Aviation Cadet McNamee Slain Near Albany Georgia
Aviation Cadet Roger Dardis McNamee son of Mrs. Daniel V. McNamee of Hudson and the late Supreme Court Justice McNamee was found slain near Albany Georgia. An inquest found multiple fractures and other injuries from a likely homicide. He was last seen Sept 26 and his body found in Kingafvone Creek with personal papers intact. Co operating investigators include Turner Aviation Field authorities and county police. he had served in balloon barrage and air cadet training. He is survived by his mother three sisters and a brother Ensign Daniel V. McNamee Jr. in Washington D C.
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Roger Dardis McNamee
Daniel V. McNamee
Hudson
Supreme Court
McNamee
Albany
Young McNamee
Turner Aviation Field
Louis Horn
Kingafvone Creek
Thudson High School
Lebanon
New Lebanon
University of Vermont
Armed Services
Daniell. MceMehon
Eleanor Leman
New York
Jean MeNamee
Daniel V. McNamee, Jr
Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
Troy Sergeant Listens To Hyde Park Orators
Sergeant Peter Rafun of Troy, on leave in London, enjoys Hyde Park soapbox orators near Marble Arch. A Red Cross correspondent reports he is well, happy, and fond of London speech, though missing letters from home. Rafun weighs 189 pounds and fights in light heavyweight class with exhibition bouts at Army camps.
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Troy
London
Hyde Park
American Red Cross Mostyn Club
Red Cross
Sergt
Peter Rafun
Mostyn Club
Marble Arch
Rafun
Third Street
John
Air
Michael
Police
Mal
Literacy Tests Scheduled For New Voters
Supt George H Krug has set literacy tests for new voters who lack certificates based on sixth grade work Tests will be at School 16 on Ingalls and Sixth Avenues School 12 at Harrison and First Streets Troy High School Seventh Street ward and Board of Education School 5 today tomorrow Thursday and Friday Oct 15 16 from 7 to 10 pm and 1 to 3 pm The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ninth Presbyterian Church begins its season with a banquet and meeting at 6 30 pm today at the church parlors.
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Orabradage
Board of Education
Thane
Fodny
Pam
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Mrs Reid resigns as Rensselaer Chapter executive secretary
Mrs Mary J Reid longtime executive secretary of the Rensselaer County Chapter Red Cross has resigned effective Friday. James C Byean chapter chairman announced that no successor is named. a new volunteer special services chairman Mrs Twining Cox was appointed. Reid began Aug 2 1934 reorganizing units expanding branches and guiding wartime production and nursing programs. She also helped establish the Troy blood bank at the First Baptist Church.
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Mary J. Reid
Rensselaer County
Teed Cross
James C. Byean
Ryan
M Reid
Twining Cox
Reid
Reds 'Cross
First Y
Red Cross Blood Bank
Troy J
South End Board Sends 84 Men for Induction Tests
Eighty four registrants from Selective Service Board No. 330 at the Rensselaer County Court House were sent to Albany for physical examinations with training in the nation’s armed forces to start Oct 25 for those who pass. Names listed include Karl Komertz, Joseph Skop, William Burke, John McKnight, Anthony Negro, and others.
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Selective Service Board No
Rensselaer County Court House
Albany
Karl J. Komertz
Joseph F. Skop
William J. Burke
John T. McKnight
Anthony R. Negro
Michael Kerman
Louis
Six Promotions To First Lieutenant
Six vicinity men elevated from second lieutenant to first lieutenant per a War Department announcement. Soldiers named: Wesley Alfred Albright Edward Cornelius Eaton Oscar Joseph Perrin Jr Gordon Theodore Rand Richard Alan Wheeler and Donald John Harris. A separate item reports life raft recovery near Toledo after being mistakenly dropped into the ocean by Salem air base spotters Veva Jean and Neva June Main.
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War Department
Wesley Alfred Albright
Edward Cornelius Eaton
Oscar Joseph Perrin, Jr
Gordon Theodore Rand
Richard Alan Wheeler
East Schodack
Donald John Harris
Schenectady
Toledo
INS
Salem
Veva Jean
Neva June Main
Tmy
Salem Air Base
Black Watch tale from Camp Gordon Johnstonhaunts Halloween
The Black Watch at Camp Gordon Johnston Fla. reports a Halloween superstition about a black cat that appears at midnight and silently shadows a guard for one hour then vanishes at 1 AM, repeating nightly. The tale is one of local camp lore recounted by guards and listed among wartime notes.
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THE
Black Watch
Camp Gordon Johnston
Fla. Uins
Evers
Radio Police Arrest 33 in September and recover stolen cars
Troy's radio police report 33 arrests and $3,800 in recovered vehicles for September. Zone breakdown lists public intoxication, burglary, larceny, and disorderly conduct along with vehicle recoveries. Alarms totaled 659, contributing to a yearly grand total of 6,163.
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Troy
Radio Police
Sergt
John J. Ryan
Radio Police Bureau
Commissioner of
Public Safety
John B. Conroy
Mechanicville Man Helps Set Gun Record at Fort Benning
Mechanicville resident John F. Carp joined a demonstration crew at Fort Benning Georgia to set two infantry school machine gun records. Teammates Sergt Daniel Benner of Toledo and Sergt Charles I Dinnebier of Cleveland assisted as they fired a heavy machine gun into action in eight seconds.
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Mechanicville
John F. Carp
Mechanicsville
Fort Benning
Daniel Benner
Toledo
Charles I. Dinnebier
Cleveland
Army Specialized Training program and Navy College program test at Troy High
The second qualifying test for the Army Specialized Training program and the Navy College program V-12 will be given nationwide on Tuesday November 9. W Kenneth Doyle, principal, announced yesterday that Troy High School will administer the examination, detailing the timing and location for students seeking entry into national service education tracks.
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Army Specialized Training
Navy College Program
Troy High
W. Kenneth Doyle
Yester
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South End Board
Wellington
Wellingco
Weil
Tinte
Wellington Co
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Albany, N.Y
Lorman
Ws Chapin
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