Major Butler WWI veteran dies in Saratoga Springs home
Major Butler longtime Saratoga Springs resident and WWI veteran is found dead in his Broadway home. He served in Company L and later commanded Adirondack Post American Legion and Gunner Brothers Post WWFP. Survivors include widow Viola Thompson and two sons, with others overseas. Coroner notes death from a hemorrhage while reading a newspaper. His body was discovered by Henry Schrade Jr.
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Jobs PF. Butler
Company
LW Ts
Viola Thompson
Trompson Mills
W. Nam Butler
Barasota
Fia
Walter T
John P. Butler Jr
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No Inquest Stated in Mrs Crockett Death
Coroner Charles J. Cote announced no inquest would be held into the death of Adelaide Crockett who died from injuries after falling from a fourth floor window of the overpass at the Frear Co. store. The decision followed a conference with Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert T. Murray at the courthouse. a formal ruling was anticipated the next day.
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Adelaide Crockett
Seventh Avenue
Charles J. Cote
Asst. Disi
aAtly
Robert T. Murray
Court House
Curfew to be lifted or altered as war progress permits
New York wartime director Byrnes told Allied Food and Entertainment Industry that the midnight curfew will be withdrawn or changed as war conditions allow. A letter from Byrnes, published by Arthur Garfeld Hays, denies a hearing on the curfew but says modification may occur in the future if advisable. By end of 1944 G I employees and veterans have boosted the workforce. 104000 GI workers joined, 98000 veterans returned, and 16000 veterans hired who had not worked there before.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
Arthur Garfeld Hays
Coustel
Pubic
Byrnes
Igosnort
Byrnee
Germany
G. i
Sloan
Navy Man Returns From Leave To Port Heuneme Cel
Round Lake Robert G Hitchcock of the Navy returns to Port Heuneme Cel after a brief leave at his home. Mrs Arthur Felter visits at the home of her brother in law George Woodruff Ballston Spa Mrs Thomas WW Cornel Jr and
Local Navy News and Community Notices
Whitehall Lloyd Brows, son of Mrrs Wilfred Brown, will report for boat training in the Navy. Mr and Mrs George Hupman of Schenectady spent the weekend with Stark and the By crow family. Mrs Oliver Frazer left for Plattsboro to visit her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Augustus Taft. Stores will close 22 noon to 3 p.m. Good Friday. E Pfc Henry S Mansell promoted to technician with grade. He serves in the 6th Signal Repair Co at Camp Polk. Pfc William Manel of the Air Craft Maintenance Squadron at Wilmington DE spent 24 days furlough with his wife in Riverside CA.
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Lloyd Brows
Wilfred Brown
Navy
George Hupman
Schenectady
Byron Hupman
Stark
Poulener Street
France
Leu Walter Stark
Oliver Frazer
Queen Street
Plattsboro
Augustus Taft
Henry S. Mansell
S6th Signal Repair Co
Camp Polk
Ah Henry Manel
Fifth Avenue
Whitehall
William Manel
New Castle Army Air Base
Wi Mington del
Riverside
Cal
Stephentown Social Notes Include Visits and Guests
Stephentown residents report visits with Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs and Mrs. Sarah Holger in Poestenkill. Local couples from the town traveled to Troy for a Monday gathering. The week also lists guests at the Galloways and Lincoln home, with notes on church services and a CCC Camp transition affecting local leaders.
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Elizabeth Briggs
Sarah Holger
Ini Poestenkill
Brood Canors
Troy
Harvey Pease
Grover Knapp
Thomas Fritzechie
Charles White
C. H. Atwater
Bien . Cotter
Betty
Irene Galloway
Walter Syites
Arthur Lincoln
Lincoln
CCC
Evan Howiex
Rensselaer
Ciuba
Stephentown
American Prisoners Freed in Big Drive
East of the Rhine, Seventh Army liberates American prisoners from a German camp. German guards report many died, while U S troops advance and take control of the area as the war progresses toward victory.
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Big Drive
Germany
Rhine
Rescuers Describe Emaciated Beings Found in Debris
Responders describe survivors as weak with matchstick arms and legs and skeletons, amid ongoing search for others. The dramatic scene highlights the fragile state of people trapped or affected by the disaster.
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