District Nurses Aid War Effort
Nurses in the district assist the war effort by expanding care beyond hospital wards. They visit homes to provide free treatment and nursing, aiding the sick poor as part of the Troy Community Chest drive organized since October, with doctors offering time and advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuay
Ds. Jacobsen
James P. Soland
Pritt
S Ford
Troy
War Chest
Tor
Instructive Distrier Nursing Association
Trey Community Chest
Wre
Service Cadets for Instructions Issued for Academy Appointments
The War Department issued instructions for officers warrant officers and enlisted men with appointments to Military Naval or Coast Guard academies. Personnel in the United States will not be transferred abroad while overseas members will return home. Naval or Coast Guard appointees may discharge for enlistment within 15 days on request. Some will transfer to academy preparatory programs. others enter Civil Service competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington
Military
Naval
Coast Guard
War Department
United States
Civil Service
CAP Will Recruit for WAC in Troy Unit
Troy Civil Air Patrol unit helps organize a WAC company to recruit CAP members and other women with CAP ties. Warrant Officer Julia Prudential oversees WAC recruitment at the 306th Infantry Armory and Troy Airport on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Civil Air Patrol
WAC
CAP
Julia Prudential
306Th Infantry
Fifteenth Street
War funding in New York breaks down by region and agency
Washington reports total federal war spending of 20.455 billion with Troy Albany and Schenectady area receiving 2.268 billion. War Production Board details contracts and orders through July 31 1941 including Army Navy Arsenal and Maritime Commission work and facilities across New York with numerous project allocations and cost figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D.C
New York
Troy-Albany-Schenectedy
War Production Board
James M. Mead
Troy Area
WPS
Troy-Albany-Schenectady
Troy- Albany-Schenectady
Altereft
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Treasury
WRB
Trojan Air Medal Winner Stanley G Kata Honored
Staff sergeant from 53 Fourth Street earned the Air Medal for multiple missions over Europe. He served aboard a Liberator bomber returning from Austria and Italy, surviving a brutal attack with plane damaged but crew remaining in control. He joined the Air Force in April 1942 after training at Langley Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergi
Stanley G . Kata
Bad Turner
Austria
Althoush
Ize & Sleve
Axis
Pers
Fiebre
Offields
Pioesti
Aindromesa
Munich
Vienna
Germmany
Vasily
Ee Bhart
Ctation
Bucharest
Deberbreiensdorf
Rmation
A. P. Pe Co
A. AL Fl
Langley Field
Decorated Lt Thorpe Receives Air Medal in France
First Lieutenant Kenneth G. Thorpe former RPI student is awarded the Air Medal after completing 35 missions in France. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Gordon F Thorpe of Watervliet and his sister Lieutenant Margaret Thorpe of the WAC is stationed in Texas. Thorpe directs artillery fire from the air as a liaison pilot and entered service in 1941. He has been overseas for many months and is married with his wife living in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth G. Thorpe
Tro
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
France
Witle
Gordon F. Thorpe
Fourth Avenue
Watervliet
Margaret Thorpe
WAC
Texas
Thorpe
Pearl Harbor
Newman Named as Union-Fern Manager
Newman named general manager of the Union-Fern Frey store announced by Joseph Gosman president. The move follows the consolidation of Union Home Furnishers with other stores into the Union-Fern chain. James J. Fox, long time warehouse head, assists Newman in a safe and expedient transition. Bert Kaye appointed advertising manager and publicity director, formerly on The Record Newspapers advertising staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Newman
Union-Fern Frey
Joseph Goodsman
Union Home Furnishers
Union-Fern
James J. Fox
Union Home
Newman l
Fox
Ither
Bert Kaye
Mr. Kaye
Record Newspapers
Brunswick plans new American Legion post
A new American Legion post is being organized in Brunswick Town with 18 charter members. The charter list will be presented at the county committee meeting in Berlin Wednesday and a preliminary meeting will set post officers and details. Names on the charter list include Ulric Sharpe, W D Pangborn, Ernest Tamm, Roy Huletter, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Eea
RB. Stenterg
Eagte Mills
The
Berlin
Gra
Ulric . Sharpe
W. D. Pangborn
Ernest Tamm
Roy M. Huletter
Stephen H. Cutis
Martin Quinlan
Leon Gervais
Michael J. Callahan
Edward J. Doney
Arthur Keough
Charles Willard Lynd
Backer
Fred . J. Fetling
William B. S Matherjee
Talmage Eddieman
T. R Stanberg
Honor Roll Group Meets to Plan Ward Memorial Ceremony
Seventh Ward Honor Roll Committee will meet at 8 p m today in St Peters Lyceum to plan the dedication of the permanent memorial for residents of the ward serving in the armed forces. The stone for the memorial has arrived with reports of costs over 25 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Ward
P.m
St Peters Lyceum
WP. l
District Banquet Plans by SK of C Council
Joseph F. Labelle is appointed chair of the event as the Rochester Kalghix of Columbus bariet's hosts a conference dinner at Newman's Lake House on Saratoga Lake. The district includes Ballston Spa Saratoga Springs Schuylerville Merchantville and Schemes squad with auxiliary units to join a program of panel discussions led by Wildard Sherry of Schenectady and a clergy and lay speaker. Committees list members from Saratoga Springs Schuylerville Ballston Spa Mechanicville and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Labelle
Kalghix
Columbus
Bariet
Newman's Lake House
Saratoga Lake
Tt Res Beer
J.raymond Quinn
Ballston Spa
Saratoga Springs
Schuylerville
Merchanteville
Qwadx
Jers
Wildaord Sherry
Schenectady
Latvorave
Promi
Scratching Dog In Torment Report Appears Incomplete
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a dog in distress with mentions of attempts to ease pain and a referenced amount of $200. Details are garbled, names and places are unreadable, making the precise event unclear.
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Rii Fe
Chas. H. Gardner Agency
First St
N. Y
Ieee
Cohoes
Trojan
Stanley G. Kulfa
Brunswick
New Legion
Nent
Jaman McNaughies
John J. O'Malley
Patrick “Simone
Daniel J. Dugan
Emory Brown
James Alten
Schuylesville
Edward Burke
Edward Leaky
James L. Murray, Jr
Joseph Gilbeaner
John F. Dorie
Haniel S. Carr
Mechanicville
Agarrness OS
Saratoga Raceway
Este
Fane
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