Allied Air Powers Hit Balkans Rail Yards And Factories
American heavy bombers from Italy struck Sofia Belgrade and two Belgrade area aircraft plants for the third day in a row. Liberators and Fortresses faced enemy fighters while British Wellington bombers raided Budapest and Belgrade outskirts, targeting railway yards and military production.
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London
Italy
Balkans
Sofia
Belgrade
United States
15Th Air Force
Red Army
Tali
Budapest
Nathan F Twining
Zemun
Yugoslavia
Danubian
Turnu-Severin
Iron Gate
Brasov
Transylvanian Alps
Manfed Weiss
Cystex Advertises Kidney and Bladder Relief
An ad promotes Cystex as a remedy for waking at night, burning urination, scanty or abnormal urination, leg pains, back ache, and swelling from kidney and bladder troubles. It claims faster toxin removal, offers a money back guarantee, and markets three sizes priced at 35¢, 75¢, and $1.50 through druggists.
Fortresses and Liberators raid Belgrade and Danube railways
An air raid by US Eighth Air Force Fortresses and Liberators strikes Belgrade and surrounding targets in Yugoslavia and Romania. Bombing hits the Rogosarski factory, runways, aircraft and barracks at Belgrade airport, Pancevo airfield, and railway hubs near Nis and Turnu Severin, with Danube traffic halted and rail lines stressed.
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15Th Air Force
Italy
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Rogosarski
Pancevo
Danube
Nis
Greece
Turnu-Severin
Iron Gate
Romana
RAF Wellingtons
Budapest
Record Man Sports Editor In Swiss Camp
Sergt Joseph W Russell of 181 Congress Street, long time The Troy Record Co employee, has sent eight months after his forced down Flying Fortress in a shuttle raid on Germany. He reports serving as sports editor of the internment camp newspaper in Switzerland and shares a photograph from a photography class. Russell, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph W Russell, was left waist gunner on the Battle Queen Peg O My Heart last August and was reported missing September 1.
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Joseph W. Russell
Congress Street
Troy Record Co
Switzerland
Germany
Sergeant Russell
Imternment Camp
Russell
Emil
Army Air Corps
Dorothy Murray
Eastern Star officers visit Ionia Chapter on April 24th
District deputy grand matron Margaret H Talmadge and district grand lecturer R O Burdick will visit Ionia Chapter on Monday April 24 at 8 pm in the Masonic Temple. A reception and dinner at the First Presbyterian Church precedes the meeting served by the Seth Parker Club. Reservations close April 19 with secretary Prudence Van Steenberg.
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Margaret H Talmadge
OW aArtoir D Burdick
Saratoga District Order of the Eastern Star Wall
Ion
Margaret M Burgess
Masonic Temple
Burgess
Milford E Frost Worthy
First Presbyterian Church
Seth Parker
John House
Prudence van Steenberg
Mrs Catherine Sullivan Collects Taxes in Green Island
Mrs Catherine Sullivan will collect county and town taxes at her home 37 Arch Street Green Island each evening from 7 to 9 until April 30. The penalty for April is 2 per cent.
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Catherine Sullivan
Arch Street
Green Island
County Home Farm To Be Operated For War Food Program
County Welfare Commissioner Douglas P. Hudson announced plans to run the Van Rensselaer Home farm with garden and livestock projects to supply milk beef pork and vegetables for inmates. The county bought cows and pigs already on site with no large new costs and extensive gardens including a Victory Garden on a 164 acre farm. Inmates may volunteer for duties with no compulsory labor and a model to boost morale and wartime food supplies. Poultry may be added later to provide eggs.
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van Rensselaer
Douglas P. Hudson
Hudson
Consumpton
Wilson Youth Killed In Auto Crash Near Town
Leroy W. Lort aged 20 of Wilson was killed when his car skidded into a tree two miles east of Wilson. He had been home on a brief furlough from a west camp.
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Wilson
Pftc
Leroy W. Lort
Here
Lort
Pigeon loft blaze destroys birds and sign in Upper Darby
Firefighters extinguish a blaze in a pigeon loft built on a billboard in Upper Darby, injuring no people. Fifteen pigeons died and part of the billboard sign was destroyed. Traffic was detoured for about 30 minutes while the fire was fought.
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Upper Darby
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Donald Dudden
James T. Kerr
Clark Memorial
Robert van Steenberg
Methodist Church
Board of Education
Waterford
Childen
Raymond Lavender
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Paul Huang
Shanghai
Troy
Joseph W. Hussell
Tlimit
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Troy Bus Terminal
State St
E. C. Wager
Mar
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Jeff A Busha
Grace Episcopal Church
County Home Farm
Ames
John E. Dillon
Christie Street
Commissioner of Public Safety
Frank M. Ames
Central Police Station
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Bureau of Police
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Rod Swift
Martha Brooks
Martha
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