17 Apr 1941
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1941
Page
1
Reporter Edward W. Beattie describes a London night under incendiary bombs. Women fight fires with sand and mats as bombs blow out windows, collapse walls, and leave streets shattered. A crippled elderly woman is moved to safety, others gather possessions, share tea, and hang a British flag in the shelter.
The navy reports Ensign William R. Fleece of Fayette Missouri was killed in a Tuesday crash off Oahu Island Hawaii while piloting a patrol plane. A passenger parachuted to safety.
British Mediterranean fleet resumes operations locking North Africa to German reinforcements. They sank five merchantmen and three destroyers, signaling Berlin's jitters as Greek and Mediterranean actions unfold. With Greece uncertain, the fleet concentrates in the middle Mediterranean, threatening Axis supply lines to North Africa and strengthening Suez defenses.
Secretary Knox told the Senate defense committee that nearly every ship under construction was ahead of schedule and the navy would have a two ocean fleet at the earliest possible moment. He said pressure to deliver vital military capabilities left no time for reform debates and rejected criticism of contract delays.
A veteran executive argues that speed and accuracy come from choosing the right, capable specialist. He notes that if a task is urgent, people seek the one known to deliver quickly and correctly, and only when that expert is unavailable do they turn to a second option.
In Okeene on April 17 a five foot rattlesnake was caught after a plane voyageover Salt Creek canyon. Joe Durham and L B Irwin loaded the snake in the plane and it climbed into the cockpit. Irwin killed it with a camera tripod after the reptile caused a momentary lurch. Durham joked he would not miss the roundup Sunday. Federal defense spending is projected to average 900 million dollars per month in 1942.
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