Word: chelsea
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...best-seller cigaret among U.S. troops in London last week was Chelsea, a comparative newcomer, which outstripped all combined old-established brands 2½-to-1. The best-seller in Australia was a onetime "10?" brand called Domino, followed by Wings, Raleigh and Avalon. Reason: there were few if any Camels, Chesterfields, Lucky Strikes, Old Golds and Philip Morris available. At the Army canteen nearest MacArthur's headquarters, Avalons had been for a fortnight the only cigaret available...
...proud to have you with us ... you possess the necessary requisite of a sense of humor without which one is person non grata ... (what the heck does that mean anyhow?) ... Combination question and suggestion ... isn't there something we could offer to do to help out over to Chelsea, such as reading aloud to some of the lads of a Sunday or something similar? After all they're Navy men and shipmates for whom are should be willing to to little things like that. Maybe the W. and R. Officer could find out about it. Congrats to Jay Gates...
Hail & Farewell. In Chelsea, Mass., Ragpicker Thomas Masco found $1,450 in an old mattress, went on a toot, died...
...meeting was the appointment of Lyman Wind '45, as chairman of the Social Service Committee. He announced that his group was trying to fill heavy demands from the Boston settlement houses and at the same time was working on plans to entertain in large military units such as the Chelsea Naval Hospital...
...sloppy preliminary, Dick Warren led the Crimson Jayvees to a 40 to 29 triumph over the Chelsea Naval Hospital. The Harvard Varsity summary: G F P Dillon, lf 4 0 8 Bixler 2 0 4 Hennessey 0 0 0 Fausler, rf 4 1 9 Axon 0 0 0 Richards 1 0 2 Burditt, c 8 9 25 Hyde, lg 4 3 11 Elken 1 0 2 Lutze, rg 1 0 2 Keene 0 0 0 Reade 0 0 0 Total...