Third Army Opens Louisiana War Games Front in Maneuvers
Alexandria reports opening of two week war games as General Krueger’s Third Army of 330,000 advances on the Second Army of 130,000 across a 150 mile front. Air forecasts suggest rain and reduced visibility, with armored divisions and air support ready for testing battle weapons and tactics.
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Louisiana
Liew. Geli
Walter Krueger
Krieger
Alexandria
Hell
Gulf of Mexico
Ger
Sen Lear
Third Army
Second Army
Three From Bexar in Next Draft Call
Chief Clerk Mary Lee Williamson of the Bexar county draft boards announced a twenty eighth draft call for October 20. The order lists boards 3 and 9 each sending one selectee to the hrep negra selection process.
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Bexar
Mary Lee Williamson
Bexar County
Hrep Negra
Red Army Takes Shreveport in Louisiana Advance
Red Second Army armor punched into Shreveport causing the Blue Third Army to retire southward after hostilities opened. The Red forces moved swiftly with limited resistance, reaching 20 miles deep on the enemy’s western flank by 10 a.m as the campaign expanded through the region.
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Louisiana
Red Second Army
Shreveport
Shreve-port
Lieut Jesse Lee Ordered to Duty in New Orleans
Lieut Jesse Lee of the Quartermaster corps has been ordered to active duty in New Orleans on September 19. He is the son of Mr and Mrs N Lee of this city and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. He also attended St Mary's University and for five years worked with his father in the wholesale grocery business.
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Jesse 2. Lee
Quartermaster Corps
New Orleans
Lee
3. N. Lee
Thomas Jefferson High School
St. Mary's University
General Pyron Assigned to Special Duty in Army HQ
Lake Charles report says Brig. Gen. Walter Pyron, who commanded the 11th Cavalry Brigade in Texas during recent maneuvers, has been assigned to special duty at army headquarters. No successor for Sickl Wax was announced.
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Lake Charles
Third Army
Walter Yron
11Th Cavalry Brigade
Texas
Taal Burning Case Probed By Deputies
Three men described as striking taxi drivers were questioned by deputy sheriffs Monday in connection with the burning of an Ivory Bick cab in Artesia on Sunday morning. Gilvert Vela said he picked up a passenger at the St Anthony hotel around midnight who ordered him to Artesia Road and then fled as five men in a car seized him. He was chased into a pasture and fired upon as the men took the taxi, which deputies later found burning by the roadside after responding to a complaint from Vela.
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Gilvert Velo
St. Anthony Hotel
Artesia Road
Vela
Ife
LaGuardia Faces Poll for Mayor
New York voters head to the polls as Mayor LaGuardia seeks a third term in a Republican primary against John Davies. He also runs as the American Labor candidate while William O'Dwyer faces no Democratic opposition in Brooklyn's district attorney race. Polls open from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.
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FH. LaGuerdia
John RB. Davies
Wational Republican Club
Tod
American Labor Party
Right Wine
Democratc
Byooklin
William O'Dwser
More Arrests in Bomb Theft Probe Ties to Army Sight
Additional arrests linked to the theft of an Army secret bomb sight component and $400 in gear from Duncan Held. Detective Capt. Fred Palmer said a part called a leveler and equipment valued at about $400 were recovered in Sweetwater and Greenville after the arrest of an 18 year old former employee. He is held for questioning at detective headquarters.
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Additiona
U. S Army
Duncan
San Antonio
Fred Palmer
Palmer
Sweetwater
Greenville
Police Auction Set for Tuesday
Auction of police property will be held at 10am Tuesday in the basement of detective headquarters. Announcement by Chief Aubrey Hopkins notes items include crutches, walking canes, cared goods, and dating articles.
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Aubrey Hopkins
Wales
S. A. Council Votes Appropriations
At a special meeting Monday the S A council approved funds from multiple sources. The generals fund received 3619435 for miscellaneous expenses, Vallita fund 3468.17 for Bolivar building supplies, advertising fund 400.80 for current expenses, and other allocations included 473.035 for airport expenses and 4049.18 for student-related expenditures.
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Generals
Lavallita
Bolivar
Stindoi
No Masterminds Operating Four Thieves Named
Police report four thieves involved in a break in at a San Antonio building, targeting a weighing machine in front of Navare free street. The incident occurred early Monday with a brief disruption and no cash recovered.
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San Antonio
Aia Loanay
Steel Operations Decline Slightly in Week
New York Sept 19. Operations in the steel industry this week rose to 91 percent of capacity, down 0.4 point from last week. A month ago the rate stood at 60.2 percent, with a slight drop noted in the latest weekly report from the American Tin and Steel Institute.
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New York
Wiet
Camp Wallace Contract Let For Officer’s Mess Building
Charles H K Ochle of Galveston is awarded a 15550 dollar contract for the construction of an Officer's mess building at Camp Wallace Texas. Col Edwin Dunstan announces the award through the Eighth Service Zone Port San Antonio FBI and army intelligence officers. Palmer says police expect to arrest two former roommates of the youth. Equipment and tools recovered were stored during May and June. The arrested youth had not worked at Duncan field for that same month. PBS agents took a lengthy statement from the prisoner Sunday night.
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Charles HK. Ochle
Galveston
Camp Wallace
Texas
Edwin ¥. Dunstan
Port Sam Hons
FBI
Army Inteligence
Palmer
Duncan Field
PBS
Ed Edwards gets three year term on burglary charges
After pleading guilty to burglary charges, Ed wards with no stated address was sentenced by Judge W W McCrory to three years in the state penitentiary. The terms run concurrently with two other indictments alleging burglary at homes on Magnolia Avenue and Clower Avenue. Jack Harkreader received a three year suspended sentence after pleading guilty in a robbery by assault case against Richard Bradshaw on C Street.
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Guy
Edwards
W.W. McCrory
Criminel District ‘Court
A. A. Phillips
Magnolia Avenue
Fritz ‘Wedeman
Clower Avenue
Jack Hark- Reader
Richard Bradshaw
C Street
Third Army imposes tight vice control amid maneuvers in Louisiana
Officers report aggressive actions against gambling and disorder in western Louisiana as 330,000 Third Army troops prepare to advance on 150,000 adversaries. State police captain B Q Yeti says gambling has been nearly wiped out, with 165000 dollars in gambling equipment seized in Lake Charles. Army medical staff note 650 soldier patients in three area hospitals and 27 deaths from traffic accidents since mid August, plus 13 deaths from electrocution and drowning.
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Uhis
Louisiana
B. Q. Yeti
Pras
Taxteabett ‘Veldenl
Lake Charles
Third
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