Eyeties Don't Like Nazis in Africa Air Crew Tale
Alexandria IA INS report quotes Sergt Herbert F. Wilson of Saugus MA stationed at Alexander Army Air Base recounting Italian and German prisoners in Africa. He notes Italian prisoners calm, German prisoners sullen, and details a Tobruk mission with decoy runs, searchlights, and a near-miss exposure as the crew dropped bombs.
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Alexandria
INS
Herbert F. Wilson
Saugus
Mass
Alexander Army Air Base
Africa
Wilson
Heifa
Palestine
Tobruk
Wes
Champ Bandage Roller Makes 3 986 Dressings
Cleveland Tennessee reports Mrs Florence Murphy a 63 year old widow made 3380 surgical dressings in June at the local Red Cross center laboring 9 am to 4 pm five days weekly. She also makes chenille spreads and rugs in spare time while tending to home duties.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Florence Murphy
Red Cross
Mailman Serpent Wings in War Skies Over Axis Lines
A civilian mailman and U S airman recounts pounding Rommel's supply routes near Alexandria with 60 miles to reach, glimpsing Jerusalem Nazareth and the Jordan River, and surviving a Sicily mission that left Valletta and Malta shaking rubble but Malta's people smiling and brave.
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Wilson
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Jordan
Sicily
Valletta
Malta
Cornell Library Adds Nine Historic New York Papers
Ithaca NY Cornell University library receives nine newspaper collections expanding state history research. New acquisitions include Painted Post Times 1878 Plattsburgh News 1872 1920 Corning Journal 1851 1915 Bath Pathfinder 1889 1885 Bath Gazette 1797 12 Syracuse Utica papers 1885 1900 Watkins Express twelve years 1873 1892 Steuben Courier 1840 1890.
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Ithaca
N. Y
New York State
Cornell University
Otto Kinkeldey
Painted Post Times
Plattsburgh News
Corning Journal
Bath Pathfinder
Bath Gazette
Genesee Advertiser
New York
Syracuse
Utica
Watkins Express
Steuben Courier
Bonds of Victory
Stephentown and area notes and club reports
Stephentown and nearby community notes cover residents home from duty and vacation, store staffing swaps, a Stephentown native heading to Washington for Western Union telegraph school, and local club meetings. The Thrifty Workers H Club planned a fall food sale, elections set for Oct 9, and a shower honored Phyllis Reynolds. The United Stephentown Districts Parent Teacher Association prepared officers. Also brief items report shipbuilding totals and Marine recoveries in World War II.
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Rutland
Stanley Matthews
Ogdensburg
Alice Carpenter
Blanche Carpenter
Troy
Washington
J.l
Western Union Telegraph Co
Miss Carpenter
Stephentown
Minnie Carpenter
Joseph Midnight
Alice Smith
Frederick Brown
Phyllis Reynolds
Ernest C. Lindsay
West Palm Beach
Fla
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Emma Mcreedy
Edwin Lawi
Strebel
Berlin
Lawrence Manns
John N. Atwater
Albert J. Silvernail
Leonard Smith
Ernest McClintock
Charles White
All-Bran touted as gentle constipation relief in letter
A Philadelphia milk route operator lauds ALL-BRAN as a natural regulator, claiming two weeks of use halted strong laxative reliance. The letter touts its cellulose content aiding colonic flora, recommending regular intake with water for relief. Kellogg's All-Bran is produced at Battle Creek.
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Tve
Leom Swarts
N. Wilton St
Kellogg's
Battie Creek
Romance Dept Discreet Division confronts public petting
Denver police and city officers face complaints of excessive petting in downtown parks near the statehouse. Police Chief August Hanebuth says parks are for all ages and discreet courting is allowed, but public fondling will be stopped if it becomes obnoxious. A Canadian railroad plans plywood box cars in a separate item.
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August Hanebuth
Statehouse
Hancouth
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Calvert
Calvert Distillers Corporation
New York City
Raet
Atlantic City
Joan Bartel
Los Angeles
Cal
Center
California
Muriel Elizabeth Smith
Miami
Florida
Helen Frances Hack
Boston
Cornell Library
Elvin Geerholt
Little Creek
Helen Kenyon
Sykes
Michael Wara
Bert Simmons
United States Shipbuilding Bi
Govchevrolet
America
Rae A Oe
For the
OF America
RRC
Dem
Amea
W.H. Bumstead, Inc
Chevrolet Sales and Service
Congress ST
Sixth Ave
Romance
Discreet
Denver
Stanley's Department
Stanley’s
Coats
SEIS
Stanley
Paragon
J. & P. Coats
Stanley's
Knottingham
Sheeley
Jacquard Indian
Ahr
Cannon Turkish
Ecru
IRS
Calais
Hanes’ Union Suits
Pinafores
Baeaerin
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