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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1945
Page
12
Reports from the Seventh Fleet indicate five captive U S airmen were killed by Japanese forces. Details are sparse with the date of the incident not confirmed and no names released at this time.
Six Navy airmen including Robert J. Graham of Rosemont Pennsylvania and Reuben Robins of Omak Washington endured 13 days wandering in jungle after their Liberator was shot down near Bomeo. They split into groups to evade Japanese patrols and learned their in-crash comrades were executed as they moved deeper inland.
A hostile search led to a remote village where natives showed five missing white men. A friendly Dutch official provided meals and aid as bamboo crede slabs were built. an Australian plane later rescued stranded Americans fleeing the wilderness.
A runaway brown monkey escaped from an East Side hospital laboratory and has evaded police since Friday. Officials say the animal is harmless despite inoculation and is sought to restore it to controlled experimental status.
Cramer Joseph, ex-boss of the Belsen Concentration Camp, was placed under constant guard to prevent suicide before his war crimes trial slated around August 15. He is among 78 former Belsen officials and guards awaiting trial, with about twenty women among them.
Mechanicville loses Mrs. McMann wife of William H McMann and longtime high school faculty member. She taught at Mechanicville High School and served in the Alumni Association and New York Teachers Association. Born in Fort Ann she lived in Mechanicville over forty years and held roles in local clubs. Surviving relatives include three brothers and several aunts and an uncle. She was a Memorial Baptist Church member.
A stream of greetings and departures marks social life with residents returning from visits to Boston Swampscott and Hartford. The Past Masters Association and Star of Liberty Chapter members attend events while Peter DeVito receives a farewell party at home. Mayor Eckerson warns of a serious coal shortage this winter due to the coal strike, urging residents to prepare.
William Worthington of 219 Saratoga Street Cohoes was fined $25 after arraignment before Judge James F Byron in Troy Police Court yesterday morning on a charge of driving without an operator's license while operating at night. Patrolmen Theodore Wehlem and Joseph H Buchanan filed the complaint.
Mrs Becker of Stillwater, longtime resident over seventy years, died Saturday at Samaritan Hospital after a period of illness. She was active in the Presbyterian church and village welfare groups, celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with Collins C. Becker, and is survived by her husband and sister Mrs Marthe Wiltse of Albany. Funeral arrangements are to be announced.
Letters of administration issued to Frederick C. Munger of Castleton for the estate of his late wife Lela J. Munger who died in 1955. The $3,000 personal estate is bequeathed to the husband and to daughter Beryl A. Sharps. Hyman Rosenblum of Castleton represents the estate.
Eight persons were injured in a three car collision in Albany near St. Peter's. The crash involved a Normancrest Creek stretch and disrupted traffic while emergency responders treated the injured at the scene. No names or exact injuries are listed in the readable fragments.
Dublin reports excessive rates threaten peat harvest yield and domestic food supply. Officials warn potential shortfall if conditions persist and call for measures to protect harvest and ensure local consumption.
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