Industrial Clinic to Be Held June 17 at Hotel Syracuse
The State Division of Commerce announces a Defense Production Clinic in Syracuse on June 17 at the Hotel Syracuse. Prime contractors and sub-contractors from 14 counties will meet with government agency representatives to speed defense equipment production and explore contract opportunities.
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Syracuse
Chamber of Commerce
State Division of Commerce
Defense Council For
Onondaga County
G. Frank Wallace
Frederick E. Norton
Norton
Defense
Riders
New York State
Broome
Cayuga
Chenango
Cortland
Herdeferson
Lewis
Madison
Oneida
Onondaga
Oswego
St. Lawrence
Tioga
Tompkins
Buffalo
Former Banker Appointed Army Artillery Instructor
Lieut Mercer D Helms former vice president of Merchants National Bank was named artillery instructor at Fort Sill Kla He trained last summer at Pine Camp and earlier held a short assignment with Guardian Life Insurance Company He became a reserve officer ordered to active duty in December and moved from student to instructor He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute and arrived in Syracuse on November 1 1936.
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City
Mercer D. Helms
Merchants National Bank
Fort Sill
Kla
Helms
Pine Camp
Guardian Life Insurance Company
New York City
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Syracuse
Two G A R veterans remain in Onondaga County still loyal
Only two men of the Grand Army of the Republic survive in Onondaga County, both in their 90s, James Fay of Taunton and James West of Brewerton. They stay patriotic, follow war news by radio and papers, and hope America will enter World War II. West recalls Civil War service and Lincoln handshake. Fay, 93, tends to his garden and flag, while both anticipate Memorial Day observances and continued connection to the era.
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Onondaga County
Grand Arms of the Republic
America
Fay
Taunton
Brewerton
James A Fay
James O
Ed OL
Gev Gui
Ana Ana
Mr. West
Constantia
New York Volunteer Infantry
Irs
West
Frel
Ernest
Central Square
Hiram
Orwell
Clarence Card
Erieville
Francis van Alstyle
American Legion
James Gran Fay
Times
New York Light ‘Artillery
Frances L. ‘Fay
Onondaga
P. Edwin West
James O. Fay
War veteran from Onondaga Hill recalls WW II grit
P Edwin West, 94, Brewerton, watches the war abroad with keen interest. He declares that America can go overseas and defeat Germany, dismissing fears of air combat and parachutists. He notes a final resting place in Onondaga Hill Cemetery.
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P. Edwin West
Brewerton
America
Onondaga Hill Cemetery
Veteran of Civil War Remembers Valor and Loss
The interview recalls Captain Fay who enlisted in 1864 and served a year with strong riding duties. He describes wartime life at Wise's Forks and near Richmond, his commander Captain J William Kelsey of Auburn, and postwar injuries including finger loss and an eye injury.
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Fay
Wise’s Forks
Raleigh
N.C
Richmond
J.william Kelsey
Auburn
Taunton
Dow
Tauliton
Solvay Process Company
Belden, Dennis & Company
Miss Fay
Seth G. Mitchell
Alfred N. Fay
Times
Mary Hays
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Plysmouth
Dodge
Pontiac
Terra
Plane
de Soto
Statebaker
Akay
Balok
Packard
Chrysat
Hadebaker
Nash
Olkemobile
Findon
Consolidated Tire Sales Co
Salina Street
Witherill’s
Morris
Ramembhar
Morris Plan Bank
Witherill
Syracuse Owned
Georgiana
Avon
Poplin
Active Sulimer
Juul
Boulevard
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