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And after a two year hiatus, we've done it.  We've resurrected our most popular HAL event, Ghosts of the Past.  This year's guided walking evening tours of Green Hill cemetery to meet some of its "permanent residents" and hear their stories and what their Amsterdam was like will be held on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022

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Saturday, October 8, Episode 252-Pulitzer Prize finalist Nick Bunker discusses his book, “Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity.”

From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth, he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world, where he fought many battles with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of 41, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker goes behind the legend to reveal the sources of his passion for knowledge.

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Tomorrow, they were looking for locations

Sunday, October 9, Focus on History from Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder. Filmmakers linked to Ken Burns scouting the Mohawk Valley

...back in September

A three-person Florentine Films video crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in early September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a historical documentary film series on the American Revolution.

Episode 443-How to write historical fiction with Alyson Richman, co-author with Shaunna Edwards of “The Thread Collectors,” a Civil War novel.

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This Sunday, October 9, Focus on History from Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder. Filmmakers linked to Ken Burns scouting the Mohawk Valley...

A three-person Florentine Films video crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in early September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a historical documentary film series on the American Revolution.

  Florentine, based in New Hampshire, is the production company affiliated with Ken Burns that has created PBS documentary series including the Civil War.

..from The Bob Cudmore laptop that is so old, the letter "E" does not work, but it completes the assignment

The crew from the Amsterdam crash was lucky to survive.  Laura Hillenbrand in her book “Unbroken” wrote of World War II, “Some 15,000 airmen died in accidental crashes stateside.”

Wartime plane crash in Amsterdam

By Bob Cudmore

It was 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13 1943 when a twin-engine American Army plane crashed in a rural section of Amsterdam’s South Side as the plane’s four-man crew parachuted to safety in the city’s Fifth Ward.  Remarkably, there were no injuries.  The plane was on a flight between Rome and Schenectady when its engines went out.

Fireman Frank Mazur, standing outside the Central Fire Station at West Main and Pearl Streets, heard an airplane engine sputtering and saw the tail light descending rapidly toward the South Side.  Firefighters, cops and ambulances scrambled to the scene.  The plane went down either in the vicinity of today’s Route 5-S or New York State Thruway.  The Army and State Police guarded the accident scene during the night, keeping crowds of spectators away.

Captain John F. Pope, the last to exit the plane at about 500 feet, was found wandering on DeWitt Street.  He apparently had landed on the roof of popular Fifth Ward Alderman Angelo Sardonia’s house or on the nearby porch of Charles Frohlich.  Accounts differ.  The other three crew members landed safely in the vicinity of the Fifth Ward School on Perkins Street. The plane’s exit door from which they escaped was found on Eagle Street in the city's East End.

Captain Pope of Montgomery, Alabama and Lieutenant Charles Thompson of Schenectady, another member of the crew, were decorated combat veterans from the North Africa campaign. Thompson had been in a plane shot down 45 miles behind the German lines, but Thompson and his men found their way back to allied territory.  The two other soldiers in the Amsterdam crash were Sergeant Joseph Bragdon of York Village, Maine and Sergeant Albert Finarelli of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The Recorder reported of Captain Pope, "He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal, with several oak leaf clusters, but it remained for Amsterdam to hold the distinction of being the first place over which he bailed out of a plane."

Captain Pope lost his beat-up old hat in the parachute jump into Amsterdam, a hat that had been with him in England, Ireland, Scotland, Gibraltar and all over North Africa in his 108 combat missions. Fortunately, Fifth Ward School second grader Peter Marcucio, celebrating his seventh birthday, and his friend Robert Selbert found the hat and were rewarded with junior sets of pilot's wings later that month.

In a letter to Marcucio, Captain Pope wrote, “As you know, the hat wasn't very good, but it carries a lot of memories with it that make it priceless to me.”

The flight had originated at the relatively new Rome Air Depot, created in November 1942.  The facility became Griffiss Air Force Base after the war in 1948. 

Amsterdam city historian Robert von Hasseln said the plane likely was on a check flight testing repairs to the aircraft or engines before returning it to an operational command. 

Von Hasseln said the type of plane that crashed is not certain, but probably it was a B-25 Mitchell, although it could have also been an A-20, B-26 or another type.  The Mitchell was named in honor of aviation pioneer Billy Mitchell.

The crew from the Amsterdam crash was lucky to survive.  Laura Hillenbrand in her book “Unbroken” wrote of World War II, “Some 15,000 airmen died in accidental crashes stateside.”

Thanks to Al Mancini of Amsterdam for suggesting this story.  Much of the information came from attorney Bob Going.  The story of the plane crash will be part of Going’s book on Amsterdam in World War II called “Where Do We Find Such Men?”  The book will be published later this year. 

Tomorrow, Friday, October 7, 2022

1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army. Bound to a man who would kill her if he knew of her clandestine activities, Stella has to hide not only her efforts but her love for William, a Black soldier and a brilliant musician.

Episode 443

How to write historical fiction with Alyson Richman, co-author with Shaunna Edwards of “The Thread Collectors,” a Civil War novel.

Saturday, October 8, 2022-Pulitzer Prize finalist Nick Bunker discusses his book, “Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity.”

In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.

From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth, he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world, where he fought many battles with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions

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Thursday, October 6, 2022 Military plane crash in Amsterdam. Was it a bomber, guess not...

Friday, October 7, 2022

Episode 443

How to write historical fiction with Alyson Richman, co-author with Shaunna Edwards of “The Thread Collectors,” a Civil War novel.

Saturday, October 8, 2022-Pulitzer Prize finalist Nick Bunker discusses his book, “Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity.”

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The young son of one of the fans squeezed under the big engine doors and with help from adults outside, figured out how to open a door to the structure.

Riding on top of the caboose

By Bob Cudmore

          A 1950 railfan excursion in the Mohawk Valley was enjoyed by all, even though some of the goings on would be frowned upon and perhaps grounds for legal action today.

          “Litigation didn’t seem to be on anyone’s mind,” wrote Edward Theisinger, who was among those who took the October, 1950 excursion trip on the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad (F.J. & G.).  Theisinger’s article about the adventure appeared in the summer 2004 edition of the magazine “Classic Trains.” 

The excursion—including train transportation to Fonda from New York City—cost $5 per person.  The highlight was riding the F.J. & G. from Fonda to Johnstown, Gloversville, and Broadalbin and back on board two cabooses, two combines and a gondola powered by an Alco S-2 diesel engine.  By then, the local railroad was freight only.

“We rode the length of the line up to Broadalbin, where a photo stop gave us an opportunity not only to take pictures but also literally crawl all over the equipment—and ride that way on the return trip,” Theisinger wrote.  Pictures from his article show railfans—some of the men wearing sport coats and fedoras--on top of the cabooses. 

The railfans, according to Theisinger, even engaged in creative trespassing in an effort to view steam locomotives during the trip’s lunch break in Gloversville. 

The attendees wondered where the F.J.& G. was storing its steam locomotives, as the line recently had switched to diesel power.  One participant found the building containing the steam engines. 

The young son of one of the fans squeezed under the big engine doors and with help from adults outside, figured out how to open a door to the structure.

Three Alco-made steam engines were found inside.  Theisinger said, “It was very dark in the engine house, but I took a photo anyway, just for the record to show we had finally found the steam engines.”

Amsterdam history fan Emil Suda provided a copy of Theisinger’s article on the F.J. & G. trip.  Suda recently revived his interest in the local railroad by attending a program at the Fulton County Historical Society.

Founded in 1867, the F.J. & G. at one time operated passenger electric trolley service in addition to its traditional railroad line.  Starting in 1903, you could take a trolley from Johnstown or Gloversville to Amsterdam and Hagaman, even Schenectady.  Trolley service ended in 1938, replaced by buses.  The railroad itself stopped operating in 1984 and parts of the roadbed in Fulton County have been converted to a rail trail for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Wednesday

Julian Shabazz is author of the book “Black Stars of Professional Wrestling: Second Edition.  It’s the story of the Black athletes who have participated in one of America's most popular sports entertainment events—professional wrestling.

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Military plane crash in Amsterdam. 

Friday, October 7, 2022

Off the Prsss

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How to write historical fiction with Alyson Richman, co-author with Shaunna Edwards of “The Thread Collectors,” a Civil War novel.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Riding on the caboose.

The attendees wondered where the F.J.& G. was storing its steam locomotives, as the line recently had switched to diesel power.  One participant found the building containing the steam engines. 

Wednesday, October 5, From the Archives-July 13, 2018-Historians Episode 223-Julian Shabazz is author of the book “Black Stars of Professional Wrestling: Second Edition.  It’s the story of the Black athletes who have participated in one of America's most popular sports entertainment events—professional wrestling.

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Military plane crash in Amsterdam. 

It was 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13 1943 when a twin-engine American Army plane crashed in a rural section of Amsterdam’s South Side as the plane’s four-man crew parachuted to safety in the city’s Fifth Ward.  Remarkably, there were no injuries.  The plane was on a flight between Rome and Schenectady when its engines went out.

Friday, October 7, 2022-Episode 443-How to write historical fiction with Alyson Richman, co-author with Shaunna Edwards of “The Thread Collectors,” a Civil War novel.

As these two women risk everything for love and freedom during the brutal Civil War, their paths converge in New Orleans, where an unexpected encounter leads them to discover that even the most delicate threads have the capacity to save us. Loosely inspired by the authors' family histories, this stunning novel will stay with listeners for a long time.

Duck and cover

By Bob Cudmore

   Edward F. Cushman, Amsterdam’s school superintendent, issued instructions for surviving an atomic bomb attack in October 1950.  It was the year the U.S.S.R. got the bomb.

   Cushman had become superintendent in 1943 and served until 1959, when he and his wife left for jobs with the Christian Children’s Fund in Richmond, Virginia.

   Atomic bomb drills then involved getting under our desks and sometimes meant lining up against a basement wall at Amsterdam’s Vrooman Avenue Elementary School.  In 1950 I was in Mrs. Campbell’s kindergarten class at Vrooman Avenue.   

   Amsterdam native Richard Sidlauscus found Superintendent Cushman’s memo while preparing for a move in 2006.

   “I was six years old and in first grade in Irene Balz’s class in the old Arnold Avenue School,” Sidlauscus wrote.  “Why I have this (memo) I can't recall.  I think we found it among my mother’s stuff after she passed away.”

   Cushman cited information from the State of New York, “At the suggestion of the State Education Department of Albany, we are handing out directions for pupils in case of an unexpected atomic bomb attack.  While there seems to be no probability at the present time of such an attack, these atomic bomb attacks might come without warning and the State Education Department feels that parents should have some information immediately regarding possible safeguards and treatments.  Further information undoubtedly will be supplied by the local Civilian Defense Authorities.”

   Amsterdam had a civil defense office in the city hall annex, a small building on the grounds of City Hall on Church Street. 

   Students were advised to get to cover if an air raid warning was given before the attack—a public shelter, the nearest building, your own cellar, even a tree “to shield you from burns” or a thick wall that was to protect against gamma rays.   

   If there was no warning and just a blinding glare in the sky, the advice was to turn your back on the blast “and drop to ground with face on arm, eyes closed” for a full minute.

   If indoors, the memo said students should drop to the floor or under desks, tables or beds with their backs to windows, “because of breaking glass.”  If there was time, the advice was to run to the basement.  In any event, the memo said to stay down for at least one minute.

   There were many points to remember after the attack, which was probably the encouraging news of the memo—the idea that boys and girls would survive the atomic bomb!

   “Wash yourself hard, all over,” Cushman wrote.  “Lacking soap and water, rub with paper or cloth.  This cuts radioactive contamination (most likely after an underwater burst or if wind or rain spread air-burst radiation).

   “Eat and drink nothing that has been exposed to radioactivity.  Tight containers—probably cans—are the one sure protection.  A Geiger counter will spot radioactivity in food or clothing.

   “Obey directions of proper authorities.  They must aid wounded, put out fires, clear streets, repair communications and so on.  In the first hours of a burst, you can help by doing just as you are told.” 

   In January 1951 a pamphlet entitled “You and the Atomic Bomb” was distributed to Amsterdam parents.  That March a film called “You Can Beat an A-Bomb” was shown at a citywide meeting.  Also screened was “A Tale of Two Cities” showing the devastating effect of America’s 1945 atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

   The powerful hydrogen bomb was developed in 1952.  There was news coverage of a nuclear bomb drill in 1955 involving a mock attack centered in the town of Florida.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Riding on the caboose.

          A 1950 railfan excursion in the Mohawk Valley was enjoyed by all, even though some of the goings on would be frowned upon and perhaps grounds for legal action today. 

Wednesday, October 5, From the Archives-July 13, 2018-Historians Episode 223-Julian Shabazz is author of the book “Black Stars of Professional Wrestling: Second Edition.  It’s the story of the Black athletes who have participated in one of America's most popular sports entertainment events—professional wrestling.

Thursday, October 6, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Military plane crash in Amsterdam. 

Friday, October 7, 2022-Episode 443-How to write historical fiction with Alyson Richman, co-author with Shaunna Edwards of “The Thread Collectors,” a Civil War novel.

...to protect against gamma rays. 

Duck and cover

By Bob Cudmore, Sunday, October 2, 2022

   Edward F. Cushman, Amsterdam’s school superintendent, issued instructions for surviving an atomic bomb attack in October 1950.  It was the year the U.S.S.R. got the bomb.

   Cushman had become superintendent in 1943 and served until 1959, when he and his wife left for jobs with the Christian Children’s Fund in Richmond, Virginia.

   Atomic bomb drills then involved getting under our desks and sometimes meant lining up against a basement wall at Amsterdam’s Vrooman Avenue Elementary School.  In 1950 I was in Mrs. Campbell’s kindergarten class at Vrooman Avenue.   

   Amsterdam native Richard Sidlauscus found Superintendent Cushman’s memo while preparing for a move in 2006.

   “I was six years old and in first grade in Irene Balz’s class in the old Arnold Avenue School,” Sidlauscus wrote.  “Why I have this (memo) I can't recall.  I think we found it among my mother’s stuff after she passed away.”

   Cushman cited information from the State of New York, “At the suggestion of the State Education Department of Albany, we are handing out directions for pupils in case of an unexpected atomic bomb attack.  While there seems to be no probability at the present time of such an attack, these atomic bomb attacks might come without warning and the State Education Department feels that parents should have some information immediately regarding possible safeguards and treatments.  Further information undoubtedly will be supplied by the local Civilian Defense Authorities.”

   Amsterdam had a civil defense office in the city hall annex, a small building on the grounds of City Hall on Church Street. 

   Students were advised to get to cover if an air raid warning was given before the attack—a public shelter, the nearest building, your own cellar, even a tree “to shield you from burns” or a thick wall that was to protect against gamma rays.   

   If there was no warning and just a blinding glare in the sky, the advice was to turn your back on the blast “and drop to ground with face on arm, eyes closed” for a full minute.

   If indoors, the memo said students should drop to the floor or under desks, tables or beds with their backs to windows, “because of breaking glass.”  If there was time, the advice was to run to the basement.  In any event, the memo said to stay down for at least one minute.

   There were many points to remember after the attack, which was probably the encouraging news of the memo—the idea that boys and girls would survive the atomic bomb!

   “Wash yourself hard, all over,” Cushman wrote.  “Lacking soap and water, rub with paper or cloth.  This cuts radioactive contamination (most likely after an underwater burst or if wind or rain spread air-burst radiation).

   “Eat and drink nothing that has been exposed to radioactivity.  Tight containers—probably cans—are the one sure protection.  A Geiger counter will spot radioactivity in food or clothing.

   “Obey directions of proper authorities.  They must aid wounded, put out fires, clear streets, repair communications and so on.  In the first hours of a burst, you can help by doing just as you are told.” 

   In January 1951 a pamphlet entitled “You and the Atomic Bomb” was distributed to Amsterdam parents.  That March a film called “You Can Beat an A-Bomb” was shown at a citywide meeting.  Also screened was “A Tale of Two Cities” showing the devastating effect of America’s 1945 atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

   The powerful hydrogen bomb was developed in 1952.  There was news coverage of a nuclear bomb drill in 1955 involving a mock attack centered in the town of Florida.

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Cushman cited information from the State of New York, “At the suggestion of the State Education Department of Albany, we are handing out directions for pupils in case of an unexpected atomic bomb attack. 

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Episode 442-Retired Associated Press reporter Chris Carola takes a look at the life of Revolutionary War era Mohawk chief Joseph Brant.   A warrior and diplomat, Brant is memorialized with a sculpture of his face on the outside of the New York State Capitol in Albany.

David Fiske with more on Joseph Brant in this article in New York Almanack. https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/author/dfiske/

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“During the last few months of his life,” Hatch said, “Robert Kennedy traveled from the burned out villages of South Vietnam to the hungry in Appalachia, from the slums of New York City to the migrant labor camps in California.  He had great feeling for these people.”

Bobby Kennedy and Amsterdam

By Bob Cudmore

   Senator Robert F. Kennedy was expected in Amsterdam on or about June 6, 1968, the day he died.  City resident Sam Vomero recalled a sign announcing the date of the pending visit as June 6 was posted in the window of Kennedy’s local Presidential campaign headquarters, the vacant Crown cigar store on East Main Street, a few doors west of Church Street.

   Assassin Sirhan Sirhan and som believe a second gunman shotat Kennedy early on the morning of June 5 as the Presidential candidate was being escorted through the crowded kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after announcing his victory in the California Democratic primary.  Kennedy died of his injuries the next day, June 6.

   Kennedy’s last words to the crowd in California had been “And it’s on to Chicago (where the Democratic convention would be held) and let’s win there.”  Kennedy was reportedly scheduled to head back for a campaign trip in New York right after the California primary.  A Recorder editorial on June 6 stated, “Plans had called for Senator Kennedy to be in Amsterdam later this week to open his Presidential campaign headquarters.”

   A memorial service for Senator Kennedy was held June 9 at what was then Amsterdam’s Lynch High School.  The speaker was Robert Lincoln Hatch, head of the school’s social studies department and a native of Boston who spoke with an accent reminiscent of the Kennedys.

   “During the last few months of his life,” Hatch said, “Robert Kennedy traveled from the burned out villages of South Vietnam to the hungry in Appalachia, from the slums of New York City to the migrant labor camps in California.  He had great feeling for these people.”

HAPPIER DAYS

   Bobby Kennedy had visited Amsterdam on September 17 1960 when his brother Jack was running for President.  The younger Kennedy, then 34, addressed a fund raiser for the Montgomery County Democratic Committee at St. John’s Hall, now the Elks Lodge. 

   Bobby Kennedy also came to Amsterdam on October 19 1964 during his campaign for U.S. Senate.  Kennedy defeated one term Republican Senator Kenneth Keating in a national sweep for Democrats the year after President Kennedy was killed.

   In his Amsterdam visit Kennedy first stopped at Democratic headquarters in the former Enterprise Store on East Main Street.  Hugh Donlon reported in the Recorder that “great numbers” wanted to shake hands with the candidate.

   Kennedy then held a rally in the same Grove Street parking lot his brother had used in 1960 when campaigning for President in Amsterdam.  The older brother drew a crowd of 3,000 while an estimated 1,200 were on hand to hear Bobby Kennedy.  Skies were cloudy in 1964 and the event was threatened by rain.

   There was what Donlon called “a juvenile outburst” as the candidate was about to speak.  Kennedy got the crowd laughing as he said, “Senator Keating doesn’t like to read about yelling so please keep your voice down.  However, it’s all right with me.”

   Congressman Sam Stratton told the crowd Kennedy would carry Amsterdam by a wide margin.  The candidate was introduced by county Commissioner of Welfare Sasen Hage.

   Kennedy was on a road trip from Schenectady to a dinner at Syracuse University.  He also stopped in Canajoharie where he shook hands with mill workers. Over 100 students were excused from study halls to attend.  One heckler made remarks on the carpetbagger issue; Kennedy was a Massachusetts resident living in Virginia when he announced his New York U.S. Senate run.

   Kennedy won the 1964 Senate election by 700,000 votes statewide and took Montgomery County by 3,000 votes.  President Johnson took New York by 2.6 million votes and won Montgomery County over Barry Goldwater by 10,000 votes.

Tomorrow, Friday, September 30, 2022

Episode 442

Friday Interview 29 Minutes

Veteran Associated Press reporter Chris Carola, now a freelance writer, takes a look at the life of Revolutionary War era Mohawk chief Joseph Brant.

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Sunday, October 2, Focus on History from Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder.  Atom bomb drills in Amsterdam, N.Y.

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