Sahara machete sent to marine tied to Guadalcanal tale
Bruce Bennett recalls gifting a Guatemala machete to a Marine named Joe on leave after Guadalcanal fighting. The note from Joe says the machete is his unit pride after sharpening it for two weeks. Bennett also notes radio show milestones and Hollywood links in a broad, era-spanning column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Columbia
Bruce Bennett
Joe
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Bennett
Hollywood
Cary Grant
Laraine Day
Irene Dunne
Katharine Hepburn
Sylvia Sidney
Grant Pictures
Joan
Constance Bennett
Rome Bombing Angers Pope After Open City Claim
The Vatican and Pope Pius XII confronted the United States and Italy over Rome being bombed a second time after Tittman, the American chargé d’affaires, claimed Rome could be declared open unilaterally. Observers note a city’s openness requires neutral entry and verification of removed troops and facilities. The affair sparked questions about State Department communication to General Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Rome
Pius XII
Harold Tittman
Vatican
Tittman
Italy
Marshal Badoglio
Pope
Badoglio
State Department
Eisenhower
News in Brief from the Week on War and Diplomacy
The column surveys wartime topics and notable figures. Sir Samuel Hoare returns to 10 Downing Street with praise for handling Franco and Spain. Exiled Belgian leader Hubert Pierlot cites Nazi starving of Belgian children and recalls his wartime service. Mountbatten and Wellington comparisons spark notes on age, rank, and lineage within British nobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel John Gurney Hoare
Downing Street
Turkey
Franco
Sirnish
Samuel
House of Commons
France
London
New York
Washington
Hoare
Trinity House
Sir Samuel
Spain
Oare
Belgium
Hubert Pierlot
H.pierlot
Pierlot
Germany
Pierrot
Chasseurs Ardennais
Ardennais
Ardennes
Brussels
Senate
Vichy
Portugal
England
Leopold
Yale Ends Dominate List Of Great Football Players Through 50 Years
The argument over the best football ends compares Yale’s 19th and 20th century stars with peers from Michigan Alabama Harvard Notre Dame Army Navy and more. Names such as Hinkey Rafferty Kilpatrick Train Reed Kilpatrick and Oosterbaan figure prominently alongside Baugh Luckman and Governall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Olcott
Star In
Blue
Yale
Olcott
Frank Hinkey
Hinkey
Tom Shevlin
Tod Rafferty
John Reed Kilpatrick
General Kilpatrick
Eli
Kilpatrick
Doug Bomeisler
Bomeisler
Fishwick
Scott
Larry Kelly
Kelly
Corderfort
Shevlin
Rafferty
Homeisler
Train
Michigan
Oosterbaan
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Wakefield
Stanford
Notre Dame
Harvard
Campbell
Hubbard
Army
Navy
Alonzo Stagg
TCU
Baugh
O'Brien
Columbia
Sid Luckman
Paul Governall
The Lucky Bag Customs of the Master at Arms
The master at arms inspects ships for cleanliness and order and finds items that do not belong. Delinquents may reclaim such items only by official order. otherwise they are sold.
Shipping Dried Food and Freight Capacity
Much of the food shipped abroad today is dried or compressed and enables a medium sized American freighter to carry the annual yield of about 4,000 average farms, roughly 600,000 acres.
Also Mentioned on This Page
VALE
Western Newspaper Union
WLS
Hal O'Halloran
Metro
Guy Lombardo
Royal Canadians
Tommy Dorsey
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Bob Crosby
Vaughn Monroe
Spike Jones
Ellery Queen
Jay Jostyn
Camp Ellis
Lewiston, IL
Anita Els
Jack Carson
CBS
Hi Brown
Nero Wolfe
Curtis Rudolf
Cleveland
Marinca
Donald Curtis
Rudolf
John Garfield
Walter Slezak
Maureen O'Hara
Richard Wallace
Rania
Bob Hawk
Okie
Fred Astaire
Joan Crawford
E. Gable
Franchot-Tone
Astaire
Ite Dickis Jones
the Air
Henry Aldrich
Hoot Gibson
Tha Voica
Nocchio
OCD
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic
Chiefs of Staff
Army Air Forces
Naval Aviation
Potomac River
Bowling Field
Anacostia
Hackfield
Engrs
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Koval
Engis
Pablo St
Jacksonville Beach
LeClune
Fred L. Gassman
CWO
144Th Inf
Elmer Davis
Morocco
FDR
OWI
King
Davis
House of Savoy
Tom Johnson
Army Jeeps
Central America
Sland
Consolidated Features
WIN
Wellington
Napoleon
Burma
Lord Mountbatten
Burke
Milford Haven
Mountbatten
Louis Francis Albert Victor ‘Nicholas
Battenberg
Louis
Britain
Victoria
Hesse
Moss
Wassss
Grantland Rice
Howard Schulz
Johnny Gee
Peewee Reese
Rabbit Maranville
Schulz
Gee
Maranville
Reese
Pirate
Dodgers Schulz
Babe Ruth
Wee Willie Keeler
Babe
Herman Hickman
Tennessee
Chigger Brown
Sewanee
Tichenor
Auburn
Georgia
Dave O’brien
Tcu-Eagles
Tran Rinker Valo
Salt Lake
Qlen Groves
Oshkosh
Chicago
Winots
Eer
Westminster College
Salt Lake City
Robert D. Steele
D.D
Salt Lake City 5
Utah
Alnour
Brazil
Begoodrich
AOL ET
Ny Bie
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