Allied torpedo-carrying planes blast Axis merchant ship off Libyan coast
Vessel believed sinking; patrols and artillery active on desert; storms ground planes
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Gen. Drum’s aide dies
New York –
Col. Elmer G. Lindroth, senior aide-de-camp of Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, died Wednesday night at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, after a long illness. The funeral and burial will be at Rockford, Illinois, Saturday.
Los Angeles area silent
Los Angeles, California –
Presence of an “unidentified target,” later identified as friendly, caused a 62-minute radio silence in the Los Angeles-San Diego area today.
Saved fuel means warpower
Ways homeowner can save fuel and money this winter
By Dr. Morton Mott-Smith, Science Service staff writer
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Tank war test in U.S. desert stuns experts
‘Four-day’ maneuvers take 29 hours with only 8 breakdowns
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Record crops seen to meet war demands
Wickard says farmers are winning production battle over Axis
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Jap fliers prefer death to rescue
Solomon Islands – (Aug. 8, delayed)
The five-man crew of a Japanese torpedo plane shot down today in a big air attack on U.S. warships in the Guadalcanal Channel preferred death to rescue by an American destroyer.
As the destroyer approached the crew, clinging to their plane in the water, one Jap brandished a pistol and fired several shots at the ship. Then he shot his four comrades and himself.