WME Booklet Helps Veterans Seek Civilian Jobs
Washington reports a new six page Government booklet titled Job Families created with Army input to guide veterans into civilian roles matching military skills. The War Manpower Commission releases the publication for distribution through USES offices and regional centers to aid discharged service members in finding related civilian work such as testing equipment operator and gunsmith roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
War Manpower Commission
WMC
U. S. Employment Service
John Jones
Civision
Local residents noted in illness and visits across towns
Shushan William Getty is ill at his home here. Mrs Belle Wilson of Hebron visited at the home of Mr and Mrs George Hubbard. Mrs Alfred Driscoll Priscille and Bobbie Driscoll returned from two weeks with friends in Plattsburg. Mrs Harry Thomas returned to Rochester Wednesday. She was accompanied to Troy by Miss Ella Scott. Mrs Bertha Schuyler of Albany is staying with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Graham Sutherland in Anequassicoke. Miss Mary Foley and John Meinaid of Philadelphia were guests of Bliss Florence Gilchrest at the Gilchrest home. Mr and Mrs Frederick Knapp and daughters Leah and Schryl of Bellows Falls Vi are weeklong guests of Mr and Mrs Vanerson McLenahan in Anequassicoke. Thomas Armstrong seaman second class of Bayonne and Robert Boice seaman second class of Sampaca naval training station spent the weekend at home. South Cambridge John Wads is a patient at McClellan Hospital. Miss Lillian Heshman of Albany is the guest of Miss Grate Harrington. Mrs Joan Butkus and son Wayne of Portland Ore are guests of Mrs Frank Rogers. Mrs James D Austin and son Gary James and Miss Audria Bassett returned from Saratoga Lake. Lieut Charlotte Krause has arrived safely in England per word to Mrs Frank Sawtelle. Philip Woodmansee of Texas and Miss Thelma Woodmangee of Brooklyn Methodist Hospital were guests last week of Leon and Francis Van Orman and Mrs Richard Albergine and daughter Camilla of Hoosick Falls staying with Mr and Mrs John J Gannon. Alberine left to enter service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shushan William Getty
Belle Wilson
Hebron
George Hubbard
Alfred Driscoll
Priscille
Bobbie Driscoll
Plattsburg
Harry Thomas
Rochester
Troy
Ella Scott
Bertha Schuyler
Albany
Graham Sutherland
Anequassicoke
Mary Foley
John Meinaid
Philadelphia
Bliss Florence
Gilchrest
Clifford Gilchrest
Frederick Knapp
Leah and
Schryl
Bellows Falls
Vanerson McLenahan
Anaquassicoke
Thomas Armetrong
Bayomne
Robert Boice
Naval Training Station
Sampaca
Joan Butkus
Wayne
Portland
Ore
Frank Rogers
James D. Austin
Gary James
Audria Bassett
Saratoge Lake
Frank Sawtelle
Charlotte Krause
England
Pri Philip Woodmansee
Texas
Thelma Woodmangee
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Leon
Francis van Orman
Richard Albergine
Roberts
Camilla
Hoosick Falls
John J. Gannon
Albergine
Germans Use Flame Throwers in Warsaw
German forces employ flamethrowers to screen assaults on Warsaw as Polish underground units report shelling of the Vistula west bank between Portatowski Bridge and the Danzig rail line. The bulletin notes a German advance into the Stawk district near the railway, with underground troops repelling center Warsaw attacks and making minor gains in the northern Zottbors district.
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Warsaw
London
Bor
Anié
Vistula
Portatowski Bridge
Danzig
Stawk
Zottbors
Stillwater Scouts Return From Camp Saratage
Stillwater Boy Scouts Troop No. 35 led by Richard Tatro and William Talmadge spent a week at Camp Saratage near Witton. Other locals William Sheridan and William Sheesar returned from furloughs or home visits. Everett Herdard and George Bradshaw families also came home after vacations at Cosayuma and Thousand Islands Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tatro
Robert McClements
Wiliam Talmadge
John Ford
Richard Sherman
Raymond Miter
Stillwater Boy Scouts Troop No. 35
Camp
Saratage
Witton
Rerson
Wiliam T. Sheesar
Pine Camp
Secord
William Sheridan
Quantica
Everett Herdardson
Cosayuma
George Bradshaw Ee
Thousand Islands
Caneda
Big Inch Oil Pipe Line Enters Second Year
The Big Inch oil pipeline from Longview Texas to the New York Philadelphia area begins its second year of operation. Harold Ickes announced the 1383 mile, $300000 project has delivered 96.7 million barrels of crude oil, doing 23.03 tanker earnings per day. Ickes said it helped supply Allied forces in the Mediterranean and European theaters and prevented potential oil shortages along the Atlantic Seaboard.
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Washington G
Longview
Tex
New York-Philadelphia
Harold L. Ickes
Hne
neGuie. Iches
United Nations
Jekes
Texas
Retin
Jantic Seaboard
Military kinship notes from Whitehall and nearby
Numerous hometown service family visits are reported. Names include Mrs. James Edmonds, Pay Beier Gordon, Harsld Martel, James Twyman, Matthew Mastrovich, LeRoy Gordon, Harry Hughes, Royal Bebo, William I. Aiken, Rachael Ryan, William M. Stewart, Sister Mary Laurena, William E. Jackson, Joseph E. Gordon, Gerald Ross, Petty Oliver Ross, Frank I. Gregory, Donald Lee Anished. Locations named include Whitehall streets and nearby towns. several relatives serve in Army Navy Coast Guard and Marine units with furloughs, discharges and station changes noted.
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Fhitehall
James Edmonds
Matthew Mastrovich
LeRoy Gordon
Harry Hughes
J. E. Hughes
Syracuse
Royal Bebo
Corp
William I. Aikena
Coast Guard
Rotary Club
New Arlington Hotel
Rachael Ryan
Washington, D. C
Mire
Edgar LaFrance
Adams Street
William M. Stewart
Claude ‘Stewart
Maple Street
Amerila Army Air Field
Amerilia
Tex
Mary Laurena
St. Paul
Sergi
Wiliam E. Jackson
Mable Jackson
Williams Street
Fort Devens
Mass
Fort Custer
Mich
Massachusetts Camp
South Pacific
Sergt
Joseph E. Gordon
Coast Artillery
Joseph Gordon
States
Fort McDoweall
Cal
Pearl Harbor
Gerald Ross
Navy
Anthony Ross
Petty Oxiver Ross
Marshallsand
Gilbert Islands
Frank I. Gregory
Madison
Conn
Veterans’ Hospital
Newington
Whitehall
Connecticut
Donald Lee
U. & Naval Training Station
Sampson
New York
Eugene Lee
First Avenue
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WME
Washington
V. F. W. Clamsteam
Trojan Post
Post
Glen Avenue
John J. Connolly
Helen Bateman
Cochairman
Sarah Greeley
Henry E. Fleming
George W. McCune
Helen M Howe
Willam J. McCracken
John DeLap
Odell
the Odell Company, Inc
Newark
South Cambridge
John Wads
McClellan Hospital
Lillian Heshman
Grate Harrington
America
Bakers of
Arbenser‘Busch Mannufactures
Budweiser
Atu
Peterman
Asd
The
Huyek Mills
Frears
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New
York, Ohio
Carolina
Minnesota
Tennessee
Weel
Kenwood
North Star
Nashuas
Nashua
Faribault Mills
PTL, Furr
Chatham
Lady Pepperell
Searewatey
Castle Bower
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