Pilot who battled blindness to guide ships through Narrows
Capt Hardy Smith faced a blizzard and sanded ice as he piloted a freighter from Hoboken. An oncoming liner and ashore dust threatened his sight, leaving him blind for six months. Recovery restored much of his vision, enabling a wartime return as a boilermaker to help ship repairs and the war effort.
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New York
N. Y
Sandy Hook
New York Bay
Narrows
Hardy Smith
Smith
Ambrose Channel
Capt. Smith
Capt Smith
Todd Erie Basin Dry Docks
Brooklyn
Hardy Sntth
Sandy Mosk
Todd Erie Basin Drydocks
Bristol Picnic Reunites Wintering Folks in Florida Park
The Bristol group gathering in Miami includes old neighbors the Intes and local residents at Mathe son Hammock County Park six miles south of the city. The article notes CCC construction, county oversight, and extensive facilities along Biscayne Bay with a nearby resort area for bathing and boating.
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Miami
Into
Matheson Hammock
Miami Beach
South Florida
Matheson
Coconut Grove
Biscayne Key
Dade Coumty
Key West
Biscayne Bay
CCC
James Walsh
Loretta Connell
Henry Sweeney
William Neahy
John Whipple
Gwen Leclair
Chilton Williams
Providence
Captain Chase
Harry Young
Bristol
Walsh
Arnold Hoffman
Rumstick Point Barrington
Hollywood Beach
Max Sieffert
Ernest Arnold
Whale Harbor
Florida Keys
John Gilroy
Florida
Leonora Dictates War Bond Letter in Fictional Desk Play
A young girl named Leonora stages a scene of executive poise at her desk and commands her stenographer Miss Simpkins to draft a letter to Secretary Morgenthau. The missive asserts patriotism and a ten percent investment in War Bonds, reflecting a Treasury file excerpt.
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Leonora
Miss Simpkins
the Treasury
Mr. Morgenthau
Treasury Department
The World Food Problem and the War’s Hunger Threats
A Collier's feature outlines how total war drives famine and pestilence through four new forces Revolution Unemployment Suspicion and Hate. It details Europe Asia and America how blockade shortages reduce field crops dairy and meat with ravages from armies and scorch earth.
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Europe
Asia
Toitdy
Britain
Russia
America
War Price and Rationing Board Announces New Hours
The War Price and Rationing Board lists panel members for Brice Ros and details on the new office hours. Offices open to the public on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Weekdays run 9 a.m. to 5 15 p.m with Tuesday evenings reserved for Price Panel only.
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Paul A. Herzig T
Cle
Edith McGann Jordan
Adele Sturdevant
Elizabeth Watters Buell Buckingham
Elizabeth Jackson
Ralph F. Kinder
Robert L. Cragan
Robert W. Nelson John Victoria Elizabeth Jackson
M. Adowilda Brownell
Elmer E. Angell
Salvador Nunes Guiseppi Perroni
William H. Sisson
Dorothy Angell
John Andrade
Joseph F. Pannone
William Leahy
Reynolds Northup
Helen Newbold
Louis Castriotta
Marguerite Stone
Office of the War Price and Rationing Board
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Axis
Seven Seas
U.S. Rubber Co
Mahoney
Wood Street
Bristol Phoenix
Town OF
Herbert Hoover
Collier's Weekly
War Brice
Ros ‘Ration Board
Charles M. Connery Funeral Home
TEL
Burton ST
Van’s Variety Store
Wood Street Bag
Cooper’s
Main ST
Warren, B. L
Warren Fe
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Fune
Whiliam Street
RAL
Salvador Nunes
Mt. Hope Ave
Tel. Br
George M. Whear & Sons CO
Warren
Constitution St
Dorchester Mutual
Boston
L. Watson Co., Inc
Wrayboeset Street
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street Hoare
Eae Ee Teleytione
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