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Showing posts with label Wilfred Mello. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wilfred Mello. Show all posts

Friday, February 12, 2021

Arnold's Story: November 24, 1947 MHN

Hazel writes about their unexpected trip to California's Central Valley, specifically to Hanford, the Nevis familial home. Bill's brother-in-law (Arnold's uncle) Manuel Mello passed away. Manuel's widow Laura took it badly.

The anticommunist incident she describes in the letter was an invasion of the Crescenda-CaƱada Democratic club in a private home by twenty men, who wore American Legion hats, threatening the host and his guests. The police were summoned by the Legionnaires said that the Democrats were communists and no charges were filed. The host was Hugh Hardiman, a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union, was incensed and made a big noise in the media the next day. Because some Legionnaires wore their hats they could be identified as belonging to Glendale Post 127. It grabbed national attention, and eventually went to trial. Even Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling heard the radio broadcasts and saved the transcripts of the radio interviews and newspaper clips in his archive. Nine of the accused were reporters and photographers and had the charges dropped, but twelve Legionnaires were convicted of disturbing the peace and subsequently got fined.










next post  November 25, 1947

previous post  November 22 & 24, 1947

first post in Arnold's Story  July 1943

first post in blog  Leonard's Story: May 29, 1943


Thursday, January 14, 2021

Arnold's Story: February 9, 1945

Dolly chastises her brother for not writing except when he needs a favor. Ouch! 

Bob Mello is Wilfred Mello, brother of Edwin "Ed" Mello.



next post  February 17, 1945

previous post  February 8, 1945

first post in Arnold's Story  July 1943

first post in blog  Leonard's Story: May 29, 1943


Monday, December 7, 2020

Arnold's Story: May 6, 1944

Carl Cummings may be the close friend that Arnie lost in the war. He stayed in touch with his friend's mother and she gave him a Limoges china plate. It stood in a place of honor in our home in Gainesville for over fifty years. 







next post  May 8, 1944

previous post  April 30, 1944

first post in Arnold's Story  July 1943

first post in blog  Leonard's Story: May 29, 1943