Allies Expand Bridgehead In Italy to Seventy Miles
Allied forces push beyond 70 miles into Italy from North Africa and Sicily, seizing Borg Marina and advancing toward the Petrace river. Reports describe large Anglo American convoys, air raids on Foggia and Salerno, rail yards and bridges hit, and the Italian fleet moving to Pola as the invasion widens with continued landings and counter efforts.
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Lal’ Sprain
FDR Clarifies Lend-Lease Stand and Repayment
President Roosevelt said the United States does not intend to write off lend-lease materials as gifts. He noted two sentences in the foreword to the latest report, not fully approved by him, suggesting new war debts are not desired while allies are expected to repay as much as possible, though not necessarily in dollars.
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Washington
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Roosevelt
America
Quebec
Congress
United States
Dolars
Valley Soldier Wounded in South Pacific War
Harlingen telegram from the War Department says Es eban H. Martinez son of Mr and Mrs Margarito Martinez has been seriously wounded in action in the South Pacific theater. He is reported as a casualty in the ongoing war arena.
Auto Crashes Injure Five In San Antonio
Five people wounded in two Tuesday auto crashes, all taken to Robert B. Green Hospital with no serious injuries. In the Nogalitos Street collision near 11 p.m., E A Ryan and Julio Contreras involved, with Contreras and Manuel Marene and Manuel Leal injured. A 9 p.m. crash on West Euclid Avenue left Mrs. Margaret Brown with a dislocated shoulder and shock, and Mrs. Ethel Rowland with a fractured wrist and possible chest injuries.
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E. A. Ryan
East Edwards
Julio
Contreras
Somerset Boulevard
Nogalitos Street
Manuel Marene
Somversel Toad
Manuel Leal
W. J. Stevens
North Flores Street
West Eucliday
Margaret Brown
Ethel Rowland
Leson Street
Damage Suit Dismissed in City Health Duty Case
The widow of Ramundo Hernandez had a $10,000 damage suit dismissed by Judge G Tayloe in the 41st District Court. The suit claimed death when Hernandez fell under a garbage truck while riding the middle trailer. The decision held that a city cannot be sued for deaths or injuries from governmental public health functions. Appeal to the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals was noted by E P Lipscomb, attorney for Hernandez and her three minors.
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Ramundo Hernandes
G. Tayloe
E. P. Lipscomb
Teodora Hernandez
Siit
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Tayloe
Hernandez
Albert
Mrs. E. A. Mudd Dies at Pearsall
Mrs. E. A. Mudd, 87, respected Pearsall resident and county pioneer, died at her home Tuesday. Funeral plans await arrival of relatives. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Alice Speed of Fort Worth, Mrs. Henry Saul of New Mexico, and Mrs. Lee Henry of Pearsall.
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E. A Mudd
Surevivorg
Alice Speed
Fort Worth
Henry Saul
New Mexico
Lee Henry
Pearsall
Texas turkey crop rises to 3.836 million birds in 1943
The U S Department estimates Texas turkey production for 1943 at 3 836 000 birds, about three percent above last year, according to the U S agricultural rainfall service report.
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Austin
Texas
U. S
Demolition Delays Italian Advance In War News
In Italy near Bagratto a TNT blast blocked a road, halting Eighth Army guards for about 46 hours on the advance up the peninsula. German demolition slows, Italian troops report a shadow war with little real fighting since the mainland landing. British detachment captures 24 Germans in Baknara as townsfolk hide in tunnels.
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Sgilla
Italy
Bagrata
Eighth Army
RCH
Messina
Baknara
See
Japs Use New Fighter Planes in China War Report
Fourteenth U S Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault says Japan is deploying an improved Zero fighter with higher speed and diving ability, backed by 20 mm and 1 9 mm cannons. He notes new tactics and losses, and reports 512 sorties against Japanese targets across occupied China and into Indo China as US forces press offensive operations with Lightning fighters and Warhawks.
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U. S. Army Air Force
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Yanutze
Hakkow Loile
Indo-China
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Yunnan
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