Troops record firsts as local servicemen, Women's Army Corps noted
Pvt Sheila Doreen Peach of Troy joins the first WAC company bound for the Pacific theater with duty as a driver in the Air Transport Command at Honolulu. Her family mentions brother Sgt John Peach in service and her previous GE inspector job. Other local service members share letters of duty and updates from the front, including Aviation Cadet James Duffy and Sgt Fred Sardacci among several in Rensselaer and Watervliet, plus aerial radioman Edward Collison and Marine recruit Mildred Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Doreen Peach
Arst
Women’s Army Corps
Honolulu
William Ord Ryan
Pacific Wing
ATC
Peach
Air Transport Command
Hawaii
Charles Peach
Highland Avenue
John Peach
ANG
WAC
General Electric Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Air-Wac
Bolling Field
Washington
D. C
James Duffy
Gienview
Til
Thomas Dufty
Second Street
Jim’s LaSalle
Siena
South Pacific
Fred Sardacci
Rensselaer
Edward Collison
Fourth Street
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Jacksonville
Fla
Mildred D. Benson
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Joseph A Benson
Broadway
Watervliet
Camp Lejeune
New River
Marine Corps Base
Quantico
New York Telephone Co
Troy
Thomas Whalen
Cypress Street
Syracuse
Greenville
Miss
England
Raymond Reo
Ann D. Heo
Fifth Avenue
Ray
Arsenal
John
Union City
Tenn
Lansingburg High
University of Vermont
Orlando Air Base
Fred. 3
Kelleher
Parris Island
Freddie
Bearcat
Genevieve Pos
Cohoes
Freddy, Jr
Jerry Kelleher
Sixth Avenue
Wm. A. Lee & Co
John P. Hibbard
Lee Avenue
Army Air Forces Training Command
Chanute Field
Naval Training Station
Sampson
Michael J Farina
Fourteenth Street
Joseph R. Castellan
Winter Street
Philip Liebner
Par
Troop News From Home Highlights Local Servicemen
A long roundup recounts local soldiers and sailors in training, combat, and support roles. Names include George, Corp. Elenwood Dee, Pvt. John Coonrad, Pvt. Donald Wilson, and Pvt. Peter Chytyz, plus Dorothy Edwards sworn into WAVES and Leo M. Vashrow’s Pacific war service. Other entries note Milton Becker, Gerald Flynn, Donald Harrat, and several Troy area crew on boat training and combat missions in Europe and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Islands
George
Henderson Field
Bloody Ridge
Troy
Corp
Elenwood Dee
John Coonrad
Donald Wilson
Peter
Helen Howe
Highland Avenus
Dorothy A. Edwards
Charles H. Edwards
Valley Falls
Women’s
U. S. Naval Reserve
The
WAVES
Dot
Valley Falls High School
Troy Business College
State Comptroller's Office
Albany
U. S. Naval Training School
Hunter College
New York City
Charles Edwards, JR
Navy
Gunner Extinguishes Fire Aboard Bomber
A Liberator en route to Truk in the Carolines on April 16 suffered a cockpit bay fire from a short circuit. The crew jettisoned explosives before the bomb run. Bombardier Second Lieut. Stanley C. Brewster aimed at Dubton Island targets as waist gunner Sergt. Robert Van Norwick climbed into the bomb bay to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Truk
Carolines
Stanley C. Brewster
Sissteen
S. D
Dubton Island
Truk Atoll
Sergt
Robert van Norwick
Saranac Lake
Youth Held For Damage At Bakery
Troy police disclosed a possible spite job causing over 250 dollars in damage at Royal Bakery on Jefferson Street. Anthony Styne, 17, was arraigned on destruction of property after confessing partial involvement. case adjourned, youth jailed, police seek other implicated parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Royal Bakery
Jefferson Street
Anthony Styne
James F. Byron
William J. McGrane
Final Decree Filed On Pidgeon Estate
A decree of judicial settlement in Surrogate's Court shows Richard Walsh as administrator of the James Pidgeon estate reporting receipts of 1425.85 and expenditures of 196.79 leaving a balance of 1229.06 to widow Anna C. Pidgeon. Mackrell and Ranney are the attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Walsh
James Pidgeon
Anna C. Pidgeon
Mackrell & Ranney
Tourist Begins Long Journey on Tricycle
Wilford F Wright, a WWI disable veteran from Florida, has started his annual trip to Nova Scotia on a tricycle. He left Bay Pines on April 19, pedalling to promote health and fuel independence, aiming to reach Halifax after already traveling some 30 000 miles since taking up the hobby last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Wilford F. Wright
Florida
Nova Scotia
Bay Pines
Fili
Wright
Tax Report Filed on Campbell Estate Inheritance Case
Inheritance tax report on the estate of Murray P. Campbell who died in this city in November 1812 has been filed in Surrogate's Court by Transfer Tax Examiner Edward J. Poland. The total estate is $1,143.08 with no state tax. The heir is son Striker J. Campbell of 542 Fourth Avenue. Sheldon B. Smith is the attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray P. Campbell
Edward J. Poland
Striker J. Campbell
Fourth Avenue
Sheldon B. Smith
Gold Badge Presented to Capt Enoch Eaton
Capt Enoch Eaton of the Central Police Station received a gold badge and a pen and pencil set yesterday from men under his command in the Central Precinct. The presentation occurred yesterday morning by Frank M Ames commissioner of public safety in the presence of Chief of Police Frank B Kendall and a policemen committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Eaton
Central Police Station
Frank M. Ames
Air-Wick: fresh indoor air with no flames or spray
Seeman Brothers markets Air-Wick a new odor solution for kitchens and living spaces. Shake uncap pull wick and refresh air without lighting, burning, or spraying. Affordable at about a cent per day and available at grocery drug and department stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeman Brothers, Inc
New York
N.Y
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KEW Beauty
Patterson-Sargent Paints
Congress Street
Leo M ‘Vashrow
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Edith M. Becker
Madison Avenue
Ward
Gowen Field
Idaho
Milton
Army
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Gerald W. Flynn
Fifteenth Air Force
Jerry
Fort Myers
Cassino
Donald B. Harrat
Fort Bragg
N. C
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Rupert Harwood
South Shaftsbury
William A Schleich
Moline
Ill
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Railroad Street
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Sherman Avenue
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