Reds Saved Yanks Of Doolittle Raid
Washington dispatch recounts how a Doolittle Raid air crew survived a fuel leak and drifted toward Soviet Siberia. A Russian major and tanks protected them on Soviet soil, and the crew were treated well and flown to Alaska before returning to the United States. The incident prompted Tokyo protests and diplomatic exchanges.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Stalin
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Soviet Siberia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Russia
Alaska
Clyde Pangborn
United State
Moscow
U. S
Siberia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Teschen
Poland
Soldier Louis J Itule Killed in Action in France
Mrs. Mary Itule Duran of 128 North Church learns her brother, Corp. Louis J. Itule aged 22, was killed Sept 11 near Vaudeville France. A Tucson High School graduate he served with the 25th cavalry reconnaissance squadron and held the Purple Heart. He enlisted December 13 1941 after working at a local radio repair firm. Two brothers also serve Capt George J Stule in Esterfield La and Chief Warrant Officer Joseph J Stule in Holland.
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Mary Itule Duran
North Church
Louis J. Itule
Vaudeville
France
Itule
Tucson
Needles
Calif
25Th Cavalry
George J. Stule
Esterfield
Signal Corps
Joseph J. Stule
Holland
Sabotage in Southern France Blamed on Nazis
Paris dispatch reports thousands of renegade white Maquis armed with bombs parachuted into southern France as 20 suspects were jailed over a munitions dump explosion near Manosque that killed at least two. Bodies recovered. more possible beneath debris. Incident tied to pro-Nazi Frenchmen former Vichy militia in southern and eastern France.
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Paris
U.P
France
Manosque
Marseille
Vichy
Australian Soldiers Struggle to Buy Civilian Clothes
Discharged Australian soldiers face clothing shortages as merchants refuse to take Army vouchers. Merchants argue vouchers are hard to redeem and fear accounting hassles, leaving veterans without needed civilian attire.
Bel gian and French underground figures tied to Washington circle
Ambassador Henri Hoppenot’s daughter Genevieve Tabouis, once active in Belgian and French underground movements, came to Washington. She plans to return to France soon with the State Department’s blessing amid Allied leadership tensions between De Gaulle and Giraud.
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Henri Hoppenot
Washington
Genevieve Tabouis
France
Free French
Giraud
de Gaulle
State Department
Post Office Urges Early Yule Mailing
Postmaster Harold Collins urged Tucson residents to mail early for Christmas deliveries. The city’s postal staff will manage peak volumes, but limited transportation could cause delays. carriers will run Christmas day if needed and extra workers will staff peak days. Overseas packages to military personnel may extend to Dec. 10 with labeled Christmas packages receiving priority at embarkation.
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Harold Collins
Tucson
Collins
Federal Building
Old Pueblo Annex
North Sixth Avenue
University Station
East Third
Park Avenue
Davis-Monthan
Marana Army Airfields
Martin Drug Co
South Sixth
22Nd Avenue
Ford Motor Agency
East Broadway
Postal Department
General Inspecting Army Installations Visit to Phoenix
Maj. Gen. William E. Shedd arrived in Phoenix for a two day visit to inspect area Army installations. The newly appointed commandant of the ninth service command conducted the inspection start to end with the local post engagements and sighted facilities in need of review.
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Phoenix
William E. Shedd
Ninth Service Command
Train Car Crash Kills 2 War Workers Near Pewamo
Six of seven women war workers riding home from a plant were fatally injured when a Grand Trunk passenger train struck their automobile at a Pewamo crossing, 15 miles east of here. The dead include Ruth Navin 33 Mabel Cunningham 42 Mildred Bozung 23 Marjorie O Connell 21 and Mrs Marvin Stiles of Friday. The scene was attended by Stiles husband a high school teacher and first aid instructor who directed aid.
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Sonia
Mich
Grand Trunk
Ruth Navin
Mabel Cunningham
Mildred Bozung
Marjorie
Margaret O'Connell
Hubbard
Pewamo
Here
Stiles
Whistling in the Dark at Childress Army Air Field
Lt. James De Paola of the Army Air Field near Childress Texas piloted a bombing mission over Toulon in which a Berlin radio broadcast interrupted the operation with the tune Happy Days Are Here Again. He noted the moment as oddly humorous.
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Childress“Army Air Field
Tex
Toulon
James de Paola
Berlin
Lt. de Paola
Negro legislator-elect from Shoreham, William J. Anderson
William J. Anderson of Shoreham is elected as a new state representative next year. He is a son of an ex slave and former doorkeeper for President McKinley, having also served as Shoreham school director auditor and town agent.
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William J. Anderson
Shoreham
William McKinley
Anderson
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Glenmore Distilleries Company Incorporated
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Mits
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Idevel Vongress
Eer
Rocker
Sterling
Margaret Rose
Character Sterling
National Sterling
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Rizona Home Yfupps
Nome Furnishings
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