Veteran Frederick W. Ecker resigns Met Life post
Frederick W. Ecker, 61 medal veteran, resigns as vice president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co to serve full time as special assistant to Edward R. Stettinius Jr in Washington. Central Press reports the move as part of executive reshuffling during wartime leadership roles.
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Kiss by Proxy and Royal Death Mark Headlines
Locations of enemy submarine attacks off the Atlantic coast are shown with the Norwegian tanker Norness torpedoed 60 miles south of Montauk Point. A large armed steamship, likely British, torpedoed 160 miles off Nova Scotia with high casualties. The Duke of Connaught, 91, dies in Surrey after years of ill health, ending a storied royal military career once linked to Disraeli and the Iron Duke.
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