Letters From North Africa by Staff Sergeant Cross
Service News continues with Staff Sergeant Lewis Marion Cross recounting his overseas experience since 1944. He describes North Africa as a land of stony mountains and green valleys, diverse peoples and crowded streets, rationing, and contrasts with American civilization. He notes delayed mail, meals improving, and his plan to share more stories later.
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Lewis Marion Cross
Pearl Harbor
Greensboro High School
American University
Washington
Strayers
Baltimore
Sergeant Cross
Mary Cross
Gail F. Cooper
Denton
North
Africa
Meade
Alleghany
United States
Letter from India camp exposes heat and city scenes
The writer records heat in a camp somewhere in India not a rest camp, buys fruit from peddlers, and notes prices and cuisine aboard a ship. In a town visit they describe a sidewalk snake charmer, Red Cross ice cream, busy markets, hole in the wall shops, curious shoppers, and a festival arch with cotton string decorations. They express homesickness and a plea to stop before the censor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
India
Wes
American Red Cross
So you're tired of working poem from Higgins Industries
A verse from a former Higgins Industries employee in New Orleans to a supervisor now in the Army. It speaks to wartime fatigue and shared hardship. The speaker asks if the tiredness felt by workers mirrors that of soldiers, recounting foxhole fear, hunger, dirt, heat, and exhaustion, while insisting workers will keep going as they expect the same endurance from others.
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Higgins Industries
New Orleans
Higgins
China
Mister
A Soldier Writes Amid War Struggles and Strain
A poem fragment voices exhaustion with national leadership and wartime rationing. The narrator laments long lines, heat, and fatigue from marching orders and daily hardship, capturing civilian weariness during a period of conflict.
From war's grim dusk to a peaceful dawn the dream endures
The poem laments mud, flies, stench, and battle horrors while yearning for an end to bloodshed. It expresses hope that Axis aggression will end, streets will be bright, and children will laugh again as the world seeks peace. Local notes list Norma Lee Carroll and Diane Crouse as contributors and Joyce Ann Baker as reporter with decorations and a meeting date of October 14.
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Axis
God
Stars and Stripes
Denton 4-H Club Opens Fall Meetings at Home of Mrs Crouse
The Denton Junior 4-H Club began fall sessions in September at Mrs. Daniel Crouse home. Elected officers for the year include President Janet Pitts Vice President Diane Crouse Secretary Norma Lee Carroll Treasurer Mary Lou Horsey. A second meeting October 0 with Home Demonstration Agent Bessie Spafford featured needle book work. Leaders named: Mrs Daniel Crouse Mrs Norman Pitts Mrs Ralph Horsey. Halloween party committees listed: Games Thelma Craig Emily Svatik Frances Alburger. Refreshments Phyllis Baker. Hostess Frances Alburger. Reporter Joyce Ann Baker.
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Denton
Daniel Crouse
Janet Pitts
Diane Crouse
Norma Lee Carroll
Mary Lou Horsey
Bessie Spafford
Norman Pitts
Ralph Horsey
Thelma Craig
Emily Svatik
Frances Alburger
Joyce Ann Baker
Games
Neva Horst
Phyllis Baker
Hillsboro Social Notes Highlight Local Guests
Mr S E Simpson Sr and Master Sammy Farmer of Baltimore plus Mrs S E Simpson and Mrs ra Nelson of Trappe were guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Kemp. Various families hosted others including visits to A I Dupont Institute in Wilmington and hospital updates.
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S. E. Simpson Sr
Sammy Farmer
Baltimore
S. E. Simpson
Ra Nelson
Trappe
Harry Kemp
Harry Messick
Edward Wilson
Eddie
Robert Hare
Wilmington
W. A. Holt
Milton W. Beaven
Jean
Margaret
Anne
A. I. Dupont Institute
Bernard Allen
Ross Allen
Bainbridge
Francis Fleming
Joseph Thomas
Albert Cahall
Charley Elwanger
Whiteleysburg
Elizabeth Evans
Merrick
Mount Airy
James K. McDowell
Judie
Social notes from brief regional visits and health update
The passage records visits by various individuals: Mr. and Mrs. John E. George hosted in Suthersville for a week. Mr. Everett Gale visited his son Edwin Gale and family in Wilmington on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Fleming visited their daughter Laura Virginia in Washington on Sunday. Mrs. Grace Thompson, recently ill, is improving. Mrs. Gardner Beaven is spending time in Easton.
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Suthersville
John E. George
Everett Gale
Edwin Gale
Wilmington
Elwood Fleming
Laura Virginia
Washington
Grace Thompson
Gardner Beaven
Easton
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Set
Cross
Fea Point
Love Point
Sea
Daly Wean
Daly Daly
Org
Bsc
AUTOS
Siva
Marion
Peggy Quillen
Joyce Baker
Japa
Sally
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
Hillsboro
Pate
Bryan & Hopkins
Maryland
Beauty Shoppe
Market Street
Denton, Maryland
War Production Board
R. H. Stafford & Son
Burrsville, MD
Greensboro
Harrington
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