Trees Will Be Memorials At Granville
Granville High School students and faculty plan a memorial service in the night school auditorium at 2 45 to honor former students who died in service. A tree dedication on the athletic field will follow, with twenty three trees planted for each fallen student. Relatives and friends of service members are invited to attend.
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Granville High School
Paw
Stégent
Louis Dougan
Middle Granville
Church Street
Edward P. McGrath
Pierce Widnes
Senvan AM
Peter Preboda, Jr
Robert F. Roche
Augustus Lapaves Clarence
A. Thomas
Joseph Lewry
Peter Koryiak
Albert Libert, Jr
George Gilbert
Richard
N. Jones
Conald R. Schiaffer
David S. Cramer
John AL Kurne
Henry ¥. Nelson
Norman Prickard
Harvey L. Jordan
Redbert O'Donnel
John Kurchey
Andrew Kurchey
Eonard Hayes
Floyd Ru Olsen
London and Paris Celebrate Victory in Europe
Jubilant crowds in London and Paris welcomed the Allied victory in Europe after years of war. Streets were lit with colors symbolic of the United Nations as banners and bonfires marked the momentous declaration.
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Associated Press
England
Europe
London
United Nations
Dorae
Victory Day Observances By Allied Troops In Rome
American troops across the Mediterranean theater marked V E Day with services at the National Stadium led by Protestant chaplains. Catholic rites were held at Jesus Church and Jewish ceremonies at the Langitevre Cencl Synagogue as announced by headquarters.
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Rome
Mediterranean Theater
Headquarters
National Stadium
Jesus Church
Langtevere Cencl
London and Europe Celebrate Victory in World War II
Crowds flood streets across England and allied nations after V E Day as Churchill proclaims the hour of triumph. In London revelers sing and dance near the Cenotaph while Paris and other cities glow with lights, flags, and victory editions of newspapers.
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Churchill
London
England
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
West End
Ian Whitewall
Bricain
Church of the Sacred Heart
Paris
Army
Stars and Stripes
Les Nouvelles
United States
Russia
Goddess of Liberty
Piccadilly Circus
Buckingham Palace
Johnsonville Social Roundup and May meeting notes
Johnsonville residents shared a Sunday visit with relatives in North Adams and Schenectady. Edith Abbott returned to Yonkers after a town visit. Grace Methodist Church Women’s Society held its May meeting at Mrs Ernest Van Doren’s home with reports from the secretary and treasurer and a study session. The next gathering is planned for Mrs Clarence Bennett’s home on June 4.
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Fiovil Burdick
North Adams
Mass
Edith Abbott
Yonkers
Suznener
Frank Morsenave
Schenectady
Gordon Mortegue
Frankagan
Hoosick Falls
Suss
Helen Darling
Bennington
Mis
Elizabeth Agan
Women's Society of Christian Service
Grace Methodist Church
Ernest L van Doren
Reteply
van Doren
Ernest HL. Abbott
Charles S Welling
Forest Brownell
Clarence Ecgleshymer
Clarence Bennett
Fireman Hurt As Pumper Strikes House
Troy fireman Patrick Byrne sustained slight injuries when a pumper failed to turn and crashed into a brick apartment house at Second Avenue and Death Street. Driver Joan Marshall was uninjured. the apparatus was damaged and will be out of service. The fire damaged shed at 14th Street and 1512 Fifteenth Street was minor.
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Patrick Byres
W4th Street
Second Avenue
Carl A. Smith
le Patrick J. Byrne
Troy
Izo
Death Street
Eyre
Lidth Street
Stone
Brothers
Carla A. Smith
Frank P. Cleminshaw
14Th Street
C.J. Muckle
Fifteenth Street
Believe Japan Will Be Defeated Within Year
Manila authorities commented on Germany's fall and predicted it would take about a year to defeat Japan on the mainland. They noted the possibility of a Japanese government surrender earlier. American GIs feel Japan could be defeated within nine months, though many enlisted men wish to remain in the fight until total victory.
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Manila
Persistent Donor Of Blood Refused By Pittsburg Bank
One of Pittsburg downtown blood bank's best known workers, Dave Luff, a 43 year old broom salesman and Romanian native, can no longer donate blood even under assumed names. He previously gave 18 pints in his own name and seven more under borrowed names, citing a son in the Army.
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Uernariona
Sews Service
Pittsburg
INS
Dave Luff
Facl
Dave
Red Cross
Romania
Motor Corps Serves in Many Fields
Rensselaer County Red Cross Motor Corps shows wartime versatility by performing automechanics, first aid, nursing support and transport. Volunteers deliver blood bank supplies, carry hospital items, staff mobile units, and assist medical staff, case workers, and veterans services across the county and to Albany. They log thousands of miles using personal vehicles and operate a dedicated Red Cross station wagon for ongoing public service.
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Iic
Renaselaer
Hed Cross
Fed Cross
Moist Corps
Home Service Division
On County
Veterans’ Bureau
Motorcorps
Red Cross
Raps Censorship at Allied Headquarters
A London Daily Mirror correspondent at SHAEF blasts censorship after V E Day notes. He says officials withhold peace news while other stations broadcast, calling the policy a fiasco and mocking SHAEF for secrecy and delay. He contrasts Nelson’s boldness with SHAEF’s hesitancy.
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Allied
London
London Daily Mirror
Supreme Headquarters
SHAEF
Shae
Lord Nelson
Nelson
Blood Donation Plea Amid War Bonding Call
A speaker urges public sacrifice noting a two year absence, inability to fight, and a personal pledge to donate blood. He contrasts soldiers abroad with civilians at home earning money and insists that giving a pint is minor compared to the boys overseas.
Area Soldier Praised for Drawing Work
Schuylerville soldier artist Edwin K. Robbins 26 earned a commendation from Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes for The Spirit of the Bayonet a graphic manual used in training troops. The Army approves his simple illustrated approach to bayonet drill reducing trainee confusion and matching infantry school and Army War College standards. Robbins created Captain Marvell and Jimmy Jupiter comic work before this contribution.
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Schuylerville
Captain Marvell
Jimmy
Jupiter
Army
Edwin K. Hobbins
Philp Hayes
Third Service Command
Robbins
Infantry School
Army War College
Schuylerville Hich
Illustrator with Pratt Institute background creates Cap character
An artist educated at Pratt Institute in Washington opens his own studio and develops illustrations for children magazines. He later collaborates with Fawcett Publications creating the Cap character and related work.
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Pratt Institute
Washington
Fawcett Publics
Dons
Cap
Army artist recalls wartime service and contest award
A veteran recalls joining the Army by 1965 and serving at the Twining Center in Indiana. He describes doing art work for the Army and earning second place in a soldiers’ art contest, noting fellow servicemen’s role in his win.
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Arny ‘Twiing
Indiantowm Iy
Revent
Army Art
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the People's Store
the People
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