Swiss Exiles In Loneliness On Lake Leman Write To Survive
A small band of French émigrés from Munich and Vichy eras lives near Lausanne and Geneva, writing memoirs and novels to support themselves. Notable members include Georges Bonnet Bertrand de Jouvenel Paul Morand Edmund Jaloux Pomaret Rochat and others. They face indifference from Swiss authorities and their former French colleagues while contemplating eventual return. Their spouses adapt by frugal living and learning new skills as the writers pursue large works and personal projects.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
INS
Munich
Vichy
Lake Leman
Bonnet
Georges Et
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Paul Morand
Edmund Jaloux
Petain
Pomaret
Rochat
Geneva
Bern
France
Paris
Vevey
Madame Bonnet
de Juvenel
Saint Saphoria
Morand
Veterans refresher courses may come to High Point High
The High Point school board may authorize additional veterans refresher facilities at High Point High School to supplement High Point College. Superintendent Charles F. Carroll and Principal D. P. Whitley said the plan would use existing faculty with possible extra teachers funded by the government if needed. Greensboro Senior High already operates such a program, and approval is anticipated at the board meeting in two weeks.
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High Point High School
High Point College
Charles F. Carroll
D. P. Whitley
Whitley
G. I. Humphreys
Veterans Administration
Carroll
Greensboro
W. B. Harrill
Fayetteville
Californian Foresees Eight Million Trailers On Road
AP News reports Sterling Gleason, PSL public relations director in Southern California, predicting a mass trailer boom as 20 million Americans will live in trailers. He cites low postwar prices, mass production, and factory output in California Indiana and other states, forecasting widespread motor touring with trailers behind every four cars within years.
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Los Angeles
Sterling Gleason
Civilian Production Administration
California
Gleason
Detroit
Indiana
Sailor Helps Fire Train Home on 30 Day Leave
Everett Washington dispatch reports Vern Welch, 19, a Navy fireman second class, rushed home on 30 day leave. He filled a fireman role after a crewman was injured when a train halted at a damaged bridge. He kept boilers hot until the next roundhouse was reached.
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Everett
Wash
Vern Welch
Navy
San Francisco
Oregon
Smoked 30 Years to Keep Veteran Warm Quilt Gift
BRAZIL ind Mrs Frank Busbey sent a quilt to a veterans hospital after a 30 year tobacco bag collecting habit. She saved empty tobacco bags, washed and ironed them, and used 185 bags to create the patchwork gift amid a textile shortage.
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Brazil
Ind
Frank Busbey
Veterans Hospital
Thirsty Goat Causes Barbed Awakening in Sheffield Pub
In Sheffield a goat wandered into a pub and planted its hooves on the bar. The creature drank a half pint of beer while the puzzled keeper called the owner to collect the animal.
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Sheffield
England
Georgia Shows How To Balance Budget
ATLANTA Georgia reports it has eliminated state debt for the first time with a peak debt of 53,170,146 on December 31, 1940. By December 31 last year the debt was fully paid and a cash surplus of 591,230 plus sinking fund reserves over 21,000,000 will cover remaining obligations.
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Atlanta
B. E.rasher, Jr
Georgia
pAce
Thrasher
Life Insurance Firms Hold Over 4 Billion in Home Mortgages
Life insurance companies invest more than 4 billion dollars in mortgages covering homes and housing for families, reflecting significant long term commitments by insurers to residential real estate finance.
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Morty
Man regains teeth lost from train window by mail
A Preston man misplaced his upper set of artificial teeth while peering from a train window. After a 100 mile search along the railway, the teeth were recovered by mail.
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Preston
England
Turning Wool Skirt Inside Out Could Restore Seams
Suggests reviving a worn wool skirt by turning it inside out and resewing seams. Recommends inspecting fabric for fraying and resewing along original stitch lines to extend the garment’s life.
Soldier returns home after 28 years in service
Sgt. Ora E. Maul, now 50, has come back to Peoria after serving with the AEF in France during World War I. He had intended to return earlier but delayed his homecoming until now.
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Peoria
Ora E. Maul
France
A.E.F
Welfare Office Given Eviction From Highway Offices
Olympia welfare office that helps homeless persons find shelter faces eviction as the state highway department serves notice the welfare agency must vacate highway offices. The move affects the county bureau known for assisting homeless residents.
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Olympia
Wash
State Highway Department
Mobilization Rate in Britain by 1941
By 1941 about 94 of every 100 British men aged 14 to 64 had been mobilized, reflecting widespread conscription and wartime service across the population. The figure highlights the scale of manpower mobilization during early World War II.
Swiss mark 200th anniversary of Pestalozzi birth
Zurich observers celebrate the 200th birthday of educational reformer Heinrich Pestalozzi born 1746 died 1827. After birthday events on January 13, a national fund drive will run February 5 to 20 to aid needy and orphaned Swiss children. The piece also notes Manchuria as the most fertile soil in China.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Heinrich Pestalozzi
Manchuria
China
Weymouth to Waive 1946 Tax for Mosquito Control
Weymouth officials were notified by the Massachusetts reclamation board that the town’s $600.18 excess for mosquito control will prevent the 1946 assessment. The decision means no levy will be charged to residents as part of summer mosquito control efforts.
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Tanpayers
Bryak Weymouth
Mass
Massachusetts Reclamation Board
Weymouth
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