See Here Private Hargrove How to Survive Army Training
Private Marion Hargrove formerly a North Carolina newspaper feature editor has been drafted and trained at Fort Bragg. He advises new inductees to paint the town red before induction and to keep an open mind during the first weeks of service. His antics yield KP duties and questions about promotions from his sergeant.
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Marion Hargrove
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Hargrove
Loggins
Battery Street
Little Rascal
Battery Kitchen
Kelly
Sher
Battery A
Fie
Private Sher
Corporal Farmer
Canteen Police
Canteen
Post Exchange
Har
Me? The Army Kitchen and Canteen Duty Tale
A writer in training narrates Army life in Battery A detailing punishments and misrules. The sergeant notes constant slips from waking, dress, and saluting while cooks and kaypees cope with chaotic duties. The narrator recalls canteen police duties and comic misadventures.
Postwar America through a warped future view
A humorous VEL article sketches Elmer Twitchell in a future home with a folding auto behind the piano and a helicopter for children. The piece satirizes postwar optimism, new tech, soaring cities, and political hype from Truman and Kaiser, ending with dry quips on taxes and juvenile delinquency.
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Elmer
Chintz Curtains For Easy Home Window Appeal
The home front note suggests using chintz curtains for daylight brightness and night privacy. Lining of heavy material like sateen adds body and blocks light. cut lining one inch narrower than the chintz and sew hems. Full yet simple curtain panels recommended for narrow windows with half widths.
Dainty Layette for That Darling Baby Pattern Notice
Welcome baby with a dainty layette pattern showcasing embroidery motifs. Due to high demand and war conditions, some orders may take longer to fill. forward orders to the indicated address with transfer 79571.
Floating Virgin statue seen drifting on River Hooghly
A stone statue of the Virgin Mary, once the figurehead of a Portuguese schooner, floated down the Hooghly River in British India on Easter about a century ago. It was recovered and placed in Bandel Church in Bengal where thousands visit to pray. Pilgrims believe requests made there are granted, though the reason for the float remains unknown.
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Hooghly
British India
Bandel
Bengal
Prisoners of War Across World In Numbering
About 6.5 million prisoners of war are interned in around forty countries. Roughly 5 million are held by the Axis and 1.5 million by the Allied Nations. Of the Allied total, about sixty five percent are Germans captured in Russia.
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Russia
Persian Pastime: finger forfeit in medieval game
Medieval Persians played a game of chance or skill where the loser severed a finger as punishment and cauterized the wound to seal the outcome. The brutal custom reflected harsh codes of its era.
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Private Hargrove
Chapter
Reveille
Leggins
Adams
Grove
Folderol
Maury
Marstrove
Elmer Twitchell
Mrs. Twitchell
Africa
Europe
Vienna
Milan
London
Truman
Rome
Henry Kaiser
Wyeth
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Petey
Martha
Westport Rd
Kansas City
Joseph i
Osephs Rss
Bellans
THE
Nitragin CO
N. Booth ST
Milwaukee
Wis
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tean
Stearns Electric Rats
Brahms
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