Roosevelt Nominates Nine Brigadiers for Major General
President Roosevelt named nine brigadiers for temporary promotion to major general and advanced 44 colonels and one lieutenant colonel to brigadier general. The list includes Robert M. Montague of field artillery from Portland Oregon and others from Washington D C Topeka Kansas Little Rock Arkansas and more. A number of promotions are noted across infantry cavalry field artillery coast artillery air corps and support branches to meet Army needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert M. Montague
The
Field Artillery
Portland
Ore
Charles W. Ryder
Topeka
Kas
Edwin P. Parker
Troy H. Middleton
Infantry
Baton Rouge
Charles 5. Kilburn
Cavalry
el Paso
Tex
John T. Pierce
Laramie
Wyo
William E. Chambers
Chicago
William K. Harrison, Jr
Washington, D. C
Floyd L. Parks
Greenville
Coast Artillery
Colfax
Wash
Fred W. Miller
Manchester
Iowa
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Honesdale
Thomas L. Martin
Fort Riley
Alan W. Jones
Seattle
Willard S. Paul
Shrewsbury
Mass
Joseph C. Mehaffey
Engineers
Tryon
N. C
Robert L
U S Sub Plays Deadly Game Of Hide And Seek With Japs
Pearl Harbor reports Admiral Nimitz discloses a U S submarine survived four depth charge attacks while stalking a Japanese carrier during the Midway clash. The sub surfaced to see ships circling then fired torpedoes at a crippled carrier as planes and ships moved in a deadly chase.
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U.S
Walter B. Clausen
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Midway
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S.S. Arizona
Admiral Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Midway Island
Gibson Urges Orderly Negotiation Of Peace
At the Rotary International convention Hugh Gibson, former U S ambassador to Belgium and Brazil, urged that peace preparation start during the war and that time be allowed after hostilities to abate destructive forces for orderly negotiations. He said success depends on informed public interest and broad support for governments to craft the right kind of peace.
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Toronto
Rotary International
Hugh Gibson
United States
Belgium
Brazil
Arizona motor transport rate increase approved
The Arizona Motor Transport Association won permission from the state corporation commission to raise rates by 10 percent, aligned with a railroads increase. The application filed December 29 followed a railroads hike and hearings occurred February 12 and 13 in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Arizona Motor Transport Association
State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Editor Named Publicity Head For Brewers
Sidney B. Moeur named John C. McPhee as public relations director for the Brewing Industry Foundation. McPhee leaves Mesa Journal Tribune to take the post after a long Arizona press career and federal service on the Navajo reservation.
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Phoenix
Daily Citizen
Sidney B. Moeur
Brewing Industry Foundation
John C. McPhee
McPhee
Deage Allen
Arizona
Mesa Journal-Tribune
Mesa
United States Department of Interior
Arizona Highways Magazine
Moeur
Canadian Ship Safe After Attack Off West Coast
The Canadian navy says a Canadian built merchant ship was brought safely to a west Canadian port after a determined attack by a Japanese submarine. There were no deaths and the attack location is undisclosed for security. Some damage was sustained. this marks the first submarine strike on Canadian west coast shipping, with prior attacks occurring in U S Pacific waters.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States Pacific
Former Ambassador Garrett Dies in Baltimore at 70
John W. Garrett former United States ambassador to Italy from 1929 to 1933 died at his Baltimore area home after a year of declining health. Born May 19, 1872 in Baltimore he was grandson of John W. Garrett a founder and early president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Garrett served as secretary to embassies in the Hague Berlin and Rome and as minister to Venezuela Argentina and Holland. He also chaired a commission that negotiated a prisoner treatment agreement between the United States and Germany after World War I.
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Baltimore
John W. Garrett
United States
Italy
Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hague
Berlin
Rome
Venezuela
Argentina
Holland
Germany
First Annual Meeting of Phoenix Construction Contractors
The Associated Construction Contractors will hold its first annual meeting in Phoenix Sunday night. Discussion will cover speeding and coordinating work on war projects. James G. North of Phoenix is president and Lee Norton is executive secretary.
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Phoenix
Associated Construction Contractors
Lee Norton
James G. North
Mines Bureau Reorganized to Speed War Minerals
Interior Secretary Ickes announced a reorganization of the Bureau of Mines to accelerate the nation’s war needs. Three regional offices will cover Salt Lake City Utah Rolla Missouri and College Park Maryland with Dr. R S Dean to oversee the new regional engineering staff.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Interior
Ickes
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rolla
Central States
College Park
R. R. Sayers
R. S
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John W. Leonard
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Desmond D. Balmer
Pullman
Harry R. Katz
Ordnance
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David N. W. Grant
Medical Corps
Richmond
John R. Hodge
Carbondale
Lawrence H. Hedrick
Judge Advocate General
Hot Springs
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Carl Raymond Gray, Jr
St. Paul
Minn
Henry B. Lewis
Adjutant General’s Department
New York City
James R. Alfonte
Raymond F. Fowler
New Orleans
William H. Harrison
Garden City
N. Y
Allen R. Kimball
Quartermaster Corps
Hampton
Robert C. Candee
Air Corps
Spokane
Delmar H. Dunton
Detroit
Mich
Charles P. Stivers
Downers Grove
Ill
Charles A. Willoughby
Bronxville
Lester J. Whitlock
Field
Columbus
Ohio
David G. Barr
Nanafalia
Ala
Gibson
Brewers
John P. McFee
Allen
Mines Bureau
Monta Clearance
Red Cross
Paramount Shoes
Selby, Walcraft, LaValle and Rice O'Neill Shoes
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Congress
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
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Victor H. Luedlake
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