Pyle Hated Covering War and Its Enduring Fear
James Powers recalls Ernie Pyle the famed war correspondent who feared death, spoke of hoping to return home, and described war as unsafe. He admitted hatred of the conflict and anxiety despite bravery, noting his nearly thirty months in Europe and the lack of a family. Pyle's widow and Albuquerque home were mentioned as his sanctuary from the front lines.
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The
Pacific
Frang
Ake Rowe
London Plitz
Amer
Germani
Leslie
Pyte
United States
Wire
Mre
Pyle
Albuquerque
N_ AL
Pyles
Re Reonte
Ignoring Red Tags Costs Woman $25 in Troy Court
A Troy woman, Mrs. Tague of 12 Sixth Avenue, was fined 25 for leaving her car in the street all night. Judge James F. Bytom ordered payment after she appeared in Troy Police Court yesterday following a Tuesday notice that a warrant would be issued if she did not respond.
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Troy Wousin
James F. Bytom
Troy
Done Tague
al2 Sixth Avenir
Jubilee program announced for St Joseph's Benevolan Society
The diamond jubilee observance of St Joseph's Benevolan Society of St Lawrence's Church was announced by General Chairman Joseph Vogt. Events include requiem masses, a Sunday thanksgiving mass, Holy Communion, sermons, a commemorative photo, and a diamond jubilee dinner at The Hendrick Hudson with addresses by local and state leaders.
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St Joseph's Benevolan
St Lawrence’s Church
Mary A. Sheeran
St Joseph's Auxiliary
Hendrick Hudson
Voge
Henry H. Stell
Vogt
Sec
Father Buechler
Quartet
John J. Ahern
Frank E. Popp
Anthony B. Kriegier
Church of the Sacred Heart
Gloveraville
St. Lawrence's
Richard F. Hemmerlein
Verein
America
Geiger’s Orchestra
Troy
Q. S. In America. Inc
Jam Stay Changes Mind on Bail Fee
Alphonse Crepeau spent three hours in a cell before agreeing to forfeit $200 rather than remain jailed. Convicted of a crime, he opted to serve 109 days in jail instead of paying the fee, despite carrying $32,222 on him.
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Chicago
Alphonse
Crepeau
Strault
Repeau
Promoted Lt Joseph F Masterson in the Philippines
Lt Joseph F Masterson of the Twentieth Combat Mapping Squadron Army Air Corps received a promotion to first lieutenant while serving in the Philippines. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Peter J Masterson of 1 North Street and has a brother Pvt Fred Masterson in the Army Air Corps in Texas. He entered the Air Corps from Siena Col Jorge and has been awarded the Air Medal.
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Joseph F. Masterson
Philippines
Twentieth Combat Mapping Squadron
Army Air Corps
Masterson
Peter J. Masterson
North Street
Pvt
Fred Masterson
Texas
Air Corps
Siena
Jorge
Air Medal
Princess Mafalda Dies in Air Raid at Buchenwald Camp
Princess Mafalda of Hesse eldest daughter of King Vittoria Emanuele of Italy died Aug 26 in the German Buchenwald internment camp from bomb wounds suffered in an air raid internees arriving in Paris said yesterday. Repatriated doctors described her in a reserved section of the camp. She would have turned 42 last November. She married in 1925 to the Prince of Hesse and they had four children.
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Parks
Mafalda
Hesse
Vittoria Emanuele
Italy
Buchenwald
Paris
Prince of Hesse
Geoffrey Fisher Enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury
Dr Geoffrey Fisher a 31 year old former Bishop of London was enthroned as the 90th Archbishop of Canterbury primate of all England amid trumpets and medieval ceremony in Canterbury Cathedral. He urged love’s work of reconciliation in divided nations and the moral wreckage of war. Attending were Adm Harold R Stark and Lt Gen J C H Lee.
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Canterbury
England
Geoffrey Fisher
All
Fisher
London
Admr
Harold R. Stark
U. S
J. C. H. Lee
Henry Knox Sherrill
Man Who Gave Paper False Item Gets Jail Term
Utica judge sentences George Morrill of Lion to seven days in jail after he pleaded guilty to falsely reporting his mother had died to The Utica Daily Press. He claimed the lie aimed to gain creditor sympathy over a $24 bill. The judge warned that the public relies on newspapers and the sentence serves as a police to all that they cannot misuse the press.
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Wee
Jenn J. Walsh
Utica
George Morrilt
Lion
Uttoa
Morrill
Uties Daily
Unclear incident prompts local investigation
Fragmentary notes describe a stabbing incident near a tire company location with an individual involved. The text references an online brush with dirt, a nail and a gun, and a person named Wesley Micn. Details are heavily garbled and uncertain.
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AI Edge
Mexico
Wesley Micn Ols
Bie
Tes
Mtn
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