Montgomery's Trail Retraced From Cairo to Tunisia
Ernie Pyle recalls tracing General Montgomery's chase of Rommel from Cairo through western Egypt and eastern Libya to Tunisia. He notes flat barren deserts marked by numerous tank tracks, wrecked gear, and remnants of war, then describes Tripoli after its fall, its damaged streets, harbors, and the mix of Allied soldiers and Italian civilians.
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Africa
Cairo
Montgomery
Rommel
Egypt
Tunisia
Libya
Tripoli
M Duce
Paradise City
Santa Barbara
Uke Sfax
Gabes
Bizerte
Legion Poppy Sale Delayed For In Transit Pies
A large corps of senior and junior members of the American Legion auxiliary report the annual poppy sale will occur tomorrow due to a delay in transit of pop pies. MU Hope unit No. 193 organized the event with participation from Legion auxiliary members.
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MU Hope Unit No. 193
American Legion
Auxit
Auxiliary
Poppy Drive Led by Local Volunteers for Veterans Aid
Volunteer workers led by Als dames E. McK Hardesty E W Dunkley and Sam Austin have organized a poppy event. The poppies are made by disabled veterans and proceeds will support auxiliary rehabilitation child welfare and aid for disabled veterans and children left fatherless by World Wars I and II.
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Alsdames E. McK
Hardesty
E. W. Dunkley
Sam Austin
Phone Company Auditor To Address Civitan Club Meeting
J. J. Cason auditor of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of West Virginia will speak to the Charleston Civitan club at a luncheon today in the Daniel Boone hotel.
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Civitan Club
J. J. Cason
Chesaypeake & Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
Gasoline Stations Suspended Over Rationing Violations
Chief Heating Commissioner Fred Glover Jr. wrapped a three day docket in OPA offices suspending two gas stations for rationing breaches. Seymore Wabbard of Texaco in Gautey Bridge and staff were accused of selling gas to an OPA investigator without coupons. Brown's service station in Montgomery also faced a three day suspension for selling gas in exchange for a loose T coupon.
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Fred
Glover, Jr
OPA
Seymore Wabbard
Texaco
Gautey Bridge
Freedom and Unity
OPA Investite
Vermont
Guy D. Brown
Ford G. Ramsey
Brooks F. Ramsey
Brown
Montgomery
Glover
Williamson
Mingo County Court House
Porches and Terraces Gain Lived-In Look with Rugs
The store offers a wide stock of rugs in various gay patterns and colors to deck porches and terraces. Customers are urged to use them, with prices around 100 to enhance outdoor spaces.
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Karastans
Ain
First Lady on Stage at Army Play Debut
President and Queen Wilhelmina attended as Mrs. Roosevelt made her acting debut in The Army Play at Clyde Park home presented by John Golden. The program featured soldier written sketches including Button Up Your Lip as a dream sequence involving Myrna Lou.
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New York
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Treasury
Morgenthau
Myrna Lou
Myrna Loy Surprise Broadway Appearance and Hyde Park Absence
Actress Myrna Loy made a surprise Broadway appearance last month but missed Hyde Park performance. The First Lady offered to take Loy's role. Near the end, President Roosevelt entered and delivered the tag line Myrna Loy can't be here. The curtain fell as the audience applauded. A human at rest needs about 1 680 calories daily to maintain life.
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Trier
Cen- Africa
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Ona
Legion
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Atlas
Kara-Fleur
Yarastan
Myrna Loy
Ecolor
Peese
Woodtuma
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