Allied Unity Demonstrated At U S O In Troy Depot
Allied unity was on display as 100 American sailors and 100 British airmen spent five hours at the Troy Union Depot USO Lounge. Volunteers served soup, coffee, and doughnuts while staff and guests mingled, shared stories, and swapped accents in a lively social event that showcased camaraderie between Allied forces.
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USO
Troy Union Depot
Unity Unlimited
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Herbert G. August
Alexander I. Darby
August
R.A. F. As
Swimming Classes Open At Y W C A
Learn to swim courses run through April at the YWCA led by Mrs Orlane Murnane health education director. Adult and child lessons offered with schedules for beginners and intermediate swimmers and a May continuation. Junior life saving also open to all with a May demonstration planned at the YWCA pool.
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YW. CA
Orlane Murnane
W.C. AL
Navy confiscates toast and jam at USC staff event
The toast and jam incident is recalled as Navy confiscated the fare. A lively ping pong match between a young Enevshman and a Mid-Westder sparked polite exchanges. British attendees included four flyers from Dunkirk. An American sailor, veteran of many Pacific battles, noted the USO Lounge was created for such days, storing memories as rewards for hard work.
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Navy
USC
Enevshman
Mid-West
Lold
Butch
Dunkirk
The
Pacific
USO
August
New Discoveries By Science to Aid War on Epidemics
Prof Rene J Dubos of Harvard Medical School outlined public health scouting stations to detect germ changes before outbreaks. Scouts sample a community’s germs, using microscopic and animal tests to spot increases in virulence that precede epidemics. He warned germs may resist sulfa drugs, and scouting could detect such threats early.
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Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Rene J. Dubos
Harvard Medical School
Dubes
Dubose
Dubos
Alleged Bluebeard of Paris Arrested
London AP reports Dr. Marcel Petiot the alleged Bluebeard of Paris was arrested after fleeing into Spain and handed to French authorities at Bordeaux. Axis broadcasts tied him to a spree of poisonings and dismemberment in a house at 21 Rue Leseur, with bodies buried in a lime pit. Petiot was identified as a former mayor of Villeneuve-Sur-Yonne and a Paris physician.
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London
Marcel Petiot
Paris
Rue Leseur
Spain
Transocean
Petiot
Bordeaux
Avis
Villeneuve-Sur-Yonne
Funds Sent For Remittances to Sardinia and Italy
The Post Office Department announced that personal support remittances may now be sent to individuals in Sardinia and 14 provinces in Southern Italy, in addition to Sicily. Funds must be transmitted through banking institutions.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Sardinia
Italy
Sicily
School Girl Takes Pity on Policeman in Newport
In Newport Oregon a polite schoolgirl cooled down a state policeman after a sergeant asked several girls to buy him ice cream. One girl, wealthier than the rest, bought him a cone and quipped Here s one for you mister if you haven t a nickel to get one yourself.
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Newport
Ore
INS
On the Air Radio Programs From Local Stations
Local radio schedules list a sprawling array of programs from morning to late evening across stations like WGY Schenectady and Union Chapel. Notable entries include Morning Newspaper, Timekeeper News, Breakfast Club, Children's Theater, Ozark Ramblers, On Stage, Opera, Market Basket, Morning Morns, and News segments with varied hosts and times.
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Tunekeeper
Morning Melodies
Hewe
Timekeeper
Rise 'N’ Shing
Keys
Breakfast Club
Children‘s Theater
Treasury Saimte
Ozark Ramblers
Body V4
Governor Urges New Policy In Dairy Business
Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania pressed federal wartime agencies to create a milk production policy that lets dairy farmers plan with assurance. He met with OPA, War Food, and Stabilization officials plus northeastern state representatives to push for higher producer prices and action to empower state and market authorities.
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Nashington LP
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Marvin Jones
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
Commonwealth
Milk Control Commission
Martin
Miles Horst
John M. McKee
Lavish Spaniard Tipster Turns Italian Carpenter in New York
Emilio Cavanna, 39, dubbed the Spaniard for his broken English, surfaced as an Italian carpenter who arrived in New York from Chicago by way of San Francisco. He handed out $100 tips during two weeks, then was found broke in a hotel room. He claimed $2,100 saved to return to Italy, but transport and war news puzzled him. Police sent him to Bellevue Hospital for observation.
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New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Emilio Cavanna
Italy
Cavanno
Bellevue Hospital
42Nd Street
Woman Grows Six Foot Grapefruit Tree in Maine Home
Mrs. Martin Mercurio of Kingfield Maine has nurtured a grapefruit tree over six feet tall in her home despite harsh New England winters. Planted years ago the tree has bloomed every year and may bear fruit in the coming years.
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Kingfield
New England
Martin Mercurio
Naples Beer Arrives on Anzio Beachhead
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports twenty thousand gallons of Naples brewed beer for Fifth Army troops on the Anzio beachhead. The beer is the first issued in Italy to the Americans, brewed under First Lieut. Allan J. Barney from American products. Supplies will be issued to other Italian troops once a backlog is cleared.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
Anzio
Fifth Army
Italy
Allan J. Barney
Gertrude Street
St. Laws
Nazis Report Seven Allied Vessels Sunk
The German communique claimed sinking two destroyers four freighters and a large tanker in a convoy off Algiers and damaging 13 other ships plus two troop transports and three destroyers. It also said daylight attacks targeted Allied bases in Lanciano near the Adriatic. College ratings up at State College. Registered wartime student average rises to 1.38, higher than Penn State’s pre Pearl Harbor benchmark.
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London
Algiers
Lanciano
Italy
Adriatic
State College
INS
William S. Hoffman
Pennsylvania State College
Penn State
Pearl Harbor
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