Action to Blast Japs Out of Aleutians Foreseen
Washington reports intensified army and navy plans to drive Japanese forces from the Aleutians. If Tokyo moves against Siberia, U S aid to Russia could hinge on air and naval success in removing invaders from Attu and Kiska. Japan’s presence near the shortest air route to Vladivostok raises strategic stakes for Siberian operations and potential bases for an allied push toward Tokyo.
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Parochial School Burns Near Floresville
Fire destroyed the ten room Sacred Heart parochial school at Poth near Floresville, with an estimated loss of 10 000 dollars. Investigators cited faulty wiring from last week’s hurricane as the cause. The blaze spared the nearby church as water from an underground cistern failed to save the building.
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Poth
Floresvill
South Texas
Paris Massacre Flares As Nazi Target Jews
London dispatch reports Nazi-controlled Paris saw massacres rivaling St Bartholomew’s during July amid anti Jewish violence after Bastille Day. Official notes say 28,000 people were rounded up and moved to ghettos and camps, with refugees and child deaths reported amid fear and chaos.
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London
INS
St. Bartholomew's
Paris
Faro Dig Frintes
Two Officers Die In Army Plane Crash Near Garden City
In Garden City area on September 6 an army training plane crashed into an open field west of Mitchell Field, killing two officers. First Lieut. Jack R. Davies, 23, of Florence, South Carolina, was the pilot, and First Lieut. Allen M. Geissler, 34, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was the passenger.
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Tywa Army
Ee City
Mitchefeld
Jack R. Davies
Florence
Allen M. Geissler
Hot Springs
Ark
Nazi Executions Reported Across Occupied Lands
A Stockholm dispatch quoted by the Daily Telegraph cites a Swedish survey in Handels-Tidningen claiming thousands of executions occurred in occupied countries during the past year without formal announcements. The report notes 8069 executions and suggests many more deaths were unnoted.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Stockholm
Cothenberg R Handels-Tidningen
Caldwell Woman Joins WAACs
Sept 5 the first Caldwell county woman to join the WAAC is Miss Dessie McKinney of Prairie Lea. She passed all requirements and is at home on furlough awaiting training. A former S.W.T.T.C. San Marcos student, she is the daughter of Mrs Velma McKinney and Carris McKinney.
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Caldwell County
WAAC
Dessie McKinney
Prairie Lea
Abo
S.W.T.T.C
San Marcos
McKinney
Carris Velma McKinney
Ration Book Theft Denied
Seven men pleaded innocent at arraignment in Quincy charged with receiving and concealing stolen gas ration books and coupons. They, workers at Bethlehem Steel Fore River yards, were held on $200 for continuance, with a September 7 date set. An eighth suspect was sent to Boston police.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
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Worley Says Navy Fights Against Odds
Representative Eugene Worley reports from eight months’ Navy service that American courage is strong but the Navy faces persistent shortages in fighter aircraft in the Pacific theater. He praises the soldiers sailors and marines while noting the odds the Navy must overcome.
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Worley
Navy
Washington
Eugene Worley
Texas
Pacific
Caffeine Use in Drinks Cut by Government Order
Washington dispatch reports the WPBH ordered limits on caffeine in beverage production, focusing on cola drinks. An official order places caffeine and therbvormine under complete prohibition starting October 1 due to disrupted supply chains from shipping delays.
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Washington
WPBH
WPE
Youths Jailed in Stolen Car Case
Perry 16 and Josephus I Gelftin charged in Terreary Commissioners court with transporting a stolen automobile from Crowley to San Antonio. They are remanded to the county jail in default of $2090 bonds each and will spend Labor Day in jail.
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Eiinels Perry
Josephus I Gelftin
Pereral
Telehone
Crowley
San Antonio
Five Die As Auto Is Struck Between Trains In El Paso
Five people were killed and one injured when their car was struck between two trains at the east edge of El Paso. Victims include Robert Moran 17 Edward Knopf Agnes Dalby Sue Owens and Betty May Spiller. Leon Madrigal was seriously injured. The car was hit by an eastbound train then dragged 80 feet and 200 feet by a westbound locomotive before falling between the passing trains. Dalby’s father J R Dalby was a Texas and Pacific general agent.
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Robert Moran
Edward Knopf
Agnes Dalby
Sue Owens
Betty May Spiller
Leon Madrigal
Miss Dalby
J. R. Dalby
Texas and, Pacific Grassroad
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