Phillips Joins Admiral King Staff Navy Captain Moves to Washington
Capt. John S. Phillips former commanding officer of the Naval ROTC unit at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been assigned to the staff of Admiral Ernest R. King in Washington. He arrived in his new post while his wife remains in Brunswick Hills. Phillips rose from Pearl Harbor to command the oiler Neosho and earned the Navy Cross for gallantry under fire. He had shared vivid accounts with The Record, though he kept many details private.
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John S. Phillips
Naval R. O. T. C
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ernest R. King
United States Navy
Washington
Captain Phillips
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Phillips
Record
Trojans
Navy
Troy
Neosho
Coral Sea
Retread Business School Aids Adults in Cambridge
Harvard Business School runs a 15 week retread course for men aged 28 to 55, turning them into versatile executives. A Vermont banker left banking to work on government production problems, a gasoline pump sales manager embraces engineering theory, and a Latin American firm plans finance hiring as a result. Thomas R. Reese, former Commercial Investment Trust manager, says the program proves mature students can learn cost sheets, blueprints, time rates and fair profits.
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Cambridge, Mass
Mns
Harvard Business School
Vermont
Thomas R. Reese
Commercial Investment Trust
Thomas
Mexico City
Corporation
Reese
Madame Chiang Goes to Atlanta
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek the wife of China's generalissimo arrived in Atlanta for the first time since childhood in Macon thirty years ago. She was greeted by Governor and Mrs. Arnall Mrs. Walter George wife of Senator Walter F. George and Mayor William B. Hartsfield after arriving from Washington.
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Atlanta
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Georgia
Macon
Cravernor
Ellis Arnail
Walter George
William B. Hartsfield
Washington
Stabbed Girl Leaves Hospital After Recovery
Catherine A Farley, stabbed 28 times on May 29, left Leonard Hospital Saturday to continue convalescence at home 382 Third Avenue. Police say John Richard Kendrick 20 Watervliet confessed to the attack near her home and remains jailed awaiting grand jury action. Warley a 21 year old bank clerk is noted.
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Catherine A. Farley
Leonard Hospital
Third Avenue
Farley
Troy-Cohoes
John Richard Kendrick
Broadway
Watervliet
Rensselaer County
Misa Warley
Troy
Hess Stull j Mysterious Figure in Britain
London reports and rumors swirl around Rudolf Hess, once deputy Fuehrer, as Britain continues to deny specifics. Officials say Hess remains in mysterious confinement, but sources insist he is a prisoner of war receiving standard treatment under international law.
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Rudolf Hess
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Freich
Hotter
Britain
Laborice
Will Thorne
Hessian
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Hess
Frau Hess
Canada
South America
Anthony Eden
Thorne
House of Commons
Fran Hess
Chequers
Winston Churchill
War Cabinet
Scotland
County
Devon
Comprison
Wales
Russia
Germany
Eisenhower Honored With Life Membership
Edinburgh report says The British Legion offered a life membership on Saturday to Gen Dwight D Eisenhower the American commander who led Allied forces to victory in North Africa acknowledging his role with British U S and French troops during the campaign
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Eisenhower
Edinburgh
Scotland
British Legion
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
North Africa
Bartle Heads County Bar Ticket Tightens Nominations
Harry J. Bartle leads the regular ticket for the Rensselaer County Bar Association with election set for 8 p.m. July 9 in the Surrogate's office. John H. Spain is first vice president, Thomas V. Kenney second vice president, Thomas P. McLaughylin third vice president, Alfred W. Gale secretary, Emmett A. Howd treasurer. Directors include Justices Pierce H. Russell and William H. Murray, County Judge Henry E. Clinton, Surrogate Edward J. Donahue, and City Court Judge Edward J.
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Harry J. Bartle
Rensselaer County Bar Association
Rensselaer County
John H. Spain
Thomas V. Kenney
Thomas P. McLaughylin
Alfred W. Gale
Emmett A. Howd
Police Justice Names in Court List
Nugent and Joan J. Sweeney. Police Justice James F. Byron, Harry J. Bartle, Alfred W. Gale, Emmett A. Howd, Frederick E. Draper, Herbert D. Hamm, James A. Millen, Donald Taylor and Dist. At, Earie J. Witey.
Pur ple Heart awarded posthumously to Cambridge captain
Cambridge widow Mrs G Winfield Arnott receives the Purple Heart for Capt George Winfield Arnott son of Cambridge residents Mr and Mrs James B Arnott killed in action on the African front. Four local men are called for induction. Daily Vacation Bible School opens at Embury Methodist Church with local clergy and teachers leading Bible stories music games and flag drill for four year olds and up.
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G. Winfield Arnott
Elks N. C
George Winfield Arnott
James B. Arnott
Cambridge
Horton McEachron
Jackson
Vincent McDonald
White Creek
George Spence Coulter
Oxford
Raymond H. Woodcock
Sider
Joseph G. Hunt
Chester A. Simmons
William Ettenger
C. Burton Jones
Louise Beadle
Eva Cc. Carpenter
Evelyn R. Holden
George E. Robinson
Lois Jackson
Coal dealers cut deliveries under Ickes plan
Troy coal dealers follow Solid Fuels Administrator Ickes urging to reduce advance winter deliveries to half to two thirds of normal needs. Mine stoppages slow shipments, with reserves kept for emergencies such as hospitals. Dealers aim to fulfill current orders then complete remaining supplies.
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Trave Voat
Ickes
Young Troy composer Gerard Vinett writes wartime song
Gerard Vinett, 12, son of Arthur H. Vinett of Stilwater, wrote the words and music for After the War is Won. His father arranged the piano score and the U S Copyright Office issued a registration. Gerard, a clarinetist, is grandson of Leon B. Vinett of 819 River Street, Troy, and composed the piece while convalescing from illness.
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Gerard Vinett
Arthur H. Vinett
Stilwater
United States
Washington, D.C
Gerard
Leon B. Vinett
River Street
Troy
State Retail Fuel Merchants Assn Leader Comments on Rationing
C. B. Nellis executive secretary says the association expects general compliance with rationing. He advised coal users not to panic about possible delays in filling advance orders and reassurances about the handling of fuel allocations.
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C. B. Nellis
State
Retail Solid Fuel Merchants’ Association
Nellis
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