Britain to assume costs of private property for bases deal
The State Department said Britain will cover compensation for private property loss linked to American bases under the destroyers-for-bases agreement. Estimated property value is about 5.3 million dollars, but total costs may be higher due to moving, resettlement, business losses, legal fees, and bonuses to accelerate vacating properties.
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Washington
State Department
Western Hemisphere
Britain
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Antigua
St. Lucia
Trinidad
British Guiana
United States
Actioe
War Dept Lets Private Firms Run Two Army Depots
The War Department announced that two large Army ordnance depots will be managed by private firms on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis. Atlas Powder Co takes Portage Depot at Ravenna Ohio, and Procter and Gamble runs a depot at Milan Tennessee. Both firms also operate nearby ammunition loading plants.
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Washington
Army Ordnance
War Department
Atlas Powder Co
Portage Ordnance
Ravenna
Proctor and Gamble, Inc
Milan
Tenn
Iso
Army
Canadian Plane Wreckage Sighted
Vancouver reports sighting wreckage of a Canadian Pacific airliner missing eight months with 13 aboard. Officials said ground details would be available Friday at earliest, wreckage scattered over a wide area on a rugged mountainside 74 miles southwest of Vancouver near Agassiz, en route from Prince George.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
E. R. R. Field
C. P. A. Pacific
Agassiz
Prince George
Truck Drivers Vote to Strike in New Jersey
New York based report notes 262 of 289 eligible New Jersey laundry truck drivers vote to strike under the War Labor Disputes Act. Although the ballot shows strong support, regional NLRB director Charles T. Douds says drivers will not halt work immediately in their dispute with the New Jersey Laundry Owners Association.
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New York
New Jersey Laundry Owners Association
Douds
Endurance Tales Surpass Bligh in War Time Lifeboats
In stories from 1942 43 mariners survive long ocean drifts after torpedo attacks. Poon Lim the Chinese steward lasted 131 days on a liferaft near Africa aided by improvised fishing and rainwater collection. Other survivors include Basil Izzi Cornelius Van Der Slot Vicki Hoogendam and Whyte and Mrs Gordon amid South Atlantic perils.
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Miami
Fla. UP
William Bligh
Bligh
Pacific Ocean
Timor
H. M. S. Bounty
West Indies
Coupang Bay
Dutch East Indies
England
Pitcairn Island
South America
United Nations
South Atlantic
Africa
A. Whyte
Margaret Gordon
Whyte
Basil Izzi
U. S. Navy
South Barre
Mass
Cornelius van der Slot
Vicki Hoogendam
Sharke
Poon Lim
Hainan Islands
China
Allies push toward Messina after Sicilian coastal breakthrough
Allied columns of American and British forces seize Acireale and advance along Sicily's east coast from Catania toward Taormina. Amphibious landings near San Agata and San Fratello trap German garrisons, free 300 prisoners, and sever coastal lines while U S fleet provides escort and air cover. The German defense center near Randazzo and Etna faces relentless pressure as the drive continues.
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San Agata
United States Fleet
San Fratello
Cape Orlando
Orlando
Randazzo
Sicily
Messina
Acireale
Cesaro
Bronte
Adrano
San Maria di Licodia
Mount Etna
San Ag
Taormina
U. S
United States
Lucian Truscott
Noth Coast
San Agata-San Fratello
Cesare
Hitler
Poon Lim’s Survival and New Rescue Aids For Mariners
Adrift at sea Poon Lim survived by rafts and improvised methods while others perished. The era’s engineers pursue life saving gear including a near foolproof fishing kit, compact water distillers, compact stores, and a crank powered distress radio, aimed at aiding castaways far from land.
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Poon Lim
Brazil
Women urged to conserve house linens supply
Women are urged to buy only what is needed as U S armed services use large quantities of household linens for military needs. Narrow sheetings and pillow case material are being diverted to Army raincoats and hospital uses while wide sheetings stay tight for industrial use. Imports of fine linen items continue, with some reductions in supplies, and stockpiles remain adequate for napkins and certain linens.
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United States Armed Services
Northern Ireland
Asnaburg
Italian envoy named to Turkey amid fascist era ties
The Berlin radio announced Giuseppe Bastianini has been appointed Italian ambassador to Turkey. Bastianini was undersecretary of foreign affairs in Mussolini’s fascist cabinet from February 1913 until Mussolini was deposed and Badoglio took over.
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London
Berlin
Turkey
Giuseppe Bastianini
Benito Mussolini
Marshal Badoglio
Mussolini
310 Vacation Permits Given Out in Cohoes
Cohoes War Price and Rationing Board reports a drop in motorist permit applications for vacation trips. Since July 15 only 310 permits have been issued, attributed to uncertain weather. Applicants must submit A coupons for mileage, proof of up to date tire inspection, and a current speedometer reading.
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Cohoes
Cohoes Police Delegates Attend State Convention
Serges. Austin V. Gagnon and Allison Greene represent the Cohoes Police Association at the New York State Police Association convention opening today in Saratoga Springs. Alternates are Patrolmen Leo Duval Albert Marois Nicholas Valenti and John Kielb. The local group meets Thursday at headquarters to review convention reports and plans for Friday night’s ball at Keveny Memorial Academy auditorium.
Cohoes Home Adult Classes End Saturday
Cohoes High School hosts home economics and homemaking sessions under the Cohoes Board of Education led by Mrs. Marguerite Hogan. Classes run 9 am to 3 pm focusing on clothing, garment repair, and food preservation with canning equipment available to participating women or groups. Dr. F Herrick Conners announced the final day will be Saturday and urged contacting Mrs. Hogan for more information. Also on furlough from Camp Robinson Ark is Pvt Randall Ceccucci visiting his father Rudolph Ceccucci at 66 Third Street for an eight day stay.
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Cohoes High School
Cohoes
Conners
Randall Ceccucci
U. S. Army Air Corps
Camp Robinson
Ark
Rudolph Ceccucci
66 Third Street
Servicemen mob threatens police at City Hall
A crowd of over 200 angry servicemen besieged City Hall early today accusing a Marine of blackjacking a policeman. Police locked the northeast entrance and called shore patrol and military police. The mob dispersed when MPs threatened arrest but reassembled shortly afterward.
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Philadelphia
City Hall
Honey crop forecast dips as yield falls
The state Agricultural Department reports a four pound drop in the average honey per hive this year. Due to an unusually late spring, production up to July 1 averages 15.5 pounds per hive versus the normal 19 pounds.
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State Agricultural Department
Cohoes Workers and Peerless Fiber Sign Agreement
Announcement that Peerless Fiber Co. of Cohoes and the Textile Workers Union of America have signed a new labor agreement. The pact provides five cents hourly wage increases, a six month tenure with one week paid vacation, arbitration via the American Arbitration Association, time and a half for overtime, paid holidays, and seniority rights. Union reps included Albert Hamel Leo Herroux Louis Bissnett William Johnston and Louis Surprenant. Alfred Blakley praised the bargaining spirit shown by both sides.
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Peerless iBaber Co
Cohoes
Tex‘ture Workers’ Union of America
Cit. O
Alfred Blakley
Comets
American Arbitration Association
Lewis Baere
Fiber Concern
Albert Hamel
Leo Herroux
Louis Bissnett
Willam Johnston
Louis Surprenant
Blakley
Cohoes Firemen To Visit Business Places For Paper
Cohoes paid firemen’s association members finished a city wide canvass for old newspapers and magazines as a salvage project. This week they will collect cartons and scrap from local stores and manufacturers. call Cohoes 1000 to arrange pickup. Next week paper and metal collection resumes in cooperation with the Cohses Salvage Committee.
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Cohoes
Cohoes 1000
Cohses Salvage Committee
No Contests Slated Today At Cohoes
No contests scheduled in Cohoes as the primary election nears. Supplies and equipment distribution to twenty polling places began yesterday. polls open noon to 9 pm. Voters include 15,514 Cohoes residents enrolled in Republican Democratic and American Labor parties. Right wing American Labor declinations averted a contest. Democratic committee distributed last minute instructions at City Hall. Democratic slate lists ward by ward candidates with multiple names for each district. Also noting Mrs. George Bonnell of Albany is recovering in Albany Hospital after an operation.
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Cohoes
Republican
Democratic
American Labor
American Labor Party
Democratic City Committee
William Maxwell
William Quinn
Michael T. Smith
George Fisk
James Shea, Jr
John Ar
Stephen Carpenter
Charles O'Rourke
John Williams
William Dushane
Michael Tomaro
William Trombley, Jr
Samuel McMahon
Edmund J. Kearney
James Gorman
Nelson Green
William George
Joan Brennan
Frank L. Brandt
John Reed
John Rymanowski
George McHale
Joseph’ Archambeault
Charles Frament
Daniel Breclin
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Niswepape
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Albany Bottling Company, Inc
Onfaphihves
Royal Palace
Palermo
Geoffrey Keyes
Bernard L. Montgomery
George S. Patton, Jr
R.A.F
Cap Corse
Corsica
R.A.F. Fliers
Helen O’grady
F.C. Reavy-Smart Funeral Home
Remsen Street
St. Bernard’s Church
Willam P. Brennan
Mary Coyle
James McManus
M. Loretta Hayden
St Agnes
Menands
Rose AL Bonneau
G. Boivin’s Sons
Congress Street
Sacred Heart Church
Raymond J. Robert
Raymond Bissell
John Bonenfant
Henry Lambert
Bonenfant
Bissell
George Bonnell
Albany
Albany Hospital
Bausch & Lomb
T. Brandon Timpane
D.D
Optometrist
Kemsen St. Cohoes
Sores
Mer
Havana
Londres
Befedas
Sr. G. Sullivan, Inc
Manchester
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