Waste in Army Messes Reported by Two Quartermaster Generals
Westbrook Pegler reports two generals in the Quartermaster department admitting food waste in army messes. He recalls a Camp Nameless visit with about 290 soldiers served by enlisted waiters and a hearty meal of mashed potatoes cole slaw milk coffee and coconut custard pudding. He notes excess milk and claims of steak waste tied to plate margins, contrasting civilian shortages in some regions.
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Quartermaster Department
Res
Plane Wreck at Evansville Kills Ten Army Officers and Sergeants
Ten Selman field soldiers died when an Army plane wrecked at Evansville Indiana shortly before midnight. The list includes Captain Paul D. Jones and Lieutenants George F. Denni son Carlton B. Overton Howard Baer John W. Kerrigan Charles W. Mc Laughlin Michael W Schaffer and Staff Sergeants James P. Taylor Arthur A. Vandoli plus their next of kin. The crash occurred during a landing attempt, the ship caught fire, and the Aircraft Accident Classification board opened an investigation. It was the field’s first fatal plane accident since last year’s training crash near Bastrop.
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Selman
Evansville
Ind
Paul D. Jones
South Grand Street
Monroe
William V. Litein
Howard Street
George F. Dennison
Harry A. Dennivan
Mt. Hope Street
Meadville
Carlton B. Overton
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Howard D. Baer
1St Street
Washington, D. C
John W. Kerrigan
Jackson Street
Charles W. McLaughlin
Thomas L. McLaughlin
Whittier
N.C
Michael W Schaffer
Mae P. Schaffer
Fernway Road
Shaker Heights
Jamnes P. Taylor
James F. Taylor
South Sixth Street
Woodside Mall
Greenville
D. C
Arthur A. Vandoli
Jennie Vendoli
Allen Street
Boston
Mass
Shearby Industrial
Evansville Field
Aircraft Accident Classification Board
Bastrop
Giants of Air Knocked Down in Allied North Africa Drive
April 23 report details the British Eighth Army capturing Takrouna and advancing from Enfidaville toward Pou Ficha while the First Army pushes three miles west in the Bou Arada sector. Aerial action sees Kittyhawks and Spitfires destroy 23 Messerschmitt 323 transports and fighters, with 38 Axis planes downed and Allied losses totaling five. Ground fighting includes General Anderson pushing three miles east on a nine mile front between Goukellat and Bou Aradda amid stubborn resistance as Montgomery’s forces secure routes north from Enfidaville.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Takrouna
Enfidaville
Pou Ficha
First Army
Bes
Bou Arada
Tunisian
Gulf of Tunis
Messerschmitt
Mareshel
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Gulf
Tunis
K. A. N. Anderson
Goukellat
Bou Aradda
Medjez-El-Bab
Rormamel
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Tax Framing Group Hears Washington April 23 Meeting
Washington notes a House committee meeting to report a pay-as-you-go plan amid a broader tax reform fight. Democrats push a 1 percent withholding on wages and a rollback to 1941 tax rates with July 1 credits. Republicans ready alternative proposals if the bill advances May 3.
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Washington
House
Means
Cheirtran Doughten
North Carolina
Martin named on War Chest group at state conference
Earl L. Martin of Baton Rouge was elected state director of the Louisiana war chest committee formed to operate under National War Funds Inc. No state chairman was chosen yet, with a nominating committee tasked to select by May 1. Readied agencies include Yugoslav relief, Belgian, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, United China and other campaigns.
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Alexandria
Earl L. Martin
Baton Rouge
Louisiana War Chest Committee
National War Funds, Inc
Ledoux R. Provosty
Joel M. Fletcher
Lafayette
Donald S. Burris
Terre! Woolsey
Lake Charles
United China Relief
United Nations Relief of the A. F. of L
United Seaman's Service
United Service Organization
United States Committee For the Care of European
War Prisoners Aid Committee
World Emergency and Way‘ Victims Fund
Congress Acts In Tug Of War Between Rubber And Aviation Fuel
Washington April 23 Congress was called to referee a bitter tug of war between military authorities pushing to bomb Nazi Europe and Rubber Director William M Jeffers seeking to run both military and civilian machines on synthetic tires An investigation was ordered after Undersecretary of War Patterson was quoted saying the serial offensive was retarded because materials for aviation gasoline were diverted to the rubber program Senate agriculture subcommittee Chairman Gillette announced the inquiry Ickes said the 100 octane gas program had been hurt by the extra materials and equipment for rubber plants
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Washington
Congress
Nazi
Europe
Wiliam M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Patterson
Gillette
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Sub-Committee
Ickes
James F. Byrnes
Oklahoma City Sets One Day War Bond Record
Oklahoma City residents in a feverish buying spree purchased 40 million dollars in war bonds in a single day. The buy followed the 54th anniversary of the 1889 land rush opening the territory to settlement, noted by H. O. Jones of the state war finance committee as an unmatched one day total.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
H. O. Jones
State War Finance Committee
Bob Hope to Appear In Bond Rally at Neville High School
Bob Hope, famed radio and film star, will appear at Neville High School auditorium Tuesday night as part of a bond selling campaign. Admission comes with the purchase of a war bond, with tickets issued at DeSiard street booths or Neville Auditorium. The event, broadcast from Selman Field on NBC Red, aims to boost bond sales with Hope arriving around 10:15 p.m. A band will perform and Selman Field soldiers may participate. Colonel Earl L. Neiden aided the arrangements and Tom Sawyer, Hope’s representative, confirmed the plan.
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Bob Hope
NBC Red
Selman Field
Neville High School
Hope
Tom Sawyer
Boothe
DeSiard Street
Neville Auditorium
Ahout
Aadence
Earl L. Neiden
Mr. Sewyer
Thurasay
Colonel Neiden
U S Forces Take Islands in Ellice Group
The United States Navy disclosed occupation of the Ellice group in the South Pacific after a bombing raid on American installations. Funafuti, the group’s largest island, is described as coconut-palmed with a lagoon and a main village by the harbor. Naval spokesmen said the occupation was unopposed, with light American casualties and minor damage from the raid.
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Washington
U— P
Ellice Group
South Pacific
United States
Navy
Ellice
Solomon Islands
Australia
Funafuti
Naval
American Envoys Leave Helsinki After Sudden Flight
In Helsinki on April 2 the main body of the U S legation staff departed by air for Stockholm. Charge d affaires Robert Mills McClintock remained behind. Minister Arthur Schoenfeld had left for Weebington last December and did not return. No immediate explanation was given for the departures. The German radio said the officials left with their families.
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Helsinki
Finland
United States
Legation
Stockholm
Robert Mills McClintock
HF Arthur Schoenfeld
Weebington
London
Lynchings Trial in Laurel Case Spurs Testimony
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on April 23 testimony sought to show three remaining defendants were not responsible for the lynching of How ard Wash, the negro slain by a white employer in Laurel last October. The government withdrew charges against Shetts and Johnson, leaving Barney Jones Allen Pryor and Jailer Deputy Luther Holder charged under federal indic tment. Jones admitted being up the night mob removed Wash but said he aided a neighbor doctor with a sick mare. Welborn testified he was awakened by Bill Holifield about the mare and was related to Clint Welborn, whose slaying helped prompt the lynching.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Howard Wash
Laurel
Wash
Carl Welborn
Jones
Welborn
Clint Welborn
Bill Holifield
NHA Approves 8 675 Dwelling Units in Louisiana
New Orleans April 23 The National Housing Agency in its first year of operation approved 8675 dwelling units in Louisiana of all types. Preston L Wright, regional representative, noted 3006 units were publicly financed and the rest were private. Public work is managed by the Federal Housing Authority and private by the Federal Housing Administration.
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New Orleans
War Housing
National Housing Agency
Louisiana
Preston L
Wright
Federal Housing Authority
Federal Housing Administration
New Raid on Tokyo Asked by Doolittle
North Africa April 23 Major General James H. Doolittle said American fliers, undaunted by Tokyo resistance, will bomb Japan and hit targets including the capital. He recalled guiding the first raid last year and vowed continued action to defeat Japan, saying no revenge but a duty to strike at the war leaders and their nation.
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Allied
North Africa
Japan
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Doolittle
Roosevelt
Andy
Two Soldiers and Two Women Killed in Crash at Cottonport
Four killed when automobile struck a tree in Avoyelles parish near Cottonport. Victims include two soldiers Corporal Vincent L. Demas and Private Paul Michel both aged 22 of Mansura and two women Mrs Valice Neck of Marksville and Mrs Morris Broullette of Marksville. Driver Emmanuel Drouin injured. The group had attended a large family gathering prior to the fatal crash.
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Alexandria
Cottonport
Avoyelles Parish
Enly
Vincent L. Demas
Mansura
Paul Michel
Valice Neck
Marksville
Morris Broullette
Emmanuel Drouin
Neck
Bapfiat
J. W. Jeannsomne
Pope Pius XI Attends Mass in Sistine Chapel
A Berlin Vatican City dispatch recorded by the Associated Press reports Holy Mass celebrated today in the Sistine Chapel in the presence of Pope Pius XI eleven cardinals and the diplomatic corps. Cardinal Raffaele Carlo Rossi presided the service.
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Associated Press
Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius XI
Berlin
Vatican City
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi
Japs Give Even Worse Warning
In a column by Max Hill from New York dated April 23, he argues Japan subverts justice. He cites Sugamo prison torture, military police brutality, and the execution of Doolittle aviators as a sham trial. He claims Tokyo flouts the Geneva convention and alleges pleas of legality mask murders. He notes U.S. journalists in Tokyo faced harsh abuse as examples.
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Max Hill
New York
Japan
Sugamo
Hitler
Gestapo
Tojo
Tokyo
Long Parade Arranged by Monroe Chamber of Commerce
One of Monroe's longest parades is set for Saturday at 11 a.m. organized by the junior board of the Chamber of Commerce. The route was adjusted to exclude the old traffic bridge. The line-up features 1,200 cadets from Sehknan field and a 200-member WAAC contingent, with military bands, jeeps, and squads in full dress.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Stanley Reid
Chamber
DeSiard Street
Ilinois
Walnut
Louisville Avenue
New Bridge
West Monroe
Trenton Street
Wood
Sehknan Field
John A. Hoag
WAAC
Ruston
Jeffers to Inspect Baton Rouge Plant
Rubber director William Jeffers arrives in Baton Rouge for an inspection tour of synthetic rubber facilities in the industrial area. He is accompanied by senior aides including Colonel Bradley Dewey, former deputy in charge of U S chemical warfare production during World War I, on a nationwide tour.
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Baton Rouge
William Jeffers
Jeffers
Coleonel Bradley Dewy
United States Chemical Warfare Production
Assert American Fliers To Face Death For In human Acts
The Tokyo radio quoted Japan’s government warning that American airmen captured after attacks on Japanese territory Manchukuo and military operations would face severe punishment for cruel and inhuman acts. The note, dated February 17, was the broadest warning yet and followed earlier reports carried by Tokyo radio.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Tokyo
United States
Manchukuo
Tokyo Radio
Tormokazu Hori
Cabinet Board of Information
Woman's death mystery halts at murder probe in Biloxi
In Biloxi Mississippi Mrs Delbert Rader 23 year old wife of a nightclub trumpet player was found slain in a beach cabin early yesterday. A 22 caliber pistol with four discharged cartridges was found in nearby brush and authorities question two men seen near the cabin. Sheriff Edwins said one suspect drank earlier and Deputy Houtz questioned a man named in pistol ownership.
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Biloxi
Miss
Harrison County
Delbert Rader
Raders. Ie
Here
R. C. Edwins
We Cabin
Ceba
Sherif
George W Houtz
Kinsley
Yugoslav Partisans Widen War Against Axis Forces
A Budapest-backed dispatch reports Yugoslav guerillas with air and armored support expanding operations in western Serbia and Bosnian border regions. The fighting centers on Planina mountain and Botnis Hercegovina areas as Italian and German units suffer casualties and encroach on forest resistance groups led by Draja Mihailovic.
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Bern
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Adristuc
Budapest
Zagreb
Megysr Nemazet
Botnis
Hercegovina
Serbia
Draja Mihajlovic
T Dispatch
Folkes Faces Oregon Death Penalty For Slaying Ensigns Bride
Albany Oregon April 23 A jury finds Robert E Lee Folkes guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Martha Virginia James 21 aboard a Southern Pacific limited. The sentence carries the death penalty under Oregon law. Folkes calmly faced the verdict, joked about gas rations, and offered little mercy to the victim as investigators described the brutal attack in berth 13 of the train.
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Albany. Ore
Robert E. Lee Folkes
Oregons
Navy
California
Mrx
Martha Virginia James
Southern Pacific Limited
Folkes
Mya
James
Oregon
Los Angeles
Norfolk
West Coast Limited
Willamette Valley
Lees
Almond
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Pegler
Martin
Army
Shangri-La
Jimmie Doolittle
Heart of Jagan
U.S
Isles
Nathaniel T. Shetts
William Moscar Johnson
Mize
Pitth
NHA
Twin Cities
Mississippi
DR Peer
Negro Train
Bond
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