Area Man Saves Injured Bomber in Allied Flight
Lieutenant Grey of Bechamerit guided the damaged Flying Fortress across German lines after engines were knocked out and the plane limped toward enemy airspace. Despite a shattered radio, severed equipment, and a left engine failing, Grey steered the bomber to a perilous emergency landing in France with the crew intact and readiness to abandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Sapient
Grey
Alek
Ose Ranaway
Brancenné
Eerlier T
Brussels
Pilot survives brutal bomber crash in snow and battle
Lieutenant Grey, son of Irving F. Grey of Mech., defied a snowstorm and heavy damage to his B 17 during an England Africa shuttle mission. Despite 196 holes and extensive repairs, he guided the crippled plane to a moonlit runway, with one wing and engines needing major overhaul. He earned the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters as a member of the 490th Bomb Group in the Third Air Division.
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Bilis
Tokyo
Grey
Irving F. Grey
South Street
Mechenneville
Marjorie
Court Street
Syracuse
Aeronautics Department
General Electric Corp.s
Sehenetiady
Simmons College
Third Air Division
England-Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Bataan Angels Return Home After War Captivity
In a healing reunion at the Army hospital in San Francisco, 68 Bataan Angels are greeted by relatives and officials after liberation from Corregidor and Santo Tomas. Officers and nurses recount hardships, malnutrition, and the relief of seeing American forces, with Lt. Ann Williams and Maj. Raymond Bilss among those welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Angels
Bataan
CosregiGor
Lesersan Gesenti
Red “Cross
Philippines
Meg Maude Davidson
ATC
America
Japan
Los Basos
Terhment
Manin
Sesto Tomas
Fernment Camp
United States First Cavalry
Ges Raymond W. Bilss
Tha ‘Army
Hamilton Fell
Lieut
Ann Wiliams
Harrisburg
Wiliams
Helmsburg
Santo Tomas
Williams
Davison
Corregidor
J Saxto Tomas
Tannington
Canada
René Gvacuate
Pasadena
Cal) General Hospital
Thev Est
Minnie Breese
Richmond Heights
On the Air Local Station Schedule Highlights
Daily broadcast guide lists morning and afternoon programs from local stations. Notable items include news, talk segments, children’s features, and a 2 PM theater showcase with a Matinee concert slot.
Nurses at Hickam Field Face Shortages and Small Luxuries
Reported from Honolulu soldiers and nurses describe rationing and anxiety over food and cigarettes while receiving back pay and small comforts like facial care and hair appointments. Luggage and purchases reveal limited supplies. some humor amid wartime strain, including a prank involving a couple mistaken for theft outside Vancouver church.
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Jeanne Hennedy
Philadelphia
University of Tennessee Medical School
WAC
Hickam Field
Gawait Five
Honolulu
Alice M. Zwicker
Tvs
Rosemary Hogan
Chattanooga
Okla
United States
Mai
James W. Ganley
McReesport
Local Social Notes and War Fund Drive Kickoff
Johnsonville hosts Mr and Mrs Herbert Pratt of Schenectady and Lieut James Schofield stationed in Teres visiting their families. Miss Barbara Jean Frisbie of Russell Sage College spent the weekend with her parents. The American Red Cross War Fund Drive opens tomorrow in the area with a $730 quota and a house to house canvass planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Pratt
Schenectady
Jesse Pratt
James Schofield
Chan Iain
Teres
Walter Schofield
Barbara Jean Frisbie
Russell Sege College
Jessie Frisbie
Soldier James J Severence Wounded on Peleliu and Earns Purple Heart
Sergeant James J Severence, son of Mr and Mrs James Severence of 157 Ferry Street, was wounded in action on Peleliu Island on October 20 1944. He has been awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge and has returned to duty. Severence enlisted October 28 1942 and went overseas May 1944 after working in Behr Manning Corp. prior to enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergi
James’ J. Severence
Infantry
James Severence
Ferry Street
Pelelieu Island
South Pacific
Severence
Catholic Central High School
Behr- Manning Corp
Nebraska Corn Crop Saved By Newspapers
Nebraska newspapers led a statewide mobilization to save the corn crop. Editors and editors in chief coordinated a front-page mobilization, gathering volunteers, materials, and manpower from city and rural areas to build cribs and move grain, with state agencies and the military aiding, to protect 330 million bushels of corn from spoilage.
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Conual
Enerre Omahe
Frederick Ware
Orghe World-Herald
Nebraska
World-Herald
Ware
Warer
Askea
Desig
Brenton Scherff
Franklin
Web
Scharff
Hugh Butler
Neb
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Towa
South Dakota
Xankton
S.D
Parents Hear from Soldier Missing Since January 4
Mr and Mrs Charles H Aver of 29 Smith Street report conflicting notices about their son Frc Charles F Aver Jr believed missing in action in France since January 4. A letter said he was wounded, another telegram claimed he was missing, while later letters confirm shrapnel wounds and hospitalization in Paris. Aver trained at Camp Croft and served with the 25th Division known as the Hoodoo Buc... The piece also mentions Nebraska defense drives and local help. a separate item notes Robert J McNally injured in Bennington and treated at Troy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H Aver
Smith Street
War, Department
Charles FL Aver, Jr
France
Auer
Mon Fay
Paris
Joseph Whalen
Melrose
Aver
Camp Croft
Three Sisters Join WAC in New York
Three sisters Mea Mary Hampton Sophie and Misa Elizabeth Kuzmech joined the Women’s Army Corps in New York to support the war effort. They declined high school paths to serve at Ashford General Hospital Whitesphur Springs and plan to aid their brother Chester, while another brother enrolled as an aviation cadet. Their father John Kuzmech resides in Saratoga and works in a war plant, with farm duties managed by Mrs Kuzmech.
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New York
WAC
Mea Mary Hampton
Miss ‘Sophie
Misa Elizabeth Kurmech
Sanatoga
Theodore Roosevelt
I. Wac
Ashford General Hospital
Whitesphur Springs
WL Va
Chester
Stil
John
Saratoga
Mrz. Kuzmech
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Troy
Otarion, Inc
IZECT
Wlane Grey
ROSE
Derry
Marreesses
Bataan Angels
WEY
Scheecetady
Widwoot
Baske
Otis
Zteanor
Jensy
Chléron S
Hines
Wiey—Trez
Immerite
Timpareyer
Morsing Mekidies
Bso Tieverseus Uving
Dia Pease -Mersies
Bell
Pienceger
Loren Senate
Tom Bretneman
Becky Edis
Abe Fem
Mark Rem
Jim Lewis
Arkresa
Sarxhare
Schenéetads
Corertan Siience
Atonoy
Lise
Bes Harrigan
Tetry Anates
Tracy
Arstetron
Cape
Mideast
Hesgy Hank
Tim Fa
Ct Sreet
Lh Flay
Gram Swing
Sits
Auer Jenoy
Benay
Raskar
Soast
Ant
Theo
Bane
Brand of Life
Sissy Teller
Rosemary
GoStar Playhouse
Jim Heate
Sm David
Berns
Lisranins
Poe
Noonstate Met
Ae Berry
Jouse Paty
Ercey
Plee Palace
Jack C
Sea Rok
Stelyn Winery
Forrest Wits Siro
Sfazn Int Music Sa
Hesband
Eocizon
Louiss Berar
Dawes
S—Big Sister
Heinn ‘Trant
Life Beautiful
S—Ma
Fernins G
Bernadine Fiyan
Jorce Jontest
Portland
Ore
Afr
Alfred Laveen
Vancouver
Wash
Waricouver
Larsen
Rose-Derry
Johnsonville
Don
Omaha
Enim
Speten
Milta'y
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
War Production Board
Dwight Griswold
Soldier
Robert J. McNally
Mory Stark
Bennington
Troy Hospital
Third Street
Broadway
State Street
Sergt
Timothy A Sweener
Patrick J. Gavin
PFC
Charies Haver
Dealys
Price's
Price’s Seed Store
Hudson Ave
Albany, N.Y
Denby's
Breid
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