Elderly American Woman Exchanged For German Spy
Mrs. Etta Shiber, an American housewife, describes her wartime experiences in France. She aided an underground network, hid soldiers, and helped two Englishmen escape to London. After imprisonment and trials, she was exchanged for a German prisoner and returned to New York.
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NEA
New York
Etta Shiber
Shiber
Mra. Shiber
Johanna Hofmann
Hofmann
FBI
Jnner Europa
Mre
Paria
Dunkirk
Axis
France
Mre. Shiber
Flrat
Mr. Shiber
Ltta Shiber
Mrs. Shiber
Kitty
Mra Shiher
Cherche
Sha
Prise
Parts Underground and the Navi Invasion Tale
Fragmentary text shows Elta Shiber describing a sheltered housewife seeking quiet age amid a fiction project. The excerpt mentions the FBook-of-the-month Club selecting her work Parts Underground and hints at themes of sourphl and invasion.
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Beng
Knowledge, but Well Done at Fort Oglethorpe WAC Center
Private Louige M Keble of Kah tetown Wo Va impressed at the third training center by knowing many answers. She studied in New York, rewrote one encyclopedia volume, and chose to remain with the WAC.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Iva
Louige M Keble
Kahtetown
Wo Va
New York
Soviet frontier debate echoes in wartime notes
A contorted wartime passage references the Polish frontier and pe public exclamations on the Atlantic Charter as the three powers push restraint after Moscow. Hull voices sharp opposition to isolated thinking and warns the public against prematurely pursuing international cooperation, urging nations to return to self reliance.
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Soviet Union
Befce
Germany
Russia
Ral
Hull
Moscow
Isola
Pilahea
Allied Air Attacks Extend to Norway and Aegean
American heavy bombers strike Norway for a second time and earlier hit Trondheim and Keroya targets. The Cairo communique says bombers escorted by long-range fighters damaged two enemy destroyers near Leros with one hit and no Allied losses in these Aegean operations.
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Norway
Trondheim
Keroya
Aitala
England
Aegean
Leroas
Cairo
Leros
Jeatenday
Rhodea
Crete
Secretary reports cross party consensus on world Protest participation
The Secretary said he conferred with leaders of all American political parties during the first year and voiced belief that they were agreed on the principle of US participation in world protection.
18 Navy Men Awarded Medals For Heroism
Norfolk Va AP Heroic conduct at the Norfolk naval air station on Sept 37 led to citations for 18 Navy officers and enlisted men including Herbert Odum of Lyons Ga and William C Owens of Alma Als Odum and Owens were among 16 who received letters of commendation signed by Vice Admiral P N L Bellisign commander air force Atlantic area. They were cited for helping remove endangered aircraft and aiding injured personnel during the incident.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Herbert Odum
Lyons
Wiliam C. Owens
Almora
Odom
Owens
P. N. L Bellisgn
Air Forma
Atlan
Ares
Scout Troop 22 Oldest Active In Southeast Ala.
Scout Troop 22, organized in 1933 with A H Lane as Scout master, is the oldest active Boy Scout troop in the Southeast Alabama area under the Lafayette Street Methodist Church. Since inception about 24 boys have joined, five earning Eagle and serving as assistant Scout masters. Notable Eagles include Charles Cherry, Robert Ferrell, Fred Cherry, Howell Coa, and James Lane.
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A. HH Lane
Odest
Alabame Scout Council
Fegis
Eagle Scouts
Inelude
Charles Cherry
Robert Ferrell
Fred Cherry
Howell Coa
James Lane
Toop
Lane
Jeff Loftn
U. & Army
Russell Sanders
Lawrence Skipper
Robert ¥Rell
U. S Army Air Corps
Joe
Jack Cutchens
U.S. Navy
VV. & Merine Corps
Lafayette Street Methodist
Egyptian King Farouk II Injured In Car Crash
Egyptian King Farouk II was injured slightly in a collision along the Suez Canal road. Doctors say he sustained a small crack in the left facial bone but can be moved to the royal palace today after initial treatment at a Cairo hospital.
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Cairo
Farouk II
Egypt
Suez Canal
Royal Palace
Explosion at depot injures workers near Yorktown
Serious injuries include Boswell James Sewell and Louis Prince from the depot blast near Yorktown. Private Thomas Kammerer, a Marine guard, was hurled ten feet, aided in alarms and rescue, while Lt. Kenneth Huff rushed into a damaged warehouse to stop steam pressure. Earlier Navy figures varied on deaths, with six confirmed and possible additional casualties.
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Lea
Navy
Thomas Kammerer
Jamaica
Ntarby Woods
Heroiam i
Kenneth Huff
Tsnr
Chicago
Soldiers consume twice as much a cap as clyiiiane
Soldiers consume double the amount a cap of clyiiiane, indicating a comparison of rations or usage within the unit.
Judge Lovett Rules on OPA Authority in Court Matter
Judge Lovett said he differed from DC and Texas rulings in three similar cases. The suspension was primaril and that Congress had no authority to the OPA.
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Lovett
District of Columbia
Mrs T J Clemons Dies At Kinsey
Mrs T J Clemons seventy five died at her home on Dothan route four after a long illness. She lived in Kinsey all her life and belonged to Kinsey Baptist Church. Funeral services Tuesday at Kinsey Baptist Church with Rev C A Cozart and Rev M Mademna officiating. Burial in Kinsey cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mere J J Ritch and Mrs Leis Fennell both of Dothan route four, two sons C M Clemons and W E Clemons, a brother W M Daniels, a sister Miss Sarah Roberts, sixteen grandchildren and twenty six great grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named. Text contains stray erroneous lines referencing President Roosevelt and Utah which are not part of the obituary facts.
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T. J. Clemons
Dothan
Kinsey
Mere
J. J. Ritch
Leis Fennell
C. M Clemons
W. E. Clemons
Webster
Fla
W. M. Daniels
Columbus
Slater
Misa Sarah Roberts
U S Judge Upholds OPA Suspension Rule
A Savannah filling station case wins backing as Judge A B Lovett rules the OPA suspension order is remedial and within presidential authority. EB Perkins challenged delegation and statutory warrant claims, but the court affirmed the action as within powers and not unconstitutional.
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U.S
Savannah. Ga
Office of Price Administration
OPA
A. B. Lovett
Mot
Savannah
Lovett
Congress
EB. I. Perkins
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