New Haven Defends Boston Port Effort Against B M Challenge
Boston leaders report Boston and Maine and New Haven railroads are complementary not competitive in New England traffic. Frank J. Wall of the New Haven says the line backs port rebuilding, notes New York Central and Delaware and Hudson seek gains, not regional prosperity. Wall cites $125.68 spent on ads to promote Boston’s port and claims New Haven never hindered B and M.
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Boston
Frank J. Wall
New Haven
New England
Boston Railroad Holding Co
Wall
New Haven Railroad
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
Boston and Maine Railroad
Post of
Bostop
Massachusetts
New York
Walt
New York Central Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Co. 2
Wew
York Central
Wail
New Yorkk Central
Boston and Albany Railroad
Springfield
Boston and Maine
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Henry J. Shattuck
Bolston
Dissolution of Basten Railroad Holding Co probed
Shattuck testified that the New Haven controlled Basten and Maine through ownership of a holding company stock, dominating management and harming the intercompany relations. The testimony points to a corporate structure where a railway trust exercises influence over subsidiary holdings.
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Basten - Raiload Holding Co
Shattuck
New Haven
Basten
Maine
Interema .of
New
Western Front Advances Report From Allied Armies
The text describes Allied forces pushing along the Western Front with the Seventh Army driving across the Danube bridgehead toward Munich and Austrian targets. The French armies move toward Lake Constance and the Swiss frontier while U S First and Ninth Armies await Russian signals and a broader Allied strategy beyond the Elbe River. The tone notes coordination with Washington London and Moscow and implies forthcoming joint announcements.
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Dansbe River
Seventh Army
Lake Constance
Austria
Black Forest
U. S
Ninth
Washington
London
Moscow
Elbe
Allies Accept German POW Offer For American Captives
The United States informed Switzerland that the German proposal to leave prisoners of war where they can be liberated would apply to American POWs as of midnight April 22, 1945 unless Germany objects. Allies overran 47 of 78 camps, but Nazis still held about 60 000 to 65 000 American prisoners.
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Germany
War and
U. S
United States
Bern
Switzerland
War and State Departments
Nazis
Sti
Vagabond Club Plans Sunday Servicemen Parties
Green Island Vagabond Club president John W Cietek announced weekly servicemen parties each Sunday. In the first party winners were James Poleto and Tony Carlici for darts Joe Kane and Paul Senecal for horseshoe pitching Lily Caferal and Bob Graham for bocci with club members lauding the event.
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John W Cietek
Vagabond
James Poleto
Tony Carlici
Joe Kane
Paul Senecal
Horseshoe Pitchling
Lily Caferal
Bob Graham
Bocci
Berlin falls as Reds close on Hitler's capital
Red Army officers of Zhukov’s First White Russian Army captured five major districts of Berlin and four outer towns. Berlin’s fate seems sealed as Soviet troops push toward the center with air raids and ground assaults, while German reserves fight tenaciously to defend the city.
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Zhukov
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Greater
Reich
Hamburg
Hitler
Wedding
Brandenburg Gate
Lichtenfelde
Whzi- Party
Moscow 1
Stalingrad
Cub
Wallace Declares Abundance View in Scarcity Debate
Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace testified on broadening the reciprocal trade program. He affirmed his belief in a philosophy of abundance and urged Congress to choose reduced trade barriers, expanding foreign trade, and sustained employment over isolation.
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Washington
INS
Henry A. Wallace
Waas
Représentative Knutson
BR. Mina
Thinotity
House
Ways and Means
Kautson
Wallace
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bath Resident Held For Himan Tragedy
Bath resident Claude Stinson, 45, was held on second degree manslaughter charges in a hit and run death. Police said he was washing blood from a smashed fender when authorities found him. Frank Olkiewicz, 48, of Hammondsport, died earlier at Bath General Hospital from internal injuries.
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Bath
Claude Stinson
N.Y
Frank Olkiewicz
Hammondsport
Stinson
Otkiewicz
Bath General Hospital
Fire outbreak injures nineteen at Voorheesville Depot
A fire swept a 996 foot long warehouse at the Army Voorheesville Holding and Reconnaissance Depot injuring nineteen people including civilians, Army personnel, and volunteers. The blaze started around noon and was checked after about an hour and a half. Colonel Clarence A. Hayes said no one was seriously hurt and estimated the exact losses were not yet available.
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Voorheesville
Clarence A. Hayes
Trewall
Hayes
Depot Fire Company
Albany Firemew
Yanks Capture Kaiser's Son-in-Law in German Overrun
The Duke of Brunswick Kaiser's son-in-law and former provincial king of Hanover was found living with his wife in a castle near Blankenburg, now overrun by the U S Ninth Army and Eighth Armored Division. The castle had partly served as a German hospital and overlooks the city.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
Duke of Brunswick
U. & Eighth Armored
Blankenburg
Tin Can Collection Scheduled at Cohoes
City War Council sponsors a city-wide tin can drive. Residents are asked to place properly prepared cans in curbside containers by 8 am today.
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Cohoes
O'Connor Wins Arsenal War Bond Award
Cpl Edward J O Connor of Waterford receives a test certificate at Waterville Arsenal during the Seventh War Loan drive. April is designated new reservation month with a goal of 12 percent payroll investment in war bonds. About 350 minutemen can earn awards via a 25 point new subscription or $1 25 increase. The arsenal's Seventh War Loan quota is 292000 and runs through June 30.
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Edward
O'Conner
Waterford
Waterviiet Arsenal
Cpl C. E Partridge
Gun
Minutemen
Partridge
Arsenal
Anti Riot Measures Taken in Argentina
Federal police arrested scores of persons across Buenos Aires and other cities to deter demonstrations against the present regime. Among those detained were Gen Arturo Rawson and several former cabinet ministers and senior officers. Foreign reporters faced censorship as the government limited coverage of arrests and planned demonstrations tied to the Berlin situation.
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Buenos Aires
Arturo Rawson
Berlin
Stettinius Penthouse at Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco
A ten room penthouse atop the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is prepared for use by Secretary of State Stettinius. A private elevator serves the penthouse. Furnishings include mosaic baths and a well stocked library. Rent guessed at 1900 dollars per month.
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San Francisco
Fairmont Hotel
Stettinius
Mrs Goodman Heads Trey Welfare Board
Mrs Goodman was elected president succeeding Mrs Junius Selzer as the Trey Section of the National Jewish Welfare Board USC Councils celebrated its fourth anniversary at the Jewish Community Center. The retiring president reported on Camp Rucker and USO projects, noting 320 Jewish service members from Troy's area and several in action or missing.
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Trey
National Jewish Welfare Board
USC Councils
Ofheers
Jewish Community Center
Abs
Julius Goodman
Junius Selzer
Abraham C. Goldsteig
Missi Buta Rieckwen
Petey Blassberg
Carf
Carf Yesponding
Jerome * Wisiz
Beliemat
Offver
Charles Lesser
Third Street Temple
Goodman
Hone Hospital
Troy
Hometown Bullétin
Efor
Troy Uso Council
Camp Rucker
Ala
Troy Cohots
Ares
Joseph ‘Weisblum
Absehem Gordon
Marvin Arbir
Pvt
Theodore Corbat
Abrahame Goldstein
USO Council
Brassberg
Sel Brafman
Fannie Cohen
Herbert Cohen
Aloine Finklestein
Sarai Biarinsky
Sel Mayer of
Rickman
Dorothy Rosenberg
Isaac Teicher
Temple Beth Israel
Mfrs
Goldstein
The
Council
Police Protection Costs Cities More This Year
The International City Managers' Association reported that cities pay 1 cent more per person for police protection this year, despite a 14 percent decline in police strength. Higher wages and salaries are raised to help current staff meet living costs and to attract and retain new personnel.
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Chicago
International City Managers’ Association
Switzerland Refuses Asylum To Frau Ribbentrop
The wife of German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was turned back at the Swiss border while seeking sanctuary in Switzerland. She travelled by row boat from Lake Constance with a fur coat and two 12 year old boys, arriving with Swiss guards who had just come from Vienna.
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London
IGL
Joachim Vor
Ribbentrop
Switzerland
London Daily Express
Westernar Tne
Ermau
Frau
Peatrox
Lake Constance
Land
Néairel
Ger
Reichenau
Vienna
Veterans Session Planned for Cohoes Post Meeting
Cohoes Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will outline spring and summer plans at a meeting Thursday at 8 pm in Remsen Street quarters. Commanding officer David Mayeroff will preside during the business session followed by a social period.
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Cohoes Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
At & Pm
Remsen Street
Comdr
David Mayeroff
Intercession Service Guides UN Conference in San Francisco
Waterford Methosisi Church hosts a 1:30 pm intercessory service led by Rev. William A Perry to pray for the United Nations Conference in San Francisco on April 25 and for world peace, with prayers for armed forces and conference success. Choir rehearsal and youth group events also listed.
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San Francisco
Waterford Methosisi
Wiliam A Perry
Patter
Ted Ty Af Quanet
Mr “Fidger Zeh
Pcs
Othe
Edgar Zeb
Broad Stee
Congressmen Witness German Atrocity Scene At Buchenwald
American congressmen touring Britain were shown Buchenwald camp horrors by General Eisenhower. They reported emaciated bodies on hooks and in piles, crematory furnaces burning victims, and prisoners still present after 121000 released. British lawmakers also viewed scenes and planned a Commons report.
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Buchenwald
Germany
GPI
Eisat
Yeaterday
Saic
Cen Carter Manesco
Als
Gordon’ Canfield
Britain
Eisenhower
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Earl Wilses
Ind
Albert Fains
Alex Eugene Tori
Tex
Marion T. Ben
Francis E. Walac Bey
Congress
Naxis
Solon
London
Buchenweld
House of Commons
S. S. Silverman
Oswiecin
Oswiecinn
Hitler tears epaulets from Rundstedt in Berlin rage
Stockholm Tidningen cites a Berlin source claiming Adolf Hitler ripped shoulder insignia from Field Marshal Von Rundstedt and demoted him to private after the Allied Remagen bridge victory. The report adds German panic over the war crisis and a surge of officials fleeing toward the south and northeast.
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Stockholm
Cohoes Parish Organizes Girl Scouts
Cohoes parish will organize Girl Scouts under parish supervision. The committee includes parents and members of the parish with Miss Jane Yotts as secretary of the Aloeny Ceuach GirlsScouts. Troops 73 and others operate under supervision of parish members.
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Cohoes Parish
Cosmitts
Bas Sean
Agnes Caurak
Aire
Sylvester’ Moas
Mrae
Patgerald
Denmittwe
Jane Yotts
Aloeny Ceuach
GirksSconte
Seving Groep Meets. A tuackean ene' or she mew
A fragmentary note reports a meeting of Seving Groep discussing a unclear plan. The text hints at a possible contact with an opposing group and a vague proposal but lacks specific names or actions.
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Groep
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