Radio brings hometown news to Pacific War Fronts
dispatches from Troy soldiers in the South Pacific recount hearing a San Francisco short wave broadcast titled News From Home. George Fields and Dick Bateman describe listening to letters from home, local updates, and ball scores, with hopes to read the Troy Record. The piece also notes how the WIRY San Francisco studio records the segment for Pacific transmission and updates on local servicemen, promotions, and furloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
San Francisco
Pacific
Troy
South Pacific
George Fields
Seventh Avenue
Navy
Sergi
Dick Bateman
Fifth Avenue
George
Roy Shudt
Bill Mattice
Lansingburg
Bill
John Graham
Waterviiet
Gome
Radio Tokyo
Tommy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
Albany
Troy State
Wiry
Furlough Notes From War Fronts and Training Centers
Furlough reports from Camp Rucker Camp Stewart and other bases list Pvt. Leo Trumble at Camp Stewart Ga and formerly captain of the Victory Mounted Patrol, Pvt John House promoted to PFC at Salt Lake City, Sgt Bill DeFilippis entering Army specialist training at University of Nebraska, Lt Charles Taylor spending furlough at home in Ore, and Pvt Bill Johnson visiting Virginia parents. Additional notes include promotions at Norfolk and Great Lakes, and pre flight trainees at Maxwell Field and other youths reported for pre flight training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Turley
Thomas J. Turley
Ninth Avenue
Camp Phillips
Kans
Pvt
Bob Turley
North Africa
Charles
Bud" Casey
Charles Casey
River Street
Navy
Great Lakes, BL
Woodward
Oklo
Pic
Mel Markle
Air Force
George Street
Green Island
Harold Radz, Jr
Harold P. Radz
BR. D. 4
Camp Rucker
Ala
Michigan State
East Lansing
Mich
Harold
Averill Park
Leo Trumble, Jr
Leo Trumble
Congress Street
Camp Stewart
Leo
Victory Mounted Patrol
Albany Fell Co
Bill DE Filifpis
Camp Emillips
University of Nebraska At
Lindon
Bill
LaSalle
Siena
American Locomotive Co
Joseph de Filippis
Otsego Avenue
Air Corps
Salt Lake City
Utah
John House
Pfc
Charles Taylor
Clayton Taylor
Plum Avenue
Camp Adair
Ore
Camp Roberts
Cal
ED Donnelly
Great Lakes
Mike Lipe
Marion
First Avenue
Maxwell Field
Marvin Arbit
Gale Place
George Day
John Doughney
Bullock
Hudson Avenue
Bill Johnson
Army Signal Corps
Virginia
Harry T. Johnson
Belle Avenue
Church Festival Slated Today At St Pauls Apostles
Plans are complete for the annual festival at the Church of St Paul the Apostle tonight at 8 p m on the grounds. Joseph F Conroy and James F Baker announce preparations for the churchs largest social affair of the year with ticket sales and lawn games on the parsonage side. Mrs Joseph F Conroy will run ticket sales with Mrs Frank Hunt in charge of card games. lighting by James Dundon and Thomas J Graham for refreshments. serving led by Doris Campbell and helper girls. patriotic decorations by Chester J Joslin and Gerald B Fitzgerald. John A Bond to arrange tables chairs and grounds.
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St. Paul the Apostle’s Parish
Joseph Conroy
Jaqes Baker
Cochairman
Walter J. Torpey
Josephconroy
Frank Neeley
Joseph Klee
Cecelia Kenny
Frank Campbell
Marion van Herve
Cornelius Mackey
Doris Campbell
Joseph F. Conroy
James F. Baker
Eagle Street
Frank Hunt
James €. Dundon
Thomas J. Graham
Chester J. Joslin
Gerald B. Fitzgerald
John A. Bond
Mr and Mrs Club hosts picnic plan at Frear Park
The Lansingburg Mr. and Mrs. Club of the First Presbyterian Church held a meeting and hot dog roast at Frank McKnight's home on Center Brunswick Road. Ac1 cordion selections by Martin Komertz preceded plans for a basket picnic at Frear Park on Aug 31. President William Groesbeck presided as Mrs Karen Jensen and her granddaughter Joan Jensen visit Richard Jensen in Salamaraca where he is school superintendent. Sergeant James J. Wilson of El Paso Texas was honored at 226 Third Avenue hosted by Mr and Mrs Clemet Ingliss along with numerous guests. Wilson, a Schnell's Jewelry employee prior to enlistment, will return to Texas today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club
First Presbyterian Church
Frank McKnight
Center Brunswick Road
Martin Komertz
Frear Park
William Groesbeck
Karen Jensen
Eighth Avenue
Joan Jensen
Clemet Ingliss
Third Avenue
Sergt
James J. Wilson
el Paso
Tex
Ingliss
Patricia Wilson
Sergeant Wilson
Fileen Kearin
Norma Walter
Harry Walter
John Buckheim
Robert Gray
Armed Service
Schnell's Jewelry Store
Texas
Waterford couple marks 63rd wedding anniversary at home
Waterford Mr and Mrs George A Hall of 47 South Street celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary with relatives and friends at home They have lived in Waterford all their married life Mrs Hall formerly Enna Curren of Lansingburg The couple has two sons Stephen and Frederick three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Mrs Hall active with housework and visits to Troy John F Harney to preside at Lions Club directors meeting at Town Hall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Hall
South
Waterford
Hall
Enna Curren
Lansingburg
Alfred Haton
Troy
Stephen Hall
Frederick Hall
Ilion
Kenneth
Marian Hall
Peter Emma
Albany
Joan
Ann Emma
King’s Shop
Dial City
Waptenford
Eddy Valve i Co
Court St.Monica Catholic Daughters of America
K. of C
Helen Crowther
Sarah Whalen
Waterford Lions’ Club
Town Hall
John F. Harney
East Side garden party set at Cathout home
Preparations for a garden party at 1533 Tibbits Avenue are complete with indoor option for bad weather. White elephant items and food on sale, dessert at 1 30, then cards. Mrs. George L. Gray leads as general chairman for the Ladies Auxiliary of Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Cathout
Tibbits Avenue
George L. Gray
Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church
Joy of Cooking outsold One World in St Louis finds gift reply
In St Louis Ed Rombauer sent Wendell Willkie a copy of The Joy of Cooking with a note of sincere apologies. Mrs Willkie replied that her husband valued the gesture, but she was the one delighted by the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
CPI
Wendell Willkie
One World
Irs
Edigar R. Rombauer
Army Balloon Returns to Akron
A stray Army balloon, launched from Camp Tyson Tennessee, drifted north over Akron before a Lake Erie freighter spotted it. Coast Guard advised shooting it down and the balloon is now on furlough in Akron for repairs before returning to camp. Thomas Hudson, 25, attempted burglary at a jewelry shop and was arrested after breaking the storefront glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Jimmy Valentine
New York
Thomas Hudson
Funeral planned for famed electric engineer Edgar Collins
The funeral for Edgar Francis Collins, prominent electrical engineer, will be held today at 2 p.m. from Baxter Funeral Parlor in Schenectady with a Masonic service. Interment follows at Park View Cemetery. Collins, born Mansfield, Nov 1, 1873, served General Electric in Schenectady, led the industrial heating department during WWI, authored electrical texts, and was active in Masonic and professional societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Francis Collins
Round Lake
Baxter
Schenectady
Tin Park View
Mr. Collins
Mansfield
William Gregsby
Eliza Catherine Meliza Collins
Farmer City
University of Illinois
General Electric
University of
Collins
Oriental Temple
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Round Lake Methodist Church
Indians Stage Sun Ceremony at Fort Blair Idaho
Indian dancers appear nude to the waist with painted bodies as they perform the annual sun dance at Fort Blair. The ritual, begun at sundown Tuesday night by Bannock and Shoshone Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, involves tom toms and sweeping arm motions toward the East to greet the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Blair
Idaho
Bannack
Fort Hall Reservation
Community Fire Hall Builder Remembered After Many Years
A longtime member who helped found the local fire association for 16 years and played a key role in erecting the new fire house and obtaining equipment is remembered for his contributions to the community.
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Home
Lem Flynn
Troy Copper
Fort Mason
Alice Levesque
Lem
Bill Guskie
N.Y
Mike
Hamilton Field
Frisco
ED Harrigan
Corp
Bill Ryan
Fire Department
Adolph Blanchard
Troy High
Helen M. Blanchard
Tenth Street
Quantico
John Coonrad
Elmer J. Coonrad
Sixth Avenue
Camp Sheridan
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Mike Volk, Jr
Michael Volk
Cohoes Road
Watervliet
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Fred Onyon
Fred E. Onyon
Arch Street
Aircraft Mechanic's
Fred
Allegheny Ludlum Steel
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Callea Furzie
Paul Proctor
Modernella ‘Sston
Carl Walsh
Mrs. A. Prins
Westalia
Carl
Jimmy Kownack
Marines
Norfolk
Charles G. Kownack
Second Street
Boyntonville
Charley Wrownace
Atlantic
Jack “Bud Brundige
Third Street
Signal Corps
Troy High School
Fort Dix
WN. d
Camp Crowder
Bud
Warren Brundige
Camp Butheer
N.C
Warren
M. Spencer Brundige
Florence Flynn
Chicago
Raymond Olsen
Ernest
Raymond
Florida
Florence
Victor Pitcher
Carlyle Pitcher
Glenfield
Dorothy Hicks
Medford
Mass
William A. Crowther
Davis Avenue
Northside
Court St. Monica
East Side
Conrad H. Lang
Hampton Beach
N. H
Louise Higginbotham
Waltham, Mass
A. E. Kittel
Maple Avenue
Edna Ruth
District Attorney’s Office
Netta Ruth
Brunswick Avenue
Asbury Park
N. J
Herman Spaeth
Ford Avenue
Burden Lake
Willkie
Lady Wimpy
St. Louis GP
Wimpy
St. Louis Ordnance Plant
Ralph Bellamy
WPB
Washington
Soaldier
Dye-Dee Wash
Johnny Doughboy
Barger
Fort Knox
Armored Command
John W Church
Bennington
Church
Panama
Cat
Los Angeles
UPI
F. Fernandez
Mary Garcia
Myer B. Marion
Service
Dan Vancouver
B. C
Robert W. Service
Dan McGrew
Dan
United States
McGrew
Chica Club
Sicileano, Inc
Sand Creek Road
Grand Union
Congress Park
Saratoga Springs
Daniel J. Crooks
Mgr
Nvsppar
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