Troy Soldier Awarded- Bronze Star
Michael Bienick and his brothers formed a family draft contingent from Draft Board 330 and won the Bronze Star for rescuing wounded soldiers in France Germany and Austria. Michael, with the 7th Medical Battalion in the European theater, faced enemy fire and minefields while evacuating casualties and earning praise for his daring conduct and devotion to duty.
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Pye
Michael & Bienick
Noone
Draft Board
France
Germany
Austria
Bienecs
Pvt
John
Arar Air Corps
S/SeC
Chartes
Joseph
Joke
England
Jastsh
Sea
Jona Hieneck
Cross Street
Michael
Vtth
European
Rome
Germauny
Price Changes listed for vegetables and fruits in Albany area
The weekly price chart shows small changes and increases in OPA retail prices for fresh fruits and vegetables effective yesterday. Items include transparent apples at no more than 40 cents per lb, California sweet cherries at 40 cents, red sour cherries up to 25 cents, onions at 34 cents per lb, and white California and Arizona potatoes at 35 cents per 5 lb bag, with other items unchanged.
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OPA
Arex
California
Arizona
Albany
South Africa Sisters Come Home for Albany Weddings
Two South Africa sisters arrive in Miami en route to Albany for weddings. Kathleen Sullivan will wed William Case, a merchant seaman, after meeting in Cape Town when his ship was torpedoed. Theresa Sullivan, engaged to Navy sailor Lawrence Joseph of Jamaica, continues correspondence while her fiancé serves in the Pacific.
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Miami
Fila
South Africa
Albany
Kathleen Sullivan
William Case
Theresa
Lawrence Joseher
Jamaita
Siami
Case
Kathleen
Capetown
Pacific
Rustling Not Serious Here Says State Troopers
Capt. Walter F Reith of Troop G reports rustling threats not yet serious in the upstate area after surveys show livestock losses in several counties. In Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and other counties cows and sheep were stolen or found later, with some recoveries and arrests. Troopers continue close watch to avert further rustling amid meat shortages as Kentucky Bluegrass turns bluish in early spring.
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Walter F Reith
Upstate
Captain Reilly
Albany
Pultes
Greene
Haseition
Schoharie
Warren
Rensselaer County
Hoasicx
Pitzetown
Saratoga County
Columbia County
New Lebanon
Queensbury
Washington County
Reilly
Lamar Perkins to Speak at Area Graduation Program
Lamar Perkins assistant attorney general of New York will be guest speaker at a graduates’ program sponsored by Troy Branch NAACP today at 3 15 p m at Union Church
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Lamar Perkins
Department of Sacis
State of
New York
Troy Branch
National Assertion For the Advancement ‘Colored People
I& M. E Zion
and Friends of the Association
Ane
Slaughterers Pay Food Control Mark on Meat Cuts
An OPA notice requires live stock carcasses and wholesale cuts to bear the slaughterer identification number from July 25. Numbers may not be altered except for preparation for consumption or when whole cuts are broken into retail cuts. The measure aims to enable enforcement of slaughter control and distribution during the war.
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OPA
Two Youths Die In Holiday Drowning Incident
The Hudson River incident claimed Edward Cole of Coxsackie and Theodore A Gabriel of Hudson, both youths. Cole is believed drowned near Coxsackie with recovery hampered by currents. grappling continued past 10 PM Wednesday and resumed yesterday near Stuyvesant in Columbia County.
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Hudson
Edward Cole Wi
Coxsackie
Theodore A Gabriel
Hudson Cole
Gabriel South
Wade
Stuyvesant
Iimchis County
Meats Marking Rules Expanded to All Slaughterers
OPA officials state marking rules help verify legitimate meat sources and aid enforcement. National laws already require marking of meat from federally inspected slaughtering establishments. the new action extends markings to all slaughterers nationwide.
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OPA
State Gives County Bond Credit for War Subscriptions
Rensselaer County received a county bond credit of 1130.00 out of 90242 subscribed to the Seventh War Loan in New York State. State Comptroller Frank Moore announced the subscription will go to U.S. Treasury Savings Notes for postwar reconstruction. Since Pearl Harbor New York has purchased 358,45,008 in government securities. Washington County allotted 143. County allocation totals include 2,563.00 for one county.
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Rensselaer County
New York State
New York
Comptroer
Frank
Moore
U.S. ‘Treasury Savings
Pearl Harbor
Yeatenay Sarators
Washington County
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Troy
Pittsfield
Brewster J. Cornwell
Mass
Adels of Troy
Just
Falcon
Ansec AB Film
Ade
PRC
Peter DelSanto
John DelSanto
Latham Heights
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Mess
Christian Brothers’ Academy
DelSanto
Lfelder
Joan Kenley
Pullen
Campagne
Helena Rubinstein
Elder
Leonore
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