Names In the News And How to Pronounce the Riviera
A fragmented pronunciation guide explains coastal French city names from Perpignan to Marseille, including Sete, Montpellier, and Bastia. It covers how to say places like Nice and Cannes, notes on pronunciation pitfalls, and divergences between English and French conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
France
Riviera
Perpignan
Rai Juretion
Pasa
Pale
Sete
Cettey
Herault
Department
Marseille
marStat-yuh
Youlus
Seapot
Naval Base
Casnes
Bionaco
Lawrenceville Soldier Describes Battle in Sai Pan Letter
Karl J. Leitzinger, 22, writes his mother from Lawrenceville describing his Marine Corps service and a foxhole fire in the Sai Pan battle. He notes using Japanese ink in the letter and reflects on the merit of the Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motiter EN Japine
Lawrenceville
Karl J. Leitzinger
Saipan
Marine Corps
Baby Born Dead Revived After Three Hours At Brooklyn Hospital
At Norwegian Hospital in Brooklyn a seven pound baby believed dead for the first hour and a half revived after nurses breathed into the infant's mouth and doctors administered drugs for three hours. Dr. John A. Davis reported the mother Mrs Edwin Apman 26 was told she had lost the baby before faint breathing began, revealing the child to be alive and healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Norwegian
John A.’ Davis
Edwin Apman
Apman
East Side Rev Frank Jay Reid at Home Church Visit
Reverend Frank Jay Reid preached at his home church First during a visit with his father Arthur Reid, Mrs Reid, and daughter Sonia, highlighting family and community ties in a local church event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jay Reid
Arthur Reid
Methodists and locals gather for church events in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam Sunday reports note visits by Mr and Mrs Reid to Mrs Reids siblings and Arthur Reid staying with his son at Trinity Methodist Church parsonage. Fort Meyer Sgt Charlotte Organ visited Mrs John Heger daughter of the late Mr and Mrs MOA Organ. Re decorations begin at Second Baptist Church as it prepares to reopen after summer. Several locals and guests are mentioned among weekend visits and family movements across area addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Amsterdam
Charlotte E Organ
Fort Meyer
Arlington, Va
WACS
John Heger
Pawling Avenue
Moa. Organ
Second Baptist
Local Social Notes and Army Family Updates
Cambridge guest Madeline Cranor visits Mrs. Earl Sutherland at Lathams while St Patrick’s Church carnival is held today and Thursday. Sgt Joseph Schultze of the Troy Police Department spends two weeks at Hedges Lake. Bernice Tuttle of Waterbury Conn visits Mr and Mrs Francis Ackley in Lauderdale. Pvt William W Jones US Marines is in Naval Hospital Gulfport Miss for an operation. Joseph Arnold of Milford Mass joined his wife visiting her mother Mrs P J Maley, planning a two week vacation. Mr and Mrs Frank Carney hear their son Pvt Thomas Carney of the Army Air Corps is involved in updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Cranor
Earl Sutherland
Wounded-Pfe Norman Paquette Wounded in France
War Department telegram reports Private First Class Paquette slightly wounded during action in France on July 25. gunnery specialist serving since October 16, 1942, overseas since February, with Fort Edward connections and Fort Edward High School background. He is son of Mrs. Mabel Paquette and brother of Corporal Alphonse Paquette in the Army Engineers in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe. Norman
J. Paquette
France
War Department
Fredella Avenue
Fort Edward
Paquette
Fort Edward High School
Mabel Paquette
Frank Street
Corp. Alphonse Paquette
Army
Engineers
Community Notes and Yard Socials in Teal and Amherst
Forces now in Teal with Mrs Lyda Voudeaux of Springfield and Mrs Mary Arnold visiting Amherst, staying with Mrs Henry C Carter. Pavement dances run on Saturday evenings through Sept 2 with weekly voluntary receipts split among Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Cab Scouts Cambridge Red Cross for coal use and Mary McClellan Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Lyda Voudeaux
Springfield
Mass
Mary Arnold
Amherst
Henry C. Carter
Voudeaux
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Cab. Scouts
Cambridge
Red Cross
Uye Mary McClellan’ Hospital
Clarifications on Language Humor and Spelling
From Kansas City readers letter questions about prespiration perspire and strait jacket. Notes on origin of seamster to seamstress and straight versus strait. LD Culver cites usage of parents and children for family terms as an aside on common language.
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Fannie M. Davis
Kansas City
Freie G
Redlords
Corpus Obrissi
Colby
Sis
Strait of Dover
Prom R. C
Newport
Culver
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kank- Colet
Uae
Thorson & Miner's
Troy
Mack's Drug
Henry, Griffin
Associated Press
East Side
Wew Retief
Seward AF Neeersla
T Desson Avenues
Fitzgerald
Ft. Meade
Billy
Jackie Gibson
Don Lemke
Bud Sturges
Center Brunswick
Florence Buchanan
New ‘York City
George “G. Grossman
Jean Grant
Latch Avenue
Earl
Robinson
Tibbits Avenue
Earl B. Robinson
St. At Islip
Otto Palitsch
Rita
Winter Street
Bathryn Ball
Charlotte A
Main Avenue
Wynantskill
Elsine Hillman
Waterford
Lake George
William T. Tipping
Highland Avenue
Marjorie Stewart
Lexington School For the Deaf
Emery Bergeron
le Gell
Canada
Roland Whittaker
Anne Laiue
Beacon
Carol Jean ‘Billings
Watervliet
Readers
Winter Cops
Wells & Coverly's
Junior Shop
River St
Wells & Coverly
Brosters
Troy Flyers, Inc
Robert H. Reno
Naval Cadets
Navy
C.A. A
Troy Airport
Eton
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