Held Sunday Night At Sacft£ Heart Church Local Headquarters ...

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*AGE EIGHT
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With South Amboyans
The present address of Albert B.
fiead, sou of CfflmMfc"" 1 and Mrs.
B. Read A/S Co. 172. U. S. N. T. S,
„ Newport.E.X
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Word has-been received here of
the safe arrival of Private Carl
Marlklewlcz, with an American er
pedltionaiy force in. Australia.
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Sergeant Richard House of Camp
Edwards, Mass.. spent this week on
furlough in this city. He will return
-to duty' today, going 'to Camp
Davis, where he will begin a course
in the Officer Candidate School.
Sergeant Pete Pavich, who is now
the chief clerk to Captam S. M.
Bach of Louisville. Kentucky, sports
director of the European Theatre,
and player-manager, of army teams
In England, declares, "My team over
here U a pretty f ah-to middlm 1
tail club, rm the only prof eastaoal.
—but we've got a number of first rate
semi-pros and I think well win our
share of games.
Pavich hit .317 for Cttntan, farm
dub of the New York Giants, In
1941, his third year m professional
baseball, and was to have gone with
the Giants into spring training m
1942.
Auxiliary Dorothy Inman of 548
Main street, has been transferred
fronn Daytona Beach, Florida to
the Fourth Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps at Port Devens, Mass.
She is part of the personnel
which will operate this post as
training center for new recruits.
Hundreds of recruits arei coming
-in eaoh week from every state In the
country. It is estimated that eventually
10,000 at a time will be reagiheir
basic training as auxiliaries
at Port Devens. When their
training is completed, they win be
sent to army posts to work or will
"go to specialist, or officer candidate
schools."' : '"
Auxiliary Inman is among those
selected to carry out this tremendous
program to release man-power
for the fighting fronts.
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• "Commissioned a Third Officer on
April 10, Helen Weiss of 429 Portia
street, is stationed at Fort Ogtethorpe,
Georgia.
fltoe~was-a—member of the 23nd
-Class *t Fort
WAAC Training Center. Port Des
Moines, Iowa. Her WAAC rank is
equivalent to Second Lieutenant In
itlie-Anny.
Announcement has been made
that the rule, against «ii
in the Army has been relaxed so far
as the Corps of Bigmeen is concerned
and Engineers and nwhanics
of
pp
either to their ioeal draft board, lor
at Army recruiting offices.
Mrs. J. Cieslacsyk of Henry street
visited ; her son. Pharmacist's Mate
John Cleslacsyk, at Portsmouth Virginia,
over the weekend. He was recently
transferred to Kew River, N.
C, f or hospital training.
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Private Frank C. OendTek. who recently
spent a sixteen-day furlough
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Gendlek of 425 David street
returned this week to Camp Santa
Anita, California, where he is stationed
as a s -member of the Ordnance
Division.
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Announcement was made this week
at the local Draft Board headquarters
ihataH-mm en ito roite-betwtenl
the ages of 18 and 25 will be released
to the Army within the next six
months.
Ernest Smalley Jr., stationed with
the Navy at Camp Perry, Wllllamsburg.
Va., is spending a leave with,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Smalley of Second street.
Private Robert Sprague is now
stationed with the 3rd Medical
Training Bn., Co. B. Barracks 1354,
Camp Pkkett, Virginia.
Word *ias been received by Mr
and Mrs. John McNamara of Second
street, that their son, Pvt. John
McNamara Jr., has arrived safely in
North Africa. Pvt McNamara was
inucted into the army hi December
and received his basic training as an
engineer in Fort Leoard-Wood, Missouri.
His AJ».O. address Is: Co. C
21st R.
ter, N. T.
Grace Martin ol this city, is sow
a Technician Fifth Grade In the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Corporal Martin was called to active
duty on February st of this
year. She reported to Ft. Des Moines,
Iowa, where she spent four weeks !n
baste training; and then attended a
Specialist Recruiting School at the
Fort On March 14, she was sent Into
the field.
Corporal Martin is now stationed
in the WAAC Recruiting Office in
Syracuse, N. Y. .
Before she entered the Corps, she
worked atJheJDuPont L p!ant *s an :
ex-ray inspector and also with the
Ben Telephone. .Company. :
The newly Tormed WAAC "head*
quarters at Fort Monmouth received
an unusual phone call from one of
the* soldiers reoenUyr"'"'- "*
"I wonder if you could tegl'me the
name of the good looWng WAAC
who was scrubbing the front porch."
came the shy voice of the tiddler,
"Golly, she really was a honey," he
continued.
Somewhat taken back by .the queer
request the ottJear to cbarg* had
only ttus to say I ' • : - • ';•
•"Gee. If she looked so cute scrubbing
the porch, what will she look
The name of the AUtUlarT still is
a mystery . . . both to the WAAC
headquarters and to the mquring
soldier as well. -
It's A People Wir
We ate. paying mareia taxef
than ever before ... and likely
wfll pay more. Bat we unset
"rely on taxeito finanee the war.
* wool* not be fait tr bast a
tax as the tTeraie smile family
income when many families
have more than one income.
We eenld barrow all the money
treat the banks, bat for both
•eenomle sad social ruions