Emmitsburg War News: Local Servicemen in North Africa
The item details Emmitsburg residents serving abroad, with notes on Combs and others in training and theater assignments. It covers family visits, Navy enlistments, letters from North Africa, and local residents’ connections to the war effort, including air navigation training and postings in New Guinea and the South Pacific.
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Combs
C. C. Combs
West Main Street
Nashville, Tenn
Roswell
N. M
J. G
Edward Combs
George Combs
Thomas
Sioux Falls Air Base
Sioux Falls
Albert Wood
Gettysburg
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Fraley
Baltimore
Associated Press
Third Service Command
Post Office
John M. Hoke
380Th
New Guinea
Joseph Hoke
Emmitsburg
Hoke
Sght
Guadalcanal
William Annan
E. L. Annan
We Navy
Hagerstown
Navy
South Pacific
Bernard H. Boyle
East Main Street
Boyle
Taira
Greers
Frailey
Washington, D.C
Milton Crist
Crist
England
Clark Gable
Suh Air Force
One of Gables
Gable
Chaplain Crist
Old Folk Living With Their Children Must Alter Habits
Dorothy Dle argues parents should adapt to their children's homes to reduce discord. She notes age stiffens minds, stubborn habits, and clashes over authority linger in multigenerational households, urging self-restraint and respect for private family space.
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Ae Wyra Hueols
Hanie Hey Sue
John
Mary
Grandma
Grandpa
Community Visits and Birth News Across Local Families
Local social notes record Sunday visits among families in Chovnsville Magers Joway and nearby towns. People celebrate births and recoveries, with multiple gatherings in Frederick City Chambersburg and St Louis. Guatemala is noted for its cash crop of cinchona trees used to produce quinine.
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Ernest
Chewsville
Min
Arthuy
Firth of A San Alix
Beli
Frederick City
Chambersburg
Jacky Blickenstafl
Hubert Blickenstafl
Daniel Ol
Blue Mountain
Earl Sensenbaugh
Alvin Sensenbaugh
Albert Hurne
Beatrice
Emory Frye
Charles Mace
St. Louis
Mace
Flaine Stottlemoor
Grover Green and Son
Thurmont
Jesse N. Green
War Information Explains Home Front Physician Shortage
The War Information Office estimates on the home front show that 127000 physicians are available but effectively work as 108000 medical men. Distribution constraints limit the ideal ratio, while aging families cope with changing duties as war households adapt to new realities.
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OWL
The Moth Ball Girl Lenore Aubert's Hollywood Rise
Lenore Aubert, a Viennese model turned actress, rose to fame in Hollywood after moving from Vienna to France to New York. Boss Samuel Goldwyn initially kept her on the fringes, then finally cast her in Dangerous Journey after a year of struggle.
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Sia
Hollywood
Vilma Banks
Lenore
Miaie Aodut
Merve
Poe Htuch
Peporter
Lin Korn
Ned
Goldwyn
Burray
Cgordesa
Vin
Goldwin
Vanna
Sringler
RKQ
Lenore Aubert
Holywood
Viller
Vienna
France
New York
America
Beverly Hills Little Theater
Dvont
Army Nurse Woodyea Memorial Admitted at Vale Hospital
Army nurse Woodyea, daughter of Mrs Leroy W. Harthdow of Frederick, is listed with a nursing corps assignment in the United States. She trained at the Frederick City Memorial School of Nurse Training and served in Texas, New Mexico, and California before her current posting.
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Woodyea
Frederick City
Nurepnagehaes
Vale Hospital de Austrela
UN Arai Nistig
Texas
New Mexico
Leroy W. Harthdow
Frederick
Nazi Planes Fall Victim Of Flying Forts
Lemion Oct 1 powerful blow to the German air force with more than 200 Nazi planes downed by Flying Fortresses during a September raid. Marauder and Thunderbolt fighters supported the attack as Royal Air Force planes claimed five kills and notable destruction. A separate report notes the discovery of a white powder linked to a druggist.
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Lemion
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