America at war! (1941– ) (Part 1)

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NYA, CCC called prep schools for ‘pen’ by governor

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2223

U.S.-to-Russia fliers honored

Six officers, six enlisted men decorated

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2224

U.S. takes over beach

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2225

U.S. considers using coal to make gasoline

Product, however, likely to be expensive

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2226

U.S. to ask neutrality pledge from French government

May break with Laval’s Vichy regime

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2227

La Guardia fears attack if Hitler seizes fleet

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2228

Corregidor defeat –
Big guns shell Japs on Bataan

Ammunition, troop, truck concentrations blown up

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2229

Diplomats say MacArthur has full authority

Clarification of confusion created by statement of Army man due

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2230

Radio operator arrested on espionage charge

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2231

CANDIDLY SPEAKING —
Why women in uniform? Here’s viewpoint

By Maxine Garrison

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2232

U.S. War Department (April 17, 1942)

Army Communiqué No. 194

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Army Communiqué No. 195

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2233

The Pittsburgh Press (April 17, 1942)

U.S. recalls Ambassador to Vichy
Welles denounces French protest; charges pro-Nazi activities

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2234

British ship torpedoed

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2235

Congress helpless –
Army, Navy row angers public

Letters denounce rivalry for recruits
By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington corespondent

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2236

‘Double check’ hit –
Labor battles wage freezing

AFL-CIO ‘cabinet’ serves notice on Roosevelt

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2237

Bataan’s fall places 60,000 in Japs’ hands

10 U.S. and six Filipino generals among troops and civilians lost

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2238

Big offensive by Army near, Stimson says

MacArthur is top man in Australia, Secretary of War declares

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2239

Train carrying troops crashes into freight

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2240

Already barred from mails –
U.S. jury to investigate Coughlin paper’s operations

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2241

Roosevelt to Canada?

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