Air Nurses Trained for Combat Duty
Air Nurses of the Air, the Nightingales of the Air, are trained to evacuate American and Allied troops from Ireland to England. They fly DC 3s daily, freeing beds for the seriously wounded while gaining vital combat evacuation experience for future invasions. The work is hard and austere, with minimal comforts and shared quarters abroad.
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Diale Tighe
Northern Ireland
INS
America
Irish Channel
Joan Denton
Alameda
Cal
Souther
Lront
Flying Nurses Move Through War Time to Ireland
War dispatch describes airline hostesses turned nurses sharing a harsh air station routine before takeoff for Ireland. Holes in comfort reveal barracks, coal stoves, and improvised lounges as officers and reporters recount nights with GIs, the world traveler Marta Armsden, and Lady Margaret Stewart.
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Ireland
Marta Armsden
Switzerland
Mobile
Ala
U.S A
South
Newsom Street
Janet Murphy
C.B
Margaret Stewart
Lord Londonderry
East Side Hostesses to Lead WSC8 Meeting at Pawling Ave
East Side Hostesses for Wednesday's WSC8 meeting at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church will include Mrs. Vanderpool Tilley Meyer Vredenburg and Wells Forman. They will bring packages for the mystery booth. Tomorrow's Our Boys in Service Night will feature Technicolor slides of the church boys with a 6 30 pm covered dish supper. Visitors welcome.
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Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Frank Vanderpool
Arthur Tilley
Gunhild Meyer
Miles Vredenburg
Wells Forman
Glenford Westervelt
Harold Shaver
William Armstrong
Glen
Church Midweek Service Plans Films on Appearances of Christ
Tomorrow at 7 45 pm in the church Rev Earl B Robinson will present films titled Appearances of Christ After Resurrection as part of midweek services. A nominating committee will be appointed to name officers for the annual meeting to be held soon. Choir rehearsal will follow the meeting at 8 45 pm.
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Church of the Ascension
Arthur L. Fice
Ascension Guild
Holy Communion
Clapper
Jack Gibson
Dorothy Hakes
Jane Knothe
William Knothe
Eleanor Macey
Fred Roeck
Carl Storm
Merton Thayer
Earl B. Robinson
Christ
Irving Ives Barn Damaged by Blaze
Fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged a barn owned by Irving Ives of Poestenkill yesterday. Flames once threatened the nearby house but the Poesenkill Fire Department controlled the fire. Several pieces of old farm equipment stored in the barn were destroyed. no livestock were harmed.
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Irving Ives
Poestenkill
Poesenkill
Tax Receipts Run Ahead of Estimates
Washington reports tax receipts ahead of projections for 1944, possibly shrinking the anticipated federal net deficit from 53.09 billion to as low as 56.5 billion, driven by heavy April 15 tax declarations and strong first nine months receipts.
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Washington
Treasury
Liberty Ship to be named for Robert E. Lewis
Philadelphia note says a Liberty Ship will carry the name of Robert E. Lewis a former Philadelphia newspaper man and American Red Cross worker killed in a plane crash at Port Moresby The tribute honors his service and sacrifice in World War II.
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Philadelphia
INS
Robert E. Lewis
American Red Cross
Port Moresby
Army Constructs Ohio Hospital for Wounded Men
In Guernsey County near Cambridge Ohio the Fletcher General Hospital rehabilitates war casualties. Built by the U S Army at 4 to 5 million dollars it houses 1520 beds in 50 wards across 200 acres. Commanded by Col Taylor Darby with Lt Col Leland Sibere and Capt Fred E Watson nearby nurses Maj Zora Ballard lead the Army Nurses Corps.
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Cambridge
Guernsey County
Fletcher General Hospital
U. S. Army
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Fletcher
U. S. Amy
John P. Fletcher
Medical Corps
Army Service
Taylor E. Darby
Leland O. W. Sibere
John H. Lyons
Fred E. Watson
Zora E. Ballard
Army Nurses’ Corps
New York City Health Strong Despite War and Flu
New York health commissioner Dr. Ernest L. Stebbins reported that the city’s health remained good in the year ended despite wartime conditions and a recent influenza outbreak. He delivered the annual findings to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.
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New York
LNS
New York City
Ernest L. Stebbins
F. H. la Guardia
Easter Flowers Beat Death by Ten Minutes
New York widow Lillian Murphy rejoiced over Easter flowers from her son Lieutenant William W. Murphy an Army flyer stationed in California. Ten minutes later a telegram from the War Department brought the heartbreaking news that he had been killed in a Santa Rosa plane crash. Murphy recently completed fifty combat missions and held the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal and four oak leaf clusters.
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New York
Mre
Lillian Mursphy
William W. Murphy
California
War Department
Santa Rosa
Cal
Murphy
Floods claim 17 lives in Argentina’s Bahia Blanca region
Reports from Bahia Blanca say 17 people are dead and 42 missing as floods inundate rich agricultural areas. Thousands of cattle drowned as torrential rains swelled rivers and overflowed banks.
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Buenos Aires
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
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Western Electric Hearing Aid
Ball Teleg
Lohorsnor
Sa Capitol District
Audiphone CO
Rensselaer Co
RED Cross War Fund
Ascension Church
Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church
Frank B. Kendall
Joseph 5. Kittel
Robert Henningson
Herman Wilson
John Tarleton Tuttle
Henry H. Tuttle
Merle Christine Wilson
Second Baptist Church
Herman Brimmer
Shirley
Barbar Chrestensen
Warren
East Side
Comerford
Andrew J. Comerford
Third Street
Ann
Betty
Thomas
St. Joseph’s Maternity Hospital
Imperial
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria, Ill
Army
Lydia Pinkhams
Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Reer
Regan Washer CO
River St
Fee
Aia
Chesterfield
Lhke
Oa Renin
Efield
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