Hit Enemy Before He Strikes You Gen Stilwell Preaches
Mandalay March 26 A portrait of Lieut. Gen. Joseph W Stilwell chief of staff in the China theater and commander of US forces in China India and Burma. He favors hitting the enemy first and aims to clear bases for a UN offensive against Japan. He is associated with the Tigers air force aiding China. Born in 1883 in Palatka Florida Stilwell’s career spans West Point command roles in World War I and key posts in China. He returns to Burma front with a team of US officers and Chinese specialists ready to apply his anti-tank strategies.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
China War Theater
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
China
India
Burma
Frederick Townsend Ward
Charles George Gordon
Taipang
U.S
Stilwell
Japan
United Nations
Tigers
Yunnan
United States Army
United States Army of Navy
Gen. Stillwell
Palatka
Fla
West Point
Philippines
Presidio of
Monterey
Calif
United States Military Academy
France
Noyon
Military Intelligence Division
General Staff
Fort Benning
Command and General Staff
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Peiping
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Ford Ord
Cairo
Egypt
Arizona
Seventh Division
Enlistments Reopen in Air Corps Branch
Sgt Donald D Frazer of the Canton recruiting office announced enlistments in the army air corps ground troops will reopen for the rest of March and the first four weeks in April with more vacancies than in other branches. Applicants may choose air corps on enlistment and be admitted subject to Fort Hayes depot approval, with a 100 on the army classification test and standard physical requirements.
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Army Air Corps
Ohio
Donald D. Frazer
Canton
Frazer
Air Corps
Fort Hayes
Woman becomes first and youngest town clerk in Claremont
Claremont New Hampshire March 26 Marjorie A Charrin is the town clerk of this village the first woman to hold the office and the youngest in the town's history. She succeeds her father who served a four year term.
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Claremont
N. H
Marjorie A. Charrin
New Date Set for Gas Firm Hearing in Diluted Gas Case
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co and six subsidiaries of Columbia Gas face a show cause order from the Public Utilities Commission. Hearing now set for April 10 after earlier date of April 1, with the commission citing instances of diluted gas sold to Ohio customers and citing past company reports.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas
Columbia Gas & Electric Co
Gas Commission Details Diluted Gas Sales Volumes
The commission charged Ohio Fuel Gas with selling diluted natural gas around 429,132,000 cubic feet to Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Co and 7,486,413,000 cubic feet to Dayton Power and Light Co in 1940. The case centers on changing the gas from "blizied gas" to "blend" and the related rate implications.
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Ohio
Northwestern
Ohio Natural Gas Co
Dayton Power & Light Co
Sixth body recovered in towboat sinking
The sixth victim recovered since 16 drowned when the tow boat G W McBride struck a bridge pier and sank February 22. The body, Fireman Samuel Medley 42, of Huntington West Virginia, was found on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River two miles below Rising Sun Indiana.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
G. W. McBride
Kentucky
Ohio River
Rising Sun
Ind
Samuel Medley
Huntington
W. Va
Scrap Iron Drive Near St Peters Attracts Farmers
Farmers near St Peters Missouri collected 60 tons of scrap iron in a one day drive. The metal was hauled to St Peters using cars trucks boxes wheelbarrows and coaster wagons for transport.
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ST. Charles
St. Peters
Lindbergh Offered Job at Ford Willow Run Plant
Charles A. Lindbergh reportedly accepted Ford's invitation to work at the Willow Run bomber plant pending war department approval. Ford personnel chief Harry Bennett said Lindbergh's duties were not disclosed and he would start after clearance. Lindbergh had recently visited the aircraft engine factory during an inspection tour.
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Lindbergh
FORD
Associated Press
Detroit
War Department
Charles A. Lindbergh
Willow Run
Harry Bennett
Washington
War Stimson
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance
A sales notice highlights skin irritations from pimples and eczema and promotes Petersons Ointment for quick relief. The ad claims delight after one application and offers a money back refund. It also touts soothing tired feet and cracked toes.
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Peterson
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New York
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State Commission
United Press
Mr. Lindbergh
Livingston
Scotts Turf
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