Arsenal Hires 5000 Women Since 1942 at Watervliet Arsenal
More than five thousand women have been hired since 1942 for manufacturing at Watervliet Arsenal. Women perform diverse machine tasks from cannon work to lathes and milling, operate cranes and locomotives, assist in packing and shipping, and maintain gauges and tooling ensuring high quality standards.
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Watervliet Arsens Sings
Asany
Arsenal
Indus
Amd
Varteas
Cambridge District Enrolls 494 Pupils
Five new faculty join the Cambridge central district opened Tuesday with 2 percent pupil enrollment. New hires include Mise Posits VanDuzer Auburn language teacher Miss Shirley Perry Essex home economics Miss Harriet Fairley Balem social studies Lyndon Wallace South Cambridge Oneonta State Normal School and Mrs Charlotte Hitchcock Cottry Cambridge Cornelia University head of English Department. Districts listed include Cambridge School District 10 Checkered House District 4 North Castle District White Creek District 3 Ash Grove District 9 Annaqusshkote Jackson Cambridge 7 and Salem District 6.
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Cambridge
Mise Posits VanDuzer
Auburn
College of Wooster
Ohio
Shirley Perry
Essex
Flattsburg State Teachers’ College
Harriet Fairley
Balem
Westminster College
Lyndon Wallace
South Cambridge
Oneonta Siate Normal School
Charlotte Hitchcock Cottry
Women workers at Water Arsenal gun plant shown at work
The upper picture features Mrs Edna Boyer and Mrs Margaret Densis inspecting rough forgings in a Water Arsenal plant section where women perform nearly all rifling for guns up to 240 mm. Helen checks contour after grinding in another station highlighting women’s prominent role.
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Edna Boyer
Margaret Densis
Helena
War spirit and baseball echo in wartime reflections
A wartime letter from Schenectady dated September 4 1944 contrasts war with baseball. The writer muses on longing for a doubleheader US and Japan, seeks a seventh inning stretch, and urges focus on victory while warning against premature celebration.
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Webster
Germany
Japan
Tronda
Jemerge
Parents Learn Son Killed on Saipan in Marine Letter
Edward T. Foley of the B 3 Marine Corps was among the first Marines killed on Saipan, per a letter to his parents Mr and Mrs John J Foley. Capt William J Weinstein of the Fourth Marine Division wrote of heavy fire on June 18 and a patrol to contact the Second Division. A mortar shell near Foley’s group killed him instantly. Weinstein visited the Fourth Division Cemetery near Charon Hance, noting its dignified beauty and Marine monuments. Foley’s brother Corp John J Foley serves in the Army Air Corps in the European theater.
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Edward T. Foley
Marine Corps
Saipan
John J. Foley
RDA
William J. Weinstein
Fourth Marine Division
Foley
Weihstein
Charon
Hance
Szipan
Tinian
Corp
Army Air Corps
Marine Corps Auxiliary Reports On Troy Horse Show
The Troy Unit of the Marine Corps League Auxiliary reported favorable results from its horse show held Thursday at the Caasan Building, in joint sponsorship with the Marine Corps Detachment. The group voted to send Christmas boxes to spouses and daughters of active members, with Mrs. Mary Landry and Mrs. Amelia Lee in charge. A final plan and a fund raising drive were also discussed.
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Troy
Marine Corps League Auxiliary
Caasan
Marine Corps
Helen Bateman
Mary Landry
Amelia Lee
White House Quiz Answers on Page Questions
Fragmented item lists quiz answers with names such as Jeb Adama Jefferson Monroe Van Buren Adams Quincy and Harrison. Mentions a ban for vice president and a ticket with Van Buren. Text is garbled and unclear.
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Jeb Adama
Jeferson
R. Monroe
John Quincy
Adams
van Buren
Wiliam Henry Harrison
Quincy Adams
Charles Precis
Adamis
Banfor
Wilson
John Quincy Adams
Hostaka
Prosdx
Russia
England
Accounting On Herman Estate Filed
A final decree of judicial settlement was filed in Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court by Rensselaer County Bank and Trust Co as executor of the Thomas Herman estate of Rensselaer. The accounting shows receipts of 24138.88, with expenses totaling 6529.69 and commissions 639.2. A balance for distribution of 1421.24 goes to Thomas Herman and several named beneficiaries including the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and local churches and organizations in Albany and Rensselaer, with multiple individual assignees listed.
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Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County Bank and Trust Deam
Thomas Harmen
City of
Rensselaer
Ernest L. Booth
Thomas Herman
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
St. John’s Church
Rennsebaer
Joseph Bruse
Joseph Gruse
Michael Marlow
Home For the
Little Sisters of the Poor
Albany
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Mount St. John
Elmer Stewart
Victoria Stewart
Isabele Owens
William Owens
John Heppinger
Anos M. Tobin
Missing Auxiliary Meeting Minutes Preview
Mrs. Bateman presided at last night's meeting. At the next Auxiliary meeting on Oct. 5 officers for the coming year will be named.
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Celia Therrien
Bateman
Auxtary
Pittstown Launches Paper and Scrap Drive Across Township
Pittstown will hold a township wide drive for waste paper and scrap metal beginning Wednesday. The initiative aims to cover the entire area with a final pick up previously gathering 22230 pounds of paper and expecting higher totals from the metal collection.
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Pittstown
Becauee
Town salvage drive to collect paper and metal scrap
Power and gasoline will be used for a town wide scrap pickup. Residents should tie papers in bundles or pack them in domes cartons crates or bags and place them in front of their houses. Clarence Ketcham highway commissioner will oversee with War Commodities drive trucks and men under Alex Marbot salvage committee. Prices of women’s clothing to Holland are nearly ten times.
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Frckit
Clarence Ketcham
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Maria Foreman Co
Dewey
Roosevelt
Alther Party
America
London Dispatches
Hoosevelt
Churchill
Canada
Ward
Schenectady
H. Mt . Watervliet
Marine Corps Auxiliary
White House
Herman
Holland
Coast Guard
Vallee
NBC
Funny
Liberty
W.&m.gross
Apperet Meads
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