Beau Geste comes alive in Tindouf outpost life
Desert Post at Tindouf in Algeria hosts American air forces staff after the famed French Foreign Legion era. The piece profiles Pvt. Borrish and colleagues grinding through routine tasks, limited books, and heat while sharing glimpses of Arab hospitality, daily drills, and the monastic rhythm of life at a remote base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kern
Lee
Foreign Legion
United States Army Air Transport Command
George R. Borrish
Atlanta
Joe Bleser
Wilmette, Ill
Borrish
Sergi L. R. Mueller
Milwaukee
Pvt. E. C. Heintz
Manhattan
Mueller
Corp
Sam Evans
Wiles
Ohio
Desert Outpost Guards Struggle With Heat and Long Rotations
The piece portrays U S Army desert outpost life near the Rio de Oro border. Second Lieut Henry C Martin of Falls Church Virginia commands a small unit under tough conditions. Soldiers endure months away from home with limited comforts while maintaining essential logistics and mission readiness. Sergeant Mueller and First Lieut Lee West drive a stalled engine back to life, symbolizing wartime perseverance in a harsh environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Martin
Falls Church
Virginia
Mueller
Lee West
Portland
Seattle
University of Washington
Ferry Command
Sahara
Holiday Guests Visit in South Cambridge and Vicinity
South Cambridge residents welcome guests from Greene Valley Falls and Hoosick over the holiday. Mr and Mrs Earl McWhorter and Mrs Julia Wilson stay with Lawrence Wilson. The Bassett and Harrington families host visits, and several locals entertain friends from Bennington Cambridge Albany Troy Amsterdam and Albany area. Lyndon Wallace hosts ten guests for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl McWhorter
Julia Wilson
Greene
Lawrence Wilson
John McLoughlin
Beverley
Valley Falls
N. H. Bassett
Thomas Daley
Madeline
Mary
Herbert Harrington
Hoosick
Grace McNeil
Bertha Giffard
Marjorie
Francis Ackley
Cambridge
Henry Street
West Hoosick
K. E. Aiken
Mary Filmore
Bennington
Co. W. van Orman
M. J. Donnellan
Edward Donnellan, Jr
Troy
Nelson H. Bassett
Franklyn Lee
Cari Druba
Potsdam
Lyndon 4
Wallace
Ralph Galloway
Amsterdam
Lyndon Wallace
Agnes Donnellan
Albany
Jane Donnellan
Local residents listed with family and hospital notes
Cropseyville Clara Newbery is staying with her niece Mrs Arthur Linkoff in Watervliet. Mrs Otis Daniels is in Florida for the winter. Mrs Charles Rifenburg is in Albany Hospital. Steve Kaschak spent a short fur lough with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cropseyville
Clara Newbery
Arthur Linkoff
Church School meets at Methodist Church Sunday
West Sand Lake church notices say the Church School will gather at the Methodist Church Sunday at 9 40 a.m. with Mrs. Almond in charge of the opening service. At 11 a.m. the pastor Rev. Jonn A. Lavender will preach on Reasons for Thanksgiving.
Waterford Club to Meet at John House Memorial
Waterford members of the Seth Parker Club of the First Presbyterian Church will meet Sunday at 8 p.m. at the John House Memorial. A brief business meeting will be followed by a social period devoted to games. Hostesses are Miss Lillian Hayner, Mrs. Robert G. MacHaffie and Mrs. Chester B. Parkis. Chester M. Casey, president, will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Parker
First Presbyterian Church
John House Memorial
Lillian Hayner
Robert G. MacHaffie
Chester B. Parkis
Chester M. Casey
Decor Influences Anesthetic Dreams in Butte
In Butte Montana physicians report that operating room wall colors influence dreams under anesthesia. Four new rooms painted blue pink green and orchid may affect patient mood as consciousness wanes. White walls are seen as sanitary but can feel cold and unsettling, potentially sparking nightmares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Famous Tree Grows From Sapling Plucked By Harrington
Lexington Massachusetts United Press report recalls how a small elm sapling pulled from the roadside by Jonathan Harrington while driving oxen home from Salem's market took root in the dooryard beside his house and grew into a famed tree from Revolutionary War days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Mass
U.P
America
Jonathan Harvington
Lexington Historical Society
Harrington
Salem
Home Owner Wishes He'd Stayed Away
Otto Klinck found paint blisters on his house after returning from work. A painter who had worked next door admitted to painting, presenting a contract to prove it. The contract, however, listed the wrong street though correct house number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foledo
Upi
Otto Klinck
Kling
Tokyo Rose Mocked by Marines Amid Solomons Radio Rivalry
Marine Leonard A. Haskins, home on leave in Detroit, recalls Tokyo Rose as an American-educated Japanese commentator who aimed to sap morale but instead provoked laughter. He notes frequent raids and blackout life in California reporting, yet the rostrum seldom hit the Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Bob Hope
Bing Srosby
Jack Benny
Tokyo
Rose
Solomons
Marine Pit
Leonard A. Haskins
Haskins
Three Babies Survive Death Near Misses At Rail Elevator Shaft
Canton youths aged 15 months to three years faced near fatal accidents. Alice Bruey, 15 months, chased a train and survived unharmed after the engine halted two yards away. Edgar Rohrer, 2, escaped with a minor cut. Ermir Morris, 3, fell into an abandoned elevator shaft, but remained alive after being suspended head down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Atiak
Oor & Yl
Alice Bruey
Penn
Alice
Edgar John Rohrer
Edgar
Ernir Morris
Lend Leased Wife Sits Beside Soldier on Bus
In Nashville area a soldier reports priority seating for soldiers and their wives amid a crowded bus route. A woman asked a second Army man, Dan Brown, to be her seat via the window, then Brown sent her on to Knoxville while he would stop at Sparta to see the colonel, leaving civilians in the aisles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn CP
Knoxville
Dan Brown
Sow Like Goat Eats Anything
Farmer Jesse Stephenson of Lincoln township reported a 300 pound sow vanished after Christmas dinner plans. The sow was found later in a 38 foot pit, reduced to 75 pounds, surviving weeks on weeds coal and dirt.
Ham mond Pullman plant sets national man hour saving record
The company reports a national record for man hours saved at its war plant, noting Chicago UP statistics. The bulletin claims over 70,000 large caliber shells or M 1 tanks could be manufactured in the time saved, highlighting efficiency improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hammond Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Sear
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N. J
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Mather
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New Zealand
Canada
Datmer
Brannigan
Rizzo
Connally Tras
South Cambridge
West Sand Lake
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Optometrist
Troy, N.Y
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Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Willam F. Crystal
Ees Gregory
Camp New River
N.C
Ditter
Herbert Hoover
Rep. J. William Ditter
R.pa
Ambler
Republican Congressional Committee
Whitehill
Whitehills
Lane
Laamediate Delivery
Sd Pad
Omope
Ard
Ricdhihielies
Redy
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