Roosevelt and Lucy Mercer alleged flirtations span WWI era
A Washington man recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt flirting with Lucy Mercer, a Maryland girl, during Roosevelt's 1917 term as assistant secretary of the Navy and claims Mercer later became a secretary in the Roosevelt circle. Another source contends Mercer served as Hicanor's household secretary, with Roosevelt allegedly confiding about advances.
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Washington
Ree
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lucy Mercer
Maryland
Roosevelt
Navy
Miss Mercer
Miss. Mercer
Winthrop Rutherford
Lacey Mercer
Franklin
Hicanor
House-Hold
Eleanor
Christmas Traditions and Santa Claus in Family Life
A reflective piece on Christmas as family life, urging honesty with children about Santa while preserving festive magic. It cites Lor raine Blackwood on birth of Christ as the meaning of the holiday and discusses how family love and traditions shape a child's understanding. The narrative shifts to a historical anecdote about Roosevelt, Rutherford and Allamuchy era gossip, noting wartime press secrecy and local reportage limitations.
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Santa Claus
Nick
Christ
Lorraine Blackwood
Lorraine Blackwang
Lucy
Eleanor
Tutcy
Mervers
Winthrop
Winty
Rutherford
Lucy Mereer
Roosevelt
Rutherfords
New Jersey
Franklin
Hyde Park
Rutherfurd
Rutherfurds
Gustine T
Newark Evening News
Allaiuchy
N. 4
Lloyd Felmiey
the News
D. Ueward Moreau
Winterdon County
Tutheclarch Place
Tranquility
Trenton
Belvidere
Delaware
Lehigh and Hudson
Allamuchy
Ruthervfurd
Moreau
Poughkeepsip
Sudion Bridge
Hyde
I Mpi
State Po Jicw
Strckettstown
Sylvania
B and C
H. Alan Painter
Hackettstown
Ballistics Lab Mobile Unit To Test Big Guns
AP News features a mobile lab built into a truck trailer by the Armour Research Foundation to study gun discharges. The unit measures pressure stress temperature velocity with 350 adjustments and six high speed cameras, aimed at U S Army testing at Abercrombie Proving Ground Maryland.
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Chicago
Ballistics
Armour Research Foundation
Ballistics Measurements Laboratory
U. S. Ballistics Research Laboratory
Army Ordinance Department
Aberacen Proving Ground
Maryland
H. Schultz
The
Foundation
Playlike Characters Join Satta Claus In Playlike Games
A speaker describes how children use truth and reality to build security before exploring the imaginary. She explains Playlike as fun and notes Satta Claus appearing with other Playlike characters in playful games.
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Satta Claus
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