Waterford aircrew earns Distinguished Flying Cross
Members of the S-26 Marauders at Waterford are cited for exceptional bombing accuracy in two Mediterranean missions. Tech Sgt Walsh, Tech Sgt Galusky, and Staff Sgt Falcone are named for overseas service and combat missions. The unit, oldest medium bomb group in the region, completed March 3 raid on Ostiense yard and March 13 Florence yard raid with concentrated patterns despite heavy anti aircraft fire and hazardous overwater routing.
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Troissang
Waterford
Fran
Roosevelt
Sergt Oas F. Walsh
Bowen Road
Fergt
Thomas EL Galusky
Fi Brreer
Ser Falcone
Sixth Street
Mediterranean
Mccurmcy
Ostiense Yeil
Rome
Florence Gail
Florence
Poestenkill Chickens Lead In University Egg Contest
A pen of White Leghorn hens from Holser Valley Farm Poestenkill is among three New York pens leading the University of Georgia eighteenth annual egg laying contest in Athens Georgia. The Troy hens from Babcock Hatchery Titaca are first and second placed. The leading individual Rhode Island Red hen entered by To-Lani Farm Stone Mountain Georgia has 281 points.
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Holser Valley
Poestenkill
New York
University of Georgia
Athens, Ga
Troy
Babcock
Titaca
Rhode Island
Stone Mountain
Willkie and Dewey Split Deepens in GOP Rift
The piece reflects on the GOP split between Willkie and Dewey amid early 1940s primaries. It notes Dewey’s steady campaign after a surprise late surge, Willkie’s faltering bid, and discussions on uniting factions. Democrats and Roosevelt supporters aim to widen the breach to reshape renomination dynamics.
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Dewey
Willkie
Spanish Card Game Still Played in U S Ombre in New England
In Hingham Massachusetts a weekly game of Ombre persists among local women tracing back 200 years. The card game dates to the fifteenth century and derives its name from the word hombre the man who plays a hand. Only a few know the complex rules well enough to play.
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Hingham
Mass
UPI
United States
Jungle Survival Tips From Army Training Film
The August Click magazine notes a Panama produced Army Air Forces film Land and Live in the Jungle giving safety rules for paratroopers in jungles. It covers edible animal snares for protection and warns dangers from venomous snakes and mosquitoes urging regular quinine.
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New York
Army Air Forces
Panama
Piné Army Air Forces
Click Magazine
Campaign strategy doubts and GOP leaders' views surfaced
Realists doubt Willkie will bolt or walk out of the campaign. They cite past shows of restraint by A. Smith and John W. Davis as lessons in avoiding missteps. Deweyites note the difficulty of initiating contact without embarrassment while seeking unity and guidance from party leaders.
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Wilkie
Evence
A. Smith
John W. Davis
Commandos Raid Simi Island Destroy German Italian Garrison
British and Greek commandos raided Simi Island off the Turkish coast north of Rhodes, wiping out the garrison. Fifteen German and Italian soldiers were killed and over 150 captured. All military installations and equipment were destroyed with very slight losses.
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Cairo
Simi
Rhodes
Hight
Mediterranean
Aegean
Italy
Turkey
Germany
Crossword Puzzle Clues Misread in Fragment
Fragment reads a crossword puzzle page with garbled clues and mismatched numbers. The readable parts hint at a newspaper puzzle section containing inconsistent entries and stray characters across multiple lines.
Mechanicville Event Hosts Pythian Order Members
An article notes a reception in Saratoga Springs for Joseph Green berg of Mechanicville hosted by Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters with Crescent Texopie drill team and Mrs Mutial Guy as accompanist. Attending were Garfield Lodge members and local temple officers plus 40 members of the Gobie Club and guests.
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Joseph Greenberg
Grand Chagicelier
Knights of Pythias
Domain of
New York
Grand Temple
Pythian Sisters
Grand Union Hotel
Saratoga Springs
Crescent Texopie
Mechanicville
Mrg
Guy
Garfield “Lodge
Pythies
Pythian
Casito
Garfield
State Geologist Br Crisa Hartnagel Announces Retirement
Geologist Br Crisa Hartnagel, graduate of Atom College, retires after 44 years serving the state department of education and mineral affairs. He will retire in September after a long career shaping knowledge of the state’s minerals and geology.
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Br. Crisa. Hartnagel
Atom College
Hartagel Iho
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