Troy youths join Army Air Force flight training program
Roy Shudt reports that at Maxwell Field Alabama six Troy boys enroll in the third phase of pilot training at Pre-Flight School. They will receive nine weeks of physical military and academic instruction before beginning actual flight training at primary schools in the Army Air Forces southeast training center. Names include Paul Jensen John McFadden John Prout Ray Sowalski Ken Timmerman and Walt Willetts with family details. Additional notes cover Joe Einhorn Bill Miller Nick Lenner Pvt Art Tripp Ed Rybaltowski Jack Roberts Don Hastings Judgy O’Meara Patrick Hubbard and Bob Smith in various service assignments and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Army In Force
Maxwell Field
Ala
Army Air Force
Southeast Training Center
Paul Jensen
Eighth Avenue
John McFadden
River Street
John Prout
Fourth Avenue
Ray Sowalskie
Tenth Street
Ken Timmerman
Ied Tibbits
Walt Willetts
Pawling
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
ED Rybaltowski
Jack
Camp Croft
8. C
Don Hastings
D. C
Brooklyn
Jersey
Don
Isabel Prentiss
Marines to platoon sergeant and other wartime leaves
A roll of local servicemen updates include Bob Smith of Averill Park son of Frederick and Mrs Smith who enlisted in 1940. Sylvester Flanagan an Irish musician transferred from tank destroyers to Field Artillery. Joe Alexander home on ten day leave after boot training. Tim Sweeney a petty officer on duty in the Aleutians. Don Dupuis back from leave en route to Chicago. Jimmy Noonan with chemical warfare unit in Georgia. John Froh Howard Akin and Pete Spiak noted. Ella Worth Fones and John Golden radio operator mechanics ready for bomber crew. Rodney Millard called to active Marine duty at Parris Island. Leyton Hewitt graduated at Fort Crook. Morris Swartz cites 600 Fort Miles volunteers harvesting beans, Charlie Connell among them. Beatrice Wheatley enlists in WAVES. Nick Nizinkirck on furlough from Camp Gordon. Ed Carley tours London monuments with Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Einhorn
Albany
Troy
Camp Seibert
Aladee
Rose Weinberg
Bill Miller
Springfield College
Massachusetts
Nashville
New York
Art Tripp
Medical Corps
Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island
Sylvester Flanagan
South End
North Camp Hood
Tex
Field Artillery
Fort Jackson
Sylvester
Patrick Flanagan
Second Street
Sampson
Joe Alexander
Alice Coler
Rose Alexander
Seventh Avenue
Betty Blake
Putnam Street
Schenectady
Tim Sweeney
Troy Boys’ Club
Washington Park
Tim
Aleutians
Don Dupuis
Aviation Ordnance
Dolores Noonan
Alfred O. Dupuis
Broadway
Watervliet
Don
Jacksonville
Fla
Chicago
Pfc
Jimmy Noonan
James P. Noonan
Herbert Smart Airfield
Macon
John Froh
Ohn
Frith
Howard Akin
Eleanor
Stillwater
Pete Spiak
Harrison Spiak
Army Air Force
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ellaworth Fones
Louis E. Fones
Sixth Avenue
John Golden
Amelia Golden
Third Avenue
Rodney Millard
Earl Millard
Eighth Street
Parris Island
S. C
Fort Crook
Neb
Leyton Hewitt
Petersburg
Ordnance Automotive School
Morris Swartz
Fort Miles
Del
Charlie Connell
Hesse’s. 1
Beatrice Wheatley
H. Wheatley
Fifth Avenue
Hunter College
Bronx
Bea
Troy High
Trey
Cluett- Peabody's
Sergt
Nick Nizinkirck
Peter Nizinkirck
R. D
Nick
Camp Gordon
Fragmented clue list hints at archaic crossword style
A garbled OCR fragment presents a list of cryptic style clues with partial entries such as Mother of the God, Highest card, Hebrew God, Pours of, egg drink, duck, and other scattered terms. The text appears as a puzzle or glossary extract lacking coherent narrative or full entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aes
London tour echoes in palace sights and bombed area visit
In a reported tour, Ed visits iconic sites including No 10 Downing Street, Whitehall ministries, Parliament, and Big Ben, while in London a bombed City area visit leaves him impressed. In California and Texas, servicemen Eldridge, Bonesteel, Grace, and La Fleur receive promotions or transfers, with furloughs and assignments noted across multiple bases. A 1940 Chunking price spike is also mentioned, signaling wartime controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lam Palace
Downing Street
Whitehall
Big Ben
London
Santa Monica
Cal
John Eldridge
Robert C. Eldridge
Stephentown
Johnny
Anderson School
Los Angeles
Camp Bowie
Tex
Clyde Bonesteel
Charles Bonesteel
Bill Grace
Timothy F. Grace
Viall Avenue
Mechanicville
William Northern Army Air Field
Tullaboroa
Tenn
Bill
West Virginia Paper and Pulp Co
Tom Fitzpatrick
Camp McCain
Miss
James Fitzpatrick
Tyler Street
Whitehall Engagement and Service News Across Town
Whitehall details engagements and military promotions include Margaret Greenough to Corp. Wr. Francis Nichols, Clare Sawyer’s lieutenant promotion in the Navy Air Force, and De Sales Keys aboard a hospital ship. Also noted is Cadet Josepth Latino joining Army Air Force Pre-flight near Montgomery and a Good Samaritan robbery in Cleveland with bystanders未 assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Greenough
Margaret
Corp
Francis Nichols
Charles Nichols
George King
James
Anne
Wellsville
South Pacific
Joseph Keys
de Sales Keys
Pacific
Joseph J. Latino
Constatine Latino
Army Air Force
Montgomery
Ala
Latino
Cortland State Teachers College
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Roy Shudt
Ruth Pratt
218
Third Street
Art
Armored School
Fort Knox
Mann’s
Fulton Street
Canada
GMADA
Marines
Bob
Averill Park
Central School
Frederick Smith
Faith Mills, Inc
Actual
Combat Training Corp
ED Carley
Oakwood Avenue
American Red Cross
Bucking
America
W.H. Bumstead, Inc
Chevrolet Sales and Service
Congress ST
Sixth Ave
Fay
Palestine City
Alaska
Ireland
Dover
Operatis
S—Expect
S—Herbd Cai t—Indiap
Astral H-Medieltdl
Hradland
Ventured
Bill Browne
Fort Benning
Bus Anderson
Amarillo
Art LA Fleur
Alice la Fleur
First Street
John Mileon
Camp Carson
Col
Army Air Base
Pocatello
Ida
John Dunne
ED Ormsby
Camp Cooke
Robert Ormsby
107Th Street
ED Dalton
Camp Swift, Tex
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Erwin Brewster
Lake Lauderdale
Mary Harcourt Bradley
North Hudson Avenue
Lyman A. Talman
Schoonmaker Memorial Presbyterian Church
Harvey W. Choliar
Stillwater Union Cemetery
George Gurney
Andrew Pohl
William McDermott
Earl G. Hayner
Collins Becker
Arthur C. Yarter
Chunking
China
By Paul Ford
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Jake
Tropics
Meded
Victor Herser
Frears Boys’ Store
Curron St, See
Frears
Vicuna
Park Avenue
Vienna
Kenwood
Faribo Mills
Lebanon Mills
Krm
Orerive
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