Watervliet Soldier Killed In France
News item notes Private William Schilling of Watervliet is killed in action in France after serving overseas about a year. Details were sparse. telegrams to his father Bret T. Schilling provide little information. Family members in Watervliet also noted two brothers serving in the Navy and Army overseas. services and memorial arrangements are described in brief notices.
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William Schilling
France
Barthent
Bret. T. Schilling
Second Avenue
Witervlies
Schilling
Gersice
Marca
Navy
Atiantic
Edward Schittieg
George Scheelt
Watervliet
Iing
Watervise
Postoffice Betore
St Patwick’s
Waterviler
Watervliet Post Nominating Group To Be Appointed
A nominating committee will name officers for Lieut. John A Patten Post American Legion Ware 3 Waterville. Meeting Sept 39, elections Oct 3. Officers to be announced Oct 1. Andrew Rivage chairman and others named. Special meeting to discuss enlarging present quarters. All members urged to attend. Obituary death of Mrs Joseph Coleman in Brooklyn. Funeral Thursday at 9 am from Miss Minnie Lawler residence 802 Twenty third Street. Solemn Mass at St Patrick's Church 9:20 am with burial at St Patrick's Cemetery.
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Co? Mary
Jobait
Twwent Rd Street
Broadway
Second Avenue
Ais
Puma
Albert Bleay
Laurel Lodge
Lodge of Old Fellows
Gold Fellows Hall
Broadway and
Sisteesth Streets
Sobte Grand
Luca Pascale
Sanguet
Ned DeSorrento
Victory
Charles. Horth
Fifth Avenue
Ella M. Qathouni
Camp Anna
Royal Neighbors of America
Winifred Messitt
Seventh Avenue
Schuyler Park, Welfare Association
Dewitt; Clinton Hotel
Harry Donust
L.A. LaLiperte
Benuet Committee
Viking Workers’ Society of
Te North
Reformed’ Church
Theodore
Reiser
Stop
Troy-Schenec
Tady Road
Ike
John A. Patten Post
American Legion
Ware 3
S G.g
Broadwaander
Alfred C. Menedy
Eustatia_ von
Colonie
Fiber Grove
Andrew Rivage
Getersl
Nosed Anight
Meneely
Joseph Coleman
Brooklyn
Minnie Lawler
Twenty-third Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Siriel
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Marie K Joshua
Mate Barret
Joshua
Sixth Avenue
Aixen
3. C
Troy
Elmwood Hills Cemetery
St Peter's Church
St Mary's Cemetery
Richard Shinney
Richard Shinner
James Street
Green Island
Ireland
St Joseph's Church
Knights of Columbus
John F. Shinnes
Montgomery
Ale
Joan F.ahern
Johanne Paula Fleck
Johanna Paula Fleck
Earl C. Bryer
McEhwain Avenue
Cohoes
Charles Fleck
Braun
Pam
Schuyler D. Jenkins
St James” Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemecerr
Soap in Demand as Military Purchases Surge Abroad
Industry and military buyers congest the supply of soap with Army purchases exceeding 300 million pounds over 18 months including 315 million pounds for laundry and 45.5 million for toilet uses. Navy lend lease and Red Cross also requisitioned large quantities while the Red Cross ships tens of millions of cakes of toilet soap to war prisoners since Pearl Harbor.
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GI Joe
Rogers G. Edlund
Army
Navy
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Pearl , Harbour
Large Family Helping U. S. Win the War
The Young family of Daviestown Pennsylvania has fourteen siblings serving in the armed forces. Five brothers have been killed in combat in Europe and the Pacific, including Pris, Charles, Allen, Henry K Young, and Alfred Young. The most recent joiner is WAC Pvt Thelma A Young at the Air Transport Command. Of the fourteen survivors, several remain active overseas with U S forces.
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Presque Isle
Daviestown
WAC
Thelma A Young
Air Transport Command
Pris
Charles
Allen Young
Anzio
Henry Xkoung
Warings
Bataan
Alfred Young
Marines
Marshalls
Henry Young
South Pacific
United States
Funeral Rites for Hedwig Batnaitic Held at St Augustine’s
Funeral services for Mrs. Hedwig Batnaitic were held yesterday at 9 am from her home on 120th Street and at 9 30 am a solemn requiem mass at St. Augustine's Church Rex with Rev Patrick Loundes, Deacon Thomas J. Kelly and Rev Mavier Shegidan. Interment followed at St. John's Cemetery.
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Re Bainaitis
Hedwig
Batnaitic
120Th Street
Patrick Loundes
St. Augustine’s Church
Rex
Thomas J. Kelly
Mavier Shegidan
Bers Vested
Thought Pacific Isle Had Gone Hollywood
Sergeant H. D. Smith of West Fork relayed a tale that a golden-haired white girl living among natives on a remote Pacific island could be real. He described a 23 year old New Zealand born girl said to be half New Ireland and half Irish, relocated with her mother after living with her parents on a Pacific island.
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Evilie
Ark
Sergt
H. D. Smith
West Fork
Alteays
Smith
New Ireland
New Zealand
Pachic Island
Liberator Role Harbors Real Hazards in Southern France
War dispatch details a lighthearted yet hazardous progress through southern France as U S troops meet enthusiastic welcomes that turn comic when locals shower them with fruit and flowers. Multiple soldiers are briefly injured by the celebratory fruit as they advance, with one jeep crew recalling the awkward melee and a lighthearted strain of humor amid danger.
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France
Riviera
Ralph Hotchkiss
Hartsdale
Washington
Mitch
Tackley Maloney
Tackley
Robert Farnham
Rattle Creek
Mich
Salerno
Luxury Yacht Ends Service For Navy
The former Corsair II once owned by J. P. Morgan, renamed Oceanographer, ends wartime duty with the Navy after 36 months in the South Pacific. Commanded by Comdr. W. Graybill, the vessel aided Bougainville surveys, set records for charting 5,800 square miles in three months, and aided assaults with vital data before being retired as a pleasure craft.
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Naval Operating Base
Terminal Istanamere
Neval District
Navy
Coast and Geodetic Survey
W. Gray- Bill
U.S. N
Long Beach
Cal
Bougainville
Graypill
Graybill
Alwate
Last Marine Alive Can Claim Cognac
The Last Man's Club of the First Marine Division holds a bottle of fine cognac in an Atlanta bank vault. The survivor with battle experience will claim it on August 7 in a year when all other members have died. Ralph Murphy, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, helped obtain the cognac.
Club Chooses August Date For Guadalcanal Anniversary
Members select an August date marking the Guadalcanal landing anniversary. The choice is tied to commemorating the historic event and aligns with club traditions and observances.
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Guadalcanal
Housewife Creates Braille Books for Blind Children
Charlotte NM reports Mrs. Bass Brown Jr, a local housewife, started a Braille children's library after receiving a Library of Congress transcription certificate. She dedicates about 35 hours per story, crafts tactile illustrations, binds and embosses volumes, and ships books with originals for parent viewing, aiming to broaden access for young readers.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Childres
Bailie
Bass Brown, Jr
Library of Congress
Brasile
Brown
Bayabi
Baggséedy Ann
Cowboy Ken
Disney
Timothy
Texas Housewives Canning Drive Tops Local Effort
Austin welfare reports say Texas housewives weekly process large canning output at BOA high school project funded by the vocational agriculture division. If lined end to end, the containers would stretch about twenty miles. The division projects year end totals near seven million five hundred thousand cans, a 38 percent rise from last year.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
BOA High
Foxes
New Court Policy Cuts Juvenile Delinquency
Chicago report says juvenile delinquency fell 22 percent in the first six months as courts hold parents accountable and impose fines and sentences. The policy credited with part of the drop, noting delinquency improved over last year according to the Public Administration Clearing House of Chicago.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Public Administration Clearing House of Chicago
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