Sardinia Airport Tour Describes Luxurious Italian Officers Club
A correspondent’s snapshot from Sardinia during Italy’s surrender era describes landing at a Marine Airport half seaplane base, bomb-damaged drome, and an unexpectedly luxurious officers’ mess. The piece contrasts Fascist tensions with American naval presence, notes bomb damage, and recalls a tense airfield chase between two C-47 transports over the Mediterranean.
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Marine
la Guardia Field
Boston
Missouri
Survey Shows Small Cities Feel Cost Rise
Washington report details a labor department survey of 20 small communities from Dec 15 1942 to Mar 15 1943. Increases in living costs ranged from 0.1 percent in Globe Arizona to 5 percent in Chester South Carolina, with large cities up 2 percent. Other towns show varied rises such as Watertown at 1.9 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Globe
Ariz
Chester
S. C
Watertown
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Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls stars FWBT
Ingrid Bergman hailed as first lady of Hollywood by Reader's Digest in a review of For Whom the Bell Tolls. The film opens at Huron Theatre for five days with showtimes 8 pm on Friday Monday Tuesday and noon 3 6 9 am Saturday Sunday. The piece notes Bergman’s war weary look and minimal makeup as key to her screen draw.
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Hollywood
Reader's Digest
Ingrid Bergman
Ernest Hemingway
Huron Theatre
Donald Culross Peatie
Ingrid Berman
Hemingway
Service Buttons For Veterans Authorized by Senate Panel
Washington on October 21 Honorably discharged service men and women will soon be allowed to wear government issued service buttons. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts chairing the Senate naval affairs committee announced the joint Army Navy personnel board approved the taper buttons after he noted draft age men discharged for physical reasons felt embarrassment for not wearing uniforms.
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Washington
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Joint
Army-Navy Personnel Board
Armed Services
Ramblers Meet In Alpena For Chinese Checkers
In Alpena Oct 21 Special Chinese checkers were played at a Ramblers meeting in Mrs Mary Hammes home Lunch was served by the hostess The next meeting will be in Lottie Meewilliams home Mrs Hart hostess to Delta Dek Club Party Wayland
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Alpena Hamblers
Ramblers
Mary Hammes
Lottie Meewilliams
Hart
Delta Dek Club
Wayland
W. J. Hart
Delta Dek Bridge Club
Martin Wood
A. J. Ravenscroft
Demand Growing For Corn Pickers In Brookings County
Dittmer the extension labor supervisor said Brookings County needs 150 corn pickers for about a month. Harold Venable, labor assistant, notes 198 acres and 21 loads of potatoes picked this year. Farmers request 220 old corn pickers and the county war board approved all new machines. Much work to be done by out of county workers with picker rates around per acre and about 10 cents per bushel for hand picking. Lincol Brown Hanson Union Day and Sanborn Counties seek 15 to 40 pickers from outside sources.
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Dittmer
Brookings County
Harold S. Venais
Venable
Lincol
Brown
Hanson
Union
Day
Sanborn
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