Casualty Notices For Kinl Families Told Of Losses
Six more families notified of casualties as a serviceman from Syracuse, Kovacs, is listed among the dead after a shipping mishap. He served with overseas honors, earned Good Conduct, and survived by his mother, a brother Joseph, and two sisters. Services to be held at St Lucy's Church Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Hovacs
Department S
Rovacs
Johnson Fiels
Air Biel
Neve Seymour
Kovacs
Syracuse Chilled Plow Company
Joesph Fl Rovacs
Asters
Dirs Benkoa
Margrethe Wheeler
St. Lucy's Chur
Prentice Family Notices War Wounds and Service
Retired feed prentice sender Frederick Prentice son of Mr and Mrs Fred Prentice 134 South Avenue wounded in action in France Aug. His parents learned Ohio employed in the drapery department of C F Chappell Sons later Brown Corporation. He joined the Army Tank Corps in February 1931 at Fort Knox later at Camp Meade and Camp Youngs home on furlough 1943 and went overseas last October. He took part in the invasion of Normandy June 6 was injured in July. An older brother Donald served in India and has been medically discharged from the Air Corps ground forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Prentice
Fred
South Avenue
France
Ohio
Yass
C.F. Chappell & Sons
Brown Corporation
Army Tank Corps
Fort Knox
Camp Meade
Camp Youns
Furlouch
Pari
Normandy
Donald
India
Air Corps
Sgt John E Tonkin Wounded in New Guinea
3/Sgt John E Tonkin son of Lt Rutherford B Tonkin of the Syracuse Fire Department and Mrs Tonkin of 625 Fellows Avenue has been wounded in action in New Guinea His family has received a letter from him telling of the wound The letter arrived the same day Lt Tonkin of Engine 19 went to Bath Veterans Hospital to be treated Lt Tonkin was gassed in World War I Tonkin was an instructor in bayonet gas and anti tank gunnery at Camp N New Guinea context uncertain
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Tonkin
Rutherford B. Tonkin
Syracuse
Nal Norris Wounded On French Front Aug 9
Walter M. Norris, son of respected Norris family, was wounded in France on August 9. He previously ran a local school and worked for Mohican Garments. Before enlisting, he served as a drummer in the Legion overseas in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nal. Norris
Walter M. Norris
Res Norris
France
Norris
Onondusa Valley
Mohican Garmans
Sev
Legion Rum
Pvt. Arthur T. Allen Awarded Purple Heart
A te legram to Arthur Aten of W145 Oak Street notes his Purple Heart award for a shoulder wound in the Central Pacific campaign. The message references Pvt. Eugene Allen serving in the Marines, Doris Allen, and other family members, highlighting a wartime connection and recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Aten
Oak Street
Marine Corps
Central Pacific
Awa
Allen
Pvt
Eugene Allen
Doris Allen
Wace
Sethue T. Allen
Drop Forge Strikers Told To Go Back
Special Dispatch Auburn Aug US Herpert FP Northrup senior hearing officer of the National War Labor Board Region 2 has notified William Jordan president of the UAW AFL in Auburn that until 110 employees of Henry and Allen Inc to work no action will be on the case. Mr Northrup called the Moppace at the plant a violation of labor's nostrike pledge and asked Jordan to take steps to resume production. A vote last week showed six for a work stoppage and eight opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Aug
Herpert
Northrup
Offirer
National War Labor Board
Region 2
William Jordan
U.aw.alf.ii
Henry and Allen, Inc
Mr. Jordan
Pvt Fred A Blattner Missing in Action in France
Pvt. Fred A Blattner is reported missing in action in France since August 1. His mother Mrs Frederick Bilattner and his wife Mrs Irene Blattner have been notified. He attended Holy Rosary High School, graduated in 1929, and was a salesman for International Salt Company before joining the Army. He leaves a daughter, Mary Sharon, 15 months old, and a brother Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Bilattner
France
Frederick Bilattner
Stinard, Avenue
Irene Blattner
Stinard Avenue
Per. Blattner
Camp Croft
S. C
Holy Rosary High School
International Salt Company
Army
Mary Sharon
Raymond Blatiner
State Certification of Polls Candidates Arrive From Albany
Federal and State certifications reached local election officials today. Commissioner John H. Bachman announced printing of ballots will follow. Yesterday 2000 war ballots arrived from Albany, boosting total to 5000 and sorted by the bureau. Four extra helpers hired with two more expected. total cards may reach 12000, though county cards with obscure addresses pose some trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachman
Albany
John H. Bachman
Arrivle
Election Bureau
O Donnell addresses FBI on juvenile delinquency prevention
Charles O'Donnell Syracuse Police Crime Prevention Bureau director spoke at Utica to FBI regional conference on preventing juvenile delinquency and promoting neighborhood recreation facilities. He will speak at a Southern Tier FBI meeting in Binghamton tomorrow. Christmas packages overseas to begin after post office at former Madison Square Garden site opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’donnell
FBI
Charles O'Donnell
Syracuse
New York
Army
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Five Parking Tickets Cost S25 in Fines
A court records five separate speeding and traffic-ticket cases, listing fines totalling 25 dollars for offenses on Main and James Streets. Stephen C. Halton of Syracuse paid 25 after pleading to failure to yield and taking the over side of the road. Sidney Reed paid 15 for speeding 18 miles per hour, and others paid 5, 3, or 5 dollars for various infractions on local streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Flok
Prevetun Treman
Dredd
Abe
Stephen C. Halton
Syracuse
Sidney Reed
Wilcow Place
James Street
W. Sird
Oseo
Ori
Althea Reyne
Barnes Avenue
Audrey S. Clark
Malpass Places Two Men on Probation
County Judge Frank P. Malpass sentenced Thomas Barber 20 of Xiexico and George Frazer 29 of Patter son NJ to suspended terms on probation after guilty pleas. Barber must stay home evenings with his infant child. Frazer, away from home five years, faces probation until his youngest child is 9 or until his conduct warrants release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malpass
Frank P. Malpass
Thomas Barber
Xiexico
George Fraz
Patterson
N.J
Barber
Frazer
New Canning Factory at Cou RLV Home
A report details the opening of a new canning facility at Cou RLV Home, noting local personnel and ties to Syracuse University graduate Herbert Hansen of Onondaga Avenue. It covers wartime service links, shipboard assignments with the Seventh Fleet in the Southwest Pacific, and a family byline with Natharine Hansen in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New County
Taetery
Queandged
Ho AL Fisselbrand
Diewand Suyder
Henry Kren
Earl Rlall
Ated Daimis Sadler
Canning Gsieters
Freeaysted Res
Cou
Syracuse U
Solomons Drive
Onondaga Ae Yuan
Lt Hansen Sees Action On PT Tender In Pacific
Lt Hansen served on a PT boat in the Pacific, first assigned in the Solomons, and earned a Presidential Unit Citation for involvement in the Guadalcanal and Tulagi invasions with the First Marine Division. His father heads Paragon Plaster Co. in Syracuse. He married Katharine Baird on November 6, 1943 in Chicago. His brother James, 27, serves with a PT squadron in the Atlantic, and sister Ruth is a Wave ensign at the Supply Depot Third Naval District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
First Marine Division
Hansen
Paragon Plaster Company
Syracuse
Katharine Baird
St. Chroysostom’s Church
Chicago
James
Atlantic
Ruth
Third Naval District
Polio Cases Jump to Highest Since 1916 Epidemic
Health officials report 6 258 polio cases through August, the outbreak spreading nationwide with strong increases in the eastern and north central regions. The service says incidence remains elevated and above normal in many areas, signaling a continuing surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Service
Birth announces son born to Winchells at Lee Memorial
A son was born yesterday at Lee Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Leo Winchell of 718 South Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Memorial Hospital
Leo Winchell
South Third Street
10 More Youths Enlisted For Service in Air Corps
Ten youths from Syracuse and nearby areas enlisted in the Air Corps at Army recruiting HQ in the Syracuse Savings Bank Building. All are 17, not to be called to active duty until after their 18th birthday. Lt. Michael Sierel administered the oath and pinned Air Corps wings as the youths await assignment talks to pilots navigators bombardiers or gunners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Air Corps
Army
Spat Over Wedding Ring Nearly Fatal Gas Tragedy
In York a quarrel over a ring led to Brunhilde Reust becoming unconscious from gas in a New York apartment. Her fiancé Kavarenvier Schwarzmeier teased her about love then returned with the ring, triggering the deadly scene. She was rushed to hospital and doctors expect she will wear the ring she chose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Kavarenvier
Brunhilde Freust
New York
Syracuse
Schwarzmeier
Brunhilde
Fulton Man Decorated for Air Medal in WWII service
S/Sgt. William H. Mara, gunner with an English based RAF bomber, awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Son of James T. Mara of 519 Harrison Street, Mara previously served with the 9th Bomb Squadron in Russia and Mali. He studied at Syracuse University before enlisting in March last year. His brother Roy Mara, a Coast Guard petty officer, serves in France and also left Syracuse University to enlist nearly three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Coast Guard
Syracuse University
Bill Would End Double Taxation for U.S. Employees
Senator Homer Ferguson says the Senate will soon pass a bill to end multiple state income taxes on federal workers who live in one state and work in another. The House already approved it, aiding about 175,000 employees facing double or triple taxation. The bill lets only the state of residence tax these workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Homer Ferguson
Rmich
Senate
House
Dombcie
Joseph P. O'Hara
Boy Falls From Bed Sends Child To Hospital
Francis Stackpole aged 12 from 1012 Hawley Avenue is in good condition at St Josephs Hospital after a fall from a double decker bed in his home this morning. His mother Mrs Bernadine Stackpole found him unconscious beside the bed as she woke. Patrolman Paul Surdick reports the incident. He is under Dr Harold Totman care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Stackpole
Hawley Avenue
St Joseph's Hospital
Bernardine Stackpole
Paul Surdick
Harold Totman
Stimson Receives Legacy From Alco Stock Will
Rochester Aug 28 The Grenfel Association of America receives low shares of Aluminum Company of America preferred stock and residuary estate under the will of the late Miss Alice Hall who died Aug 11. Executors estimate the estate exceeds substantial value with bequests to Highland Hospital Rochester Convalescent Hospital for Children Frontier Nursing Service and 15 charitable and religious institutions plus 22 individuals. James P Stimson Syracuse and Louis A Stimson Miami nephews receive preferred and common shares. Cash legacies include 25000 to the Rochester Red Cross. Miss Hall’s brother Charles invented the aluminum formula. James P Stimson is works engineer at Crucible Steel in Magnola Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
iGrenfel Association of America
Aluminum Company of America
Alice Hall
Aluminum Company
Monroe County
Surraigate
Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Rober C"watson
Theestate
Byarsectte Sa
Waton
Grenfel
Hospital of St. Anthony
Newfound
Lady Grenfel
Wifred Grenfel
Highland Hospital
Low
Gane
Convalescent Hospital
Frontier Nursing Service of
Kentucky
Suid
Sophronia Hrooks Center
Edith S. Paterson
Yeoli S. Acton
Stockbridge
Mass
Mayor Urges Ban on Weekend Travel in Labor Day Appeal
Mayor Thomas E. Kennedy urged Syracusans to avoid weekend trips as part of a national mayors campaign. He warned travelers face crowded trains and buses, possible delays, and no guaranteed return transport, citing rail traffic 22 percent above last year and increased military and prisoner movements stressing the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Kennedy
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Kennedy
North Side Group To Decide on War Memorial Design
The honor roll committee of the North Side meets Wednesday at 8 15 P M in Charles White Library to choose a park and design for a war memorial honoring about 5000 local armed forces. Eight Syracuse architects submit plans, with one selected under a $5000 cap. Committee originators include Daniel Colangelo Michael Camprese Michael Siano John Rimozzi Anthony Nuzzo John Nuzzo Aldino DiBello James DiBello and Peter Amato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side
Charles White
Butternu S Street
Syracuse
Daniel Colangelo
Mchael Camprese
Michael Siano
John Rimozzi
Anthony
John Nuzzo
James
Aldino DiBello
Peter Amato
Rationing Calendar Details for Processed Foods and Fuels
The guide lists validity dates and point values for blue stamps A through L and other series. It notes indefinite validity for several food stamps, with red stamps and sugar, and outlines expiration dates for meat, shoe, gasoline, and fuel coupons. It specifies upcoming validation dates and end dates for home canning and heating gear coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meats
Butler and Cheee
Army Promotions Announce Capt Shallcross Major Rank
The War Department today announced promotions including Capt Thomas Shallcross of Shollwell Park to major. Also named were Medelyn Beach of Cortland Avenue and Lorena Mepeis of Milhawley Avenue elevated to second lieutenants in the Army Nurse Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas ‘Shallcross
Shollwell Park
War Department
Ampouneed Aie
Medelyn L. Beach
Cortland Avenue
Snd
Lorena FF
Milhawley Avenue
Army Nurse Corps
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Woot
FA Lake
Steven Noraes Suecyshs
Cteven Kovacs
New Guinea
John Tonkin
Lydia E. Plaxham
Pollow
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wtal Colings
Watertown
Odograbie
Arthur T. Allen
Purple Heart
Abor Board
Fred A. Blattner
Marcellus
Southwest Pacific
Seventh Fleet
Southwes Pacific
Herbert L. Hansen
USNR
Emil Fiansen
Onendara
Syri
Natharine
Hves
Ae G
Adluncts
Northwestern Unisity
Lt. Hansen
Pacific
Esa
U. Navy
Herme A Poa Tansen
Ose
William Tree
Hancock Drives
Riward Kostkowski
S Kingsley Place
Howard Smith
Ovid
Stanley Greeson
S91
Sal
Springs Road
Richard Robinson
At Graves
West Monroe
Wiliam Forbes
Parish
Ronald Potts
Pulaski
Leland Saluchary
Fulton
Jack Mitchell
Ithaca
SKY Fighters
I.J. Michael Siegel
Air Forces Examining Team
Wliam Dee
Edward Kosakowski
Grant Graves
Wiliam Forbers
Ronald Pots
Leland Salsbury
Brunhilds Reust
John Reust
Lemoine Avenue
J.P. Stimson
Alco
Crucible Steel Engineer
Miss Hall
James P. Stimson
South Geddes Street
Crucible Steel Company of America
Magnola Street
Schieder
Oper
Neon
Saturdars
Dune
Genesee St
Mountain Valley
Hot Springs
Ark
Nease
Mountain Valley Water
Marra's Dies Distributors
W. Laurel St. Bree
Roth Jewelry Company
American Gem Society
Masonic Fesat Jewelr Diamonds
Hos
Ottal & Son
Burnet Ave
Nature
Doan
Peterman
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