Parche Submarine's Brilliant Night Surface Attack
Pearl Harbor report details Commander Ramage of the Parche leading a night surface attack south of Formosa. The submarine fired 19 torpedoes in 46 minutes, scored 15 hits, sinking a Japanese convoy ship and damaging others as escorts closed in. Ramage and McCrory recount the dramatic action and close encounters with enemy warships.
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Pearl Harbor
Ander Lawson P
Comander Ramage
New London
Ramage
W. W. McCrory
Carlisle
J. M. Holleran
Mars
Holleran
McCrory
Formosa
Ion
Battle at sea near Saas loess with Japanese escorts
A wartime convoy action describes torpedo salvos and evasive maneuvers as the ship Parche engages a Japanese transport and escorts. The transport is forced to halt and later sinks after additional torpedoes, while the crew celebrates narrowly avoiding a ram.
Train strikes trailer tractor. three die near Milwaukee
Grafton Wisconsin reports a father George Sorenson 39 his son Lynn 8 and Bert Christensen 44 were killed when a trailer tractor was struck by the Chippewa passenger train at a crossing near Milwaukee. the truck jackknifed and overturned. Passengers on the train were uninjured. In Washington Senator La Follette assailed the Dumbarton Oaks plan as a gilded facade for an old style military alliance criticizing Russia Britain and France and urging a charter of basic principles and non totalitarianism.
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THE
LA Crosse Tribune
Leslie Turner
Grafton
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Ozaukee County
Milwaukee
George Sorenson
Rt. 4
Kenosha
Bert Christensen
Kenosha County
Sorenson
Lynn Christensen
Bert
Plymouth
Washington
Sen. la Follette
Dumbarton Oaks
Wisconsin
Big Five
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
France
Driver Dies in Milwaukee Car Crash on Highway 41
Edward Peplinski, 42, of Lake, Wisconsin, died Tuesday after his car was struck from behind on Highway 41. His vehicle overturned and he was thrown from the car.
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Milwaukee
Edward Peplinski
Town of Lake
Highway 41
Republican National Committee Chief to Speak at Madison Dinner
Bert Brownell Jr., RNC chairman, will speak at a testimonial dinner in Madison honoring Thomas E. Coleman, Madison Republican voluntary committee chair. The event coincides with the state legislature’s Tuesday night caucus and is sponsored by Dane county Republicans.
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Madison
Wis
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Coleman
Republican Voluntary Committee
Dane County Republicans
Seventeen camps care for Gibraltar evacuees in NI
Seventeen camps in Northern Ireland are housing evacuees from Gibraltar as part of wartime relief. The facilities provide shelter meals and basic support for families and individuals displaced by conflict. Local authorities coordinate transport admission and safety measures.
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Northern Ireland
Gilbraltar
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Tristate Credit Bureau, Inc
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Italy
Burma
Belgium
Newburg
the Saturday Evening Post
Newburg S
Pree Essimete
Eagle Insulation Co
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Ralph Hilger
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