Murder in Ferry Command chapter XI Passionate pursuit unfolds
Investigator Clyde Dawson tracks Carole Fiske after a dramatic clash at the Nova Scotian Hotel. A raid hints at a nationwide spy network tied to Ferry Command, while Dexel’s confession and a sudden RCMP interception escalate the chase toward St John’s Newfoundland.
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Clyde Dawson
Carole Fiske
Dawson
Paul Dexel
Darwin
Newfoundland
Dexel
Bureau
Real Bureau
Dorval
Trark
Med
Fiske
War Supplies Department
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dominion Intelligence
S. S. Fort Glengarry
Halifax
Nova Scotian
St. John's
Chicago
Wednesday Club Updates and Local Announcements
The Hope chapter of the Business and Professional Women’s club hosted a martini style dinner meeting at the Barlow with Miss Beryl Henry presiding. A White Elephant sale is planned for August, and a program on Famous American Women was presented by Mrs. Aline Johnson. Mrs. Ruby McKee spoke on Alma Heflin of West Pilot and Zuella Collier discussed Mrs. Olivia Hobby and the W. A. A. C. The war debate by Dorothy Thompson was summarized by Miss Jean Laseter. Also noted were marriages, arrivals, and a birth. Personal mentions include James S. Conway Jr. being promoted to staff sergeant at Lincoln Air Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline Johnson
Beryl Henry
Hope
Business Tod Professional Women's Club
Barlow
Ruby McKee
Alma Heflin
West
Zuella Collier
Olivia Hobby
Dorothy Thompson
Jean Laseter
Alverne O'Sheen
WAAC Finds Men Scarce in Des Moines Training School
Des Moines reports speak to dating limits for WAAC officer candidates at Fort Des Moines. With few eligible men due to Selective Service, the women face a dateless period as they await commissioning. Rules deter dating soldiers off base and restrict close acquaintances with commissioned men. The piece notes the social imbalance and the army’s stance on dating between ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Wiese
Des Moines
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Army
Ins
Fort Des Moines
Waacs
WAAC
Coming and Going in City Social Roundup
Miss Mary Delian Carrigan returns from a visit with VR Warren and Little Rock friends. Li and Mrs Duffie Day Booth of Lake Fielks Arizona stay in the city with relatives. Conway Tidwell and mother Mrs L H Tidwell visit from Dallas. Mr and Mrs Monroe Scaggins visit from Texarkana. Mr and Mrs Rogers and Miss Mann from Searcy stay with W N Mann and Mrs Mann. Miss Mary Ethel Perkins hosts Marianna Davis and Mabel Mouser. W E Jones and D B Breeding visit Waco Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Delian Carrigan
VR Warren
Little Rock
U- Li
Mrs. Duffie Day Booth
Lake Fielks, Arizona
Mrs. Monroe Scaggins
Texarkana
Mary Ethel Perkins
Marianna Davis
Pine Bluff
Mabel Mouser
Stamps
Afm
World Briefs From Allied and Axis War Updates
Berlin reports seven German submarines sunk 38,000 tons of shipping from a convoy bound for Africa. Lima notes a strong Lima tremor at 4 01 am with no damage. Montevideo cites Argentina refusing convoying merchant ships after Washington suggestion. New Delhi says RAP bombarded Akyab port in Burma. London reports Axis freighter and escorts damaged and a Royal Navy loss near the French coast. London notes OSS head arrived to direct U S operations. London Greek premier claims 1000 Greeks die daily from starvation amid wheat dispute. Vichy dispatches say Syrian insurgents cut Mosul oil lines toward Tripoli and Haifa. Lourenco Marques says Gripsholm exchanged 1087 Japanese Thai nationals for Western Hemisphere and Canada. Vichy order bars Jews from many public places in occupied France.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Broadeagts
High Command
Azores
Africa
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Gripsholm
United States
Canada
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Vichy
France
Miude
Cargo Planes and Air Transport to Aid World War Effort
Aviation News Summary: cargo planes slated to play a major role in World War II logistics. US Army Air Transport Command under Brig. Gen. Harold L. George directs a global stream of bombers and cargo aircraft across continents to supply UN forces. Douglas, Lockheed, Curtiss, Vought-Sikorsky, and Grumman develop large cargo and troop carriers. Mars flying boat tested as potential long-range transport. Comdr. Schildhauer notes Mars as essential to future supply lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviation
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Washington
United Nations
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
Harold Ll. George
Air Transport Command
Britain
Auchinleck
Rommel
Douglas
Navy
Glenn L. Martin Company
Clarence H. Schildhauer
Naval Air Transport Service
Four Europeans Executed by Germans in Belgium
Dispatches report that last week German firing squads executed four Frenchmen a Belgian and a Pole in Belgium for killing a German soldier. Travelers from Beirut said Syria's stores and slips were closed since July 17 in a general merchants strike over bread and flour prices, with major cities involved and some disorders reported.
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Vichy
France
Belgium
Ankara
Beirut
Syria
Protection for Three Children in Georgia Pathetic Punishment
Scottdale Ga July 21 Three small children were placed in a juvenile detention home after Police Chief J T Dailey said they were found chained by a 30 foot log in the backyard as punishment for taking 20 or 25 cents The father Archer Burney claimed the method was to prevent further mischief and to force a confession after none would admit who took the money The Burneys and a wife were involved in the incident and the children were rescued by authorities with the report noting the brutal parental discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottdale
J.T. Dailey
Archer R. Burney
Burney
Executive Strategy Typist and Boss Clash Over Message
A witty exchange shows a secretary reporting a wife’s desire to kiss by phone, while the boss instructs to take the message and deliver it later, hinting at workplace secrecy and miscommunication.
County asks for 1000 dollar China relief aid
Hempstead county requests a 1000 dollar contribution as its quota for the United China Relief drive announced by County Chairman John D. Barlow. He named a large advisory committee and outlined how funds and supplies are moving to China despite military disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
China
Hempstead
United China Relief
John DB. Barlow
Foreign Born Americans Wanted for Radio Work
The Department of Agriculture assists Colonel Donovan in sourcing news stories suitable for translation and short wave transmission to Europe. German Italian French Scandinavian and Japanese stories are needed first, with native born Dutch Polish Slovak Norwegian Spanish Greek and Turkish transcriptions as a secondary preference. Russian transcriptions planned later.
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Department of Agriculture
Donovan
Europe
Eange
Room 223
Federal
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Fort Bragg
California
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Melvyn [. Crohin
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Hope High School
Phitlips
C. W. Walker
Tommin Brumfield
James Thomas
James S. Conway Jr
Lincoln, Neb Air Base
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Wosfe
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Ark
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Ie Old Rogers
Nefee
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Searcy’ S
W. E. Jones
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Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Ginger Rogers
George Montgomery
Roxie Hart
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Serrie Sue
World Briefs
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Chamber of Deputies
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Burma
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Joan Bennett
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Arlene Whelan
A. D. Burney
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C. C. Spragins
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Georgia Haynes
Frank Howson
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Lyman Armstrong
Walter Verhalen, Jr
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