Adm Kimmels Son Lost With Sub Robalo
Navy reports the loss in action of the submarine Robalo commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Manning M. Kimmel son of Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. The 31 year old officer led the 1500 ton submarine on its first year as skipper since 1943, with a crew of at least 63. The Robalo is presumed to have operated in the Pacific and was 1 year old at commissioning. Admiral Kimmel faced court martial over Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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Washington
Conndr
Manning Marius Kimmel
Husband FE. Kimmel
Navy
Kimmel
Admiral Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Navy Board of
Pacific
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Manitowoc
Wis
Robalo
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Mississippi
New London
Thomas K Kimmel
Southern Governors Meet Roosevelt At White House
Governors Coke Stevenson of Texas and James H. Davis of Louisiana met with President Roosevelt at the White House on Wednesday at his invitation. They discussed Texas and Louisiana political situations with Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones noting a Texas two slate elector proposal. Dewey campaigned from New York with plans for a cross country tour and a Philadelphia speech. Nevada Democrats claimed Pat McCarran nomination as returns showed his lead. George Malone secured the Republican nod.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
White House
Coke Stevenson
Texas
James H. Davis
Louisiana
Stevenson
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Jones
Davis
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Dewey
Philadelphia
NBC
CBS
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Vail Pittman
McCarran
George Malone
Cigarette Smoke Impairs Night Vision Of Flyers
The Aero Medical Association reports that inhaling smoke from a single cigarette impairs night vision due to carbon monoxide. Researchers from Harvard University find that three cigarettes equal the vision loss of flying at about 5,000 feet, a concern for night fighting aviators.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
St. Louis
Aero Medical Association of
United States
R. A. McFarland
M. P. Halperin
J. I. Niven
Division of Reeorch
Graduate School of Business Administration
Harvard University
Mrs Betty Handley Walters Mourns War Loss
Mrs Betty Handley Walters of 497 East Church Street was informed by the War Department that her husband Pfr Walters died June 8 from wounds received on D-Day.
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Betty Handley Walters
East Church Street
War Department
Pfr Walters
Opposition to stadium expansion in Baltimore town debate
Baltimore officials faced protest over plans to locate a permanent sports center on the municipal Stadium site. Mayor Theodore Ro Mekeldin received a letter from a resident near the stadium arguing the project would commercialize park property and worsen city property usage.
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Baltimore
Theodore Ro Mekeldin
J. 8S Haven
Mekeldin
Municipal Offrcuits
Stadium hosts Orioles and proposes sports center plan
A committee will be named by the Mayor to study a large sports center including a playing field and indoor arena after the Orioles used the Stadium when their park burned. Hagen notes the Stadium was meant as a temporary home for the Orioles and football.
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Manent
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
Hagen
Poison Gas Sprayed Into Bedroom Windows
A night prowler sprayed poison gas through open bedroom windows in Mattoon Illinois over four days, prostrating nine people. Police enlisted University of Illinois chemists and the State crime laboratory for help. The latest victim Mrs Carl Cordes, 45, inhaled a damp cloth found on her back porch and described a jolt like electricity.
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Mattoon
University of Illinois
Airman II Released After Romanian Prison Camps
Lieut. Arthur D. Morgan Jr. husband of Daisybelle Schuppner, freed from Romanian camps and flown to Italian bases, after being shot down over Psoest on his 22nd mission. Mrs. Morgan resides in Baltimore with her mother. The Seaman's Church Institute in New York City is noted as a major merchant seaman group.
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Airman II
Arthur D. Morgan, Jr
Daisybelle Schuppner
Balkan
Morgan
Psoest
The
Seaman's Church Institute
New York City
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