Kennedy Strengthens Leadership in New York Party Split
In a quiet off year primary, the American Labor Party shows intra factional splits. Left wing claims 2021 Kings County committee seats against 1139 for the right. Brooklyn may tilt A L P rule. Kennedy gains Manhattan leadership with six of nine district contests and 22 of 25 votes.
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New York
American Labor Party
Kings County
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
A. S. BP
New York State
Board of Election
Eugene P. Connolly
Tammany
Michael J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Democratic Executive Committee
Y M C A Day Camp Sleepout In Troy Gym
Fifty boys from the Troy Y M C A day camp spent an overnight indoors at the Y building. They swam in a makeshift pool, played games, watched Western thrillers, and slept on mats despite a blackout. Chaperones were A James McCracken and Paul H Braddon. Arthur Lee showed the films.
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Troy Y. M. C
A. James McCracken
Paul H. Braddon
Arthur Lee
Albany Y. M. C. A
Aircraft Sales Firm Organized in Albany County
Catherine Hills of Cohoes and Leland E. York of Albany report Albany Aircraft Corp formed with three directors to establish an aircraft sales and maintenance center near Albany Airport. The firm seeks federal approval before announcing plans. stock totals $10,000, 100 shares at $100. Herman E. Greene of Albany is the third director.
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Catherine Hills
R. D. 1. Cohoes
Albany Aircraft Corp
Albany County Clerk’s
Albany
Leland E. York
Herman E. Greene
Winthrop Avenue
Trainman Falls From Box Car at Finch and Pruyn Yard
Edward Fenton, a Delaware and Hudson Railroad trainman, fell from a box car in the Finch and Pruyn Paper Co yard and is in Glens Falls Hospital with a sprained back and bruises. He is under care of Dr. LeRoy J. Butler. TO STAGE PICNIC. Apollo Court O of A plans a covered dish picnic at Mrs. Eva Vanderzee's Wynantskill home with ecards and pames. hostess assisted activities Saturday afternoon.
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Edward Fenton
Saratoga Springs
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Glens Falls Hospital
Fenton
Finch and Pruyn Paper Co
LeRoy J. Butler
Apollo Court
O. of A
Eva Vanderzee
Wynantskill
Anything Can Happen Anything Can Happen PITY THE POOR CIVILIAN
A US Navy blimp sailor dropped an egg toward Dr Richard M Schindler his wife and daughter as they watched from their car near Hammonton New Jersey The man said he probably wasn t using bombsight The item was a near miss amid wartime nerves and farcical danger across a quiet drive by the Schindlers Local dispatches also cover a Philadelphia police case in which Raymond Porter 19 was fined 10 for carrying concealed weapons after explaining he planned to hunt rabbits by waylaying them elsewhere a humorous clash of wartime heroism and everyday mischief}}
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Hammonton
N. J. Gph
U. S
Richard M. Schindler
Schindlers
Dr. Schindler
Philadelphia
Raymond Porter
R. Robinson Lowry
Porter
Donets
Scyum
Vyazma
Smolensk
Yartsevo
Kirov
Moscow
Kharkov
Berlin
Weekend Visits Across Multiple Towns Invite Local News
Johnsonville and Johnson City hosts share travel plans as Mrs. Clarence Dunham spends a week. Mr. and Mrs. Almon Hewett of Hoosick Falls visit Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace. Walter Nutt returns to Peekskill after guest visits with Mikeel Edith and Ethel Abbott. Minnie Smith and daughter Amelia go home to Troy after staying with the Wallace family. Norman Cushing and Mrs. DeHa Ralston return from Catskill visiting Sanford Eastgate and family.
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Clarence Dunham
Johnson City
Lebanon
Almon Hewett
Hoosick Falls
John Wallace
Walter Nutt
Peekskill
Mikeel
Edith
Ethel Abbott
Minnie Smith
Amelia
Troy
Norman Cushing
DeHa Ralston
Catskill
Sanford
Eastgate
Sailor Joseph Corlew Missing Reported by Navy Department
Navy Department lists Joseph Milton Corlew, 48 Saratoga Avenue Glens Falls, son of Harry Francis Corlew, as missing. The report was filed last night and confirms a naval search and inquiry is underway.
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Joseph Milton Corlew
Navy
Harry Francis Corlew
Saratoga Avenue
Glens Falls
Navy Department
Roosevelt And Churchill Plan War Strategy Meeting In Canada
The two leaders met with British and Canadian officials to survey the war field and discuss joint interests. A second session was planned for a later date as Churchill arrived amid talks of realigned strategies for Europe and the Far East.
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Churchill
Defense
John Anderson
Washington
Russia
Germany
Europe
Sicily
Italy
Atlantic
Pacific
European
Far East
Dunkirk
England
A. G. I. McNaughton
Berlin
London
United Nations
China
Benito Mussolini
Burma
Fronta
French North Africa
Casablanca
United States
Reds Tighten Ring Around Kharkov Amid Soviet Push
Russian forces press from Orel Belgorod toward Kharkov with rapid pursuit across the Ukrainian steppe. German fronts show disorder as Soviet spearheads reach Poltava and Sumy while air and ground actions bomb rail hubs and scatter German columns. Stalin returns to Moscow after overseeing counterdrive.
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Red Army
Bryansk
Kharkov
Orel
Belgorod
Poltava
Sumy
Dnieper
London Daily Telegraph
Moscow
Postwar planning factions in Moscow clash with London groups
The text notes efforts to shorten the interval between planning and operations and mentions Russian postwar schemes for Germany Poland Yugoslavia and possibly others. It highlights unofficial Moscow committees that rival official London governments or lack counterparts or recognition in Allied capitals.
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Germany
Poland
Yugoslavia
Moscow
London
Cohoes Club Hears Veterans Accounts Of North Africa Invasion
James D. Zink of Cohoes, Coast Guard machinist, recalls secrecy of sailing orders and the 24 hour unloading of landing boats during the African invasion. He notes convoy actions against three surfaced submarines and a merchant ship. Ensign Doris Menshaw of the SPARS discusses Albany recruiting office. Other notes include Navy and Army personnel returning to duty or gaining promotions, with details on families and bases.
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James D. Zink
Cohoes
Coast Guard
Doris Menshaw
SPARS
Albany
F. Herrick Conners
Sneut
Thomas B. Kiely
Navy
James M. O’brien
Club
Stephentown News Docket Contains Promotions and Visits
Stephentown notes include Dorothy Midnight named sergeant in the WAC at Boca Raton Florida and Austin W Silvernail transferred from Sampson to Philadelphia. Many residents host guests and travel, with repairs, retirements, and engagements among local families. A Can ning demonstration aided by Eunice L Ecuyer was held, and the Sons of the American Legion local unit will disband as members enter service.
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Dorothy Midnight
WAC
Boca Radion
Fila
Alice Smith
Cora
Holl
Thrifty Workers 4H
Marie Fitzgerald
Ceachera’ State College
New Paltz
Mary Elizabeth Wardell
Providence
R. L
Fuller Hewett
Austin W. Silvernail
Sampson
Philadelphia
May Malone
Troy
Charles Bateman
Mary Mignery
Pittsfield
Lawrence Manns
Anna Potter
Betty Greene
Albany
L. D. Greene
Irene Galloway
Robert Boyle
Kathie
Kathleen Mittnight
Schenectady
Joseph Mittnight
Thomas Wheeler, Jr
Albany City Hospital
Joseph Midnight, Jr
U. 53. Martime Service Radio Training School
Huntington
L. S
Gallups Island
Boston
Eunice L. Ecuyer
Berlin Central School
United Stephentown
Donald Sutherland
Savanna
Til
Sutherland
Savanna Ordnance School
Fort Totten
L. I
Emma L. McFeely
Eleanor Wood
Guilderland
Edgar T. DeGraff
Legion Sons
Sunbury
Sons of the American Legion
Armed Services
Many Fuel Oil Blank Forms Unreturned Sentence
Approximately 600 of 1950 renewal fuel oil permit renewal forms remain unreturned, as reported by Cohoes War Price and Rationing Board chairman William Crawford. Forms submitted after August 21 cannot be serviced until after October 1.
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Cohoes War Price and Hationing Board
William §. Crawford
Cohoes Leaders Hear Nutrition Official On War Time Program
Cohoes block leaders heard Mrs. Margaret Hogan of the Emergency Food Commission outline a planned food preservation school to aid housewives during wartime nutrition. Col Percy Haskins praised the block system and discussed its origins and importance. Classes will cover canning and dehydration, with eventual decisions on centralized vs scattered locations.
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Margaret Hogan
Emergency Food Commission
Albany County
Cohoes
Common Council
Percy R. Haskins
State Office of Civilian Mobilization
Amyot
Dyke Avenue
Cohoes Civil Defense Fails to Detect Imagined Ambush
Cohoes Alert deemed satisfactory after last night’s blackout test. Rapid mobilization followed the blue signal at 9 18 pm with red at 9 36 pm and all clear at 10 03 pm. One artificial incident at Mohawk and Remsen failed to report. lights remained on in three other spots, prompting changes. Fire calls for rubbish and bank basement blazes produced minor damage.
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Cohoes
Uni
S. Earl McDermott
Public Safety
Mohawk
Renesew Streets
Congress
Hart Streets
Manor Avenue
Mohawk Street
Bridge Avenue
Third Street
Remsen Streets
City Hall
McDermott
James M. Archibald
Police and Fire Department
Ontario Street
Manufacturers Bank of Cohoes
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Forest Hill
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Jacob Fronczek
Saratoga Street
Richard A. Calkins
U. S. Army
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Robert Calkins
Remsen Street
Frederick D. Caldwell
William O. Caldwell
Fred C. Caldwell
Main Street
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Red Cross
Stephentown
Wilfred Berthiaume
Whitehall Street
Nancy Ann Berthiaume
Ronald Plasse
Virginia Smith
Mary Legnard
Janet, Himes
Joseph Brooks
Donna Pratt
Martha Legnard
Max Geroux
N. G. Lyon Camp
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Walter Bailey
Aircraft Warning Service
Lansing Park
George F. Butter
Mutem
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Mary E. Claffy
Jackson Avenue
Washington County
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George T. Claffy
Burt J. Claffy
Tahoes
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Paterson
N. J
George F. McElvein
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Hazel O'Hearn
P. M. A. Hall
Willow Street
Thomas O'Hearn
Emerson
Peter Syrek
Cohoes Post
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Tha ‘Ooms
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Cluett & Sons
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Philco
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Magnavox
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Schenectadt
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