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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
2
Eloise Thrall editor announces Carey Times published every Thursday and registered as second class mail matter in Carey Ohio. Subscriptions in advance: one year two dollars six months one dollar three months sixty cents.
A collection of satirical Observations by Herbert H. Miller touching wartime attitudes and politics. The piece riffs on Nimitz, Himmler, Truman and other figures, noting public sentiment, media attitudes, and social quirks during wartime. It mixes humor with sharp commentary on propaganda, gender roles, and postwar hopes.
Mr and Mrs Harry B Mapes share a letter from their son Robert a cargo vessel crew member in the South Pacific dated July 22 1948. He describes mail delays heat sea life natives huts rain sunsets and ongoing travel through the Dutch East Indies while learning to operate cargo winches and studying navigation.
The narrator contrasts wealth and poverty with vivid scenes of building cabins and sunbaked labor. He notes a painter’s plight in an air cooled room, a haying father under a blazing sun, and then shifts to soldiers entering Italian cities where animals suffer from malnutrition. He mentions a gaunt human jackal who fled to Germany.
The writer says they feel fine and have worked 176 hours overtime. They close with a brief farewell and encouragement to write often. The tone is casual and affectionate, ending with love.
Pvt Margie Bohlen writes from Cherry Point North Carolina detailing life in the Marine Corps camp. She describes barracks trains bicycle riding and a busy recreation hall with dances movies and a library and mentions payday and mail from Ira and Wimpy. A separate Ohio highway contract notice lists bids and requirements for multiple counties with total estimated cost.
Aug. 23. Three persons were hospitalized after a one vehicle crash on U R 53 north of Fostoria. Miss Mary Louise Tiell 1% of Alvada and Gerald Thompson 43244 W North St Fostoria and Rita Rinehart 1s of Alvada were injured when a tire blew out flipping the car into a soybean field. Tiell sustained facial lacerations and fractures, Thompson head injuries and possible fractures, Rinehart head injuries and leg lacerations. Vehicle demolished. state patrol investigated.
After the regular meeting on August 22 the losing side in the attendance and new members contest was noted. Mrs Helen Gamberling led the winning side with Mrs Minnie Garn as captain. A potluck birthday supper for August celebrants followed on August 29. Rae Sopher, Publicity Chairman.
The 82nd Airborne Division signalmen laid over 3,600 miles of telephone wire and repaired 85 radios during the Normandy campaign. Led by Sgt. Paul Czerinski and Capt. Robert Furnam, they served under heavy fire, maintaining continuous communications between regimental control points and attacking units.
Amid wartime strain Croks and administrative personnel expanded roles beyond routine tasks. They served as telephone linemen, messengers and motorcyclists in addition to their regular duties, illustrating total effort and resourcefulness across the workforce.
Court of Common Pleas probate division Wyandot County Ohio notes an inventory and appraisal of Martha M Beidel Beiderghiss deceased filed by executor. Hearing set for September 12 1944 at 9 am with five day advance filing for exceptions. Judge Russell H Kear signs.
W F Beidelschies of Carey Ohio has been appointed administrator of Martha M Beidelschies late of Carey Wyandot County Ohio. Dated August 21 1904 Judge Russell H Kfar Probate Court Wyandot County Ohio.
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