Texas sergeant escapes after capturing two German soldiers
Army dispatch from France details Sgt. Stewart Granville of Hargill Texas first sergeant in a recon squad, who was captured by Germans after killing five snipers. He freed himself by beating both captors unconscious as their car passed through a dust cloud, then hiked back to American lines for chow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Texas
Stewart Granville
Hargill
Tex
Tell
Francis W. King
Arlington
Iowa
Woman Wins 50 Dollar Prize for Pancake Mix Name
Mrs. Lillian Willey of near Denton Maryland won $50 for naming Southern States Cooperative new pancake mix. Her entry Southern Breakfast was chosen from 1,859 names by 482 farm women. The prize announcement was made by Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis, director of the Farm Home Service.
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Southern States Cooperative
Lillian Willey
Denton
Southern Breakfast
Southern States Farm Home Advisory Committee
Willey
Oscar Willey
Sarah Porter Ellis
Southern States Farm Home Service
Farm Home Advisory Committee
Farm Home Advisory
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Solo duet at Alexandria Army Air Field blends organ and piano
S. Sgt. Charles Herr performs a daily noon duet using an organ and a grand piano at Alexandria Army Air Field. He began on the organ after finger injuries limited piano playing, and now combines the two instruments for camp broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALEXANDRIA ARMY _ AIR FIELD
Charles Herr
Good Old Days? Chambersburg 1870s Wilson College Rules
A fragment notes Wilson College catalogs from the 1870s warning female students that dancing with young men could lead to expulsion and that calisthenics skirts must reach to the top of the shoes, reflecting strict era rules in Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
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Chambersburg
Wilson College
Rainfall Totals and Averages From Winchester Lab
This report lists present and past rainfall figures including daily 24 hour total of .01 inch and August to date 2.09 inches. Year to date 24.70 inches. Average annual rainfall for three years 35.95 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 to 1943 shown as Jan 2.51, Feb 1.95, Mar 2.02, Apr 3.15, May 3.60, Jun 3.83, Jul 3.60, Aug 3.74, Sep 2.31, Oct 3.45, Nov 2.46, Dec 2.43 inches. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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K. C
Earl Godwin
Sky
W. Kiernan
Blondie
the Lone
Ranger
Watch World
Navy
Ited Busters
Spotlight
Ev'ning
Evans
WRC
K.C
Leif Eid
Musicade
Bergman Lowell Thomas
Music Shop News of World
Cities Service
Adventures of the Thin Man
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie Sports Newsreel Rear
Kirk
Music Harkness
D. C
Authors’ Playhouse
1100
Broadway
Maxwell House
Calmer & Howe Arch
McDonald's “Moon Dial
Claire de Lune
Chapman Motor CO
Boscawen St
Ashley’s Coal and Wood Yard
E. Cork St
Sues
Food Center
N. Leudeun St
Grove Furniture Co
Bryan Stotler
Mer
S. Loudoun St
North Kent Street
Winchester
Pete Bonavich
San Antonio
Bonavich
Truck Suppliers, Inc
W. Germain St
Winchester, Va
Bickers Motor Co
VA. Va
Bell
Bell Clothes Stores
Front Royal
George Washington Garage
Main
Gulf Spray Metals
Miller’s Hardware
Winchester Research Laboratory
Harpers Ferry
Leesburg
Potomac By-Products Co
W. Va
Pal
Aim
Makeum
Alle
U. S
Patent Office
By Chic Young
Dagwood
Shimble Theatre
Popeye
Haggy Haggy
Iunebug Islands
Yas
MR. Jones
Jahoy Davy
By Sims & Zabory
Secret Agent X-9
G-Man
By Robert Sturm
Hogan
Blue-Jaw
BIC Sister
Bere
Etta Kett
Byles Forgrave
Paul Robinson
Muggs and
Skeeter
Rodney
Politeci
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