Life in India Not So Bad Says Troy Army Officer
Lieut. Francis H. Sherry, former telegraph editor of The Troy Record, writes from India about Camp life in malaria country. He notes electric lights, radio and news broadcasts, Red Cross entertainment, movies, and fast mail service home. Describes monsoon, heat, clothing, malaria precautions, and hospital stay after contracting illness. Mentions contact with natives, rescue mission chatter, and India’s complex political scene amid war.
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India
Francis H. Sherry
Telegraph
Troy Record
London
The
Red Cross
Sherry
Lieut
Anopholese
Gout
Eric Severeid
China
Burr India Theater
Iit
Newreels
State Civil Service Exams Set for October 16
The New York State Civil Service Commission will hold written exams October 16 for posts across departments. Applications must be filed by September 24. Openings include assistant bacteriologist and health positions with salaries from 1,400 to 6,450 dollars, plus roles in nursing, housing, education, and taxation.
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State Department
New York State Civil Service Commission
Department of Health
Division of Housing
Department of
Mental Hygiene
Department of Taxation and Finance
Alsenior
State Education Department
Department of Social Welfar
District Teachers Appointed for Fourth Supervisory District
Following is a list of teachers appointed for the term of 1H3H in the Fourth Supervisory District of Washington County under Superintendent M Cara ig. Names include Battenville Miss Eleanor Ites White Creek Bar Cambridge Mrs Caroline Lange Hoosick Falls Eagle Bridge Miss Marguerite McNally Hagle Bridge Post Corners Miss Mary Nolan White Creek Ash Grove Lyndon Wallace South Cambridge Upper ah Grove Miss Bertha Gay Greenwich Briggs Comers Miss Hazel Pierce Cambridge Cambridge Mrs Hannah Kipp South Cambridge Cambridge Mrs Mary D Barton Cambridge 7 Mile Lake Cambridge 8 Miss Katherine Scully North Cambridge Cambridge 12 joined with Buick Cambridge 13 Mrs Ethel Schniger District 13.
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Washington County
M. Caraig
Battenville
Alice Murdock
Cambridge
Marion Robinson
Lower Camden
G. Salem
Moss
Margaret Cambrids
White Creek
Eleanor Ites
Caroline Lange
Hoosick
Eagle Bridge
Marguerite McNally
Hagle Bridge
Checkered House
Maude Snett
Post Corners
Mary Nolan
Ash Grove
Lyndon Wallace
Ah Grove
Bertha Gay
Greenwich
Hazel Pierce
Hannah Kipp
South Cambride
Mary D. Barton
Mile Lake
Katherine Scully
Buick Cambridge
Ethel Schniger
District
Bums Made Into Useful Citizens at Camp La Guardia
The New York Welfare Department reports 2000 relief recipients trained at Camp La Guardia in Orange County. The 325 acre facility runs a cannery employing 150, grows produce for city institutions, and offers shops and services teaching new skills to men once deemed hopelessly unemployed.
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New York
Upi
Paddy
Old Joe
Bowery
Joe
Department of Welfare
la Guardia
Orange County
New York City
New Yorks
Round Lake religious and school notices mix with Army can opener item
Sunday services resume at Servi the Method 2 as meeting schedules fill the auditorium. Morning prayers at AN Sainopal church. Edwin V. Jay reader conducts. School staff report at 2 W. Boenig principal. pupils return with Engi n reopen today. Teachers Ro and B Turner Mildred P second grades. staff changes noted. Rev Eliza Duffield returns from Adirondacks. local notices also cover property purchases and a new Army can opener item amid depot purchases.
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Servi
William M. Lighthall
Sainopal
Edwin H. V . Jay
W. Boenig
Engin
Roand B. Turner
Mildred P
Robert Nuping
Eliza Duffield
Adirondacks
Naval Men Must Pay Travel Home Upon Discharge
Comptroller General Warren ruled that government transport for dependents and household effects from the last duty station to home is not authorized for Regular Navy personnel upon discharge under the 1942 Pay Readjustment Act. Reservists discharged on active duty may qualify for transportation in proper cases if release from active duty is considered equivalent to discharge.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington
Lindsay Warren
Regular Navy
Forgotten Skills Taught At Camp With Beer Taproom
The camp houses 444 inmates while city staff number 21. Inmates manage projects, cook, and hold varied roles from top to menial. New arrivals receive clothes and maintenance with pay from $2 to $50 monthly. Typical stay is six months, with a hard cap of two years. A taproom offers unlimited beer for five cents per glass to address drinking.
Waterford Legion Corps to Attend Schaghticoke Drill
Waterford St Marys sponsored corps of Charles J Brady Post American Legion will meet at St Marys Hall at 5 30 pm to travel to Schaghticoke for a drill competition at the Fair Grounds Ukrainian Girls of Cohoes Capital City Lancers and Albany All American Corps will also compete Judges include Capt E J Landsaar Capt C W Lake Jr Capt RL Fry and Lieut E W Bradshaw Jr
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St. Mary’s
Charles J. Brady Post
American Legion
St Mary's Hall
Schaghticoke
Fair Grounds
Cohoes
Capital City Lancers
All-American Corps of
Albany
E. J. Landsear
C. W. Lake
RL Fry
E. W. Bradshaw
Local Card Teammates and Families Report Weekend Visits
West Sand Lake George Breigle United States Navy spends leave with parents Mr and Mrs J Breigile. Mr and Mrs Robert Hastings and family visit Lake George. Mrs Elmer J Hogle returns after visiting Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kendall at Corinth. Mr and Mrs M Thatz and children visit her parents Mr and Mrs J Hitchcock. Mr and Mrs Henry Roaser weekend at Indian Lake. Mr and Mrs Norman C Ferguson and son Billy visit Arthur and Mrs Ferguson. John Hansen United States Navy, recently at Sampson, visits his wife. Mr and Mrs Herbert Harley and family return to Delmar after summer here. Old teachers turn pupils Camp Bullis San Antonio Maj Edgar J Bull reviews men at State Guard school with Capt William E Crossland and Lieut Forest C Parker.
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George Breigle
United States Navy
J. Breigile
Robert Hastings
Lake George
Elmer J. Hogle
Kenneth Kendall
Corinth
M. Thatz
J. Hitchcock
Henry Roaser
Indian Lake
Norman C. Ferguson
Billy
Arthur Ferguson
John Hansen
Sampson
Herbert Harley
Delmar Lafter
Camp Bullis
San Antonio
Tex
Edgar J. Bull
Military Police
State Guard
Willam E. Crossland
Houston State Guard
Forest C. Parker Guard
Bull
Unusually light Salem Court Calendar Opens
An unusually light calendar of 31 civil actions has been prepared for the fall term of Supreme Court in Washington County. County Clerk Ralph Pierson Smith lists two preferred cases, 25 jury cases and four court cases to be heard at the Salem Court House with Justice O. Byron Brewster presiding. Fourteen cases were continued from the May term in Hudson Falls. The first day will focus on calling cases.
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Ralph Pierson Smith
Supreme Court
Washington County
Salem Court House
O. Byron Brewster
Elizabethtown
Hudson Falls
Grand jury session to hear cases in Hudson Falls
Acting District Attorney Leroy E. Middleworth of Hudson Falls presides over a calendar hearing and contested motions, swearing in the grand jury that will go into session to consider criminal matters.
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Leroy E. Middleworth
Hudson Falls
Three War Bonds Bought With Penny Gallon Haul
In Hershey Pennsylvania Piedmont Croce Jr saved pennies for months and took a gallon jug to the bank. He found enough to buy three twenty five dollar war bonds.
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Hershey
Piedmont Croce, Jr
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