Watervliet Bank Wins Citation for War Services
The National Bank of Watervliet was designated as a general repository of public moneys and a depository and financial agent of the government, per a Treasury Department letter. Lloyd L. Octhout disclosed the designation noting Watervliet’s facilities echo national banking efforts at Navy Yards and camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Watervliet
Lloyd L. Octhout
Treasury Department
Navy Yards
Watervliet Bank
Willard A. Hull
Grotto Court
Far Pacific
Battle
Phillips
Kan
James J. Hull
Warent
Sergt. Ray
the Seabee
Frances Fu
Glenwood Raads
R. J
Jeanne
Mothers’ Club of
Heart of Mary Schooi
John
Fred Alber
Joseph Anthony
Char’s Bateman
Emmett Cannon
Adams
Val Pfc
Donald Follansbee
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Stacy Lewis
First Street
James E. Duffney
Mary
Twelfth Street
Amesbury
Joseph Duffney
Anna
R. N. of A
Thomas Leonard
Seventh Avenue
Watervliet Board Closes From Heat Shortage
The Watervliet War Price and Ration Board shut down yesterday due to lack of fuel, a required procedure from last winter. Staff left for home as the thermometer showed 52 degrees, then returned after lunch when more heat was supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet Board
Watervliet
Watervliet Draft Board to Call Men for Tests
Watervliet Draft Board will conduct preliminary physical examinations for the February contingent on Wednesday Jan. 12 at 8 pm. Elks Club plans a January contingent party on Thursday Jan. 13. Changes include 3A classification to 2B or 1A based on occupation and a new federal deferment directive for married heads of families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
The
Elks’ Club
R. J. O’brien
John J
Stanton
Martin J. Schanz
Martin J. Walsh
Frank Moody
Eugene G. Hess
Lawrence Kehoe
Charles L. Roberts
George J. Halpin
Waterford elects Brenz Knickerbocker Steamer captain
Waterford Frederick Brenz was elected captain of the Knickerbocker Steamer Company at the annual meeting on Pearl Street. He succeeds Lloyd Bull. Other officers include Harold Vrooman president George Baker vice president Gabriel Gentile first assistant captain George Benardo second assistant captain J Ormand Grady secretary Stephen Faulkner treasurer Thomas Larkin steward Harry Tracy delegate Richard Tracy alternate. A gold badge was awarded to the new captain and a $100 War Bond was approved for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Brenz
Knickerbocker Steamer Company
Knickerbocker Steamer House
Pearl Street
Brenz
Lloyd Bull
Harold Vrooman
George Baker
Gabriel Gentile
George Benardo
J. Ormand Grady
Stephen Faulkner
Thomas Larkin
Harry Tracy
Richard Tracy
Roosevelt Fourth Term Debate Reflects On Political Continuity
The piece argues that Roosevelt is the dominant vote getter for the Democratic party, with delegates aligned to party structures. It reflects on whether Roosevelt intends or should seek a fourth term, referencing his 1940 letter accepting a third-term nomination and Canada’s parliamentary system as a contrast to U.S. democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery
Golden Gate
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Holland
Belgium
France
Mr. Roosevelt
Canada
Mackenzie King
Final Air Blow Against Germany Urged by British MP Pubrick
London reports Reginald Pubrick, M P, an Australian, calls for releasing all available American and British bombers from other fronts to strike a final overwhelming blow on Germany. He argues three times the current air power could end the war quickly with fewer losses, pointing to Berlin and other targets as proof. He warns delaying offensives risks enemy adaptations and argues heavy bombers are pivotal only now to break German resistance.
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London
INL
Europe
Pacific
Germany
Reginald Pubrick
M. P. Pubrick
Pubrick
North
Africa
Berlin
Dusseldorf
Dortmund
Cologne
Hanover
Kassel
Purbrick
M. P
Western
Ialy
Greece
Balkans
East
Deaths and funerals fill local notices in Troy region
Obituary notes four dozen deaths and funeral services across Schenectady Troy and surrounding towns. Alfred Barber, 41, dies at Troy Hospital. services scheduled at Bond Funeral Home Schenectady. Multiple remembrances for Miss Jessie Dickinson Miss M Frances Alger and others, with burials at St Marys Elmwood Oakwood and local cemeteries. Survivors listed for many, including spouses children and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Crandall
James A. Crandall
Mary Stanzacka Crandall
Steemburg Street
Quandt
Broad Street
James T. Kerr
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Keefer’ Crandall
Marian
Diana
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Troy
Alfred Barber
Second Street
Troy Hospital
Bond Funeral Home
Schenectady
Walter Reasoner
Fisher's Methodist Church
Fisher's Cemetery
Barber
Berne
Sarah Cantelo
John E. Masterson
Oakwood Avenue
St. Peter's Church
Edward A. McManus
Michael F. English
Peter F. Sheehan
W. Leo McCarthy
Joseph Hervieux
James 5. Carr
Michael J. DePietro
Georges F. Bibb
Peter J. Masterson
Peter J. Masterson, Jr
Eloy J. Peacock
St. Peter's Cemetery
Father Sheehan
Mary Riegert
Sixth Avenue
St. Mary's Church
James J. Casey
Agnes C. Sheeran
John B. Dunn
Panis Angelicus
St Mary’s
Our Lady of Good Counsel
James McGrath
Frank Bussey
Joseph Burke
Joseph McMahon
William O'Donnell
John Killeen
James P. Lawlor
Edward A. O'Malley
St. Mary's
Miss Dickinson
Jessie Dickinson
Fonda
River Street
Walter Houser
Central Lutheran Church
Carl Bulson
G. Edward Heger
George Miller
George C
Clifford Philpott
Elmwood Cemetery
Miss Alger
M. Frances Alger
Warren
Ellen Alger
Mason Chapel
Second Avenue
Seth N. Genung
First Presbyterian Church of
Lansingburg
Oakwood Cemetery
Mary E. Binck
Spooner
East Greenbush
William J. Lonsdale
Defreestville
Mr. van Buren
East Schodack
Schodack
North Greenbush
Louis H. van Buren, Jr
Melvin L. van Buren
James
Cornelius van Buren
van Buren
Reformed Church
Deffreestville
Eleanor Shea
Seventh Ward
Joseph J. Lawton
Tee
Monica
Joph
John Lawton
Syracuse
City Hall Rearranges Offices to House Legal Department
City Hall undertakes office rearrangements at the temporary City Hall on the second floor of the Central Fire Station. The corporation counsel's office moves from the far eastern end to a room adjoining the mayor's, creating a connected suite and placing the legal department in a more convenient position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Counsel's
Pilots of P-47s Seek Showdown With Nazis
At a U S Fighter Station in England P-47 Thunderbolt pilots plan to lure the Luftwaffe into aerial combat They note that German planes avoid direct dogfights unless they have unprotected escorts The unit led by Lieut Col Jimmy Stone downed 25 German aircraft in a single day including Focke Wulf 190s and Messerschmitt Bf 109s and captured several gun camera film records detailing the dogfights The pilots say the Germans may be saving strength for future clashes while the American pilots embrace the challenge and claim to aim the Thunderbolt at the enemy with the goal of a decisive showdown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Willicombe, JR
U.S
England
Sns
Continent
Germany
English Channel
France i
Low Countries
Jimmy Stone
Westfield
N. J
Eugene P. Roberts
Spokane
Wash
Charlee D. Irvin
Anaheim
Jack C. Price
Grand Junction
Col
Charles P. London
Long Beach
Cal
A. B. Richie
Pueblo
Cali
William H. Maddle
Stamps
Ark
J. R. Bertrand
la Fayette
Messerschmitt
Stone
Harry H. Dayhuff
Ogden
Utah
John H. Irvin
Peter E. Pompetti
Philadelphia
Glenn H. Koontz
Racine
W. Va
Rickenbacker
Koontz
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie
Irvin
Pompetit
Dayhuff
Archie W. Hill
Huntville
Ala
Charlies W. Silsby
Mansfield
Richie
Folke Wulf
Earth
Luftwaffe
Maj
Jessie C. Davis
Riverside
William E. Kepner
Washington County Probate Court Docket Roundup
Proceedings list for Washington County Surrogate's Court week ending Monday includes probate actions, judicial settlements, and appointments. Estates featured: Cody Whitehall will admitted. Buckley White Creek settlement. McNally Granville sale adjourned. Elins White settlement. Dougherty Granville sale confirmation. Newcombe Pratt settlement. Skellie Salem admin issued. Manchester Granville executorship. Bronk Kingsbury appraisals. Hartman Kingsbury appraisers. Dunn Fort Edward will admitted. Dunn Fort Edward admin to Pelotte Sheehan. Lasher Granville citation. Van Pomer Fort Edward waivers. Norton Kingsbury guardian. county to appraise Cody, Braymer Hebron, Dunn, Morse Greenwich, McComb Argyle, Skellie Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
William F. Cody
Whitehall
Henry Nedde
Mary E. Buckley
White Creek
Eugene Conway
Charles D. McNally
Granville
Salem
Anna C. Elins
Ellen T. Dougherty
Newcombe
Pratt
Greenwich
James A. Skellie
Sarah Skelli
May Loughlin Dunn
Mary E. Dunn
Fort Edward
Vivian Pelotte Sheehan
Margaret B. P. Lasher
John van Pomer
Edgar R. Norton
Kingsbury
Sarah E. Norton
Charles Braymer
Hebron
James M. Dunn
Gertrude M. Morse
William J. McComb
Argyle
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Rose Haitko
Daughters of St
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Agnes McManus
Third Street
Lawrence Morris
Waler Oothout
Warren Wilson College
N. C
Marion Coates
Seventh Street Squires
Columbian Squires
St Patrick’s Hall
Joseph Power
Watervliet Elks
Mome
James Moyer
American Chemical Society
Adirondack Foundries and Steel, Inc
Hudson River
R. A M
Watervliet Ma
Herbert
Lord Will
Owen G. Hudgins
Waterford
Kenneth Akin
Camp Barkley
Texas
Jessie Akin
South Street
Front Street
Eugene Renzi
Kavanaugh Hook and Ladder
Ford Hose Company
John F. Harney
Harney
Wallace Rudebush
Holy Name Society of
St. Mary’s Church
J. E. Michesney
Pawling Ave
Cor. Spring
America
Miss Cantelo
C. H. Eckert
Charles H. Eckert
St. Joseph’s Church
James E. O'Neil
Gerald T. Millett
Edmund J. Burns
Julia L. Walsh
Henry LaFleur
Mr. LaFleur
Miss Walsh
Jerusalem
Home
Andrew Jarvis
James Fitzpatrick
James Landry
Leo Sampson
Edward LaBeau
Joseph Kilduff
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father O'Neill
William H. Pelton
Annie L. Pelton
George Avenue
Round Lake
William and
Mary Wilmot
Malta
William Vernon Wilmot
Irvington
Chester A. Finch
Methodist Church
Dunning Street
Jacob Haas
North Hogsick
North Hoosick
New Jersey
Elizabeth Baulig Haas
Jean Scheffer
R. J. Weir
Utica
A. Traborg
New York City
Mahar
Hoosick Falls
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
John A. Schark
Mr. McGowan
James F. McGowan
Fred J. Lowe
Fifth Avenue
St. Peter’s Church
William E. Duncan
John Martin
George Curley
Richard Daly
Ameda J. Bell
St. Mary’s Cemetery
5. J. Cleary
Eva Wandzliak
Maplewood
Albany
Austria
John Wandzliak
Stephen Terber
John Forman
Peekskill
Anthony Urban
East Norwalk
Parker Bros
Broadway
St Nicholas’ Church
St. Nicholas’ Cemetery
Christopher J. Cleary
Christopher J. Gleary
Knights of Columbus
C. J. Cleary Co
St. Augustine's School
St. Augustine's Church
St. Augustine’s Church
Binck
John A Senark
Acme
Bloomingrove Cemetery
Schark
Defreestvill
R Bloomingrove Reformed Church
Sarah Drew Schark
Mr. Morehead
James Morehead
Simpson, Morehead Co
Morris Funeral Home
Gray M. Blandy
St. John’s Church
St. John Church
Richard Tweedy
William Leland Thompson
Chester Millhouse
William E. Bode
Edward H. Freeman
Howard E. Nash
Herbert Hamm
E. Harold Cluett
Malcolm 5. Kelley
James T. Young
Peter Th. Harvie
Mr. Blandy
Niels C. Sorensen
Danish Brotherhood Lodge of
Immanuel Danish Lutheran Church
Martha A. Anderson
C. Roy Dexter
James W. Dore
Maynard J. Dixon
City Hall
Francis J. Perras
Italy
Perras
Adjutant General
Joseph H. Perras
Spruce Street
Pvt
Joseph Paul Perras
Washington ‘County
Father John
Cyane & Loan Assn
Savings and Loan Bank
Home Loan Bank
U. S
Arthur J. Burch
Adrian
van Dervort
George N. Findlater R
Edwin Kane
George B. Reynolds
William J. Bennett
Sheldon &. Smith
George N. Findlater
Willard H. Read William J. Bennett
Wm. G. Koerner Francis A. Kruegler
Joseph Goodman
Ster Eecree
Nathan M. Veine
Adrian O. van Dervort Ralph B. Austin Sheldon B. Smith
Byron C. Keene
Robert MacAuley
Ralph T. Curtis
Federal Home Loan Bank OF New York
Savings & Loan Bank OF the State OF New York
NEW York State League OF Savings & Loan Assns
United States Building & Loan League
Our Boys
Savings & Loan Assn
Franklin Square
the Banking Department of the State of
New York
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