Actor flies through rain, fog to boost defense bonds here
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MacArthur’s perilous ocean dash described
Brigadier general tells how Bataan hero broke through Japanese blockade with wife, four-year-old son and staff
By Don Caswell
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Enemy sub destroyed by Army bomber
U-boat sighted by crew en route to base after special mission
Two direct hits
Craft sinks in swirl of oil after attack off northeast coast
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U.S. steamer torpedoed
Havana, March 21 (UP) –
The American steamer Cardonia was torpedoed and sunk off Haiti last week, and 37 survivors have been landed at Cienfuegos, the newspaper Avances said today. The Avances said 17 of the survivors had refused to return to the United States by ship. Instead, they demanded that they be taken to Havana by bus and then flown to the mainland.
MacArthur strategy may outwit Japs again
Nipponese attempt to invade Australia would be trying conclusions with veteran military master and natural fighter, writer says
By Kirke L. Simpson
Editor’s note:
This appraisal of Douglas MacArthur’s generalship in terms of the problems he faces in Australia – written by Wide World’s veteran war analyst, Kirke L. Simpson – concludes a four-part series of articles on the American High Commander of United Nations forces in the Southwest Pacific.
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44 feared lost as submarine sinks Honduras liner
Torpedo hits vessel off Jersey coast
Six battered survivors rescued day later, reach Brooklyn
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Kepner likes thrills aloft
Pacific Coast air chief has courted personal danger all his life
By Gladwin Hill
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Hendrickson is big buyer
$100,000,000 monthly outlay needed to fill his market basket
By Ovid A. Martin
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Plane chiefs stress care
Close checking done on students at Army’s training fields
By Devon Francis, Wide World aviation editor
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U.S. Navy Department (March 23, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 60
Far East.
U.S. submarines operating in Japanese waters have recently added the following to the list of enemy merchant vessels sunk or damaged in that area:
- One 7,000-ton tanker sunk.
- One 6,000-ton ship sunk.
- One 5,000-ton freighter sunk.
- Two 2,000-ton freighters damaged.
In addition to these merchant ships, one enemy destroyer or anti-submarine vessel was attacked and probably sunk.
The above actions have not been reported in any previous Navy Department communiqué.
There is nothing to report from other areas.
Reading Eagle (March 23, 1942)
MacArthur planes hit foe in Timor; Japs give Port Moresby worst blow
Allies wreck 44 aircraft in few days
Wyndham in Western Australia pounded by enemy; attack on Siberia predicted
By the Associated Press
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Draft blanks seek data on selectees
First questionnaires mailed to determine skills in 35-44 group
Others to follow
Pool of hidden talents expected to be found for war industries
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Wife is boss in household of MacArthur
Melbourne, March 23 (AP) –
Gen. Douglas MacArthur bosses the Allied armies in this part of the world, but in his own household, the supreme command rests with his dark-eyed little wife.
This was demonstrated today when Mrs. MacArthur took their small son, Arthur, on a shopping tour.
She promptly deposited young Arthur in a barbershop chair and ordered a good haircut for him.
The smiling mother told the barber:
The general said Arthur was not to have a haircut because he might catch cold.
But look at him – he needs a haircut badly. His father is not around now to stop it, so let’s trim it up.
Reporters attending the general’s press conference earlier noted that MacArthur himself needed a haircut, but concluded that he was much too busy to have it done.