Casualties Listed Amid World War II Draft Totals
Reported today 196 casualties include 18 named with Wilbert W. Sinclair among missing in action. Names from New England list feature Private Joseph N. Desmarins and John T. Dillon killed in action. several wounded severely or missing in action across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine. Also notes Casper era public show and a poem reminiscence by Edith M. Thomas in New York Sun.
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Wilbert W. Sinclair
Wood N. H
New England
Joseph N. Desmarins
Fall
Mass
John T. Dillon
New Haven
Conn
Louis Farona
Westville
Patrick Frine
Gallipoli
Guarnieri
New
Country and Colleges under draft law in war effort
Philadelphia Ledger analyzes the draft law impact on education. It worries decline of high schools and colleges as men are drafted, but notes potential use of draft to funnel only qualified men into colleges, preserving educational institutions for national needs.
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Philadelphia Ledger
England
Congress
Jas
Ces
Sam
Colonel House
Syracuse Post Standard
David Lawrence
Wilson
Great Britain
William Phillips
Legation
Rockhill and
Riddle
Russia
Henry White
Italy
France
Fletcher
Mexico
Phillips
Tombassador Choate
Peking
London
Washington
Court of St. James
Charles Francis Adams
Lawrence
Non-Committal Exchange Raises Questions of Love
Fragmentary dialogue hints at deep affection and trust issues. A partner questions devotion, while the other grants cautious reassurance. The exchange suggests emotional tension and potential future commitment concerns.
Luxemberg Opposes Princesse’s Marriage to Ruprecht
Luxemburg Parliament and people oppose the engagement of Antoinette sister of the Grand Duchess to Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. The London report notes Antoinette is nineteen and thirty years younger than Ruprecht, prompting appeals to the Duchess to veto the match.
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Luxemberg
Ruprecht
Luxemburg
Antoinette
Rupprecht
Bavaria
London
Women in The N Y Legislature analysis of nominations
The Brooklyn Eagle contends New York will have no women congresswoman, one woman senator and three women assembly members. It cites GOP and Dem nominations seen as weak in many districts, noting hopefuls like Mrs. Mary Grey Brewer and Mrs. Margaret Spoon, and concludes a modest four-woman total is probable. It also notes Mrs. Southmayd as a rare anti-suffragist candidate.
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N. Y
Brooklyn Eagle
New York
Assembly
Manhattan
Sadie Eost
Twenty-second
Congress
Anthony J. Griffin
Brooklyn
William J. Hefferman
Kate F. Southmayd
Catherine P. Wylde
G. L. Thompson
Jennie B. Cohen
Battery
Albany
Monroe
Niagara
Schenectady
St. Lawrence
Saratoga
Westchester County
Mary Grey Brewer
West New Brighton
Richmond-Rockland
George Cromwell
Margaret Spoon
Orleans
Hattie Michael
Ulster
Ida E. Sammis
Suffolk
Senate
Lemon Juice For Freckles
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white and shake to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Grocers sell lemons and orchard white cheaply. Massage this fragrant lotion into the face and arms each day to see blemishes fade.
Mother of the brave usurped by war and praise
A wartime poem and commentary discuss valor and fear of soldiers, honoring Almon Hensley and the Mount Vernon sinking. It contrasts mothers’ pride with sons’ courage and calls for truth about naval peril in European waters while praising Admiral Sims and allied navies.
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Mt. Vernon
Boston Transcript
Mount Vernon
France
Washington
New York Times
Navy Department
Admiral Sims
European
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Marine Corps
Houseae
Lear
Edith M. Thomas
N. Y. Sun
Almon Hensley
State Fair
Berlin
Connecticut
State Council of Defense
Navy
Agricultural
Can
Gen. Pershing
Germany
Connecticut State Agricultural Society
Charles M. Jarvis
Pres
New Britain
Pace
St. Joseph’s Y. M. C. A
Choy Hong WA
Three Bianos
Dancing Duou
Leroy and
Appleton
Arper
Danseuse
Far West
Borax
Bill Toro
Borax Team
Death Valley
California
Tarrantula
Cromwell
Main St
Portland
Middletown
Durham Ave
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