Ely Faction Competes as Roosevelts Challenge G.O.P.
The piece outlines Democratic contests across six states with 173 delegates at stake including Massachusetts and Pennsylvania primaries. Franklin D Roosevelt pursues a fourth term while Thomas E Dewey leads the Republican field. Delegates total and nomination thresholds are noted with state delegation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Joseph B. Ely
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
G.O Pj
Kentucky
Colorado
Rhode Island
Okalhoma
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
USO Club Provides Warm Soothing Evening For Troops
Servicemen flocked to the USO Club in the Troy Masonic Temple for writing, cards, talk, and dancing as hotel-style comfort amid adverse weather drew crowds. A full club scene featured lively mingling and a large buffet supper by Troy Council of Parents and Teachers members. Mexico City reports plans for an anti tuberculosis dispensary in Chihuahua by Dr Felipe Garcia Sanchez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Troy Masonic Temple
Troy
Mexico
Mexico City
Felipe Garcia Sanchez
Chihuahua
Public Auction of City of Troy Land Belden’s Pond Parcel
Notice of sale by public auction on May 1 1944 at 10 30 am in Troy New York of Belden’s Pond area known as Mt Ida Pond and adjacent parcels in the 14th Ward. The sale includes Belden’s Pond dam gates and appurtenances with full title interests limited by prior deeds and government approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council of
City of Troy
City Hat
Central Fire Station
State Street
Troy
N Y
Witu
City of
County of Rensselaer
State of New York
Congress Street
Brunswick and
Pittstown
Delmer Runkle
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office
Book of Deeds
Mt Ida Pond
Belden’s Pond
Said
John J. Brown
Brown
Farnum Steamer House
Condrest Street
Parr & Wilson
State of
New York
Belrding’s Pond
Be'ten's Pond
Mt [da Pond
Mart Fm
Earl & Wilson
Board of Contract and Supply
Board of Timate and Apportionment
City Treasurer's
City Hall
Troy, N
William F. Luby
Satoner
Public Works
Navy Helps Top U S Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Pearl Harbor announced that combined fleet carrier task groups began strikes on Japanese airfields and troop concentrations in the Hollandia area of the New Guinea coast to support Gen. Douglas MacArthur's landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Hollandia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
NBA Plans Ring Courses For Pre Induction Training
The National Boxing Association announced a three month pre induction physical program to condition 17 year olds preparing to register for the draft and potential inductees. Abe Greene stressed boxing courses would be set up nationwide and strictly part of the war effort, not professional boxing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Armed Services
National Boxing Association
Selective Service
Boards of Education
Abe Greene
Green
Greene
Cohigh Wins Caliente Powder Puff Derby
Cohigh, with Anna Lee Wiley in the saddle, won the Powder Puff Derby at Agua Caliente, covering six furlongs in 1:14. Alma Ros Gall piloted Tommy Whelan finished second by a short heading, Tropic Zone ridden by Hilda Hoorer third. Cahigh paid 7.60 2.40 2.20, Tommy Whelan 2.40, Tropic Zone 2.40.
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Agua Caliente
Mex
Anna Lee Wiley
Cohigh
Tommy Whelan
Alma Rosgall
Tropic Zone
Hilda Hoorer
Cahigh
WMC Reports Troy Job Placements Declined
The War Manpower Commission United States Employment Service in New York State logged 77,434 placements in March, up 15 percent from February and 1 percent from last March. In Troy, March placements fell to 322 from 338 in February, with 216 in manufacturing, 1 in household service, 2 in agriculture, 103 in other jobs, and 91 placed elsewhere. Manufacturing accounted for 37,795 state placements, a 0.3 percent drop from February, amid wartime labor shortages, though March manufacturing placements exceeded March 1943 by over 5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
New York State
Anna M. Rosenberg
MWC
Troy
Rosenberg
Liquor Imports Hit New Record Volume
Washington reports liquor imports surged to a record near 6,000,000 gallons in March driven by a 3-a-gallon tax rise, with Puerto Rican imports about 956,000 gallons and imports from Cuba and Mexico totaling 4,912,000 gallons, surpassing December’s peak by 770,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue
Treasury
Cuba
Mexico
Offenders Given Front Line Jobs in Italy
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports German civilians convicted of minor delinquencies are assigned to frontline defense duties on the Italian front. They are formed into special units with rigorous training, sent far forward, and kept under close guard with limited rest and poor rations.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
Allied Command
Aid to Gestapo Chief Surrenders at Ankara
Nella Kapp secretary to the Gestapo chief in Turkey and daughter of the German consul at Sofia turned herself in to American authorities at Ankara and arrived safely in Syria. American sources say she carries information of considerable value. details were not discussed.
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Ankara
Nella Kapp
Turkey
Sofia
Syria
Grandmother Grabs Wheel as War Ambulance Pilot
Granny Oxborrow a 61 year old London Auxiliary Ambulance Service volunteer reveals she falsified her age to join. A veteran of the South African and 1914 18 wars, she has driven since 1933 and says today offers more action and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Camsell
International News Service
London
Goebbels
Berlin
Granny Oxpuiron
London Auxiliary Ambulance Service
Granny
Luftwaffe
Granny Oxborrow
Britain
Mrs Caborrow
Women’s Legion
Royal Army Service Corps
Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Rome Florence rail line hit by Yank planes
American medium bombers operating from New Corsica bases within a hundred miles of the German coast blasted Santa Stefano harbor and railroad targets on the Rome Florence line as part of the Allied air offensive. Heavy fighting produced casualties southeast of Penna Piedi Monte and northeast of Orsogna. Nazi large guns shelled Highway Six near Cassino as propaganda broadsides were fired in the Adriatic sector. In Boston a school committee bill dispute turned theatrical when snowball–shattered auditorium windows revealed the culprits.
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Naples
Corsica
Santa Stefano
Rome-Florence
Penna Piedi
Monte
Orsogna
Highway
Soviet Outlook on Finland and Western War Moves
The article surveys Russian views on Finland’s government, the potential Soviet options including air strikes, land campaigns, or naval actions from the Gulf of Finland. It notes Moscow’s belief that terms offered to Finland were magnanimous and predicts possible US and British diplomatic shifts.
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Germany
Finland
Gulf of Finland
United States
Britain
Petsamo
Russia
Moscow
Sakhalin Island
Aleutians
Europe
Red Army
Troy Public Library Displays New Books for Exhibition
The Troy Public Library announces a one week exhibition of new books including Psychology of Efficiency by C Mene, Lake Huron by Fred Landon, Assignments U S A by C Mene, Steel in Action by C M Parker, WAVES the Story of the Girls in Blue by N W Ross, Sweden a War Time Survey, and Plain Case of Murder by Mrs E R Thayer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Public Library
G. Bills
Lake Huron
Fred Landon
C. Menefee
C M Parker
A. D. Rathbone
I. A. Richards
N W Ross
Sweden
Maggie No
Melody) Waderton
JT. Caldwell
Marcus Redback
Gardner
Pete
Darrell Huff
Ludwig Lewishon
E. R
Lee
Thayer
Cohoes Seeks Funds for Delaware Avenue Street Work
Mayor Rudolph I. Roulier announced an application to the federal government for funds to improve Delaware Avenue south of Ontario Street in Cohoes. The plan, part of the postwar improvements, aims to repair the heavily traveled road used by workers to Green Island war plants. North Delaware Avenue work will start soon. funds were approved earlier, with the shipyard area near John A. Matton Sons tied to Navy work.
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Delaware Avenue
Ontario Street
Cohoes
Rudolph I. Roulier
Green Island
John A. Matton Sons
Navy
New Leaders In State Pin Tournament
Roberts Carr and Albert Young of Rochester led the open doubles with 1257 total, York with 678 and 578 respectively. Fred Herman of Binghamton topped the open singles with 701, leading George Ambeau Rochester and Fred Wilson Buffalo in the standings. Neil Gray Johnson City leads all events with 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Robert Carr
Albert Young
Rochester
Young
Carr
Fred Herman
Binghamton
George Ambeau
Fred Wilson
Buffalo
Lou Canfield
Forest Hills
Sam Carbone
New York
Neil Gray
Johnson City
Herman
A. Magin
Saturday Club of Cohoes Inducts New Officers
Newly elected officers of the Saturday Club of Cohoes were installed at the group’s final meeting at the home of Mrs Winthrop Minchei Troy. The session directed by retiring president Mrs Donald C MacLean inducted officers for two years with a musical program led by Mrs Evelyn Johnson Small and performers Harold Abrams Maurice Rosenberg.
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Cohoes
Winthrop Minchei
Second Avenue
Troy
Donald C MacLean
George F. Mctivern
Herbert T James
R. S Fielding
Edgar Holbrook
Mass la Rogers
Morton T. Valley
Federation
Anna Mae Bowden
Alice Ford
Evelyn Johnson Small
Harold Abrams
Barytone
Maurice Rosenberg
Percy Moses
Fielding
Man Injured In Auto Collision On Peoples Avenue
Leon Sapsuttan, 48, of 1012 Peoples Avenue, was struck on River Street near Bridge Avenue by a car owned and driven by Philip E Harrington, 212 Second Avenue. Sapsuttan sustained injuries to his left side and knee and was taken to Troy Hospital by Harrington.
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Leon Sapsuttan
Peoples Avenue
Philip E Harrington
Second Avenue
River Street
Bridge Avenue
Central Station
Sapsuzian
Troy Hospital
Harrington
Methodists to Elect Officers at Annual Association Meeting
The Methodist Sunday School Association holds its annual meeting tomorrow at p.m. at the M C A to elect a president four vice presidents secretary treasurer and three trustees Maynard Lance president will preside and reports will be heard.
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Methodist Sunday School Association
At & P.m
M. C
Maynard Lance
ICohoes Tax Collections Increase in 1944
City state and county taxes and water rents paid during the first period rose 1 to 2 percent from 1943. City taxes collected were 62.35 percent of the levy, state and county 76.23 percent, water rents 75.10 percent. Unpaid taxes incur 1 percent monthly interest, with a 2 percent penalty on remaining balances. A Knights of Columbus pinochle banquet is set for May 9 at Finn's Tavern. Elks officers and standing committees for the year were announced by Reginald A Brooks.
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John J Conway
Cohoes
Cohoes Council
Knights of Columbus
Finn's Tavern
William Hickey
General Charsman
Joseph Ross
Michael Michalak
Remsen Street
Cohoes Lodge of Elks
Reginald A Brooks
George F Butler
Esquire
Alphonse G Forget
Joseph R Gagnon
Anthony V. Berdar
Jubilee for IL C B A at Cohoes marks fifty years
The St Bernard’s Branch of the Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association celebrated the groups fifty year history with a jubilee program in Cohoes. Miss Kate Mahoney led the ceremony with remarks on the L C B A’s activities and work. Delegations from multiple cities attended and a large birthday cake was cut by Miss Mahoney.
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St .Bernards
Ladies’ Catholic i Benevolent Association
Cohoes
Kate Mahoney
L. C. B. A. jWas
St. Bersnerds Church
Keveny Memorial Academy
Miss Mahoney
Qam
Brennan
St. Bernard's Church
Ais
William Heffein
Delmar
Bertha McEntee
Supreme Recorder
Erie
Mary Costello
Supreme Treasurer
Brooklyn
Julia Ward Clinging
Chicago
Barthday
Mahoney
William H. Lyons
James MesManus
Mary Collins
Alice McManus
Lyona
McManus
John McGill
Thomas Moran
Cohoes Pupils Report War Bond Stamp Sales
Cohoes public school pupils sold 2685 in War Bonds and stamps during March. High school totals 73 35 with averages shown per school and per student. Alumnae meeting at Cohoes Hospital Nurses Training School set for 7 30 pm with Katherine Payne from the Health Department demoing plasma use. Seaman John J. Dwyer visits family on furlough in Arlington Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
F. Herrick Conners
van Schaick
Cohoes Hospital
Nurses’ Home
Margaret
Haley
Katherine Payne
New York State Department of Health
Red Cross
Seaman
John J. Dwyer
US. Navy
US. S. Naval Training Statlion
Sampson
Arlington Road
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Ely
the Ass
Ted Fress
NBA
Caliente
WMC
Italy
Gestapo
Rome
Florence
Boston
Clement A. Norton
Chamber of Commerce
Ted Russell
Raymond van Santvoord
War Fund
I Cohoes
Club of
Albany County American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Quarters
Oneida Street
Catherine Somerville
Albany
Anna C. Smyth
Cohaes Public Schools
Chile
Robert Munnich
State Department
Ella King
Mary Landry
Maude Harley
E. T. Ruane
Aunt Tillie
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Young People’s Society of the Congregators
June Merril
Warren Martin
Joan Safe
Constance Smith
Barbara Lackman
Richard Smith
Joyce Fitzgerald
Anna Martie Wilkes
Margaret Wilkes
Paul C Hasyner
St. James’ Methodist Church
Methodists
Icohoes
Modernella
eRese
Grahwa
Proctors
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