Fifth Army presses toward Futa Pass in Gothic Line push
Fifth Army forces near Futa Pass northeast of Florence drive toward the Gothic Line as the pass defences stiffen. Allied air forces pound Bologna rail yards and targets along the front while 2nd Lt Miguel M Garcia, son of Saspramco residents, shoots down two German planes and earns the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters after 45 missions.
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Rome
Pilth
Florence
Futa Pass
Italy
Cassino
Adriatic
Corlane-San Savino
Fifth Army
Cerlamacca Canal
Flororea
Sieve River
Fufa
Gothic Line
Bologna
de Po Val Jay
Mediterranean
Allied Air
Oak Leaf Cluster Honors for Local Service Members
S A Sergeant Awarded Oak Leaf Cluster Set. Joe F Hernandez son of Margarita Hernandez 317 Oak Street has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in Nay mandy July 4. Staff Spt Gilbert Esquivel parents reside 163 Wingate Ave flew 77 combat missions as Marauder gunner in European theater and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 19 oak leaf clusters. Alvis Conway former San Antonio radio repairman son of John M Conway Ladonta presented an Oak Leaf Cluster in Air Medal for combat service over Europe 3 gunner on Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress. Tech S osp Homer McClure 20 former aircraft mechanic at Duncan Field awarded second Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal for combat missions over Europe as radio operator gunner on Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress. First Sgt Thomas C Mallow husband of Loucenda A Mallow 527 Calaveras Street awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns. led ammunition deliveries and directed a defense at an outpost and manned a machine gun point.
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Miguel M. Garcia
Anableto Garcia
Saspramco
Europe
Walst
Joe F. Hernandez
Margarita Hernandez
Oak Street
Naymandy
Sergeant Hernandez
Gilbert E. Esquivel
Wingate Avenue
Air Merial
Miami Beach
Fla
Alvis Conway
San Antonio
John M. Conway
Ladonta
Homer
McClure
Duncan Field
Thomas C. Mallow
Loucenda A. Mallow
Calaveras Street
II Corps
Fifth Army
Malingy
Jap War to Call for More Cargo Planes
Chicago report on after war needs outlines production plans for C-54 Skymaster cargo aircraft. President Douglas told workers the plant would boost output, likely doubling, to supply airlift for Europe reconstruction, return of forces, and postwar commerce.
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Chicago
Produssion
Bir
Atramil
Germany
Gays
Donald W. Douglas
Douglas
Japan
Europe
Destitute divorcee leaves 59215 estate in Chicago
Ada Faaik Skoog divorced from John A. Skong after 34 years of marriage was awarded half of his 2420 savings as she claimed destitution. She died leaving an estate of 59215 with nothing to her former husband and one to a daughter, while a brother in Sweden and institutions shared the rest. Skong filed in superior court seeking 240000 from the estate as earnings from their married life.
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Ghicago
Ada Faaik Skoog
John A. Skong
Sweden
Skoog
Sun
Red Balkan Army Leader Promoted to Marshal
MOSCOW Sept 1 14 Gen Feodor Tolbukhin commander of Red forces that occupied Bulgaria named a marshal of the Soviet Union. The decision followed the recent elevation of Rodchen Malinovsky who shared credit for the Balkan campaign. LONDON Sept 13 Count Yorinaya Matsudaira aged 64 president of the Japanese house of peers since 1870 died today Berlin broadcast said
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Moscow
Feodor ‘Tolbukhin
Red
Bulgaria
Rodlen Malinovsky
Balkan
Aegate
Dirs
London
Yorinaya Matsudaira
House of Peers
Berlin
Tito Closing In On Nazis in Yugoslav Campaign
New York dispatch reports official communique that Tito’s Partisans occupy Kayari in Macedonia, cutting toward the Vardar valley as they close on Nazi forces. Tito claims major parts of Macedonian territory liberated and battles ongoing against German holdouts near Pri Jep, Kryseya Bron, and Grahaye.
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New York
Soph
Kayari
Sxapiie
Vardar-Mocava
Greece
Earller
Tito
Sigarla Agrass
Pri Jep
Kryseya Bron
Marcedonia
Grahaye
Provines
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San Antonina
James W. Knight
Sacramento Street
W. W. Knight
S.A
Sgt
Joe F, Hernandez
Morey
Morris Plan Bank
Broadway
Tic Bank
PEI DerAsiy Insiranch Corporation
Red Balkan Army
Flannelette
Hutton Trant
Waitt & Mary—oaeement
Woltz & Marx
Wolff & Marx—taremend
California
Navy
Wolff & Marx—tusement
Wollt & Marx—Basement
Wollf & Marx
Weltt & Marx—Havement
Sun-tan
Poplin
Daalers
Wollf & Marx—Basement
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