France Not Like Land Daddy Knew
Hal Boyle reports American troops in Erence Ri Mzny reflect on France and Normandy. Soldiers discuss changes, bread, wine, calvados, and peasant girls amid humor and homesickness, noting a clash between fantasy and wartime reality. Local men joke about mademoiselles while coping with long separations and wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Erence Ri-Mzny
France
A. Gougiboy
Jon
Normancy
Wight
Eider Ar Calvados
Pulse of the People letters on local playgrounds and Blondin query
Readers lament neglect of South End parks in favor of child friendly spaces and benches for mothers noting better facilities elsewhere. A letter asks for action to convert vacant lots into a playground for local children. A note answers Blondin’s Niagara Falls rope walk, giving his real name Jean Francois Gravelet born in Somain France 182-born, died 1897 in London, credited as first to cross Niagara on a tightrope, with crossing dates cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
126Th Street
Ad Street
Blondin
Jean Francois Gravelet
Su Omer
Pas-de- Calais
France
London
Niagara Falls
Cadet Nurses Exceed Quota Amid Recruitment Debate
The article notes the United States Cadet Nurse Corps surpassed its year quota of 85 000 student nurses by 500 whileWaACS and WAVES face recruitment issues. It discusses perceptions of women in uniform and the social resistance to women in Army and Navy roles, suggesting family and societal views impact enrollment. It ends with unrelated historical anecdotes about feats from 1859 to 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Cadet Nurse Corps
Uncle Sam
Coras
WACS
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Sem
Jinto
Repudiation and political clash in early campaign remarks
A dispatch from a reputable news agency exposes heated debate over Ham Fish and Vito Marcantonio in a primary contest. The piece notes Dewey's resistance to repudiating Fish over wartime obstruction, while Marcantonio shifts position after Russia’s attack, and casts doubt on the prominence of a political figure amid the ensuing controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asien
Bewey
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Davenport
Ray
Congress of
Ham Fish
Republicas
Vito Marcantonio
Communist Front
Dewey
Eforts
Ham Fisk
Marcantonio
Hitter
Fussis
Fish
Con- Breas
Marcantonia
Russia
United States
Fish Stoosevelt
Cancenio
Local Newsnotes From Troy and Adirondacks Trips
Yynantskill Robert Ruffinen left Wednesday for service in the Army. Mrs Harold Rowe and Mrs Hugh Frahtlin are in Troy hospital. Mrs Mary Sommro entertains Rose and two children. Mer and Mrs William Hogan and family plan Lake George for next week. Duane Vroman and others vacationing at Long Lake in the Adirondacks. Milton and Arthur Austin party also in Adirondacks. Carol Clark returns from Hampton Beach. Navy seaman Ralph Barringer on a nine day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yynantskill
Robert Ruffinen
the Anny
Harold Rowe
Hugh Frahtlin
Troy
Mary Sommro
Rose
Mer
William Hogan
Lake George
Duane Vroman
Long Lake
Adirondack Mountains
Harry May
Erma Austin
Grace Cropsey
Grace Rogers
Milton Austin
Adirondacks
Arthur Clark
Carol
Hampton Beach
Ralph Barringer
Navy
Rome
Wounded in action Pvt John Coleman joins 105th in Saipan battle
Pvt John Coleman age 19 of the 105th Infantry was wounded in the Saipan battle as his parents report. He joined the 103rd in 1940 at age 15 after leaving Troy High School. His brother Donald Coleman, in the 205th, serves as a jump master in New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coleman
105Th Infantry
Saipan
James Coleman
Ninth Street
103Th
Troy High School
Donald Coleman
Central Pacific
205Th
New Guinea
Melrose Air Guests and Local Visits
Melrose Air and Mrs Charles Brenenstuhl with daughters of Hartford Conn are visiting Miss Nellie Larraber. Mrs Beatrice Gutbrodt and Mrs Lillian Jones return home after several days away. The Women’s Society of Christ Han Service holds a picnic at Mrs Clarence Derrick’s Friday at 1 pm. Rain plan in church social room. Jough and his wife’s illness noted. Mr and Mrs Harold Mulson and family with Mrs Clarence Jones of Berlin plan ten days at Old Orchard Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air
Charles Brenenstuhl
Hartford Conn
Nellie Laraber
Beatrice Gutbrodt
Lillian Jones
Bert Willey
East NorthSetd
Woman's Society of Christ Han
New Methodist Church
Clarence Derrick
Jough
Harold Mulson
Clarence Jones
Berlin
Old Orchard
Green Island Odd Fellows Meet Led by Noble Grand
Odd Fellows Green Island lodge to meet at Odd Fellows Hall with Albert Moeske in charge. Social hour to follow. Separately, Private Labby listed as wounded in France July 9 and recovering in a UK hospital. he attended St Joseph's School and Heatly High School before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Albert Moeske
Green
Odd
Odd Fellows Hall
Pfe
George R. Labby
George Labby
France
Plorence Labby
James Street
England
Lobby
St. Joseph's School
Heatly High School
Waterfall Saves Paint for Jeeps
A fragment notes improv in jeep painting using a miniature Niagara Falls lens as a battle makeup aid. The obscure line hints at salvaged water effect applied to jeep finishes, attributed to a device nicknamed Niagara Pals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Song Itp Chemical Laboratories
Epamez
Jeeps
Niagara Pals
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Land
Nike
Jersey
Dad
Ian
Stost
Normandy
Johnny Doughboy
Pap
Mamah
Janet
Cay
Tos
War Department
Oisella
Howard Grossmen
Ievington, N
Mademoiselles
Corp. D. W
Madempiselle
Armentieres
Stuarts
P.M Arter
Wealth Institute
Fourth St
Coast Guard
Gray
George Gray
Official
Coast Artist
New York
Tonany
Sian
Sally
Anair Pase
Anair Pase Who Balked At Having Her Go Into One of the Services. But Uncle Sam
Chis Hsien
Prince of Wales
Belfast
Melrose
Green Island
John Feeley
George Rienceht
Sliter’'S Dairy
231 Hill ST
Celler
Handy-Man
Pven
Handy-woman
Sam
Anthracite Industries, Inc
Fare Avenue
N.Y
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