World War II Chronicle: October 9, 1941
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The front page reports that Maj. Gen. Clifford R. Powell, commanding general of the 44th Infantry Division has been relieved during the Carolina Maneuvers. Powell, who briefly served as acting governor of New Jersey and commands the N.J. National Guard, served as a pilot during the first world war and shot down two German warplanes…
Also on the front page, White Sox pitcher Johnny Rigney has married the granddaughter of Charles Comiskey. The mother of the bride is the current owner of Chicago’s south-side club. Surprisingly, Rigney won’t be the only White Sox pitcher to wed a baseball owner’s daughter this week… And Capt. Jonas Ingram has been nominated for promotion to admiral. The former Naval Academy football star and Medal of Honor recipient had recently commanded the battleship USS Tennessee. Following the war he serves as commissioner of the All-America Football Conference (a successful rival league which would merge with the NFL) and is named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968…
George Fielding Eliot column on page 13… Sports begins on page 44
Today’s featured plane in the comics section is the Focke-Wulf Fw-200, which the Germans named the Condor due to its 109-foot wingspan. Designers took the sleek airliner and added a gondola underneath which contained a bomb bay that could carry 2,200 lbs (external pylons could carry almost six tons of ordnance). Although over 200 were built — and yes, Adolf Hitler did use a Condor as his personal transport — the four-engine plane wasn’t reliable enough for service as a bomber and kept to transport and patrol roles.
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 9 October 1941. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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