World War II Chronicle

World War II Chronicle: July 6, 1942

Chris Carter

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Queen Elizabeth is pictured on the bottom of the front page riding a Jeep as she inspects American forces stationed in Northern Ireland. Today’s queen, Elizabeth II, is 16 years old and will join an ambulance unit after she turns 18…

Queen Elizabeth II in 1945

Maj. Gen. Herbert A. Dargue, the Commander of First Air Force that was flying across the United States to take over the Hawaiian Department following the Pearl Harbor attack, has been found in the High Sierras. The B-18 Bolo carrying Dargue and an assistant crashed on Kidd Mountain on Dec. 12, 1941 and weren’t located until May 1942…

An Army master sergeant serving with the British in North Africa who was believed to be lost has reappeared (see page eight). George L. Seastrom, a 20-year veteran was part of a group of American soldiers advising the British on their American-made tanks… in George Fielding Eliot column on page 11… Sports section begins on page 13…

Lt. Mickey Cochrane’s Army and Navy ballplayers spent a couple hours fine-tuning their skills in preparation for their matchup against the winner of the game between the National League and American League. George Earnshaw, who served as a personnel officer at Jacksonville Naval Station before being named one of the club’s coaches won 129 games over his nine-year career. He will later request sea duty and becomes a gunnery officer, earning the Navy Commendation Medal and Bronze Star for his role in battles across the Pacific. Bob Feller (who thus far has won 107 games) has grown tired of his role in physical fitness and wants a combat assignment. Soon he will be in gunnery school and will also head out to the Pacific aboard the battleship USS Alabama. Former Chicago White Sox righthander Johnny Rigney is also in the Navy and will serve in the Pacific. Last year he married Dorothy Comiskey, the granddaughter of Charles Comiskey. Although his wife will become the owner of the White Sox, Rigney will only manage to play in 26 games after the war.

Stay tuned for more on these players:

The 1942 Service All-Stars. Back row, from left to right: Ken Silvestri (Yankees), Pat Mullin (Tigers), Johnny Sturm (Yankees), Sam Harshany (Browns), Chester Hajduk (White Sox), Bob Peterson, Johnny Grodzicki (Cardinals), Mush Esler, Benny McCoy (Athletics), Emmett Mueller(Athletics), and Morrie Arnovich (Giants). Middle row: Don Dunker, O.V. Mulkey, Fred Hutchinson (Tigers), Sam Chapman (Athletics), Bob Feller (Indians), George Earnshaw (White Sox), Mickey Cochrane (former Tigers), Hank Gowdy (former Braves and World War I veteran), Joe Grace (Browns), Cecil Travis (Senators), Mickey Harris, (Red Sox) and John Rigney (White Sox). Front row: Vinnie Smith (Pirates), Don Padgett (Cardinals), Ernie Andres, Herm Fishman, Fred Schaffer, Frank Pytlak (Red Sox), Russ Meers (Cubs), and John Lucadello (Browns)

Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 6 July 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-07-06/ed-1/

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