Troop Letters From the South Pacific and Home Front News
Private first class Tommy Baker writes from the South Pacific recalling rugged conditions and a rifle as his best friend. The piece also notes Christmas broadcasts from Munda Air Base and updates on Troy area servicemen, training, and arrivals at bases nationwide with brief student and veteran mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Baker
South Pacific
Alwayead
Troy Y. M. C
Tommy
Tex
Luc
Melrose
Florida
Munda
New Georgia Islands
Cohoes
Dent
Bob
McNoyer
McNoyal
Dad
Ruth
Fla
Gerard Blais
Jerry
Navy
Charley
Syracuse
Melrose Rest
George 5. Finkle
Fourth Avenue
Earl Finkle
England
Army Air Corps
Sampson
Jim Clemente
Woodbine Avenue
Frank Barry
Elm Street
Ted Corbat
Ted
Pete Cotch
Fourth Street
Bob Ham
Frank A. Ham
Francis HA
Marines
Parris Island
Charlotte Swankhamer
Don Brinkman
Sioux Falls
S D
Air Corps
Emil H. Brinkman
Plum Avenue
Don
Pacific
Pvt
AL Therrien
Bill
Bouldareau
Tvatervliet
Avatervliet Arsenal
Jim Scholleld
Cohves
Arsenal
Troy Area
Hope Troy High
Crossword Puzzle Across Clue From An Old Paper
A crossword clue fragment reads eth nder atth and S9 Accustoms red roots, hinting at a historical puzzle entry with partial letters and ambiguous phrasing from the page. The readable bits suggest a wordplay line about root terms and adoptions within a vintage puzzle section.
Puzzle Answer Key Fragments and Clues
A compact listing of misread clue fragments with several missing letters and symbols. It appears to be a cryptic style puzzle answer grid including references to Zoar, gods, painting, insects, clothing, and various short-word cues with many OCR distortions. The readable items hint at a mixed solution set across religions, geography, and language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salntiy
Compromise Closes Court in Cohoes Auto Collision Suit
December term of the Supreme Court for Rensselaer County closed after a calendar compromise. Four plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Waldron and Mr. and Mrs. William K. Landers, sued Kenneth Gregory over a Cohoes auto crash. Trial had been underway before Justice Pierce H. Russell. settlements were reached with undisclosed amounts. Irwin J. Cohen represented the plaintiffs. Murphy Aldrich Guy Broderick represented the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Rensselaer County
Pierce H. Russell
James J. Waldron
William K. Landers
Kenneth Gregory
Cohoes
Justice Russell
Irwin J. Cohen
Harold A. Turner
Murphy, Aldrich, Guy & Broderick
Noted author Arthur Willis Colton Dead at 75
Palisades reported novelist and critic Arthur Willis Colton died Tuesday at age 75. Colton, born in Washington Connecticut, was a noted poet and literary critic with a long publishing history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Willis Colton
Washington, Conn
Nazis Have Difficulty Supplying Aegean Isles
Allied sources report Germany struggles to supply Aegean islands as RAF and USAAF sink small ships and disrupt port facilities. Raids targeted Stampalia, Piraeus, Anti, and nearby harbors. No Allied losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Allied Air Command
Middle East
Germany
Aegean
Rafi
U.s.aaf
Stampalia
Piraeus
Greece
Anti
Etera
Lhe
G. E. to Use Balloons In Weather Tests
Police in the eastern states were notified Tuesday that during the next nine months a series of balloons carrying meteorological instruments will be released from time to time at the General Electric Co. plant in Bridgeport Connecticut. When the balloons reach the stratosphere they will explode releasing instruments and data to study upper air conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Releas
Parachute Equipment Return Notice Issued
A public notice asks return of parachutes and attached instruments to General Electric Co. A notice will be attached to the apparatus directing the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
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William H. Penderga
Woodlawn Court
Greensboro
N. G
Air Corps Raining Command
Avisiion
Joe Plante
C. H. Plante
River Street
Joe
Margaret Sullivan
Stow Avenue
Aval
Bos Pursel
M. A. Pursel
R. D
Bob Is Troy High
RPI
Hamilton
Ng Service School
Caa
Conway, Ark
Dave Bulger
Watervliet
University of Nevada
Frankie Levine
Mount Vernon
Ill
Fort Myers
Frankie
Harry Binder
Joe Tomeo
George Street
Green Island
Cadillac
Flint
Mich
Chanute Field
Bill Sherman
Raymond Sherman
Schaghticoke
Army Air Corps’ Training Command
Keesler Field
Miss
ED Vermilyer
Eugene Vermilyea
Nelson Card
Second Avenue
Middlebury College
University of New Hampshire
N. C
Army Air Forces
Eastern Technical Command
Earl Quackenbush
Northern Drive
Earl
LHS
Mohawk Paper Co
Harlington Army Air Field
Texas
Silt Becker
Edith M. Becker
Sixth Avenue
Don Moeller
J. H. Moeller
Cambridge
Gondfellow Field
San Antonio
Moore Field
Central Instructors
Randolph Field
Cos
Pye
Roy Shudt
Christopher T. Kelley
Charles Ballon
New York Central Line
New York City
Uttrich
DELL
Broadway
Bath
Rotel Sred Lewis, Mgr Atsonae
Very York 1 Times
Seuare
Radio Ity
Nage
Tenny
PPA
PET
Atth
Ives
Agean
United States Army
United States Navy
W. D. Mahony
Averill Park
New York
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