Nation's Press Views Willkie Exit
Across major papers the Willkie withdrawal is seen as reshaping the 1940 race. Chicago Tribune and Sun note Dewey gains while Willkie’s stance blurs party unity. Atlanta Constitution and Boston Herald stress Dewey’s strengthened position and calls for clear party lines. Philadelphia Inquirer and Nashville Tennessean predict shifts toward Dewey while St. Petersburg Times favors a conservative choice in November.
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Chicago Sun
IND
Wisconsin
Willkie
G.O.P
Philadelphia Inquirer
LND
Dewey
Nashville
Tennessean Gnd. Dem
America
Democratic Party
ST. Petersburg
Fla
GO. P
Bricker
Taft
Ohio
Saratoga Contingents Go to Camp
Two groups from the Saratoga Springs Draft Board departed after City Hall ceremonies. At 8:45 a.m. twenty two sailed for Navy or Marine induction, followed at 10:45 a.m. by a second group for Army service led by Lieut. Garret D. Hodges. Names of participants include John H. Britten, John D. Parish, Lonny Gorham, Donald O’Neill, Lindley Blackwood, Philip Shayne, Edwin Mosher, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
Anthony Tranka
William Davis
Fred Orlop
Frank Sarro
William Egan
Raymond Flanders
James Cinquegrano
George Dymond
John Spinelli
Leon Barber
Daniel Natale
Harold Shaw
Michael Pastore
Albert Mark
James Brackett
Robert Sherling
Robert White
George Earl
Eugene Knickerbocker
William Welton
J. W. Williams
Peter Fields
Wilson Gorham
Olmsted Named to Eastern Region Girl Reserve Panel
Mrs Sterling P Olmstead secretary of the YWCA Girl Reserves is named to the planning committee for the Eastern Region Girl Reserve Conference to be held June 22 in Springfield Massachusetts Five girls from the local Tri group will represent the Troy Livingstonburg and Green Island area The Tri Council will fund the project Other area secretaries on the committee include Mrs Charles Wood Schenectady and Miss Ruth Miller Albany Local high school girls from Kingston Kingston Albany Schenectady and the city attended the planning session at the YWCA
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling P. Olmstead
W. C. A. Girl Reserves
Springfield
Mass
Troy
Lansingburg
Green Island
Tri- Council
Charles Wood
Schenectady
Ruth Miller
Albany
Patricia Scudder
Joan Parslow
Kingston
Julian Casey
This City
Virginia Martin
Sylvia Alessandrini
Beryl Vermam
Mary Louis Henkel
Troy Council Plans USO Club Supper and Elections
The Troy Council of Parents and Teachers will sponsor a weekend supper at the USO Club in the Masonic Temple on Sunday April 23. Mrs Nelson 4H Schmay presided over yesterday’s meeting at School 5 announcing new cochairmen and a six-school committee. a spring conference was slated for Mechanicville in May and the annual election will be held next month. A dessert bridge and food sale is set for April 27 at School 16 to fund commencement expenses with Miss Frances Dwyer named general chairwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Club
Masonic Temple
Troy Council of Parents and Teachers
Nelson
Schmay
Michael F. Fazioli
Sarah Flynn
J. Kenneth Lowe
Cochairman
George Beard
Fayette Qua
Hobart Nason
Nicholas Zaccaro
Anne Morey
Patrick H. McKeown
John Ferra
Howard Dahl
Lloyd Austin
Samuel Hill
Carl Martin
C. Stowell Carroll
Daniel Carhart
William Thelan
Council
Mechanicville
Frances Dwyer
J. Kenneth Lowa
Mt Ida Memorial Presbyterian elects staff at annual meeting
The 66th annual congregational meeting of Mt Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church occurred Tuesday night in the church schoolrooms with Rev. Arthur Johnston presiding. Officers elected included deacons Lieut Col David E Hunn Albert B Moore and A James McCracken and elders Miss Edna C Donnan and H Douglas Beattie. Trustees named Dr W Russell Bird T Elias Hendry James W Donnan and Norman W Eiseman as terms varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church
Arthur Johnston
Herbert J. Hunn
Edna C. Donnan
Douglas Beattie
David E. Hunn
Albert B. Moore
A. James McCracken
S. Douglas Beattie
William A. Bird
W. Russell Bird
T. Elias Hendry
James W. Donnan
Norman W. Eiseman
Nation's Women Face Future Of Non-Support
New York reports the corset industry warns existing stocks are nearly exhausted and urges minimal Corset and Brassiere purchases. The Corset and Brassiere Association of America and Associated Manufacturers appeal to women to conserve girdles and avoid new Easter outfits to ensure war workers remain supplied.
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New York
Corset and
Brassiere Association of America
Associated Corset and Brassiere Manufacturers, Inc
Enlistment Pause for 18-26 Sea Duty Group Ends
The War Shipping Administration said no more men aged 18 to 26 will be enlisted for merchant sea duty due to Army and Navy needs. The decision follows an agreement with Selective Service Director Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey. An interagency deferment committee considers whether current Merchant Marine personnel under 26 should be draft eligible.
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Washington
Maritime Service
War Shipping Administration
Army
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
Interagency
Paul V. McNutt
Food Handlers Urged To Prevent Poisoning In Plants
Industrial Commissioner Edward Corsi urged special care in preparation, refrigeration and handling of food in cafeterias and restaurants as warm weather approaches. Dr. May R. Mayers and Dr. James F. Perkins reported a state study showing the ease with which pathogenic bacteria spread from handlers to food, stressing immediate refrigeration or thorough soaking after handling.
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Edward Corsi
Corsi
May R. Mayers
Labor Department
Division of
Industrial Hygiene
James FE. Perkins
Health Department
Communicable Diseases
Penicillin Price Drops As Output Mounts
Penicillin production is slated to rise with 21 new plants in the United States and Canada costing $20 million. The nine pounds monthly output will treat 250,000 severe illness cases and 2,500,000 milder infections like gonorrhea. Manufacturing cost has fallen about 40 percent in the past year, setting price estimates near $35 for severe illness and $5 for gonorrhea.
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Cleveland UP
United States
Canada
American Chemical Society
Romania Near Collapse as War Pressure Intensifies
London reports Romania appears unable to sustain fighting as Russian forces and Allied bombing erode the Front. Premier Ion Antonescu struggles to withdraw from the war while German troops retain key positions, and Romanian morale sags, with troops used in draining rearguard actions.
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London
Rumania
Ion Antonescu
North African
Toam
Forgiveness Key Topic in Noon Union Sermon
The noon service at Second Presbyterian Church featured Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg D D of Syracuse First Baptist on Forgiveness. He urged forgiving enemies, stressed universal sinfulness and cited Christ as the model. Presiding was Rev. John M. Stuart with George A. Buttrick slated to preach today.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Edwin T. Dahlberg
First Baptist Church
Syracuse
Troy Ministerial Association
Dahlberg
Christ
Baptist Church
John M. Stuart
Third Presbyterian Church
George A. Buttrick
D.D
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church of
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Meeting Postponed by Troy Moose Chapter
The Troy Chapter of the Women of the Moose postpones the meeting set for tomorrow night to Wednesday at 18 State Street room. Guest Clara Plue from Schenectady, graduate regent, will attend. Virginie Bertrand, senior regent, will preside.
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Troy
Women of the Moose
State Street
Clara Plue
Schenectady
Virginie Bertrand
Cohoes Church to Hold Candlelight Maundy Thursday Service
The First Methodist Church of Cohoes hosts a 7 30 p m Maundy Thursday candlelight communion. Rev Donald R Lewis will read passages on The Last Supper Gethsemane Betrayal Trial and the Crucifixion. The quartet will sing God So Loved the World with Mrs John Winters as soloist. Offerings support church welfare and Methodist War Aid funds.
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Cohoes
First Methodist Church of
Gethsemane
Donald R. Lewis
John Winters
Welfare Fund
Methodist War Aid and Relief Fund
Cohoes Night Chief Indicted Yet Remains On Duty
Cohoes night chief Lieut James Collins is under indictment on two counts of first degree perjury from Albany County crime investigation and continues to hold his post. Public safety commissioner S Earl McDermott declined to comment yesterday while other officials gave no statements. The city officials appear to treat an indictment as only a charge, not a conviction.
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James 8. Collins
Cohoes
Albany County
Collins
S. Earl McDermott
Public Safety of
Traffic Drive Opened by Cohoes Police
Cohoes Police Chief William F. Maxwell announced a traffic drive to reduce violations with focus on speeding on Saratoga South Saratoga Columbia and Ontario Streets. The bureau will seize speeders light jumpers and illegal parkers and offenders will be prosecuted. A fatality occurred on Columbia Street last month and another on South Saratoga Street. Mrs. Anna Mae Marcil 3 Harmony Street was taken ill Tuesday and admitted to Cohoes Hospital with a fair condition.
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Cohoes
William F. Maxwell
Saratoga
South Saratoga Streets
Columbia Street
Ontario Street
Saratoga Street
Maxwell
Anna Mae Marcil
Harmony Street
Cohoes Hospital
Police official arraigned in Albany on government affairs probe
Collins, indicted in a Buffalo case, pleads not guilty and is released on $5,000 bail after arraignment before Supreme Court Justice Parton W. Swift in Albany County. The judge was specially assigned for an extraordinary term to investigate government affairs.
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Collins
Supreme Court
Parton W. Swift
Buffalo
Sureme
Albany County
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William Pedersen
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Bonnie Lewis
Janet Weber
Janet Mealy
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