Watervliet Paratrooper Freed After D Day Capture
Corporal William J. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Murphy, was listed missing in action since D-Day and later reported safe. He recounts landing with the first wave in France, being wounded and captured by Germans, then held in a French hospital before Allied forces recaptured it and sent him to England. A Lasalle Institute graduate and Behr Manning employee, Murphy has served two and a half years, with six months in England. Home Bureau officers announce a program planning conference at Pitts House in Latham, with Vera Cavlum and county officers attending.
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England
Corp
William J. Murphy
Thomas D. Murphy
Third Avenue
Watervllet
France
Murphy
LaSalle Institute
Behr Manning Corp
Commissioned Second Lieutenant Edward J. Grenchus
Edward J. Grenchus aged 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grenchus of Watervliet, was commissioned second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at Turner Field, Albany. He is now assigned to Westover Field for B-24 Liberator flight training and overseas service. A Catholic Central High School graduate, his brother Paul has spent two years overseas in England. Grenchus entered the Air Corps in 1942 after leaving American Locomotive Co. of Schenectady.
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Edward J. Grenchus
Peter-Grenchus
Sixth Avenue
Watervliet
Army Air Corps
Turner Field
Albany
Grenchus
Westover Field
Mass
Catholic Central High School
Pfc
Paul Grenchus
England
Grendhus
Air Corps
American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
Watervliet Nazi prisoner story underscores space limits on capture
Watervliet Sergeant John T. Reilly recounts capturing 50 German prisoners on the Italian front in a single reconnaissance car. He notes Germans surrendered without resistance, and space constraints prevented taking more, with two pistols and hunting knives among the items seized. The tale was shared with his wife and sister.
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John T. Reilly
Water
Liet
Ave
Army
Shirley K. Reilly
Jean
Broadway
Waterriiet
Reilly
Watervliet Arsenal
Purple Heart Awarded to Pvt John Genthner for Wounds in France
War Department announces Pvt John Genthner of 31 Third Ave Watervliet received the Purple Heart for wounds in France on August 3. He joined in June 393 and has been overseas two months. His wife Mrs Leona, and mother Mrs Mary A Breen are at the same Watervliet address. He is convalescing or awaiting reassignment next week.
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John J. Genthoer
France
War Department
Leona. Genthner
Third
Mary AL Breen
John Genthner
Setsite
Allegheny Lad. Steel Corp
Edwin P. Walsh
Twenty-third Street
Adirondacks
C. E. Watkins
Nancy
Highth Avenue
Law's Island
Lake Champlein
Mary Blanchard
Third Avenue
Janet R. Gallagher
Second Avenue
Sampson
Myra
Helen Gallagher
John
James
Round Lake visits and local society notes
Round Lake family visits include Mr and Mrs Robert Baird returning from Sehroun Lake and Mrs Clifford Arras with son Richard leaving for Lake Pleasant. Mrs Eugene L Stowell of Rochester and Mau Moore of Saratoga Springs called on Mrs J Victor Galler. The Woman's Society of Christian Service holds an annual picnic at Collins Terrace with supper at 5 pm and guests to bring covered dishes and their own service. Also reported is a humorous note about a chicken returning home after being tied to a cart and a theft incident involving another chicken.
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Robert Baird
Sehroun Lake
Clifford Arras
Richard
Lake Pleasant
Eugene L. Stowell
Rochester
Mauo Moore
Saratoga Springs
J. Victor
Galler
Percy Templeton and Son
Arthur Templeton
Brooklyn
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Collins Terrace
Deaths Fill Albany Region Obituary Notes
A string of obituaries from Albany area hospitals and towns lists Marion Louise Fellows of Round Lake, Henry J. Roberts of Troy, Mary Young of West Rutland, Patrick G. McGuirk of Hudson Falls, Mary J. Martin of Troy, Kathleen Gay Wood of Whitehall, Joan Landsborough Waterford, Alfred G. Tourg of Troy, and Mrs. Henry Morin of Whitehall among the deceased. The notices describe birthplaces, family survivors, parish and organizational ties, funeral arrangements, and interment details, with services held in churches and rural cemeteries across the region. The names, affiliations, and burial sites anchor the regional mourning notices.
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Patrick C. McGuirke
Patrick G. McGuirk
Parry Street
Hudson’ Falls
Board of Education
Fort Edward
Hudson Fall
McGuirk
Sandy Hill
St Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Hudson Falls
Mary J. Martin
Albany
Troy
St. Augustine's Church
Alice Erate Frank B. Kuby
Toomas Kuhn
Wiltiam J. Kuhn
Toy
James Penders
Watervliet
Glen Wood
Whitehall
James Mocrow
Sunde
Patty Linn Wood
Greenmount Cemetery
Whiteoall
Landsborough
Joan W. Lands
First Street
Waterford
Seth W. Genung
Presbyterian-Church of Lansingburg
Meambeta
Beavers
Oakwood Cemetery
Willkie Urges G O P Support in Postwar Conference Efforts
Willkie urged Republicans to back a successful postwar security conference in Washington. He met with John Foster Dulles and planned further talks in Washington with Sen. Arthur Vandenberg and Sen. Warren Austin, then Cordell Hull. Dewey opposes a permanent four power bloc and favored broad participation by small nations.
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Albany
Wendell L. Willkis
John’ Foster Dullés
Gov
Thomas
Dewey
New York
Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Sen
Warren Austin
Vermont
Cordell Hult
bin Dewey
International Security’ Organization
Representa
New York Politicians Debate Dewey Witkie Campaign
A garbled report from New York recounts leaders reacting to Wendey and Witkie's statements about whether Dewey’s campaign would include a ban on talk. The piece suggests Witkie was not prepared to engage momentarily and aligns with Republican presidential nomination dynamics.
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New York
Wendey
Witkie
Scaboolboy’s Small Business Hears New England GOP Talk
Ida Pogatello of American Falls notes Ida Lyman Hor Sey, a school freshman known as Scaboolboy, runs a daily potato base barber shop near Potatello air base offering shoe shines at ten to twenty-five cents with a claimed special cleaner mixture. Horace Greth, Maine gubernatorial candidate, says most of New England will go Republican this fall.
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Scaboolboy
Pogatello
Ida
Lyman Hor Sey
American Falls
Tda
Potatello Air Base
Af Dulles
Sime Wifficx
Horace H. E. Greth
Maine
New England
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Watervliet Elks
Mary A. Foley
Edward J. Foley
Edmund Smith
Mary A. Cummings
Grace E. Foley
Richard V._O Brien
Smith
St. Patrick's Church
Pridsy
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Harvey MacKenzie
Waterviet
Plattsburg
McKenzie
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Rej
First Presbyterian Church
Ella Reilly MacKenzie
John MacKenzie
Whitney Point
Gunton Stroud
Cleveland
Frank E. McCarthy
Johan J. McCarthy
Frank IM. Mulien
John J. Siehan
Clarence SN. Denne
Patrick H. Rogers
St Patrick’s Cemetery
S'em
St Patrick’s Church
George D. McCabe
Francis D. McCabe
Pvt
Purple Heart
Laviz A Gerdner
Frances McDonald
Second
Boy Scouts
First Avenue Methodist
Elmer Hydorn
Mia
Joseph Peters
Eighth Avenues
Frank Peters
Jay Siebturg
Valentine R. Gray
Watervliet Masonic Club
Fergues
Harry A. Willis
Heporta
St Colman’s
Fairview
Watervliet Council
Knights of Columbus
James F. MeMshon
Tony Biehl
Wte
Biehl
Watervliet Civic Chorus
Frank Usaner
Robert Uszner
Therese Catticala
Fife
George A. Baker
McIntyre Hose
Pic
Eleanor M. Service
Wac
Presque Isle
William
Seaman
Casco Bay
Chester Servicr
Civil Service
Water Department
Jim
the Bank
the Manufacturers National Bank. of Troy
Franklin Square
Second Ave
Round Lake
St. Joseph
Ohio
Mise Marion Fellows
Henry J. Roberts
Liberty Street
St Michaels
Canada
Jm. Structural
St Jean Baptiste Church
Evelyni ‘Thibodeau
Beatrix, Roberts
Mira Jenoie Gormley
Thomas Quigley
Paul, Frank
Fred Roberts
C. J. Cote
Second Street
Mary Young
West Rutland
Fred R. Young
Rutland Hospital
St. Bridget’s Church
St. Bridget’s Cemetery
Rutland
Alfred G. Young
Alfred G. Tourg
Eleventh Street
Manning Paper Co
Troy Burns’ Club
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Charles Sheffer
Norwich
Conn
Charles ‘Larchran
Stamford
Command
Willan Young
Boston
Meas
Morris Funeral Home
FitTo Avenue
Seth WN. Genung
Lansingburg
Funerst
Mrs. Morin
Henry Morin
Providence
Holy Cross P Church
Salem
Julia Dua
Firestone Stores
Congress St
Cor
Mindeya Te Tharséeys Bey
Feideys
Setarseys
Petunia
Willkie
G.O.P
United States
The
Erie
Ain
Dulles
Beldly
World Peace Organization
Sient
R. C. Reynolds CO
Monument Square
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