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Ticket to Hell. The President had expressed himself as aghast; he made the announcement suddenly, from a train-stop at Corpus Christi, Tex., "with a feeling of deepest horror...
Next day, on the 107th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, in which Sam Houston had trounced the Mexicans and assured Texas' independence, Avila Camacho returned the visit by accompanying Franklin Roosevelt to Corpus Christi. After Avila Camacho left, Franklin Roosevelt's movements, free of military censorship for 24 hours, were again shrouded in secrecy...
...days, "Hands Off America." Following his return from the World War, Chaplain Landing completer his theological training at the Catholic University in Washington and at St. Meinrad's Seminary of the Benedictine order in Indiana. Upon his ordination in 1924, he began his ministry in the diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, ultimately becoming chancellor to the bishop and pastor of gigantic St. Peter's Church, Laredo, where his interest in education has found expression in the founding of a parochial school and a convent academy, both accredited to the University of Texas. For the past ten years, prior...
Cinemactor Robert Taylor, 31, amateur flyer, joined the Naval Air Force in Los Angeles as a junior grade lieutenant, to train at Corpus Christi...
...Brown brothers started in the construction business (Colorado River Mansfield Dam and Corpus Christi Naval Air Station). In mid-1941 came a lucky accident: the Browns heard that a small Houston shipyard was going to lose its subchaser contract because of money troubles. They asked for the job and got it. Within six months the Browns bought and cleared a 156-acre tract, built a small shipyard of secondhand materials, rounded up a working force, purchased supplies and parts and launched the first subchaser. The Navy promptly gave the Browns more subchaser orders plus a contract for a medium-sized...