Inventive U S designers aid war effort with improvised garments
A wartime sketch describes American soldiers converting available materials into dresses and uniforms. Douglas Dewar and colleagues repurpose drapes, fabrics, and parachute silk to craft attire, sharing成果 with German forces and allied troops. The effort expands as soldiers collect tablecloths and other fabrics, aiding morale and resourcefulness near Frankfurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameriggs
Red Cross
Douglas Dewar
Breas
Seswad Armored Division
Herms Miceiworks
Franxfurt
Wanderings and rummage sale headline mix from a wartime page
A fragmentary text recalls a wartime atmosphere with references to officers and a Pentagon building, then shifts to a German travel remark about roads lined with fruit trees. A rummage sale is announced under the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Elks Lodge, run by Mrs. Parnam and Mrs. Face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Farty
Ladies’ Auxiliary
T W Lodge of Elks
Congress
Thomas Parnam
Arthur Face
Avenue of Trees dedication honors Hoosick War Dead
Dr Albert B Corey and Dr Carl Guthe dedicates the Avenue of Trees at Battlefield Park Waloomsac to 33 Hoosick men who died in World War II. The ceremony featured Capt Douglas Eighmey presiding, a wreath, and three rifle volleys. bronze markers will list the names locally. Public schools reopen with 438 enrollments. St Marys Academy has 257.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Corey
Carl Guthe
State Museum
Battlefield Park
Wal- Yoomsac
Corey
Hoosick
Tees
Selets
Douglas Eighmey
Icom
New
York
Johns
Bo Martin
O. SA
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Local Social Notes Mention Guests And Weddings
West Hoosick Miss Mery Stewart of Stillwater spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Forrest Sherman. Daniel Fierrone of Cobleskill was Labor Day guest of Mrs and Mrs Harold Pine. Miss Bertha Piritz of Schenectady visited her parents Mr and Mrs R Piritz. Robert Sherman, son of the Shermans, leaves Tuesday for induction. Caral and Lois left with their trailer for Fort Worth Texas. Rev Ernest and Mrs Hebel and children Marion and Billy visited Friday. David English, three weeks with his grandparents, returned home to South Cambridge. Mr and Mrs Paul Moseley and daughter Pavia along with Mrs Harriet Clark attended the wedding of Gertrude Botsford to Charles Mostley in Ithaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery Stewart
Stillwater
Caral
Lois
Fort Worth
Tex
Ernest
Hebel
Tehildren
Marion
Billy
Habel
The
Baptist Church
David English
Charles Eddy
South
Cambridge
Paul Moseley
Pavia
Harriet Clark
Iss Gertrude Botsford
Charles Mostley
Ithaca
Vax Rensselaer Trempet Incident Reported
Police described a gunfire incident at an apartment on 2m Lancaster Street involving a person named Trempet and an associate. Details were sparse as investigators collected evidence at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vax Rensselaer Trempet
Aris Ee
Lancaster Street
Tremper Veteran Auditor Link to New York State Agency
Unclear fragments reference a Mr Tremper, a World War veteran, tied to the New York State Audit and a business partnership. The text mentions Pete Cantine Eveline and improvised phrases about aircraft parts and molding. Details are fragmented and attribution is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epa
Pete “Cantine
Eveline
Trezyer
Tremper
World Week
Pertner
New ‘York
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U. S
Mass Patricia Teagce
Miss Aketa Relble
A EC
Bai
USPET
Acarcaa
Lors
Fim
Cotton Playalls
Bory Beever Oxford
Broadway
Third ST
Farny Pater
W. T. Grant CO
Hoosick Falls
St. Mary’s Academy
Marvin B. Loveys
Mother St. Oswald
St. Mary's
Reenak Charles F. Scott
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Walter Herrington
Misty
Helen Coughlin
Mary Jenkins
New York
LeGrand
Rolson
Lockport
Walter E. Robson
the Pines
J. John Galvin
Deshon General Hospital
Butler
Wiliam Keene and
Pst
John Keene
Paris
Ontario
Anna Holden
Alice McCaffrey
Wilder Avenue
Frank Booth
Herkimer
Village
Helen
Kathryn Scfilett
Elm Street
Anne Leonard
Bennington
John McGarvin
Windsor
Dooley's Bridge
Mechanic Street
Willian EF O'Hearn
Rita EL Doyle
O'Hearn
Emma Dick Lamb
George Lamb
Glens Falls
Maple Grove Cemetery
West Hoosick
Pacific
Europe
Rudolph’s
Rudolph
Service waTch
Military
Dunhill
Venus
Kaywoodie
Sterling Silver
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