Radios Silent in French Villages AIS Supplies War News
In Normandy, AIS crews paste war news through towns cut off by German occupation. Electric plants failing, only crystal sets survive. Van broadcasts bridge civilians with Allied updates, lore and films as liberation spreads. Local officials and citizens react with hardship, humor, and quiet acts of resistance.
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Barbara Wate
Normandy
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Caen
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Incal Hardware 2
Services Set for Mrs Rosa Garza
Funeral services for Mrs Rosa Garza, 80, will be held at 4 a.m. Wednesday from the residence at 105 Templea Street with services at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Interment will be in San Fernando Cemetery No 2. Survivors include sons, three daughters, many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Rosa Garza
Tamplea ‘Streat
Immacutate Heart of Mary Church
Tniernent
San Fernando Crim
U S Seizes More Mines in War Labor Shutdowns
In Pennsylvania and nearby areas, the American flag flies over 18 coal mines as the government expands seizure of pits amid strikes by workers. President Roosevelt orders five of eight additional mines seized while 14 others face disruption, affecting about 9,000 workers and 150,000 tons daily.
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Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Mid West Virginia
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Nlon
United Mink
Fitzgerald Tops Hollywood Lineup in New Star Roles
Hollywood gossip notes Barry Fitzgerald lands lead in a Broadway comedy murder mystery Ten Life Ind dans while eyeing a RKO project a Knight comedy and a Wilde return to Columbia projects. The piece also tracks Juliet Colman’s scrapbook fame and shifts among Rex-K-O and other studios and stars.
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RKO
Eric
Knight's
Airways
Frank Liegd
Frank Gapra
William Dozier
Rico
C-47 Crew Chief Billy Henley Fights Through D-Day Roles
San Antonio native Billy Henley served as a C-47 crew chief on D-Day, leading one of the first Ninth Troop Carrier Command planes to cross the Cherbourg peninsula. His unit dropped paratroopers, hauled freight, evacuated wounded, and towed gliders. Henley earned the Air Medal for meritorious service in France and is a Sicilian and Italian campaign veteran who began overseas service in May 1943 in Africa. He graduated from Brackenridge High School and the phenics school at Sheppard Field. His mother, Mrs Rose Hensley, lives in Albany.
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San Antonio
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Cherbourg Peninsula
France
Africa
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Sheppard Field
Troop Carrier Command
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Rose Hensley
Albany
Brackenridge High School
Mayor to Attend Braniff Opening in Houston
Mayor Mauermann will depart Wednesday by Braniff to join Houston’s celebration of the San Antonio Houston Braniff airline inauguration. He will return Thursday. Police report two men bound a watchman and looted a lakeside IPleasure resort safe of 7000 dollars in Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur
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Funeral Held for William Stanush in Leming Texas
Funeral services for William Stanush of Leming Texas were conducted at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday with a requiem mass at St Joseph's Church. Interment followed in Leming. Survivors include his widow Mary, seven daughters including Sister Mary Christine and Mrs Len Zahava, a son Chris Stanush, two brothers John and Felix Stanush, and one sister Mrs Albert Clion.
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Leming
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Len Zahava
Ray Oren
Anson Palmer
Wallace Schiomehinsii
Bill Lawson
E. Z. Collings
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John and
Felix Stanushy
Albert Clion
Chevalier Rumors Center on Actor Likely Alive
In Paris Maurice Chevalier's manager contends the French star is alive and not a target of reprisals. He cites a mayor's death in a small town and says Chevalier last spoke July 16 after the Maquis clashes began in Cannesarta France, asserting patriotic notes.
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Cabot Lodge Jr Wins Bronze Star for Meritorious Service
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr former U S senator from Massachusetts has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations in Italy, according to friends who disclosed today.
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Ie May
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
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