Army Honors Police Chief of Panama
Colonel Frances E. Howard, head of the Canal Zone Military Police, was honored with a full review by U.S. and Panamanian forces for long service. President de la Guardia decorated him with the order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa for fostering police cooperation across the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Armstrong
Panama Canal
INS
Frances E. Howard
Canal
Naval District
Canal Zone
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Army
George H. Brett
Caribbean Defense Command
Harold C. Train
Panama Sea Frontier
Col
Rogelio Fabrega
National Police of
Panama
A. O. Meyer
Colon
Panama City
Said
Shanghai
United States
Howard
U. S.S
MLP
U. S. Navy
MPL
Quiet Green Island primaries set with no contests
Green Island primaries next Tuesday are expected to be unusually quiet with no contests for committeemen and no opposition to incumbents. Polls open 12 noon to 9 pm at November general election sites. Town clerk Willard I Hunt will set up booths Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard I. Hunt
Noted Canal Zone marihuana crackdown story cited by colonel
The article details Canal Zone efforts against marijuana traffic slowing under new legislation. It describes Colonel Howard visiting a lockup after an over celebratory private who lost his pants. the private, in civvies, asks if the colonel is a good Joe and what he’s in for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
M.P
West Point
Panama
Canal Zone
Joe
Probate Court Docket List for Week Ending March 20
The Surrogate's Court at Salem records include estates with probate actions and guardian matters. Key items: Elizabeth Murphy last will admitted. Anna Vladyka judicial settlement decree. Labbie Ackley administrator account citation. Stephen H. Matthews settlement decree. Essa M. Loomis will admitted and appraisers named. Irving Weinberg settlement decree. Fannie W. Kenyon notice to creditors. guardianship inventories filed for Joseph and Veronica Hogg. Henry Catone administration to Mary Catone. Edward B. Carter compulsory accounting. Hugh Weir administration to Margaret Weir. W James McClarty administration to Ruby McKernon Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth G. Fleming
Anna Vladyka
Granville
Labbie Ackley
White Creek
Stephen H. Matthews
Essa M. Loomis
Cambridge
Robert S. Long
Malcolm M. Parrish
Samuel Keller
Irving Weinberg
Fannie W. Kenyon
Kingsbury
Hudson Falls Herald
Joseph*Hogg, Jr
Veronica Hogg
Henry Catone
Whitehall
Mary Catone
Jennie S. Lawrence
Jackson
Edward B. Carter
Hugh Weir
Margaret Weir
W. James MccClarty
Hartford
Ruby McKernon Hall
Prisoners Buy War Bonds and Blood for Red Cross
The Viewpoint monthly from New Jersey State Prison reports a survey of 160 penal institutions showing prisoners purchased 2,598,980 dollars in war bonds and donated 44,625 pints of blood to the Red Cross as of December 31, 1943. Questionnaires were sent to 293 institutions, with 133 not yet replying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Viewpoint
New Jersey State Prison
Red Cross
Waterford Red Cross War Fund progress noted at meeting
Reports show substantial increases in Waterford Red Cross War Fund donations with industrial gifts exceeding 1900 dollars and house to house canvass over 1000 dollars. Campaign aims for 7500 dollars with committees to report next week. Also notes Holy Communion service and school art award winner Marjone Swayze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Fund
Waterford
Wilbur H. Caney
Thomas F. Gaynor
Busha
Mabel Gordon
Roland MecGrievey
Marion Ranney
Wallace Rudebush
Gaynor
Byterian Church
Lansingburg
Raymond West
Oklahoma
Navy
Marjone M. Swayze
Waterford High School
New York
Schenectady
Miss Swayze
Body of Missing Boy Found in Barge Canal
Ed ward 8 Zranski Jr 14 Pendleton one of three schoolboys missing since March 1 on way home from school found in Barge Canal Wenderville firecrew and Niagara County deputies had searched the debris filled canal for days and recovered Lloyd Jones 12 from Wenderville March 2 grappling for Edward’s brother Robert 85 Zranski 12 continues at the canal’s edge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport Upi
Edward
Zranski, Jr
Pendleton
Wenderville
Niagara
Lloyd Jones
Robert
Zranski
War bond push sparks tavern whisky offer in Buffalo
In Buffalo Wyoming Peter Lucas, tavern owner, offered quarts of Scotch for $1,000 war bonds and a pint of bourbon for $500. Lucas urged locals to buy bonds to help finish the war, quoting Come on folks, let's finish the war and the Scotch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Wyo
Peter Lucas
Lucas
Two Youths Die After Collision at Crossing
Two teenage boys died at Mercy Hospital from injuries suffered Wednesday when their car was struck near Arcade by a Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Washington flyer. Victims were William Tufel 17 and Gerald Rogers 15, both of East Aurora. Gerald’s brother Nelson 17 was in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Sickels
Bessie E. Jordan
Hudson Avenue
Green Island Presbyterian Church
James Christie
Green Island
John McBain
Henry D. Smith
Albany Rural Cemetery
Buffalo
Mercy Hospital
Arcade
N. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Tufel
Gerald Rogers
East Aurora
Gerald
Nelson
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Kiwanis Club
John J. Ahern
Kiwanis
Troy
Stanley B. Wiltse
W. Russell Bird
David J. Livingstone
Mayor Ahern
Elbert P. Watts
Alex Shapiro
Corporation Hall
Charles J. McDermott
Green Island Lodge
O. A. FB
Circle No. 2
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Weil Laird
Heatly School
Webster Bailey
Sons of Union
Cohoes
Auigs
Dragetste
Washington County
U. S
Grace Episcopal Church
Woman's Auxiliary
Pack Il
Super Market
Broadway
Peercrest Furs
Peerless
Mendoza
India
Bombay
FUR
Berless
Lydia Pinkham
Adv
Berles
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