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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
3
Mel Ott lauds Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants as nearly perfect striving for baseball excellence. Ott cites Hubbell’s skill courage brains modesty loyalty stamina and concentration as rare, high standards for a player in any era.
Lon Warneke and Mel Ott praise Carl Hubbell as the most remarkable man in baseball after 20 years of service with the Giants. Ott notes Hubbell’s consistent performance, humility, and leadership, with key stats like 19 straight wins and four World Series starts. Giants veterans credit Hubbell’s influence and team loyalty.
In a furlough vignette Oscar and his girlfriend Minerva discuss the WAVE program. Minerva explains she joined to avoid being mere backwash like Harriet in the WAACs while Oscar jokes about uniforms and naval status.
U S soldiers train in jungle fighting in the Caribbean area with gear including antidote, compasses, nets and machetes. They learn rope use, swimming with rifles, river crossings, defensive timing during cloudbursts, and living off jungle foods while two-man teams operate. Images from Army Signal Corps show remote out posts and jungle combat preparation against Japanese forces.
Eleanor Roosevelt reflects on wartime Christmas planning and civilian support through churches, service groups, and defense bonds. She weighs duty, moral fiber, and future standards while noting personal gratitude for her son’s service and amid reports of war’s costs. The piece closes with a anecdote of President Roosevelt watching a film before returning to work.
Pattern No. 8235 offers a tailored shirtwaist with a gathered dirndl skirt for ages 6 8 10 12 and 14 requiring 21 / 2 yards of 35 inch or 89 inch fabric. The ad promotes casual modern charm for the school year. A stray prose insert about a couple and a porter is present but not connected to the pattern.
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