Uncomplaining Russians Move a Moscow Hotel Family Ties
LELAND STOWE notes the quiet fortitude of hotel workers on the Metropole’s third floor in Moscow. He profiles Nonna and her lost husband at Stalingrad, Pasha Fedorina and her long service, Peter Levin the diligent waiter with sons in the Red Army, Prokopiy Filimonov the stoic shoeshine man, and other chambermaids and staff, whose families contribute to the war effort. He honors their resilience and tight bonds amid hardship.
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Leland Stowe
Speciaal Radio
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Moscow
Hotel Metropole
Russia
Nonna
Stalingrad
Wasi
Pasha Fedorina
Pasha
Metropole
Peter Levin
Red Army
Peter
Sanitary Corps
Prokapiy Filimonov
Prokapiy
Prekopiv
Prokopiy
Voronezh
Leningrad
Lelia Topolitzeva
Lise Budarina
Iam
Lelia
Lisa
Maris Bezrukova
Antonina
Urals
Roosevelt promises action on manpower to lift armed services
President Roosevelt said within two to three weeks the administration would outline plans to raise the four services to about 9.7 million by January 1 1944 while preserving farm and factory labor. He outlined target figures for Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard and indicated Congress would be urged to act in January after further study.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Marines
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
McCormack
D-Mass
War Manpower Commission
WMC Management Labor Policy Committee
Chief of Chaplains speaks at Geneva First Baptist Church
Cmdr. William Edell chief of the chaplains corps addressed the Geneva Baptist Church convened as part of a vital religion convocation. The event, one of 178 similar gatherings, drew representatives from Syracuse and nearby churches.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Chaplai
Stalingrad
Geneva Baptist Church
Geneva
William Pastor
Anthony Jeff Wilcox Edell
Jefferson
Sampson Naval
Fulton
Bal
Cies
Phoenix
Northern Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Jtrst
Syracuse
Haupt Ready To Testify in Treason Case
In Chicago Federal Court, six treason defendants face trial for aiding Herbert Haupt the executed saboteur. Hans Max Haupt may testify next, with Mrs. Louis Fishman recounting Haupts time as domestics at her Glencoe home in 1940. Witnesses described meetings at a farmhouse and trips to a German youth camp in Ludington Michigan. The farmhouse owner William Wernecke was recently seized by the FBI after an arsenal was found.
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Chicago
INS
Berlin
United States
Ba Ss
J. Albert Wells
Herbert Haupt
William J. Campbell
Hans Max Haupt
Archabel Lisson
Woll
Haupt
Louis Fishman
Haupts
Glencoe
Haupt Apartment Over Her Garage, Mrs. Fishman
Ludington
Mich
William Wernecke
FBI
New York Plans 44000 Married Men Draft in 1943
New York officials say about 44000 married men without children will be inducted in 1943. Col. Arthur McDermott, local draft director, reports 690000 married men nationwide to be tapped next year and the metropolitan area to contribute about 6 percent.
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New York
INS
Arthur Ol McDermott
Col. McDermott
Pearl Harbor
McDermott
Congress
Armistice Dance Hosted by St Marys Holy Name Society
Oswego is set for an Armistice Day dance tonight at St Marys hall. Daniel Mc Hugh, president of the Holy Name Society, will oversee the old fashioned dancing event sponsored by the church group. Dancing runs from 8 30 p m to midnight.
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Oswego
Novo
Daniel McHugh
St. Mary's
Home Bureau Leaders School Set for Thursday in Pulaski
The Home Bureau Leaders' School will meet Thursday at 10 AM in the home economics rooms at Pulaski Central School. Mrs Bennett of Cornel will lead the nutrition discussion after a luncheon prepared and served by the ladies. Mrs Christine Wood, nutrition leader, will represent the Pulaski unit.
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Leaders
Pulaski
Home Bureau
Pulaski Central School
Bennett
Cornel
Christine Wood
Cohan Estate Valued Over $20 000 Leaves Equal Shares
George M. Cohan's will filed for probate values the estate at more than $20,000. His widow and four children receive five percent each outright, with the remainder placed in equal funds. A 1941 codicil ensures enough money for his wife’s care. The will dates to March 2, 1939, with plans to place titles to compositions in a corporation. Family includes George M. Cohan Jr and daughters Georgette Helen and Mary Cohan Ronsin.
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New York
George M. Cohan
Cohan
George M. Cohan, Jr
Georgette and
Helener
Mary Cohan Ronsin
U S Navy Converts Algerian Harbor Into Supply Port
United States naval units rapidly transform a small Algerian harbor into an effective supply port for field forces. Ships unload a wide range of military goods while American trucks and jeeps distribute supplies in the countryside. Air attacks by enemy planes are repelled by anti aircraft fire with no major damage.
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United States Naval Headquarters
Algier
United States
Navy
U. S. Army
Oran
U.S
Vargas Sees Little Peril of Invasion Now
President Getulio Vargas said the landing of American troops in North Africa reduced the danger of Axis invasion of South America and reinforced American security, especially Brazil's, as he marked the fifth anniversary of Brazil's 1937 Estado Novo constitution. He said Brazil would cooperate with the United States by supplying needed materials and noted South American statesmen underestimated North Africa's impact on the war.
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Allen Haden
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
North Africa
South America
Brazil
Ldanger. Com
Chile
Argentina
Vargas
United States
O Jornal
New Hospital Project Seeks Material Priorities
Federal Works Agency asked for material priorities to build the barracks type Massena hospital. Supervisor William Crasper and Mrs Crasper returned from New York City after Crasper met FWA officials. FWA reports confidence the Massena hospital constructionCould start soon.
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Massena
Federal Works Agency
William 5S
Crasper
New York City
FWA
Violet Vanbrugh Dies at 75 in London Home
British actress Violet Vanbrugh age 75 died in her sleep at her London home. Known as Mrs. Arthur Bourchier in private life, she starred in many Shakespearean and other works and in recent years appeared with daughter Prudence in This Way to Paradise and in Evensong and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
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Violet Vanbrugh
London
Violet. Vanburgh
Arthur Bourchier
Eien Terry
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