Former Life Guard Now An Air Pilot At a U S Fighter Station
Charlie London once a Long Beach lifeguard, now a captain and P-47 Thunderbolt pilot in the European Theater of Operations. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for five confirmed German fighters shot down, possibly a sixth, and damage to two more, before turning 24. He pursues speed and safety for Flying Fortress crews, chasing enemy planes with a cool, two-goal focus: down foes and return home quickly.
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U. S
England
Charlie London
Long Beach
Cal
PHT
Germany
London
Monty Behwader
San Francisco
Thunderbolt Ace London Heads Home From War
A long report details Charlie London, a top World War II fighter ace married to Phyllis Jones of Long Beach, with bold notes on his height, weight, and cockpit fit. It describes combat film sequences showing his close-range dogfights and his meticulous preflight checks that earn him top status in the ETO. The piece also mentions a postponed sophomore dance due to a snowstorm and local farm bureau elections, plus a Cambridge Union School Christmas play cast list.
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Charlie
Phyllis Jones
Long Beach
London
England
Thunderbolt
Air Corps
The
T.O
Cambridge Union School Closes for Christmas Vacation
Cambridge Union School shuts for Christmas break. Colla U P Sunday School Christmas entertainment postponed to December 28. Cambridge High alumni in the armed service will receive personal Christmas ecards created by the junior class under Joyca Robertson Ethel McClarty and Miss Charlotte Record. They cut linoleum blocks and transferred patterns to cards signed From Cambridge High with each recipient's name.
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Colla U. P
Cambridge High School
Joyca Robertson
Ethel McClarty
Charlotte Record
Cambridge High
Local residents spend Christmas break at homes
Johnsonville Mrs. Paul Seward is in Leon ard Hospital for observation. Miss Nancy Norton of Schenectady is spending a week with her aunt, Mrs. Earl Johnston. Miss Oprah Herrington of West Nyack is spending the Christmas vacation at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Joiner and daughter have rented the Herrington fat. Johnny Cumo and James Simpson of the Leabers are spending a few days at their homes here. Miss Barbara Jean Frisbie, a student at Russell Sage College in Troy, is home for her Christmas vacation. Charles Case, who recently underwent an operation at the Mary McClellan Hospital at Cambridge, is recuperating at the home of his sister, Mrs. Abbott Gifford.
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Marjorie Hastings
Roy Durrin
Donald Rutherford
Washington County Farm and Home Bureau
C. c. Sheldon
Hartford
Home Bureau
Henry Ruckaberle
Easton
E. C. Liddell
Alf. Tygeson
Cossaguna
David Wood
Clyde Harrington
Balad Mountain
Curt Kraiber
Donald Nichols
George Sheffield
Skenesborough
Nelson Pratt
Ruth Briggs
James McCart
White Creek
Cambridge Union School
Santa Claus
Rupert Jennings
Donald Thompson
Donald Dusha
Marjorie Mahar
Evelyn Beals
Mary Shay
Thomas Gorman
Mary Ella Arnold
Mary Dunnigan
Barbara Weber
Marian Wallace
Gordon Austin
Evelyn Merriman
Jacqueline Lake
Elizabeth Green
Tomary Bell
Frank Pemrick
Buddy Arnold
Lindy Strout
Sylvia Coulte
Sally Allen
Patricia Weber
Helen McDonnell
Marina Small
Gulielma Buckley
Shirley Hover
Kathleen Derrick
Leo Walsh
Betty Derrick
Marjorie Ensign
Jackie Shay
Charles Estramonte
Bobby Rich
Marion Chesbro
Beverly Lufkin
Beverly Ann Walsh
Virginia Ott
Robbin Baker
Paul Seward
Leonard Hospital
Nancy Norton
Schenectady
Earl Johnston
Oprah Herrington
West Nyack
Lester Joiner
Johnny Cumo
James Simpson
The
Leabers
Barbara Jean Frisbie
Russell Sage College
Troy
Charles Case
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
Abbott Gifford
Franco Seeks Spanish Unity rally for press freedom and amnesty
Generalissimo Franco announced broad political amnesty for most prisoners, reforms to unify Spain, dissolve the Falange militia, and modify party structures. He vowed faster political normalization, while outlining social政策 like farming subsidies and housing credits, and warned against communism and eastern encroachment. Lloyds of London originated as a merchants association protecting sea trade.
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Madrid
U.P
Francisen Fre
Spain
Falange
Ministry of Justice
Jose Luis Arrese
Arrese
Franco
Germany
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New York
Wmartin
Sweeny
Grand Central and Airlines Terminals
McGeoch
Nelson Bell
Irving McLenihan
Roma Royal
Buddy Williams
Donald LeGrys
Donald Ridgway
Berlin
Zieghaus
Army Museum
Stockholm
Avery Woman
River St
Union Home“C Furnisher
Freight
Army
Manhattan
Ae OY
Tyco
Gladstone
Cory Coffee Maker
Pyrex
Siebert Carriage
Johnsonville
Lloyd's of London
Caruso
Retady
Caruso Fruit Distributers
Alle
A, Dior Rad
Bulova
Umon Buedy Center Home Furnishers Inc
River St., Troy
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