Three Named For Jobs in City Schools
Troy Board of Education announced yesterday three appointees to janitor and custodian posts in city schools. Meuries J. Kelly of Fourth Street and Benest Gratton of 119 Wister Street were named janitors Grade 2 starting September 1, each paid 1500 dollars annually. Gratton previously held School 15 post. Kelly previously served at Sebeol 2. James A. Davis of 33 Sixth Avenue was named janitor Grade 1 in the public schools. Further assignments and transfers will be announced later in the month to accommodate new appointments.
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Troy
Gratton
Winter Street
Kelly
Sixth Avenue
Turkey Seen as Storm Center by German Press
Völkischer Beobachter warned that if events proceed, Turkey could become a major storm center. The paper said Germany gave no cause for Turkey's rupture of relations and criticized Allied moves to drag Turkey into the war. Other German papers echoed the view, noting Allied aims to draw Turkey in.
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London
UPI
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer
Beobachter
Turkey
Germany
DXB
Visit of Cossaguna Pvt A M LeMaire to Nelson Sloan
Cossaguna Pvt A M LeMaire of Alaska is visiting Nelson Sloan, according to local notes. The meeting highlights a brief personal visit between the two figures and their shared community ties.
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Cossaguna Pvt. A. M
Wounded Private Wilmot Wounded in France June 23
Wounded Pvt Howard Wilmot son of Mr and Mrs Earl Wilmot of 68 Oakwood Ave was wounded in action June 23 in France per War Department telegram. He says wounds are slight and he is in a replacement center after serving since Sept 1 1943 with invasion forces that captured Cherbourg. He has a brother in service in the Navy at Sampson and both families previously worked at General Electric plants.
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Howard
Wilmot
Earl H. Wilmot
Oakwood Avenue
France
War Department
Cherbourg
Navy
Sampson
Troy High School
General Electric Co
G. E
Schenectady
Record Newspapers
Ash Tray From Anti-Aircraft Shell Crafted By Private Marano
Pvt. Joseph J. Marano of 797 Fifth Avenue serves as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Corps in New Guinea. He turns war materiel into keepsakes, sending home an ash tray made from a shot base and a 50 caliber shell, with a miniature P-38 crafted from shell parts. He also sent a crystal heart with carved emblems and a note for his mother. He enlisted in 1952 and has been in New Guinea about four months. a brother Vincent serves in the Navy at Sampson.
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Joseph J. Marano
Joseph Marano
Fifth Avenue
Thn Army Air Corps
New Guinea
Ain -Asother
Marano
Vincent Marano
Sampson
Mayor Receives Funds for Playsite Project
Julia Bizz, chair of the Ward committee, turned over to Mayor John J. Akern a fund raised to develop a playsite at the public market. The money will go to the Recreation Department to purchase facilities. Work by Public Works began clearing the site, but power shortages push completion to next summer for a playground opening in 1825.
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Julia Bizz
John J. Akern
Department of Public Works
Four Soldiers Listed as Missing in Action
Four Troy district men were among the 1,298 soldiers missing in action named in a War Department casualty report. All four were reported missing in the European area. Names include Sergeant Gilbert Brockway, 2346 Seventeenth Street. Tech Fifth Grade William J Murphy, 239 Taird Avenue Watervliet. Lieutenant Leonard J Schaliehn of Saratoga Springs. and Private Joseph F Winney of Saratoga Springs Granite Street.
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Troy District
Sarg. Gilber
Brockwayy
Howard W. Brockway
Seventeenth Street
Tech
William J. Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Taird Avenue
Waterviier
Leonard Jd. Schaliehn
Mary A. Schaliehn
Russell Street
Saratoge Springs
Joseph F. Winney
Harrison B. Winney
Granite
Saratoga Springs
Local notes from Eagle Mills and surrounding towns
Overnight and weekend visits populate Eagle Mills area as residents travel to Boston and Lake Champlain. Furlough details for Corporal Arthur Cipperly from Sicily and Italy noted along with church and charity events. A food sale and Women’s Society picnic are scheduled, with rain plans and venue changes listed, plus a minor injury report from a highway department flagger incident.
Wounded in France Pvt Dayton S Sandholt
Pvt Dayton S Sandholt son of Mrs Kathryn B Sandholt of 255 Fifth Avenue and the late Samuel Sandholt was wounded in France June 23 per a War Department telegram. He is recovering at an Army hospital where he attends movie shows. A Lansingburg High School graduate in 1943, he enlisted August 1943, trained at Camp Graber Ohio, served overseas since last Easter, and previously worked for Coca Cola Bottling Co.
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S. Sandholt
Kathryn. B. Sandholt
Fifth Avenue
Samuel Sandholt
War Department
Army Hospital
Sandholt
Lansingburg High School
Camp Graber
Ohio
Cota Cola Bottling Co
Wounded Lieutenant Vincent D Sheeran Receives Purple Heart
Lieutenant Vincent D Sheeran, lauded for capturing seventy German prisoners in France, is wounded in action and awarded the Purple Heart. His mother, Mrs. Anna J Sheeran, reports shrapnel wounds in one leg. He describes a mass interrupted by shellfire and a miraculous calm among his unit.
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Vincent
D Sheeran
Scion
France
Anna J. Sheeran
Third Street
War
Murphy
Christ
Sheeran
Camp Rotary hosts Eagles at David's Lake picnic
Members of the Eagles group including Mrs. Lynne and several named attendees are at Camp Rotary this week on David's Lake. The next meeting is set for Tuesday August 45 at 2 pm at Pris cilla and Lois Trumble’s home. Navy couple Mr and Mrs Aubrey Gibson plan to leave for Savannah after joining the St Simon Island trip. Church picnic plans unite Sunday Schools from Church of Christ and Methodist Church for an afternoon event at Carroll's Grove off Hoosick Road above Gilead Lutheran Church on Saturday August 12 with Supt Forrest Patrie in charge.
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Link
Isome
Lynne
Ann Darrow
Eva
Olive Decker
Beverly
Carol Waterfield
Evalyn
Laurie
Birkbeck
Priseilia Trumble
Dorothy
Riegert
Ernestine Albert
Frances
Lynn
Eagles
Camp Rotary
David's Lake
Misser
Priscilla
Lois Trumbie
Aubrey L. Gibson
Gar
Frank L.mccintyre
Naval Air Station
St. Simon Island
Gibson
Naval Training Center
R.pl Ave Gibson
Gay
Will
Savannah
Egaumont
Tex
Mr. Gibson
Port Arthur
Church of Christ
The
Methodist Church
Carroll's Grove
Hoosick Road
Gilead Lutheran Church
Forrest Patrie
Churchs of Christ
Paul Athert
Rober Iveson
John Schriner
Joseph Duncan,Jr
Shushan Notables Attend Local Events and Visits
Shushan residents and visitors attend a range of local happenings. Mrs Alfred Driscoll visits Plattsburg while Lee Marsh, a Navy electrician, spends a short furlough at his Battenkill camp. An investiture of the Boy Scouts of Shushan occurred at Grange Halt Wednesday evening with Rev Robert Brown present. Mrs Jennin Mazuire and Miss Sarah Fleming attended the funeral of Miss Betts McArthur at Greatwich, a former Shushan resident. Mr and Mrs Michael Reynold of Hewitt and New visited friends with Mrs James Hillman of Hudson Falls and Mrs Nolan of Hewitt. they were supper guests of Mr and Mrs George Sutherland.
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Shushan
Alfred Driscoll
Plattsburg
Lee Marsh
Navy
Boy Scouts of
Grange Halt
Robert Brown
Salem
Jennin Mazuire
Sarah Fleming
Betts McArthur
Greatwich
Miss McArthur
Michael Reynold
Hewitt, S.J
New
James Hillman
Hudson Falls
Nolan
Hewitt, SN. 5
George Sutherland
Reynolds
Beth Sutherland
Birthday Greeting From Saipan Sparkles in News Notes
Hoengs Corners Bobby State spent the week at Camp Mohawk. Mrs. Kenneth Jacobin returned from Toledo. Helen Shaw of New York visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Prince. The Mueller family of New York spent the weekend at their home here. Clyde Bassett hosted visitors from Pittshald Aunt and uncle. Eleanor Vincent of New York visited her parents, the Floyd Vincents. Thomas and John Sullivan of Philadelphia visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Turner and Mr Clyde Bassett. Andrew Burke celebrates 62nd birthday with greetings from his four sons who served in Saipan with the 27th New York Division under Liett Cols Andrew and Richard, Capt. Joseph and Tech. Sergi Gerard.
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Hoengs
Bobby State
Camp Mohawk
Kenneth Jacobin
Toledo
Teaver
Helen Shaw
New York
Frank Phnce
Mueller
Bows Basset
Pittshald
Ira
Ciyda Bassett
Eleanor Vincent
Andrew Burke
Saipan
New York Division
Liett
Andrew
Richard
Joseph
Tech
Sergi
Gerard
Polish Patriots Aid in Battle Across Warsaw Streets
A London based Polish radio message says Polish patriots fight German tanks in Warsaw with rifles grenades and bombs. The report claims many enemy strong points were captured as Soviet heavy artillery pounded the capital and troops pushed toward central districts. Patriot units reportedly attacked German headquarters near Polk and foreign office areas.
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Warsaw
Union Ground
London
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Mead Picked to Succeed Truman in Senate Post
Janes St Mead of New York was named to chair the Senate's top investigating committee after Truman resigned to campaign for vice presidency. Mead, 43, rose from Lackawanna Railroad worker to Capitol Police, state assemblyman, and ten-term U.S. representative before his 1938 Senate elevation.
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Washington
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iWer
Janes St. Mead
New York
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Truman
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Mead
Thomas
Mary Jane Mead
Lackawanna
Mt. Mortis
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Lamp Highter
Switchman’s Union
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Congress
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Bulla
Troy Firemen Attend State Convention in Oswego
Four members of Troy Fire Department plan to attend the State Uniformed Firemen's Association convention in Oswego next Monday. Battalion Chief William J. Sharpe, a trustee, heads Local No. 281 with Carl E. Larkin, president of Frog Uniformed Firemen's Association, and delegates Thomas J. Evers and H. Guy Wilson.
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Troy Fire Department
State Uniformed Firemen’s Association
Oswego
William J. Sharpe
Carl E. Larkin
Frog Uniformed Firemen’s Association
Thomas J. Evers
H. Guy Wilson
German War Prisoners Escape From Buffalo Camp
Three German prisoners of war escaped from Letchworth Park internment camp in western New York. FBI special agent John B. Little said officers are searching for Eugene Reisinger 22 Gunther Hannemann 22 and Richard Bleier 22 who cannot talk English and are wearing prisoner of war clothing.
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Buffalo
Letchworth Park
John B. Little
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gece
New York
Eugene Reisinger
Gunther Hannemann
Richard Bleier
FBI
Troy to Publish New City Directory This Year
The Chamber of Commerce plans a city directory after the war, with Bow en publishers handling the project. Delays are likely due to manpower and paper shortages, pushing publication past October. A solemn requiem mass will be held Monday at St Joseph's Church for Pfe. Cornelius R. Abbott, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Abbott.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ateria
Easit
RL. Pots Co
Bowen
Direarucy
Chem Unjal
Tan
Sass
Camis
Josepe
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