Navy stores destroyers at Charleston for spring mothballing
At Charleston Navy Yard the Navy mothballs 100 destroyers and other vessels to keep a ready inactive fleet. Ships are grouped into divisions and nests in the Wando River with one active unit per group supplying power. Decommissioned ships are stripped of usable gear and prepared for storage or sale, while others are dismantled or sold to private interests.
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Charleston
D. C. Swr
Charleston Navy Yard
VU. B. Navy Ia
Charlestos
Wando Riven
Discharging Soldier After Three Years Service in Europe
A naval officer reads decommissioning orders on deck of the inactivated vessel as its pennant is removed and a flag is run down. ARRIVES aN. U. & Pic.aul H. savin, son of Mrs. Henry Mabin, 161 Fifth Avenue, near Camp Patrick Henry, en route to Fort Dix, Mo, to be discharged after three years service, two in the European theater.
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Pic
Aul H. Savin
Henry Mabin
Fifth Avenue
Camp Patrick Henry
Via
Fort Dix
M.io
Woman Held in Knife Slaying in New Jersey
Jersey City woman Martha Beers, 33, confessed to fatally stabbing Theresa Stietrel, 68, in Cliffside Park after confronting her about an illicit affair with Stietrel’s husband. Beers reenacted the crime at the scene. Stickel, a key witness, and the husband Sterman, 43, were questioned.
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Buckensack
N. J
INS
Jersey City
Theresa Stietrel
Christian
Cliffside Park
John &. Belser
Bergen County
Martha Beers
Selger
Ig. Beers
Stickel
Mix
Beers
Community Notes From Schaghticoke Social Roundup
Schaghticoke residents shared weekend visits with Margaret Finn and Mrs. Earl Lathrop of Vermont. Neilie Leydel enjoyed time with her sister. Miss Marguerite Riley returned from Rutland after two weeks with relatives. Victorian Chapter O E will meet at the Masonic Temple Thursday evening with Elizabeth Bassett presiding. Robert Lesson has returned home after Army discharge in Africa and Italy. The Women’s Unite Society meets at the president’s home Friday afternoon. George Seymour to return home soon after three years in the Army. Richard Edwards and daughter Benny Jean return to Brooklyn after time with Mrs. Foslee and relatives.
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Schaghticoke
Misa Margaret Finn
Earl Lathrop
Vermont
Neilie B. Leydel
Merton I. Royana
Ray
Trey
Marguerite Riley
Rutland
Willy
O. E
Masonic Temple
Elizabeth Bassett
Robert Lesson
Bara Lesson
Africa
Italy
Women's Unite Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Lawrence
George Seymour
Amy
Richard Edwards
Benny Jean
Heir
Brooklyn
George EB. Foslee
Poestenkill and Army Dismissals Reach Home Front
Poestenkill residents report Raymond Miller and Marshall Fisher back from Army service. Justine Swejor convalesces at Samaritan Hospital. Wilbur Catlin recovers from scarlet fever. Marvin Aubie returns from hospital after pneumonia treatment. Le Boy Scout executive committee meeting tonight at Kenneth Davis's home. Lutheran Women meet to clean the church then hold a supper and an evening program. Wolves attack a deer, distracting it while another strikes at its throat.
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Raymond Miller
Marshall Fisher
Justine Swejor
Samaritan Hospital
Wilbur Catlin
le Boy Scout
Will
Kenneth Davis
Marvin Aubie
Lutheran Church
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