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Show MISCELLANY: COMMANDER: An ace of World War I, Brig. Gen. Clayton L. Bis-sell, Bis-sell, was appointed commander of U. S. army air forces in China, Burma Bur-ma and India. IMPROVED: Returning from an official tour of Alaska, Sen. Mon C. Wallgren of Washington announced himself "much improved by the improved im-proved military situation" In the Aleutians. SUNK: American submarines, hammering at Japan's extended Pacific Pa-cific communication lines, sank four and damaged two more enemy ships. Two cargo ships and a large transport trans-port were sunk in the western Pacific. Pa-cific. A large merchant ship was sunk off the Aleutians. TEAM: Henry Kaiser, western shipbuilding wizard, and Howard Hughes, noted round-the-world flier, have announced they are joining in a program to build a fleet of 500 "flying "fly-ing freighters" to carry important war supplies to the fighting fronts in all parts of the world. |