Five Die in Flying Fortress Crash on Mississippi Isle
Five crew members died when a Flying Fortress crashed on an island in the Mississippi River near Dyersburg Tennessee. Victims include 2nd Lt Alexander Jasman 25 pilot from Brooklyn New York Sgt Joseph B Audia 21 from Millbrook New York and Sgt Joseph F Cirino 21 from Wilmington Delaware.
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Mississippi Isle
Dyersburg
Tenn
Mississippi River
Alexander Jasman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph
Audia
Millbrook
Joseph F. Cirino
Wilmington
Del
Faulty bomb loading alleged at Antonelli works
Foremen at the Antonelli Fireworks Company were accused by workers of faulty loading of incendiary bombs and hand grenades for the Army. Amerigo Antonelli and six foremen are jailed in $300,000 bail as hearing details emphasized pressure for production despite government specs.
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Rochester
Antonelli Fireworks Company, Inc
Amerigo Antonelli
Monroe County
Harold P. Burke
Burke
Mildred Hinkley
Bennie Piteo
Miss Hinkley
Beatrice Dephillippo
Piteo
Miss Dephillippo
Edith Giraldi
Mary Favello
Dominick Barbello
Antonelli
John
Joseph Derius
Angelo Costanza
Frank Bianchi
Attempt on His Life Revealed by Alsace Gauleiter
Gauleiter Wag ner disclosed in Colmar that paid young Alsatian agitators made an attempt on his life. He spoke on the third anniversary of German troops entering Alsace, framing the event as an act by paid agitators rather than a spontaneous uprising.
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Hitler
Alsace
Paul Ghali
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Berne
Gauleiter
Wagner
Colmar Alsatians
Roy Howard Arrives in London for Brief Visit
Roy W. Howard president and editor of the New York World Telegram arrived in London for a short visit. He flew on the same plane as Lord Beaverbrook and W Averell Harriman, the American Lend Lease official in England, whose arrival was announced yesterday.
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Roy Howard
London
Roy W. Howard
New York World-Telegram
Lord Beaverbrook
W. Averell Harriman
England
Portable Radio Set Rescues 19 Seamen in War Zones
The portable SOS radio nicknamed coffee grinder, crank operated, credited with saving 19 torpedoed seamen after being dropped from a plane. Grounded by signals from the device, a destroyer later picked up the survivors in the North Atlantic amid wartime rescue operations.
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Ottawa
INS
Miss Harrington
Watertown
Jean Efficiency
Royal Canadian Air
Harrington
Force
John S. Harrington
Boyd Street
Oma
North Atlantic
Grinder
John P. Nill
Carl G. Nill
Academy Street
Grandmother Graduates in Geology at Hunter College
Mrs. Catherine Rice of Minerva New York aged 52 earned a geology degree from Hunter College. She was highlighted as the first grandmother in the class, while her daughter is a current Hunter student.
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New York
INS
Catherine Rice
Hunter College
Rice
Minerva
N. Y
Ishe
Hunter
King Knights Two Generals In Desert Tent
King George VI visits Malta and Tripoli area as Axis power is driven from the Mediterranean. He knighthoods Sir Bernard Montgomery and Gen. Henry Wilson in a desert ceremony and awards a Victoria Cross to a Gurkha sergeant who killed 57 Germans in Mareth.
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North Africa
George VI
Mediterranean
Malta
Italy
Hund
Mussolini
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Henry Maitland Wilson
Tripoli
Wilson
Montgomery
England
Britain
Mareth
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Heloegs
Battee Creek
American Veterinary Medical Association
American Animal Hospital Association Committee On Foods
Say & Alawa
Judge
Bembergs
Shantung
Lincoln's
S. Salina
E. Fayette
Spiece
Congoleum
Kroehler
Rockers
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