Latrabee ranch near Eureka California. Gosden's first wife died two years ago.
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Hollywood
Freeman Gosslen
Amon
Tadio
Amos 'N' Andy
Jane Stoneham
Charley Stoneham
New York Glints
Standwood
Eureka
Calif
Gosden
P-38 Pilot Mits San Antonio Flyer in Shuttle Mission
Lieutenant James W. Mitchell of San Antonio participated in a distant shuttle mission between Italy and Russia flying P-38 fighters. He is a Brackenridge High School 1936 graduate and son of Mrs. Catherine M. Mitchell. His unit achieved a close support strike against German forces and he reportedly shot down a transport plane.
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Hirst
James W. Mitchell
San Antonio
Psa
Italy
Russia
Mitchell
Gatherine M. Mitchell
Brackenridge High School
J. 3. Gwndy
Banden Highway
San Antonian
Rktos
Champagne and C ration Paris romance amid high prices and scarce plumbing
Allied soldiers in liberated Paris face luxury tainted by wartime shortages. Champagne and perfume line shops despite no hot water or functioning bathrooms. Meals at elite spots cost steeply, with Ritz lunches around 11 dollars and grocers charging premium for basic needs as soldiers adapt to rationing and rough living conditions.
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Richard Tregaski
TNB
Stall Correspondant
Paris
Nyine Geenns
Genmus Lon
Giueuil Bhi
Suuluuaeh Gwiue-Rilnee
Algo
Ritz
Americas
Hollywood
Brian Donlevy shoots mine in San Antonio as war ends
Brian Donlevy, star of Paramount, reportedly purchased a shandased mine during a Sunday visit to San Antonio on September 3, 1944. He plans to work on the Mash He while awaiting the end of the war and a claim in the film Two Years Ho.
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Wonlevy
San Antonio
Brian Donlevy
Paramount
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Enc
Wendy Positlor
Reed
Soledad
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Resources
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LIKUD
J. W. Mutchell
Stein
Moore
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