Trojan Dies Of Injuries In Explosion
Gerard C. Grenier a 30 year old resident of 411 Second Street died in Albany Hospital from burns after an explosion wrecked a Monty Laboratories building in Coeymans where he packed Navy and Coast Guard flares using a new machine. He left a widow Katherine M Moore and two daughters Mary Linda. Grenier held a foreman position and died while working alone. authorities investigate. Funeral Monday at 10 am from his residence and St Joseph's Church with a solemn requiem mass at 10 30. Interment at St Joseph's Cemetery.
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Gerard C. Grenier
Second Street
Mr. Grenier
Monty Laboratories
Coeymanson & Government Contract
Albany Hospital
Cooner
J. Gregory Nealon
Watervliet
Greni
Babcock
Ravena
F. R. Russell
West Cossackie
F. B I
Grenier
Katherine M Moore
Mary Linda Grenier
Ernest J Grenier
Canada
Troy
St. Joseph's Church
Avhich
St. Joseph's Cemetery
On-again Off-again WAC Wedding Set for Oct 7
The romance between WAC Pvt Mary Elizabeth Elliott of Kingston North Carolina and Sgt Wallace R Best of Raleigh North Carolina is back on with a wedding planned for October 7 at the Eighth U S Air Force base. If held, Elliott would become the first WAC married in this war theater.
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London
WAC
Mary Elizabeth Elliott
Kingston
N.C
Wallace R. Best
Raleigh
N. C
United States
Best
Britain
Miss Elliott
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force Base
Corlett Clan In Uniform
Colorado's Corlett family shows wartime service breadth with Major General Charles Corlett leading troops to Kiska victory. George Milton Corlett, once Monte Vista mayor and Colorado lieutenant governor, now mentors a military family including Vera Mary, one of Colorado’s first WAC officers, and Charles KR Corlett in Marine aviation. The clan, rooted in hunting and fishing, faces war’s call with steadfast patriotism.
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Harold Heroux
Monte Vista
Col
MNS
Colorado
George Corlett
Jmow
American Legion
George
Vera Mary Corlett
WACS
Denver
Fort Des Moines
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Lowry
Ithe South
Corletts
United States
Vera
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Colorado University
Columbia University
New York
Charles KR Corlett
U. Marine Corps
Rio Grande County
Youthful Chinese Assist Americans in China
Mike Lea, a 23 year old Chinese acting manager at a base hostel, describes his role in housing and feeding American airmen in China. He praises Americans as equal and humorous, notes language gaps, and worries that visiting troops see only an undeveloped interior, shaping a poor impression of China. He has worked with the War Area Service Command since June and often translates for Major General Claire Chennault when possible.
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China
Darrel Berrigan
14Th Air Force
Mike
Mike Lea
Hong Kong
War Area Service Command
Amercan
Mth Air Force
Claira Chennault
Mika
Wild Pitch Kills Baseball Fan at Griffith Stadium
A wild throw into the stands during a Washington Cleveland game at Griffith Stadium killed 82 year old Clarence Stageman of Alexandria Virginia. He suffered head injuries and died after being taken to the hospital according to attendants.
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Washington
Griffith Stadium
Clarence Stageman
Alexandria
Stageman
Pehtin
Dewey to Speak in Troy for Hanley Campaign
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will speak at Music Hall in Troy on October 20 to open the upstate campaign for Sen. Joe E. Hanley to the Lieutenant governorship. Congressman Dean P. Taylor announced the plan and suggested a second major rally may follow on October 29. Dewey’s Troy visit is tied to the four year Albany effort to reform state finances and administration amid local campaign battles.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Music Hall
Troy
Joe E. Hanley
Wyoming County
New York State
Dean P. Taylor
Rensselaer County
Taylor
Dewey
James F. Byron
Hanley
Thomas W. Wallace
Schenectady
Senator Hanley
Albany
Ambition to Study Diplomacy Shapes Interior’s Military Training
The speaker notes the coast towns lacked scientific development before the war while the interior is rapidly advancing. Mike aims to go to the States for education in diplomacy, believing that his American Army training will prepare him for a diplomatic career.
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Mike
Estate Tax Reports Filed In Surrogate's Court
In Surrogate's Court Transfer Tax Examiner Edward J. Poland filed inheritance tax reports for four estates. Ruth A. Wetherwax died Aug 1 in this city leaving a gross estate of 27168.13 and net 15148.93. the heirs are six children. Caroline Hayner died Jun 24 at Sand Lake leaving a gross estate 11635.16 and net 10364.11. two sons inherit. Edith G Potter died Aug 14 in Rensselaer with gross 3003.55 net 2045.55. uncle Orrin L. Potter inherits. Anna M. O'Reilly died Jun 23, 1942 in this city with gross 2554.71 net 17417. cousin Belle P. Kittrick inherits. Attorneys are Lucien E. Clickner, William E. Morris, and Owen D. Connolly.
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Edward J. Poland
Ruth A. Wetherwax
Caroline Hayner
Sand Lake
Edith G. Potter
Rensselaer
Anna M. O’reilly
Wetherwax
Frank G. Hayner
Richmond
Ind
William E. Morris
Waterford
Edith G Potter
Orrin L. Potter
Riverside Avenue
Ernest L. Boothby
Anna M. O'Reilly
Belle P. Kittrick
Qwen D. Connolly
U Boats Hit Allied Vessels Despite New Defenses
London reports via DNB News Agency that German U boats sunk 17 Allied destroyers and likely three more during September and sank seven invasion ships totaling about 43,000 tons across the Mediterranean Atlantic and Black Sea.
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London
DNB
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Black Sea
Grant Letters On Five Estates
Estates granted letters of administration in Surrogate's Court by Judge Edward J. Donohue for five decedents. Arthur G. Host left 5000 personal and 6500 real to widow Ethel J. Host and son Laurence E. Host. William H. Platt left 10000 personal to cousins Milton J. Douglass Ida Frances Douglass and Mabel D. Abbey. Mrs. Marritta Hall left 200 personal and 2500 real to husband and sons Edwin and Leland Hall. Jane A. Heagany left 2700 personal to four nieces and a nephew. Myr Tunney left 500 personal to brother Francis Tunney. Attorneys listed for each estate.
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Edward J. Donohue
Arthur G. Host
William Harry Platt
Marritta Hail
Nassau
Jane A. Heagany
Thomas C.funney
Troy
Ethel J. Host
Warren Avenue
Laurence E. Host
Hampstead
L. I. Draper & Bartle
Platt
Milton J. Douglass
Evergreen Avenue
Schenectady
Ida Frances Douglass
Mabel D. Abbey
Fifteenth Street
H. Irving Chase
Hall
Edwin
Leland Hall
Hoags Corners
William B. Satterlee
Margaret M. van Patten
Eigith Street
Helen Wedel
Alexandria
Jane A. Cleary
Pawling
Maple Avenue
Mary E. Griffin
New_York
George Cleary
Elizabeth
N. J
Joseph B. Mulholland
Myr. Tunney
Francis Tunney
Poughkeepsie
Japanese Pavilion at World’s Fair Razed in New York
New York City Parks crews began removing the Japanese pavilion at the World’s Fair after civic groups called it an insult and eyesore. Human voices warned of possible storming or tearing down the exhibit as the erasure proceeded.
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New York
New York City
Stewed Hogs Baffle Oregon Vet Team
An emergency call to the James Steinlechner ranch in Florence Oregon sent a state agricultural department veterinarian to examine ailing hogs. The hogs, reportedly affected by cholera, were found to be intoxicated from fermented whey rather than ill with a disease.
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Florence, Ore
Ins
State Agricultural Department
James Steinlechner
Reich Using New Plan Of Recruiting Workers
Madrid reports claim widespread arrests of Italian factory workers by Nazi authorities as a new method to source labor for German industry. The detainees are said to be held in prison camps for a few days before being transported by special trains and trucks northward to Germany for work.
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Reich
Madrid
Germany
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Peabody
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Troy, N.Y
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