Drum Succeeds as First Army Commander in Army Shakeup
Washington announces a triple shift in senior generals. Lieut Gen Hugh A Drum relinquishes command of the First Army and eastern defense to become chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board. Maj Gen George Grunert named deputy commander of the eastern defense command and First Army, responsible for security of 55 million along the eastern seaboard. Embick moves to a key undisclosed post. The Inter-American Board includes 21 American republics and shapes hemispheric defense measures.
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Washington
War of Today
Hugh A. Drum
First Army
Eastern Defense Command
inter-American Defense Board
Stanley D. Embick
inter-American Board
George Grunert
New York
Drum
Grunert
Army Service Forces
White Haven
Army
Cavalry
France
Philippine Division
Philippine Department
Sixth Army Corps
Sixth Service Command
Chicago
North
Africa
Fort Brady
Mich
Regular Army
San Juan
Cuba
John J. Pershing
Marshal Foch
Puerto Rico
Embrick
War Plans Division
General Staff
Third Army
Canadian-American Defense Board
Appling Slips From Leading Batting Post
NEW YORK August 24 Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals leads the National League hitters as Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox slips from the American League lead. Dick Wakefield Detroit rises to top the AL. Guy Cartright also slips while Billy Herman of Brooklyn remains second in the NL.
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New York
Stan Musia
St. Louis Cardinals
Luke Appling
Chicago White Sox
Appling
Dick Wakefield
Detroit
Flying Tiger
Guy Cartright
Billy Herman
Brooklyn
Musial
German
Vitek
Aughan
Cooper
St. Louis
Hiatt
Pittsburgh
Boston
Lakefield
Ppling
Chicago
Artright
Inason
Pekett
Cleveland
Lephens
Tamer
Ork
iIberson
Band Leaders To Ranchers Men Of Many Types Are Flying U. S. Transports
Allied North Africa dispatch profiles Air Transport Command crews revealing a cross section of American life. The piece spotlights diverse ATC personnel from Broadway musicians to Marines veterans, pilots, navigators and maintenance staff, sharing experiences across Africa, Brazil, and the United States.
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U. S
Allied
North Africa
INS
War Department
Air Transport Command
America
U. S. Army Air Forces
ATC
USAAF
U. S. Marines
United States
Lester Barron
West 75Th Street
New York
Lee Barron
Lee
Senegal
Miami
Fla
States
Middle East
Africa
South Ameri
Flying Crew Tales From the Ocean Flight
Jimmy Hatle recounts a voyage with Clyde Ellis a 14 year old school quitter turned aviation prodigy. The crew included Captain Billings from Portland and pilot Billings, co-pilot Bob Crane from Chicago now in Seattle, flight engineer Bernard Sherwood of Salt Lake City, radio operator George Murdovich from Kee-watin, and navigator J W Robertson of Miami.
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Frank Leslie Miller
Clyde Ellis
Embray-Riddle
Miami
Pan-American Ferries
Air Corps
ATC
Ocean
Billings
Portland
Coral Gables
Fla
Bob Crane
Chicago
Seattle
Washington
University of Washington
Bernard L. Sherwood
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Murdovich
Keewatin, Minn
J. W. Robertson
Miami, Fla
Holds Back Germans As Pals Escape At An American Hospital
An American hospital in England recounts Douglas Packham a 26 year old London mill hand and Tunisian veteran. He describes wartime action near Green Hill Tunisia where his platoon was cut off and he held off German troops while others escaped. He was captured later after bayonets pressed into his back and recalls the Nazis taking his food. The story notes ancient rocks found in the Grand Canyon.
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England
INS
Douglas Packham
London Mill
Packham
Royal Weskins
University of Michigan
Sweden Fears Allies Will Make Invasion Of Norway
London reports quote General Falkenhorst appealing to German troops in Norway to avoid deser tion as Sweden faces border controls and Oslo garrison growth. Svenska Morgenbladet notes Norway coast and frontiers sealed, communications cut, and strict ship inspections with German penalties for noncompliance.
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Sweden
Norway
Lowell Bennett
INS
London
Oslo
Stockholm
Falkenhorst
Svenska Morgenbladet
Preliminary Crossword Grid From August High Point Page
Pictured early American president and other clues fill a horizontal puzzle on the Aug 24 High Point Enterprise page P-3. The snippet lists numbers and short clues such as 13 One 14 Preposition 15 Thrash 16 Of the thing 17 Nova Scotia abbr 18 Short jacket 19 Tardy 20 About 21 Two and origin 23 Note in Guido's set 24 Came into view 26 Greek letter 27 New Latin abbr 29 South Latin abbr 30 New Guinea seaport 31 Doctor of Sci ence abbr 32 Near 33 Is Fr 35 Yes Sp 37 Lord abbr 38 Suffix 39 Symbol for a a ea.
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Nova Scotia
Guido
New
Guine Seaport
German strength around Oslo linked to Norway invasion risk
A wartime report notes a major German buildup around Oslo with over 150,000 troops and an expansive mobile reserve. It describes housing strain from officers families and new barracks near the city as neutral Sweden grapples with a possible Allied invasion, citing Icelandic estimates of Allied forces and warning of a risky Swedish position.
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Teliel
Oslo
Sweden
Norway
Iceland
Allehanda
Poker Basics and Miscellaneous Quiz Answers
A concise set of trivia like poker outcomes when hands tie exactly. Jose Capablanca, the Cuban chess champion. Salic Law excluding women from succession. war bond costs for weapons. Viscountess Astor fined in London. father and son Schaeffer billiard champs. roux as a thickener. coffee shrub yield averaging a pound per bush. Yale and Gutenberg Bible vault. vitamin G in milk destroyed by sunlight.
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London
Viscountess Astor
M. P
Jake Schaeffer
Jake” Schaeffer
Pepperell widow Irene Leary top WW II volunteer worker claim
Irene Leary 45 of Pepperell is hailed as a leading World War II volunteer worker. She serves as town clerk and chairs the Pepperell Civilian Defense Women’s division, is secretary of the town public safety committee, a first lieutenant in the Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps, chief observer of air raid warden service, a Ford Devens hostess, and a four time Red Cross blood donor in 18 months. North Carolina accounts for 70 percent of U.S. cigarette consumption.
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War Services Committee
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Red Cross
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Marty Sobel
Capt
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University of California
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William
Tex) Butler
Kilgore
Tex
Washington, D. C
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Texas
Tex Butler
Elliott Billings
Norwich University
ROTC
Ernest N. Harmoney
Lieut
Frank Hoke Miller, Jr
East
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Tenn
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Nicaragua
Persia
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Jimmy Hatle
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Tunisia
Grand Canyon
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Ae Q
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