U S Navy Backs Policy With Mediterranean Presence
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal announced U S naval forces remain in the Mediterranean to support American foreign policy. The carrier Franklin D Roosevelt will be replaced when withdrawn. The move backs Turkey and Greece amid Dardanelles and regional tensions while aiming for peaceful Trieste settlement.
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Wasiington
Forrestal
U. S
Mediterranean
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Turkey
King Demands Retraction Over Canal Project Critique
Admiral Ernest J King urged the wartime Joint Chiefs of Staff to publicly retract a September report that credited him with recommending completing a $134,000,000 oil highway project in Canada despite Secretary of the Navy Knox's opposition. He called the claim technically incorrect and morally unjust, urging justice and fair play in the inquiry.
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Washington
Ernest J King
Senare War Investigating Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
King
Naval Operations
Army and Swivy
Canada
Pensions Return To Indian Wars Heritage
Washington reports the Veterans Administration paying about 9 million dollars monthly in compensation and pensions to over 2.1 million veterans. Included are veterans whose service dates reach back to Indian campaigns, with about a tenth of the total being World War III veterans with service connected disabilities.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
County Judges Convene in Los Angeles for Annual Convention
County judges and commissioners plan their annual gathering in Los Angeles with San Antonio hosting as the December event. The County Commissioners’ court accepted an invitation from W L Holder, president of the Texas Railroad Tax Commissioners’ association, to attend a dinner as part of the convention’s entertainment.
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San Antonio
Wll
County Judges and Commissioners’ Association
County Commissioners’ Court
W. L. Holder
Texas Railroad Tax Commissioners’ Association
Lewis Recovering at Washington Hospital After Surgery
John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers is reported in very fond condition following an appendectomy performed last Friday. The ailing labor leader is under care in Washington with medical staff optimistic about a swift recovery.
Army Transport Sinks After Hitting Lodge in Grenville Channel
The U S army transport Brig Gen Zalinski struck a lodge and sank in Grenville Channel about 55 miles south of Prince Rupert B C The vessel carried no passengers and crew were saved Flood levels at Goliad up to 45 feet and Falls City reached 46 feet with extensive property damage and no loss of life reported Falls City highway to San Antonio was impassable as the flood receded Monday officials said no rain forecast for Monday
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Seattle
Sept
U. S. Army
Zalinski
Grenville Channel
Prince Rupert
B.C
Flootwater
San Antonio
Elevator stalls with Goering during Nuremberg trial
At Nuremberg a guarded elevator failed to run on schedule, delaying Hermann Goering and several defendants as they were moved from cells to the courtroom for the summary reading. Earlier, half the defendants were still in court when the elevator broke down. Shortly after, Gen. Alfred Jodl fainted as the international military tribunal read his judgment.
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Mernberg
Hermann Goering
U. S. Army Guard
Alfred Jodl
Mainal
Sun Spots Halt Briefing as Tribunal Opens Findings
After ten months of good behavior radio communications failed just as the international military tribunal began announcing its findings. A lengthy 5000 word summary and a 100,009 word judgment were reported. Sunspots disrupted reception abroad and caused a rush of press copy via telegraph offsets.
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Merngerg
International Military Tribunal
Wife Slayer Found Dead In Tourists Cabin
J B Chew 41 held on bond for murder of wife Mrs Jane Chew former Wilton County sheriff was found dead Sunday in a tourist cabin on Fredericksburg road most likely of natural causes. He had been in city jail after a prior suicide attempt. Autopsy ordered by Justice Geraghty. Chew reportedly lived at the courts since September 17 and was not seen since Friday night.
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J.B. Chew
Fredericksburg Road
Chew
Jane Chew
Wilton County
J. B. Parks
Htoutist Park
John F. Geraghty
Five-Cent Air Mail Stamp Takes Effect Tonight
Washington reports the five cent air mail stamp becomes valid at midnight with Cael Sullivan, second assistant postmaster general, predicting the first batch will spur a more than fourfold rise in commercial aircraft by 1948.
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Washington
Cael Sullivan
Marine planes fly cholera vaccine to Chinese city
Shanghai dispatch reports Watson planes delivering nearly one ton of cholera vaccine from Tsingtao to Lini, capital of Shangdiang region in Shangiung province, to combat a cholera epidemic.
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Shanghai
Watson
Tsingtao
Lini
Shangiung
Partly cloudy forecast for Monday and Tuesday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Monday after noon and night and Tuesday with continued coolness. Maximum temperatures are 80 Monday and 82 Tuesday, with Tuesday low at 64. Sunday's high was 78 and Monday low 66.
Eisenhower Sees Growing International Co operation in Germany
Berlin dispatch reports General Eisenhower urging optimism about postwar international cooperation. He notes progress in German economic unity, and approval of Germans running their own affairs under military supervision as dividends. Lt General Lee cites plans changes on visits to Austria and Italy.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
Germany
John C.H. Lee
U. S
Mediterranean
Austria
Italy
Vienna
Allied Central Council
Nelds
Hie
County Honors William F Brogan In Official Resolution
County Commissioners court on Monday ordered a resolution to honor the life of William F Brogan a veterans newspaper man and law enforcement officer who died September 26 at his home 216 Peck avenue.
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County Commissioners Court
William F. Brogan
Veterans
Brogan
Peck Avenue
U S Protests Again to Slavs
The United States government filed a formal protest to Yugoslavia over alleged disregard of Allied military regulations in Trieste and propaganda. Undersecretary Will Clayton said American sanitary authorities in Venezia Giulia detained six Yugoslav soldiers on September 9 for carrying hand grenades hidden in their clothing. they have since been released.
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Waanincton
United States
Toflay
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Will Clayton
State Department
Venezia Giulia
Brain Doctor In Coma Case Takes Charge in San Francisco
In San Francisco Dr. Howard Naffaiger, a noted surgeon, took over supervision of Rhoda Wenger, a 22 year old mother in a coma for 10 months. Wenger, who gave birth to a daughter four months ago in Allentown, Pa, was flown to California last week by army plane and admitted to the University of California Hospital.
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Rhoda Wenger
San Francisco
Ina
Howard Naffaiger
Jain
Agho
Allentown
San Franciso
University of California Hospital
Livestock Markets See Large Movements Nationwide
Livestock moved toward terminal markets in large numbers signaling a potential meat price improvement within weeks. Cattle sales outpaced last week with strong lines in Omaha, Sioux City, Kansas City, St. Paul, and Denver as markets anticipated retail effects.
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Chigago
Sept
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minn
Denver
Colo
Two More Polio Cases Reported in San Antonio
Two more polio cases raise San Antonio total to 101 since last May. An 8-year-old girl on North Hackberry and a 28 year-old woman on Hicks Avenue, both in iron lungs at Robert B. Green Hospital, are the new victims. one prior case was removed from records.
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San Antonio
North Hackberry Street
Hicks Avenue
Robert B. Green Hospital
Burglars steal $50,000 from bank night depository
An official of Merchants Trust company said burglars cut into a night depository and escaped with about $50,000 in cash and checks. The theft occurred early yesterday in Hy Bank, New Hampshire, with authorities investigating the break in.
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Hy Bank
Merchants ‘Trust Company
Offer Refused Leads to Robbery at City Cross Street
Mrs. Catrin Dugan of 302 East Hart Street refused a stranger’s offer to escort her across the street at Soledad and Houston streets. He snatched her purse containing $3 and fled.
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Catrin Dugan
East Hart Street
Soledad
Houston
Legion Backs Byrnes Policy At National Convention
At the American Legion national convention strong foreign policy declarations were made as veterans debated power between World War I and II factions. The executive committee backed Secretary Byrnes, and a rump session of World War II veterans supported sending a seven member committee to trouble spots for on site survey.
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American Legion National Convention
Veterans’ Organization
Market Street
Legion
Aioi Srume
Byrnes
Nazi leaders face death as war crime verdict issued
The international tribunal in Nuremberg declares conspiracy to wage aggressive war a crime and convicts the SS SD Gestapo while acquitting the German general staff high command and the cabinet. Goering and Keitel foresee death. Hess and others show grim reactions as judges outline overwhelming evidence across multiple counts.
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Mernberg
Germany
International Military Tribunel
Nazi Germany
General Staff
High Command
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Joachim von Ribbentroyg
Sevler Nazi Party
Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Hjalmar Schacht
Gestapo
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Jen Kauer
Erich Raeder
Stu Dog
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