Troops Seek Radios and Local Help in Wartime Letter
A Troy serviceman at Camp McCain Miss sends a plea for radios due to rationing and asks Troy residents to send any unused sets. The note praises Troy’s past support for soldiers and mentions a Waterford league member funding a subscription for a friend. A Fiji barracks displays city signs for men from many towns, including White River and Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Joe Kasper
Troy
Camp McCain, Miss
Joe
Waterford
Camp's Merchants
Modesto Dchinelli
Fiji Islands
Ffc
Ray Page
Presque Isle
Air Field
Yank
Whiteriver
Ariz
Long Island
Glamor hair tinting at home Barbo compound
An advertisement touts Barbo Compound for graying hair offering a DIY tinting method. It describes mixing with water to create a large bottle that provides a uniform natural color that resists rubbing off and scalp staining. The copy urges readers to try the product via drugstores and promises a younger, more attractive look.
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Barbo
Adv
Local Social Notes From Center Cambridge and Area
Center Cambridge Mrs Nettie Keyes recently visited her sister Mrs Mabel Brown in Cossaguna. Miss Esther G Arnott returns to Albany after time with her parents Mr and Mrs James B Arnott. Mr and Mrs Jay Green hear their son Charles F Green in the Navy has been promoted to radio man first class. The Happy go Lucky 4 H Club plans a benefit dance in the Town Hall with Lydon Wallace and his orchestra providing music. Mrs Clarence Burch and Miss Lois Townsend of Hoosick Falls along with Mr and Mrs Glen Townsend dined with Mr and Mrs Darwin Townsend to celebrate Mrs Townsend s birthday.
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Nettie Keyes
Mabel Brown
Cossaguna
Esther G. Arnott
Albany
James B. Arnott
Jay Green
Charles F. Green
Navy
Lydon Wallace
Clarence Burch
Lois Townsend
Hoosick Falls
Glen Townsend
Darwin Townsend
Cambridge Court Invites McLoughlin to Annual Banquet
Cambridge Court McLoughlin of Gleng Falls has received an invitation to Court Leonard for the annual banquet at Hotel Queenbury this Saturday, followed by a state conference Sunday at 1 30 p m Reservations must be made with Grand Regent Miss Kathryn Byrne before November 1 The third blood bank under the
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Methodist Church
Fred Drew
Salem Evangelical Church
Rochester
John Stuart
Women's Missionary Society
American Legion Post
Averill Park
Trinity Lutheran Church
Harry W. Lammond
Red Bird Mission
Kentucky
Irene Hanson
Marjorie Backhaus
Cambridge Court McLoughlin
C. D
Gleng Falls
Industrial Reconversion Loans Urged by Atty Gen Biddle
Atty Gen Francis Biddle urged a Senate subcommittee that the government create a loan program to aid reconversion to peacetime production for any enterprise seriously embarrassed by the war. He argued loans would relieve private financial pressure and allow final settlements on war contracts without blocking reconversion. He noted many firms lack reserves and that the nation should assist war contractors in solving reconversion challenges.
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Washington
ULP
Francis Biddle
Senate
Biddle
Skunk Blamed for Draft Card Loss
John Atkinson 23 told U S Commissioner Edwin K Walker he trapped a skunk near Fargo North Dakota and burned his clothes after the animal seized his draft card, a tale used as his alibi. He was released on bond while the story was investigated.
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Chicago
INL
John Atkinson
John
U. S
Edwin K. Walker
Fargo
N. D
Atkinson
Bond
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Roy Shudt
Manhattan
N.Y
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Boise, Ida
Buffalo
Waco, Tex
Haly
John Tomashi
Cohoes Road
Watervliet
Camp Shelby
Miss
Frank Molloy
Camp Folk
Frank
Camp McCain
Polk
Joe Abbott
Thomas J. Abbott
Lincoln Avenue
Naval Training School For Aviation
Navy Pier
Les Speanberg
Flora L. Speanberg
Valley Falls
Sampson
Cornelius Keegan
George Street
Warren Rosenberger
May O'Neil
Second Avenue
Charley Mackey
Margaret
Fifth Avenue
Walt Coughlin
Charley Banaszewski
Mary
Fourth Avenue
Dominick Shemo
Middle Street
George Tirk
William J. Tirk
John Duffey
Guy J. Duffey
Seventh Avenue
Bill Kennedy
Wanda
Stowe Avenue
Bob Lackey
Frances Lackey
Ninth Avenue
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Pvts
Charley Kehn
Third Street
LaSalle Athiete
Henry Bondi
Second Street
Joe Squillace
Ninth Street
West Sand Lake
Red Cross
Mary McClellan Hospital
Schenectady
New England Fellowship of
Boston
Mass
First Baptist Church
Cambridge
James E. Wallis
Toronto
Canada
Bible Training Institute of
Glasgow
Scotland
India
Tatute Miles
Botzow
Falkenhagen
Seeburgs
Fahrland
Vna
Jrewitz
Hennigsdorf
Heide
Rarloti Burg
Tempel
Buch
Copenich
Rudgi
Werneuchen Kanes
Blumber
Chtenberg
Karlshorst
Alt
Landsberg
Friedrichshagen
Rener
Glasow
Allied Air Force
Berlin
Germany
Templehof
River ST
Roy's Friendly Food Store
Sirlom
Mohican
Hamburg
Bacon
Erelsh Shore Haddock
Skunk
Ana
Juster
Kojene Products Corp
Ti N. Y
Dept. Y. HL
Cuctis Pharmacy
Drake Pharmacy
Ranagan Pharmacy
Daffner Pharmacy
Tonnally Pharmacy
Carroll Drug Store
Boxer Drug Co
All Good Drug and Department Stores
Wright Pharmacy
Dahl Pharmacy
Rane
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Rensselaer County
United Seafare Service War Prisoner's Aid
Belzian Relief Society
British War Relief Society
French Relief Fund
Friends of Luxemburg
Greek War Relief Association
Norwegian Relief
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
United
China
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslav Relief Fund
Rbee Reliaf Trustees
Committee For the Care of
Troy Agencies
Rt. Vincent's Home
Salvation Army Samaritan Hospital
Seton Day Nursery
Troy Boys
Cian Troy Connell
Becial Agencis
Trey Hospital
Vanderheyden Hall
Allied Communities War Chest
America
Green Island
National War Fund
USO
China Relief
Russian War Relief
Marchant Marine
Greece
Russia
River ST. Troy
Glens Falls
Saratoga
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