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- !' THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1941 News Of The Writers Aid China Relief Attend The REA Exposition Friday and Sattt Wnrld As Cauaht Bu Ihe tanm Heads Air School Would Arm S . Private Rockefeller War Aid for Air I Held as File Thief t tJkg,-, rt.fnnmnmirnftiiii n 1 Minimi laraaTrfWey f $s.J ,-'hJ 1 1.- ' if? L 3 Clare Booth and Vincent Sheean, well-known writers, confer on detail of the UniUd China Relief Dinner to be held In New York at the Waldorf-Astoria. Wandell Willkie, Pearl Buck, and Henry Luce, pub lisher, are scheduled to speak. " ' ' L Halifax Visits Wallace Wearing the habiliments of a war rior of Uncle Sam, Winthrop Rocke feller, scion of the oil family, be gins life as a buck private at Fort Dix, N. J. Young Rockefeller did not wait to be drafted, but enlisted. Flies 620 M.P.H." Robert A. Lovett of New York has been appointed special assistant to the secretary of war for air. The new post was made necessary by the tremendous increase In the army's air force. . -' ,...,.,.. . .... .. , , ., .,......-.. - wwmwxm, r f'-'i'1" - i.iirnirkA mi mmmm , Enters Commons 1(7 1 Accused of looting the Civil gerrlcS) Commission personnel files 80,000 confldraUaJ recoras oi n tionai daf ansa workers and turnlnc them over to two naturalised Gar mans, Harlan Q. Crandall, 19, U employ of tha eonuniaaioa, to shown as ha was taken into custody ia Washington by an agent of tha Department i Josttco. . - RAF Pats Ba ' -'(. ' , ::::.; I Veteran p.lot of the A.r Corps with a background oi neariy hours, Lieut Col. Idwal H. Ed wards is the new head of the giant Air Corps Basic Flying School at Randolph Field, Tex.. West Point of the Air. He succeeds Brig. Gen. John B. Brooks, who was trans ferred to the Fourth Bombardment Wing, Westover tm, .1- - dy for Luck A' native of Boston, Mass., Mrs. Beatrice Rathbone was nominated unopposed as a Conservative mem- bar of the English Hons of Corn- Lord Halifax (left). British ambassador to the U. S., chats with Vice President Henry A. Wallace, in the letter's Washington office. Halifax pleads that there be no interruption of aid to Britain, but declares Britain can foresee no need for help of U. S. troops. m i At 1 ! 1 ".S-Sl;:"1- xnona. to succeed her lata husband. U S Armv Air Corns Andrew C John Bthbone, who miles per hour while diving 21,000 mTZ7 JjM feet. McDonough, an airlines pilot, pthej mother of two children, is a Naval Reserve flier. Tha previ- Tit i ous speed record, set two years ago, TT rrr j was 575 m.p.h. I Heads FDR's Guards .... MaxMsMlssssssMaxaMMi ilfTri"' jRear Admiral Samuel Bolt 'chief of the bureau of ships, m a point as ha appears btfof iHouao Naval Affairs eomnit janpport of tha $909,00000 j expansion bilL. He supported (mony that facilities sho laTauabl to possibly sra' I American- merchui Britain Can irchutt i llfiiSll vi Heads Paratroops Succeeds Metaxas French "Strong Man" Two members of the British Royal Air Force pat the bald head of a flight sergeant for luck before taking their plane aloft over the Greek Italian front, where the RAF apparently has won control of the air. Far East Commander nrnuru Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, Jr., tells the Foreign Affairs Committl Washington that the British haven t got" dollars enough the war equipment they mui from the U. S. He said theyl pay for goods already orderi would not be able to pay for thing like what they neei Tugboat Deb Weds Austraiia kJ - jKh " ' jfV1 - ' - - ! I Fin S. v , v t " j 1 ' 'i "II i v ?tN"t L i. i . ' - i Squadron Leader L. A. Strange is credited with founding and build ing England's parachute army, called paratroops, a detachment of . which recently invaded Italy. Al though a flier since 1908, Squadron Leader Stranee never made a Dara- i I chute jump until last year. Fire Fighter to RAF Governor of the National Bank of Greece, Alexander Korizis was named by King George II to suc ceed Gen. John Metaxas aa premier of Greece. There will be no change in the cabinet or war policy, it is reported. Metaxas, who died in Ath ens following an operation, shared with Gen. Papagos the credit for his country's successful counter-attack against the Italians. Reported in Action Rapidly assuming new importance in French politics is Marcel B. Pey-j routen, minister of the interior, who heads the new,ly created militant secret police, and believed to be the ! future "strong man." The new' Jolice are called "Protection Guards," and are used as special guards for Marshal Petain. I Heads Red Army I fyasajBM I if c&t. $f l'i fW ) ' 7 1 J. yt 1 ' 1 ? s ' I Commander-in-chief of the British II f I r!w,y I Far Eastern forces is Air Chief - -1 1 f 4 ' , ' I Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Pop- , I -, A.V J ham, whose conference in Sydney, wilma Baard, the barge CRptain'a ' L 1 V- '1 : Anat.ralia with all , n jla-UaUfirhter. ia hnm njitt. k u... ?i r, I - A I fense services is reported to have l V. 1 ' . f f '. I decided course of British rtinn la A secret service agent since 1936, Michael F. Reilly was named super vising agent of the White House secret service detail. Ha succeeds j Dale Whiteside, who was appointed chief investigating agent for the i Department of the Interior. 1 King of Spain? Wilma Baard. tha bare daughter, is shown with h. k.,- Und, Count Nava de Tajo, after their marriaire in Kmm Vm-v .i the critical area. The crisis arosaJnlnt,n' two-week romance. Two from Japanese moves toward south-va1 ago Wilma was presented to era region of tha western Paciflcr,?c'ety by fourteen prominent men- uouy-iown, a Uke-off on Brenda t ranar's elaborate $50,000 eoming- Atlantic Commander oat nartv. Read The Ads Australia will take no initi shattering Pacific Peace-"I ing Foreign Minister a. 3 but adds that the governi prepared for any emergency ing of Australian remon at Britain's vita! Chinese Singapore brought JapM nr, Kpllicerentl uuiiuaMvu ssmj "o n (A Fireman James "Scotty McLach lan, of Miami, Fla would rather fght tha Nazis than fight fires. Ho lias resigned his job and left for Canada where be wCl take final training before Joining the British 1 air service as aa RAP Ue ' . b.twty Firm nagea The average hired nan on a Ken tucky farm received 27.J1 monthly last year. f k L Ir x I til -T-m ir" 11 'fi 11) in mil : L 1. , 1 Confer on Workers' Registratj Famed for bis daring and deadly work as World War eommeree raider, Count Felix von Luckner Is reported to be In command of one of the German raiders now preying oa commerce la the Pad fie, south ef the equator. Sarvtvors of attacked ships say be Is commanding the for- isr Erittsa sup wujeny; semes J2 tha Nssis ta Copeahacea. :J Ia a shakeup of the Red Army high command, General C. K. Zhu kov, head of the Kiev military dis trict, was named chief of the Soviet General Staff. General K. A. Ma ret.kov, former chief of staff, waa 1 cimmissar of defense " -nilit"-'- lr-ininir. j. France's Twe Coastlines France has a coastline of 1,700 miles. 1.300 on the Atlantic and 450 " on the Mediterranean. Aa early restoration of the Spanish monarchy is seen with the formal disclosure that former King Al fonso XII, under an agreement with Generalissimo Franco baa re nounced all claims to the throne ta favor of bis S7-year-old son. Prince Joan. Tne exiled monarch Is IB l ia Borne. V. g. Soldiers Overseas Of, the 4,757.240 men who were Inducted Into military service dur ing the World war. approximately 2,084.000 were sent overseas. Admiral Sir Percy Noble has been named commander-in-chief 01 the western approaches of Britain. The command has existed for some time, but baa new been expanded and raised to a rank equal with that of .ther naval commands. His chief ask win be to keep the Atlantic nee freeef German submarines. ! " a,iective ameinjrm Legend makes the amethyst a pre. taction against thieves and drunk enness. .. . 1 V'' mmmm , : j mil' . 1 - t Sidnl, n Mn0drB (,eft directo' Production mana'j bolrSyJitel,U,-.vSnter)' "ta on the production bwdonfer with Paul V. McNutt. federal aeurity fhu 0Jl,W2 to aecure registration of ol u J Jooa. ine registration primarily u ir v?7rai U aviation trmHaa .ki.l :ur ... s.hine B1" -- - t .uuuiiuint macnine an op or j, tnng work who are not now employed in defense
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