Nazis Victims Of Parisian Black Market
Paris reports that the German occupation introduced the marche noir in Paris, harming victims as workers and waiters describe widespread purchases in the black market. Alec Grecian, a waiter, notes factory workers earning about 175 francs daily and that Germans also increasingly rely on illicit trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyee
Paris
Frankecstein
Aleq Jean Grecian
France
Alec
Cut- Iack
Paris lessons from Germans learning to drink wine
A wartime interview in Johnstown describes German soldiers adapting to Paris life after capture. The men shifted from beer to wine, learned to navigate black market prices for basic goods, and faced steep costs for clothes, cigarettes, and shoes. The piece notes the severity of rationing and the appeal of small luxuries amid occupation. It also mentions a late Christmas for Sgt Robert Stephens serving in the Southwest Pacific.
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Fresch
Hye
Paris
Germany
Paria
Jand
Se Biarry
Pennany
Vichy Restrigvion
Alege
Alec
Atec
Belgium
Johnstown
INS
Robert Stephens
Southwest Pacific
Cheries Stephens
Stillwater Public Notice and Obituaries
The assessment for Stillwater 194 cents completed with a certified copy filed with the town clerk and open for public inspection for 15 days. Obituaries note funeral services for Roland Becker on Lake Street with interment at Stillwater Union Cemetery, and Ernest F. Pratt dying at his daughter’s home in Stillwater with funeral at Perry’s Parlcal Home and burial at Greenwich. Survivors listed include Lewis G. Pratt and two daughters.
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Stillwater
Roland Becker
Lake Street
Lymana. Talmadge
Schoonmaker Memorial Presbyterian ‘Church
Stillwater Union Cemetery
Abbert Barbolt
Percy Aldrich
James Brooking
Archie Smodell
Joseph Nolan
Oscar Barnett
Ernest F. Pratt
Edward Bryan
Stidwater
Perry
Pascral
Greenwich
Lewis G. Pratt
Peterboro
N. H
Edward Hoan
Robert Earle
Wilmington
Mass
Local Visitors Return Home After Calls in Glens Falls
Miss Alvina Blye of Cossaguna was a recent business caller in Glens Falls. Mrs. Gertrude Alexandar and her daughter have returned to North Adams Massachusetts after visiting friends here.
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Alvina Blye
Glens Falls
Gertrude Alexandar
North Adams
Mass
Briton Guard at Embassy in Paris Fights Goering
Leonard Mosley recounts the 1940 incident when Chrystie, a British guard at the Paris embassy, refused Goering entry. The German leader threatened violence, but Chrystie stood firm. Goering later arrested Chrystie, who was jailed briefly before release.
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Paris
Goering
Leonard Mosley
Jupi
Chrystie
Envidion
Hermann Goering
Iml
Pierce
Gorry
Caryslle
Nive
George VI
Herr Hiner
Saint Denis
Andnessy
Baron Maurice Rochachil
Jast
Jane Eee
Peter Day
Naval Reserve Ensign Winters Receives Flight Training Badge
Naval Reserve Ensign Stanley Winters, 21, son of Charles Winters, completed flight training at Pensacola and is designated a Naval aviator. He will report to an air training center before assignment to a combat zone.
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Naval Reserve
Stanley Winters
Charles AW. Winters
Na Reserve
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Annapolis
Ensign Winters
Navy
Fragmentary note hints at shipping squid packaging details
The readable text references cooling or wrapping in packets and a 62 lb limit, with mentions of a services person and a gift. It is a partial, unclear fragment with inconsistent phrases and no coherent event or人物.
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Lge P.O
Comfort for Tired Feet from MU-COL Foot Bath
A hospital nurse advertises MU-COL foot bath powder as a long trusted remedy for aching feet after long shifts. The copy claims the powder dissolves quickly in water and remains stable in powder form, providing soothing cooling relief at low cost.
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Julie P. Fitzgerald
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Troy
Frears
X Rose
Rayon Marquisette
Celanese Union Curtains
Pete Rer
Ellen Berry
Pitts Heid, Mass
Frank Thierolf
By Paul Ford
Cossaguna
Fen Adén
Aerihigy
Harker’s
Fréars
Basrmm
Pee Baer
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