Week’s News Highlights
Kiska Bombings
Washington LP)— Deo. 19—
Arruy heavy bemtiers splattered
the Japanese base at Kiska with
explosives Dec. 17, the Navy
announced, causing heavy explo
sions and starting fires.
Dec* 28—(.P)—The Navy an
nounced on Dec 26 Army Light
ning fighters strafed Jap shore
installations on Kiska and 2
Lightnings were lost but the
pilot of one was rescued.
flone Missing
Vancouver, B. C. (^P)—Eight
planes took part in the seareh of
a missing Canadian Pacific Air
liner with. 13 aboard somewhere
in the rugged coastal area in the
Cascades. Aboard were Captian
Ernest Kubicek and co-pilot Bill
Holland.
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Sport Star Dies
New York (^)-Dec 23
Death of C K ‘Med" Cagle,
brilliant former Army football
star was apparently accidental,
police said, after an autopsy
showed his death resulted from
a fractured skull and hemorrhage
of the brain.
Police said Elwood Ford, a
friend, < old them he was with
Cagle Saturday night As they
started home Cagle tripped and
fell the full length of a flight of
subway steps. Ford said Cagle,
was daead by the fall and rested
a few minutes before continuing
home.
Lift Restrictions
San Francisco (A1)—Dec. 24—
The Army tonight lifted curfew
and travel restrictions on Ger
man aliens in the 8-state area of
the:
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western defense. The restrictions,
imposed last March, were re
moved Oct. 19 with regard to
Italian aliens and aie rio longer
applicable to Japanese, all sinoe
removed from affected zones.
Andreanofs
Seattle (^T)—Cole ». Post,
chief of stafl, said the establish
ment of an American garrison
and Army air field in the Andre
anofs neutralised effectively the
Japanese base at Kiska and said
‘*1 don’t think the people of the
west coast need have any worries
aboift Kiska becoming a threat”.
Post reported r.roop landings
were coordinated perfectly and
executed so secretly the Japanese
did not learn it until two weeks
later.
Assassination
London {&)—Dec 24—Ad
miral Jean Darlan, former Vice
Premier of the Vichy government
who swung over to the Allies
when they landed in North Afri
ca, was assassinated in his offices
Thursday afternoon by a 20
yeai-old Frenchman from AlgieiS
Headquarters said the slayer was
captured. Reports from Algiers
said Darlan was shot three times,
once in the mouth and twice in
the lungs and died within a short
time on the wav to a hospital
From Washington President
Roosevelt denounced the assass
ination. saying he hoped' speedy
ju-itice will overtake the murder
er or murderers.”
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