Albanian Will Avenge Death Of Comrade
Pvt. Henry Jewell, a redheaded soldier from Albany, recalls his comrade Anzio on a Volterra battlefield. He describes Anzio’s courage at Anzio Beachhead and in the valley fight, and vows to avenge him with renewed action against the Germans.
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Ferne Conniff
Fifth Arty
INS
el Pever
Anzio
Volterra
Uui
Anzia
Henry Jewell
South Hawk Street
Albany
Chaplains to Notify Families of Naval Casualties
The Navy introduces a system where one chaplain in each naval district contacts the parent or spouse of every sailor reported killed in action. If the family cannot be reached, a personal letter is sent by a chaplain.
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Dallas (P
Navy Department
Naval District
Eighth Naval District
Paratrooper Floats in Sky Full of Fire
Pvt Frank Kustick of North Bend recalls D-Day landing in France on June 6 under a sky blazing with flares. He and two companions fought two German tanks, then the foe shifted to bicycles as ground pursuit began.
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North Bend
Ore
France
Frank Kustick
Kustick
Tie
Community notes from Stephentown and area churches
Stephentown Mrs Roy Kenyon recently graduated from New Paltz with a BE degree. About 350 First Baptist Church members and friends enjoyed a church picnic. About eighty attended a Presbyterian picnic Tuesday. Sherman Peck returned home to Parishville after two weeks with siblings. Mrs William Durland of Cadosia visits Orta Meddough relatives. Emma L McFeely visited sister Emma Hayes in Hampton and cousin Inez Pratt in Rensselaer. Rev Albert Strobel to lead Presbyterian services Sunday at 9 30 am. leaving Sept 1 for Glens Falls crew charge. Dr and Mrs I D Greene...
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Roy Kenyon
New Paltz
First Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Sherman Peck
Parishville
Roland Peck
William Durland
Cadosia
Orta
Emma L. McFeely
Indan
Emma L. Hayes
Hampton
Inez Pratt
Rensselaer
Albert Strobel
Glens Falls
Mra. I. D. Greene
Community notes include 4-H talks and club events
The report highlights recent home visits by Miss Betty Green and Miss Irene Gallo of Albany, demonstrations on packing and canning by Mrs. Florence Hanks Traver, and a Thrifty 4-H Club gathering. Stonebridge Community Club hosts its watermelon feed at $3, with a musical program and plays. Taconic Valley Grange meetings, a $5 chair fund supper, fair exhibits, a Labor Day fair, and a Grange dance are noted along with a safety themed literary program and various participants and accompanists.
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Betty Green
Irene Gallo
Albany
Florence Hanks Traver
Heman Howleet
4-H
Thay
Stonebridge Community Club
Ipc
Aunt Betsy
Victory Gardens
Folcumville
Bert Dymond
Raymond Rose
Walter Miller
Ruth Lichienfield
Taconic Valley Grange
Elsie Atwater
Harvey Pease
Fair Committee
Grange
Erma
Graham
Jesse Haley
Anne Green
Albert Silvernail
Marthe Tyde
Erma Graham
Blanche Cofey
Unscheduled court session simulates trial in Rensselaer county
An improvised court session in the Supreme Court room of the Rensselaer County Court House saw a group of boys act as jury, stenographer, and judge. A fake sentence of ten years was pronounced, then the mock court evacuated as if the term were over.
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Supreme Court Room
Rensselaer County Court House
Joan Doe
MM. Litheridge
Phice
Johs
A. Lamglow
Bissapisiant
Lef
A. Ue
Little and Langleiz
Automobile Bureau
Joseph J. Connery
Lareglolz
Langlotz
Worker suffers deep cut at Adirondack Steel plant
Frederick Sohrell, 52, of 716 Federal Street, is in Samaritan Hospital with a severe cut on the left arch after a fragment of glass penetrated the arm while at work at the Adirondack Steel Corp. plant. Attendants described the injury as serious.
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Frederick Sohrell
Federal Street
Samaritan
Adirondack Steel Corp
Trojan Wounded in France
Pie Wal P Campbell son of Mr and Mrs iBank A Campbell of 2222 Four tenth Street now serving overseas was seriously wounded in France on Aug by a German hand. The injury threatened blindness and he was reported to be in a hospital. J J Howard Campbell of the Marine Division reported from Saipan that wounded Fray men sent word. Frank P Campbell of the Eighth Air Force was over France during the invasion and served as a bombardier.
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Pie Wal P. Campbel
iBank A. Campbell
Tenth Street
France
Campbell
J . J. Howard Campbell
Saipan
Joseph. Foster
Fourteenth Street
Foster
Frank P. Campbeil
Eighth Air Force
A Man of Parts on Aieniian Island Base
Homer B. Langford of Carthage Texas is described as a man of contrasts on the Aieniian Island Base. By day he operates a bulldozer and at night he repairs watches, a hobby that keeps him busy.
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Homer B. Langford
Carthage
Tex
Langford
Red Cross Urges Civilian Mail For France Relatives
The Red Cross describes mail for France urging area residents with relatives there to use ordinary civilian mail channels once liberation occurs. It notes that civilian mail service resumes and previously redirected or sterilized packages should move through regular mail, as happened in Italy.
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Focal Red Cross
Franee
Red Cross
Haly
France
Vernon youths fined for park missile throwing
In Mt Vernon, Illinois, two WH-Twe Mt Vernon boys were ordered to work for the park after being found guilty of breaking an ordinance by throwing missiles in the park. The police magistrate warned that throwing pop kettles must stop due to danger to people and the risk of broken bottles.
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Vernon, IL
Mt Vernon
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Ile
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