Troop Convoy Outwits Pack of U-Boats
Washington reports the first transatlantic American troop convoy reached Northern Ireland safely under Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle. Naval experts noted the voyage coincided with intensified Atlantic U-boat activity and praised the lossless delivery of troops.
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Trish Republic
United States
Boy 14 Struck by 1200-Pound Ice Mass in Quarry
Walter Lindemann, 14, was seriously injured when a rock wall ice block weighing about 1200 pounds fell in a quarry yesterday. He was walked with a companion when the block dropped, striking him on the head and pinning his legs. Patrolman John F. Michaels freed him with an iron bar. Central Park Hospital staff fear a skull fracture but expect recovery.
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John F. Michaels
Central Park Hospital
Germans Repulse French Attack at Verdun Sector
Twenty five years ago German forces repulsed a French assault in the Verdun sector on the Western Front. The action capped days of heavy bombardment and marked a notable engagement in a prolonged regional siege.
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Verdun
Western Front
American Troops Arrive in Northern Ireland For Training
Sea weary U S soldiers arrive in camps in Northern Ireland after an eight month build up by American technicians. The thousand strong vanguard find sturdy huts and prefabricated quarters as they join British forces in a coordinated defense effort.
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Lingutt I as LKS Score on Six Jap Bombers terday
The communique reports in the Philippine theater there was little ground fighting on the Batan Peninsula in the last 24 hours. Two MacArthur P 40 fighters engaged three dive bombers. two CHEN planes were shot down, the third disabled, with no injuries to our side. It also notes a recent action where two motor torpedo boats dispersed a wave of enemy bombers, three planes were hit and observed smoking. Commanders and crews were cited for gallantry. Maj. Gen. James Chaney has taken command of all U S Army forces in the United Kingdom. No other areas reported. case ends.
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James ©. Chaney
London
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Coares L. Boltel
Oswego Man Receives 200 For Facial Scar Injury
John Ravas of 212 East Seneca Street was awarded 200 for a one inch facial scar from an injury at Fitzgibbons Boiler Company. The Workmen's Compensation Court, presided by Referee Frank J. Ford of Syracuse, handed down the decision yesterday.
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Fitzgibbons Boiler Company
Frank J. Ford
Syracuse
Workmen's Compensation Court
Watertown Youth Sinks Jap Warship
Watertown NY Ensign George E Cox and Lt. John D Bulkeley led a motor torpedo boat raid near Subic Bay sinking a 5,000 ton Japanese vessel despite heavy fire from shore batteries and machine guns. Cox’s boat charged through nets and booms, with Buckeley and DeLong aiding. Bulkeley’s name appears in account without confirming his exact boat assignment.
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John D. Bulkeley
Philippine
U. S
George E. Cox
Watertown
N.Y
Subic Bay
Navy
Ensign Cox
Jonni D. Buckeley
Long Island City
Edward G. DeLong
Spring- Held, SD
British Halt Retreat in Libyan War
Cairo reports Britain’s forces in Libya have halted their retreat before Rommel’s counter thrust. No major changes in 24 hours. Main action remains north and northeast of Msus with no shift north of Agedabia. British aircraft active over the front claiming damage to enemy columns.
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Libya
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Ecennn
Rome Claims Planes Sink British Cruiser
Italian broadcasts report Axis warplanes attacked British naval units in the Mediterranean sinking one cruiser probably sinking another and heavily damaging a third. German planes were credited with the confirmed sinking off Tobruk, while Italian bombers damaged but did not disrupt bases at Catania.
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Nazis claim two ships hit in Malta raid
German broadcasts say their bombers damaged a British destroyer and a large merchant ship in attacks yesterday and last night on Malta, the major Mediterranean naval base, according to the Nazi High Command.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
High Command
Tokyo Admits Losses in Far East Battle Claims Four Transports Lost
Imperial headquarters announced four transports lost in a land operation at Balik Papan, Borneo, during a battle last Friday. It also said 50 British planes were shot down yesterday, with 39 in air battles off Endau and on the East Coast of Malaya, plus ten more over Rangoon and one over Singapore. Downed British aircraft included 12 torpedo planes, three Lockheed Hudson bombers, three Hurricanes, and five Buffalo fighters. The communique noted heavy British losses near Endau and Rangoon, and said Japanese submarines around Sumatra and Java sunk 13 ships totaling 88,000 tons since Jan. 22. Nichi Nichi reported Balanga captured by General Homma’s forces in the Philippines.
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Sixty Pearl Harbor widows seek jobs in aircraft plants
Sixty Pearl Harbor widows in Long Beach California applied for positions at Lockheed and Vega aircraft plants. They took aptitude tests as Navy Chaplain J E Johnson noted 160 widows in the area and more were expected. The group urged continued war effort and avenging their husbands as they contribute to essential aircraft work.
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Pearl Harbor
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Mega Aircraft
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LaGuardia Limousine Replaced by New York Civic Car
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia has begun using a modest coupe in place of the special limousine noted for its radio antennae red spotlights and official shields. Much of the distinctive equipment is being removed and transferred to the new car as city officials shift to a simpler public image.
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