Watervliet Chapter Plans Annual Childrens Picnic at Crystal Lake
Villetta Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star organizes the Fairview Home picnic for about forty children from six upwards at Crystal Lake. Activities include swimming, games, free carousel rides, athletic contests with prizes, and a noon chicken dinner served by Averill Park Methodist Church members. Chaperones from Watervliet chapter supervise, with Mrs Helen Robinson and Mrs Jane Bulgieu leading arrangements.
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Fong
Fairview
Watervliet
Villetta
Order of Eastern Star
Crystal Lake
Lake Resort
Averill Park Methodist
Helen Robinson
Jane Bulgieu
Mollie Pitcher Day Planned in Watervliet
Watervliet residents will mark Mollie Pitcher Day with tag sales across city sections. Local volunteers will sell War Bonds and stamps while Mayor Donlon urges public support. similar events are planned in other nearby communities.
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Mollie Pitcher
Bliss Catherine Seaton
Bairman
Donald Hull
Louise Busone
Helen Hurley
Dorothy McBain
Albert Johnston
John Kobut
Port Schuyler
William Baker
Helen Smith
Shirley Goodwin
James F. Donlon
Watervliet
Millie Pitcher
Robert Gardner
Ruth Gardner
Johnston
Watervliet Fathers Warned Of Fall Induction
Watervliet draft officials said October calls likely if the monthly quota matches the prior three months. The 3A classification may be released to permit inductions of pre Pearl Harbor fathers, with supplementary questionnaires and employer notices planned. A separate social note records a bridal shower for Miss Marie Bostick.
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Watervliet
Watervliet Draft Board 346
Washinnngton
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Obituary notices from Troy area deaths and funerals
Obituaries list Mrs. Mass Philomena Lanzillo of 257 Fourth Street and Edward F. Bishop of Troy with details of survivors and funeral plans. Also mentioned are Anna Fetigney, Catherine Donahue Padley, and George E. Greene with burial and service arrangements in local churches and cemeteries.
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Frank Lanzillo
Mass
Philomena Tubello
Fourth Street
Italy
Troy
Patrick Lanzillo
Theresa Lanzillo
George Pratt
Jerry Esposito
James Testo
Louis DeMaris
Josephine Rosetti
Schenectady
Lanzillo
St Anthony’s Church
St. Anthony’s Church
St. Mary's
Edward F. Bishop
Doaw Street
Troy Hospital
St Patrick’s Church
Public Works Department
Edward, F. Bishop
George Trei
Fred Haber
Scranton
George F. McLoughlin & Sons
Sixth Avenue
Anna Fetigney
Burnt Halls
Saratoga Hospital
Crescent
Edmund Petigney
John West
Burnt Hulls
Burnt Hills
Harry J. White
Burnt Hills Methodist Church
Yale Cemetery
Padley
Catherine Donahue Padley
Harry Shoemaker
Saratoga Avenue
Waterford
St. Ambrose Aie | Latham
Daniel F. Cronin
Frank Catricalla
George DeForest
Joseph Downing
Willard Lawrence
John Ring
Joseph Wells
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Watervliet
Father Croni
Wedding Event at St Pauls Evangelical Church Troy
A social gathering at St Pauls Evangelical Church in Troy featured evening games and a prize awarded to Mrs M J Van Buren. Entertainment was by Miss Frances Bratta and Miss Ann Kelly. Guests enjoyed pink and white decorations and a large wedding cake centerpiece. Miss Bostick received many gifts.
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St Paul's Evangelical Church
Troy
M. J. van Buren
Frances Btratta
Ann Kelly
Bostick
Family Plane Forecast for After War
Cessna Aircraft Co plans to shift personnel and facilities to produce a safe affordable family plane. The design targets easy piloting for the average person with auto-like controls and 15 minutes of instruction. It aims for 500 to 600 mile day trips, nationwide landing strips, and price parity with today’s better cars with favorable operating economy.
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Wichita
Kan
INS
Cessna Aircraft Co
Hutchinson
Cessna
Washington
Six Die in Bomber Crash at Charlevoix Airport
Six men died Monday when a two engine Army trainer plane crashed on takeoff from Charlevoix Airport in Charlevoix Michigan. Lieut Col John Evans Davis of Columbus Ohio Capt Wendel Lester of Baytown Texas and civilian Wright Field technician W W Cummins were identified among the dead and high ranking officers from the air forces experimental laboratory were reported as among the victims.
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Baytown
Tex
W. W. Cummins
Solon O
Wright Field
Veteran Barber Proud of Skill After 55 Years
Philadelphia veteran Fred Albers, 74, after 53 years behind the chair, says he has never ducked a customer or snipped an ear and has served governors, senators, and mayors. He moved from Germany at 29, apprenticed in Dover, and estimates 200000 haircuts before planned retirement.
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Philadelphia
VNS
Fred Albers
Fred
Hanover
Germany
Dover
Del
Reynolds
Delaware
Salisbury
Kenny
Steward
Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Kendrick
Philadllphia
Albers
Immanuel Danish Picnic Aids at Pleasantdale Home
The Ladies Aid Society of Immanuel Danish Lutheran Church plans a picnic at Mrs. Victor Osterberg’s Pleasantdale home tomorrow. Rev Seth N Genung and Mrs Genung are vacationing at Thirteenth Lake Lodge North River until August 28.
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Seth N. Genung
Mrs. Genung
Thirteenth Lake Lodge
North River
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Immanuel Danish Lutheran Church
Victor Osterberg
Pleasantdale
Not Vengeful Haile Selassie Writes Pleasure at Duce's Fall
Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie comments on Mussolini's resignation, calling it a step toward international justice. He condemns Fascist crimes, notes postwar accountability, and emphasizes building global institutions to protect small nations. The dispatch recalls Ethiopia's 1935 invasion, exile, and 1941 restoration.
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Haile Selassie
Duce
Ethiopia
United Press
Addis Ababa
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Italy
Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
International Criminal Court
Benito Mussollini
Coal and Wood Dealers to Cut Deliveries
Washington reports the War Manpower Commission ordered coal and wood dealers in labor shortage areas to reduce deliveries to the bone to receive hiring aid. The measures restrict small deliveries of under one ton of coal or one cord of wood, require five days notice, and mandate full truck loads to reduce trips.
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Washington (P
War Manpower Commission
Bone
WMC
Local social news from Schenectady and Southampton actions
Mrs Bernice Clements spent the week end with friends in Schenectady and Granville. Sergt David Smith of the Signal Corps returned to Southampton I N after a week end at his home. Mr and Mrs Frank L Haley entertained at a dinner party honoring their son Seaman Francis Haley. Guests included Edgar Rathbun, Mr and Mrs F B Haley, Robert Potter, Mrs Bernice Clements, Mrs Hazel Graffin, Abe Morgan Jr and others attended the entertainment afterward.
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Bernice Clements
Schenectady
Granville
David Smith
Signal Corps
Southampton
I. I
Frank L. Haley
Seaman Francis Haley
Edgar Rathbun
F. B. Haley
Robbert Potter
Hazel Graffin
Abe Morgan, Jr
Subchasers Record Broken at Portland Shipyard
Commercial Iron Works in Portland surpasses the Navy subchaser production record by launching a vessel every 26 working days. Hull superintendent Jack Smith, a Scotsman, downplays the achievement while a small schedule of launches on the wall marks the pace and historic pace of the plant.
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Portland
Gre
ENS
Commercial Iron Works
Wick Casey
Hull
Jack Smith
Smith
Aiken Says Canada Has Gas Advantage Over U S
Sen George Aiken says New Englanders are outraged by gasoline rationing that favors Canada. He notes Canadians can obtain 15 gallons for fishing trips while the U S restricts fuel, hurting the vacation resort business. He cites U S oil and gas supplies to Canada and mentions Canada’s AA card allows 12 gallons.
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Washington
INS
George Aiken
New England
Canada
United States
Aiken
Three Billions In War Profits Reported Saved
Washington reports renegotiation of contracts cut $3,555,174,000 in excessive profits. Direct savings split as $1,523,748,000 from recovery of excess profits and $2,031,426,000 from price reductions for future deliveries. Army $2,497,400,000 Navy $969,454,000 Maritime commission $88,320,000. The beetle, in proportion to its weight, is the strongest living being.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Maritime Commission
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Mollie
Mothers’ Club of the Sacred Heart of Mary School
George McGregor
Third Avenue
Deborah Reed
Eva Cross
Edward Dupree
Latham
Saratoga
Arthur J. Tracy
Army Camp
Texas
Emma Tracey
Catherine A. Tracey
Seventh Avenue
Elks
Watervliet Lodge of Elks
Sharpe’s Grove
Samuel J. Keegan
George J. Halpin
Martin M. Schant
Maplewood
Maplewood School
Albany County Home Bureau
Martha Whiteley
New York State College of Home Economcs
Jeanne Gorman
Fred Veroich
Canning Demonstration Club
Patrick Barbero
Itate Balo Chinoil Watervliet
Nicholas Squadere
Guy Ligori
Joseph Ruho
Fur. P
War Py.ce
Xyes
Albany
Bureau
Office of Price Administration
J. Cotter Nash
Watervhet
Watervliet Elks
Arehive
John M. Warner
John Warner
Avenue A
Tank Destroyer Officer Candidate School
Camp Hood
Warner
Watervliet High School
General Wilectric Co
Inez Pritchard
Houston
Helen Stratta
Nineteenth Street
Marie Bostick
John Bostick
Eighth Avenue
Eldon Deskins
Kansas
Anna Petigney
the Manufacturers National Bank OF Troy
Franklin Square
Broadway
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Corinth
Corinth, N.Y
George E. Barton
White Bridge
Fred J. Lowe
Fifth Avenue
Manchester
Mr. Barton
Lansingburg
Coal and
Iis
Leo
Ewa Edward. J. Quinn JR
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