Medal to honor fallen Major O Donovan at Troy Armory
Lieut Gen Hugh A Drum will award the Distinguished Service Cross and Order of the Purple Heart to the widow of Maj James J O Donovan, who served on Bataan and Corregidor and died in a Japanese prison camp. The ceremony Monday at the Troy Armory includes a La Salle School guard of honor and a review by the New York State Guard commander Gen Drum.
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James J. O'Donovan
Bataan
Corregidor
War Department
Hugh A. Drum
Druen
Troy Armory
la Salle School
O'Donovan
la Salle
105Th Infantry
General Drum
State Guard
New York State Guard
Dewey
Lester C. Higbee
Ames T. Brown
George B. Herbst
Mark C. Bowman
Frederick Thiessen
Edmund B. Gore
Adjutant General's Office
Wil
la Salle Institute
St. Mary’s Church
Bataan and
O’donovan
Jim
Purchasing Agents To Meet Tomorrow In Albany NY
The December meeting of the Purchasing Agents Association of Eastern New York will convene at 6:15 p.m. tomorrow at DeWitt Clinton in Albany. The program features films on the Alaska highway and How Industry Uses Rubber. Samples of two main synthetic rubber types will be shown in various manufacture stages. Local members include James Elder of Cluetr Peabody & Co Inc Samuel A Ba Behr Manning Corp J Leonard Hodgkins of Trox representing.
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Purchasing Agents’ Association of
Eastern
New York
DeWitt Clinton
Albany
James Elder
Cluetr. Peabody & Co., Inc
Amuel A. Ba Behr-Manning Corp
J. Leonard Hodgkins
Trox
Dinner guests from La Salle include high ranking officials
Liam H. Boughton executive officer of Selective Service in the state Brig. Gen. Bernard W. Kearney brigade commander of the State Guard and his staff Col. Stuart R. Carswell commander of the second district of the Second Service Command Brother Joseph assistant director of La Salle will represent the school at the dinner.
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Liam H. Boughton
Stat
Bernard W. Kearney
State Guard
Stuart R. Carswell
Second Service Command
Brother Joseph
la Salle
Shangri-la Blast Kills Workman at Norfolk Navy Yard
An explosion aboard the uncompleted plane carrier Shangri La killed shipyard worker Lewis Perry White, 22, and critically injured Jesse Haralson, 27, at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Welding sparks ignited gases in the false-bottom compartment. no ship damage occurred. White died of suffocation and burns. Haralson suffered severe burns from waist to head and was hospitalized.
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Norfolk
Shangri-La
Norfolk Navy Yard
Lewis Perry White
Jesse Haralson
U. S. Marine Hospital
Navy Yard
First Aid Instructors Of Rensselaer County Meet
First aid instructors of Rensselaer County Chapter Red Cross will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. John P Short will show moving pictures from the American Red Cross National Aquatics School at Lake Chautauqua this summer. Guests include John S Cole executive director of Schenectady Red Cross. Fred Cheney will preside. A holiday party follows Saturday night at The Hotel Troy hosted by the Rensselaer County Troy City Rationing Board and board office staff with Harry Hawley chairing the arrangements.
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First Aid
Rensse-laer County
Red Cross
John P. Short
American Red Cross National Aquatics
Lake Chautauqua
John S. Cole
Schenectady
The
Fred Cheney
Troy
Rensselaer County
Troy City Rationing Board
Harry Hawley
Knox Forecasts Hard Blows at Japs in Pacific
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox predicted hard blows against Japan in the Pacific. He said the preliminaries are out of the way and the United States is getting stronger, with the fleet ready to drive home decisive blows though he did not specify targets. He noted Japanese reliance on barges due to losses, hundreds sunk, and thousands of soldiers lost, while American planes generally exceed enemy losses.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Knox
Pacific
United States
Knox
Navy
Ang I.aimin
No Major Pacific Battles Reported Despite Japanese Claims
Knox dismissed Japanese boasts of victories, saying no substantial combat has occurred in a month. He noted only hit and run engagements in the Pacific, with Tokyo claiming large wins in each instance.
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Knox
Pacific
Mother of Trinity Church Pastor Dies
Mrs. Arthur Reid of Amsterdam and mother of Rev. Frank Jay Reid pastor of Trinity Methodist Church died at her home 27 Stewart Street Amsterdam. She was Maude Hoogaboom born in Amsterdam and active in First Methodist Church. Survived by daughter Mrs. Louis Albee and son Walter Reid. Funeral at Johnson Lindsay Funeral House Amsterdam at 2 p.m. with Rev. Harold W. Griffis officiating. Interment in Amsterdam.
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Arthur Reid
Amsterdam
Frank Jay Reid
Trinity Methodist Church
Stewart Street
Johnson-Lindsay
Harold W. Griffis
First Methodist Church
Kelly Case Against Green Co Dismissed
County Judge Harry E. Clinton dismissed a cause of action brought by Margaret Kelly against H. L. Green Co., Inc. for failure to prosecute and lack of movement for trial at the November 1943 term of Rensselaer County Court. The suit began April 23, 1941, with Paul Flaherty of Albany as plaintiff’s attorney.
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H. L. Green Co., Inc
Harry E. Clinton
Margaret Kelly
Rensselaer
Paul Flaherty
Albany
State Official Dies Stricken Aboard Bus
F Regester Meginniss of Albany 61 a state civil service technician died of a heart attack aboard a bus en route to his home at 350 New Scotland Avenue Albany Police summoned rushed to Dr Wallingford who declared him dead Coroner Wands ruled heart attack after Dr Phelan examined him Also notices discontinues trade name Hudson Machine Works run by James P Kelley and Harry N Miche son and filed with County Clerk.
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F. Regester Meginniss
Albany
State Civil Service Department
Meginniss’ Eiectrical Corp
New Scotland Avenue
Meginniss
Arthur J. Wallingford
Harry J. Wands
John J. Phelan
James P. Kelley
Vliet Boulevard
Cohoes
Harry N. Micheson
Mercer Street
Hudson Machine Works
Front Street
Waterford Man Receives Bulk of Estate
The will of Thomas F. Morris jr of Waterford, who died December 7, enters probate supervised by Surrogate James A. Delehanty. He leaves life insurance proceeds to Morris, with others receiving modest bequests including $1,000 to Catherine H Cox and various named items to relatives and friends. The executor is William E Morris, with an appraisal pending to determine inheritance taxes.
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Record
New York
Thomas F. Morris, Jr
Waterford
Thomas F. Mor
William E. Mort
Catherine H. Cox
Third Avenue
James A. Delehanty
William E. Morris
J. Carlin Crandall
Park Avenue
William Beller
Carnegie Studios
Seventh Avenue
Fifty- Seventh Street
William Ottman
Carol Ottman
Ww m
Charlotte McDermot
Concourse Plaza
Heatel
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Trinity Church
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Green Co
Wainberge
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