Leahy due to get new war position
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U.S. Navy Department (July 8, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 96
North Pacific Area.
On the afternoon Of July 5, a U.S. submarine, operating in the Aleutian Islands, torpedoed and is believed to have sunk a Japanese destroyer in the vicinity of Kiska.
This is the fifth enemy destroyer to have been sunk or damaged by our submarines in this area during the 2-day period (July 4-5).
Low visibility continues in this area.
The Pittsburgh Press (July 8, 1942)
8 saboteurs face almost certain death
Utmost secrecy keeps military commission action from public
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Here’s first story of U.S. tank victory
‘General Grants’ prove they are superior in African desert clash
By Richard D. McMillan
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Grant, Babs to wed
Hollywood –
Officials at RKO Studios, where Cary Grant is currently working on a picture, said today that the actor and Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton left Hollywood in utmost secrecy today to be married.
Earthquakes recorded; may be in the Aleutians
New York –
Two earthquake shocks of heavy intensity, which may have been centered in the Aleutian Island chain, were recorded by the Fordham University seismograph today.
The first tremor occurred at 3:06 a.m. (EWT) and the second at 3:15. Their epicenter was approximately 4,400 miles northwest.
The Aleutians, the Northern Pacific war theater, are regarded by scientists as second only to Japan as a locale for earthquakes.
Los Angeles has alert
San Francisco –
The Fourth Command ordered a preliminary (yellow) air raid alert and radio silence in the Los Angeles area last night due to presence of an unidentified target, later identified as friendly. The alert was ordered at 10:06 and the all-clear was given at 10:19 p.m.