Marine Hero Wins Third Valor Medal
Marine Maj. Robert B. Fraser of Geneseo New York has received the Air Medal with a permanent presidential citation marking his third award in under a year. He also holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for actions in battle and a rescue attempt at Guadalcanal and the Russell Islands.
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Washington
Robert B. Fraser
Geneseo
Marine Corps
Fraser
Russell Islands
Solomons
Navy and
Guadalcanal
James W. Fraser
American Airlines
Ind
Local Notes From East Hampton And Cambridge
South Cambridge E R Styles returns to East hampton after a stay here. The Youth Fellowship sponsors a box social at the Methodist Church Tuesday evening. Foster Geelan spent the weekend with his sister Mrs. Thomas Gannon and family at North Cambridge.
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E.R. Styles
Easthampton
Methodist Church
Foster Geelan
Thomas Gannon
North Cambridge
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed With Errors
A readable Crossword list with garbled clues includes entries like Ugly women Twisted fabric Seize Cry of Bacchants Peer Gynts mother Glacial snow issearving back Lyric poeme Stupid Workers Weep Comfort Wood bird Attempt Large bird Peruviso plants Hawaiian dish Take out Place Stone Tree awakes on Stomach Meripe growts Repeats Bazing chamber Executed by notary Yourne Took tood Seabird Other Long nosed Ash el Act.
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Peer Gynt
Notary
Puzzle Clue Set From Old Newspaper Wordplay list
A scrambled puzzle fragment listing numbered clues and definitions across categories. Includes items like 1 Olympian 3 Mongolian and entries such as 9 Sailor 11 Girl with religious hysteria and a mix of cross references.
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the Birds
Stormy S
Bedie
Laree
Sailor
Assert
Bore
Thanes
Air Squadron Boasts Band And Singers
Advanced Air Headquarters in Italy reports the 99th all Negro fighter squadron, credited with 17 victories, maintains a seven piece swing band and five-man choral society. The unit lives in a villa once owned by a Neapolitan doctor, while pilots and crews shelter in a brick schoolhouse with minimal heating.
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George Tucker
Italy
99Th
Tig
99th Squadron Tales From Sicily and North Africa
The piece recalls 99th Squadron men facing illness like pneumonia while in North Africa and Sicily. It highlights Major Roberts and Lieut Robert W Deiz, a WWII dogfighter, and notes a homesick recruit nicknamed junior. It describes the squadron band, its leaders, and a Sicily street demonstration.
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Roberts
Robert W. Deiz
Portland
Ore
98Th
North Africa
Benjamin O. Davis
Sicily
Iin
Italy
Henry M. Letcher
Division Avenue
Washington
Junior
99Th
United States
Matthew Roberts
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shorty
Robert McFan
Freeport. la
Jerry
Freeport
Special Service Division
John P. Alexander
Waterbury, Conn
Bacon Hill and Area Notes Include Returns and Visits
Bacon Hill i Cliford Rugg returned after 14 weeks at Ellis Hospital. Pvt. Leon Sparling is home on a seven day furlough from Camp Breckenridge. The Woman's Missionary Society meets today with Mrs Hoyt Van Der Werden. Robert Galusha reports station at Camp Croft. Mrs Merritt Wolfe visits Mrs Harold Davis between Albany and Schenectady. Fifteen dollars was cleared at a Bacon Hill Grange dance last week. Another dance is planned for March. Mrs Wertie Devoe visits relatives in Richmond with granddaughter Mrs Emmett Gilmore returning weekend.
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I Cliford Rugg
Ellis Hospital
Leon Sparling
Camp Breckenridge
Woman's Missionary Society
Hoyt van der Werden
Robert Galusha
Camp Croft
S.C
Merritt Wolfe
Harold Davis
Albany
Schenectady
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Events
Raymertown residents report Miss Minnie Bulson visiting at niece Mrs. Howard B. Tate. Rev. Peter Fanning’s reception at Evangelical Lutheran Church drew a large crowd with Lent services planned. Miss Janice Barry hosted her ninth birthday with a cake centerpiece and many gifts. Men from the area attended a Raymertown meeting in Fitts Town for a new community club including Boyntonville, Pittstown and Raymertown. Elton Hanks of the Home Bureau spoke, and Dr. Alson J. Hull showed motion pictures.
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Minnie Bulson
Howard B. Tate
Peter Fanning
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Janice Barry
Miss Barry
Fittstown
Boyntonville
Pittstown
Raymertown
Elton Hanks
Home Bureau
Alson J. Hull
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Marine Hero
Valor Medal
South Cambridge
S. Paul Proctor
4Th ST
Ack
Puzele
Turkey
Romeo
Church Court
Woddes
Troy
Haig
Sotch
Scofliss
Red Cross
Hurseny
River Street
Ease Stores
Iar
Bing Crosby
Alexander Crawford
Dayton
Lece
Parade
NAVY
It Eingeivs Shetland
Frears Fashion Floor
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