TN Governor Orders Strikers Reclassified for Draft
Governor Prentice Cooper ordered Tennessee draft boards to reclassify striking workers at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft for immediate military induction. About 350 to 400 employees, mostly women in department 66, protested supervisor appointment and a dead man’s transfer, claiming seniority rules were violated.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Armed Services
Vultee
Department
Cooper
Aero Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Department 66
Elderly couple repays 26 year old Pittsfield loan
An elderly Massachusetts couple returned to Pittsfield to pay back 7.98 dollars loaned for railroad fare 26 years ago. They explained they were stranded en route to work after walking from Albany with their children. Welfare Commissioner Hodecker refused interest.
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Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Charles H. Hodecker
Albany
Hodecker
Local notices list visitors and church events in Hoosick area
Hoosick residents and visitors are listed visiting Pottersville Sparta Buskirk Oneonta Schenectady and Williams town. Local church activities include a Baptist Ladies Aid meeting at 2pm and a Sunday service at All Saints Episcopal with Rev William Garner preaching and celebrating communion. Private travel and family visits are noted including soldiers on furlough and relatives staying with kin.
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Roy Martin
Pottersville
Arnold Rosas
Sparta
Wis
Doris Brandaick
Buskirk
Ann Brown
Baptist Church
Monte Straver
Elsmere
Schenectady
Ladies’ Aid Union of the Baptist Church
G W. Price
Rochester
Charles
Bovie
Gordon McNeilly
Camp Bowie
Tex
Alexander McNeilly
Luanne
Betsey James
Pine Valley Road
Byressa B
Barbara H. Foster
Cohoes
Philetus Slate
Varnum S. Stearns
Oneonta
Ruth W. Stearns
Stearna
Ruby McKeon
Jessie.m. Balderson
Mission of the Holy Nama in Boyntonville at 9 A.M.
A brief notice announces the Mission of the Holy Nama to be held in Boyntonville beginning at 9 in the morning. The event invites parishioners and neighbors to attend the service and related activities.
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Mission of the Holy
Weekend News From Local Service Families
Whitehail Melvin Griffin of the Coast Guard at Manhattan Beach spent the weekend with his parents. Miss Mary Siraco, a Plattsburg State College for Teachers student, visits her parents and plans to return to September studies. Corp Silvio Revelli of Camp Lee visited relatives and teaches recruits at a Virginia tank unit. Clayton C. Carter, salvage committee head, says trash pickup will continue with rounds Saturday. Thomas Leonbruno of the U S N at Lakehurst has been promoted from corporal to sergeant and is on leave with his parents. Dr Kenneth Horton and family vacation with the Misses Mildred and Gertrude Horton for two weeks.
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Melvin Griffin
Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
Hiram Griffin
Mary Siraco
Plattsburg State College For Teachers
Anthony Siraco
Corp
Silvio Revelli
Camp Lee
Corporal Revelli
Virginia Icank
Clayton C. Carter
Ings
Thomas Leonbruno
Lakehurst
N. J
Leonbruno
Kenneth Horton
Sandra
Teddy
Mildred
Gertrude Horton
Seabee Declines Wife Purchase
Indianapolis WP reports Navy Seabee Robert G. Noyes recalled returning from Africa where the dollar was strong. He described a tribal leader offering a daughter for eight dollars, then a son's wife, and finally his own wife. Noyes said he declined all offers.
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Indianapolis
Robert G. Noyes
Africa
United States
Noyes
Local Notes On Residents And Visits In Center
Center Cambridge Esther G Arnott has returned after time in Albany. Miss Lillian Campbell is home from Johnsonville for a two weeks vacation. Veronica Jean Austin returns after a week with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Walter Francisco at Latham. The Misses Norma and Elsie Wildey and Eileen Gurdon of Center Falls and the Misses Helen and Eileen Ryan and Betty Munro of Center Falls are at Lake Lauderdale camp for the week. Chaperone is Mrs Foster Munro of Center Falls.
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Esther G. Arnott
Albany
Lillian Campbell
Johnsonville
Veronica Jean Austin
Walter Francisco
Lathams
Norma
Elsie Wildey
Eileen Gurdon
Helen
Eileen Ryan
Betty Munro
Center Falls
Lake Lauderdale
Foster Munro
Williams Confined With Broken Arm At Home
Egantskill Samuel F. Williams is confined to his home with a broken arm. Mr and Mrs Edward Carter and son Richard have returned after spending a week at Old Orchard Beach Maine. Mr and Mrs Harold Mulson son Paul and Mrs Carrie Mulson have left for Old Orchard Beach Maine for a week. Reformed Church Sunday School will hold a picnic on the church lawn Saturday with games for children around 4 pm and supper at 6 pm.
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Samuel F. Williams
Edward Carter
Richard
Old Orchard Beach
Harold Mulson
Paul
Carrie Mulson
Reformed Church
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Ken
Dwight
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Eileen O'Brien
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Donald Leibener
Betty Weber
Whitehail
Brentwood Machine
Brad
Ann
Patricia
Bea
Challce
Seabee
Cambridge
Egnantskill
Mouton Lamb
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