Sidelights on England at the Washington Y meeting
Andy Woolfries amused Washington friends with anecdotes on life in wartime England and the bomb threats from Hitler’s air raids. He praised the English to finish the war, recounted a London restaurant mislabeling horse meat as His Majesty’s, and vented on brussels sprouts.
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Andy Woolfries
Washington
England
Hitler
London
His Majesty
Andy
Sodor
Witness recounts London raids and wartime life abroad
The speaker describes a misspelled drizzle remark and a ship crowded with 5700 passengers, then details London air raids seen from his lodgings. He recalls concrete wreckage, a theater destroyed with 850 people inside, and rationing hardships including four weeks without candy before buying a full month’s supply.
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England
London
Woman plows farm fields in a pioneering effort
Mrs. Merritt Reiner, the community’s sole female plower, helps with plowing while her husband Merritt handles other tasks. The piece also notes a Mother’s Day dinner at Mrs. John Shalla’s home with about fifty attendees, family updates, and local garden harvests.
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Dewey Weeks
Salem
Merritt Reiner
Merritt
Reiner
Joe Knotek
Joe Shalla
Shalla
John Shalla
Ivan Lemley
Colleen
Davenport
Charles Marek
Joe Te Bockhorst
Raymond
Madison
Wisconsin
Ray Sojka
Ste. Madeleine Subscribes 500 Percent to Victory Loan
Canada’s Third Victory Loan record subscriptions show Ste. Madeleine Quebec vastly oversubscribing its goal by five hundred percent, reflecting strong local support for the war effort.
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Canada
Ste. Madeleine
Quebec
Uncle Joe Stilwell Plays With Schnauzer Garry in Carmel
During a U S visit for conferences in Washington Lieutenant General Joseph W Stilwell known as Vinegar Joe becomes Uncle Joe as he interacts with his pet Schnauzer Garry on a Carmel lawn. Stilwell serves as chief of staff to Chiang Kai shek in China.
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Marlyn Shalla
William Tellin
George Zeck
Clarence Coff
Joe Knotek
Ralph Zeck
Todd
Bob Marek
Kenneth Hines
Jackson Center School
Lois Hines
Rosamond Sojka
Mary Catherine Knotek
Frances Weeks
Carmel
Cal
United States
Washington
Joseph W
Joe” Stilwell
Garry
Stilwell
Chiang-Kai-shek
Fort Ord
West Sunset Social Roundup May 11 Activities
West Sunset notes family visits and community events from May 11 including the Atkinson and Ruth visiting Wilfred Smiths, Baker birthday dinner, 4 H club meeting at Wilbur Lehante home, and various Sunday dinners with relatives. Hugh Jones funeral observed Tuesday afternoon.
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West Sunset
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