Night armored move by Patton division reshaped 1941 maneuvers
The article recounts General Patton Jr and the Second Armored Division executing a night drive in 1941 Louisiana that aided the war effort. It notes the operations influenced the German south flank during the Battle of the Bulge and drew criticism at the time for timing and casualties. It mentions Eisenhower's later use of night tactics to halt the Nazi drive and place Patton’s forces in key positions from Jonesboro to Leesville.
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Dos Ewing
Saundage
Shreveport
Eusing
Patton
Wisekowr Marth
Bist Third Army
Eisenhower
Henk
Louisiana
United States
Iml
Second Armored
Jonesboro
Leesville
Peagon Ridge
Barder
Lestville
Walter Krueger
Petmpaineina
Patton's blitz gasless tanks and peacetime driving claim
The account notes Patton's forces easily traversed to Peason Ridge despite fuel protests from General Etzelhower and General Krueger. Patton defended rapid movement, saying tanks must learn to drive in a blackout and that fuel was bought along the way for the advance.
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Kroeger
Eizenhower
Patton
Tanenuvers
Bight
Kaiser rides yellow cars on transcontinental train
Miss Knuth objects to wartime cancellations as Kaiser insists on using yellow Pullman cars. Miller balks at extra calls to rail lines, but Kaiser's secretary presses for the preference. A Turner is set to ensure three connecting beds are in a yellow car before the train departs for New York.
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Miller
Southern Pacific
Kaiser
Overland Limited
Bay
Oakland
Mr. Kaiser
West Cossi Shipping
News York
Washington
Ay Sell Syndicate
Inet
Inaccurate News Coverage From Distant War Times
A narrator recalls antiquated press practices and oddities from early 20th century reporting. He cites British wire service habits, a London meeting amid World War I, and a tale of a murder report mishap before a veteran obituary and a humorous misstep about missing “gums” on arrival at the dock.
Questions on local honor rolls and divorce law
Community inquiries discuss honor roll listings for Third and State Streets and Eleventh Ward, with names and addresses requested. A separate note asks if a divorce granted elsewhere is valid for remarriage in New York, answered by referencing the State Department of Health and local clerks handling divorce decrees and recognition.
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Third
State Streets
Eleventh Ward
Phil Kovitz
River Street
F. ©. Casey
Fourth Street
Department of Health
New York
New York City
New York State
State Department of Health
Malloy Elected Troy Mayor Year and Timeline
The text identifies Francis J. Malloy as mayor of Troy with a disputed span. It also mentions predecessors Dennis J. Whelay and Deniel B. Conway, and spans 1834 to 1900 with 1900 to 1919 indicated for Malloy’s term. The source notes confusion over exact dates and succession.
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Meloy
Malloy
Troy
Francis J. Malloy
Dennis J. Whelay
Deniel B. Conway
Telegraphic News Transmission Initiated By Aboard Vessel
An obituary notes a journalist who, stranded on a vessel, composed an article and sent it to London via two telegresses from a local post office. While colleagues warmed aboard the train, he effectively popularized telegraph transmission of news in England, an act described as a minor immortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bost
England
London
Planes Made 10 000 Atlantic Hops in Year
New York reports from the North Atlantic Division of the Air Transport Command show ATC planes crossed the Atlantic at over one hour per hop last year. The 10 000 trips carried passengers mail and cargo with negligible losses on routes once deemed dangerous by weather hazards. Traffic handled surpassed 126 million bonds of activity.
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New York
INS
North Atlantic
Air Transport Command
Army Air Forces
Atlantic
ATC
Nurse Peggy of Bataan Returns Home
Nurse Peggy Greenwalt, famed from they were expendable, flies to Manila and reaches St Louis after hospital stay in Santo Domingo. Her sister Ethel accompanies Lieutenant Greenwalt from California as relatives and friends greet her at the airport. Greenwalt says she plans to resume active duty after sixty days of rest at home.
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St Lous
Beulah Greenwelt
Bataan
Corregidor
Azid
Peggy
Todey
Senwel Greenwelt
Trem
West Chest
Santo
Ceap
Manila
Ameritas
Miss. Greenwalt
Howe
Mra
Ethel
Lieutémart Greenwalt
California
MacArthur
Greenwalt
Greenwall
York
INS
Teicitle Gebhardt
New York
Lloyd BR Greenwalt
Rolla
Oldtimers
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Quorer & Corbrat Comaresa
Cornet
Troy Hospital
Mary Morrison
Jean Kennedy
Doris Sheehan
Albertine Walkinshaw
Ida Woodin
Kim Walsh
Marion Willetts
Marie Depew
Mary
Merry
Ben-Gay
Gervine
Hen-Gay
Neoware
Fleet Street
David Lloyd George
Old Bailey
John Henry
William Smith-Jones
Bettsy
John Henry William Smith Jones
O'Flaherty
United Press
Queen Victoria
Isle of Wight
White Star Line
White: Star Steamship Co
American
Towa
Messier
Gam Watervliet
Pak Moscier
S.g.de Forest
RFD
New Cannon
Conn
Fairwick
Beeman Brothers, Inc
NE Inc
Pulpwood Workers
Criti
Spruce
FIR
West Virginia Pulp & Paper CO
Mechanicville
N. Y
Artell & Leland Marcellus
Schaghticoke, N.Y
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