North End Contingent Sent to Army Camp After Local Board Action
The Selective Service Board 332 Northern wards sent its contingent to an Army camp yesterday with acting corporal William J. Hicks. The board also sent 11 men to the Navy and three into the Marine Corps, listing names by service branch and noting transfers from Pulsaki Hoosick Falls Malone and College Point.
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Selective Service Board
Army
William J. Hicks
John J. Dougherty
Thomas A. Knickerbocker
Navy
Marine Corps
Joseph H. Wells
Robert M. Daley
John F. Neal
James A Roberts
Paul J. Boulier
Thomas
Selective Service Board 332
Army Camp
Sacred Heart Sodality Communion Breakfast at St Augustine’s
The Sacred Heart Sodality of St Augustine's Church will host its annual communion breakfast after the mass in the school hall. Mrs Frank Noonan chairs a committee including Miss Helen Law as cochairman and others handling reservations finance and leadership. A rummage sale runs all day tomorrow and Saturday at 109 Congress Street by First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburg with Mrs Byron Follett as chairman.
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Sacred Heart Sodality
St. Augustine’s Church
Frank Noonan
Helen Law
Cochairman
Catherine Dowdell
Thomas Fitzgerald
Catherine Galvin
James Graham
The
Sodality
Congress Street
First Presbyterian Church of
Lansingburg
Byron Follett
Hobbyist Amelia Brown Collects 2000 Tiny Buttons
Amelia Brown, among Bell Aircraft Corp workers, balances a six day week operating a metal punching machine with a hobby of button collecting. In under two years she has amassed about 2000 buttons, some pinhead sized, highlighting wartime domestic skills.
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Buffalo UP
Misa Amelia Brown
Bell Aircraft Corp
Postwar Social Security Plan Introduced by Wagner
Senator Robert F. Wagner proposed a cradle to grave unified social insurance program modeled on Beveridge. The bill extends benefits to about 15 million more people including farm workers and domestic workers, funds via worker and employer contributions, and adds hospital and medical care coverage with phased public employment services and pension adjustments.
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Washington
Llp
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Great Britain
William Beveridge
Wagner
Treasury
Social Security Board
Wagner-Peyser
Armed Service
Dr Shields Heads Keeley Dinner Committee
Daniel W. Carhart announced a reception committee for the civic testimonial to Capt. John M. Keeley of Troop G NY State Police. The group is led by Dr. William T. Shields and includes Sen Clifford C Hastings and several justices, a county judge, and state officials. Announcement noted that more committees would be named later.
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Daniel W. Carhart
John M. Keeley
New York State Police
Hendrick Hudson
William T. Shields
Chfford C. Hastings
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Thomas W. Rourke
Edward J. Donahue
James F. Byron
Menands Man Files Petition in U S Bankruptcy Court
Roy J. Brownell a brakeman of 3 Amsterdam Avenue Menands filed a petition in bankruptcy in U S Court at Utica with liabilities of 23689 and assets of 575. He formerly ran the District Mushroom Co at Athens and did trucking for a grocery chain. Creditors include National City Bank Troy Union Furniture Co Cohoes Manufacturers Bank of Cohoes Shanty Bros Watervliet and others of Albany and elsewhere.
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Troy and Cohoes
Roy J. Brownell
Amsterdam Avenue
Menands
U. S
Utica
District Mushroom Co
Athens
Leas
National City Bank
Union Furniture Co
Troy
Manufacturers Bank of
Economics Save Metal Says General in War Report
General Gillespie at Watervliet Arsenal cites dramatic metal savings from new crate designs and lighter packing for bomb tail fins. New packaging and ribbing reduce steel use by millions monthly, while redesigned tripods and paper bands cut material needs. Aluminum in fuses replaced by plastics, saving metal for fighters. old copper cartridges found at a Rhodesdale shop prompt renewed US ammunition manufacturing reliability.
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Army Ordnance
A. G. Gillespie
Watervliet Arsenal
Gillespie
United States
Rhodesdale
Fan
Frankford
Corner Haircut Brings Arrest in Busy Baltimore Corner
At a busy Baltimore street corner Alfred Dolce a 34 year old pipefitter and Edward Ciano a 36 year old cement worker were arrested after a crowd gathered while Diano cut his friend's hair. Both received suspended sentences for obstructing traffic and were brought before the magistrate's court.
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Baltimore
Alfred Dolce
Edward
Ciano
Diano
Dolc
OPA to Study Liquor Prices Across Distilleries
Washington OPA seeks an improved price control program after skyrocketing liquor costs. All distilled spirits owners must file by July 9 data on prices and their ceiling methods. A new maximum schedule may be set at the distiller level with final retail prices tied to wholesale and retail markups.
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Washington LP
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Learn to Fight Bulls: Soldier Learns Bullfighting Aids Training
Rafael Palomar, a former matador with over sixty bulls, argues bullfighting teaches quick thinking, perfect timing, and footwork for soldiers. He says marching, firing, and bayonet drill are fine but urges soldiers to study bullfighting to improve combat readiness.
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Los Angeles
Rafael Palomar
Palomar
Martha Raye Ill After Army Show Collapse
Film actress Martha Raye is under a physician care after collapsing in New Orleans following her first Army show on itinerary. Lloyd Tainter says anemia from yellow fever contracted in Africa during army tour explains her condition.
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Hollywood
Martha Raye
New Orleans
Lloyd Tainter
Africa
Areensh 1874 Shells Demonstrate Low Misfire Rate
Tested shells show a misfire rate of 5 percent and accuracy to 300 yards, considered unusual by ordnance experts. General Gillespie notes ammunition made for this war but unused remains serviceable in 2013.
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Areensh
Gillespie
Four Freedoms Misinformation From School Test
A Nichols school pupil lists the four freedoms as freedom from want fear speech and religion in a general information test. Another pupil defines a motorist using Ration Book D as anyone with pull and claims The Rains Came author is The Buffalo Weather Man.
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Buffalo UP
Roosevelt
Nichols School
Buffalo
Rabbi Geffen To Observe Anniversary
Rabbi Joel S. Geffen will lead Sabbath services at Temple Beth El at 8 15 this evening in observance of the 17th anniversary of his ordination. Tomorrow morning worship begins at 9 with a children’s assembly to follow and the Religious School meets Sunday at 10.
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Temple Beth el
Joel S. Geffen
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