Senators Start Probe as Plane Crashes Kill Seven
Washington April 7 A senate military affairs subcommittee opened a closed door inquiry into army air crashes since 1939 Officials and officers will be called to determine if negligence played a role Senator Johnson D Colo urged special training amid talk that crashes stem from pilots unfamiliar with downdrafts In Tucson an army fortress aircraft failure and fire killed five of seven crew members Survivors parachuted to safety Named dead include pilot First Lieut Donald W Johnson Tucson and Sergeants Laurel D Larsen and Herman W Donn Others listed from Pennsylvania Pennsylvania and California were among the victims Commander Lovell H Smith said the bomber crash followed a routine flight when a motor burst into flames
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INS
Senate Military Affairs
Reynolds
Kilgore
Army Air Corps
Ochers Wold
Johnson D-Colas
Tucson
Sidney L. Fouts
Santa Ross
Galif
Willam F. Regan
Dunmore
Donald W. Johnson
Laurel D. Larsen
Mink Creek
Ifgho
Pyts
Herman W. Donn
Miffintown
Emerson
Wallace
Phillipsburg
Leton
Thames
Lemoore
Caltf
Lovell H. Smith
Davis-Monthan Army Air Corps
Sain
Team to Inspect Third Army Units
An inspection party of ten officers led by Lieut. Col. Clyde D. Eddleman departed San Antonio Monday for Camp Shelby Mississippi to inspect Third Army units there.
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Third Army Headquarters
San Antonio
Camp Shelby
Miss
Third Army
Navy plane crisis near Honila claims two lives
Navy officials confirmed a crash involving E Norval, 26, of Galesburg Illinois, and James F Grow, 18, of White Deer Texas, near Honila. The San Diego dispatch notes a routine Willard flight ending in death as authorities investigate the incident.
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Galesburg
James F. Grow
White Deer
Texas
Honila
Navy
San Diego
Calif
INS
Willard
Parents of Twins Use Bataan Names
Ardmore Oklahoma April 7 Twin boys christened Douglas MacArthur and Wainwright Beard after Bataan names born to Mr and Mrs Wilburn Beard on Easter morning.
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Ardmore
O&lg
Wilburn Beard
Douglas MacArthur
Wainwright Beard
Plaque Honors Hotel Guests Now in Army Service
A San Antonio hotel keeps an Army service honor roll on a front desk plaque. It lists two former guests, Capt. R. W. Rulkoetter and Ralph E. K. Chinn, who served in the war against the Axis, along with staff member Roland Burge Jr. and other employees currently in the armed forces.
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R. Burge SR
Blue Bonnet Hotel
U. S
San Antonis
R. W. Rulkoetter
Ralph Ek.chinn
Roland Burge Jr
Bellmen Roll Includes Eshach Hearn With Guests
The elder Burge notes Roy Eshach and Robert Hearn are among bellmen on the roll with nine other regular guests named to date. He says more names will be added as cards are lettered for the plaque attachment.
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Roy Eshach
Robert
Hearn
Pud
Burge
Bexar Choruses Vie For Fifth Annual Festival
Three high school choruses from Bexar County join Brackenridge Herlandale and Tech schools in the fifth annual school vocal competition and music festival at Southwest Texas State Teachers College San Marcos. Other entrants include Crystal City San Marcos Jackhart Austin Temple Taylor and Uvalde.
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Bexar County
Southwest Texas State Teachers’ College
San Marcos
Brackenridge
Herlandale
Sng Tech
Crystal City
Jackhart
Austin
Temple
Taylor and Uvalde
War Bonds Get Official Name Change Sayings Stamps Aligned
The Treasury ad urges citizens to buy war savings bonds now called War Bonds and Stamps. The new designation reflects the defense bond program as the primary war financing instrument, with stamps accompanying the same patriotic push.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Defense
That Twitch in Spaniel's Leg: Helen Wants Taker to Know
A child named Helen Bounds asks the dog taker to return Jetty a cocker spaniel she loves. She explains Jetty’s twitching stems from past injury and cries herself to sleep away from home. Helen provides a contact number and home address asking the owner to bring Jetty back or call the hospital or her at 47 Meredith Avenue for resolution.
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Helen
Helen Bounds
Jetty
Mumber
Meredith Avenue
Tanker Losses Shut Refinery In Houston
Vice President J. S. Leach said tanker leases and restricted consumption along the Atlantic seaboard forced the Texas company to close its Houston refinery. The notice ties to broader shipping and fuel shortages impacting operations.
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Houston
J. 5. Leach
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas Company
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