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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1943
Page
8
Two U S Marines wounded in a Zero attack aboard a parachute skirmish speak of returning to battle. Logan and Gilbert Bethea, both badly injured, wish to fly Corsair fighters again. They recall the moment of impact, their rescue, and the hope of future combat against Japanese Zeros.
In a June morning action near the Russell Islands, U.S. Corsair pilots clashed with Zeros. Lieutenant Logan survived a fall from 25 000 feet after his rudder was shot away and later aided by a New Zealander in a Warhawk. Lieutenant Percy, badly injured from a 2000 foot plunge, aims to return to combat.
Ernest J. Bergen, 80, longtime associate and assistant bookkeeper of Thomas A. Edison, died today in Schenectady. Born in New York City, he joined Edison’s Menlo Park lab in 1880 and was the last surviving member of that early group. He later became head accountant after Edison companies merged. The obituary notes Bergen’s long service with Edison and his early career in the company’s Schenectady operations.
Washington sources disclosed changes in the Selective Service law that deny deferment for 18 year olds who start their academic year in February. Senator Homer T. Bone noted that September starters may defer to finish their second semester while February entrants are inducted after the summer break. He cited about 1,600 Washington students facing induction and warned New York would have many thousands more.
Mayor Frank J. Hogan and five municipal officials will travel to Kingston Sunday to observe an Army Air Force State Office of Civilian Protection drill. They will watch civilian groups respond to incidents created by attacking planes across forty towns in Columbia Dutchess Ulster and Greene counties. Accompanying the mayor are John B. Conroy acting commissioner of public safety Thomas F. Fitzgerald commissioner of public works and the City Clerk.
James M McGrath and Edward L Ryan appointed wardens with chief air raid duties while Thomas J Larkin becomes superintendent of the police and fire alarm signal station, indicating a coordinated city civil defense leadership update.
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