Army Probes Bomber Crash Near Calunti a
An army investigation was launched into the crash landing of an army bomber near Caluntia yesterday, killing five fliers and injuring five others. The deceased were Bees and Lieuts. Neal O. Curtis, Stanley Y., pilot, Robert R. Pattilio Jr., co-pilot, Ray F. Graves, Pyts, and Floyd H. Shuman. Injured were Phyts. Philly Downing and Bene Tipton.
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Army
Caluntia
Neal O. Curtis
Stanley
Robert
R. Pattilio Jr
Xilanta
Pyta
Ray F. Graves
St. Cloud
Minn
Floyd HW
Shuman
Dillsbars
Alpher V. Tooke
Duneetth i
Pyts
Philly
Steel Market Probe Begins in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 5, the district OPA launched an immediate probe into alleged black market steel sales tied to the Higgins shipyard. The inquiry, led by L. B. Frovar and A. Snider, followed charges in a congressional hearing that steel warehouses held ready for immediate delivery at high premiums.
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New Orleans
Scott Henderson
District Opa
Higgins ‘Corporation
OPA
L. BE. Frovar
A. Snider
Suale
Henderson
Frank Higgins
A.J. Higgins
Roosevelt
Peterson
D.-Fla
House
Maritime Commission
A. J. Riggins
Higgins
A. d. Higgins
Cargo Plane Output Being Stepped Up
Army Air Forces chief Henry H Arnold told a wartime subcommittee that cargo plane output is being stepped up in an all-out program. He urged balanced material supply and discussed bomber to cargo conversion, with ratios of bomber output to cargo planes planned for 1943 and 1944.
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Leppee
Henry H. Arnhéld
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Army
Lee
Okla
Elreblef
Air Corps
Henry Aq Kaiser
Calla
Simon Lake
Andler
War and Navy Departments
War and Navy
Robert F. Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Trial resumes in Mexico for spy suspects death sentence sought
In Mexico City a military court heard the case of two suspected Nal agents. Prosecutors asked for the death penalty before a firing squad. Defendants include Paul Ernst Strobe, a German, and Sgt. Jose Gonzales Martinez of the Mexican army. Arrests were made in Zima pan Hidalgo while transmitting messages from a secret radio shack.
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Mexico
Mexico City
INS
Nal
Paul Ernst Strobe
Jose Gonzales Martinez
Zlmapan
Hidalgo
Asylum Strike Follows Discharge At New Mexico Facility
At the New Mexico state insane asylum in Las Vegas 30 employees struck after Frances Sanchez a stenographer was discharged for alleged political reasons. The protest follows a 40 member walkout by the Employes' Protective association yesterday as workers doubled up to cover duties.
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Vegas
N. mM
New Mexico
Proltective Association
Frances Sanchez
Cuba to Form War Cabinet
HAVANA Aug. 5 Premier Carlos Saladrigas announced his cabinet’s resignation to allow President Fulgencio Batista to organize a war cabinet that will include representatives of opposition political parties.
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Havana
Carlos Saladrigas
Lato
Fulgencio Batista
Roosevelt Independent party forms in Dallas rally
Dallas Aug 5 The Roosevelt Independent party was launched by Charles Lavergné Somerville a gubernatorial candidate who had withdrawn from the Democratic ballot. The event featured hillbilly music and entertainment at a park. Somerville said the group consists of true Democrats and would back some Democratic nominees including Pierce Brooks for railroad commissioner while opposing other nonpartners including Governor Aleven.
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Dallas
INS
Roosevelt, Independent Party
Charles Lavergné Somerville
Jon Fae Dekat
Somerville
Piercé Brooks
Aleven- 50M
Actress Jeannette Loff Dies After Illness
Jeannette Loff 35 former screen actress died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital after a brief illness. In private life she was Mrs Bert Friedloch wife of a Beverly Hills businessman. An autopsy will be performed today. One of her best known roles was in King of Jazz opposite Paul Whiteman.
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Jeannette Loff
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Loff
Bert Friedloch
Beverly Hills
Paul Whiteman
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