Retired General recalls Wake surrender 25 years later
Brig. Gen. James P. S. Devereux recalls surrender at Wake Island on Dec 23 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He describes defenses, air attacks, and the moment Cmdr Cunningham ordered surrender with Marines destroying weapons and meeting the Japanese under a white flag. Devereux later served four terms as Maryland congressman and earned the Navy Cross.
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Wake
Glyndon
James P. S. Devereux
USMC
Worthington Valley
Devereux
Wake Island
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Hickam Field
Pearl
Toki Point
Winfield Scott Cunningham
Cunningham
Maryland
Marine Corps
Marine
Look and Kennedy Dispute Advances in Court and Out of Court Talks
The publisher plans a 300000 word book next April while Manhattan court filings by Manchester and Harper Row face Mrs. Kennedy charges. An extension was granted suggesting possible settlement with Harper Row. Look’s Joseph Wurzel hinted at West Germany delays as Stern editor Henri Nannen in Switzerland said no contract changes affect Stern rights. Stern, with 2 million circulation, had $72600 for German rights and serialization sales in England France Italy and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Harper & Row
Manhattan
West Germany
Look
Wurzel
Henri Nannen
Stern
Nannen
Switzerland
Hamburg
England
France
Italy
Germany
Eight Homeless After Four Story Blaze in Steelton
Eight persons became homeless when a four story frame building at 151 153 S Front St Steelton caught fire. Thirteen fire companies battled the blaze for two hours. three firefighters were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The adjacent brick building was damaged and the cause was not immediately determined.
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Steelton, Pa
Dauphin County
S. Front St
Harrisburg Hospital
Seers Club Christmas Meeting Near Buells Corners
The Seer's Club held its Christmas gathering at Mrs. Alta Butler's home with fourteen members and three guests. Secret sisters were revealed and a new member joined. A Sunshine Box was prepared for ill Mrs. Carrie Ward. Next meeting set for January 18 at Mrs. Grace Ehrhart's Spartansburg home. A chicken and ham supper was enjoyed by Sparta Wollen Mill employees with gifts exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seer's Club
Alta Butler
Buells Corners
Carrie Ward
Grace Ehrhart
Geneva Halfast
Spartansburg
Mable Halfast
Lela Brown
Ella Parkin
Sparta Wollen Mill
Isaac Sherlock
James Weidner
Herbert Mos
Glenn Warner
Marvin Miller
Harold Linden
Luke Sherlock
Roy Troyer
Martin Truick
Charles Tarr
Joseph Jandy
Margaret Snapp
Archie Harper
Music Department
Christmas dinner and gift exchange in Corry
The Princess Pat Club held a December 18 dinner at Hotel Corry with 28 attendees. Relatives gathered for a Christmas party at Mr and Mrs Donald Merkle’s home for a gift exchange and refreshments. Guests traveled from Corry Columbus Union City Sparta and nearby areas. In Richmond Indiana police found a man inside a self service laundry machine claiming he sought a warm place to sleep.
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Princess Pat Club
Corry
Art Cochran
Donald Merkle
Guess
Columbus
Union City
Sparta
Richmond
Ind
Firefighters honor fallen squad in somber funeral procession
Crowds cheered as firemen climbed the rigging and tall structures to honor colleagues. A stretcher bearer lifted his head and waved amid the crowd. The memory of October 17’s Madison Square collapse, which claimed 12 firefighters, loomed as the department marked its greatest tragedy in 101 years.
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Iman
Madison Square
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James Devereux
Tive
Santa Phoenix
Ariz
Eugene Firpo
Santa Claus
Journal Circulation Department
Sparta School
PTA
Biesel
First Baptist Church
Sat
Mac
Jean Stone) Graves
Fort Monmouth
Harry Graves
Titusville Hospital
By Evelyn Merkle
Joy
U.S
Seabrook Farms
Philadelphia
U. 8S
Pio
Siv
Tan
Sugardale
Land-o-Lakes
Ireen
Tampa
Zenith
Barney’s Firestone
Rossin
Batman
Apam West
Burt Warn
Rosin Tose
West
Burt WA
20Th Century-Fox
Anron Rosenberg
Cees
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