Russians Break Through to Orel in Major Soviet Drive
Soviet forces push into Orel amid heavy street fighting, destroying dozens of German tanks and wiping out part of a German regiment. Red Army reports claim gains north and south of the city with German counterattacks repelled and air superiority held by the Red Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orel
London
Smolensk
Bryansk
Moscow
Belgorod
Donets
Red Army
Voroshilovgrad
Leningrad
Red Air Force
North
Africa
Red Stars
Red Star
Red
Skunk Displays V for Victory on Its Back
A skunk found in the Griffin home cellar at North Adams Tuesday night bore a V shape on its back formed by the white stripes instead of the usual side markings. The animal entered through an open window, was lured to the hatchway, and exited safely, offering no aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Griffin
North Adams
Alabama Men Set Remarkable Army Rifle Score At Fort Benning
At Fort Benning Georgia two Alabama sergeants Lehner and King trained as Infantry School instructors set a historic mark firing the Browning Automatic rifle. Lehner scored 209 of 210 amid a routine class to best the previous 206 record. Six officers verified the feat and praised both men as experts with multiple weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
INS
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
John J. Lehner
Dolomite
Tech
Sergi
Grafton King
Somerville
Lehner
United States Army
King
Lone Soldier Captured Sicily Town
Pvt Edmund Wheeler a tall blond former New York City bank clerk from Old Chatham New York joined a reconnaissance unit ahead of regular teams. He slipped toward Cerami Sicily on a solo mission to locate a German artillery piece and ended up capturing a prisoner and aiding the town's defense before returning to his outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerami
Sicily
Edmund Wheeler
New York City
Old Chatham
N. Y
Wheeler
Henries
Ninth Division
John R. Armellino
New York Military Academy
New R P L Chaplain Reports on Campus Activities
Rev Seymour A. Smith outlines religious and recreational programs for BR P L students and Navy trainees at the Institute. Open houses, Gideon Testament provisioning, Bible study groups, off campus social events, weekly music programs, and a coordinating committee enhance campus life with strong faculty and administration support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour A. Smith
Churches of Troy
BR. P. L
Institute
Pp. L
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Gideon Society
Troy, Albany and Jewish Welfare Board
USC
Navy
V-5
Smith
LeRoy W. Clark
H. B. Southworth
Lieut . A. Gruenewald
Mary McLeod
Frank McNeil
Paul 8. Graham
H. D. Harris
H B. Howe
E. J. Kilcawley
J. L. Rosenholtz
RW. Schmelzer
H. 0. Sharp
K. H. White
Harlem Riots Post Harlem Police Strain and LaGuardia Critique
Opinion piece arguing Harlem center stigma harms police, ties LaGuardia’s leniency to unrest, cites ex police, district attorney aides and Negro press bias. Claims policy aided rioters, defends officers as brave, and links incidents to race politics and city governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
LaGuardia
New York
la Guardia
Vito Marcantonio
Roosevelt
Military Honors for Cohoes WWI Veteran Hogan
Funeral rites for Daniel J. Hogan, World War I veteran, held yesterday beginning at 9 am from 264 Remsen Street, Cohoes, and 9:30 am at St. Bernard's Church with Rev. Joseph A. Kelly officiating. A guard of honor from Company C, 767th Military Police Battalion, Albany, fired a salute and Taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Brackley
Cohoes
Amity Street
St. Bernard’s Church
Daniel J. Hogan
Remsen Street
St. Bernard's Church
Joseph A. Kelly
Joseph A. Franklin
St. Agnes’ Church
Mary Coyle
M. Loretta Hayden
James McManus
Albany
Corp
Arthur P. Auger
Pvts
Michael Longo
Frank Bonteler
Stanley Orgel
George Kugis
John Howard
Thomas Gormley
Taps
Pfe
George Farrington
Clarence E. Jerome
Waterford
Mohawk
Halfmoon Beach
A. G. Boivin
Congress Street
St. Mary's Church
Crescent
William Skelton
Mary Devery
Raymond Prescott
George and
Albert Jesmain
Donald Riberdy
Harry Brandt
Edward Martin
Edward Hinkle
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Cambridge Native S Ambrose Green Dies in California
S Ambrose Green of Cambridge died from injuries after an automobile crash in San Francisco California last week. He was born February 8 1888 at the Green Loghouse Cam bridge and later attended Colgate and Cornell. He is survived by his wife Anna and six siblings and is to be interred at Woodlands Cemetery in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
S. Ambrose Green
San Francisco
Cal
Woodlands Cemetery
Mr. Green
Green Loghouse
Ambrose
Carrie Hitchcock Green
Cambridge High School
Colgate
Cornell
California
Arizona
Anna Green
Fred
Milford, Conn
Switzer
Binghamton
Jay W. Green
Lygia Warren
Lansboro
Mass
Misa Mary Green
Atwood
CG. Allen
Cohoes Salvalge Drive Praised By War Council
Cohoes workers including paid firemen and Salvage Committee volunteers boost waste paper and magazine collection to about thirty tons in three weeks. The effort, supported by John Legget Box Co and Kennedy Knitting Co, funds proceeds for the Salvage Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
New York State Committee
State War Council
William Vandercar
Kennedy Knitting Co
Lowenthall Manufacturing Co
Albany
Cohoes City
Cohoes Man Among First U.S. Landers in Africa
James Zink of Cohoes, a motor machinist's mate in the Coast Guard, was among the first Americans to land in North Africa with American troops. He and 28 others ashore supervised a beachhead and salvage and rescue details under heavy fire without a commissioned officer, earning three campaign medals and two stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Zink
Coast Guard
Amity Street
Cohoes
Africa
Zank
Guiy
North Africa
Zink
Cohoes Council Adopts Two Tax Bills and Ordinances
The Cohoes Common Council approved two tax related ordinances and related assessments. One authorizes the treasurer to settle arrears on parcels tied to the Cohoes Rolling Mill Co, including a $177,000 assessment on Parcel One and a second parcel on Saratoga Street with a $350,000ish value. A settlement of $1,055.52 is authorized if paid by Aug. 9. The second ordinance ends certiorari proceedings on 1942 1943 assessments for Adams estate trustees. New valuations set for three state parcels: $23,000, $382,500 and $50,500. The treasurer will collect the 1942 and 1943 taxes on these properties. Obituary notices follow for Wilfred J. Robert and George H. Cowboy with funeral details. Garden party hosted by Ladies Auxiliary of Cohoes Post Veterans of Foreign Wars. Personal notices of residents traveling to Putnam Lake Champlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Common Council
Cohoes Rolling Mill Co
Saratoga Street
Cohoes Rolling Mall
Star Woolen Co
John J. Doherty
Walter H. Wertime, Jr
Katherine E. Anderson
Charles H. Adams
Thisstate
Wilfred J. Robert
Congress Street
St. Joseph's Church
Alvina Lavariere
Philip Camtois
Albert Robert
J. G. Boivin
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Waterford
George HL Cowboy
North Mohawk Street
St. Patrick's Church
Rev
Thomas
Flanagan
Frank Wright
John McCarthy
Charles Batley
Tod Walsh
James Hickey
Paul
Father Flanagan
St. Mary's Cemetery
Odes of Elks
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frances Offenbacker
Park Avenue
Cohoes Soldier Dies In Africa
North Africa death notice for Pfc. Michael Wilczacki of Cohoes from the War Department states he drowned on May 3 in the North African area. He served 1924 to 1935, was inducted April 2 1942, and went overseas after training. Survived by brother John, two sisters, and a half brother Samuel Wilczack of Shamokin, Pa, with Marine Corps service in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Pfc
Michael Wilczacki
U. S. Army
Cohoes
War Department
John Wilczacki
South Street
Wilczacki
the Cohoester
Pater Geleta
This City
Michael Susko
Troy
Samuel Wilczack
Shammokin
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Election Inspectors Will Meet in Cohoes
A meeting of election inspectors for Tuesday primaries and the November 2 general election will be held at Cohoes City Hall today at a.m. Inspectors will be examined for qualifications and will take oaths and receive certificates. For the first time a written 17-question test on state election rules will be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes City Hall
Albany County Board of Elections
Elaine Adriance
Charles Adriance
Congress Street
Joseph Hutchinson
E. E. Hutchinson
LeRoy
First Baptist Church
Imperial Chapter
Mildred Bowen
Staratorea Avenue
Worthside
Martha Cole
Charles J. Hulett
Health Department
M. J. Keough
Mary Lynch
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. BR. Cunningham
Dwight Marvin
Edgar H. Batts
William Otis Hotchkiss
R. P. II
William Leland Thompson
Lowell H. Bryce
Wilbur Riddle
Ray Palmer Baker
Frank B. Ward
Frank Jay Reid
R.P.L
Philadelphia
George Keller
Manoa
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Lin
Keller
United States
New York Power and Light Corp
Office of Price Administration
Jane Maney
Cohoes War Price and Rationing Board
Marjorie Bolton
Mildred Weiler
Raymond S. van Santvoord
John C. Callaghan
Robert G. Hanlon
Ethel Brown
Cohoes War Council
Lake Placid
New York State War Council
Coneil
Cohoes Body
Frank Broomhead
Joseph Raymond
Main Street
Euclid Sway
Sargent Street
Peter Laporte
Central Terrace
Putnam
Lake Champlain
Nen
U.S
Jerome
Sn.g Lyon Camp
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Walter Bailey
G. Deuveree
S. Paul
St. Proctor Bldg
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