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27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.
Pvt. Charles A. B. Smith, serving in England, was accepted as a member of East Camden Post, No. 705, VFW, at a meeting presided over by his father, post commander Sgt. Ray Smith; the post's next meeting was to be held in its newly purchased quarters at 2808 Federal Street.
As Camden opened its World War II drive to collect old aluminum for national defense, an unidentified South Camden resident of German birth was among the first donors, carrying his old pots and pans to Engine Company No. 8's firehouse.
Courier-Post photographs of Camden's first volunteer firemen receiving diplomas: a man descending a building on a rope, two men in asbestos suits, and a fireman in a helmet and gas mask.
A man who allegedly aimed a blow at Sgt. Ray Smith, ex-heavyweight champion of the A.E.F. Tuesday night received a 30-day suspended sentence in police court yesterday.
St. Louis Cardinals third baseman John "Pepper" Martin opened the Camden Elks' Krippled Kiddies Rodeo ticket office at 215 Broadway; the rodeo was set for the Camden ball park at Broadway and Everett Street.