Gracie Fields Hosts War Prisoners Party in Santa Monica
Gracie Fields and Monty Banks organized a swimming dining and dancing party for prisoners of war from a battalion stationed with the El Camp Haan forces. The Lancashire lassie used humor to lift spirits as guests smiled and laughed, their first such gathering in months.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Comedienne Gratie
EL S.carmy
Camp Haan
Severenacs
Tunisia
Lybia
Arucks
Banks Fields
Amerigan
Old-Time July Fourth Will Be Observed
Center Brunswick hosts an old-fashioned Fourth with a parade of horse-drawn floats sponsored by the Friendly Circle Club. Rensselaer County Mounted Patrol sends a delegation, and the march runs from Gilead Lutheran Church to the Four Gas Station. A supper will be served at U. A. M. Hall.
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Center Brunswick
Gary
Rensselaer County Mounted Patrol
Bodres
Gilead Lutheran Church
U. A. M. Halt
Italian Colony Serves Spaghetti To Service Men After War
The excerpt describes weekly Sunday gatherings for American service men during the war. It notes tennis swimming dancing with girls from Los Angeles' Italian colony, and a bid to converse in Nation. Banks, a dormitory resident, Mario Bianchi in Italy, wore an apron and served spaghetti salad and raviolis with wine. The men praised their treatment as war captives.
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Los Angeles
Banks
Mario Bianchi
Italy
Upside Down Fighter Dive Tests by Air Force Pilot
Fourteenth U S Air Force reports a one mile inverted dive test by Flight Officer Walter F Hasley of Fort Myers Florida aboard a B 26 transport in China theater. Gyro disrupted instruments and severe turbulence challenged crew but aircraft survived with wing bolts loosened and ruptured seats. Hasley and co pilot B F Mehall managed to regain control after the dive and descend safely.
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Clyde
Farnsworth
Fourteenth
U. S. Air Force
China
Walter F. Hasley
Fort. Myers
Pla
Wade
Lester
B. F. Mehall
Betreit
Unclear fragment hints at aircraft stall and wing concerns
The readable portion mentions a base with landed passengers and a factory servicing effort. It notes potential stall at low speeds and wing issues, implying a troubled test or development phase with emphasis on ground readiness and aerodynamics.
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Geti
Flyer Killed at Ireland Tragedy Reported
Jeremiah C. Murphy aged 2 of West Street Albany was killed in a two plane crash near Ireland. The incident involved a tight officer and a colleague, details specify a fatal aviation accident with mournful consequences for a local family.
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Ireland
Jeremiah C. Murphy
Albany
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Gracie Fields
Lena
Rudolph
Rudolph’s
Tak
Jorge
Brill
Benrus
Bulova
Wetch
Third Street
Lewis G. Helm
Joseph
Helm
Hasley
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