Fires threaten film stars homes in Malibu blaze
Fires raged across at least 25 areas threatening palatial homes in Malibu and other film areas. About 150 homes had been destroyed from Malibu to the Mexican border. In San Diego County six homes burned near Rancho Santa Fe and Bing Crosby’s ranch area. Soldiers evacuated residents and battled fires as looting reports surfaced near Malibu.
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Malibu
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Santa Monica
Filmland
Alu
Paulette Goddard
George O’brienr
Becker Canyon
Santa Monica Canyon
Aces
Spence Turner
San Diego County
Rancho Santa Fe
Bing Crosby
San Jacinto Range
Riverside
Cal
Malibu Con
Fire Levels 130 Homes In Santa Monica Mountains
A major blaze swept through the Santa Monica mountains destroying numerous small cabins and leaving hundreds of defense workers homeless. Officials reported no casualties as flames leveled about 130 homes in the affected area.
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Santa Monica Mountain
North Bennington cast members win prize play honors
Pvt Edward Nash Jr studies at University of Illinois Champaign Urbana. Pvt Arthur Simmons on fur lough with parents Jack and Mrs Simmons. Ward welcomed by Edgar and Agnes Austin as their youngest son Staff Sergeant Ralph Austin arrives in the South Pacific. The senior play Live At Home and Like It, starring Betty Brash Audna Muckle Barbara Kobnow Alice Harwood Jerry Whitman Lorraine Burton and Fred Simmons, won the prize play contest with judges Mrs Francis Ferguson of Bennington College and Mrs Laurence Brush and Mrs Lee March of Arlington.
Local Social Notes From Salem Area
Eagle Bridge reports Mr and Mrs Guy Johnson of Salem spent Sunday with friends here. Edward Curtis Jr has returned home after treatment at a veterans hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Scott left Thursday for Bartleton Beach Florida to spend the winter. Mrs Emma Chase has closed her home for the winter and is now at her daughter-in-law Mrs Clifford Chase in Troy.
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Eagle Bridge
Guy Johnson
Salem
Edward Curtis, Jr
Veterans’ Hospital
Charles Scott
Bartleton Beach
Fla
Emma Chase
Clifford Chase
Troy
Germans Shell Italian Convent in Faicchio
Advanced Fifth Army post reports a German tank attack on a Faicchio convent after residents said nuns hid young Italian girls molested by Nazi soldiers. Eleven nuns died and eight were wounded as the assault breached the chapel, with King’s unit confirming the count after medical staff cited fatalities.
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Farechio
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Faicchio
Whitehall News Briefs On Local Servicemen And War Bond Drive
Whitehall reports on Ernest Calomb USN home on leave with parents, and Pat Roland Steers on furlough from Louisiana. Clifton Park native Ray Rice to be inducted into the Army Thursday. Ralph Eric Wastrom graduates Key West School after 15 weeks. Pvt. William Hanley of Camp Kilmer NJ home on leave. Hoy family visiting. Sergt Louis Lacasse to begin Marine Corps training on Parrish Island after Navy service in WWI. Genevieve Rock to marry Sergt John Mulholland US Marines October 29 in Jacksonville NC. General Electric employee in Schenectady and Whitehall High School grad Mulholland now at New River NC. Three Whitehall youths receive $25 War Bonds: Lieut. William Hoover, John Choppy, Byron Hupman Jr. Choppy overseas. VFW leads the county fund drive with other veterans groups, containers placed in local businesses.
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Ernest Calomb
USN
David Calomb
Pat Roland Steers
Louisiana
Harry
Ray Rice
Clifton Park
William Rice
Whitehall
Army
Ralph Eric Wastrom
Key West
William Hanley
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Pat
William Hoy
Michael
Hoy
Fort Custer
Mich
Hee
Sergt
Louis Lacasse
Whitehall Police Department
Parrig Island
S&c
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Local notices on residents and military furloughs
Johnsonville Mr and Mrs Forrest Agan purchased the Leonard Abbott residence. Norman Oliver arrived safely in Ireland. Jack Culnane returned to camp after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Culnane. Sergt John Oliver, on furlough with his parents, left for Salt Lake City. Edward Powers, store keeper, returned to duties after a 48 hour leave with his parents. Mrs Harry Culhane spends weeks in Arkansas with her husband stationed there. Mrs T Williams of Schaghticoke substitutes in lower grades during Mrs Culnan s absence.
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Jack Culnane
Mrs Charles Culnane
John Oliver
Augustus Oliver
Salt Lake City
Utah
Edward Powers
John Powers
Harry Culhane
Arkansas
T. Williams of
Schaghticoke
Culnan
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