Armistice Observance Plans By DAV Chapter and Auxiliaries
Sol M. Brafman announces the DAV chapter and Women’s Auxiliary will hold Armistice services in Washington Park honoring fallen veterans and Father Kelley. A 10:45 a.m. gathering precedes an 11:02 two minute taps with wreaths placed for both groups. Memorial mass follows Friday at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Edward T. Reilly. Representatives of 11 veterans posts invited. A.M.C.A. committee meets Thursday at 12:15 p.m.
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Sol M. Brafman
Francis A. Kelley
Womens Auxiliary
Father Kelley
Washington Park
A&m
Brafman
Cmdr
Ann Alberts
Charles H. Burkhardt
Harmony Hall
Sacred Heart Church
Edward T. Reilly
James Cashel
Holding the bag origin traced to early times
A columnist tracing the phrase holding the bag finds its roots in the 1500s and cites Cervantes Don Quixote and 1592 English usage to show the term means to leave without warning. The snipe hunt theory is dismissed as American invention, with notes on later references and a pamphlet offer.
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Ann Arbor
S. Cervantes
Camacho
England
Robert Green
Denker and Webster
London Bridge
Philip Freneau
Europe
Frank Colby
King Carol Urges Rumanian Revolt
Exiled King Carol of Romania, in a Mexico City proclamation released via a New York firm, urged Rumanians to oppose the government and rally with the United Nations. He called for liberation and warned that victorious UN armies near the frontiers require action against the Nazi invaders and the “sold-out government.”
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New York
Carol of
Rumania
United Nations
Mexico City
Tarawa Raid Echoes On Flagship Crew Credit Allied Strike
A U S Navy task force returning from Tarawa raid details the firing power and carrier support. Officers praise escort ships for shielding the flat-tops while planes bombed Tarawa and Makin Island. Rear Admiral Pownall lauds crew vigilance and effectiveness.
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John R. Henry
U. S
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Charley A. Pownall
Makin Island
Coal Miners Back on Job After Strike
United Press reports most of the 530,000 United Mine Workers members returned to work after last week’s pay raise agreement. While some sections still struck, tens of thousands resumed in West Virginia Alabama and Pennsylvania as steel output rose and fewer pits operated.
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United Press. Com
United Mine Workers Union
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Co
Bellaire
West Virginia
Alabama
Western Ones Back In Operation, and About 75,000 Eastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Paittsburg
United
Veteran Blair dies after brief illness in Troy
William J. Blair a longtime Troy taxi driver died Sunday at Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Troy he was a Spanish American War veteran. Survived by widow Anna O'Brien Blair six sons two Army privates and a daughter Shirley Ann Blair the funeral at Walter E Healey Funeral Chapel 371 Fourth Street set for Thursday.
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William J. Blair
Fifth Avenue
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Anna O'Brien Blair
William Leroy
Effill H
Harry E
George F. Blair
Clarence J
Francis J
Army
Shirley Ann Blair
Walter E. Healey
Fourth Street
Campers Plan Armistice Day Outing At Van Schoonhoven
A group of 15 campers from Camp Van Schoonhoven at the Troy YMCA will spend Armistice Day at the camp in M. W. Paine head of boys work. They will assist in tearing down the doe of the old cabins and participate in a cook-out program before leaving the YMCA location.
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Peneng
Camp van Schoonhoven
Troy
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