Broadway with Walter Winchell All Around the Town Chronicle
The column surveys Times Square theater life and New York character from mimeographed war plans to bootblack imitations, park scenes, street vendors, and civic oddities. It notes souvenir shops, subway astonishments, and urban quirks as wartime city life unfolds.
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Sixth Avenue
Grand Central Terminal
Times Square
East Side
Broadway
190Th Street
New York City
180Th Street
Hudson
Street Life Echoes of City Struggles and Street Vendors
Vivid sketches of New York’s subway burden and public costs as down and outsiders face expulsion to their home towns. Sidewalk salesmen craft sharp patter amid city hustle and expense.
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New York
Prayer Card From Patton Army Christmas Message
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. sent a Christmas greeting to all Third Army personnel with a prayer asking mercy on the rains and blessing for fair weather in battle. Censors had blocked public release of the prayer at Christmas time.
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U. S. Third Army
Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Committee Heads Named For Merchants Bureau
John Beck the bureau chairman announced new committee chairmen for the retail merchants bureau. Named are Carl Holstrom finance Ralph E Walker trade area Earle Nichols store hours Wallace Boyson special downtown committee Gordon Barger high school training course L W Busby Christmas parade and street decorations and N P Craemer postwar fund.
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Retail Merchants Bureau
John Beck
Carl Holstrom
Ralph E. Walkler
Earle Nichols
Wallace Boyson
Gordon Barger
L. W. Busby
N. P. Craemer
Mt Hermon Lodge Installs Officers for 1945
Mt Hermon lodge No 263 A F and A M installed officers led by D M Robertson as worshipful master succeeding Charles Penningroth in the Masonic hall. Installing officer Capt Harry K Burmeister past master now in army service at Washington DC. 1945 officers include Hoyt Thomas senior warden Lloyd George junior warden Otto F Hanzlik treasurer O L Eckert secretary Rev Dominick Loferski chaplain Allen Hird senior deacon Fred Hollands junior deacon Robert Sailor senior steward Rev Grant F Anderson junior steward Charles Penningroth marshal and Clifford Keyes junior tyler. Earl B Delzell presented the past masters jewel to Penningroth. Committee heads for 1945 are Invest
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D. M. Robertson
Mt. Hermon Lodge No. 263
A. F
A.M
Charles Penningroth
Masonic Hall
Harry K. Burmeister
Washington, D. C
Ewin E. Hruska
William M. Evans
Hoyt Thomas
Lloyd George
Otto F. Hanzlik
O. L. Eckert
Dominick Loferski
Allen Hird
Fred Hollands
Robert Sailor
Grant F. Anderson
Clifford Keyes
Ryler
Earl B. Delzell
Invest
Lodge to mark seventy-fifth diamond jubilee anniversary
Past Master Harry J. Manchester named general chairman of the committee as the lodge plans a diamond jubilee observance. The list of names shows members in dues and charity, finance, house, inter-relations, sick and visitation, posting and publicity duties, with R T Termohlen and Otto F Hanzlik among officers and D M Robertson among those noted. The lodge will grieve its milestone during the anniversary year.
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Otto F. Hanzlik
Paul Anderson
Harry J. Manchester
Flak suit cuts U S air deaths over Germany
London AP reports American airmen on missions over Germany now wear new flak armor with a hardened steel back and front. Previously protection relied on seat backing. Casualties from enemy fire have been reduced by 66 percent, according to the air service command.
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London
Germany
Peraa
Air Service Command
Caution Urged on Rugs Near Stairs to Prevent Slips
The memo advises removing small rugs from the head or front of stairs to reduce trip and slip hazards. It emphasizes steady footing and recommends securing or eliminating mats in high-traffic near-landing areas.
Vraciu Returns Safe After Missing in Luzon
Mrs. Alex Vraciu, bride of the missing navy air ace, learns he turned up safe at the Seventh fleet flagship in Luzon. Lieutenant Commander Vraciu, 25, the navy’s top ace with 19 planes downed, bailed out on December 14 and was not heard from until Thursday.
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Chicago
Ind
Alex Vraciu
Luzon
Seventh Fleet
Vraciu
Navy
Eden to accompany Churchill to parley
Prime Minister Churchill said Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden would join him at the big three conference. He added that their military and technical advisers would be present without fail at the rendezvous.
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London
Churchill
Anthony Eden
General Castle Killed Lead Bomber in German Raid
Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle of the Eighth Air Force was killed Christmas Eve when his Fortress was shot down in flames by seven Nazi fighters. He led a bombing attack on Germany. engines spilled fire after Messerschmitts struck and oxygen tanks ignited. He ordered the crew to bail out rather than drop bombs over civilians below. The Fort spiraled, fuel tanks exploded, ending the flight and killing Castle and others aboard.
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London
Frederick W. Castle
Eighth Air Force
Castle
Germany
Messerschmitts
Pilot crew details from wartime air crash emerge
In the crash wreckage four crew members survived and reached England. Two others were hospitalized, two more are missing presumed killed after being blown from the plane.
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England
Lay sweaters flat to keep shape, not on hangers
Don’t hang sweaters on hangers. Lay them flat in a drawer to preserve shape and avoid stretching. This simple method helps maintain fit and fabric integrity.
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van Cortlandt Park
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