Boy 15 Admits Murder and Receives Life Term
Fifteen year old Charles Richard Farrand pleaded guilty to the hitchhike murder of Barnard W. Jordan, a 26 year old Maine aviator and Colby College graduate. He was captured by police in Concord Mass, confessed to shooting Jordan and robbing his car near the Waterville Maine airport two days earlier. Jordan had married less than a year prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Charles Richard Farrand
Barnard W. Jordan
Maine
Farrand
Concord
Mass
Jordan
Waterville
Colby College
Missing in action Corporal Joseph Myers in North Africa
Corporal Joseph Myers of Northside has been missing in the North African area since September 11. His mother Mrs. Anna Myers announced yesterday after receiving a telegram from the War Department. Myers entered service February 19, 1942 and has been overseas since June. He graduated from Keveny Memorial Academy Cohoes and worked at Albany Paper Works before joining the Army. He is one of three sons in service. his two brothers are in the Navy Edward and David Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Myers
Northside
Anna Myers
Fulton Street
War Department
Corporal Myers
Keveny Memorial Academy
Cohoes
Albany Paper Works
Army
Navy
Edward Myers
David Myers
Cadet Jim Duffy Leads Glider Flight to Camp Mackall
Navy aviation cadet JIMMY DUFFY of Chapel Hill Preflight School and LaSalle football alumnus helped pilot a glide tow with 33 fellow cadets from Chapel Hill to Camp Mackall. The group, including officers, flew in gliders and twin-engine transports to the camp for a Chapel Hill Duke game. Duffy, a company commander, described the landing and the lively reception, noting the soldiers’ cheers after a 7–6 victory for Duke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Duffy
Chapel Hill
N. C
Thomas J. Duffy
Second Street
Jim
LaSalle
Camp Mackall
Duke
Mackall
Mts
Wero
Seta
James Thomas Duffy
Leutenant
Wil
Boy pulled from corn binder survives injury grin
Edgar John Rohrer a two year old boy was pulled into a corn binder and became bound by twine with fodder. Doctors say he will live though he was seriously bound. He grins from his hospital bed as he recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar John Rohrer
Military Promotions Across Bases In WW II Era News
Names of servicemen and family details surface with several promotions and training enrollments. Charley Eck, Hugh Badlex, Bob Krause, Bob Wiltsey, Kurt Adler, Bob Wiltsey's brother Howard, Bob Robinson, Ed Wager, Mike Lasky, Joe Cottreel, Tim Fagarty, Tony Deluca, and June Eaton are cited with ranks, bases, and hometowns, spanning Fort Benning Camp Swift Camp Hale Camp Murphy Patterson Field Camp Stewart and other Army Navy Air Force posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
Camp Swift
Tex
Charley Eck
Brunswick
Hugh Badlex
Marine Corps
Memphis
Tenn
Bernadette
Third Avenue
Sugar stamps update for War Ration Book 4
Stamp 29 becomes valid November 1 for five pounds of sugar. Stamp 14 in Book 1 expires November 1, while Stamps 15 and 16 expire October 31 for home canning. The new Stamp 2 also covers five pounds through January 1. Ration Book 4 stamps 29 to 36 are on the last page, each marked sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
OPA
Oklahoma A and M College and War News From Home
Word has arrived of Corp. HOLDRIDGE WELLS now in Africa, son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Wells, seeking old pals from Troy High and noting service in artillery and aircraft after training at Fort Bliss. Lieut. HAROLD WILEY of Johnsonville finished Army Air Corps combat training in Spokane and will soon pilot a Flying Fortress. Lieut. WARREN ROBERTS, son of Mr and Mrs. Ernest C. Roberts, graduated as a Liberator pilot at Fort Worth after training in Sikeston and Hind, with wings earned at Frederick, Oklahoma. Sampson reports more boots and leave. JOHN GAFFNEY, BILL GALLAGHER, BARSAM TAMAN LAN, and JOHN GALLAGHER of various locales are seamen second class enrolled at Camp Peary. RALPH BEEBE of Watervliet is on special Peary assignment at Army Peary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Okla
Africa
Corp
Holdridge Wells
George C. Wells
Seventh Avenue
Bob
Troy High
Fort Bliss
Tex
Harold Wiley
Johnsonville
Army Air Corps
Spokane
Wash
Warren Roberts
Ernest C. Roberts
T71
Second Avenue
Fort Worth
Army Air Field
Warren
Frederick
Sikeston
Hind, Okla
Sampson
John Gaffney
John J. Gaffney
Bill Gallagher
John Gallagher
Green Island
Barsam Tamanlan
Harrison Place
Pleasantdale
Camp Peary
Wiliamsburg
Ralph Beebe
Surprise 25th Wedding Anniversary For Suchockis
Mr and Mrs Leo Suchocki of Halfmoon were the hosts of a surprise party on their 25th anniversary. Dinner featured a wedding cake centerpiece and silver candles. Miss Josephine Sokoloski performed music. Guests traveled from Saratoga Springs Mechanicville Cohoes Albany and Watervliet to celebrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Suchocki
Halfmoon
Josephine Sokoloski
Saratoga Springs
Mechanicville
Cohoes
Albany
Watervliet
Also Mentioned on This Page
L.C. Home
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Troy Record
H. O. L. C. Homes
James F. Johnson
Realtor
Second St
Troy Contract Sales and Management
MCHC
Roy Shudt
Norfolk
Peak
Central Avenue
Francis Doreng
Lincoln Avenue
Charles Moore
Wynantskill
Bob Moore
Scott Field
Bernard Madsen
James Madsen
Congress Street
England
Aim
Walt Hawtin
Troy
Naval Air Station
Pearl Harbor
Walt
Ednar J. Richardson
Broadway
Jim Olney
William H. Olney
Thirteenth Street
Waterview
Westover Field
Utah
Watervliet Arsenal
Waterviet High
Florence Allen
Charlies A Lloyd
WAC
Fort Oglethorpe
San Francisco
Cal
Bernard Israel
Stockton Field
Alfred Haag
Augus Haag
Coolidge Avenue
Army Air Base
Harvard
Neb
Jimmy Haggerty
First Street
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Warren Hutchinson
Basel O'Shea
Twenty-fifth Street
R.C Reynolds Colver
Monument Square
Earl Hall
Florence L. Hall
Hoag’a Corners
Alfred University
Earl's
Averill Park
Camp Hale
Col
Bob Krause
Otto Krause
Belden
George Aronson
Fourth Street
Special Signal Corps
Camp Murphy
Fla
Bob Wiltsey
Merritt
Bob Robinson
Patterson Field
Air Force Training Command
Sayles
Robinson
Maple Avenue
ED Wager
Camp Stewart
Hudson Avenue
Stripes
Rose Lasky
Tech. Corp
Mike Lasky
Aberdeen, Md
Arsenal
la Junta
Colo, Army Air Field
Ordnance Office
Joe Cottreel
Joseph W. Cottrell
Highland Avenue
Joe
Hastings
Tim Fagarty
Lansingburg
Tony Deluca
Hoosick Fells
University of Georgia
Athens
June Eaton
Byron H. Eaton
Salem
V. Lofgren
Home and Rental Exchange
River ST
Rafflesyour
Wiishurys
Pillsburys Golden
Cae
General Tire
Mojave Desert
American Chemical Research
TIRE
I Toman Rlssry Company, Inc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!