Watervliet Plane Gunner Missing In Action During War
Sgt. Dermott Saugerties native served with the Eighth Air Force in England. After completing 25 missions over enemy territory he was reported missing in action on a German mission. His family, including his father Dermott, await word as telegrams confirm the status.
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Angoxtif Tech
Sergi Francis Taylor McDermott
Keederick
Sting Fortress
McDermodt
Dermott
Tzety
Air Corps
Scouts Discuss Camporee Plans and Merit Awards
Troop 38 members met at Heart of Mary Church parish hall for tests and a social hour. Vincent Murphy and James Fleitcz passed the second class board. William Austin, Robert Lamb and Henry Vogel passed the first. Merit awards went to Edwin J. Sanders for bookbinding carpentry and pathfinding. Charles Robinson earned for bussing sets collecting and pathfinding.
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Bor
Heart of Mary
Vincent Murphy
James Fleitcz
William Austin
Robert Lamb
Henry Vogel
Edwed J. Sanders
Koodwa
Charles Robinson
Wwhitehurst
Burke Sworn SPAR at Albany Coast Guard Office
Dorothy M Burke, longtime Watervliet resident, was sworn in as a SPAR by the Watervliet War Price and Rationing Board clerk in Albany. She is a graduate of Watervliet High School and will serve until Sept 15 reporting for duty at Palm Beach in September.
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Dorothy M. Burke
Watervliet War Price and Ratibaing Board
Coast Guard
Albany
Suiss Burke
James C. Burke
E23
Fourth Avenue
Watervliet High Schook
Seach
Fia
Two Watervliet Veterans Return Visits From War
Watervliet soldiers on furlough visit home before resuming duties in the South Pacific and Aleutian theaters. Frank J Basie, with an oil police unit in the South Pacific, is at Camp Upton en route to his mother. Another, a infantryman, is at Camp Swit Texas before visiting his parents. Kenneth J. Rushia, 20, completed his fiftieth mission as an aerial photographer on a Flying Fortress in the Mediterranean area with service in Italy and other fronts.
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Rovert T. Lynch
Con
James Lynch
Broadway
Watervliet
France
England
War Department
Navy
Gerald
Lynch
Pacific
James
Sampson
Mistes
Ateu& Gtryice
South Pacific Theater
Frank J Basie
South Presse
Camp Upton
Camp Swit
Tex
Williams Bowles
First Street
Sergi
Kenneth J. Rushia
Fred Rushia
Thirteenth Street
Mediterranean
Italy
Rushin
Cassirio
Germany
Austria
Jugoslavia
Romania
Rabbi to Give First Sermon at Third Street Temple
Regular services start at 3 pm with Rabbi Charles B. Lesser delivering his introductory sermon on the topic Rabbi and Congregation Your Task and Mine. A reception honoring Rabbi and Mrs Lesser will follow.
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Third Street Temple
Charles B. Lesser
Alan &. Green
Temple
Ser Aivetime Wins National Table Tennis Title
Greenville reporter notes Ser Aivetime, the national table tennis champion, has entered Camp Reynolds where he once led an Army exhibition tour. He built a strong Europe record years ago with multiple wins against top competition.
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Greenville
ENS
Ser Aivetime
Beynolds
Army Corps
Ser
Europe
Watervliet Draft Group Leaves Today for Assignments
The Watervliet Draft Board No. 346 departs today with 76 personnel entering armed forces. The contingent led by Joseph Donald Gorman includes Raymond Be win Brumgelle Ed volunteers James V Alaxanian LeRoy Irving Swart and others. Dr Hebert J O'Brien chairman will be present for final instructions as the USO distributes newspapers doughs coffee and meals.
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Watervliet
Albany
Snally
Joseph Donald Gorman
Taeros
Raymond Be
Win Brumgelle
James V_ Ala
De Gaulle Heads New Provisional Regime in France
Paris reports the French National Committee of Liberation forming a provisional government led by General Charles de Gaulle as president of the council. The cabinet includes a mix of Communists and other figures with war-time aliases, amid ongoing anti Nazi activity and arrests of collaborators. Fighting and unrest around Paris persist as authorities prepare for elections and a possible return of Germany to governance.
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Paris
French National Committee of Liberation
Te Ig
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
Champigny
Madame Titayne
Sovelis
Francois Lemideux
Vichy Automobile Induizter
Auras le Troquer
Socialist Party
Haacee
Quartus Cerai
Henri Queuille
France Billounxs
T Tory
Andre Phillip Isison
Provisional Government
Temporary Assembly
Georges Catreux
Musuim
Supreme Courts
de ‘Gaulle
Hason
Diethem
France
Algiers
French Committee of National Liberation
Consulate
Paris Preas
Bradley Heads American Forces in France as Commander
General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Lieut. Gen. Omar N. Bradley becomes overall commander of American forces in Northern France, equal in rank to British commander Gen. Montgomery. Eisenhower praised Bradley as a great soldier and stressed the final stage of the Allied command structure. He noted no sharp differences within his team and left decisions on future French operations to the allied staffs.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force UP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgorm- Levy
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Arny Group
Washington
Deaths and funerals reported in Albany area
Obituaries note Miss Clara E. Mowe librarian at the Supreme Court for 25 years dies at Samaritan Hospital after brief illness. Others include tributes to Frederica E. Bower, Bridget Cody, and Jean Meekin with funeral arrangements in Troy Albany and Cohoes. Interments planned at Oakwood Cemetery and Mount Hope.
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Clara E. Mowe
Clare E. Lowen
Supreme Court
Rensselaer County
Samaritan
Serarage
Trey
Bowen
Hinm
Abesamier
Meekin
Alexander’ Meekin
Latham
Troy
North Adams Hospital
Middlebury
Jake Latham
Sve
Thomas Lessems
Jeanetté Meekin
Williamstown
Donald HH
Fabriezes
Navy
John H. Fabricius
Richard
Mra Jones
Martha Jones
A. D. Macater F
Cohoes
Denetd
Lewis
Church of
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Saratage
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Division 1
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Peter Gething
Fourteenth Street
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Eighth Avenue
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Freland
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Oswego
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Yes ‘Terday
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Tad
Tebbutt Funeral Chapel
State Street
Mr. Schenk
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Hoeee
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Cohces
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Church of the Ascession of Troy
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Stafford Eynes
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Raymond Trombier
Weserford Rural Cemetery
Helen & Hoy
Helen Sullivan Hoy
Palmer Avenue
Schenectady
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Cambridge
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Los Angeles
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Inleces
Norma
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James H. Gondinnier
X. L. Folds
Homie
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Grace Methodist Church
Selating
George ‘Wilday
Raymond Reisendorph
Peter Adams
Joseph Donion
Old Mount Ida Cemetery
Rio de Janeiro
Pangir Do Brasil
Pas American Airways
Imeax
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Joe’s Beauty Shop
19Th S
Watervitet Ronet
Reynolds
Fairfax Rugs
Fairfax
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