Hero’s Return Flyer Decorated for Valor in Pacific
Captain Charles F. Franklin of Watervliet, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal recipient, returns home on fur lough shaken by wartime strikes at home. He recalls flying Fortresses over Java and New Guinea, saving crew, and an inspiring jungle encounter with Javans. He criticizes U S complacency, urges support for the war effort.
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Charles F. Franklin
Watervliet
New Guinea
America
Southwest Pacific
Franklin
Java
Frank Franklin
Fast Street
Watervhet
San Francisco
Australia
Offcer
Frankin
Connrols
Ted
St. Bridget’s School
Catholic Central High School
New York State College
Williams College Named Navy V-12 Training Center
President James P Baxter announces Williams College becomes a basic Navy V-12 cadet training center with 400 cadets starting July 1 plus 40 pre medical students. Williams joins Harvard and Holy Cross as New England V-12 sites. By July 1 total Williams trainees expected near 1100 including pre flight cadets and college students deferred for scientific study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Baxter
Williams College
Navy Department
Washington
Williams
New England
Harvard
Holy Cross
Naval
Willams
Navy
Civil Air Patrol Plans Exercises At East Greenbush
Civil Air Patrol Group 4 with squadrons from Troy Albany Schenectady Amsterdam and Glens Falls will hold field and air exercises tomorrow at the East Greenbush Fast Greenbush Airport. This first mass maneuvers since the national command transfer to the War Department includes inter squadron contests ground and air exhibitions in hull bombing spotting landing and message pick up with a cup for the highest scoring squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Troy
Albany
Schenectady
Amsterdam
Glens Falls
Fast Greenbush
Hudson
Canadian
Civil Ai Patrol
Office of Civilian Defense
War Department
Carl Comstick
Round Lake church events and student honors noted
Round Lake Fidelis Circle hosts a covered dish supper at 6 30 followed by a business and social hour. Navy informs John Lewis and Carroll Derby their V 12 test marks earned NYC interview eligibility. Fourth annual spring dance in High gym by Dancing Club, last event praised. Maita Home Bureau meets at Mrs Edgar D Larkin home Tuesday with morning business meeting and scrap book activity for soldiers. IL high school class to graduate Monday with John Lewis valedictorian and Martha Williams salutatorian.
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Fidelis
Methodist Church Bible School
Navy Department
John Lewis
Carroll Derby
New York City
Dancing Club
Maita Home Bureau
Edgar D. Larkin
Martha Williams
State Code To Regulate Explosives
A new safety code for explosives will take effect statewide on July 1. William J. Picard, chairman of the State Board of Standards and Appeals, announced the rules covering military pyrotechnics such as illumining flares and incendiaries. The code aims to prevent disasters like the East Rochester incident last December. It bars jewelry and spark‑producing objects, bans silk wool or rayon clothing to reduce static, and requires separation walls and limited staff in rooms. It notes safeguards like remote machine start switches and interlocked doors. The article also notes eighth grade graduation plans for John Simpkins and Beverly Brown, with ceremonies on June 18, held separately from the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Picard
State Board of Standards and Appeals
Picard
East Rochester
Room Aw Limited
John Simpkins
Beverly Brown
Random Clips From A Wartime Wire Service Parcel
Short snatches from UPI dispatches across cities. a runaway spare caught by a passerby in Portland. tailors charging more for oversized men. Mrs Budd's 101st birthday spent fishing. a duck dodging in and out of an oven. soldiers carrying bedding for a morale boost. a strong neck circus act ending in a divorce bid. schoolchildren walk a dog to sell a war bond. a thief convicted after claiming not to deny the robbery. a Louisiana boy sending safety gear to sailors and airmen with a note of longing to join them in three years and seven months.
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Des Moines
Louisiana
Iowa Health Department
Charles Morgan
Boyce
Woman raises chicks on refrigerator top in Plymouth Rocks hatch
Mrs. G. Hennig placed eggs on the warming device atop her refrigerator. Two chicks hatched yesterday and four more eggs are expected to hatch soon as Plymouth Rock hens brood in her kitchen setting.
Will Fall with Dignity Declares Italian Fascist
Rome radio quoted Fascist Party secretary Carol Scorza admitting Italy could be conquered by the Allies. He pledged to fight with determination and, if forced to fall, to do so with dignity and honor to inspire those who follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hess Reported Losing Mind In Confinement In England
Rudolf Hess, the wartime Nazi deputy, is described as a complete loss to the Allies and increasingly irrational in confinement at an English internment camp. He suffers fixed ideas about Russia and the need to unite to defeat the Soviets, while his health remains not bad but his grasp of reality weak. His wife’s status appears unclear, and he receives standard prisoner rations with limited reading material, though he shows little interest in reading.
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Chicago
Joseph Gregor Ceek
Superior Court
Joseph Sabath
Mary
Rubin Rivas
Gregor Csek
London
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Heas
Britain
England
Russia
United States
Troy Man Held For Grand Jury On Three Counts
John J. Manning, 21, of 81 Ferry Street, arrested by Troy police in connection with six burglary and petit larceny jobs in Lansing. He waived examination before Judge James F. Byron and was held for the grand jury on burglary in the third degree and petit larceny. Detectives Rafter and Noonan credited with solving the cases through Manning’s arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Manning
Ferry Street
Fourth Precinct
Lansingburg
James F. Byron
Troy
Yesiie Aday
Manning
Sergi
Joseph L. Rafter
John J Noonan
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Gotham
Kelly Shop
Fulton
Belmont
Leon F. Short
East Greenbush
Round Lake
Een
Pioneer Building Loan
Second Street
Rae
Ager
Portland
Ore
Ray A. Faaching
Vancouver
B. C
Josephine Boyer Budd
Esib
Duck
Lewiston
Idaho
R. B. Wright
New Perce
Wright
Lubbock
Tex
South Plaing Army Air Field
Bond East Orange
N. J
Lois Drummond
Judy Conover
Nassau School
Anna Schmidt
South Main Avenue
Columbus
Carl Dunn
Cecil J. Randall
Ohio Penitentiary
Troy Man
Limerick
Optometrists
Opticians Modern Glasses of Latest Design
River Street
American Theater
Uae
Ails Aia
St.Joseph
Worms
Cologne
Chanement
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