Watervliet Veteran Dies In California
War veteran Joseps A Napolitano, formerly of Watervliet, died at Naval Hospital San Diego California after two years in the Army. He held the Purple Heart and leaves a wife and three stepchildren, with sisters in Watervliet. His affiliations included American Legion and Our Land of Mount Carre. The obituary notes his service in the Southwest Pacific and honors.
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Joseps A. Napolitano
Army
Navel Hospital
San Diego
Cal
Mos Ceegia Napotiane
155Th Avenue
Ind
American Legion
Our Land of
New Fuel Oil Coupons Made Valid
The Office of Price Administration extends new fuel oil coupons valid immediately upon receipt to speed delivery before the next heating season. District offices warn dealers and consumers that Period 1 coupons are valid as soon as they reach recipients, encouraging early deliveries to ease storage and meet rising demand. Some gasoline distributors may open fuel oil bank accounts in coordination with existing gasoline accounts, regardless of volume.
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Sis
Office of Price Administration
Toca
Istrict
Skels
Sark
Ariy Bieg
Pre
OPA
War era paper shortage sparks salvage drive plan
The article notes a pulp shortage impacting paper production and urges recycling of old newspapers and magazines. It details a local salvage effort to support wartime needs. Also mentions Maplewood bond committee planning a Fifth War Loan Drive meeting and a Sacred Heart of Mary Mother's Club gathering. Extinguishing a grass fire at Ninth Avenue and Clinton Street is reported, alongside a Masonic Lodge meeting to confer a degree on servicemen on furlough.
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Jermain
Tomers
Jane Hacem
John J. Carroll
Grand
Watervliet Courci
Council
Green Island Council
Columbian Squires
Wednesdar
Wah
Mar Loan Committee
Waterview
L. L. Corkout
Ste
National Bank of ‘Watervliet and
Cape
Séturda
Fr National Bank of
Generals
Watervliet Generals
Cohoes Owls
Cohoes
Joseph Echter
Allen Jones
Elks
Lodge of Elks
Martin Fj Schanz
Chix
Alfred C. Meely
Watervliet Salvage Committee
Bui
Maplewood
Mother's Club of the Sacred Heart of Mary Church
Si Avenue
John Adams
Steadquarters Fire Company
Ninth Avenue
Clinton
Flang
Masonic Temple
Russell H. Grebem
Mas‘ter
Woman Held for Gun Toting on Beer Spree
Florence Sheehan, 32, was held for felonious court after police found a 45 caliber pistol in a shoulder holster under her coat during a tavern tour. She claimed she found the weapon in Ballwar and forgot to turn it in.
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Forei
Florence Sheehan
Fetonr Court
Wid West Fe
Shashan
Ivo
CauzaAt
Ballwar
Trownie
Zam2
City Hall Park to Open on Flag Day Ceremony
Troy plans to officially open the new City Hall Park on Flag Day with a ceremony and possible band concert. Twenty benches will be placed in the park including some along the sidewalk outside the fence.
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ELKS
C. Bowman
Waterview Lodge
Elks' Clubs
City Hall Park
Troy
Old City Hall
John J. Ahern
Fifteen Jailed In Draft Fraud Case In Baltimore
The FBI arrested 15 people including a Navy petty officer and three Army NCOs for draft evasion and aiding inductees to feign mental illnesses. Inductees paid 280 to 500 dollars for fake rejections to obtain 4-F classifications. Several civilians and one alien were charged as intermediaries. investigators seek further leads.
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Laltimore
Suveau
Jonn* W. Vincent
Beltimore F. Blt
Orce
Navy
Sifin Regiment
Vincent
Chester T. Rui
Jerry
Sargtl Leon D. Shapiro
Corp
Morris
Militons
Fifth Regiment Armory
U. S
James R. Cullen
Jane
Gest
Fre
Deaths and funerals in Albany area notices
Obituaries note Howard F Pratt of Lansingburg died after cerebral hemorrhage. He worked 43 years at Ross Valve Co and was a Trinity Episcopal Church member. He leaves wife May B L McGil and son William with sister and brother in law. Funeral at 389 Fifns Avenue North with Rev C V King. burial Oakwood Cemetery. Other notices include Miss Mary Kirby and Mrs Amelia Waldron funerals and Joseph Rochminski a World War III veteran, with services and interment details.
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Howard F. Pratt
Howard B. Pratt
Lansingburg
Samariatan Hospital
Me. Pratt
Waterford
Trinity Episcopal Church
Oaxwood Cemetery
Mary
Kirby
Fifth Avenue
St. Peter's Caureh
Mary's Cemetery
Johanna Hartnett
James Hirby
Alfred Pras
Ernest Gieser
Elmwood Cemetery
Joseph Rochminakt
Joseph Rochminski
Fourth Street
Poor Co
Fagan-Deng Fest
American Legion
Albany
Bronislawa
Kstenxek Konier Rechminski
John Rechminan
Andrew Honopker
Sarah McGeever
McGeever
Hoosick Falls
Joy Hospital
James McGeever
Scotland
Ber Hite
Mre
SteGemver
John Murphy
Mire
Thomas Jarrett
Detroit
Mo. B. Peterson
Pietsfield
Mase Tie
Syhar Panera
Church of the Immaculate.Conception
Marys
Hoosick
Falls
Craxer
Alving Craver
Chinese Airmen Treasured Planes Brave Crashes Over China
Chinese airmen in the Chinese American Composite Wing risk death to save or attempt to save American P40s and B25s. Commanders order bailouts when landing is impossible, and pilots sometimes refuse to quit their planes to honor duty and face.
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Clyde & Farnsworth
Tha Honan Front
China
Yangtze River
Ne Wes
Naes Oy
Xho
Allied airmen share meals and camaraderie at base
At the composite wing base American and Chinese crews eat separately to respect dietary preferences yet mingle in camaraderie. After dinner the division vanishes and everyone heads to the movies together in the mess halls.
Noxon Trial Resumes In Infant Death Case Defence to Speak
In Pittsfield a murder retrial of John F. Noxon Jr and his wife Margaret continues into day four. Witnesses including defense and state officials recount the infant Lawrence Noxon death from electrocution last September. The judge and jury hearクロ testimony as arguments over evidence unfold.
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John F. Noxon, Jr
Margaret
Pittsaeid
Lawrence
Abraham E. Pinanski
George F. Fiske
Gmenthold
Fiske
Joseph B. Ely
Ely
Crose
George P. Hunt
Pittsfield
Dist. Atty
Charles R. Alberti
Weller P. Sime
Lawmakers Respond to Council Attack on Proposals
Six state legislators serve on the State Judicial Council and are cited as handling most proposals. Spokesman notes the council’s critics, while Crandall Melvin and others press Dewey adviser Breiter and Sen Anderson, saying the 1944 Legislature pigeonholed council recommendations and approved only seven of its major measures.
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State Judicial Council
Judiciary and Codes
Crandall Melvin
Lycuse Banser
Lawyar
Yanks Raise Fund for Son of Dead Heroine
UPA fund of almost $5,000 raised by U S airmen at a Ninth Air Force base will cover education for 4 year old Tony Everitt. He is an orphan whose mother Mrs Betty Everitt died saving American flyers from a burning bomber last Saturday near her farm home.
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U. S
Ninth Airforce
Tony Everitt
Betty Everitt
Postwar Food Study Committee Formed in New York State
A long range planning committee to prevent chaotic postwar food conditions was appointed in New York State at Governor Dewey's suggestion. The panel includes William I. Myers, C. Chester DuMond, and Dr. L. A. Marnard. The group aims to aid farmers by creating a good market and to ensure consumers receive foods they want in proper form while improving nutritional standards statewide.
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New York State
Dewey
State Emergency Food Commission
Harold M. Stanly
Myers
Albanians Honored For Fighting On Makin
Lieut. Col. William M. Van Antwerp and Maj. Jacob H. Herzog of Albany have been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge with wreath for gallantry on Makin. They served on Brig. Gen. Ogden J. Ross’s staff when he led the 3rd Brigade, now attached to the intelligence office of the 27th Division in the Pacific theater.
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Wiliam M. van Antwerp
Jacob H. Herzoz
Albany
Pacific
Makin
Ogden J. Ross
L3rd
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