Ruhr Steel Center Bombed In Fifth RAF Raid This Year
British bombers hit Bochum and other Ruhr targets in a heavy night raid. Eight aircraft missing. Dortmund Ems Canal area attacked for the third time in eight nights. Bochum center of coke and steel with Krupp branches amid coal, iron and chemical works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Ruhr
Boucham
RAF
Bochum
Steelo
Krupp Combine
Rks
Dmund
Duisburg
Krefeld
Munchen-Gladbach
Dortmund- Ems Canal
Berlin
Associated Press
Royal Air Force
Stockholm
Sweden
Channel
Nazis Threaten France with Blood Bath Warning
Reports from France say Nazi collaborators Laval Deat and Doriot received a warning of a blood bath if resistance to German occupation continues. After the assassination of Julius Ritter, German labor boss for France, unrest and saboteur activity were said to threaten civil war as authorities warn of brutal reprisals. Paris and Vichy correspondents noted dangers of civil conflict and rapid German-led order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Pierre Laval
Marcel Deat
Jacques Doriot
France
Paris
Julius Ritter
Ritter
Vichy
Dent
Italy
Arriba
Style Hints for Short And Stocky Figures
Designers offer half-size patterns with wide seams for easy adjustment to fit many women with low waists. Home sewers can modify to widen the skirt over the hips and shorten the bodice. Two piece dresses with princess seams and shirtwaist styles are suggested while avoiding contrasting trims that shorten the silhouette.
Caring for Rugs How to Protect and Clean Home Rugs
Practical guide from a western college Consumer Education Department on rug care. Highlights include regular vacuuming and surface powders, twice-yearly deep cleaning, careful rug-beating avoidance, use of cushions, turning rugs to distribute wear, dampening curls, and steps for burns stains and spills with specific remedies and, when needed, professional cleaners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumer Education Department
Western College
Stimson Defends Roosevelt Over Marshall Politics
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson declared that any suggestion Roosevelt interfered with Army officer assignments, including Gen. George C. Marshall, is folly. He stated Marshall’s duties would be chosen to place him where he can best aid in winning the war and did not rule out a new assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Stimson
Marshall
Europe
London
Anything Can Happen Anything Can Happen
A collection of quirky clippings: an auction yields odd prices for household items including a washing machine and a five-year-old jersey cow. a jail incident involving venison stew. a missing watchdog and ransom call. a man saved from a burning bed by a police sergeant. an inmate escape from a North Dakota penitentiary. and North Carolina officials joining in a cotton picking effort at the state experiment station with Gov and Mrs Broughton assisting alongside Agriculture Department staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchester
O CP
Burdette
Bud” Lee
Jersey
Tacoma
Robert Ormsby
St. Joseph
Upi
Buchanan County
Philadelphia
William Bradley
Lawrence Cella
Bradley
Fire Department
J. M. Broughton
State Experiment Station
Here
Department of Agriculture
Broughton
Elect Me Elect My Wife Knoxville Story
Barney Ray recalls a Monroe County Tennessee tale about a man who won a constable post. The family hears of the political win and a child asks if all of them become constables. The mother responds claiming only her husband and herself would hold offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Barney Ray
Monroe County
Hoosick Falls War Loan, local appointments and rationing changes
Hoosick Falls surpasses the Third War Loan goal with a potential total near 400000 as pledges await bond purchases at post offices or banks before Saturday. I Burke Surdam elected president of Green Mountain Junior College board. George E. Greene's successor appointed at Permanent Savings and Loan Association with Harry N. Weir as president and Dr H S Rowley as vice president. Rationing board to close Fridays in Municipal Building to focus on records. applications may be mailed. Marvin B Lovey attends New York convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walloomsac Paper Mills, Inc
Hoosick
I. Burke Surdam
Green Mountain
Atty
George E. Greene
Permanent Savings and Loan Association
Association
Harry N. Weir
H. S. Rowley
Une
Weir
James M. Brahan
John MacMurtrie
Helen Waddell
Miss Waddell
York State Supervisors Meet in Syracuse Report
Monday and Tuesday sessions in Syracuse feature updates from Mrs. Stasia Stempek of River Road and notes on St Mary’s Academy officers led by President John Griffin. Also mentions Helen Wir musky to New York City for work and resignations at Cairo Central School. Obituary items cover George Fields of Hoosick and James Dewar of Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wirmusky
Elm Street
Cairoy Central School
Cairo
George
Fields
Hoosick
Worcester Mass
Fanny Haskins
Wolkes-Barre
Florence Hall
Worcester
Elizabeth Dewar
Becket Street
Kirkcaldy
Scotland
James
Notable Dewar Family Members Listed In Obituary
The list names sons, a daughter, six grandchildren and a mother, plus four sisters Mrs James Dryburgh Mrs Charles Farquharson of this village Mrs Robert Scott of San Francisco and Mrs John Conley of Portland Me, three brothers George and Robert Dewar of this village and Alexander Dewar of Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dryburgh
Charles Farquharson
Robert Scott
San Francisco
John Conley
Portland
George
Robert Dewar
Alexander Dewar l
Minneapolis
Flying Fortress lands near New Cumberland field
Mr and Mrs G C Schaeffer of New Cumberland celebrate as Lieut Frits Schaeffer commander pilot steps from the Flying Fortress during a routine flight at an Army field nearby. The moment is described as the thrill of a lifetime for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
INS
G. C. Schaeffer
Theiron
Frits Schaeffer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Samuel Rezneck
Rensselaer County League of Women Voters
Frank J. Kottke
W. Franklin Spafford
League
Havana
Waitt & Bond
Markup
Alexander Fleming
University of Tongon
Hoosick Falls
Marvin B. Loveys
Convention of New
Faille
Whitehill
Pepperell
Troy
Cae
Lona
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