Hudson Falls Sailor Wins Navy Air Medal Citation
Alfredo G. Carota, Photographers Mate, USNR, received the Navy Air Medal and citation from Admiral Chester Nimitz for meritorious achievement as a combat air crewman with a bombing squadron in the Marshall Islands. Presented in Jacksonville, Florida, the ceremony noted his defense of Roi, Mejit, and Wake Island operations. Carota, stationed at the Air Training Unit, recently returned from the Pacific theater after 35 missions. he previously served on USS Indianapolis and at Pearl Harbor before joining the school.
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Alfredo G
Bred) Carota
USNR
Navy Air
Bredat
Chester WY. Nisin
Marrsmell Island
Jacksonville
Fla
Cerercony
Naval Air Gesress
Edward E. Dotores
U.S Nav
Carata
Joseph Cero
Budson
Caro
Peeie
Uss. Indiasapolis
Cer Sia
Peer Harbor HH
Reme Balake
Alfredo
Guisepe
Carota
USNE
All Iglends
Naval Service
Alfredo G. Carota
Joseph Carota
Hudson Falls
Edward E. Dotoeck
Navy Air Guns Ners’ School
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
DDT Powder Tested As Potential War Pest Eliminator
Swiss lab tests in 193? confirm DDT powder kills flies chiggers ticks bedbugs roaches and mosquitoes. Army authorities kept DDT secret until now and have taken control of supply for military needs while small farm experiments are revealed.
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G. Ft. Bottger
Srat
Iti
Washington
War Production Board
Mies
Toledo
Gthmar Zeicher
Strasbourg
J. R. Geigy and Co
Basie
Switzerland
É Py Deveral
United States
Wounded Sailors Listed From Cohoes Area
The Navy casualty list includes Cohoes Marine and Area sailors Pic. Braido Testa Guzza son of Mrs. Rose Testaguzza of 251 Third Street Cohoes wounded William John Noonan seaman first class son of Mrs. Helen Benson and husband of Mrs. Lilian Mac Noonan of Glens Falls wounded and Pie Warren E Johnson U S M C son of Mrs Eva Kerdeen of Schodack Landing wounded.
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Cohoes Marine
Navy
Department
Pic
Braido Testa
Guzza
Rose Testa- Guzza
Third Street
Cohoes
William John Noonan
Helen Benson
Lilian Mac Noonan
Glens
Falls
Pie
Warren
E. Johnson
Eva Kerdeen
Sehodack
Landing
Wotinded
Tectonic Map Completed After Nine Years
Yale geologist Dr De Longwell announces completion of a national tectonic map after nine years. The four by six and a half foot chart, scale forty miles to the inch, was produced by a 16 member National Academy of Sciences aligned council. It aids petroleum geologists and research students.
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New Haver
Conn
Chester Bo Longwell
Heeny Barnard Davis
Yale University
Bos
United States
de Longwell
National Research
National Academy of Sciences
College J Slaseroorms
National Research Council
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Geological Society of America
Alice From Dallas Named For War Plane Sparks Dispute
In Dallas and New Guinea a quarrel over naming Liberator planes surfaces. The original pilot Lieut Mark Hughes named his ship for his wife, while Lieut Mark Hodgts plans a second craft with the same name. Family and friends seek to keep the name exclusive, citing the aircraft's strong record and potential legal action.
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Dallas
Tex
Joughett
Alice
Liberator
Buibe
Mark Hughes
New Guinea
Mark Hodgts
Washington County Home Agent Resigns
Miss Sara Kerr resigns as home demonstration agent of Washington County to become state leader of home demonstration agency in New Hampshire. Her resignation was offered Friday at the executive board meeting in the Home Bureau office and she will start October 1. Clayton Barkley of West Hebron and Mrs. Carrie W. Taylor of Cornell University discussed naming a successor with committee members.
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Sara Kerr
Washington County
New Hampshire
Miss Herr
Home Bureau
Clayton Barkley
West Hebron
Carrie W. Taylor
Cornell Univers
Slittessor
Area Business To Discuss Reconversion
Troy area businessmen and manufacturers will join with industrial representatives and government agents to discuss termination of war contracts and reconversion. A conference, one of a series in northern New York, will be held Friday, Sept 15, at Hotel Eyez. Local Chamber of Commerce sponsors this Albany meeting chaired by Col. Frank J. Atwood. Topics include contract termination responsibility, disposal of inventories, allowable costs, subcontractor issues, financing, and Small War Plants Corporation aid. Similar conferences will follow in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica.
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Troy Area
War 2Nd Navy Depstmests
War Planes Corp
Chamber of Commerce
New York State
Tern Eyez
Alfasy
Iseal Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Atwood
Offter
Rochester Ordnance District
Albany
Interien
Plants Corporation
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
1792 Deed Filed At Ballston Spa in Saratoga County
A 1792 deed filed in the Saratoga County Clerk's office at Ballston Spa records one hundred acres conveyed by Dirck Lefferts and James J Beekman of New York to Isaac Carpenter and Isaiah Godfrey of Saratoga County. Witnesses were Richard L Beekman and Joan H Beekman. The transaction, dated June 8 1792, notes the land as south half of lot VII in the general partition of the Patent Kavyadarogsetras. Deed filed by Mrs E Howard Eddy of Saratoga Springs.
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Saratoga County
Saratoga
Ballston Spa
Dirck Lefferts
James J. Beekman
New York
Isaac Carpenter
Isaiah Godfrey
County of
Richard L. Beekman
Joan H Beekman
E. Howard Eddy
East
Var Dam Street
Saratoga Springs
Washington County Court Opens Monday Calendar
The fall term calendar prepared by County Clerk Ralph Pierson Smith lists 33 civil actions for Washington County Supreme Court, mostly negligence cases. Session opens Monday September 11 at Selém with Justice Ellsworth C. Lawrence of Malone. No preferred cases. 29 jury cases and four court actions.
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Ralph Pierson Smith
Supreme Court
Washington County
Selém
Ellsworth C. Lawrence
Malone
Captured U S Airman Forms Prison Band in Gary Indiana
Lieut Robert Shar, shot down over Germany and taken prisoner, plays trumpet in a prison orchestra in Gary Indiana. A letter from his mother Mrs Mary Shurlia says he is in good health and requests vitamin pills and chocolate supplements from German rations.
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Gary
Ind
Germany
Robert Shar
Laif
Mary Shurlia
War Department Lists Two Troy Men Wounded in Action
War Department releases list of wounded from the Central Pacific theater. Sta Serge Nicholas H Grinaldo and Staff Serge Mi gheel S Lospregito from Troy area. Also listed are Staff Sergt Ray mond L Bourdeau Cohoes and Capt Albert A Butkas Hoosick Falls among others. Parts of turbochargers for high altitude bombers are produced by a sculptor inspired process.
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Tre
Troy
Cohoes
Upstate
War Department
Central Pacific Theater
Sta Serge
Nicholas H. Grinaldo
Mars
Samuel Grinaldo
Birch Street
Serge Migheel S. Lospregito
Ben Lomaistro
Washington Street
Sergy Raymond L Bourdeau
Nelson Bourdeau
Lansing
Skidmore Garden Project Proves Success at College
Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs reports a successful five acre garden with no crop failures. Dr. Carl C. Hyde organized the effort now in its second year and supervised student and faculty work. Tomatoes lead the crop with two acres planted and early yields strong. corn, beans, cucumbers, peppers and squash also contribute, with ambitious goals for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
Carl C. Hyde
Sumimier School
OPA Revises Used Truck Price Rules and Warranties
The Albany district office of the Price Administration announces a new price ruling for used commercial trucks model years 1937 and later to promote repair and rehabilitation. Dealers face reduced as is prices and higher warranty costs, with varied mark ups across model years and types, a plan aligning with passenger car warranty practices. Flyers on sea debris now include a rubber raft with a 180 candlepower electric beam for night rescues.
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Albany
OPA
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