Germany Shifts to Defense as War Stalemate Grows
Spanish press reports Berlin has abandoned hopes of future offensives. Germany now reportedly prepares the people for hard, disastrous times while Italy falters and Balkans tremble. Berlin spokesmen warn of a “wall of flood” as extreme defense becomes the course.
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Madrid
Germany
Italy
Berlin
Balkans
Duce
Sicily
ABC
Apennine Peninsula
Po Valley
Fascists Seize Forli and Surrender as Allies Advance
The British Broadcasting Co said fascists seized the central Italian town of Forli where Mussolini was born but surrendered when regular army troops arrived. A Madrid dispatch noted growing Italian dissatisfaction with Badoglio delaying alliance talks, with a possible Grandi premiership.
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United Press
British Broadcasting Co
Forli
Benito Mussolni
Florence
Transocean
Badoglio
Italy
Madrid
Badoglie
Dino Grandi
Spain
Heinrich Himmler
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini Carried Away After Meeting King
The Bern dispatch reports Benito Mussolini was arrested and placed in an army ambulance after an audience with King Victor Emmanuel where he attempted to delay resignation. The event followed a Fascist Grand Council meeting in which Count Dino Grandi criticized him. Soldiers seized him as he left, taking him to an unknown destination.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Victor Emmanuel
Bern
Il Duce
Zurich
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Turin
Gazzetta del Popolo
Grand Council
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Former Troy Teacher Jessie Capron Dies in Florida
Miss Jessie C. Capron, 81, daughter of late Dr. E. W. Capron of Troy, died after a long illness in Lotus Florida where she had lived for thirty years. A Troy High School graduate, she taught one year at Emma Willard. Funeral services were held at the Georgian Church Lotus with burial in Georgian Cemetery. There are no survivors. Her family were active in the First Methodist Church, Troy now St. Mark's.
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Jessie C. Capron
E. W. Capron
Troy
Lotus
Fla
Capron
Troy High School
Emma Willard
First Methodist Church
St. Mark's
Georgian Church
Georgian
Waterford Soldier Earns Silver Star for Tunisian Action
Edith Myott of Waterford celebrates her son Corporal Edgar J. Mylott receiving the Silver Star for gallantry in Tunisia. With the 9th Infantry Division, he helped extinguish a fire on his half truck under artillery, saving equipment including 80 rounds of 75 mm ammo, while shells exploded around him. Also serving are brothers Private First Class Arthur H. Mylott and Corporal Milo Edward Mylott, the latter married with a daughter.
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Edith Myott
Fourth Street
Waterford
Tunisia
Corp
Edgar J. Mylott
9Th Infantry Division
Eddy
Valley
Mylott
Corporal Mylott
Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc
North Africa
Pfc
Arthur H. Mylott
Milo Edward Mylott
Tl Middle Street
Council Fire Climaxes Week At Camp Wanaka
A patriotic council fire on Friday evening climaxed the fourth week of the summer season at Camp Wanaka near East Poesten Kill. Twelve Camp Fire and Blue Bird groups were represented in the roll call by listed members, and a group performed The American's Creed. Honors were awarded for first aid handicraft sports and camperfaft. An indoor track meet Thursday crowned Patricia Page's team with Mabel Broadwell's team second. twenty five girls rode Friday kicking off weekly riding lessons directed by Frank Fonda of the Rensselaer County Mounted Patrol.
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Patriotic Council
Camp Wanaka
East Poestenkill
Jane Adams
Janet Brown
Dorothy Burgess
Winifred Burgess
Juanita Cave
Helen Durnan
Joan Gentner
Marilyn Martin
Lillian Maxanti
Patricia Page
Lois Whiting
Nancy Wiestrand
Patricia Braden
Janet Doyle
Eleanor Ryan
Patricia McKiernan
Helen McNamara
Mabel Broadwell
Frank Fonda
Rensselaer County Mounted Patrol
Mechanicville Man Injured At Railroad Engine House
Mechanicville resident William J. O'Brien, about 53, a railroad plumber, was injured Saturday at the Boston and Maine Railroad engine house in Mechanicville. He is at Troy Hospital with a possible fractured pelvis. Railroad doctor Dr. Crissey provided first aid and assisted with transport. Company inquiries reported employees are forbidden to disclose details of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. O’brien
North Third Avenue
Mechanicville
Troy
Boston and Maine F
O'Brien
Railroad Company
G. W. Crissey
DeMarco
Dancing Girl Says She Crafted Adm Nimitz
Honolulu report says Jackie Tetum, 18, explains a staged moment with Admiral Chester Nimitz was accidental. She joined USO shows at the Breakers recreation center opening on Waikiki beach, selecting sailors to dance the Merry Widow waltz with audience, and one sailor happened to be Nimitz who bowing afterward.
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Honolulu
Chester W. Nimitz
Jackie Tetum
Charine
USO
Navy
Breakers
Waikiki Beach
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Father Seeks Action Over Son Death In Accident
Limited letters of administration on the estate of Edward F. Doyle Jr were issued to his father Edward F Doyle of 2224 Sixth Avenue by Surrogate Edward F Donohue of Rensselaer County to permit action related to his sons death. The boy was killed at Jacob Street and Sixth Avenue on July 17 when struck by an automobile operated by Mae Eva Ramble and owned by Ellen Trelase. A verdict of accidental death was recorded by Coroner Thomas J Duffy. Thomas J O Connor is attorney in the action.
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Edward F. Doyle
Sixth Avenue
Edward F. Donohue
Rensselaer County
Jacob Street
Mae Eva Ramble
Pawling Avenue
Ellen Trelase
Grant Avenue
Endicott
Thomas J. Duffy
Thomas J. O’connor
Decoration Ceremony Is Simple At Station In England
War era decorum dictates a blunt ceremony. General Armstrong presides as Maj. Roberts reads names. Lieut. Michael Lali and Staff Sgt. Walter Budzisz receive medals amid casual quips. A later note recalls Capt. Ralph Hosman earning a Purple Heart after Wilhelmshaven raid wounds. A dramatic incident follows as a mother shakes her coin-swallowing child to summon help.
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Dexie Tighe
LN. S
Flying Fortress Station
England
Consolidated Mess
London
Frank Armstrong
Nathan L. Roberts
Montview Drive
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Michael Lali
Arch Street
Norristown
Walter C. Budzisz
McLean Avenue
Chicago
Armstrong
Irving E. Narter
N. Sawyer Avenue
Europe
Ralph Hosman
Western Spring
Til
Wilhelmshaven
Ali
Hosman
Bosman
Allied Ship Losses Continue Low
The Associated Press reports July western Atlantic ship losses remained at a low level, echoing Churchill's claim that German U-boat hopes are sinking as fast as the U-boats. Six ships were sunk in each July and June, compared with ten per week in the war's first year. May losses totaled 14 ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic
Winston Churchill
United Nations
Milk strike halts Warsaw deliveries after price order
Warsaw, N Y, population 3500, faced a milk delivery suspension after a federal court injunction barred three milk dealers from buying or selling above Office of Price Administration ceilings. Clarence Koch, one of the enjoined distributors, said deliveries stopped as area dairy farmers refused to sell to Warsaw distributors.
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Warsaw
Office of Price Administration
Clarence Koch
John Knight
Buffalo
Farmers Want OPA Killed by State Agriculture Group
More than 100 farmers from all sectors of agriculture urged opposition to further congressional appropriations for the OPA. Milk producers, truck gardeners, beef cattle producers, poultrymen and feed dealers joined state agriculture commissioner C Chester DuMond in a resolution directing Columbia County Congressman Jay Le Fevre to vigorously oppose continued OPA funding.
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Chatham UP
OPA
C. Chester DuMond
Columbia County
Jay le Fevre
Argentine Export Licenses Revoked
The Office of Economic Warfare informed US exporters that, with exceptions, all outstanding licenses for exporting to Argentina issued before May 1, 1943 have been revoked effective August 2, 1943.
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Washington (P
Office of Economic Warfare
United States
Argentina
Swiss Fascists Dissolved in Neutral Switzerland
A Swiss radio broadcast said Italian Fascist Party organizations in neutral Switzerland have been dissolved. The headquarters, The House of Fascism, was closed and placed under police guard.
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London
Switzerland
House of Fascism
WAACS to WACS in wartime ceremony change
The WAACS will become WACS at a ceremony beginning Wednesday, the War Department announced yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAACS
WACS
Washington
War Department
Senator DiStivestro Rejects Italian Democracy Committee
Philadelphia state senator Anthony J. DiStivestro refused to join the American Committee for Italian Democracy in a wire to Judge Ferdinand Pecora. He stated the group includes individuals outspoken in fascist sympathy. DiStivestro is a director of the Mazzini Society, named for the 19th century Italian revolutionary.
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Philadelphia
ULP
Anthony J. DiStivestio
American Committee For Italian Democracy
Ferdinand Pecora
New York
di Silvestro
Mazzini Society
Revolutonist
Daughters Share Estate Probate of Mrs Crogan In Hudson Falls
The will of Mrs Mary E. Crogan has been admitted to probate by Surrogate John H. Dowell of Greenwich and recorded in the Washington County Clerk’s Office at Hudson Falls. The estate is to be shared equally by two daughters Miss Ethel F. Crogan and Mrs Anne Mae Barker who are named executrices.
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Mary E. Crogan
Hudson Falls
John H. Dowell
Greenwich
Washington County
Ethel F. Crogan
Anne Mae Barker
Buffalo woman confesses attack hoax in Colden
The Bureau of Criminal Investigation said a 22-year-old Buffalo woman admitted the claimed assault by a Veg o in Colden, Erie County, Friday night was a hoax. The report prompted a statewide posse of state troopers deputies sheriffs and residents to search the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
New York
Green Island caucus date set for August ninth at eight
The Democratic Party caucus for Green Island will be held in Corporation Hall Monday August ninth at eight p m to select candidates for supervisor town clerk tax collector two councilmen three assessors a vacancy and justice of the peace Personal. Mr and Mrs Joseph Wischmeier of 39 Hudson Avenue returned from a Catskill Mountains vacation accompanied by Mrs H A Maka of Troy. Issuing Working Papers. Working papers for students will be issued during August by Miss Anna Scully certifying officer at home 79 George Street Mondays and Thursdays from 10 a m until noon.
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Democratic Party
Green Island
Corporation Hall
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Wischmeier
Hudson Avenue
Catskill Mountains
H A Maka Ot
Troy
Anna Scully
George Street
Waterford Methodist Board to Hold Regular Meeting Tonight
The Official Board of the Waterford Methodist Church will hold its regular meeting at 8 p.m. at the church today. M P John Diveney visited at home on Vanderwerken Avenue for a few days. Pvt Arthur Fredette of Camp Upton visited at home on Railroad Street Northside for the weekend.
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The
Waterford Methodist Church
John Diveney
Vanderwerken Avenue
Arthur Fredette
Camp Upton
Railroad Street
Northside
Cohoes Appeals for More Oil Futile Officials Say
Cohoes residents seeking larger oil fuel quantities than issued coupons cannot appeal before Oct 1. Mrs. Jane Maney, chief clerk, cites heavy coupon workload. Coupons issued in two denominations, one ten gallon unit and one fifty gallon unit. Volunteer workers sought to assist at the ration board office in City Hall. Public auction set for Aug 11 at 11 am for the Corliss Coon and Co. property at Ontario Street and Delaware Avenue. Sale in the Federal Building, Albany, overseen by Attorney Donald C. MacLean, with Frank Bearup as referee. Births exceed deaths. five births and three deaths reported in the city last week per registrar Joseph Langlier.
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Cohoes
Jane Maney
Tme
Ration Board
Corliss Coon and Co
Ontario St
Delaware Ave
Federal Building
Albany
Donald C. MacLean
Colones
Frank Bearup
Cohoes Man Fatally Hurt In Fall
Wilfred J. Forant aged 58 from Cohoes died after plunging from a ladder at Delaware and Hudson Railroad shops in Colonie. He landed headfirst, was taken to Samaritan Hospital and died at 3 15 PM. Autopsy cited fractured skull subdural hemorrhage and brain lacerations. Survived by wife Albina Fountain one daughter one son a sister a stepson two grandchildren and several nephews Funeral services set for Thursday at A G Boivin's Sons Funeral Home and St Joseph's Church Waterford burial at St Joseph's Cemetery Waterford.
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Colonie
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Wilfred J. Forant
Lancaster Street
Cohoes
Samaritan Hospital
Charles J. Cote
Cote
Forant
Watervlies
St. Joseph's Church
Albina Fountain
Jeannnett Forant
Sergt William Forant
U. S. Army
Earl Forant
Blancha Mahar
Newark
N. J
Charles Tetrault
A. G. Boivin's
Cohoes Firemen canvass city for salvage drive and aid
Members of the Cohoes Paid Firemen's Association completed their first city wide canvass collecting old newspapers and magazines. About thirty tons gathered so far with six tons from the First Ward on Friday night. Proceeds to the salvage group fund war needs and a Christmas program for children. A second city wide canvass begins Monday with a published schedule and rain contingency. The firemen will also collect brass copper and bronze for the war effort. William Howe, 26, of 191 Congress Street, was admitted to Cohoes Hospital with a hand injury from work at Behr Manning Corp. X rays to assess damage. Health Dept reports the city free of new communicable disease in the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W Mason of 10 Monawk Street spending two weeks in Asbury Park NJ.
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Cohoes
First Ward
William Howe
Congress Street
Behr-Manning Corp
Watervliet
Cohoes Hospital
J. H Mitchell
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Florida
Arthur Mylott
William Paul Nowicki
Stella Nowicki
Floyd Collis
Little Falls
Ernest E. Derosa
Mexico
Norway
Heroya
Oslo
1. G. Farbenindustrie
Joseph Langlier
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Health Department
Edgar W. Mason
Monawk Street
Asbury Park
Feafares
Wodernella
Lya
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