Reporter Wins War Duration Bet Among 21 Corespondents
Twenty one war correspondents each put up ten dollars in Noragady last August to guess how long World War I would last. The pool’s $220 prize is awarded to Elizabeth Bumgon Treauu widow of Tom treanor NBC and Los Angeles Times reporter who died in France August 28 after his jeep and tank collided. The winner predicted the war would extend into 28 5.
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Noragady
Elizabech
Bumgon Treauu
Tom! Treanor
NBC
Los Angeles Times
France
Greener
Dream Village plan eyed for La Grange Park suburb
La Grange Park Village Board set up a 36 member pleoning committee to map a postwar dream village on delinquent tax land. Foreclosures on $3.5 million in taxes and $160 000 in village taxes would return land to the tax lists while preserving areas for recreation and possible business development.
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Chicago
la Grange
National Committee On ‘Housing, Inc
Temorrow
la Grange Park
Cook
Sayers
Tewrt
Commany
John F. Scott
St Paul
Minn
Minnesota Federal Savings and Lean Association
Community notices mix social events and meetings
Local society notes describe PTA activity, church clubs, showers, and hostesses. Visits from guests and small gatherings fill the week with entertainments and refreshments. A weather disruption delayed a planned shipwood industry presentation.
Local Letters Note Weekend Visit and Military Transfers
John Buckholtz of New York was a weekend guest of his family here. Alberti A Hayner left Thursday for Camp Dix to serve in the Army reserve corps. Doukas Smith spent last week with his parents Mr. and Mrs Lester Smith and returned to Camp Sampson. Andrew Kramarthyk has
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John Buckholtz
New York
Alberti A. Hayner
Camp Dix
Army Our Corps
Doukas Smith
Lester Smith
Camp Sampson
Sergi
Andrew Kramarthyk
Army Sergeant John C Jackson Wounded at Leyte Invasion
Sergeant John C Jackson was wounded in action during the Leyte invasion in the Philippines. A bomb threw him into a foxhole and a fragment pierced his right shoulder. He serves since 1939 and holds multiple ribbons including the Purple Heart for this wound.
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John C. Jackson
Philippines
Leyte
Townsend Jackson
Round Lake Avenue
Mechanicville
Jackson
Army
Shirt Lost at Board Office Mystery
A local board office report notes a man misplaced a shirt during a transit exchange. Miss Shirley communicates that the matter may involve an attempted identification amid a mix up on Route 70.
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Defiante
Rnboard
Shirley
Jessel
Mystery blast kills two in Bay State
In South Dartmouth Massachusetts a powerful explosion destroyed a cottage, killing Theodore F. Mattson age 43 and his widow Mia Ida Mattison 82. The blast toppled nearby homes, scattered debris, and sent police to deny bomb or gas theories amid questions of cause.
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Bay State
Dartmouth
Mass
Atedemle Medias
Patansey
First Never
First Service Command
Boston
Theodore F. Mattson
Mia Ida
Mattison
Conductor Admits Having 12 Wives
Francis HK. Van Wie, a street car conductor, was in city prison awaiting arraignment on bigamy charges. Police Inspector Jerry Desmond said Van Wie acknowledged twelve marriages, including one in Wisconsin, amid a crowd outside the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis HK. van Wie
City
Wisconsin
Jerry Desmond
Los
Angel
Unclear fragment hints at arrest arraignment event
Fragment mentions Von Wie, two lawyers, two wives, photographers and officials rushing him to City Prison for an arraignment set for today. Details are fragmented and incomplete.
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von Wie
Re. Butters
Polite Cay
Jastics
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Peterman
Peterman’s Roach Food
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Cohoes
Shaice As
Tos Remsen ST. Cohges, NL FL
Balwards
Rae
Rae Sentty
Edwar
Edwari
Soft
Samaritans
Adaran Sanctorum
Order of Samaritans
Diamond Rock Hall
Floyd F. Bronson
Albert J. Baker
Samuel DiLallo
Schenectady
Wolins
Nelson . Loker
Tamibyt
Kramarchyk
Alaska
Victory
Aporset
Grace VarnDerzen
Gendatim Club
Floyd Shorter
Raymond Goyer
Willem Swann
Catherine Lustin
Laks Street
Elizabeth Post
Heror
Shushan
George Bain
Herbert Hat
Wiliam McCauley
Worden Lewis
Beatrice Lewis
Dana Carpenter
South Shbury
Flora Dobbin
Doris Galbraith
Dorset
Edna Galbraith
Thomas Armstrong
Women’s Missionary Society
Brownell Guild
United Presbyterian Church
W. J. Rich
Siste Chaplein
Grange
Roner
Chester
INS
Mamie Elis
Rollce
Hope Chest
Averill Park
Exrellrat Peters
Benson
Congress ST
Physicien
Cystex
Gengina
Peter Envirota
Genel
Amera Lise Leer
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Hes
Macy Vipa
Uncle Sam
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San
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Anthracite Industries, Inc
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