Coast Guard Sees Action in Invasions Across War
A Coast Guard transport crew describes amphibious operations from North Africa to Sicily, noting the service's active role in every American invasion. Profiles of officers like Lieut. Comdr. James S. Hunt and boxer Lew Jenkins illustrate diverse backgrounds and commitment across the force. Coast Guardsmen come from all over the nation, with sailors such as Thomas Sheridan of Brooklyn and Louis Meyer of Cincinnati highlighted along with others from Oklahoma and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Hove
Coast Guard
Ninth Diivision
Algiers
Sicily
Coast
Navy
U. S. Coast Guard
James S. Hunt
Hunt
Detroit
Jim Hunt, Jr
Army
Armored Command
Jim Hunt
Lafayette Escadrille
Britain
Royal Flying Corps
Army Ai Corp
Lew Jenkins
Sweetwater
Tex
United States
Thomas A. Sheridan
Brooklyn
Henry Meyers
Louis Meyer
Cincinnati
Bowman
Martin W. Graybear
Chester
Calvin R. Cooper
Frank Freeman
Oklahoma
Lake O
Grand River
Cooper
Oklahoma City
Catholics Fear for Pope Pius in Nazi Rome
UPI dispatch from Chiasso reports Catholics worry Pope Pius VII is effectively a prisoner of Nazi General Kesselring. Germans have respected Vatican neutrality while Rome may become a battleground as Allies advance. Cardinals and high officials reportedly withdraw to the Vatican while Cardinal Maglione meets the German minister. Earthquake tremors 7,700 miles away noted by Fordham seismologist Father Lynch as continuing since midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
UPI
Chiasso
der Bund
Pius VII
Albert Kesselring
Vatican City
Rome
Vatican
Luigi Maglione
Border Dispatch
New York
Joe
Joseph J. Lynch
Fordham University
Officers Fined for Missing Dog Tags at Stuttgart Field
Stuttgart Army Air Field officers quarreled over missing dog tags prompting a 25 cent fine. The exchange revealed officers at the field must carry identification. The story also notes Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt departing Sydney after a tour ending in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Ark
Uzp
Stuttgart Army Air Field
Sydney
Australia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Park Defended Jackson Hole Monument
Col. Richard Lieber defends the Jackson Hole National Monument plan in Wyoming as a national park. He argues eastern critics rely on unverified claims, notes the Antiquities Act basis, Rockefeller Jr involvement, and that private lands remain subject to existing rights with no funds for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Richard Lieber
National Park Service
Jackson Hole National Monument
Wyoming
Lieber
United States
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jackson Hole Country
Ickes
National Monument
Knox Says Fleet Surrender Useful
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said the Italian navy surrender clears the Mediterranean of surface craft but warned Germany can deploy submarines anytime. He noted some ships could be useful to the Allies despite parts and ammunition issues. In a separate remark, Colonel Lieber defended park preservation, arguing tourism boosts local revenue and halting parks would ruin the economic “goose that lays the golden egg.”
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Washington
Frank Knox
Mediterranean
Knox
Department of Agriculture
Teton County
Wyo
Lieber
Yellowstone
Grand Teton National Parks
Jackson Hole National Monument
Quote on unity and usefulness amid political pressure
A fragment reflects a belief that a certain quality will render people highly useful by preventing alliances that would undermine their position. The text hints at strategic resistance to being wed to opposing powers and stresses practicality over romantic or risky unions.
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Troy Co-Op
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Federal Home Loan Bank
Savines & Loan Assn
Grand ST. Ear
Franklin Square
Ender Supercison
State of New York
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Wwe
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Troy
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Union
River ST
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