Convoy Sailor Finds Ocean Is Safer
Cincinnati sailor James Stevenson, a merchant seaman, left land for the sea after a hospital stay following a street car injury. He has since sailed on Liberty ships to England and Africa, surviving submarine threats with few encounters and plans to sail again soon.
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Cincinnati, C
Sns
James Stevenson
Cincinnati
Stevenson
New York
South America
England
Africa
Iceland
Casablanca
Gibraltar
FASTEETH promises firmer false teeth all day
Advert says FASTEETH alkaline powder keeps dentures in place and odor-free. It claims the product prevents slippage during moments of embarrassment and offers greater comfort, noting it does not sour and is sold at drug stores.
Perpetual calendar flyer seeks world peace via Edwards system
Willard E Edwards, a former naval reserve lieutenant and Hawaiian Air Lines pilot, promotes a perpetual calendar avoiding Friday the 13th and fixing New Year’s Day as a global holiday. The scheme resets weeks to start on Monday and divides the year into four 91 day quarters with specific day patterns. Leap years gain a second day and certain holidays land on fixed weekdays, promising three three day weekends annually.
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Honolulu
Willard E. Edwards
Edwards
U. S. Naval Reserves
Hawaiian Air Lines
Bananas Help Pueblo Siblings Reach Navy Dream
Elizabeth Weidenfeller and her brother George from Pueblo pursue Navy service with Elizabeth joining WAVES and George as a seaman. A forced banana shortage to boost Elizabeth weight leads to her meeting the minimum WAVE requirement of 127 pounds, enabling enlistment.
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Pueblo
Colo
INS
Navy
Elizabeth Weidenfeller
George
Elizabeth
Make Axis Pay For War Say Americans
In a nationwide NORC survey from Denver University 64 percent of Americans say Germany and Japan should pay for the war costs to the United States and its Allies. Forty nine percent believe the Allies should pay for materials sent under the Lend Lease Act. Results align with February and July 1942 surveys.
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Denver
Sns
Germany
Japan
United States
National Opinion Research Center
F Ar
Denver University
Center
Local notes from Averill Park and nearby areas
Averill Park Mrs. Everett Young has returned from Troy Hospital and is improving. Miss Gladys Plude has returned home following a tonsil operation and is improving. The Christian Service Society meets tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Frank Davenport’s home. Sand Lake salvage scrap collection starts today. town trucks will collect. Mrs. Helene Hill and daughter Grace of Greenwich visited Mrs. Willard VanDerzee recently. Pvt. Charles Hack and Mrs. Hack of Davisville week-end guests of his parents. Pvt. Lawrence Barnum of the U S Navy at Camp Sampson was a week-end guest of his parents. Flowers at the Methodist Church altar Sunday morning in memory of Miss Carrie Howd by Mr. and Mrs. William Lampert and family. Pte. John Bittig and his wife.
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Everett Young
Troy Hospital
Gladys Plude
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Frank Davenport
Sand Lake
Helene Hill
Grace
Greenwich
Willard VanDerzee
Charles Hack
M . Hack
Davisville
R. L
Frank Hack
Lawrence Barnum
U. S. Navy
Camp Sampson
William Barnum
Methodist Church
Carrie Howd
William Lampert
John Bittig
Stillwater church society meets with May birthdays honored
The Women's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church met Tuesday evening with Mrs. Earl Ward in charge. Devotions led by Miss Ruth Cowin centered on "Mother." A memorial service for deceased mothers was by Mrs. Charles Cowin Sr. Next meeting planned as a family picnic at Mrs. Henry Truland's home. Also notes on Guild supper and Presbyterian Guild meeting. Personal notices listEdward Hawkins coastguard visiting, William Walker at Staten Island, and the Tomkinson family moving to Moravia.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist
Earl Ward
Presbyterian Guild
Janet Bradley
Edward Hawkins
Coastguard
Asbury Park
William Walker
U. S&s. Ni
Staten Island
Edmund Tomkinson
Arlene
Marian Alice
Moravia
Mrs. Tomkinson
Fresh Air Fund Receives Jamaica Donation and Local News
The Troy Times notes a five dollar ninety cent Fresh Air Fund contribution from a friend in Jamaica. Frances has returned from Kansas and visits his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bittig, with Mr. Bittig serving in Camp Phillips artillery. The Parent Teacher Association at Central High elected officers led by Jane Cobb with Garner Roney and Elmer E Stahlman, Florence Culver, and Jean Reid assisting, as Evelyn D B Allen directs spring concert performances by pupils.
Saratoga Woman Gertrude Stansfield Dies in City Hotel
Mrs. Gertrude Stansfield, 70, of Saratoga Springs died Tuesday in her room at the Hotel Taft in New York City, apparently of a heart attack. Hotel officials said she checked in Monday with her sister Mrs. Tessie Croft.
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Saratoga
Gertrude Stansfield
Saratoga Springs
Taft
New York City
Tessie Croft
Banana Rabble at Naval Basic School Training Pair
The fragment notes a pair training at a naval basic school with a playful tone indicating seriousness and humor in their routine. It mentions a sister and brother both training, implying a family involvement in military education.
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Banana
Naval Basic Schoo
Rich and Poor Join Hendricks Field Roster
Hendricks Field Alabama adds two more names to its unusual list Second Lisus John Rich Jr Alexander City Alabama and Second Lieutenant Forrest Poore Elmhurst who arrived from the same Flying Fortress group on Long Island and are now serving at Hendricks Field.
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Hendricks Field
Ala
Ins
John Rich, Jr
Alexander City
Als
Forrest Poore
Elmhurst
Long Island
Axis Destroyer Sinkings Reported Off Cap Bon
Allied radio reports say an Axis destroyer was sunk off Cap Bon Tunisia as Allied ground forces advance in North Africa against German and Italian forces. The report links the sinking to ongoing operations in the campaign in Tunisia.
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Lane London
Abwiers
Cap Bon
Tunisia
North Africa
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