Captain Joseph D Barry Awarded Silver Star
The article notes Captain Joseph D Barry received the Silver Star for actions in Europe during World War II. He joined in 1931 and served overseas after a prior role as assistant to Rev Wendell Corcoran at St Josephs Church in South Bend Indiana. He later served as chaplain in Adelene Texas and with the Catholic Youth Organization under Edward Mooney in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
The
Pev
Edward Mooney
Catholic Youth Organization
Washington, D.C
Music Clinic Draws 200 Plus Teachers At Syracuse Hotel
More than 200 music teachers from across the state attend the public school music directors conference at the Hotel Syracuse. The event features a summer clinic reading new school music, lectures on instrumental and choral programs, a State survey talk, a luncheon on national competitions, and evening performances by Harold Henderson and Margaret Daum with additional piano and concert offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Syracuse
Directors” Conference of
Public School Music
Harold Henderson
Auburn
Myra S. King
Ballsten Spa
John Fraser
Seneca Falls
Russell Carter
State Education Department
Arthur, T. Brandenburg
Elizabeth
N. J
William Hacker
University of Arkansas
Margaret Daum
New York City
Picnic for 98 Veterans at Frank O'Malia Home
United Spanish War Veterans John G. Butler Camp and Clara Ward Auxiliary will hold their annual picnic for 98 veterans at Frank O'Malia's home in Liverpool on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Butler
Clara Ward
United Spanish War Veterans
Frank O'Malia
Liverpool
Ruling Sets Liability Standard For Lockers In Bowling Center
Supreme Court Justice Clifford H. Sears grants nonsuit and cites precedent in Cornelius v Syracuse Bowling Center awarding $15 to Robert Cornelius for loss of a bowling ball and shoes from a rented locker. Court finds proprietor not responsible unless goods delivered with understanding of liability. Case notes two keys and landlord like access to lockers.
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Supreme Court
Clifford H. Sear
Robert Cornelius
Helen Street
Syracuse
Cornelius
Supreme County
Sears
SAS
Raymond M. Bush
Marvin, Hand, Sears, Bush & Carriage
Canal Study For Postwar Inspection Heads To Syracuse
State public works superintendent Charles H. Sells and canals commissioner Guy W. Pinck will inspect canal facilities in Syracuse tonight and tomorrow as part of a broad postwar expansion plan. They will be joined by district superintendent William Robinson and assistant superintendent Andrew Mulligan, reviewing the entire barge canal from Buffalo to Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Sells
Guy W. Pinek
Syracuse
William Robinson
Andrew RL Mulligan
Sells
Pinck
Buffalo
Albany
Woman's Lost Purse Recovered Through Police Teletype
Miss Hazel Nichols of Clinton recovered a purse and about 60 dollars in cash lost in Syracuse on Aug 23 after a teletype message linked to Utica Transit tokens. James Dwyre issued the wire, Nichols confirmed contents with State Police at New Hartford and Property Clerk James MacDonald, and a $10 reward was given to Mrs. Elizabeth Duesler for returning the bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Nichols
Clinton
Syracuse
Utica Transit Company
James Dwyre
Police Records Bureau
Miss Nichols
New Hartford
James MacDonald
Elizabeth Duesler
Markland Avenue
South Warren Street
Clarence Snow
Six Syracuse Women to Train for Waves at Hunter College
Six young women from Syracuse and one from Oswego leave September 7 for Waves training at Hunter College after taking the enlistment oath at the Rochester Naval Procurement Office. Recruiter Chief George F. Elliott notes this is the first group from the area in a strengthened Waves campaign with eight officer candidate openings requiring two years of college and business experience.
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Waves
Syracuse
Oswego
Hunter College
Naval Procurement Office
Rochester
George F. Elliott
Jane M. Wickerman
Marguerite Avenue
Grace Marie Callahan
Buffalo Puts Off Opening Of Schools
Unclear text discusses delaying school openings and related health concerns. Mentions infantile paralysis and bans affecting attendance and college exceptions. Lacks complete names, dates, or locations due to damaged OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Syracuse Schools Resume Schedule Despite Health Fears
Acting superintendent John F. L. Hummer announced Syracuse schools would open on September 3 after state health department review. All pupils will receive physical exams and health supervision. parents remain final authority on attendance and no makeup classes will be offered for absences due to fear of disease.
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Syracuse
John FL Hummer
Hummer
Smith Warns Of Dropping School Work
Syracuse youths should stay in school with high school graduation as the goal says F Gordon Smith president of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce in a letter to local students. He warns against dropping out and urges full-time schooling unless essential to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
F. Gordon Smith
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Allen L Breed Awarded Bronze Star for Heroism in Italy
Sgt. Allen L Breed of Syracuse receives the Bronze Star for meritorious combat achievement with the Fifth Army front in Ntaty. Serves in a tank destroyer battalion of the Third Marne Infantry Division and crawled through machine gun fire to select firing positions aiding a successful strike on Nazi vehicles. His sister Julia Brown lives at 1901 East Genesee Street Syracuse.
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Allen L. Breed
Italy
Fifth Army
Syracuse
Ntaty
Breed
Marne
Julia Brown
Genesee Street
One Wounded Soldier Dies Syracuse Soldier Recovering
In Onondaga County an infantryman wounded in Normandy died in a French hospital while another Lombard family member remains in recovery. The report lists national traffic safety fatalities for July and compares seven month totals to prior years, noting Syracuse had five deaths this year versus seven last year.
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Syracuse
Chicago
National Safety
Iday
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
San Antonio
Louisville
San Francisco
Cleveland
New York
Denver
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Colum
Detroit
Baltimore
Seatle
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
New Bedford
Mass
Yonkers
N.Y
Wichita
Texio
White Phiins
Pittsfield
Kenmore
Cheyenne
Reo. O
Webbster Groves
Pfe Donald Schopfer Dies of Wounds in France
Donald Schopfer 29, son of Mr and Mrs Schopfer of North Syracuse, died August 9 in a French hospital from wounds received in France August 1. A 193X graduate of North Syracuse High School, he attended Most Holy Rosary High School and served as a marine gunner after enlisting August 20 1933. He went overseas in 1934 and was wounded in Normandy August 1944. he played on the North Syracuse High School baseball team.
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Donald Wa Neesepfer
Wetee
Sechuyesoad
Northasus
France
Pfe Rchopfer
North Syracuse
Missing Flight Officer Lojewski From Aug 1 Over Germany
Flight Officer Joseph Lojewski son of Mr and Mrs John Lojewski was reported missing in action over Germany Aug 14 after a telegram from the War Department. He held the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal and joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 earning pilot wings at Camp Alexandria Louisiana. He has two brothers in service and previously worked for Halcomb Steel Company. He attended Vocational High School.
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Lojewski
Joseph Lojewski
John Lojewskkl
WG Greenway Avenue
Germany
War Department
Army Air Forces
Alexandria
Telesphor Lojewski
Seaman V. Walter Lojewski
Joseph
Halcomb Steel Company
Warners Couple Receives Sons Purple Heart
Mr and Mrs J K Thompson of Warners have received the Purple Heart awarded to their son Pfc Donald J Thompson He was wounded on June 6 Invasion Day in France and is now in a hospital in England He has served since April 4 1942 and fought in the African and Sicilian campaigns.
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J. K.thompson
Warners
Pfc
Donald J. Thompson
Pfc. Thompson
France
England
Sgt. N. A. Lombard Wounded in Action
T/Sgt. Nicholas A. Lombard, 22, is reported wounded in action in the latest military dispatches. Details on unit and location are not provided in this fragment.
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N. A. Lombard
Nicholas A. Lombard
Twelve Women Enlist in WAC Recruit Training Move
Twelve women from Syracuse and nearby communities depart from the WAC recruiting HQ at the Syracuse Savings Bank Building for Fort Oglethorpe Georgia to begin basic training. Capt Mildred J Van Horn and Lt Ruth Giefer administer the oath as new enlistees.
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Wac
Georgia
Syracuse
Syracuse Savings Bank
Fort Oglethorpe
Mildred J. van Horn
Ruth Giefer
Charl
Anna
Patricia Flohr
Ogdensburg
Margaret Carlson
Jane O. Eppinger
Watertown
Clarice
Bostlemann
Glennacres
Skaneateles
Gertrude V. Gardner
Fitch Street
Nora M. Fennell
Brockport
Doris M. Allen
Oak Street
Doris E. Baker
Fulton
Marion Halbritter
Auburn
Fern E. Roberts
Canastota
Mary G. Foster
Sherrill
Lt Hathway Wins Air Medal for New Guinea Flights
Dispatches from the Southwest Pacific report 22 New Yorkers decorated for meritorious service. Syracusan Lt James A Hathway 530 Clarendon Street awarded the Air Medal. Native of Watertown Liz Hathway is his wife of Syracuse. Overseas since January he served over New Guinea. missions between March 13 and May 29 earned the decoration. Formerly with Agricultural Insurance Company.
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Hathway
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
James A. Hathway
Clarendon Street
Watertown
Liz Hathway
Janet Eldred
Syracuse
Texas
The
Agricultural Insurance Company
Speeder Fined Twenty Dollars in Erie Boulevard East Court
Walter Bird of 213 Otisco Street was fined 20 dollars by Judge Truman Preston for speeding east on Erie Boulevard East between 40 and 30 mph after pleading guilty. Bird had a prior day fine of five dollars for backing and hitting a parking meter.
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Walter Bird
Otisco Street
Truman H. Preston
Erie Boulevard
Bird
Wilbert Price
North
Clinton Street
James Street
Henry Hipkins
Price
Children's Court
Claude Purvis
Harrisburg
Salina Street
John Barry
Hannibal
Court Street
Samuel DiBello
Randall Avenue
Paul Kauhl
Genesee Street
Scott Avenue
Frank Currant
Kauhl
Otto Brayton
Seymour Street
Hiawatha Boulevard
Corp John C Hand Recovering in Hawaii
Corp John C Hand wounded in action on Guam Island is recuperating in a Hawaii hospital. His parents Mr and Mrs Frank Lyons of 1625 Valley Drive report word of his condition. Hand was wounded in the right arm and left leg by shrapnel and enlisted in February 1942. He has been overseas since September 1942 and took part in the Battle of Bougainville. He attended Onondaga Valley Academy and worked for Westinghouse Electric Company before enlisting.
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John C. Hand
Guam
Hawaii
Frank Lyons
1625 Valley Drive
Corp
Hand
Marine Corps
Feb- Corp
John C. Hand Ruary
Bougainville
Onondaga Valley Academy
The
Westinghouse Electric Company
Health syllabus called medieval by science teachers
The New York State Science Teachers Association condemned a new health teaching syllabus as medieval. It argues the plan abandons scientific method for indoctrination and turns students into unthinking, healthy robots. The division of health and physical training announced the syllabus for immediate use.
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Aviong
New York State Science Teachers Association
Te Association
State Education Department
Division of Health and Physical Training
Hiram A. Jones
Science Teachers 'Association
Boys Age 3 to 11 Collect Newsprint for Red Cross
Fourteen boys aged 3 to 11 cleaned up Hixson Avenue gathering newspapers and scrap paper. In three days they collected 1 660 pounds and earned 10 20 dollars. Half the money went to the American Red Cross and half to Den I Troop 10 Cub Scouts.
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Forteen
Hixson Avenue
American Red Cross
den I
Troop 10
Cub Scouts
Mayor Kennedy pushes centralized aid for veterans
Mayor Thomas E. Kennedy asks his citizens committee to study a unified plan for aid to returning veterans, aiming to coordinate efforts of War Manpower Commission Civilian Protection Organization and Selective Service, amid calls for a state system and consolidated headquarters. Two military officials urged salaried city or county help. Kennedy seeks committee recommendations.
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Thomas E. J.kennedy
Citizens’ Committee
Kennedy
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service System
State
Civilian Protection Organization
County Veteran's Bureau
Citizens Committee
F. B. Corey
Buffalo
State Civilian Protection Organiation
Carl A. Foss
Selective Service
Litizens
Elwyn Smith
Salvation Auxiliary Plans Prorok Lectures
Members of the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary plan lectures by Count Byron de Prorok for September 29. He will speak on the French underground and show smuggled motion pictures. Emergency Home Committee met at Mrs. John L. Haley’s home with remarks by Mrs. James W. Dick. Luncheon for Outpost Committee set for September 6 and Young People’s Committee gathering on September 19 at Mrs. Henry G. Barnhurst’s home.
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Outpost Committee
Young People’s Committee
Henry G. Barnhurst
Sealed Bids Posted On School Plumbing Work
Sealed proposals for general and plumbing work in the basement of Grant Junior High School were posted by George F. Waite. Bids will be opened at 1 30 P M on Wednesday September 6. Work includes dressing rooms lavatories and sewer construction.
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Grant Junior High
George F. Waite
Inductees Named by Board 467 For Friday Induction
Selective Service announces 10 men called to report for induction by Board 467 located at 129 West Newell Street. Inductees listed include Harry G. Eliefson Raymond C. Greene Donald F E Van Scoy William E Blakeman Harold L Peters Henry R Mahshie Floya W Creaser FaseT H Smith Jr Robert P Smith and Joe W LaFreasts located at various addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Newell Street
Harry G. Eliefson
Cherry St
Raymond C. Greene
Ste Renwick
Donald FE. van Scoy
Ovid
Wiliam E. Blakeman
W. Corning
Harold L. Peters
Elliott St
Henry R. Mahshie
Columbia Ave
Floya W. Creaser
Woodland Ave
Aset H. Smith, Jr
Midland Ave
Rbert P. Smith
Primrote Ave
Joe W. LaFreasts
Oabdak Dr
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