Four Area Youths Pass Eddy Tests
Four Troy area youths aged 17 who have not yet turned 18 passed the Eddy Test as prep for Navy student radio technician training. Chief Gunner's Mate Joseph Sullivan announced enlistment of seven other Troy residents, six sent to Sampson for training and one placed on the temporary inactive list. Three of the four radio technician candidates will start training after completing high school. names include John Sates and one other.
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Troy Area
Navy
Joseph Sullivan
Sullivan
Sampson
John Sates
Navy training recruits listed from Cambridge and Troy area
Henry Bates and Edward Diamond of Cambridge and Watervliet along with Edward Sherman who passed the Eddy Test depart Monday for specialized Navy training in a 3 ol. Those accepted for regular Navy service and Sampson training include Philip Finley Jerome O Donnell Robert Hottee Gilbert Dixson Richard Bogardus Alfred W Dube James Monahan and a Hoosick Falls enlistee placed on inactive list Youths 17 are showing interest in the new rate technician program and many are calling at the recruiting station for information for final year high school students to sign up.
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Henry 8. Bates
South Park Street
Cambridge
Edward J. Diamond
First Avenue
Watervliet
Edward L. Sherman
Second Avenue
Eddy
Navy
Sampson
Philip Finley
Jerome O'Donnell
Hillside School
Robert Hottee
George Street
Green Island
Gilbert Dixson
Shagnticoke
Richard Bogardus
Hoosick Falls
Alfred W. Dube
R. D
Troy
James E. Monahan
Seward Street
Sullivan Troy
Biando Receives Six Month Jail Term in Albany
Charles Biando of 13 Lexington Avenue Albany was sentenced to six months in the Rensselaer County Jail by Judge James F Byron in Trey Police Court yesterday for violating the State Public Health Law. He was arrested on a warrant by Detective Joseph P Shields and Plainclothesmen Michael J Kane. The Eddy Test is explained as a preliminary written exam to gauge if applicants have basic knowledge and aptitude for radio technician training at the local recruiting station.
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Charles Biando
Lexington Avenue
Albany
Rensselaer County
James F. Byron
Trey
Biando
Joseph P. Shields
Michael J. Kane
William H. van Steenberg
Edward J. Houlihan
Sullivan
Biande Drug Suspension Revoked by Judge Byron
Narcotics agent Ralph Weisman reports Biande was arrested previously for illegal drug possession. Biande pleaded guilty to violating the public health law and was given a suspended sentence conditioned on staying away from drugs. After ten days in jail and two later violations, the court revoked the suspended sentence, though Biande argued no law was violated.
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Ralph Weisman
Biande
Byron
Biando
Four Vichy Officials Convicted in Purge Trial
The first French purge trial concluded with 10 Vichy concentration camp officials found guilty of murder and brutality. Four received death sentences, including Sergt. Maj. Jean Baptiste Finidori and Lieut Xavier Santucci. Col Felicien Lupy was acquitted. others drew life terms or long sentences.
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Giels
Vichy
Col
Felicien Lupy
North Africa
Jean Batiste Finidori
Lieut Xavier
Santucci
Raphael
Burglaries Upset Uptown Bar Area After War Turbulence
Two burglaries reported at 186 Second Avenue removed cash from two flats in the building. Thieves took 3 dollars from one, 75 dollars from another, with entries made by keys. The report mentions postwar planning issues and Vichy era intrigue with interned Foreign Legion members.
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Bar
Algeria
Vichy
French Foreign Legion
Germany
Legion
Ets
Buiding
Second Avenue
Richard Page
Thomas Threatway
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Muhlfelder
Francois de Menthon
Republi
Interior
Pierre Pucheu
Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. Department of Commerce
Coats
Mubhlfelder
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