Surging Reds Threaten Kharkov and German Lines
Soviet forces push from Orel toward Kharkov and Bryansk threatening a disintegration of the German defense in eastern Ukraine. The Moscow bulletin claims 4,605 enemy tanks, 1,623 guns, and 11,000 trucks destroyed, with over 100,000 Germans killed as Belgorod and Orel fell and Kharkov again faced danger.
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Europe
Bryansk
Orel
Red Army
Ukraine
Belgorod
Kharkov
Dnieper
Kiev
Donets
Sea of Azov
Stalingrad
Moscow
Germany
Orel Place D'Arnes
Hitlerite
High Command
Orel-Kursk
Belgorod- Kursk
Kursk
Hitler
Com Mounique
Wazi
Josef Stalin
Belgorai
Kherkov
Wartorn
British Study Armor For Flyers
The Air Ministry weighs steel plated chest protectors for RAF bomber crews modeled on American vests used by Fortress and Liberator crews. Parliament inquiries grow as demand climbs with American reinforcements. London tailor Leonard Barratt created the design using two inch manganese steel scales, and English workers in a London sword factory are producing the vests for U S and British airmen.
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London
INL
Britain
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Continent
Pall Mall
West End
Leonard Barratt
Peat
Germany
House of Commons
Barratt
Gol
Malcolm C. Grow
Highth Air Force
U. S. Army
Harlem OPA opens new district office amid unrest
New York announces a Harlem OPA district office due to unusual economic pressures. Woodford Bissell, district price executive, says the move was planned long and that Sunday night’s trouble touched it off. Five Negroes were killed in looting and rioting in Harlem Sunday night and Monday morning.
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New York
OPA
Harlem
Woodford Bissell
Shipyard Chiefs Get Prison Terms
Five Sullivan Dry Dock & Repair Corp. officials were sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court to prison terms from nine months to two years and fines from $1,000 to $5,000 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government and to violate a federal statute. Judge Robert A. Inch also fined the company $5,000. The pleas were entered on July 13.
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New York UP
Sullivan Dry Dock & Repair Corp
Brooklyn
Robert A. Inch
Coperation
Armstrong Defeats Jimmy Garrison In Portland Bout
Henry Armstrong clinched his 22nd comeback victory with a ten round undisputed decision over Jimmy Garrison in Portland Oregon. Garrison fought aggressively as a Kansas City welterweight seeking a upset win.
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Portland
Ore
Henry Armstrong
Jimmy Garrison
Kansas City
Reds Fast Move to Bypass German Lines Near Bryansk
Soviet forces under the Voronezh and Steppe fronts push to cut rail links radiating from a major hub as motorized units stream west from Orel to reinforce Bryansk drives. Concentric assaults from the North East and Southeast push German flanks toward Bryansk, with redeployments from Smolensk toward the same target. The campaign aims to disrupt southern German lines from the Sea of Azov up to Bryansk.
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Voronezh
Red
Bryansk
Orel
Bryangsk
Red Army
Smolensk
Moscow
Sea of Azov
Veteran Trains Marines as Gentlemen Boxers in Pacific Camp
Marine war story profiles Pfc Theodore R. Maranda of Bay City Michigan a former featherweight contender once ranked in the world and now coaches young Marines near a South Pacific outpost. He recalls fights with Benny Bass Kaplan Mandel and Barney Ross and shares advice on discipline and respect to his trainees.
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Sergt
John F. Reilly
New Hampton
Marine Corps
United Press
South Pacific
Madison Square Garden
Europe
Pfc
Theodore R. Maranda
Bay City
Mich
Pacific
Harry Greb
Walk Miller
Tiger Flowers
Mickey Walker
Clay
Pat Moran
Hid Kaplan
Benny Bass
Bass
Kaplan
Garden
Sammy Mandel
Sammy
Pat
Moran
Santa Fe
Marquis of Queensbury
Canada
Barney Ross
Ross
Barney
Maranda
All Saints Episcopal Auxiliary Sale Nets Funds
Round Lake guest lists and visits include Lucy Linsley in Albany and Lucien G Cole with wife and daughter from New York. Ocean Grove week long stay for Rodney Winans, Schenectady guest Jessie Appleman with Emma Winans, and visitors Daisy Curtis and Malcolm G Thomas returning home from Far Rockaway and Woodbury NJ. Woman's Auxiliary sale at the Auditorium yields funds across tables: Food 60.20, mystery 8.80, children 5.05, fancy goods 18.50, donations 15. Eloise McKean serves as president and chairs multiple sections.
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Rodney O. Winans
Ocean Grove
Jessie Appleman
Schenectady
Emma J. Winans
Daisy Curtis
Far Rockaway
Malcolm G. Thomas
Woodbury
N. J
Charlotte Bogardus
Woman's Auxiliary
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Lawrence P. McKean
Charles C. Stevens
Eloise McKean
Richard Read
New Pastor Arrives At Waterford
Waterford welcomes Rev. Lewis M. Blackmer Jr as the new pastor of First Baptist Church after graduation from Colgate Rochester and Alfred University. He and wife Ruth Eleanor Smith reside at the parsonage on Upper Second Street. A village firemen canvass to raise funds for a military cigarette drive begins with plans to deliver hundreds of thousands of cigarettes to service members.
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Lewis M. Blackmer
First Baptist Church
Waterford
Blackmer
Alfred University
Alfred
Glee Club
Kappa Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Pi Gamma Mu
The
Christian Association
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
CR. D. 5S
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Irondequoit
South Livonia
Livonia
Chemung
Greenwich Ladies' Aid Plans Chapel Meeting and Picnic
Greenwich The Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies of the Reformed Church will meet at the chapel Tuesday at 4 30 p m followed by the annual picnic at 6 30 Mrs Herman Kopf and two children Patricia and Diane left Thursday to return to Laurel Del after visiting relatives in town for two weeks Mr and Mrs Harold Abbott with his parents Mr and Mrs A L Abbott of Watervliet are enjoying a week of vacation at their camp on Lake Champlain Miss Laura Foster a Greenwich High School graduate class of 42 last week graduated from Albany Business College and will serve as private secretary to the pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Albany Mrs Helen Walker announced the engagement of her daughter Elaine to Lieut Andrew N Pleshko of Schuylerville Lieut Pleshko recently graduated from George Army Field at Laurenteville I Miss Walker recently returned from New York City where she has been a student nurse
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Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Societies of the Reformed Church
Herman Kopf
Patricia
Diane
Laurel
Del
Harold Abbott
A. L. Abbott
Watervliet
Cropseyville Residents Visit Pittsfield Vacation
Cropseyville Mrs. Leon Brown and her son Billy are spending a week in Pittsfield Massachusetts enjoying a family getaway and sightseeing.
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Leon Brown
Billy
Pittsfield, Mass
United States Enrolls More University Students Than All Nations
Dean Edwin A. Lee of the University of California reports that U.S. university enrollment reaches 1,850,908, with 1,350,005 students currently enrolled and a growth of 470 percent since 1900, surpassing all other nations combined.
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Los Angeles
Jutv
United States
Edwin A. Lee
University of California
Cohoes Parking Meter Revenue Declines in July
City records show Cohoes collected 686.39 from meters in July, down from 825.37 in June. Daily average dropped to 26.40 from 31.75, with 171.60 retained by the city and the rest applied to meter payments. Joseph F. Wright, physical education instructor at local public schools, has been called to duty with the US Army and stationed at Camp Crowder, Missouri.
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Cohoes
Rudolph I. Roulier
John J. Conway
Joseph F. Wright
Hamilton Place
Camp ‘Crowder
Queer Scenes In Irish Border Village
Pettigo, a village straddling the Free State and Northern Ireland, features McHugh’s pub on the riverbank where Irish whisky costs 11 pence and Northern Ireland brews 3 shillings. The Angler in Northern Ireland lures cross-border drinkers with cheaper prices despite rationing, while customs checks and wartime taxes shape daily life and cross-border smuggling.
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Northern Ireland
Free State
Pettigo
Great Northern
Lough Derg
McTaugh
McHugh
McHughs
Elliott
Angler
McHugh's
Angier
Brennan's
Flood
Main Street
Eire
McHugh’s
Plan For Food Classes In Cohoes And Local Obituaries
Discussion on establishing a food preservation school in Cohoes to aid wartime nutrition will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m in City Hall with Urban S Amyot presiding. Mrs Margaret Hogan will speak and 26 block leaders will staff instruction in canning and preservation. Miss Rose A Bonneau of 123 Hudson Avenue died at Cohoes Hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Cohoes
Common Council
City Hall
Urban S. Amyot
Margaret Hogan
Emergency Food Commission of
New York State
Albany County
County Home Bureau
Amyot
Ethel Brown
Cohoes War
Taxis Crash Endangers Passenger in Saratoga Sprs
A private car collided with two taxis on Ballston Avenue near Hawthorn Spring in Saratoga Springs injuring a passenger. The car driven by Max Ludan, owned by Bertram D. Tucker, struck a taxi driven by Dominick Verro, then the Tucker vehicle hit a second taxi driven by Isaac Wolf.
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Ballston Avenue
Saratoga Springs
Hawthorn Spring
Lena Beyers
Glens Falls
Max Ludan
Bertram D. Tucker
Glens Fails
Dominick Verro
Tucker
Isaac Wolf
Laval toBerlin for Talks on French Guerilla Control
An Algiers radio report said Pierre Laval, head of the Vichy government, would travel to Berlin next week to discuss measures to control French guerilla activity against the Germans in occupied France.
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Laval
Berlin
London
Algiers
Pierre Laval
Doyle Beats Howell in Comeback Knockout in Ireland
Irish heavyweight Jack Doyle launched a comeback last night by rising from the canvas twice before stopping Butcher Howell in the third round. Doyle, fighting in Dublin, showed resilience to regain momentum in his career.
Cohoes Girl Weds Army Man at St Agnes Church
Miss Margaret Helen OToole daughter of Mr and Mrs William J OToole of Cohoes wed Pfc Henry J Bridegroom of Troy son of Mrs Margaret Bridegroom stationed with the U S Marine Corps at Parris Island South Carolina. The nuptial mass was led by Rev Joseph J Franklin at St Agnes Church with organist Beverly Fitzgerald and a ceremony featuring bridesmaids ushers and military escorts.
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Margaret Helen O'Toole
William J. O'Toole
Viet Boulevard
Cohoes
Pfc
Henry J. Bridegroom
Margaret Bridegroom
Third Street
Troy
U.S Marine Corps
Parris Island
5. C
St. Agnes’ Church
Joseph
Pfe
Wiliam Brennan
U. S. Marine Corps
Raymond Duval
Sheridan Alien
Marine Corps
William Yeiser
Thomas Dwyer
Juliet
Alis
George Sickinger
Vliet Boulevard
Remsen Street
Albany
Schenectady
Postpone Honor Roll Dedication in Cohoes to Aug 15
Weather delays lettering of panels postpone the Cohoes Orchard section honor roll ceremony until Sunday August 15. The event will include a street parade and speeches with service members from Fourth District First Ward, and organizers led by Henry Guay request contact from uncontacted relatives.
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Orchard
Cohoes
First Ward
Henry Guay
Sermon Topics in Cohoes Churches
Rev. Henry R. Smith of the First Presbyterian Church Green Island will lead a union service tomorrow at 10 30 am in Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church the third joint service of Silliman First Methodist and Reformed churches A Communion service will be at 10 30 am at the First Baptist Church Rev Frederick Foshay of Halfmoon Baptist officiating Rev Earl C Fryer to deliver the sermon at St James Methodist 10 30 am junior sermon topic The Wheat Field The church school meets at 11 30 am Rev Theodore Haydn rector Trinity Episcopal serves 8 am communion and 10 30 am worship at St Johns Episcopal Church
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Grace Episcopal Church
James T. Kerr
William A. Perry
Methodist Church
Edgar Zch
First Baptist Church
Lewis M. Blackmer, Jr
William Hicks
Winifred Hicks
Henry R. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Green Island
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Silliman Church
First Methodist Church
The
Reformed Church
Frederick Foshay
Halfmoon Baptist Church
Earl C. Fryer
St. James’ Methodist Church
Theodore Haydn
Trinity Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
Cohoes Voting Booths Promised For Tuesday Primary
Mayor Rudolph I Roulier assured that all polling places in Cohoes will provide voting booths for marking ballots during Tuesday's primary election. The pledge responds to concerns raised by Republican chairman Kenneth S Mace Affer about booths missing last year. Also listed are G O P committee candidates across all wards and districts, with Democratic nominees to be announced Monday.
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Cohoes
Rudolph I. Roulier
Kenneth S. Mace Affer
Albany County
Mace Affer
Rouler
Adjourment in Lees Criminal Negligence Case
Adjournment of two weeks was taken in Police Court in the case of Benjamin Lees of 4 Broadway charged with criminal negligence in the death of Harriet Blewitt of 76 Mohawk Street. She died Saturday night June 26 after being struck by an automobile on Ontario Street between Mohawk and Remsen. Lees pleaded innocent at arraignment. Bail of 33,500 continued. Alfred J. Morin Jr. of the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Sheridan, is visiting his wife and family at 22 Willow Street.
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Benjamin Lees
Broadway
Harriet Blewitt
Mohawk Street
Ontario Street
Mohawk
Remsen
Lees
Visiting Family Corp
Alfred J. Morin, Jr
U. & Army
Fort Sheridan
Willow Street
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Shadhive
Armstrong
Round Lake
Lucy Linsley
Grace Sherman
M. G. Cole
Lucien H. Cole
Piremon
Knickerbocker Steamer Company
Lloyd Bull
Knickerbocker Company
John F. Walsh
George Castracei
Kavanaugh Hook and Ladder Company
Benjamin Chadwick
Ford Hose Company
School
Greenwich
Cropseyville
Irish Border Village
Sally Cummings
Helen McKee
Rose A. Bonneau
Hudson, Avenue
Cohoes Hospital
Fort Edward
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph Hebert
Celine Fields
A. G. Boivin
Congress Street
M. R
Lavallee
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Frederick Faucher
Dufresne
Main Avenue
St Marie's Church
Emile Plante
la Sallette Seminary
Altamont
Ellen R. Lapointe
George Crapo
John and
Thomas J. Davin
John Sunkes
Alex Hull
Adrien J. Bechard
St Joseph’s Cemetery
Helen O'Grady
Canvass Street
al ‘Ban Hospital
Ireland
St. Bernard's Church
F. C. Reavy-Smart Funeral Home
St Agnes
Maj
Ardis Melloh
Indianapols
Broadmoor Hotel
Lst
G. O. P. Committee
Wilfred Langlais
Vhet Street
Michael Donlon
John Piwnica
Mangam Street
Daniel Campbell
Strong Place
William Champagne
Bria
Richard Murray
Richmond Street
Frank Daigneault
Cataract
Anthony Lonczak
Front Street
David Lemieux
Olmstead Street
Helen Salisbury
Arthur LaFlamme
William Caldwell
Charles Cepiel
Bleeker
Matthew Falato
George Street
Charles W. Jarvis
George Noonan
Lake Helly
Benjamin Mousseau
Fifth Ward
Walter Gillen
Walnut Street
Paul Krug
McElwain
William Waddell
McEl
William RB. Higgins
Continental Avenue
Jeremiah Mosseau
First Street
Louis Corbeil
Hudson Avenue
Bausch & Lomb
T. Brandon Timpane
D.D
Optometrist
Remsen St. Cohoes
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