Mayor Offers Home for Homeless in Johnstown
Johnstown Mayor John A. Conway proposes converting his private office and parts of the public safety building into temporary housing for 12 families displaced by a $9 million flood control project. Evictions begin as the city unites with federal efforts. trailers may be used from Washington.
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Johnstown
John A. Conway
Public Safety
Stoney Creek
Roosevelt
United States
Washington
Guests Wait As He Reads Poetry Divorce Story
Mrs. Eloise Garry Stern testified in a divorce hearing that her husband Frederick Henry Stern kept guests waiting three hours for desert while he read his poetry. She said every time they had company the evening ended with guests going home in disgust. Mrs. Stern was granted a divorce.
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Los Angeles
Eloise Garry Stern
Frederick Henry Stern
France Faces Rebirth Signs After Laval Attack
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the Laval assassination attempt and French sabotage point to a possible revival of the republic. He notes German penalties and Nazi reprisals, British propaganda shaping revolt, and a planned coordinated Allied revolutionary effort for the right moment. He ends with a digression about the Burma Road symbolizing Allied aid and Nippon's strategic aims.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Pierre Laval
Versailles
France
Lafayette
Laval
Free Republic
Republic
Britain
London
Columbia Broadcasting System
New York
Soldiers record 1941 songs at Fort Meade for Library of Congress
Soldiers at Fort Meade record "On The Road To Mandalay" and "Maria Elena" for the Army morale program. The Library of Congress loaned mobile equipment to transcribe folk tunes and hymns from the 29th Division with Captain Howard C. Bronson directing. Similar recordings will occur at other camps, building a musical archive of 41 era service life. A note on vehicle safety closes the item.
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Fort George FE. Meade
Mandalay
Maria Elena
America
Library of Congress
Tennessee
Mademoiselle
Armentieres
115Th Infantry
Maryland Regiment
Glee Club
Charles Irwin
Martin Willen
Fort Meade
Howard C. Bronson
Army
Citizens Committee For
Army and Navy
Kaye Buys White Birch in Maine For Band Batons
Bandleader Sam Kay e traveled to Maine to buy a pilot lot of white birch trees to supply batons for his So You Want To Lead A Band program. He previously orders batons in lots of 500 but sourced a forest like supply this time.
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Japan
China
Nippon
Uncle Sam
New York
Sammy Kaye
Kaye
Maine
Fundraised total for iron lung at E A Conway Memorial hospital
A $1,487.50 donation tally through Wednesday funds an iron lung for the E A Conway Memorial hospital. Contributors include Ouachita unit Louisiana Society for Crippled Children Monroe Rotary Club Winnsboro Lions Oak Grove Lions Tallulah Rotary Delhi Lions and many individuals with small gifts. Soap did not come into general use until late in the nineteenth century.
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E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Ouachita Unit
Louisiana Society For Crippled Children
Monroe Rotary Club
Guy Campbell
J. S. Hunt
M. C. McDonald
Claiborne Home Demonstration Club
Luther Reed
Winnsboro
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Gee Gee
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British Empire
Thls
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Good Housekeeping Bureau
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Poy
Ndi
Palace
Argentina
Red Cross
Uline
Johansen
Kid
Carlisle
Bett
Cook Stoves & Ranges
United Electric Service
Letty
Marcelle
Miller Creation
J. Miller
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