61 Ship Captains and One Woman Among Those Lost
The Navy disclosed that more than 2,501 American Merchant Marine officers and men were dead or missing due to enemy action. The list includes 61 ship captains and one stewardess Mary Cullem Kimbo of Nashville, Tenn, with separate notes on missing status and withholding of 130 names for next of kin or safety reasons.
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U. S
U. S. Navy
Navy
Washington
Mary Cullem Kimbo
Nashville
Tenn
Mack Burton Bryan
Randleman
N. C
Rayville
Australia
Bryan
South Atlantic
United States
Amer
Ican
U.S
Ocean-going ship launches from Kaw Point in Kansas City
A heavily armored ocean-going ship built by the Darby Corporation slid down the Kaw River toward the Missouri for a trial run. The launch marks a rare publicity release by the Navy, with Kansas praised for its shipbuilding prowess and iron workers. Local river pilots controlled the vessel as it sped its diesel engines, remaining moored overnight near Kaw Point, historic site of Lewis and Clark.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kaw River
Navy
Kaw Point
Darby Corporation
Lewis and Clark
Middle West
Naval
America
J. E. Burger
Kansas
H. Gordon Donald
St. Louis
Kansas Shipyard
Darby
Kaw
Missouri
Plane crash in Brazil kills 15 near Sao Paulo
A Panair do Brasil twin engine plane crashes in the mountains near Sao Paulo. Fifteen people die including two U.S. citizens Edward Adler and Carl Fred Wilkins and Lineo de Paula Machado a Brazilian racehorse owner. Weather suspected initially.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Panair Do Brasil
United States
Lineo de Paula Machado
German denials抯 claim on sinking troop transports
London reports the Ministry of Information denied Germany’s claim that three Allied troop transports were sunk in the Atlantic. Berlin radio had repeatedly asserted losses of up to 13,000 troops, while the official denial stressed the inaccuracy of enemy reports despite ongoing claims of convoy attacks.
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London
Atlantic
Berlin
North America
British Isles
Ministry of Information
Allied Ground Troops Press New Guinea Offensive
Allied forces drive toward Toribaiwa Ridge in the Owen Stanley Mountains as planes bomb Buna and Lae targets. Japanese dug in with camouflaged trenches and trip wires as IoriHaiwa Ridge defenses slow the advance.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Buna
Ioribaiwa
Sarting
Wairopi
Kokoda
Iorihaiwa
Lae
Three Dutchmen Cross Sea in Small Boat From Java
A report notes three Dutchmen fled from Java and embarked in a small boat seeking Madagascar. They reportedly sailed across the Indian Ocean for more than 3,000 miles, with landfall near an island off the Colombo-Caperet route, as war and peril surrounded their voyage.
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Java
Weller
Chicago
News, Inc
Australia
Madagascar
Tralia
Indian Ocean
Island
Colombo - Caperet
Mrs Dilling to Stand Trial in Washington
Federal Judge William H. Holly ordered the removal of Mrs Elizabeth Dilling to Washington to face conspiracy charges aimed at undermining armed forces morale. He stayed the order for a week to allow an appeal and noted doubts about her guilt.
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Dilling
Chicago
Elizabeth Dilling
Washington
William H. Holly
Holly
Brazil Crash Victim Short Time in Service
Carl Fred Wilkins 48 a U S consular clerk was killed in a Brazil plane crash. He had served in the diplomatic service since February and his sister Miss Louise Wilkins said the family had learned only a radio report of the tragedy. He previously worked in Puerto Rico and was en route to Brazil when the accident occurred. His wife and daughter Doris May 13 were living in Sao Paulo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edward Adler
Brazil
Carl Fred Wilkins
U. S
Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Paula Machado
Decio de Paula Machado
New York
Westfield
Louise Wilkins
Fred J. Wilkins
Wilkins
Puerto Rico
Doris May
Navy Plane Sinks U-boat and Rescues Crew
A U.S. Navy Catalina flying boat sank a German submarine after two depth charge runs. The 51 sailors aboard were rescued by a neutral trawler and later captured by a Royal Navy destroyer, with the submariners landed in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
London
Catalina
U. S. Navy
Flers
Britain
Petain Protests Draft in Alsace
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain protests the German plan to conscript all French men of military age in Alsace Lorraine to fight Russia. The protest, reported by the London Daily Express, calls the order a violation of the armistice between France and Germany.
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U. 8
Coast Guard
Telegraph Agency
The
Vatican
Reuters
J. E. Ranch
Griffin Field Stadium
Liverpool
W. Jefferson
Griffin Stadium
Harrison
Townsend
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Louisville
Onondaga Hotel
American Airlines
Rudolph
Fred E. Osborne
Balina
Jeffleson
Aubern
Falton
Osnese
Wiles
Ithaca
Soe
Miracle Sale OF
Guanaco
Salina Street
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