World War II Chronicle: April 1, 1942
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The front page reports that Sgt. Hank Greenberg and the Orlando Air Base club lost to the Washington Nationals 9-2. The airmen collected 12 hits off Bill Zuber and future Hall-of-Famer Early Wynn and Greenberg drove in two runs… Naval aviation legends Lt. Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare and Lt. Cmdr. John S. Thatch are pictured on page three…
Story on the Navy’s “Mosquito Fleet” of PT boats defending the Panama Canal on page five… Sports section begins on page 42
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 1 April 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-04-01/ed-1/