Mail Carrier Busy Person On Okinawa
A wartime report notes a mail carrier on Okinawa functioning since an early invasion day. Lt Andrew Welker heads the post office area while troops handle cargo and mail processing aboard ships unloading on the Kerama Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Pele
Andrew Welker
Abbuquerogee
HHS
James Fi
Brsiev
Ps. 3. Louis
Sto
Naval Academy
Brodtey
Kerana Islands
Na Ween
Guinawa
Luftwaffe Air Losses Hit Ground and Sky in Heavy Assault
Allied air forces report destroying at least 145 enemy planes in four days and claim thousands of tons of bombs dropped on targets. An Eighth Air Force officer notes likely higher final tallies, with crews observing crowded aerodromes and continuing assessment over several days.
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Continord
Rene Pace
Ial Comibat
Tactics
Airforce
Ugai
Elying
Arm Force
Albany Legislation Envisions Park Land Transfer For College
Steps were taken to enlarge the property of College by Albany Legales for New York State to acquire St. Marys Park on Western Avenue Albany for extension of State Teachers College. E Dewey approved a bill by Assemblyman George W Fest permitting Albany to transfer the property. NY State plans to spend about $500000 for new buildings on the 10 acre plat. Legislation was needed because the city got the land with a park use stipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Legales
New York State
St. Mary's Park
Western Avenue
Teachers’ College
E. Dewey
George W. Fest
Gas Relief Tablets Ad From Donnelly and Hanna
An old advertisement offers Balaimne s Gas Tablets for gas and stomach distress with a money back guarantee. It claims relief for cramps heartburn bloating and pressure from excess gas, promising safe non prescription relief and a money back policy if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girecad
Alway Donnelly
Hanna
Curtis
Werewolf Movement in Nazi Germany Revealed by Exile Report
Curt Riess cites exclusive NEA Service dispatches describing the Werewolf, Himmler, and Bormann clash as the German resistance surfaces in unoccupied zones. Generals favor a false peace, while SS and Sicherheitdienst factions clash with Catholic clergy under military strain and looming collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curt Riess
Germany
NEA Service
Record
Curt Beess
NEA Servier, Inc
Berne
Switerland
Echines
Vpartiaang
Yeust
Himmler
Goebbels
Bormann
Italy
Troy Broadcasting Co increases stock authorization
The Troy Broadcasting Co of Thomas W. Rourke advances its authorized capital. Secretary of State approval allows raising capitalization to 250000 and enlarging authorized shares to 20300 total with 300 shares of preferred stock at 100 and 20000 shares of common stock at 10 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Broadcasting Co
Thomas W. Rourke
Noted Jesuit Priest Dies at Poughkeepsie
Rev. William H. Welsh aged 29 founder of the Bar Sarfour Movement and long known Jesuit died Sunday in Poughkeepsie from injuries after a fall. Former pastor of Our Lady of Loretto in New York City. He founded the Boy Saviour Movement in 1884 at St. Francis Xavier College and was ordained in 1890. He oversaw the St. Andrews on the Hudson novitiate and headed the Seven Spring Sanatorium before retirement in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie Lps
William H. Welsh
United States
Our Lady of Loretto Church
New York City
Father Walsh
Boy Saviour
St. Francis Xavier College
Sovitiate
St. Andrews-on-the- Hudson
Seven Spring
Colonie Resident Dies From Heart Attack
Colonie resident William J Grounds died Monday night from heart attacks. Coroner Harry J Wands ruled death natural. Grounds owned a gas station and was pronounced dead by Dr Robert S Hoffman. Survived by wife Ethel and son William R Grounds.
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Harry J. Wands
Albany
Wiliam J. Grounds
Colonie
Bird Grounds
Robert S. Hoffman
Grounds
Ethel Grounds
William R. Grounds
Oath Demanded by Volkssturm Triggers Conscience Conflicts
Civilians faced a forced oath of loyalty to the Fuehrer as Volkssturm battalions formed. Catholic priests condemned the oath as invalid during service, with Bishop Franz Justus Rakowsky denouncing it. In response, Himmler ordered suppressing field chaplains in the third week of March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volkssturm
Pfield
Mgr
Franz Justus Rakowsky
Hitler
Himmler
Coal Mines Seized for War Effort under Roosevelt Order
President Roosevelt issued a sweeping executive order to seize idle coal mines in Pennsylvania Ohio Tennessee Virginia Kentucky Indiana and Alabama designating federal operating managers to run them. Ickes warned stopping work endangers war production and urged miners to return to work. The order allows private management to resume when government control is no longer needed and maintains existing pay and conditions with adjustments later. In a separate note Costantino defeated Cooper by decision in Laurel Garden’s ten round bout.
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United States
Naton
Fehes
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
Keetenp
Indiana
Alabama
Ickes
Europe
Oder
Roosevelt
Ckes
Tekes
Solid Fuelz
War Labor Board
Eli
Kearney Pushes Thousand Bed Veterans Spa Hospital
Kearney urges creation of a large veterans hospital serving Springs Batavia the Bronx and nearby areas. He cites existing facilities as insufficient and argues the new thousand bed center would meet urgent wartime and veterans needs.
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Kearney
Spa Hospital
Veterans & Springs
Ferns
Ington
Annau
Man With Three Wives Placed on Probation
New York man J. Smith, 34, and a grocer’s clerk who married three nurses without divorce, was placed on two years probation by General Sessions Judge George L. Donnellan. The judge, noting a uniform remark, suspended a two to four year prison term and said he would give Smith a chance after pleading guilty to bigamy. He said Smith would pay for divorces for his first and second wives. Clyde Deri, legal aid counsel, said Smith had motive to have children.
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New York
Janes J. Smith
Grocers
Vorce
General Sessions
George L. Donnelian
Smith
Clyde Deri
Legal, Aid Counsel
Cohoes School Club Plans Jinx Dance at High School
Cohoes High School hosts a Jinx Dance Friday night in the school gym from 9 PM to midnight. The Reian Sei Club sponsors with Solid Seven providing music. Rosalyn Kony and William A. Hebert lead arrangements with a decorated committee including Daniel Brennan and others handling decorations tickets door publicity and favors.
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Reian Sei Club
Cohoes High School
Solid Seven
Rosalyn Kony
Wiam A. Hebert
Daniel Brennan
Earl Friedel
Walter
Nystoriak
William Hiroska
Helen Helden
Rita Chievo
Claire Chicoine
Two Cohoes Brothers Promoted In Army Service
Two Cohoes brothers, sons of Mr and Mrs Thomas, were promoted. One entered the Army, another remains in the merchant service. Scanion, serving as an army meteorologist in France, and Walt Seem, commissioned as a service sergeant, highlight the brothers’ military progress amid wartime duties.
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Ené
Thomas
Maze Avenue
Cohoes
Lave
Army
Scanion
France
Eg Brother
Walt Seem
Sferveant
Baring Zinsiger Scetios
Svar
Smerihs Marine 5 Fe
Lucille Parisean Becomes Bride of Soldier in Cohoes
Lucille Parisean wed a Cohoes soldier in a ceremony with bridal gowns described in detail. The groom, Wilfred A., wore a white satin and tulle suit. Also noted are military awards for local servicemen, including the Combat Infantryman Badge awarded to T. Koniowska and updates on others returning from service. Obituary for John J. Hayes and church notices follow, with community bureau and Rotary events scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Parisean
Cohoes
Ernest Ve Street
Lanezin
Cauren
St Cohoes
Passean
Stef
Wilfred Aleo
Courant
Gibson
Hluad
Kanor
Sohezakle
Fort Dis
NM. J
Baker
Cantlés T. Koniowska
Apolinia Koniowka
Baker Avenue
Strving
Fifth Army Europe
Mediterranean
Local council to hold Wednesday meeting on Focal Observa plan
A Wednesday session of the general arrangement committee will convene at RH rooms on Fi s X. Cole. Chairman will lead the session with a group drawn from Grass Fire Repneteds Firemen. The event aims to discuss plans and organizational input for the focuses of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arranal Woday
Sooms
X. Cole
Sen Irman
Cohoes Draft Classifies 26 Men
The Cohoes draft office classified 26 men for selective service. Names include Pasquale Ciort and a second individual transferred from another district. One man was placed in September and two in October, with Witham among those listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Cskcesiers
Ieveserias Oy
Bosid
Bewand Sas
Cizami A
Pasquale Ciort
Missing Soldier Related To Cohoes Nazi War Prisoner
Fragmented OCR item notes a Cohoes soldier and a Nazi war prisoner missing at Cones. It mentions Newlyweds V Sap Vas Ann Wencer and Moose Temple event with Sloane's Orchestra. Hutchins served 25 months in Italy and may return to duty. Frank E Hutchins is referenced as serving in Italy for years.
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Newlyweds
Sap
Ann Wencer
Moose Temple
Fare & Sloane
Hutchins
Damn Red . Corp
Frank E .Hutchins
Italy
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Luftwaffe
Bala
Her
Ghergruppenfuehrer
Kaitenbtuifer
Joseph Grohe
Grohe
Free Corps
Ruhr
Rhineland
Hitler Party
Gatleiter
Cologne-Aggchen
Werewols
Wilhelm Schepmenn
Storm Troopers
Ieteal
Himmler-Bormann
Gau Baden
Sicherheitedienst
Immiler
Gestapo
Robert, Wagner
Gauleiter
Baden
Florence
Charm Beauty Salon
Crarier Orreires
Troy Vary
Eile 4 de Garde
William Ivimey
Catholic Centras High School
Rensselaer County
Viewory Garden Counc
Sammuel B. Dorrance
Troy Publo
Troy High School
Janet Clark
L Inc
Dorrance
Poughkeepsie
Costanteng
Newark
Chasler
Luli
Costantino
Georgie Cooper
Baltimore
Laurel Garden
Joe Mangold
Costantino Ave
Cooper
Cohoes Lodge
Peter A. Buckheim
Edward P. Jennings
Reginald Brooks
Cohoes Brothers
Bute
Pic
Clement Wisps
Lianich
Wii
England
Armed Forces
Philippines
Harold Greene
Whitehall Street
Pacific
Greene
Army Ground and Service Forces
Lake Placid
Rogram
Louise Wells
Ladies’ Aid Society
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Church House
Harry Lear
Lear
Frank A. Ber
O. Hinsdale
Scipis
John J. Hayes
Hart Street
St Bernard's Church
Peter HL Smith
William P. Brennan
Josepha
Mary Coxte
Ostan
Loretta Hayden
James J
McManus
Fosmire
Wiliam Hares
LaCombde
Wiliam
van Schalen Island
Chibunde Cohoes Rotary Club
Fo Hetrick Conners
Thomas Scanlon
Ensign Walter Scanlon
Troy's Friendly Food Store
Ranklin Square
Boz
Strictly Fresh
Pure Glover
Florida
Verveta
Chaseas
Bel Monte
Hudson River
Shad Iors
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