Uruguayan Dam Nears Completion Aided by U S
Montevideo reports power from a new Rio Negro dam may reach Uruguay by early next year if war conditions allow. A 12 million dollar U S loan revived a 37 million project abandoned by German contractors as Uruguay shifts to river power to cut coal and oil imports. A 150 mile line to Montevideo is under construction as crews await materials, with one generating unit hoped for by June.
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Montevideo
Rio Negro
Uruguay
U. S
Twice Wounded Lieutenant Hughes Wounded in Action
Second Lieutenant Fred P. Hughes husband of Shirley Welborne has been wounded in action twice since September. He was promoted from staff sergeant to lieutenant and awarded the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster. He serves with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment in France, overseas since May, formerly with Adams-Millis Corporation.
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Fred P. Hughes
Shirley Welborne
517Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
France
Adams-Millis Corporation
Cromwell C
Princess Elizabeth to skip public pantomime this Christmas
Royal officials announce Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret will not perform in the annual Christmas pantomime. The 18 year old heiress will remain cloaked from public view at a private royal gathering as she is now regarded as grown up. Her public appearances have become rarer and her attire more mature, signaling a shift from child to future queen status. Also noted is Pvt. Robert G. Cloer of High Point, dies in England from burns received overseas, survived by wife Lillian and parents.
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London
Elizabeth
England
Princess Margaret
Robert G. Cloer
Lillian Watkins Cleer
Montheu Ave
War Department
Armed Forces
Miami Beach
Fla
G. D. Cloer
High Point
Rt. 4
Clifton
Dwight
Home Place
The
Mills Lithographing Company
Allen Jay High School
One Minute Quiz Answers from a 1930s Page
Answers list three quotations and their authors: The coward dies many times comes from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today is by Lord Chesterfield in letters to his son. Yet each man kills the thing he loves is Oscar Wilde in The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
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A&p
Julius Caesar
Shakespeare
Lord Chesterfield
Oscar Wilde
Brother Finds Soldier Brother’s Grave From World War I
While serving in France Ptc Hugh H Smith found the grave of his brother Carl W Smith killed in the Battle of St Mihiel during World War I. He wrote to sister Mrs W S Graham of 1504 Tryon St describing the Argonne cemetery.
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France
Ptc
Hugh H. Smith
Carl W. Smith
W. S. Graham
Tryon Street
St. Mihiel
Carl
Argonne
Ph. Smith
C. Smith
Pidgin English Gets The Bird For Marines
Marines in the Pacific report Solomon Islanders speak good English and resent American attempts at pidgin. A Solomon lad after a ride in a canoe was asked how he liked a bird and replied with an unfamiliar phrase. An officer saluted and the man said thank you bringing much after a ride.
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Pacific
Anot
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