Army Auxiliary unit forms at Fort Georgia training center
Oglethorpe Mieslaty McGann, 37, and a group of O Auxiliaries from Bos an Vicinity depart North Station for a four week basic api school at Fort Georgia. She has two brothers serving: Richard in Guadalcanal and William at Connecticut. Wag in charge by L. Goer at WAAC Recruiting HQ Boston. Buy war bonds and stamps.
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Mieslaty
McGann
Spring
Bedford
North Station
Bosan
Fort Georgia
Richard
Guadalcanal
William, Toney
Connecticut
D Ure
L. Goer
WAAC
Commonwealth Ave
Boston
Federal Government Seeks Agricultural and Industry Specialists
The Civil Service Commission announces urgent openings for agricultural and industry specialists. Positions pay from 2483 to 6500 dollars annually with a 43 hour week and overtime. Applicants should have technical or scientific agriculture experience and file with the Washington DC office. historical specialist closes March 22 1943.
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Everajirea
Governa
Sant Industry Enelysts
U. Service Commission
Commission
Manpower Commission
Washington, DC
Office of the Civil Service Commission
Pataon
Nothing is lost says de Gaulle rallying France to resist
Gen Charles de Gaulle at 52 declares France capitulated but continues to mobilize Frenchmen. Nazis misused his modern warfare ideas rejected by their own superiors, as the War Manpower Commission notes restrictions on wartime appointments and calls for skilled applicants only.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Arlington family heads to Florida as serviceman trains aboard
Mrs. Preston L. Cushing of Arlington West Acton and her children Janet and Robert depart Friday for Miami Fla to join Ensign Cushing now stationed in Florida training for duty on a subchaser. The Sandy Hill 4 H Club collected 700 to 800 moines for servicemen and is concentrating on tin can collection. The group includes Marjorie Christopherson Claire Celene Henrietta Walther Olive Hthel Anderson. Rev Lynn P Townsend of the Center recuperates from surgery at New England Baptist Hospital.
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Preston L. Cushing
Arlington §T
West Acton
Janet
Robert
Miami
Fla
Ensign Cushing
Florida
Sandy Hill
Moines
Marjorie Christofferson
Claire
Celene
Henrietta Walther
Olive
Hthel Anderson
Lynn P. Townsend
Center
New England Baptist Hospital
Acton Man Made Ensign Harold A Buxton Enlistment
Harold A Buxton son of Mrs Ralph O Buxton of North Acton earned the Wings of Gold and was commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve after completing flight training at Pensacola Florida He holds a degree from Northeastern University and played varsity hockey and baseball at school He began pre training at Squantum and completed the course in September before heading to Annapolis for basic and advanced flying assigned to a naval aviation post and then to an operational center before combat duty
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Acton
Harold A. Buxson
Ralph O. Buxton
En Rd
North Acton
Smval Reserve
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Buxton
Northeastern University
Ett
Naval Reservevation
Squantum
Annapolis
Naval Aviaton
Navy
Urge Young Women Train for Teaching in Massachusetts
State Education Commissioner Walter S Downey urged high school graduates to pursue teaching as an important national service amid a severe teacher shortage. He told superintendents and principals that rural and small communities face the sharpest needs and that 500 graduates could fill about 2,000 vacancies, stressing teaching as essential war and peace work preserving American freedom.
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State House
Boston
Walters
Downey
Massachusetts
America
Ninth Birthday Party for Acton Girl at Home
Edith G Strack daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Strack of Arlington Street West Acton celebrated her ninth birthday last Saturday by entertaining friends at her home Beech Rose Marie Spinney Nancy and Betty Lee Ruth Ann Tobin Mary Learmouth Mary and Patricia McCarthy Janet Gould Edna Nichols Janet Wilson Marcia Reed Joan King Janice Teele Claire Waite and Barbara Teele each invited guest attended the small celebration at the Strack residence in Acton
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Acton
Edith G. Strack
Charles Strack
Arlington St
West Acton
Beech
Rose Marie Spinney
Nancy
Betty Lee
Ruth Ann Tobin
Mary Learmouth
Mary
Patricia McCarthy
Janet Gould
Edna Nichols
Janet Wilson
Marcia Reed
Joan King
Janice Teele
Claire Waite
Barbara Teele
Arbor Day Icon Johnny Appleseed Remembered in Legacy
A nostalgic portrait recalls Johnny Appleseed born 1775 in Springfield Massachusetts who planted apple nurseries across frontier America from Pennsylvania to Missouri. He wandered barefoot with a brimming bag and two trousers while urging pioneers to plant seeds and start orchards. His legacy endures in annual remembrances and a symbolic spirit of Arbor Day.
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Eral
Arbor Day
Jonathan
Johnny Appleseed
Appleseed
Johnny
Chapman
New
Territoy
Johnny Apples
Springfield
Mass
Pittsburg Landing
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Bible
Fort Wayne
Ind
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Oglethorpe
Co-operative Society
Petent
Baker
United
The
Middlesex Institution
Maynard, Mass
Indemand
Civil Service
United Nations
Tim
U.S. Civil Services Commission
Washington, D. C
War Manpower Commission
Magaazine
South Sudbury
Fred M. Foss
Tel. So. Sud
Wilder, X. Macu
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Tel
Maynard
Linden Sti Emaynard
Frank’s. Radio Electric
Aera
Hudson Tek
Oak
Harold A. Buxton
Wings of Gold
Marlboro
Mingham
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