Astor and Gertrude Gretsch Wed in Quiet York Ceremony
John Jacob Astor the third and Miss Gertrude Gretsch married in a home ceremony at the bride’s mother’s apartment yesterday attended by immediate family. The groom, a 53 year old by marriage, was previously divorced. Miss Gretsch, 21, attended Smith College and has Navy League ties and work history. Lt. John Henry Dick served as best man. Rev. R. P. Freed presided.
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J. J. Astor
Gertrude Gretsch
York
John Jacob Astor
Walker Grots
Zio
Ellen Tuck French
Miss Gretsch
Smith Collese
Navy League
Margaret Gorgon
Greens Farms
Conn
Astor
John Henry Dick
R. P. Freed
Brick Presbyterian Church
Dutch Round Up Trattors in Maastricht Jail Famined
A wartime Dutch report describes Maastricht prison roundup where women inmates, often prostitutes, were shaved and treated harshly by Dutch patriots. A judge's wife accused of espionage is among detainees. some children observed the proceedings as patriots defend their actions as due process amid occupation. The narrator notes mixed reactions among Dutch patriots and dismisses apparent sympathy.
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Joun
Frankisil Tricht
Holland
Maastricht
House Military Committee Files Long 1942 Report On Investigations
The House Military Committee filed with Congress a detailed report on more than twenty investigations conducted since June 23 1942. It is one of the lengthiest documents ever filed and revises findings already released in separate reports.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
Postal Pay Hearings Open at Kinston September 24
Hearings will begin in Kinston on September 24 to discuss a proposal to raise postal pay. The plan includes a temporary rise expiring June 1945 and a 23 percent boost to permanent wartime scales for hourly or fee based workers. Senator Mead argues living costs justify broader increases beyond the War Labor Board’s Little Steel Formula.
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Kinston
Todas
Hess
Semater Mead
Arline
Mead
War Labor Board
Douchboys Slaughter Germans In Gayonet Charge
Fractured report notes Allied assault near Gayonet with heavy German casualties. Mentions Third Army tallying about 90 500 Germans killed or wounded and varied frontline actions around Nance and Piver as U S forces advance.
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Gayonet
Chord Agey
Aoris
Amaseraau Goupmbeas
Furan
Nance
Omer
Tan
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