Watervliet Group Heads Volunteer Induction Plans
The August Selective Service Board No BSS sends 2 volunteers from Watervliet for induction with Willem Thoaras Mertin 27 of 2212 Brasdwey among those to enter service. The event includes USO support and board members giving instructions while awaiting the duty start. A church and civic notices mention a fund-raising food sale, a funeral mass for William F. Doring, First Aid training, delegates elected for a county convention, and lodge activities at Water Street area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board No. Bss
Armed Forces
Willem Thoaras Mertin
Brasdwey
Watervliet
Svemien
Joseph Donald Gounan
Surprise event to be conducted in near future
Chlef Squire Rosert Belanger presided at Camp Anna Meets. Royal Neighbors of America held a regular meeting last night at Mrs. Thomas Leonard home, 157 Seventh Avenue. The presiding officer Harris presided.
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Chlef Squire Rosert Belanger
Camp Anna
Royal Neighbors of
America
Las
Thomas Leonard
Seventh Avenue
Prezi- Harris
Hemp Proves Profitable Crop For Urbana Farmers
Illinois researchers report hemp yielded 26 tons per acre with a total value of 42 902 dollars for 112 farms in the Timois hemp region. Production cost ran about 21 19 a ton, roughly double corn, with 19 man hours per acre and tractor time near 31 hours. Costs included plowing seedbed and planting, cutting, turning, binding, loading, and seed costs. Linchines rented at 5 per acre. hemp growing was new to the area.
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Urbana
Ilgp
Illnois
R. E H. Wilcox
University of Timais College of Agriculture
Wilcox
Randem
Timois
North Africa
Yugoslav Partisans Gain Ground Across Front Says Tito
Tito announced a broad Yugoslav offensive across the front with successes in Southern Montenegro and Eastern Bosnia. German losses cited include 560 killed in Hercegovina while Dojob to Teslic saw a hard fight. Reports note two German divisions moving from Greece and a large casualty figure for July.
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Montenegro
Marshal Tito
Kladanj
Olove
Bosnia
Hercegor ¥Ina
Dojob
Teslic
Tito
Bibasan
Aloania
Werte
Greece
Balkans
Brave Wingman Faces War as He Faces Loss
An English base veteran recalls a young fighter pilot who killed his best friend by mistake during a camera guns dogfight. The incident left him guilt ridden yet persevering, earning respect as he continued ops, coping with the burden of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Richards
England
Hex
War demands limit Japanese furniture designs and raise prices
A Tokyo broadcast reported by New York news agencies said wartime demands push Japanese factories to restrict furniture styles to a single "Swar model" and raise prices by about 69 percent. The broadcast also claimed Western clothing chests would be labeled unpatriotic and cease production.
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Fr. New York
ENS
Tokio Homera
Hoosick Falls Legion to nominate officers at Monday meeting
The Hoosick Falls American Legion post will hold a regular meeting Monday evening focusing on officer nominations for September elections. Current officers include Commander Clarence Baker and Adjutant George Johnston among others. The gathering also notes several local social items and family news from the Hoosick area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Post
American Legion
Clarence Baker
James 4. Dwyer
Francis Huphes
Shird
Victor Barri
Martin O'Malley
George Johnston
Augustine Sebastien
George Leow
Ivan Armstrong
Ernest Haas
Ben Littman
Army could use mental 4 F soldiers says doctor
Dr Harry Hofman director of the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute says rigid Army life could salvage thousands of psychoneurotics rejected at induction. He estimates about 1,340,000 men have been turned down for psycho neuroses and half could later serve, not for combat but in noncombat roles or after regimentation training.
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Ebicago
Harry Hoftman
Diinois Neuro i Psychiatric Institute
Homan
Hoffman
Lfe
Hofman
Hoosick Falls Sales Executive Richard Murphy Dies
Richard Murphy, a Hoosick Falls man and sales executive for Richard Wilcox Co. of Boston, died at his Hoosick Falls residence. Born 1888 in Maynard, he had lived in Hoosick Falls for years and was a past exalted ruler of Hoosick Falls Chapter No. 178, BP, OEO. He was married to Jean Muldowney and survived by three daughters and two sons, with funeral arrangements at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and St. Mary’s Cemetery pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard FL Gturphy
Hoosick Falls
Wilsow Street
New England
Richard Wilcox Co
Boston
Hoosick Balls
Maynard
Mass
Cornelius and
Catherine Murphy
Joseph Meltody
Pittsfield
Minnie Lyrch
May- Nard
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Hoopatch Falix
St. Mary's Cemetery
Panhandlers at Taj Mahal spoil sightseers visits
International News Service recounts a New Delhi Agra visit where beggars swarm the Taj Mahal as Khidims offer but refuse tips, while a fake tour aura and souvenir hawks disrupt the famed site. The writer notes the monument’s beauty amid crowds and poverty, and recalls a garland scam that caused hay fever.
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Taj Mahal
Art Cohn
International News Service
Agra
India
Taj Mahals
Joe
Obituary notices from Troy area papers patients and services
Deaths include Peter H Matte 76 a native of Sorel Cam died at Whitehall after four years as a marine engineer on Lake Champlain. He served as village tax collector and town assessor and belonged to Notre Dame des Victoires Church and several local associations. Survivors include wife two sons and two sisters. Funeral tomorrow at Notre Dame des Victoires with burial in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery. Also listed are Mary O Reefe and Julia G McIntosh with funerals set for today and tomorrow in Cohoes and Schenectady area churches, reflecting local Catholic and Protestant services, and multiple survivors and interment plans. The notices cover additional obituaries for Mrs Rose Dufresne Mrs Lena Spears Mrs Lester Bennett and others with funeral arrangements in Troy Greenwich and nearby towns.
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Peter H. Matte
Sorel, Cam
Whitehall
Lake Champlein
Notre Dame Des Victoires “Church
Mfr
Martie
Marine Engineers ‘Beneficial Association
Exempt Firemen’s Association
Old Brew Howe Company
John
Edwer
South Pacific
Merc Fchant Marine
Georgienta Collins
Ilies Leddick
Notre-Dame Des Victoires Church
Qur Ladyi
of Angels Cemetery
Whiteta
Lens Spears
Lena Spears
Ifelong
Ene
Troy
Fitth Avenue
the Redeemer Lutheran Church
Slide
Harold W. Gottschalk
Scotia
Abs
William Ramsey
Marie Ann LaJeunesse
Herman C. Latteunesse
Resmond la Jeunesse
Fathers Suprenant
Robitaille
St Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Lester Bennett
Elaine Bennett
Cambridge
Mary McClallan
Olaf Conquist
Easton
Charles
Ralph Combs
Schenectady
Charles-Conquist
Hoosick Falls
Nelson
Greenwich
Albert
Heimer
Raymond
Ryan
Greenwich Cemetery
Claims Seek Shares of Thompson Estate Treasure
Canadian and U S claimants press for portions of the late Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson’s hidden cash. They allege foster ties, family lineage, or past actions justify large shares from an estate eyed at about 1.6 million, while attorney James Breen questions the motives amid an overall 4 million fortune. The widow Mary Walker Wyse Thompson would receive the bulk after taxes.
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Chicago
INS
Canada
Louisiana
William _Hale Thompson
Thompson
Pembroke
Ontario
Ireland
Wisconsin
James Breen
Big Bill
Arother Thompson
Trevelers Rest
Breen
Mary Walker Wyse Thompson
Chitego
Albany Man Dies At Schenectady
Anson B. Moran, 42, of Albany, died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday while at work in the General Electric Plant accounting department in Schenectady. A native of New Brunswick New Jersey he moved to Albany six years ago, taught at Albany Academy until resigning a year ago to join GE. He was a member of St Peters Church Albany. Survivors include his wife Janet Anderson Moran and one daughter Nina Moran. Funeral services are incomplete.
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Anson BE. Moran
Albany
General ‘Electric
Schenectady
New Brunswick
N. J
Albany Academy
General Electric’ Co
St. Peter’s Church
Janet Anderson Moran
Nina ‘Moran
The Catacombs Ruse and the Two Annas
A tour through a dim catacomb ends with a dramatic coin exchange as Joe and his brothers plot to share the spoils. The narrator notes the two annas given, the hidden rupee parts, and the sly sting of a calculated generosity while hinting at broader colonial tensions.
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Joe
Guards Must Retrieve Balls At Stateville Prison
Warden Joseph Ragen of Stateville Penitentiary ruled guards, not prisoners, must chase handballs knocked over the 32‑foot wall during recreation periods. The prisoners had offered to retrieve the balls.
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Willimg
Joliet
Joseph Ragen
Stateville Fepitentiary
Prisoner rescues and odd wartime encounters in France
A chaotic frontline report describes Nazi interactions with American troops in France. Stories include a German sniper inviting a drink, a tank crew battle ending with grenades, a Jeep patrol encountering enemy armor, a medic’s eerie farmhouse sleep, and U S soldiers taking prisoners with improvised means amid hedgerows and ruined streets.
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James F. Dillonelly
Ocening
Assenblrg 2
Theodore Caman
Conoes
Old
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Ljebey Party
County Board of Elect
Mothers Club of the Sacred Heart’ of Mary
Fifth Avenue
Tomorow
Wem
Harry Mayner
William F. Doring
Sixth Avenue
St Patrick's Church
Fosepa Lj Chmisiewski
Thomas al Curley
Paul
Figon
Nap LaPaime
Sacred Heer of Mary Church
Agnes Dundon
B. Dunn
Jesu Christe
Edmund Kearney
Ralph Reimane
Frank A. Mooney
Alonzo Wash
Willem H. Myers
Wiliam Kowalski
St Agnes
Menands
John C Carey
Waterwhet Lodge
O. E
Sourse
Anna Lacivita
Fourth Avenue
Grace Bimodugno
19Th Street
Red Cross
Lillian Dea
Chapeau
Salot
Albany County
Eleanor Diamond
Tnter-Sliet
Cora B. Edwards
Castleton
Buffalo
Watervliet Lodge
BPO
Alany
Utica
Hawking Stadium
Mro
Petrie
Peter
Lake George
Squires
Knights of Columbus
Plens
J_ Atoxvd Smith
Dudley BD. Smith
Third Avenue
Capigin
Ward
Smith
Signal Corps of the Army
Fart Monmouth
X. F
Camp Crowder
Watervlce
Norman O'Melia
Water- View
Kenneth O'Melia
Cherbourg
O'mélia
Pat
George O Melia
Aly
Frank O'Melis
Pvt
Lawrence O'Melia
105Th, Infantry
Troy Terminal
Vermont
Vermont Trontt
Uitton Ber
Benting
Rutland
Burtington
Lisia AM
PALSB
Roney
Boxer’s Susumer Store
Futon ST
Ireaan
Liert
John LaPan
Clatherte
Perenta
Airs
Fiensy S&s
Blanche Surka
Bennington
Albert Lewis
Stanley Sruka
Stephen Labianowski
Hedges Lake
Francis Gallagher
Francis A Gallagher
France
John J. Sradiey
Nathaniel Bradiey
Catherine Sradiey
Zita Bradiey
River Street
Army
Hoosick
Kiwamis
Aram K. Zetevetan
Kiwanis
Hendrick Hudson
Zetevetan
Anatolia College
Turkey
Intelligace
British Army of Occupation
Europe
Middle East
Massachusetts University Extension
United Nations’ Association
Zeleveian
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Flushing Meadows
Treasure Island
Sally Read
Gullit
Khadim
Shah-Jahan
Troy Lions Club
Brookside Park
West Sand Lake
Frank A. Richter
Bert A. Mollenan
O'Reefe
Mary O'Reefe
Et Street
St Mitenaelg Church
William B. Connell
Charles BE. McCann
William E. Winston
Edward Bailey
Albert Tabor
James A. Barre c
Joseph Messick
St. Peter's Cemetery
Father Connell
Raymond C. Rudd
105Th Infantry
Helen Rudd
Cropseyville
Rudd
Fort McClellan
Hawaii
Guide
Bhadim
Saster
Brother Khadims
Odinovsky
GCM Te Vonette
Fsprvinesg Wave ‘Win Aa
Neranees
AOE
Fur
Mane i Pheer
Chari Beauty
Salge
Third Street
Crarier Orexarre
Syral Boyle
A.ef
Dermes
Capis Raymond& Waltiere
Dover
XNI
Charles Lawrenz
Ottawa
Mahew
Thomas 4
Harris
Warrington Road
Detroit
Earl Gray
Iron Newsner
Gray
John H. Howard
E Bredfard, UL
Howard
Jana
George S. Oakes
Barber
Hampton
Oakes
Capt
Edmund H. Torkieson
Aurora Avenue
Seattle
Wash
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