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Anthony Joseph Bibinski of Camden served as a Private First Class in the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He took part in the invasions of Anzio and Southern France and was killed in action on November 20, 1944.
Arthur Cuellen Batten (1904–1972), known to his fellow firefighters as Artie, joined the Camden Fire Department on March 4, 1927 and served until his retirement on February 28, 1969, rising to captain of Rescue Company 1 and acting battalion chief. He lived for many years at 1132 North 22nd Street in Cramer Hill and invented the un-patented ring cutter used by the rescue company to remove finger jewelry.
Carman Street ran from Broadway through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at South 31st Street, named for William Carman whose home stood at the corner of Broadway and Federal Street until 1902.
Branch Street is a one-block street running from 1460 Broadway east to South 6th Street; formerly known as Commerce Street until sometime between 1888–1889 and 1890–1891.
Briggs Cafe was a tavern at 1197 Lansdowne Avenue in Camden's Whitman Park neighborhood, run by the Derengowski and Briggs families from about 1942.
Walt's Cafe was a bar at 1197 Lansdowne Avenue in Camden, NJ, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, formerly Briggs Cafe and later the Camelot Lounge.
Liney Ditch takes its name from Line Ditch, a.k.a. Little Newton Creek, a.k.a. Kaighn's Run, a stream located in South Camden . This stream originated out near 10th Street at one time.
Langham Avenue runs south through Parkside from Walnut Street to Baird Avenue; in the decades after World War I it was home to many prominent members of Camden's Jewish community.
Berkley Street runs through South Camden from Buren Avenue to Haddon Avenue, named for Lord Berkeley, one of the original proprietors of colonial New Jersey. The section east of Broadway was once known as Hamilton Street until 1882.
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
Lent Car to Others He Says; Denies Charges Frank Palese , 26, of 900 South Fourth street , wanted as one of the alleged operators of the new "bingo" lottery racket, surrendered yesterday to County Detective Wilfred Dube .
Camden Courier-Post - February 14, 1938 7 Arrested in Bingo Numbers Racket; 4 Seized in Betting Place Ten men and a woman were arrested in gambling raids over the weekend by Camden city and county authorities.
William H. Filer, 19, of 500 Branch Street, held in $1,000 bail for Grand Jury action after firing a gun into a telephone trunk cable at Broadway and Lansdowne Avenue.
Police Judge Then Holds Two Camden Suspects Without Bail Cash Not Recovered After refusing defense counsel's request that the city police bare their evidence, Police Judge Pancoast yesterday held two suspects without bail in the recent $11,790 Radio Condenser Company holdup and two other youths as material witnesses.
Camden Courier-Post - October 16, 1931 Dad Who Took Her Rejoins Mother; Anna Loses Home Anna Rickowska [Correct Spelling is Raczkowski. --ed.] - 11-year-old child who lived for two weeks in an ash can has been driven from home again.
John Cullen, 22, manager of the American Store at 1201 Lansdowne Avenue, died December 1, 1930 of a bullet wound suffered in a holdup; two Camden youths faced murder charges in his death.
A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.
Cases treated at the Homeopathic Hospital in Camden on October 28, 1922, including William May, 48, of 2110 Berwick Street, treated for lacerations of the elbow.
Mayor Frank S. Van Hart swore in nine new Camden policemen, one from each of nine wards — including Edward C. Hahn of the Tenth Ward — with five more appointments to follow.
Thomas Armitage and Kelly Parker of 526 South Third Street, electricians at the Pennsylvania Railroad power house at the foot of Federal Street, were burned about the eyes, hands and face when a wire short-circuited.