Troy Sailor Missing In Action
Navy reports Michael F. DeProperty seaman first class missing in action. Born in Troy 21 years ago, he lived with his father Joseph DeProperty at 461 Pawling Avenue and worked at a confectionery store run by his nephew Eustachio DeProperty. He attended Troy High, then Watervliet Arsenal before enlisting. He recently left on leave in April and vanished en route to an unannounced destination. He is survived by his father, Miss Mary DeProperty, and brother Anthony DeProperty in the Army.
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Michael F. DeProperty
Navy Department
DeProperty
Joseph DeProperty
Pawling Avenue
Eustachio DeProperty
Pawling and
Spring Avenues
Troy
Troy High School
Watervliet Arsenal
Mary DeProperty
St. Vincent's Home
Anthony DeProperty
Free Beer Urged For Foundry Men
Cleveland area War Manpower Commission director Dr William P Edmunds urged foundries to offer workers beer and pretzels at mid morning and mid afternoon to relieve fatigue offset perspiration and raise morale. He spoke as a physician and said every foundry and smelting works should provide the treats to reduce absenteeism.
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Cleveland GP
William P. Edmunds
Cleveland Area
War Manpower Commission
Edmunds
Grace Methodist Church Elects Officers
Grace Methodist Church worship group elects Miss Mary Davis as president and Miss Janet Ryder as vice president with Ruth Lavery as secretary treasurer Lula Riley as devotions leader and Janet Ryder as board member. July and August meetings will continue at Mrs. Riley’s home Ramkin of Batavia attended as a guest. The article also notes the South African government spends about 10 million dollars yearly to halt locust invasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
Mary Davis
Janet Ryder
Ruth Lavery
Lula Riley
Earl Riley
Miss Ryder
David
Riley
Marjorie Rankin
Batavia
Aviation Cadet Campbell Graduates Bombardier School
Officer Frank P Campbell of Troy receives aerial bombardier wings at Kirtland Field New Mexico and is commissioned a second lieutenant after three months of intense flight and combat training He is the son of Frank A Campbell and wife Marge O Neill formerly of 2241 Fourteenth Street La Salle Military Academy class of 1936 alumnus and ex varsity athlete now engaged as a retail manager His brother serves overseas with the Marine Corps He previously trained at Santa Ana Army Air Base and is connected with La Salle Alumni Association and Holy Name Society of St Pauls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P Campbell
Troy
Army Air Forces
Kirtland Field
Albuquerque
N. M
Campbell
Frank A. Campbell
Fourteenth Street
Marge O'Neill
la Salle Military Academy
L’ Club
la Salle Alumni Association
Holy Name Society of St Pauls
Marine Corps
Lnieutenant Campbell
Santa Ana
Cal
East Nassau Residents and Visitors Highlight Local Social Notes
East Nassau Miss Anna Alter spent a short vacation in New York. Lews Madison of New York visiting his daughter, Mrs. I. Poll John Gentile was released from the Army and will engage in farm work here. Mr and Mrs. Leiderman of Albany are staying with Mr. and Mrs. Kaimin Reig. Mr and Mrs Donald Pulvee are entertaining their mother and father of New York. Mrs Alta Taylor spent the weekend at Williamstown Massachusetts with Mr and Mrs. Earl Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Alter
New York
Lews Madison
I. Poll John Gentile
Leiderman
Albany
Kaimin Reig
Donald Pulvee
Alta Taylor
Williamstown
Mass
Earl Taylor
Mary Mapes Dodge of St. Nicholas book by Alice Barrett Howard
Alice Barrett Howard of Wayne Pennsylvania publishes a first book about Mary Mapes Dodge the first editor of The St Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls Mrs Howard wife of Philadelphia editor Robert W Howard has two children and works with manuscripts while caring for family She holds degrees from Connecticut College Simmons College and Emma Willard School Her early career included bookselling and librarianship in Homer Hastings Albany and Hesom (Heston) Library service 1934 to 1937
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Alice Barrett Howard
Mortimer J. Barrett
Pawling Avenue
Dr. Barrett
Mary Mapes Dodge
St. Nicholas
Howard
New York
Philadelphia
Emma Wik Jard School
Connecticut College
Simmons College
Hestom
Harmanus Bleecker Library
Albany
East Side Kinloch Playground Opens Monday for Season
East Side Kinloch Playground will open Monday for the season with hours from 10 am until dusk. Instructors have not yet been named but will be announced within a day or two.
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Kinloch
Furlough for John F O'Donnell and visitors in Newport
Personal items note John F O'Donnell home on furlough from Newport RI to visit parents at 7 Munro Court and plan to return to Hunter Field Savannah GA. Corp Clement Garrity visited Mt Ida Church friends in Worcester and Bayly family in Pawling Ave. Upcoming Mt Ida Sunday School outing set for Major Cole's Grove Pinewoods Avenue with 1:30 pm church gathering and a planned basket lunch and beverages.
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John F O’donnell
Newport
Frank J O'Donnell
Munro Court
Clement Garrity
Richard Y Bayly
Pawling Avenue
Worcester
Mass
Bayly
Hunter Field
Savannah
Sergi
R . Bayly, Jr
Hunter
War Training Classes Open Monday
Troy High School hosts ten week war production training starting Monday under Joseph T Sproule. Programs include drafting and tracing pre employment, machine theory, machine shop practice, supplementary work, sewing machine operation, and sheet metal courses with flexible schedules for both part time and full time students.
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Peter F. Crupi
Troy
Troy High School
Joseph T. Sproule
Mr. Sproule
Joseph T . Sproule
Mi Sproule 18
Truck Driver Killed In Peekskill Beer Truck Crash
John Duffy, driver for Fitzgerald Bros Brew Co of Troy, died in a Peekskill hospital after his beer truck ran off a curve into a ditch. The accident occurred about three miles north of Peekskill on the Route to New York. no beer contents were lost. Duffy, a New York resident, had worked for the company about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Duffy
Fitzgerald Broe Brewine Co
Peekskill
Duffy
New York
Brewing Company
Duff
Troy
Dr Hotchkiss Named to Council and Research Body
Dr William O Hotchkiss president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been elected a member of the national council of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education He has also been elected a director of the Engineering College Research Association formed to promote and improve research in engineering colleges
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William O Hotchkiss
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
National Council of the
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
Engineering College Research Association
Mowing Machine Injury Hits 11 Year Old in Schenectady
Bernard Martin, 11, of Albany Street Colonie, was injured Wednesday when a power mowing machine caught his legs and ankles. He was treated at Elis Hospital after the operator George Fisher Colonie warned him away during the mishap. doctors feared possible amputation before plasma offered improvement.
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Elis Hospital
Schenectady
Bernard Martin
Albany Street
Colone
George Fisher Colonie
Young Martin
Faith Lutheran Church Elected to United Lutheran Synod
The Faith Lutheran Church of Schenectady was elected, with four other Lutheran churches from New York and New Jersey, to join the United Lutheran Synod of New York at the annual convention in New York City.
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Faith Lutheran Church of
Regents Exams Cause Teacher Dismissals At Ogdensburg
In Ogdensburg Free Academy the Regents tests in biology chemistry and geometry saw high failure rates with 37 of 63 chemistry 47 of 75 geometry and 26 of 56 biology failing. Superintendent Frank G Roda said a chemistry biology teacher Charles Keegan was discharged and geometry instructor Merle D Livermore limited to athletics only. The board approved a summer school in the three subjects to give students a second chance and ordered plans to begin immediately.
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Troy Area
Ogdensburg Free Academy
Frank G Roda
Ogdensburg
Mer
Waterford
Charles Keegan
Merle D Livermore
Board of Education
Roda
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ST. New York
Patrck Murphy
Church Society
Troy and Schenectady
Waltex
Clothing Factory Congress
Fifteenth ST
East Nassau
East Side
Troy Firm
Dr. Hotchkiss
Meas
Canada
Prometty
Nada
the People
River Street
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