Former Football Star Killed in Plane Crash at England Base
Captain Don F. Scott, 23, former Ohio State University football star and Marauder bomber commanding officer, died October 1 in a routine training flight near a U S S Marauder base in England. Co-pilot Second Lieutenant Ramsey Toon, 23, of San Diego, and Master Sergeant James B. Sittan, 24, from Silver Creek Mississippi, mechanical chief, also died. Bad weather blamed for the crash.
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U. S&s
England
Don F. Scott
Ohio State University
Ramsey J Toon
Fulton Street
San Diego
Cal
James B. Sittan
Silver Creek
Miss
Bennington Man Held For Car Theft
Harold Hull, 23, of Bennington, arrested by Troy police after a stolen car chase that began in Bennington and led into Troy. Officer Kelson pursued, breaking two separate car theft cases in one night. Hull turned over to Bennington authorities to face grand larceny charges.
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Troy
Bennington
August Kelson
Harold Hull
Kelson
Hill
Francis J Cone
Edward J Houlihan
Frank Pippo
Vermont
Harold Hill
Francis J. Cone
Michael J. Kane
Man Arrested After Car Theft Near Hoosick Street
Police chased a suspect from Manchester Vermont after a car theft near Hoosick and Tenth Streets. The driver Kelly was found missing. later Hill appeared intoxicated and was arrested. Extradition to Bennington arranged. thefts deemed unconnected to other car thefts.
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Hoosick and
Tenth Streets
Kelly
Hill
Hoosick Street
Central Station
Manchester
Cone
Troy
James F. Byron
Bennington
Whitehall and Fort Edward Community Notes
At a Democratic meeting Lawrence Provost was elected chairman to succeed Leo O Connor who resigned due to ill health. Various local events include engagements, school coaching appointment for Bernard La May, a farewell party for Howard Gordon, a Catholic Daughters card party, and a Navy enlistment by William Van Hoesen formerly of Troy.
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Democratic Committee
Lawrence Provost
Leo O'Connor
Clifton Haskell
Frank Haskell
Worcester
Mass
State Hospital
Thomas O'Reilly
Frank Blanchard
Buffalo
Arnold Hotaling
Fort Ann
Ann
Kensler Mayo
L. A
Howard Gordon
Camp Upton
Italy
Hell
Joseph Gordon
Gordon
Court McLoughlin
Catholic Daughters of America
K. of C
Theodore Lyons
Peter Endres
Donald Wescott
Ivy Granger
Henry Maneil
Mary Jeen Cooke
Sherman Freeman
George King
James Edmonds
Shirley Nesbitt
Paul Fray
Edward Cleary
Roy English
Lawrence Redmond
Edmond Martell
William Jones
Detroit gas station operator pays debt with silver dollars
Tibord Snyder, a 21 year old Marine killed on Wake Island, is honored posthumously with a medal made of silver dollars. His father, Ray Snyder, a Detroit filling station operator and former wartime flyer for Austria and Germany, hands out silver dollars to uniformed servicemen as a tribute to his son. He began saving in 1923 and plans to add $2 bills for a Victory celebration after the war.
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Detroit
Tibord Snyder
Wake Island
Tibord
Ray Snyder
Austia
Germany
England
Snyder
United States
Mother
Knifes Jap to Christen His New Stiletto
Guadalcanal report describes U S Marine Corps Pvt Charles Vincent Pacini who used a stiletto to kill a Japanese soldier during the Bairoko assault in New Georgia He explained the act by saying it was to christen his knife His father Guy Pacini of North Tonawanda N Y is named as his parent Corporal Hubert Milanowaski witnessed the incident
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Solomon J. Blechman Mamaroneck
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Pfic
Charles Vincent Pacini
Bairoko
New Georgia
Report 40 000 French Executed by Germans
Algiers UPJ reports more than 40 000 French killed in France from June 1940 to March 1943 and about 80 000 detained by Germany. It cites underground sources that the Vichy cabinet ordered a fresh police drive against De Gaullist terrorists and Communists. Over 750 000 deported to Germany. More than 200 000 patriots escaped deportation by hiding in the Alps and Pyrenees. Nazi recruitment schedules lag as Germans mobilize workers.
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Algiers
UPJ
French Information Commissariat
France
Germany
Commissariat
Vichy Cabinet
Alps
Pyrenees
Pans
Cambridge residents reach milestones and service news
Verena Ingraham, Cambridge High School class of 1939 graduate, completed nursing at Ellis Hospital Schenectady last week. Bergen Suydam, New York College for Teachers alum, to teach math and biology at Cambridge Union School. Suydam family moves to East Main Street residence. Malcolm M Parrish of Cambridge Valley National Bank named to nominating committee. Sloan Coit and Donaldson Brown nominated for three year terms on Federal Reserve Bank of New York board. First Washington County Civil Service exams set for Oct 23 for two typist jobs in Hudson Falls and Granville. exams at local high schools. eligibility limits and application deadlines noted.
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Verena Ingraham
Cambridge High School
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
Bergen P. Suydam
New York College For Teachers
Cambridge Union School
Suydam
E. S. Randall House
East Main Street
Malcolm M Parrish
Cambridge Valley National Bank
Sloan Coit
Bankers’ Trust Co
New York City
Donaldson Brown
General Motors
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Washeyington County Civil Service Commisson
Hudson Falls
Granville
Local Social Notes From Town and Nearby
Alps Marjorie Deckett underwent an operation last week at the Samari tan Hospital. Esther Cummings spent the week end with Mr and Mrs Fred Geerholt and family in Stephens town. Mr and Mrs Walter Teal spent the week end up North with Mr and Mrs Frank Kornetzki of Wynantskill.
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Marjorie Deckett
Samaritan Hospital
Esther Cummings
Fred Geerholt
Stephenstown
Walter Teal
Frank Kornetzki
Wynantskill
S A Men Took Rome
Bern reports that S A men of the Nazi private army seized Rome after the Italian armistice, occupying Palazzo Viminale near the royal opera house and triggering Italian confusion. Der Bund cited misdirected Italian staff and Kesselring moving units to secure the city before Septembers armistice completion.
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Bern
Switzerland
National Socialist Party
Rome
Rmistice
der Bund
S. A. Men
Albert Kesselring
S. A
Berlin
Badoglio
Vittorio Ambrosio
Maria Roatta
Italans
Temperance Union meeting at Round Lake hosts tribute and reports
At Round Lake last week the Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathered at Mrs. Carrie F. Dibble's home. Mrs. Ruth L. Pent presided, with devotional leading by Mrs. Rodney O. Winans and a scripture lesson. Reports from the Saratoga Springs county convention were requested by Mrs. Pentz, while Mrs. Marion G. Cole praised departmental progress. Mrs. Florence E. Tabor shared extracts from Mrs. Fred G. Selch's county address and presented the convention demonstration "Mr. Beer Bottle and Mr. Whiskey Bottle." Cole supervised the temperance and missions program and directed the song "This Is My Father's World."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Kingsley
H. Beecher Williams
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Carrie F. Dibble
Ruth L. Pent
Rodney O. Winans
Pentz
Saratoga Springs
Marion G. Cole
Florence E. Tabor
Fred G. Selch
Stillwater 4H Club Reorganizes Adds New Members
The Hudson Haven 4H Club met with Mrs. Jacob F. Pratt. Eighteen attended and four new members joined: Ann Dyer Starley Brewster Mary Dyer Marie Lane. Elected officers include President Margaret Holmes Secretary Lillian Crandall Treasurer Ruth Jones News Rose Mary Lake Song leader Priscills Aldrich Cheer leader Nabcy Bult. Sewing chosen as project. first lesson on sewing boxes. A hot dog roast followed.
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Hudson Haven 4H
Jacob F. Pratt
Ann Dyer
Starley Brewster
Mary Dyer
Marie Lane
Margaret Holmes
Lillian Crandall
Ruth Jones
Rose Mary Lake
Priscills Aldrich
Nabcy Bult
Second Baptist Church Meeting for Luncheon Planning
Second Baptist Church schedules today at 2 30 p m at Mrs W P Stanford home for regular business and to appoint committees to coordinate luncheon for county ministers on Oct 1. San Francisco shows about 3 percent of churches across over fifty denominations.
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Second Baptist Church
W. P. Stanford
San Francisco
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U.S
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Pinkham
Hitehall
William van Hoesen
Robert van Hoesen
Menands Road
Menands
Sampson Naval Training Station
Sampson
van Hoesen
Watervilet High School
Friedrich Guggenberger
Recife
Brazil
Cambridge
D' Scholls
DU Pont
Beiter
Round Lake
Stillwater
Upton Chapter
O. E.8
Deargonal
Marjorie Scott
Washington
New York
Warren Malcolm
Boston
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Women's Social Union of the
Peru
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Vanta
Kleinert
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