World War II Chronicle: April 7, 1942

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On today’s front page: Tyrone Power — “Zorro” from 1940’s Mask of Zorro — looks as if he will join a Navy motion picture unit. Stay tuned for more…

Page two reports that colored recruits are no longer restricted to mess duty (kitchen staff) in the Navy… War Department communiques 178 and 179 on page four… Eyewitness account of USS Langley‘s sinking on page eight, as is a story of a Naval aircrew that survived being shot down over the Pacific, rescued by a boat that was then sunk, reached land and put back on a ship, which was bombed… Sports section begins on page 15.

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Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 7 April 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-04-07/ed-1/