Parisian memoir says Nazis privations hit all but the wealthy
In Paris Alec Grecier a Grand Hotel waiter recalls four years under German rule describing food shortages rationing and luxury for the few. He notes milk and bread scarce and Germans taking most supplies while black market buyers could live well. Civilians faced fear and sporadic violence as street clashes erupted.
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Paris
France
Alec Jean Greciet
Grand Hotel
Alec
Gallo
Navy Navy amphibious fleet training at Camp Bradford
Henry L. Johnson Jr. of Monroe trains for duty with amphibious forces aboard an LST landing ship tank as the Bradford, Va. base readies thousands of sailors for beach landing ships. The base aims to grow toward 80 000 new landing craft by year end.
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Henry L. Johnson Jr
South Grand Street
Monroe
Camp Bradford
Bradford
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Records
Real estate transfers recorded at the Ouachita parish clerk's office include Rosa G. Swartz Lieber et al selling to William O. Harvey Lot 3 Block 2 Ouachita Cotton Mills first addition for 2750 dollars. Other deeds involve S. C. Wimberly to A. D. Green, Louise C. Breffeith to Zoe Marie Hoover, May Hudson to People's Homestead and Savings Association, and more. Also listed are Louie Thomas Pender to R. B. Thorne for 1200 dollars and multiple transactions by Sherrouse Realty Company, Inc. in Booker T. Washington and nearby additions. Monroe casualty report notes 373 navy, marine, and coast guard casualties with Louisiana mentions.
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Ouachita Parish
Rosa G. Swartz Lieber
William O. Harvey
Ouachita Cotton Mills
S. C. Wimberly
A. D. Green
Township 18
Louise C. Breffeith
Zoe Marie Hoover
DeSiard Terrace
May Hudson
People's Homestead and Savings Association
Calypso Street
Hall Street
Hart
M. H. Kimball
Chester E. Mills
The
People’s Homestead and Savings Associaton
G.” Steele- Madden
West Monroe
Mary Cox Johnson
Monroe
Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Louisiana
Beckley
William M. Jr
Cook
U. S. Marine
William M. Beckley
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Certane
the Package Liquor Store
North Grand Street
SEARS
Tion
Santana
Eads
Sears and
Save
Jamarette Jr Cotton
Pajamas
Children’s Bulinels
Sweate
Oxfords
Sandy Nevins
Mackinaws
Ture
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