Brothers Larkin cited for bravery on Guadalcanal
Two upstate New York brothers James and Wilbur Larkin cited for meritorious conduct in action with a Marine battalion on Guadalcanal during the night of October 13 14 1942. They braved heavy shellfire to locate and repair a severed communications cable while under enemy fire.
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South Pacific
New York
Guadalcanal
James
Wilbur Larkin
Penn Yan
Marine Corps
Syracuse
N. Y
Parris Island
S.C
William J. Larkin
Delbert J. Larkin
United States Naval Service
Schuylerville Girl Ends Course
Elizabeth Potts an 18 year old from Schuylerville completed a National Youth Administration War Production Center course at Marcy and left for a mechanic's helper job at the Rome Army Air Depot with a starting salary of 1500 dollars annually plus overtime. A Salisbury House dance hall on Jefferson Heights near Catskill burned with losses estimated at 3000 to 4000 dollars. Ruth Goodrich 63 of Jamestown died from injuries after a fire swept her apartment building.
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Elizabeth Potts
Ferry Street
Schuylerville
National Youth Administration
Marcy
Hhes
Army Air Depot
Rome
War’ Production Center
Jefferson Heights
Catskill
Jamestown
Ruth Goodrich
General Hospital
Hospital Day To Be Noted On May 12
Five area hospitals will observe Hospital Day on May 12 marking Florence Nightingale s 23rd anniversary. A simpler observance due to shortages will feature hospital tours and emphasis on wartime service and volunteer recruitment by National Nursing Company for War Service and the Red Cross.
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Florence Nightingale
Samaritan Hospital
Leonard Hospital
Troy Hospital
St. Joseph’s Maternity Hospital
Cohoa Hospital
National Nursing Co. c
American Red Cross
Liquor Store Hours Not to Be Changed
County ABC boards debate liquor package store hours as Montgomery County acts to curtail hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Officials in Montgomery say war time conditions drive the move. Local boards in Troy, Rensselaer and neighboring counties show mixed views on enforcing fuller hours amid wartime constraints.
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See County
Alcoholic Beverage Control Boards
Troy
Rensselaer
ABC
Montgomery Control Board
Amsterdam
Montgomery County
Tremmerves
Rensselaer County Abc Board
Two Local Men To Be Officers
Warren C. De Lollo of Watervliet and Bert E. Rosenfield of New York City are slated to become second lieutenants at graduation exercises of the Chemical Warfare Service officer candidate school at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. Both were chosen for the program for superior military records education and character with De Lollo working as a chemist for Adirondack Foundry & Steel Co in Watervliet.
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Warren C. de Lollo
Watervliet
Bert E. Rosenfield
Sixth Avenue
Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School
Edgewood Arsenal
Jranka
de Lolio
Adirondack Foundry & Steel Co
Watervilet
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Limerick
Optometrists
Opticians Modern Glasses of Latest Design
River Street
American Theater
John S. Phillips
Coral Sea
Naval R.O. T. C
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
National City Bank
Phillips
Thomas W. Rourke
Trojans
Pioneer Building Loan and Savings Association
Second Street
Rose
Dwight
Percale Sweets
Aan
Perkins Sheets
Martex
Candlewick
Pepperell Part Wool
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