German Surrender Opens Reich for Bombing Study Lesson
Washington reports that Germany will be used as a classroom for an advanced course in how to bomb Japan. Army experts will study German air campaigns over Europe to perfect future raids, aided by civilian engineers and scientists who will report to the army air forces.
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Eric Johnston Reveals Stalin Interview Highlights
Eric Johnston, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, describes a three hour Kremlin interview with Joseph Stalin in his Readers Digest article My Talk with Joseph Stalin October issue. Johnston says he believes it advisable to report highlights of the conference.
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Briton Refuses to Attack Le Havre in Letter
LONDON Sept 28 The Maidenhead Advertiser published a letter claiming Captain William Douvelns-Home and his family insisted he refused to attack Le Havre. He wrote he could not fight troops who did not want to fight or whose commander would not accept unconditional surrender. The letter, from Pas-de-Calais dated Sept 17, notes his return to the army to fight a war he no longer considers just.
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Speedy Comercial Airlines Forecast Speedy Comercial Airlines
KANBAS CITY Rept. 28 New York to London in five or six hours by jet propelled aircraft flying 600 miles an hour is envisioned by J. O. Pranklin vice president in charge of engineering for Transcontinental and Western Air incorporated We are just getting tarted on a brand new business hir 300 employes of the company at a conference here yesterday Within a few years we should be able to doubly the speed of planes.
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FFI Claims Taking 80,000 Prisoners in France
Paris Sept. 29 71 Pierre Villon head of the action committee of the French Forces of the Interior said in an interview the FFI had taken 80,000 prisoners in France. He estimated the organization numbers about 300,000 men and will be incorporated into the regular French army.
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Texas Flag well known to Japs at war front
Pvt Sherman Johnson of Bann Texas arrived at McCloskey General Hospital and said the Lone Star flag remains battle scarred yet flies with Old Glory in the Southwest Pacific. The 1st Cavalry veteran noted Texas and the 36th Division carried the flag into battles in France and beyond.
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Autopsy Ordered in Aimee McPherson Death in Oakland
Autopsy to be conducted on evangelist Sister Aimee McPherson at Oakland hospital to determine cause of death after she collapsed in a hotel room. Memorial service held as 1930s career and Venice beach disappearance saga are recalled. no indictment followed grand jury probe.
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Cultists Told Go On Relief Warned To Live Polygamously
A district court jury heard testimony from Mary Ford Petty about cult president John Bates Barlow instructing followers to rely on public relief and practice polygamy to support children. Other witnesses, including Cathryn Cosgrove, described polygamous life and resistance to manifesto teachings while tied to fundamentalist beliefs and the Mormon heritage.
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RAF Turns Britain Invasion Plans Into Wreckage
London dispatch details how the RAF disrupted Nazi invasion schemes in 1940. German barge concentrations along the English coast were bombed and shattered before any assault could launch. RAF strikes, with aerial bombers and fighters, reduced ships at Rotterdam, Antwerp, Boulogne, and other ports, with German losses estimated around 26,000 to 60,000.
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Plumbers Hall Hosts Texas Sanitary Engineers Meeting
The Texas Chapter of the American Society of Sanitary Engineers will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at the Master Plumbers' hall located at 246 Plum Street.
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South Texas Soldiers Reported Killed In Action In World War II
War department confirms 1627 total U S soldiers killed in action. South Texas names include Virgil Waters of Faltributor, Mrs. Virgie Walters. Fredric Neel Jr of Lockhart. Benjamin Randolph of San Antonio. Robert Clark of Laredo. Nathan Greenwood of La Grange. Jose Madrid of Presidio. Valentin Villarreal of Presidio. Jose Cantu of San Antonio. Alva Hawkins of Zavatia. Joseph Ley of Flatonia. Sames Rodgers of San Antonio. Wounded in action include Courtenay McAlpin of San Antonio and Jimm Orrick of San Antonio.
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Tether
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Zavatia
Pyl
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Deaths of 3 U S Generals Announced
Washington reports three U S generals died overseas and a fourth wounded. Brig Gen Edwin W Searby killed in action in France September 14 while commanding an infantry division. Brig Gen Walter G Layman died of a heart attack in Cheltenham England while commandant of the American shock center in Europe. Brig Gen Thomas A Roderick died September 1 in North Africa after illness. Brig Gen Laverne G Saladeya seriously injured in India when his plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
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