No Heroics For Yanks In Battle At Volturno Front
A frontline report from the Fifth Army in Italy recalls Sergt. Leslie Marty of Colby Kansas leading a mortar squad amid heavy counterattacks at Volturno. The piece notes their unit’s combat record, including downed tanks and armored cars, plus vivid anecdotes from observers like Harry Bartlett of Mendota Texas and Pvt. Ernest Fortier of Providence Rhode Island. Also mentioned is Pvt. Pavel Lozinski, a Russian-born parachutist who joined the U S Army in 1942 and later settled in New York City.
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Italy
INS
Volturno
Jerry
Leslie Marty
Colby
Kan
Marty
Harry Bartlett
Mundelat
Pss
Hitler
Bartlett
Slane
Ernest Fortier
Providence
R. L
Fortier
Pavel Lozinski
Russia
225/ 46th Street
New York City
Frontline GIs Share Quiet Tales From Warfront
A Russian born parachutist and his comrade, Lothar David born in Berlin, describe combat jumps and awaiting citizenship as they fight in Italy. Sergeant Delbert Mayhagh of Houston shoots a German in a farmhouse doorway, while a textile worker from Boston faces bankruptcy as a petition proceeds through attorney Karl Wasmuth.
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Ing
North Africa
Sicil
Italy
U. S
Naples
United States
Lothar David
Berlin
David
Hitlers
Fifth Army
John
Delbert Mayhagh
England Street
Houston
Tex
Mayhagh
Wayhagh
Joan Kolos
Mohawk Street
Harmer Boston
Karl E. Wasmuth
Cohoe
Germans slain by Greek patriots in Epirus battle
Cairo radio reported that Greek patriots killed 60 Nazis in Epirus as they attacked a motorized 7 000 strong German force. Patriots suffered light losses. German reprisals during Christmas in Macedonia burned villages and killed many inhabitants.
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New York
Latham Community News Highlights and Local Activities
Latham residents see a mix of illness updates and civic plans as the Samaritan Hospital patient Mrs. Catherine MacDonald shows slight improvement. S. W. Pitts Hose Company prepares for the next meeting while Seaman Kampfer reports duty in the Mediterranean. Local church activities include a Woman's Guild meeting at 2 30 pm hosted by Mrs Marian Fisher. 4 H and Red Cross efforts at Latham Town Hall stretch to six months of hospital pajama projects and weekly volunteer sessions.
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Catherine MacDonald
Latham Heights
Samaritan
S. W. Pitts Hose Company
James W. Kampfer
Mediterranean
Nathan Flater
London Road
Marian Fisher
Woman’s Guild
Latham Episcopal
Army Air Corps
Desert Training Center
Cal
William J. Radigan
Latham
Watervliet
Radigan
Watervliet High School
Watervliet Arsenal
Air Corps
Red Cross
Newtonville Town Hall
Clyde Orett
Carolynn
USC
Hase
Girls Club Christmas Package Recipients Highlight Meeting
Members received Christmas packages from the girls group and planned continued sewing with workbook cover making at the next session. Yesterday’s meeting featured folk dances and games, with a club officers’ gathering to be held at leader Mrs. R. EB. Sidebotham’s home on Thursday afternoon.
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R. EB. Sidebotham
Local notices from Melrose and nearby on family visits and church events
Mrs. Piser of Melrose visits sister Mrs. Lola Wing while Mrs. Henrietta Ding of Berlin stays with Mrs. E A Magon. Mr. and Mrs Earl Cushman and son winter in Florida. Lutheran Church holds annual meeting Friday with 6:36 dish supper and 8 pm business session. New Year guests include Dr E A Mason and family of Rensselaer. Mrs Ella Snyder returns from away and will accompany her twin sister Mrs Henrietta Holbritter for the winter. Ever Ready Class to meet in January at Mrs Charles Bulson’s home for officer reports. Dorcas Circle elects Lilian Campbell as president and Irma Lang as president, Mae Tschumi as secretary, Evelyn Borni as corresponding secretary, Ruth Bonesteel as treasurer. next meeting with Misses Tschumi.
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Piser
Melrose
Lola Wing
Henrietta Ding
Berlin
E. A. Magon
Earl Cushman
Florida
Lutheran Church
Walter Marlowe
Rensselaer
Benjamin Hanford
E. A. Mason
Ella Snyder
Middleburg
Henrietta Holbritter
Charles Bulson
William Campbell
Horace Hardy
Louis LeLoup
Dorcas
The
Irving Bornt
Lilian Campbell
Irma Lang
Mae Tschumi
Evelyn Borni
Ruth, Bonestee
Misses Tschumi
Willing Workers to Meet at Ward Slickner Home
Poestenkill Lutheran church group Willing Workers to meet this evening at 7 pm at the home of Mr and Mrs Ward Slickner. Clayton Male was elected president of the Brotherhood at last weeks church election with Norman Taylor as vice president Henry Fitting treasurer and D J Christie secretary and financial secretary.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ward Slickner
Clayton Male
Brotherhood of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Norman Taylor
Henry Fitting
D. J. Christie
New Years Communion at Gilead Lutheran Church
A large congregation attended the New Years Communion service at Gilead Lutheran Church. Acting pastor Rev. Robert J. Van De officiated and spoke on Going to God's Altar. New members include Mr and Mrs Sanford J Rifenburg and Misses Leila and Leah Van Deusen. Floyd Hayner assisted in the sacrament administration.
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Gilead Lutheran Church
Robert J. van de
Sanford J. Rifenburg
Leila
Leah van Deusen
Floyd Hayner
Loretta Bird Renamed Deputy City Clerk
City Clerk James M. McGrath announced Loretta F. Bird will serve as deputy city clerk. Bird, formerly Loretta Foley, has held the post 12 years and issued about 6000 licenses, including many from Massachusetts and nearby areas. Her husband Robert Bird serves with the Seabees. The post pays 1600 dollars annually.
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James M. McGrath
Loretta F. Bird
McGrath
Common Council
Local Notices From Grafton and Nearby Areas
Grafton resident Nelson Corey remains bed confined. Olive Green stays in Samari tan Hospital. Leland and his wife relocated to Troy. Frank Babcock recovering from an illness. Mina Stuart visited son Harold in Boston. Navy member Robert Poole home for a few days with his mother. Robert Snedcar and family with Maud Miller in Norwalk, Connecticut. Millard Ellett and children returned after time with Albert Drescher in Watervliet.
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Millard Ellett
Albert Drescher
Watervliet
Hartford Couple Spends Weekend at Shushan Home
Shushan news notes Victor Strandin and wife from Hartford Ct spent the weekend at their Shushan residence. Marion Coulter of Coila, recently tending Mrs Sherman Hunt, will return home today. Mrs Clifton Wilson of Tilton NH came Friday to Sherman Hunt’s home due to Mrs Hunt’s serious illness. Mrs Cornelia Rich Hunt aged 81, wife of Sherman Hunt, died Sunday at home after a week of pneumonia.
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Victor Strandin
Hartford
Local Woman Park Rich H u n t Passes. Rites Today
Mrs Park Rich Hunt was born in Jackson daughter of William and Sarah Park Rich. She married Sherman Hunt on August 25 1898 and is survived by one brother Liston Rich several nieces and nephews. She belonged to United Presbyterian Church Women Missionary Society and Philathea class. Funeral from her home this afternoon at 2 with Rev Arthur Wright officiating Nephews to serve as bearers Interment in Salem Evergreen Cemetery.
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Jackson
William
Sarah Park Rich
Sherman Hunt
Liston Rich
United Presbyterian Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Philathea
Arthur Wright
Hunt
Salem Evergreen Cemetery
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