Family in service keeps flag flying at Anderson homestead
A World War II era item notes Pvt. Bill Anderson Jr now at Fort Benning continuing his father’s wartime service. It tallies multiple local servicemen and their families, including Reynolds Lyons in the Canal Zone and Jim Carmody promoted at Keesler Field, with updates on other Troy area soldiers and their duties in Europe and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anderson
Dunsback Ferry Road
Latham
Bill Anderson, Jr
Fort Benning
Bill
Harvard
Pvt
Georgia
Anderson
Reynolds Lyons
Joseph Lyons
Third Street
Canal Zone
Troy
Hop’ Hickey
Jimmy Moran
Berrigan
Heynolds
Dan Lyons
England
Dan
Keesler Field
Jim
Pfc
Clement Carmody
Charles Carmody
Pacific
ED Carmody
Camp Parks
Cal
John A. Carmody
Fourth Street
8Th Air Force
ED Kidwell
Corp
Waterford High
Edward Kidwell
Military promotions and new arrivals at bases in wartime
Reports from Kee sler Field Biloxi Seymour Johnson Field N C and MacDill Field Florida list promotions to staff sergeant aviation cadet and other ranks for air corps navy and marine personnel. Names include Jimmy Carmody Gerald Strait Joe Gaies Joe ONeil Chet Carhenard Dominick Shemo Joe Weiss and others with home addresses and parental details. The piece notes training at PreFlight School Great Lakes quartermaster school and Fort Jackson plus a community meeting and birthday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Jimmy Carmody
Margaret
Albia Avenue
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Gerald Strait
Andrew B. Strait
Victoria Avenue
Bell Roe
G. L. Roe
Navy
Athens
Bill
Natchitoches
CAA
Lafayette
MacDill Field
Fla
Joe Gaies
Joe
Air Corps
Isadore Gaies
Second Street
Troy Hi
Hiawaiian
Tth Air Force
Joe O'Neil
Philip J. O’neil
Fifth Avenue
Cchs -33
Domestic Finance Corp
John Martin
Marine Base
New River
N.C
Marines
Bill Burns
Margaret Burns
Congress Street
Albany
Parris Island
8. C
CCHS
Chester Darkward
Dominick Shemo
Alice
Middle Street
Waterford
Great Lakes
Joe Weiss
Bernard Weiss
Valley Falls
University of Minnesota At
Minneapolis
P. Lagatta
Watervliet
Crossword Puzzle aCROSS 1 Cotb wool 5 Grass bristle
Puzzle clues mix odd spellings and warped phrases. Across and down entries demand letter fits, with several garbled items indicating a themed grid.
Girl Slain During London Air Raid
Iris Deeley a 21 year old member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force was found murdered and sexually assaulted in a cabbage patch near Eltham after a Sunday night air raid. Police sought a brown raincoat deserting soldier. a glove and heavy boot impressions linked to an army issue. The case shook service couples using the garden as a trysting site with witnesses enhancing the blackout era tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Eltham
Iris Deeley
Wanstead
Camp Kidbrook
Miss Deeley
Sis
Hitham
Knox Says Jap Supplies Low As U S Forces Attack
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said American planes operate practically at will against meager Japanese opposition, with carrier and land based aircraft striking throughout the island group. He cited signs of dwindling enemy supplies east of Kwajalein and praised the British Bay of Biscay embargo as a curb on blockade runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Frank Knox
Knox
U. S
Kwajalein
Atlantic
Bay of Biscay
Germany
Bay
Death by own action over tax worries in Fort Myers
Chester Clark a 42 year old unemployed shipbuilder in Fort Myers committed death by own action due to worry over income tax. His wife said he believed his tax was due yesterday and he had been in poor health and anxious about taxes. He shot himself Monday while she was away seeking tax help. The expert noted Clark owed the government $7.50. Knox commented in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myers
Fla
Chester Clark
Clark
Social Notes From Schaghticoke And Vicinity
Vacationers and visitors travel between Schaghticoke Miami Beach Toronto Schenectady and Hague. Local veterans and Red Cross officers met at the Municipal Building with officers elected while a Nimble Needle Club Valentine party awarded prizes and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Martin
Tommy Keyes
Miami Beach
Fila
Fred Lesson
Toronto
Canada
Catherine Ralston
John Walsh
Schenectady
Wallace Foster
Gregory
John Fitzgerald
Hague
James Edwards
Chester Hack
Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
L. L
Daniel Viall
Navy
Sampson
Albert Viall
Charles Reilly
New York
William
Clifford Meehan
Williamstown
E. R. Curtis
Curtis
Albany
James Pecor
Francis Williams
Chandler Whyland
Frank Conley
Moosehead Inn
Stillwater
Pecor
Schaghticoke Red Cross
T. Morgan Bescroft
T. Morgan Beecroft
E. David Button
Charles J. Connolly
Ellsworth Hemstreet
J. Edwin Pinkham
Charles N. Sample
J. Elbert van Buren
Harry Green
Nimble Needle Club
Arthur Petersen
Mary Doremus
Arthur Patersen
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Roy Shudt
Jim Carmody
Margaret M. Kelly
T Albia Avenue
Chris Flynn
Margaret Flynn
Hoosick Street
Camp Rucker
Ala
Chris
Fitzgerald Brewing Co
M. S. Brundige
John Brundige
Signal Corps
Hawaii
John
Advertising Dept
Behr-Manning’s
Pfe
Warren Brundige
Camp Butner
Hutchinson
Kans
John Buckley
John F. Buckley
Locust Avenue
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
la Salle
Siena
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
Steve Lewis
William J. Lewis
Pawling Avenue
Army Air Corps
Steve
Read-Lewis Machine Co
John A. Carney
Tyler Street
Italy
John Carney
Arsenal
Foster Hussey, Jr
Bris
Foster R. Russey
River Street
Carlsbad, N. M
Roswell
N. M
ED Gary
Angleton, Tex
Edward ©. Gary
Second Avenue
Isabel Dewar
Albany Packing Co
Charles Houghton
John Houghton
Chuck
Tennessee
Fort Jackson
US. C
John Wager
Dr. Caldwell
Wells Senna
S. Paul Proctor
4Th ST
Calvert Distillers Corp
N. Y.C
Willard Sloan
James Sloan
Bob
Leon Bevis
ER. Curtis
CMON
Africa
Eeevious Pouzzie
Ara Itt
Coe
Sandy Waste
France
Talso
Spain
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Agclet
Schaghticoke
Peercrest
Mouton Lamb
Mendoza
Bombay
Muskrat
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