CABLE MESSAGES IN BRIEF
* Big Wool Store on Fire.—Flames swept the si::-«'.orey warehouse of the National Wool Marketing Corporation this morning. The building contained 3,000 GOOlb of wool. Three firemen were injured. The damage was heavy.— Boston, March G. Bombs Dropped on Honolulu.—A Japanese aeroplane, believed to be operating from a ship at sea, dropped bombs on the outskirts of Honolulu on Wednesday. An examination of fragments disclosed that the bombs were of Japanese origin.—Honolulu, March 7. Peers Killed In War.—De Brett’s peerage for 1942 states that eight pgers and eight baronets, and also 24 heirs to titles have lost their lives while serving in the forces since the outbreak of the war. Four peers were killed in air raids. —London, March 7.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23582, 9 March 1942, Page 6
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