Blood donor hero Ted Fischetti in marine war letters
Ted Fischetti son of Bernard and Mrs Fischetti of 22 Walker Avenue writes home from war zones praising blood donation. He shares donor honors with the First Marine Division, recounts giving a pint to a wounded buddy, and notes his unit’s Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester actions. He mentions his fiancée Helen Custo and his barber father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superman
First Marine Division
Guadalcanal
Ted Fischetti
Bernard Fischetti
Walker Avenue
Ted
Helen Custo
Troy
Superman Division
Marine Corps
Teddy
Hendrick Hudson
Australia
New Guinea
Military Dispatches And Local Notes From Far Quarters
Lieut Don Mealy of Lansing reports paying 20 cents for eggs from a peasant for feed and jokes about Italian wine with a ball bat. Tech. Corp. Fred Wagar returns to Fort Bragg after a ten day furlough with family. Pie Wilbur Boomhower, North Africa, mails a chilly note to sister Mabel Anderson. Frank Painting, La Salle graduate and Navy veteran, now at Sea School in San Diego. Several sailors named on leave after boot camp. Bill Flavin of Cohoes promoted to storekeeper second class at Shoemaker California. Hoosick Falls athletic director miss Douglas highlighted in Honolulu press. Doug Eighmey forwards congratulatory note to Hoosick Falls superintendent Loveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Don Mealy
Eighth Avenue
Lansingburg
Don
Tech. Corp
Fred Wagar
Fort Bragg
D. C
Clifford
Wagar
Spring Avenue Road
Fred
THS
J. A. Manning Paper Co
Green Island
Pie Wilbur Boomhower
North Africa
Mabel Anderson
Eleventh Street
Iran
Pic
Frank Painton
la Salle
Navy
Marine Corps
Hey
San Diego
Cal
Sampson
John Gregg
Third Street
Boyd Crawmer
First Street
Charles Grafpunder
Fifth Avenue
Wetervoet
John Kenyon
Sixth Avenue
Joe Wallie
Ralph Taddeo
North Lake Avenue
Lionel McCauley
Ida Street
Paul Cloutier
Broadway
Water
Doug Eighmey
Hoosick Falls
Deorethy Douglas
Honolulu
Miss Douglas
Doug
Marvin B. Loveys
Spaghetti with Armour Star Sausage Balls Recipe
A new variation uses Armour Star sausage balls with 1 pound meat to serve four. Fry small sausage balls, brown onions and mushrooms, blend flour and tomato juice with Worcester sauce and spices, simmer sausage, add cooked pasta, and top with sauce and meat balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
Star Park
Denner
Armours
Lars Se
S.uce
Spachetti
Spaghetta
Armour and Company
The Real Value and Merit of Father John's Medicine
The ad extols Father John's Medicine as a soothing, nutritive remedy for coughs and throat irritation from colds. It claims quick relief, scientific compounding, easy assimilation, and a three generation family trust built on real merit rather than advertising.
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Father John
Local soldiers and seamen listed for duty or promotion
Seaman Harry Hussey returns to duty after leave with ribbons for five theaters of war. Fostering brothers, cousins and friends are noted across Hoosick Falls area as private first class Joe Riegert, corporal Milton Hems, and Kyran Matthews return or prepare for overseas assignments. Also listed are airmen, gunnery graduates, and midshipmen candidates connected to Watervliet Green Island Albany Ossining and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hussey
Foster R. Hussey
River Street
Harry
Pfc
Foster Hussey, Jr
Carlsbad
Salt Lake, City
William J. Foley
25Th Street
Watervliet
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Pacific
Kyran Matthews
Margie Gilboe
James Street
Green Island
F Matthews
23Rd Street
Watershot
Kyran
Arsenal
Portsmouth Prison Rehabilitates Sailors in War Effort
Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Big Brig, known to Marines and Coast Guardsmen as Siberia, runs a rehabilitation program with six percent of inmates rehabilitated annually and returned to service. The facility houses about 2100 service members from all states and creeds, averaging 22 years old, with offenses from drunkenness and theft to sleeping on post, AWOL, desertion, disobedience, and striking a superior. Sentences range from three months to twenty years.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Naval Prison
Navy
Fighting Services
Naval Prison
Red Cross drive plans outlined with community events
Mrs Robert Beveridge Jr chairs a door to door Red Cross drive committee meeting. M J Purtell named assistant chairman. Territory covers Watervliet City Line west through Latham Corners Boght Corners and Shaker Road. Card parties and a community fame party sponsored by S W Pits Hose Company set for March 22 at the Hose Company Jail on London Road. Proceeds aid the Red Cross.
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Robert Beveridge
Red Cross
M. J. Purtell
T Wvenbhy-Sin Wothels
Watervliet City Line
Latham Corners
Boght Corners
Shaker Road
S& W Pilts Hose Company
Eugene Theroux
Hose Company
Clyde Orrett
London Road
Tne
Elmer Litchfield
Malta Grange Meeting With Covered Dish Supper
Round Lake residents Mrs Harold H Corbin and daughter Betty have opened their home here Mr Corbin in Florida. Malta Grange will meet at Grange Hall today with a covered dish supper at 6:30. Committee serving includes Mrs J Rexford Knapp Miss Mane Knapp Mrs Carlotta Lockhart and Walter Knapp. TEEN-AGERS GO ALL-OUT. Traverse City Michigan report notes local students pledge to skip entertainment and spend saved funds on war stamps.
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Harold H Corbin
Betty
Corpinte
Florida
Malta Grange
Grange Hall
J Rexford Knapp
Mane Knapp
Carlotta Lockhart
Walter Knapp
John L. Barber
Camp Upton
Frank T. Barber
Dunning Street
Camp Bell
June Morey
Beverly Brown
Marion Rosser
Traverse City
Mich
Glen Loomis
Rites Held For Father Of Priest
Funeral services were held yesterday for John H. Lawlor Jr., father of Rev. James P. Lawlor, assistant pastor of St Mary's Church. He died suddenly Sunday at his home in Albany and the mass was celebrated by his son. The ceremony included a large procession of clergy, choir, and delegations from local convents and schools, with interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Lawlor, Jr
James P. Lawlor
St Mary's Church
Larch Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Father Lawlor
Raymond Mulcahy
Waterbury
James Curley
Lake George
George A. Kelly
Cohoes
Patrick Hanley
James J. Casey
St. Mary’s Church
Wiliam P. Casey
Vadatie
John F. McDonald
West Albany
John J. King
Altamont
Thomas J. Lenahan
Fort Ann
Gerald S. Millett
Troy
Gerald H. Kerwin
Albany
John J. Gaffigan
Averill Park
Paul J. Keeshan
Richard J. Walsh
J.G Hunt
E. J. Donnelly
Thomas H. Kay
William B Connell
Thomas A. Curley
Agnes C. Sheeran
John B. Dunn
Joseph V. Dillon
Harvey J Bessette
St. Jean de Baptiste Church
Joseph Hennessy
Germantown
John J. Gaffigar
John McManus
Hubert O'Reilly
Edward Hartnett
Wiliam Quinn
John J. Leary
Thomas Dundon
Sisters of St. Joseph's Convent
Sisters of St. Mary's Convent
Sisters of St. Joseph’s Seminary
Sisters of Holy Family
Glenwood
St. Mary's School
LaSalle Institute
Vincent Po Jeto
John Delaney
Eugene Zak
Edward Johnston
Thomas Perry
Frank Clemente
LaSalle
Association of Journeymen, Plumbers
Leonard A. Hicks
Holy Name Society of
Joseph A. Franklin
Raymond J. Rooney
John A. McCarthy
Hudson
William Boldt
Schenectady
James P. Hanrahan
Watervliet
John J. Forman
Raymond B. Downey
James W. Shaughnessy
Rotterdam Junction
John A. O'Connor
Arthur P. Carron
Saratoga Springs
Hartford
Naval Chief to Lead Canadian Navy in Invasion Role
Vice Admiral Percy W. Nelles, chief of staff of the Canadian Navy, will travel to London as senior Canadian flag officer. He will have general supervision over Canadian naval interests during the invasion of the continent.
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Ottawa
INS
Percy W. Nelles
London
Wives of Service Men Organized at Malone
Mrs Blanche R Callander forms nucleus of national wives of service men group in Malone to promote friendliness and help among women with husbands in the armed forces Marjorie Roberts Malone is national president.
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Malone
Blanche R. Callander
Marjorie Roberts
Penicillin Concentration Fact From Mold Broth
A historical note states that penicillin must be concentrated roughly 20 000 fold to extract the pure drug from the broth supporting mold growth, reflecting early purification challenges.
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Roy Shudt
Cape Gloucester
Ellen Mahoney
Fourth Street
John Mahoney
Adams Field
Little Rock
Ark
John
Neil Mahoney
India
Sergt
Bill MA
Times Square
Hotel Times Pn
Dr Edwards
aRis
Tuco
Ulate
Amsterdam
Corp
Ray Carey
Rennie Carey
Mechanicville
Valley Falls
Northern Ireland
Ray
Socks
John Riegerit
South Pacific
Jacob Riegert
Tenth Street
Joe Reegert
105Th Infantry
Mickey Golash
Africa
Joe DeMario
Don Caswell
Mickey
Lada
Paul Golash
Smoky
Joe Golash
England
Chris Dunnigan, Jr
117Th Street
Bainbridge
Chris
Taaredo
Tex
Ronald Belcher
Alice
Crockett Avenue
Army Air Corps
James Hanrahan
Watervilet
University of Rochester
Midshipmen’s School
Cornell
Krank d. Hanrahan
Niagara
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Latham
Round Lake
Ful
Caruso Fruit Distributors
America
Wleischmann
Fleischmann
Cnr
Bachna
Hralhives
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