Bombed to Debris in Messina Sicily Invasion Ends
Pvt. Hays Cathey of Ola Arkansas summed up Sicily’s fall as “that’s all there is.” Allied patrols entered a devastated Messina after 38 days of invasion, finding deserted streets, smashed rail yards, wrecked docks, and a city once prosperous now in ruins.
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Messina
Sicily
Hays Cathey
Ola
Ark
Cathey
Straits of
Italy
William Gunter
Commerce
Ralph J. Yates
Austin
Tex
Jeff McNeely
Lubbock
Yates-McNeely
Gunter
Messina-to-Italy
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Victor Emmanuel Theater
Writer Joins Short Snort Society aboard an Air Transport
Aboard an Atlantic flight, Robert F. Adickes inducts a fellow passenger into the Short Snorters in an Apache chapter initiation. The rite requires paying each present member a dollar and signing a bill with date and plane name, with occasional attempts at fake signups noted. Members vow to keep the group exclusive and to recruit only those who have flown the ocean, while planning to recruit three other travelers abroad.
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South Atlantic
Sns
Robert F. Adickes
Huntsville
Tex
Bob
Bob Adickes
Les Heddrick
Salt Lake City
Utah
Air Corps
Maj
Henry Miller
Hagerstown
Adickes
Heddrick, Miller
Turkey
Ahmet Deniz
Resit Kenan Yonca
Aydin Sayili
Harvard
Aftermath of bombing fills town and docks
The passage notes widespread bomb damage to houses and buildings, with the railroad terminus and ferry docks strewn with enemy gear and personal effects. It says many items were hurriedly dropped to flee across the straits, and that Germans managed to move substantial equipment via the narrow crossings after stubborn rear guard actions, though less than in Tunisia.
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Tunisia
Waterford Drum and Bugle Drill Sunday at St Mary’s
Waterford St Mary's Sponsored Corps hosts six visiting drum and bugle corps including St Anthony's Y O Johnstown Ukrainian Girls Cohoes Victory Albany All American Albany Nathaniel Adams Blanchard Delmar. Hosts stage an exhibition as Dorothy Burgess and John Early perform. Street parade forms at 2 p.m. Personal Edward Woods of Prospect Hill enters Samaritan Hospital for operation. Lions Plan Clambake discussed. Scouts and military visitors noted. Troop 32 meets 7:30 p.m. at St Mary's Hall.
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St. Mary’s
Charles J. Brady
American Legion
St. Anthony’s C. Y ¥. O
Johnstown
Ukrainian Girls
Cohoes
Victory Drum and Bugle Corps of
Albany
All-American Drum Corps of
Nathaniel Adams Blanchard Squadron
Delmar
St. Mary's Corps
Dorothy Burgess
John Early
Edward Woods
Prospect Hill
Samaritan Hospital
Lions Plan
Waterford Lions Club
Sparratt's Grove
Prospect Hill Road
Ralph Li | Dean
Dean
James McGarry
William Connors
Wallace Rudebush
Kenneth Taylor
Navy
Bertha Taylor
Saratoga Avenue
Pvt
Norman Church
Lamont Church
Fairview Avenue
Northside
Father of Golf Expert Expires
Baldwin GA Dr. Alex W. Stirling father of Alexa Stirling national golf champion for three years died at his home Tuesday. Stirling served as British consul in Atlanta where his daughter learned golf at East Lake Country Club under Stewart Maiden. Miss Stirling, Atlanta’s first national champion, won in 1916 1919 and 1920, preceding Bobby Jones by a year or two. she is married to Dr. W. G. Fraser of Ottawa and affiliated with the Ottawa Royal Golf Club.
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W. G. Fraser
Ottawa
Canada
Ottawa Royal
Averill Park Community Notices Mixed with Visitor Updates
Local residents report guests visiting relatives in New Lebanon and Hempstead, with several families relocating recently. Church and church group events include the Baptist Sunday School picnic on Saturday at the church lawn, a Good Cheer Class meeting with a 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper, and a Women’s Society for Christian Service food sale at Sowalsky’s ice cream parlor Saturday at 11 a.m. Also noted are vacations for Rev. Orrin Ireson Jr and family, and a move by Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald to the Farrell house in Sand Lake.
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Katherine Cropsy
New, Lebanon
Wesley Miller, Jr
Camp Upton
N. J
Wesley . Miller
Joseph Fitzgerald
Sand Lake
Farrell House
The
Baptist Church
Church Lawn
Pappert
Charles
Francis
Hempstead
L. I
William Lampert
Orrin Ireson, Jr
Roger
Ireson
Herbert Hemple
Essex
Mass
Methodist Church
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Sowalsky
Mary C. Vining
Guest of Mr and Mrs Pierre Vining Visit Dickerson Genier
The guest of their son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs Pierre Vining of Dickerson Genier were noted during the social gathering. The event highlighted extended family ties and regional connections.
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Pierre Vining
Dickerson Genier
Center Brunswick Guests Return From Month Long Trip
Center Brunswick Mrs Nettie Keyes returned Sunday after a month's vacation at her home in Cambridge. Mr and Mrs Robert Hazlet and son Bobby of Treadwell spent several days last week with Mrs Hazlets parents, Mr and Mrs David R English, Dr and Mrs Charles R Clark and son Charles R Jr spent the weekend with Dr Clark's parents, the occasion being the first birthday of little Charles Jr. Mr and Mrs Frank S Brockett had a surprise visit when Brockett's 13 year old grandson Mortimer D Stanley and his friend Billie Swanson of East Haven Conn arrived by bicycles after a 165 mile three day trip, sleeping under their pup tents nightly.
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Nettie Keyes
Cambridge
Robert Hazlet
Bobby
Treadwell
Litle
Charles Jr
Frank S. Brockett
Mr. Brockett
Mortimer D. Stanley
Billie Swanson
East ‘Haven
Conn
Local Notes From Wynantskill to New York
Wynantskill updates list Sarkis Minassian departing for U S service and Mrs Earl Shornsleeves returning home after Florida. Mr and Mrs Henry Banker and daughter Dordthey back from Syracuse relatives. Fred Pitcher convalescing at The Bronx Veterans Hospital after eye cataract surgery. five weeks in hospital.
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Sarkis Minassian
U. S
Earl Shornsleeves
Florida
Henry Banker
Dordthey
Syracuse
Fred Pitcher
Veterans' Hospital
Bronx
Cocktail Kid Downs 28 Nazi Aircraft
Maj. Allen V. Martini known as the Dry Martini pilot led the unit that shot down 28 Nazi planes in 27 raids over France and Germany. The 23-year-old San Francisco ace, youngest major in the Eighth Air Force, boasts a record of 15 minute Paris raids and long flights with minimal fighter protection.
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San Francisco
INS
Maj
Allen V. Martini
America
France
Germany
Paris
Eighth Air Force
England
Orlando
Florida
Fim
F. W
Will
British Woman Is Jap Prisoner in Shanghai Camp
Lady Drummond Hay, long missing since early in World War II, has been interned in a Japanese prison camp at Shanghai. Wife of Sir Robert Drummond Hay and formerly Grace Lethbridge of Hampstead, she had been last heard from in Manila before Dec 18, 1941. Authorities confirmed the report.
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London
INL
Drummond Hay
Pacific
Manilla
Shanghai
Robert Drummond Hay
Ministry of Information
Grace Lethbridge
Hampstead
England
Major Martini Earns Silver Star in France Flight
After a Renault raid the Fortess bomber flew a dangerous return to base with eight guns burned out and injuries among crew. Major Martini landed safely and was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry, plus the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
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PLW
Martini
Pacific
France
Frau Goering Arrives in Switzerland After Swiss Stop
Frau Goering, wife of Hermann Goering, arrived at Basel Central Station yesterday and was driven to the German consulate. Former actress Enroy Henny Sonne mann, a protege of Goering, was married to him in Berlin on April 10, 1935, with Adolf Hitler presenting the bride.
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Zurich
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Basle
Frau Goering
Enroy Henny Sonnemann
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Goering
Dr Humphreys Grand Relief for Agony Piles Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Humpreys Grand Relief for piles. It claims quick relief from burning itching and pain with ointment and a free rectal pipe to spread lubrication. The copy emphasizes long-term success and local availability at 50 cents per tube.
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DR. Humphreys
Humphreys
Dr. Humpreys
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