Soldiers hide in pig pen six days near Salerno
Pvt. Don Pattara of Chicago and Pvt. Baraenne Salinas of Skidmore climbed from an Italian hog pen after six days evading German patrols as the Fifth Army pressed the Salerno sector. They were aided by farmer Angelo who fed them well. Pattara carried a wallet with a photo of Fern Swanson. a shell fragment pierced the wallet but spared him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
Associated Press
Salerno
Fifth Army
Angelo
Massachusetts
New York City
Don J. Pattara
Chicago
Baraenne. Salinas
Skidmore
Pattara
Salinas
Fern Swanson
Whipple School PTA Meets With Welcome From Superintendent
Lansingburg Whipple School hosts its first PTA meeting of the year at 8 p.m. with President Mrs. Lloyd Ginghan opening. Principal Gladys Dow introduces new teachers as Thomas O Treharne greets parents. Elisabeth Allen outlines the year’s program. Marion Fahey addresses health curriculum. Vivian Biener offers vocal entertainment. A Mothers Club party at St Augustine’s School follows at 2 p.m. Wednesday hosted by Mrs. Gallagher and Mrs. Shunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association of
Whipple School
Lloyd
Ginghan
Mass Gladys Dow
Thomas O- Treharne
Lansingburg
Yigabeth Allen
Marion Fahey
Ren
Mothers’ Club
St. Augustine’s School
Friends of Members
Thomas Gallagher
Frank Shunk
Motion for New Trial Denied in Davis vs Kresge Suit
Supreme Court Justice William H. Murray denied a defense motion for a new trial in the civil suit of Mr and Mrs Harold J Davis of this city against S Kresge Co. A jury awarded $1 200 to the plaintiffs for Mrs Davis who was injured when she fell in the Albany store. Negligence in waxing the floor alleged. David Rosenfeld appeared for the plaintiffs. Wiswall Walton Wood Macaffer Albany attorneys represented the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
William H. Murray
Harold J. Davis
S. 5. Kresge Co
Buffalo Fire Kills Two Children. Ignited Papers to Blame
Buffalo police say a Friday fire that killed Dolores Poole aged 3 and her brother Raymond Jr., 18 months, likely started when the children lit papers in a stove. Their sister Claudette, 2 months, was rescued by firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
William T. Fitzgibbons
Dolores Poole
Raymond, Jr
Claudette
Birthday Furlough Party For Camp Butner Private Carl Miller
East Side Pfc. Carl W. Miller spends a full day furlough from Camp Butner and is feted at his parents home Woodlawn Court for his 19th birthday. A patriotic cake and a purse gift were featured. Choir rehearsal and church convention activities are announced for Trinity Methodist Church and First Baptist Church with speakers and items of interest for church workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. Miller
Camp Butner
Woodlawn Court
Carl
Trinity Methodist Church
Warren E. Gibson
Frank Reid
New York
Waterford PTA opens season with meeting and sale
Waterford parents and teachers gather for the first PTA meeting of the season at School 1. Mrs. C. Wilson Chamberlain presides and introduces the year's theme while members vote on a yearlong project. New faculty are introduced and a victory garden party with awards follows, with rummage sale plans stated and contact points for donations. Obituary details for Mrs. Cora C. Flynn noted with funeral arrangements and church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford Parent-Teacher Association
At & P.m
C. Wilson Chamberlain
Victory Gardens
Raymond Conklin
Fred Shear
Albert E Stanley Cochairman
Chamberlin
Arlene Shaw
Brazil Coffee Crop Damaged by Frost
A cold wave and heavy frost severely damaged the Sao Paulo coffee crop, Brazil's largest producer. Officials estimate losses up to 40 percent, with the 7.5 million sacks expected production could fall by about 4.3 million sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Rural Economic Service
Troy Firemen Put Out Clothespress Fire at Baum Home
Troy firemen extinguished a small blaze in a clothespress on the second floor of Benjamin Baum’s home at 900 Second Avenue. Responding to a box alarm at 10:50 am, they had the fire under control by 11:27 am. Damage was limited to clothes and light smoke in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Benjamin Baum
Second Avenue
Three Men Listed Killed in Action in War Department Listing
Three soldiers reported killed in action in World War II were Pfc. Dean S. Clements of Scotia in North Africa, Pvt. Anthony Macejka of Albany in North Africa, and Pvt. Peter P. Carey of Albany, one in the Southwest Pacific. The War Department released the notice Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Area
Northfrican
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Dean S. Clements
Scotia
North Africa
Anthony Macejka
Albany
Peter P. Carey
Local Visits and Returns From Town Figures
Miss Caroline Scott and brother Wilbur of Troy visited Mrs. Emma Wandell. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Cole returned to Albany after visiting his mother Mrs. Harry Cole. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Picola returned from a weeks stay in Tupper Lake. D. J. Keefe came back to New York after summer with James Layden. Miss Minnie Ianelli returned to Troy after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ianelli. Mrs. Margaret Bartlett resumed residence in Springfield, Mass. after time with local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Scott
Wilbur of
Troy
Emma Wandell
Hugh B. Cole
Albany
Harry Cole
Benjamin Picola
Tupper Lake
D. J. Keefe
New York
James Layden
Minnie Ianelli
Albert Ianelli
Margaret Bartlett
Springfield
Mass
PTA of School 18 Plans October Membership Tea
The executive members of the Parent-Teacher Association of School 18 met at the president Mrs Daniel Carhart’s home on Taylor Court Friday afternoon. They planned a winter program and the first event will be a membership tea in October with Mrs BE Brady named chairman and an assisting committee to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycaway
Parent-Teacher Association of School 18
Daniel Carhart
Taylor Court
BE. G. Brady
Woman directs pilots at Philadelphia Navy Yard tower
Seamen Rosemary Devine of the U S N R WAVE unit at Mustin Field runs the control tower commands for the pilots at Philadelphia Navy Yard. The pilots say she keeps the fleet on the beam and on course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
INS
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Rosemary Devine
U.S.N.R
Mustin Field
Railroad Y M C A Management Group to Meet Tonight
The season's first meeting of the Railroad Y M C A men's committee of management will be held this evening at 909 Peoples Avenue home of William Malthauer, retired chief engineer of the Troy Union Railroad. A covered dish supper will honor Malthauer. Reports by Joseph Dundwood, executive secretary, and committee reviews will cover finances, programs, upcoming membership drive, and the Oct 11 card party for Y world service work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Malthauer
Peoples Avenue
Troy Union Railroad
Malthauer
Joseph Dunwoody
Railroad
Leland Wadsworth
Arthur Coonley
Rebekah Deputy Drafts Schedule For Visitations
The official calendar of installations and semi annual visits of Rensselaer Rebekah District No. 2 for fall and spring seasons has been announced by Mrs Versa A. Hammersley district deputy president. Installations include Mechanicville Bethlehem Lansingburg Golden Ray Troy Youngs Hall and more with dates from October through November. Staff members Deputy Marshal Elizabeth M. Mohl Deputy conductor Anna Bronson Deputy warden Worma L. Glover and others will accompany the visits along with escorts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer Rebekah District No
Versa A. Hammersley
Minnehaha Rebekah Lodge
Mechanicville
Bethlehem Rebekah Lodge
Diamond Rock Hall
Lansingburg Lodge
Golden Ray Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Raymertown
Pleasant Valley Rebekah Lodge
Troy Union Rebekah Lodge
Young’s Hall
State Street
Triumph Rebekah Lodge
Albia
Amity Rebekah Lodge
Schaghticoke
Triumph Rebekah
Pleasant Valley
Rebekah Lodge
Lansingburg
Golden Bay
Local Social Notes and Travel Arrivals in Rutland
Shushan and Ayres hosts welcome guests from Bennington and Worcester while local residents announce recent moves and travel. Inductions and furloughs noted for Navy and Army personnel, and a Rutland bus connection to Cambridge and Troy is described along with home renovations and a summer departure to Kew Gardens New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson EB. Shaw
Charles W. Ayres
Bennington
Herbert Hill
Worcester
Mass
John J. Aulicino
Navy
Pvt
Vaino Maki
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Lina Maguire
Salem
Edward Hayes
Jan Adams Street
Corp
George Randall
Seymour Johnson Air Field
N. C
Farand Randall
Shaftsbury
Brrs
Edna Peck
Rutland
Cambridge
Troy
Fred DeWolf
Florida
Mrs Mary Allen Sees Week at West Cambridge Home
South Cambridge Mrs. Mary Allen spends the week at her West Cambridge home. The South Cambridge Unit of the Home Bureau plans a meeting tomorrow at Mrs. Eugene Conjway’s home for an afternoon gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Allen
West Cambridge
South Cambridge
The
Home Bureau
Eugene Conjway
Stillwater Woman Mary Tweedie Dies at Home
Mrs Mary Tweedie wife of Henry Tweedie died suddenly Saturday at her Lake Street home after an asthma attack She was born in Stillwater June 20 1927 a Stillwater High School graduate and church member Survivors include her husband a son William her father William Darrow and brother Pvt Harold Darrow Fort Jackson Funeral services will be at 2 30 p m tomorrow at the home Rev John C Elliot officiating Other local notices include Red Cross and church group meetings Westminster Class Presbyterian Red Cross chapter reports Council of Churches Thanksgiving service plans and moving pictures on the life of Christ at the weekday school of religion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Tweedie
Council of Churches
Wendell P. Stanford
Lyman A. Talman
Christ
School of Religion
Louis Booth
John Koba
Trul! Street
Sergt. Bohdan M. Koba
U. S. Army
Hawaii
John A. Koba
U 18. Navy
George E. Koba
Helen J Kona
Sonurs Koba
Itha Reformed Church
Watory
K. DD
Bozki Reformee
Pra
Polish Foundryman Names U S Beneficiary
Bridgeport Connecticut foundry worker John Konieczny, a Polish immigrant thirty years in the United States, designates the U S as beneficiary of his War Bond holdings. He plans that if anything happens, money will return to the country that gave it to him. He has no known relatives, says three brothers in the Polish army were killed, two others possibly slain by Nazis. Employed at Bullard Co. machine tool plant, he has allocated 15 percent of wages to War Bonds and added an $800 bond recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
cPp
Poland
United States
John Konieczny
Konieczny
Bullard Co. Macchine
Whitehall Seaman Confined at Sampson Hospital
News items from Whitehall and surrounding areas cover Wilfred Gosselin a Seaman Second Class confined to the hospital at the U S Naval Training Station Sampson. Also noted are local residents entering Mary Immaculate School Ossining wedding engagement promotions and service fundraiser updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Gosselin
U. S. Naval Training Station
Sampson
Rita Ann Horton
Mary Horton
North Williams Street
Mary Immaculate School
Ossining
Leo Dewey
Maryville
Tenn
College
Edward Shovah
North Wiliams Street
Pvt
Lester Shovah
Sicily
Frank McNulty
Jean Martin
Albany
Edward Gordon
Poultney Street
Ralph Bartholomew
Adah Bartholomew
East Whitehall
Moses Luddington Hospital
Tiiconderoga
Alma Gates
Mountain Street
Morton Stafford
Nelson
Robert Hoy
Service Men’s Community Fund
Kenneth Mayrand
Robert Gordon
Anthony Ross
John Sa Justin
Lawrence Touchett
Navy
Hoy
Cohoes Church Unit Names Committees
Four committees named by the Young Adult Group of First Methodist Church Cohoes. Members listed for social, study, evangelism, and world service roles. Next meeting planned as a discussion and social gathering on Wednesday night September 29 at the Murray Manor home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford MacNary. Members to bring items for overseas relief distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Cohoes
Frederick Glass
Marie Glass
Fred Page
Dorothy Daigneault
Ruth MacNary
Eunice Clute
Dorothy King
Jean Hagadorn
Margaret Pomplin
World Service
Emma Thompson
Clifford Macpars
Clifford MacNary
Murray Manor
Trojan Post Auxiliary Plans Gold Star Mother Day Event
Trojan Post No 469 and Auxiliary VFW to observe Gold Star Mother Day with a special program in their rooms at 1 Glen Avenue tomorrow night. Miss Anna Blair and Commander John P Delapp will lead. A World War II veteran is to be admitted, bringing the local group to 14 veterans from the war. He was wounded in the African campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trojan Post
V.F.W
Glen Avenue
Anna Blair
Mander John P. Delapp
Round Lake social notices and community updates
Ill at his home on George Avenue, Dan L. Van Horn is listed along with several others in Round Lake notices. The Round Lake Fire Department purchases a $100 Third War Loan bond. Malta Grange cleanup day moved to tomorrow with Booster Night on the regular meeting date. Nearby residents and guests are named with moves, visits, and social events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan L. van Horn
George Avenue
Chester A. Finch
John T. Wilmot
Ada M. Harwood
J. Coffee Hayes
New York
Round Lake
Millard Hough
Hough
W. T. Watson
Baltimore
J. Mahion Dunton
Westover Field
Ray Fuller
Lawrence Eaton
Carol
Corinth
C E
Raymond Haight
Eaton
Haight
Malta Grange
The
Grange
Thursand
Matthew Cash
Jamaica
L. I
Washington Avenue
Cash
Cohoes League Opens With Eight Teams
The St. Agnes Lyceum Bowling League of Cohoes starts its season at 7 15 p m with eight teams. Yanks Indians White Sox Tigers Athletics Red Sox Browns Senators list captains and players. Also notes church Family Night program at First Methodist, a 14 year old's court case, a wedding shower, an orthopedic clinic, and Republican committee meeting with registration dates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes’ Lyceum Bowling League of
Cohoes
Pam
Yanks
W. Dorr
J. Walsh
P. Fremont
J. Morris
R. Urqhart
Indians
J. Drenzak
J. Nescor
J. Helnaiski
T. Gormley
A. Urghart
White Sox
America Must Choose Says Cohoes Pastor
Rev. Earl C. Fryer of St. James' Methodist Church in Cohoes urged his congregation to act now in a sermon. He warned that procrastination kills good impulses and called Jesus' Joshua as a model for choosing whom to serve amid global chaos. He asked what America will choose God or Mammon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl C. Fryer
St. James
Joshua
Mr. Fryer
Hum
America
England
Tomorow
God
Mamman
Granddaughter of Cohoes Couple Wed
The marriage of Miss Mary Elizabeth Boyce of Schenectady to John Adams Ruskoawski of Schenectady was celebrated at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The ceremony featured a nuptial mass, elegant attire, and a reception at Hotel Van Curler. After a wedding trip to Canada the couple will reside in Arlington, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Boyce
Henry D. Boyce
Schenectady
John Adams Ruskoawski
John A. Ruskowski
City
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Boyce
John Nugent
Congress Street
Colves
James B. Hayden
Annette Kelly
Albany
Francis McGowan
Stanley Ruskowski
van Curler
Solarium
Canada
Ruskowski
Arlington
Mass
College of St. Rose
Buskowsk
Union College
Phi Bet Kappa
Harvard University
Cohoes High to Start Hot Lunch Program This Winter
Dr F Herrick Connors announces Cohoes High will offer hot lunches this winter with federal support. The plan includes six cent subsidies per lunch and cookery funds from a $50 million federal program allocated to New York. Libraries will be installed in Cohoes grammar schools, targeted around Oct 10 after a board meeting led by James V Marra. Officials say preliminary arrangements are complete and applications for funds will be filed within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes High School
F. Herrick Connors
Cohoes
Congress
New York
Conners
Cohoes Board
Man Falls 25 Feet From Pole at Cohoes
Leo LaFond of 279 3 Short Street Cohoes fell 25 feet from a clothes pole while hanging a new line and was found unconscious with chest and stomach abrasions and bruises after the Saturday accident. Funeral notices include Mrs Louis Grandchamp and Miss Catherine A McCaffery, with services in Cohoes and St Bernards Church. Miss Clara Andras, once an officer of American Soap and Washoline Co., died last week at Round Lake. Octave Lessard of 49 Lancaster Street died, with funeral at St Joseph's Church and burial in St Joseph's Cemetery Waterford. J C Lansing of 76 Masten Avenue promoted to sergeant in the Army. stationed at Camp McQuaide California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo LaFond
Short Street
Cohoes
Cohoes Hospital
LaFond
Louis Grandchamp
Maurice Nadeau
Garner Street
St Marie’s Church
Clara Andras
American Soap and Washoline Co
Michael Andrae
Hugh Graham
Grace Smith
Maplewood
N. J
Robert
Montreal
Catherine A. McCaffery
Malone
Congress Street
St Bernards Church
Luella McCaffery
Philip H. McCaffery
John F. Looby and Son
St. Bernard's Church
Albert St. Pierre
Lewiston
Pierre Morin R
Canada
Odillon Gag
Pawtucket
George
Arthur Lessard
St Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
J. C. Lansing
Army
Clarence Lansing
Masten Avenue
Coast ‘Arm
Camp McQuaide
Cal
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Side
Trinity Church
Eastern Star
Sonic Triangle
Daughters of the Order of Eastern Stars
Masonic Temple
Elizabeth Willetts
Poerconal
William Kane
Railroad Street
Charles E. Burns
Eva Pattengnani
WAC
Parkwater
Wash
Armedeo
Parker Street
Dwight Lowther
Cora C. Flynn
Fourth Street
Quandt
St. Mary's Church
Francis E. O'Bryan
Marybelle Cuomo
Ave Maria
Margaret Holton
Matthew Houlihan
Augustus Slavin
Alexander Brown
T. Frank Murrey
Charles Elms
Thomas Golden
St Agnes
Menands
Rebekah
Helen Christiansen
Catherine Lloyd
Winifred Tasey
Ina Bulson
Phebe Bartlett
Isabel Eisen
Harriet Dolan
Audna Craver
Marion Clark
Mas L. Degen
Shushan
Rome
Stillwater
Red Cross
Westminster
Presbyterian Church
Helen Davenport
Nelson Armilia
Ira Anthony
Ernest R. Rekberger
Harold Tompkins
J. D. Sullivan
Fred Hayner
Ralph Walsh
James Furlong
U. S
Whitehall
Anton Beza
Pittstown
Alec Comley
DeFreest Department
Remsen Street
John Boyd Thacher
Children’s Court
Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society
Ruth Nuttall
Robert Nuttall
Jackson Avenue
Keith Backus
Norma Hardenburgh
Ontario Street
Health Department
E. B. Wilson
Miss Springer
Mary Lynch
Sally Cummings
Walter H. Wettime, Jr
Republican Organization
City Republican Committee
Mr. Wettime
Hayes
Imperial Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Sertha Leeman
Joseph Hutchinson
Martha Cale
Alice Bridewald
Bertha Krause
Uesday Night League
Jon
Crescent Cleaning
Crescent Cleaners & Dyers
Congress St
Finewoods Ave
Fifth Ave
Cohoes High
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