Poestenkill Surgeon Awarded Silver Star in Tunisian Fight
Captain William I. Bennett of Poestenkill, a surgeon for a battalion of field artillery, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in North Africa. Injured near Oran, he evacuated wounded men amid mine danger as a carrier burned. A Colgate and Albany Medical School graduate, he practiced medicine in East Northport before the war. He is the son of Mrs. Mary A. and Joseph E. Bennett.
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William I. Bennett
Poestenkill
North Africa
Bennett
Oran
Staten Island General Hospital
Huntington Hospital
East Northport
Colgate University
Albany Medical School
Mary A
Joseph E. Bennett
Woman Found Dead at Home in Mechanicville
Mrs Susan Davis of Mechanicville was found dead in the living room of her home at 14 Frances Street at 10 a.m. yesterday. Her daughter Mrs Marshall Van Valkenburgh found the body. Davis had been ill from heart trouble and under a doctor’s care for some time.
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Susan Davis
Mechanicville
Frances Street
Marshall van Valkenburgh
Olive Tablets Advertise Constipation Relief
An ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle way to stimulate liver bile secretion and improve intestinal action. It claims daily bile flow reduces headaches and mental dullness and lists prices 15 30 and 66 cents with directions to follow the label.
New Lebanon Man Cited For Gallantry In Action
A posthumous citation for gallantry in action during a sea battle off Guadalcanal is awarded to Francis E. Lovejoy, yeoman first class of Pittsfield, a Hancock native and New Lebanon High School graduate. He was killed in action last November aboard the Atlanta, which endured a torpedo and 49 shells while remaining in action under auxiliary power with heavy casualties. He had served seven years in the Navy.
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Guadalcanal
Francis E. Lovejoy
Pittsfield
Hancock
New Lebanon High School
Navy
Atlanta
Stunter Now At Army Med Center
Abilene Texas AP describes Walter F Cahill a 36 year old paratrooper at Camp Barkley Medical Replacement Training Center who once performed barnstorming parachute stunts from 1923 to 1927 and did movie stand in work for Dawn Patrol Lilac Time and other air war films Cahill says he has made over 700 jumps but is now too old for active jumping and hopes to teach as a paratroop instructor after an injury.
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Abilene
Tex
Walter F
Cahill
Glendale
Cal
Army
Camp Barkeley
Slim
Lightning Breaks City Traffic Lights in Pittsfield
A lightning bolt struck an elm near Pittsfield City Hall on Saturday and hit a service outlet pipe from a nearby manhole ten feet away. It disrupted the traffic signal feed and knocked out traffic lights several blocks away, halting city intersection controls.
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Pittsfield City Hall
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Poestenkill Surgeon
William L. Bennett
New Lebanon
Stunter
Army Med Center
Frears
Ment
Lady Fair
Jewelle
Frears Beauty Salon
Troy
Eeae
Jacquard
Lawson Type
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