Red Cross nurse checks blood pressure, of a blood donor, on June 6th, 1951 (D-Day plus 7 years). Workers from city offices, local businesses and members of the Tremont community donated 132 pints during Bronx Red Cross Blood Bank Day.
Paul writes that he has been placed in the signal corps because of his background in engineering. He is glad that he is useful and gives him the morale boost he was looking for. His battalion has just been named: the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion,...
Air warfare; Bombardment; Politicians; Longshoremen; Longshoremen's unions; Flags; War casualties; Nobel prizes;
Bill writes to Marjorie telling her that his plans to leave Spain have changed since losing his passport in an air raid. The train carrying documents and books was hit by a bomb so the soldiers must submit new applications to Washington. He...
Theater programs; Memorial rites & ceremonies; Playbills; Labor unions;
Theater festival in memory of Harry Malofsky, a composer and writer himself. The program includes three plays at the Nora Bayes Theatre. The sponsoring committee includes Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg.
Eighth Avenue Traffic Halted - New York - Alert-curious office workers, peering down from buildings at Eighth Avenue and 34th Street saw traffic halted in orderly fashion by helmeted policemen and civilian defense officers. At 2:55 the practice...
Four-page list of "hands on the farm at Terre au Beouf [Boeuf]" [of Louisiana] compiled by S. B. Davis, Mrs. R. Smith, P. C. Wederstrandt, and Henry Thompson. Includes names of 77 slaves listed by gender. List contributed by Thompson also gives...
