Watervliet Board Rates 23 Men
The Watervliet Selective Service Board classified 23 men for military service. Labeled groups include 30 to 39 year olds and older draftees, with several named individuals assigned to class B and C. Recipients named include Robert Drom, Bet 3, Czar Peer P. Baws, Dante Kelly, Dominick J. D, and John P. Avery, among others. A few remain to be classified, and six men were placed in group B.
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Sine Mes
Escharree
Watervliet Setective Service Board
Robert
Drom
Bet
Czar Peer P. Baws
Ther
Gitbeank
J. Mietewski
Dante
A. Kelly
Dominick J. D. J. Crecetti
John P. Avery Wert
BAZ
Edwin C. Pounds
Bert F. Cole
Sermon Topics at Watervliet Wesleyan Methodist Tomorrow
Religious notices outline sermons and services at multiple churches in Watervliet and nearby areas. Rev Charles A Dayton leads at First and Third Avenue Methodist churches with various preaching times. Trinity Episcopal and Presbyterian churches offer sermons, Holy Communion, and pulpit guest preachers. Community groups plan meetings and social events, including a Young People Society gathering and a birthday party reception.
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Wesleyan Methodist
Charles A Dayton
Raymond Smith
Ham
Chester Fier
Tae Young Peoples Soccety
Fred Boel
Third Avenue Methodist
Louis E. Barker
First Avenue Methodist
Max C. McCantley
Robert B. Leslie
Beth
First Presbyterian
William J. Clark
Clack
Jermain
Watervliet to honor Sgt D Alessandro in city celebration
A Watervliet ceremony honors Sgt Peter D Alessandro with congressional and official support. Commander Alfred Meneety of Jonn A Patten Post heads the planning committee with Major James FoWaterval presence. Gov Dewey expected, parade to Albany area bands, date to be set after D Alessandro returns from Wellington and receives the Truman award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter D'Alessandro
Congressional
Secaaf
Watervliet
Alfred C. Meneety
Jonn A Patten Post
American Legion
Cnsirmas
James F. i
Waterviter
Thomas A Dewey
Albany
D'Alessandro
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Wellington
Mass Schedules and Obituary From Watervliet
Watervliet area church notices list multiple mass times for Rev. Carey Hanrahan Chrystum Scorzesu and Nappa Palme at St Patrick's Our Lady of Mercy and Sacred Heart of Mary. The Rosary Society and Holy Angels Sodality plan Holy Communion. An obituary notes the funeral of Mrs Margaret Mearsen and family details with references to Albany Rural Cemetery and St Patrick's Church. J Sergeant VanLeuren returned from duty in England after 21 months with the Eighth Air Force.
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St. Patrick's
John C. Carey
The
Rosary Society
Bridget’s
James P. Hanrahan
Mary Immaculate ‘Sodality
Nicholas
Our Lady of
Pers Sal Sei
Michall W. van Leuren
Eights Avenue
Octatti Grove
VanLeuren
United States
Eighth Air Force
England
Margaret Mearsen
George XN. Hkehr
Shexer Ford
Ivan H. Bail
Trinity Episcopal
Elizabeth Brown
Floren Mores
Martin O'Brien
Cohoes
St. Patrick's Church
Parker Brothers
Patrick’s
Masant
St. Patrick Cemetery
Watervliet Plans to Buy Three Pumps for City Water System
The Watervliet council approved a bid to purchase three pumps from Turbine Environment Company via a two-unit contract. The project covers replacing old pumps, upgrading motor drives, and removing existing pumps and foundations. Bids were opened July 3, with some firms rejected for noncompliance. recommendations came from the manager and consulting engineers.
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Water ‘ ’Council
Staines
HR. B. Wing Son
BB. Kineey &Rms
Frank Mahar
Mraneger
Holroyd and
Kies
Veterans Find Hobby In Stamps at Birmingham Hospital
Veterans recovering from war injuries take up stamp collecting as therapeutic activity. Birmingham servicemen clubs host weekly sessions with experts from Southern California clubs offering tips on stamp values. Celebrity support boosts the program with Adolphe Menjou and others volunteering. Miss Alfie McVicker of North Hollywood directs the national Stamps for the Wounded effort.
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Todey
Birmingham
Birmingham Boys
Moke State
Adolphe Menjou
Dapper Menjou
Alfie McVicker
North Hollywood
Cal
Once Busy Fighter Base Loses Bustle
Bury England base once a key Eighth Air Force fighter hub lies idle with unused equipment and few personnel. Veterans recount dull routine, planes grounded, and a loss of wartime purpose as crews recall intense missions and shifted duties.
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Bury
St. Edmunds
England
Hosiegston Airdromie
Bsth
Eighth Air Force
oSteer
James Rutland
Ray Roesch
Gerald W. Fine
Geouge
Eugene Mu
New York City
Wick Kens
James Neafsey
Bertel Granskog
Obituaries and funerals in Albany area notices
Funeral notices and obituaries for Mrs Mary Ellen Dempsey and relatives from Cambridge Albany area include services at 9 a m and 9 30 a m at St Theresa s and St Patrick s Cambridge. Also listed are memorials for Alexander Luke Mrs Susan Lamoreux Coonley Carrie Hydorn Grover Derby Mrs Loyena Givens Donald W Wilcox and others with service times and burial plans across Cambridge Troy Hoosick and Albany area funeral homes. Surviving family names include Dempsey Luke Lamoreux Hydorn Bernard Coonley Wilkinson Kane and others with church and cemetery details.
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Mary Dempsey
Mary Ellen Dempsey
Camebridge
Oe Diey Beattie
Norwood Avenues
Albany
St. Theresa’s Church
St Theresa's Church
Ros
Wiliam A. Jones
Mary “A. Dempser
Daniel Early
Cambridge
Ajro
Alexander Luke
George Semund
North Hoosick
Melvin R. McGaughey
Methodist Church
Hoosick Ating
Luke
Ireland
Hoosick
Ethel Speidel
Schenectady
Gordon
Jamies Luke
Saxon Counley
Susan Lamareux Coonley
Mary McClean Hospital
Bethlehem
Albany County
Willem J. Lamoreux
Emgucy Methodist Church
Phoebe i Lamoreux
South Bethlehem
Dp. H. Crow
Ravens
George Lamoreux
William J. Lamoreau
Feura Bush
Spurr
C.franklin Swan
First Baptist Church
Carrie F. Hydorn
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Francis and
Angeline Daniels Hydorn
Tottenville
Mary E. Hydorn
Fifth Avenue
Frank A. Hydorn
Vineland
N. J
Clark and Glake Memorial
Fiver Street
Oakwood Cemetery
Francis Maguire
C. J. Cote
Second Street
St. Mary's Church
Joseph PB. Kelly
Joseph B. Dillon
George H. Moran
Joseph R. Brooks
Augustus ©. Hubert
Michael J. Casto
St. Jean's Cemetery
Grover Derby
Pittsfeld
Masa
Fred Shaw
Berlin
Charles James
Hoosick Falls
Hancock
Mass
Pittsfield
Hancock Cemetery
Givens
Loyena Givens
Elsie Kane
Troy Deftrestville
Rovd
John Gass
St Pauls Episcopal Church
Wiliam C. Bosswell
James Carthoys
Augustus Z. Buesser
Stanley Podeswa
James Cassidy
Earl Witker
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Mr. Wilcox
Donald W. Wilcox
Clark and Blake Memorial
Liz River
Ernest F. Tripp
St Mark's Methodist
Frank LePlante
Wiliam Watson
Millard W. Littlefield
Kenneth,Simmons
John Datt
Fredericki Snepard
Japan to return Timor to Portugal under demand
San Francisco Domei News Agency says the Japanese government will return Portuguese Timor to Portugal in compliance with Lisbon's request. Timor is an East Indies island with eastern half under Portugal and western half under the Netherlands. The Dutch held the island sequence since the 17th century.
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San Francisco
Comei
Portuguese Timor
Portugal
Timor
East Indies
Australia
Netherlands
Domei
Pabruzzy
Penicillin May Aid Fight On Leprosy
Leprosy experts plan trials of penicillin and a new drug as yet in the experimental stage to treat leprosy. Dr Figuerido notes Bombay hosts about 2000 lepers and 400 in public areas. treatment advances exist though no cure. An agricultural colony near Bombay is proposed to house 1000 patients as overcrowding persists at Acsworth leprosarium.
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Bombay
Pew
Figuerda
Miguerdo
Figuerido
India
Figueredq
Acsworth Leprosarium
Jap Prisoners Freed to Hunt Stragglers
Marine Maj. Gen. Henry N. Lar leen announced that a large group of Japanese prisoners on Guam have been released under safe conduct to hunt stragglers believed to number more than 200. An officer who volunteered to organize the roundup aided in surrender efforts after the emperor's defeat speech.
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Guam
Henry N. Larleen
Yoder Slenderaite
Lawson
Srender
Guewe
Dapan
Larsen
Bicycle Makers See Peace Boom
New York UM American bicycle makers plan a postwar boom comparable to 1899 levels as civilian production surges. Industry forecasts reach over 2 million bicycles in the first unrestricted civilian year, with strong demand from children and adults alike and a return to peacetime growth after war constraints eased.
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New York
IHZ
G. S. Staunton
Eclipse Machine Division
Bendix Aviation Corp
Staunton
America
Deey
United States
Navy Air Unit Bags Many Jap Ships in Pacific Action
The article profiles the Fairwing 17 naval air wing under Capt. C B. Jones based in Coronado California. It notes the unit has sunk 23 Japanese merchant ships totaling 114 800 tons in seven months and credits Lt Cmdr. Whitney Wright with a Navy Cross and Purple Heart after 167 days of combat across two tours. It also recounts rescue efforts by Lt William Lyle and the crew of an Alloy Liberator.
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Philippines
Navy
Fleet Air Wing
China
Army
C B. Jones
Coronado
Cal
Pacific
iDith
Sqadron
Cmdr
Whitney Wright
Hyde Park
Mass
Pearl Harbor
Storj
Ns Squadron
Wright
William Lyle
Los Angeles
Jolly Rogers
Canton
Philip‘pines
Lyle
Near West Carolina
Larmys 6Th
St. Paul
Allemands
New Orleans
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Watervliet Board
Beacon Light Mission
Barry N. van Antwerp
Luman Lipperty
Enm Street
Cohoes Road
Pet
Henry Onte Marx Kush
Gt James Roberts
Sf Us
William Neiles, Jr
Nineteenth Street
Marie
Gecenheiner
Dasces
Edward Neband
Timothy Garry
Norfolk
Gatea
Gierdol
Garits
Edward O'Ney
Xeiles
Merola
Congress St
A. Merola, Prop
National Bank
BasOce
Telephone
Watervliet 608
Burnaee, Corporatio
Funny
D’ Alessandro
Andrew P. Chrystum Lasses
Holy Angels’ Sodality
Ome Uon
Philatelic
Hed Cross Recreation Program
Eats
Birs
George Russell
George Fussell
Old Mill Hil
Tony Hiness
Saranac Lake
13Th Augustine's Church
Maud Tague
Delis Tague
Jeremiah
Lucy Russell
Edward Russell
Valeda Kenny
Wilmer Tague
Waterford
Edward
Prank
Tague
Florence Bernard
Florence Davignon Bernard
Oliver Bernard
Memorial Hospital
Orange
Coloes
East Orange
Delis Boivin
Arthur Sausville
Stanley Abieti
Land
Lillian Contors
Latham Land
Fred J. Davis
A. G. Boivin
Sons
Congress Street
Louise Berryman
Louise Persian
Petererburg
Portsmouth
Petersburg
David Berryman
Maurice Vincent
David Berryman, Jr
Janette Shepherd
Shepherd
Barber Funeral Home
William Garner
All Saints’ Church
Fanerel
Maguire
Japan
Rsd
Third ST
Congres St
Navy Air Unit
Edward J Quik
Mer
Fifth Ave
Tey
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