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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1944
Page
8
A fragmented notebook of social observations and vignettes touches on a dizzy blonde at a market errand, wedding tales, and wartime life. It includes reflections on dining prices, bachelor soldiers, and WAC prospects, with scattered names such as Cleopatra and Cecil DeMille peeking through.
A war diary recounts a Marine in the Tinian operation who warned an enemy fighter to refrain from harm. In the ensuing close encounter, Butler’s bayonet threat startled the foe, and moments later Amagi's weaponry struck, ending the engagement.
In Suanauuaeo Mexico BC a group of 14 silver miners were rescued yesterday by volunteer crews after a collapse trapped them underground. They carried water and some wore improvised gear while awaiting rescue.
Lawler, a real estate man of one armed description, was shot four times by an assailant at Nogallins tavern in Cotulla. Police say the suspect fled after a struggle, and Lawler’s body was found later Sunday, with his wife reportedly seen with the rider earlier that evening. The motive remains under investigation as authorities question witnesses and review the locale for further clues.
Don Foley sits alone as fear tightens, reading Joyce while a planned trip to the country looms. He pockets cash, contemplates action, and previews a final break as October chill sets in, with a note hinting the tale continues tomorrow.
An anonymous foreign observer comments on American political theater, noting conventions and campaigns as spectacle. It discusses Dewey and Roosevelt, contemplates gender roles in campaigns, and muses on public perception of candidates and spouses in a period tone.
Questioning of jurors for the polygamy case proceeds with 26 of 66 prospective jurors examined. District Judge Bronson disqualifies one Mormon church official and defense objects to Mormon jurors. Many potential jurors are challenged or excused due to familiarity with defendants or other reasons as trial preparation continues.
Washington dispatch outlines veterans benefits including readjustment pay up to 8300, home or farm loans up to 200, pensions for dependents, and unemployment support. It notes job placement and legal aid provisions, with emphasis on postwar readjustment needs and ongoing government programs.
Ad claims BC formula relieves agonizing headaches neuralgic pains and muscular aches as a sedative for simple nervousness. Promotes quick relief with 10 and 25 cent sizes and urges use as directed and physician consultation if pains persist.
Allied air command disclosed that over 5000 tons of guns ammunition and other supplies had been flown to Yugoslav Partisans and other Balkan patriots over two years. Secret landing grounds paratroop drops from the Middle East began in 1942 with Halifaxes and Stukas countered by RAF air crews, enabling a steady nightly flow of arms equipment and food to partisan forces in Greece Albania and other southern European countries.
GLENVIEW Sept. 25 (INS) Lieut. G. by James W. Ennis, 25, a primary felt instructor at Glenview Naval Air Station and brother of Skinney Enns, orchestra leader and vocalist on the Bob HopeGap show, was killed today when his plane crashed seven miles east of Fighting Wings. Officials announced the tragedy as the Hope troupe prepared in Chicago for a war fund campaign show. The brother’s death came as medical personnel notified him of the loss before he appeared in the event.
Stockholm report says Finnish forces captured Haukipados and Pulkka from German troops in northern Finland as air operations pressed Nazis from Lapland. Helsinki dispatch notes slow but steady advance exploiting minefields and retreats, with Soviet armistice commission in Helsinki hotels and Finns weighing terms with Russia. The Swedish correspondent cites cautious optimism for German expulsion within weeks without Russian help.
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