Ship Sinkings Now Total 324 in World War II News
The Associated Press reports five more ship sinkings confirmed this week, bringing total Allied and neutral vessel losses to 324 in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. Sentries note eight American vessels sunk in the eastern Pacific to date.
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Vast federal subsidies proposed to aid price ceilings
Price Administrator Leon Henderson and Secretary Wickard recommended to Congress an informal plan to buy farm products and materials and resell at a loss to businesses facing price ceilings. The scheme aims to keep retailers afloat by covering higher wholesale costs, with projected government costs estimated between 300 and 400 million dollars. Rep Cannon described the sums as colossal amid jammed fiscal-year deadlines and unfinished appropriation bills.
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Missouri
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British Hold Line Hope Amid Rommel Drive Near El Daba
British forces report slowed enemy advance and a defensible line from El Daba toward the Qattara depression. Rommel’s offensive strains communications as Cairo and the Suez Canal loom. American air help and fresh troops, including New Zealanders, bolster resistance while defenders insist they can win.
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Qattara
Alexandria
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Suez Canal
Soldiers Escape After Sentry Beating at Fort Crockett
Four privates escaped from Fort Crockett guardhouse after beating a sentry and seizing a government shotgun. An intensive search by military and civilian police continued around Galveston including the causeway. Private Maxwell was hospitalized for injuries. the fugitives face assault and theft charges. Also, Inland Steel founder Philip D Block dies in Chicago at 71.
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U.P
Fort Crockett
Galveston Causeway
James FE. Thomas
Arthur Maxwell
Army
Maxwell
Inland Steel
Chicago
Philip D. Block
Inland Steel Company
Presbyterian Hospital
Scouts Complete Rubber Campaign In Amarillo Drive
Scouts finish a two week salvage rubber collection in Amarillo with about 9000 pounds gathered. They collected small items like worn-out hot water bottles and rubber gloves before making a final round this afternoon to report results. Jackie Coogan visits Plainview for training as a private in the Fourth Army air force glider pilot detachment.
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Jackie Coogan
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Fourth Army Air Force
MacArthur Awarded Medal of Honor in Simple Ceremony
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports General Douglas MacArthur received the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor and leadership in the Philippines campaign. The ceremony was attended only by his immediate staff as United States Minister Nelson T. Johnson presented the decoration.
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Southwest Pacific
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
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