Counties To Receive Motor Pump Units For Fire Aid
Communities have had requests for motor driven fire pumps approved by the State Office of Civil Protection. The pumps will be sent to OCD New York headquarters for distribution. Local towns named include Castleton Hempstead Melonecourt Mes Bote Nassau, with districts already equipped. the unit in Grafton publishes the Defender mimeograph for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Office of
Clan Protection
New York
OCD
Lewis Vog
Castleton Hemstreet
Mes Bote
Whynantshill
Guuffin
Berlin
Petersburg
Schodack
Nassau Exatdin
Dm. Guffin
Grafton
Court House
Granville Hicks
Thomas K Rose
Naval Construction Bactalien
Alaska
M. Rose
Violet Rose
Quackenhill
Gratton
Learhe
Defender
Alasha
Brautiful
Temple Beth El Sabbath Service and Discussion
Sabbath services will be held at Temple Beth El at 8:15. Rabbi Joel and Geffer will lead a talk on the British White Paper Policy in Palestine with an informal vestry discussion after the service. Devotions begin at 9:00, followed by the children’s assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Messengers Plan Scrap Drive by Local Youth Corps
Twelve youngsters forming one of the first Air Raid Messenger Corps in the state plan a scrap drive Saturday in Pistner Zone 2 with Mayor Hogan and Edwin J Mahoney. They designed khaki uniforms and insignia to support the war effort and will collect scrap from 1 pm to 3:30 pm, selling it to pay for uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Hogan
Edwin J Mahoney
Chapman
Hogan
Esterday
Gestapo
Eighth Street
Fifteenth Street
Canal Avenue
College Avenue
Navy
Welham Weatherwax
Names listed for military ranks in an unnamed report
A sequence of service members appears with various ranks and surnames including Beaudoin Wall Madsen Hickey Kells Campana Alber Wagar McGraw Crawford Yetto Riegert. The fragment suggests a roster or roll call from a military context without clear dates or unit designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Beaudoin
Edmund Wall
Fast
William Madsen
Raymond Hickey
Second
Joseph Kells
Thud Corp
Gerald Campana
Pie
William Alber
Pfc
Buddy Wagar
John McGraw
Pfe
Crawford Yetto
Charles Riegert
New Anti Aircraft Halftracks Ready To Meet Nazis
Army ordnance unveils new anti aircraft half tracks designed for rapid fire and mobility. Brig Gen Gillespie says they will coordinate ground and air operations in Europe and help destroy enemy air power with 37 mm and 59 caliber guns. Their speed and terrain ability enable effective low level defense and tank destroyer support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luftwaffe
A . Gillesme
Waterslet Arsenal
Gillespie
Anxis
Troy High Students Send 42 Christmas Cards to Servicemen
Art department pupils add 42 former students in service to a card drive with 22 student designs. The project includes handmade envelopes and black printed cards in red or blue reflecting wartime material limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Department
Troy High School
Pauline G McGonigal
United States
Troy
St Anthonys
First Baptist Church
Couple Freed on Bail in Syracuse Theft Case
Earl Felmore also known as Fillmore and as Sam Watson and his wife were released on bail at Syracuse while investigations continue. Felmore faces theft charges over 117300 cash and a 34500 diamond ring from him in Albany. Felmore’s wife posted 300 bail. she faces a separate misdemeanor linked to a benzene-related transaction in Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Felmore
Fillmore
Sam Watson
Syracuse
Esterday
Felmore
Albany
Felmere
Fred Tavior Rz
Mone
Seek to Enroll Daytime Nurses Aides in Red Cross Drive
Mrs. John Anstuz, chairwoman of the Rensselaer County Red Cross nurses aides, urged more volunteers for daytime training. Courses will begin next month at Leonard, Troy, and Samaritan Hospitals after registration through the Office of Civilian Defense. Applicants must be 18 to 50 or older if fit, American citizens or friendly aliens, have a high school education, and commit to 150 hours under supervision of graduate nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anstuz
Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
Anstuz
Amstuz
Leonard
Troy
Samaritan
Mise Amstuz
Office of Civilian Defense
State Street
Corps
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5Th Ave
Fifth Ave
Broughton's
Roth, Inc
Corner
Fulton
Galbraith
NEA Serwce Inc
Bath
Henry G Hodgen
Ann Savage
Ae CO
River ST
Wells & Coverly’s
Triangle Shoe Store
T & Bond Yankee
Mme Tor Beverwyck
Wen
Gee Beverwyck Cyeata Inc
Albany, WN. Y
Beverwyck Breweries, Inc
North Ferry Street
SN. Y
Neht Bottling Company
Frondway
N.Y
Weigel Beverage Company
Myrtle Avenue
S. Swan Street
X. Y
West Street Beverages
Central Avenue
Fulton Lewis, JR
Washington
Ace
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