Watervliet Sends First Group to Induction Camp
Watervliet Selective Service Board No 346 announced a first group leaving for military service with Army trainees heading to a training camp and Navy personnel to a central point for ship or shore assignment after exercises at City Hall. Reclassifications were issued placing several men in 2A and 2B, while 4F group members were listed. Community notices covered Red Cross fundraising and church group meetings at Jer main Memorial Church with plans for a food sale and rummage sale and a covered dish supper scheduled for April 4 at Germain gymnasium.
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Armed Services
Selective Service Board No
Army
Navy
Central Point
Ivan H. Ball
Trinity Episcopal Church
Robert J. O'Brien
Peter Waricka
Paul J. DeMarco
Joseph Armao
Frank J. Bowden
Leslie L. Gould
Sylvester J. Liotta
Roger C. Luppa
Louis J. Valente
Arthur H. Fleming
Red Cross
Alta Hughes
King’s Daughters of the
Jermain Memorial Church
Ethel Ameigh
Second Street
M. J. Feathers
Germain Gymnasium
Watervliet Church to Install New Pastor Tonight
The Presbytery of Albany installs Rev. Lester LaVerne Ross as pastor of Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church in Watervliet at 8 p.m. The service includes presiding officers, scripture reading, sermon, charges, and closing benediction with choir and organ recital. A Holy Hour is planned at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church and a musical program by Alexander V. Bouchard. Also, Watervliet High School students prepare for upcoming New York State college scholarship exams in May.
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Lester LaVerne Ross
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Herbert 5. Mekeel
First Presbyterian Church
Schenectady
Raymond A. Ketchredge
Johnstown
Walter D. Strangeway
Jermain Church
Kenneth Sboanjukian
Raymond Roscorla
Jerome Scorzoso
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Alexander V. Bouchard
Troy Vocal Society
Gounod
Gallment
Ros- Sinj
Adoremus
Dubois
Gertrude Cove
Cohoes
Randolph Whitney
Troy
Watervliet High School
New York
State of New York
Department of State
William F. Sheehan, Inc
Albany
Thomas J. Curran
Seal
Frank S. Sharp
College entrance course participants named by Principal Sanders
Principal Edward J. Sanders announced today who are taking the college entrance course. A trial postponement to March 22 occurred in the case of William and George Linen of Cohoes charged with disorderly conduct and assaulting an officer. Calendar Night will be observed by the Ladies Aid Society of Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church with a 6 15 pm covered dish supper and 7 30 pm business session. Francis McGivern was guest of honor at a farewell dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Burt at 213 Thirteenth Street, with Evelyn Kawala, Maryntniak, Charles Butler, Susie McGivern and Jack Berrigan among the guests. The note also mentions the silver wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Nick Santoro at 702 Third Avenue, with their son Vincent serving in England and daughters Mary, Rose, Frances, and Carmela Santoro hosting, plus Carmen Casolo in attendance.
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William and
George Linen
Cohoes
Ladies’ Aid Society
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Francis McGivern
Warren Burt
Evelyn Kawala
Maryntniak
Charles Butler
Susie McGivern
Jack Berrigan
Nick Santoro
Third Avenue
Santoro
Vincent
England
Mary
Rose
Frances
Carmela Santoro
Carmen Casolo
Watervliet Amaranth to Celebrate Anniversary and Events
Hiawatha Court Order of the Amaranth marks its 24th anniversary with a birthday party at Watervliet Masonic Temple on March 22 led by royal matron Muriel M. Bates with Olive Desnoyers as chair. The court votes a Red Cross donation and plans a card party at Louise Carr’s home. An instruction school at Schenectady Temple is set for April 1. Desnoyers, Bates, Van Alpen, and Helwig aid in the program. Sergeant Edward J. McQuade receives Air Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster, and Distinguished Flying Cross for 25 Lights over Germany. Gerald Dugan Jr enlists in the Navy, leaving Watervliet High for training at Sampson. his open house follows.
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Hiawatha Court
Order of the Amaranth
Watervliet Masonic Temple
Muriel M. Bates
Masonic Temple
Olive Desnoyers
Red Cross
Louise Carr
Fourth Avenue
Grand Court
Schenectady Masonic Temple
Desnoyers
Bessie VanAlpen
Dorothy Brown
Bates
Jarine Spelle
Louise Helwig
Edward J. McQuade
Julian McQuade
Thirteenth Street
McQuade
Army Air Forces
Germany
Behr-Manning Co
Watervliet High School
Gerald Dugan
Eighth Avenue
Gerald, Jr
Navy
Sampson
Pope Endorses Coffee as Christian Drink
When coffee first reached Europe it faced backlash as an infidel beverage. Pope Clement tasted it and baptized it as a Christian drink, saying it was so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have the exclusive use of it, and coffee gained a foothold thereafter.
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Pope
Europe
Pope Clement
White House Eyes Bipartisan OPA Extension Pact
Reports at the capitol say the White House will seek a bipartisan agreement with Congress to extend the Office of Price Administration beyond June 30. Senator Wagner noted Bowles would meet with the Senate Banking Committee to discuss plans as White House and House leaders weigh a price control bill amid threats of a subsidy repeal rider.
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Washington
Capitol
White House
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Wagner
N. Y
Senate
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
White
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Baltic Diplomats Called Axis Agents
Moscow reports accuse three Baltic diplomats in Washington of serving as Hitler agents. The Russian weekly War and the Working Class targets Latvian minister Dr A Bilmanis for circulating a booklet alleging Nazi and Bolshevik atrocities in Latvia while praising Soviet investigations into alleged abuses.
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Moscow
Washington
Hitler
War
Soviet Union
A. Bilmanis
U. S
Latvia
Goebbels
Bilmanis
Red Cross
Whitehall and East Whitehall Social News Summary
Mrs Dominic Young suffered a heart attack at home in Whitehall while Mrs John Leyden remains seriously ill at Judge Leon M. Leyden’s Adams Street residence. East Whitehall residents Dr. Edward V. Farrell treats Claude Kingsley’s left hand fracture at Champlain Spinners Mill. Miss Eleanor Schoenmann wed Eugene Rock at Truax Field Madison Wisconsin. reception held at the bride’s sister’s home. both teachers at Truax Field.
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Dominic Young
Gilmoretreet
John Leyden
Leon M. Leyden
Adams Street
Rose Quinlan
New Hyde Park
Whitehall
Felton Kana
Poultney Street
Philip Perry
Phyllis
Arthur Gordon
East Whitehall
Howard Terry
South Williams Street
Sampson
Gerald
Claude Kingsley
Champlain
Edward V. Farrell
Eleanor Schoenmann
Herbert Schoenmann
Spring Green
Wis
Eugene
Charles Rengstorff
Mrs. Rock
Chicago
Truax Field
Obituary notices and funeral services across local towns
The page records multiple deaths and funeral services including Frank L. Michael, a retired Albany Law School graduate, with survivors in Oakwood and Martindale. Sherman Feathers interment in Glass Lake. Mrs. Sarah Morris of Argyle and Mrs. William R. Hutchins of Saratoga Springs with service details. George H. Eighmey and Elizabeth Connery Desmond funeral rites. Mrs. Helen V. Moon of Schaghticoke. Charles L. Sickler of Troy. Liebmann and Hogan obsequies with church rites. Mrs. Laura A. Mincher and Frederick C. Dugan Sr. observed in Cohoes and Lansingburg. and Mary Ann Sheehan interment in Waterford.
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Frank L. Michael
Elmwood
Oakwood Avenue
Martindale
Albany Law School
Guy Michael
Flora B. Knechth
West Palm Beach
Flo
Kenneth Coons
Feathers
Sherman Feathers
Perry Funeral Chapel
Glass Lake
Orin Ireson
Averill Park Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Beavers
Sand Lake
Walter Momrow
Henry Snyder
Albert Flaxmeyer
Walter Werger
D. H. Greenwood
John Baseldt
Ascar Creba
Thomas Almond
Sarah Morris
Argyle
Henry
Hudson Falls
Benjamin Morris
Rutland
Kilmer
Vernon Butler
Argyle United Presbyterian Church
Moss Street
William R. Hutchins
Wiliam R. Hutchins
Greenridge
Elmwood Cemetery
Schaghticoke
George H. Eighmey
Saratoga Springs
Caroline
Sarah Bightey
Ellen J Delaney
St. Clement’s Church
Desmond
Elizabeth Connery Desmond
Maurice Desmond
Seventh Avenue
St. Peter's Church
George C. Reardon
Edward A. McManus
Harold B. Hinds
W. Leo McCarthy
Panis Angelicus
Edward 5. Kirkpatrick
Joseph H. Brennan
Thomas J. Hart
St. John's Church
William Moon
James M. McGowan
Elizabeth Madigan
Theresa Feeney
Melrose
St John’s Cemetery
Charles L. Sickler
Fifth Avenue
Troy
Charles H. Dauchy Co., Inc
Middle East inflation hits wages and living standards
George Sopp Jr, a Syrian American returning from Lebanon and Eritrea, reports severe inflation in the Middle East. Shoes cost far more, suits rise to 200, candy and milk scarce, oranges rotting in Palestine, and wartime rationing limits bread. Transportation costs are high and many private cars are requisitioned by governments.
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Ithaca
UPI
George Sopp
Lebanon
Eritrea
Middle East
Sopp
Palestine
Red Sea
United States
Polygamy Cult Leaders To Face Trial March 20
In Salt Lake City a federal judge set March 20 for the trial of 200 fundamentalist leaders and followers from a polygamy sect. Arrests across Arizona Utah and Idaho followed a three-state roundup after indictments under the Mann Act and Lindbergh kidnap law along with conspiracy and obscenity counts. Seized with the leaders were thirty other sect members facing state conspiracy and cohabitation charges as many as six wives.
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Salt Lake City
Tillman D. Johnson
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Colgate Enrollment Drops to Ninety-Year Low
Hamilton United Press report notes Colgate University civilian enrollment slides to 882 men for the spring term. Dean Carl A. Kallgren states 92 percent of registered students are Navy trainees, marking the lowest civilian numbers in nine decades.
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Hamilton
Colgate University
Carl A. Kallgren
Navy
Kallgren
Local Residents Move and Sailors Return Home
Beman Park residents Mr. and Mrs. William P. Dill have rented the apartment at 2348 Sixteenth Street. Mrs. John Moon, formerly ill at Samaritan Hospital for eight months, has been moved to Sharpe Convalescent Home. Donald V. Bunce, carpenter's mate, is home on an all day furlough from overseas duty to his parents at 2171 Thirteenth Street.
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William P. Dill
Lee Avenue
Sixteenth Street
John Moon
Samaritan Hospital
Sharpe
Donald V. Bunce
Allan V. Bunce
Thirteenth Street
Ford Policeman Beaten In Rouge Plant Fracas
Detroit reports a Ford Motor Co spokesman says a plant protection man was beaten during a clash after a worker struck a foreman at the Rouge plant aircraft building. Two men were suspended for smoking on the line as more than 2,000 Rouge foundry workers returned to work after a one day walkout over production rates.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
United Automobile Workers' Union
C. SU
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Vermont Points
Montreal
Copeland’s Travel Bureau
Fulton St
Bet
Ith & 5Th
Vermont Transit
5Th Ave
Fifth Ave
Selective Service Board No. 346
Watervliet City Hall
Edward J. Sanders
Ted
Lester L. Ross
Easter
Beck Bein
Hollywood
Coats
Mc Martin- White Inc
Broadway
Ogee Cron
Batabano
Watervliet Amaranth
Baltic
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
Menands
Miss Hogan
Miss Agnes Hogan
J. W. Burns’ Sons, Inc
Fifth Avesnue
St. Patrick's Church
William H. Sheridan
Walter BH. Chippendale
St. Peter's Cemetery
Mincher
Laura A. Mincher
Isaac Mincher
Division Street
St. Agnes’ Church
Union Cemetery
Crescent
Mr. Dugan
Frederick C. Dugan
Mason Funeral
Second Avenue
Seth N. Genung
First Presbyterian Church of
Lansingburg
Fred A. Beck
F. C. Filley
Albert Butler
Guy M. Flanders
Mosie Cobelland
Georges F. Wagner
Mary Ann Sheehan
John J. Sheehan, Jr
Agnes
Colgate
Ford
Rouge Plant
River ST
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