Allied push tightens grip on Sicily as Germans retreat to Messina
American and British forces press along a 10 mile coast route toward Franca villa while the German withdrawal accelerates. Allied naval and air power harass retreating units along the Tyrrhenian shore as divisions fall back to a narrow road to Messina. The coast is mined with A 15 inch batteries and Allied bombardments target ports and shipping as occupation forces evacuate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francavilla
United States
Messina
Italy
Vibo Valentia
Sicily
Royal Netherlands
Taormina
Living Torch Tragedy On Railroad Bridge
Bernard Fein man, 13, died of 11 000 volts of electricity that ignited his clothing while a crowd of about 250 watched. Fireman Harvey W. Crook, 29, struggled to extinguish the flames after Fein man climbed a 35 foot tower and touched an overhead power cable on a railroad signal bridge. The boy died at a hospital from burns and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INL
Bernard Feinman
Harvey W. Crook
Bernard
Crook
Dutch Patriots Sabotage Campaign Targets Nazi Supplies
Dutch patriots wage a broad arson campaign across Nazi controlled Holland destroying farms, food depots, grain elevators, flour mills, and a fiber factory. The effort aims to deprive Germany of food and materials while destroying labor draft records and vital statistics. German troops have intervened as the sabotage deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Netherlands
Holland
Netherlands Information Bureau
Documenta
Wehrmacht
Reich
Arthaec Seyss-Inquart
Delfsen
Home Affairs
G. Anzonides
Dalfsen
Apelroorn
Germany
Netherlands Labor Service
Heide Park
Doorn
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Amsterdam
Salamaua Falls to Allied Raid in 45 Minute Barrage
The Associated Press reports Salamaua was left in smoking ruins after a 177 ton bombing in 45 minutes, signaling a possible final land drive on the New Guinea base. The town on the isthmus was described as virtually erased, as Allied forces targeted Japanese positions in the region and advanced toward Mubo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salamaua
New Guinea
MacArthur
Mubo
Bairoko Harbor
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Zieta
Vila
Kolombangara
Kula Gulf
Bairoko
Kahth
Bum
Bougainville
U. S
Burma
India
U. S. 10Th Air Force
Clayton L. Bissell
New Delhi
10Th Air Force
Boy 13 Held For Killing Young Girl in Fishkill
State police hold a 13 year old boy after the body of 10 year old Elizabeth Voight was found in a cornfield near East Fishkill. The suspect, who had been at a nearby summer camp, admitted striking the girl with a rock and leaving her body, then led officers to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishkill
Elizabeth Voight
Hast Fishkill
Eastern States Parkway
Walter F. Reilly
Hawthorne Barracks
Jackson Road
East Fishkill
George J. Gorsilia
Mawthorne Barracks
Reilly
Corsilia
Man and Girl Taken From Overturned Auto in Crash
Firemen and police helped remove a man and a girl from a car that overturned after a collision yesterday afternoon at Congress Street and Fifth Avenue. The Connecticut car was owned by William Prouty of Bristol and the other vehicle by Nick Pafundi of 607 Pawling Avenue. Both cars were towed to Grand Street garage. Patrols Ibbott, Houlihan, and driver McGraw responded along with Central Fire Station squads to assist inside the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Street
Fifth Avenue
William Prouty
Bristol
Central Fire Station
Connecticut
Girl Scouts See Wartime Membership Jump
National headquarters announced a new peak membership of 793,670 for the Girl Scouts as a semi annual census shows over 138,000 new members since Pearl Harbor. The organization reports a 21 percent increase since the United States entered the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Girl Scouts
Pearl Harbor
United States
Babies Featured In Program At 1300 Sousse Avenue
The Victory Players presented a two evening program in a garage at 1300 Sousse Avenue featuring four month old Nancy Hager and Chester Demers Jr as Mr and Mrs Liberty. Other participants included Jerry Fletcher Joan Fletcher Irmy Joslin Betty Joslin Beverly Beard and Patricia Pinchon. Proceeds of 8.60 went to the USO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Players
Sousse Avenue
Nancy Hager
Chester Demers, Jr
Mrs. Liberty
Jerry
Joan Fletcher
Irmy
Betty Joslin
Beverly Beard
Patricia Pinchon
USO
Youths Escaped Shelter Nabbed in Stolen Car
Two boys aged 15 and 16 fled from the Humane Society shelter late Saturday night. They were nabbed by Mechanicville police in a stolen 1988 sedan owned by Robert McCafferty of Lansing Avenue, Troy, after the car ran out of gas near Hoffman Bowling alleys. The youths admitted the theft and were returned to the shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
Mechanicville
Robert McCafferty
Lansing Avenue
Troy
Hoffman
Broadway
Menands
Herbert Bartlett
Manpower Lost In Accidents In The United States
Verne A. Zimmer, director of the division of Labor Standards, U S Department of Labor, said in a radio address that nine out of ten industrial accidents in the 19 months since Pearl Harbor could have been avoided. He noted that man days lost were enough to build 5 700 American ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
United States
Pearl Harbor
A. Zimmer
Division of Labor Standards
U. S Department of Labor
Signs Say No Beer Sorry As San Diego Faces Shortage
San Diego endures a beer shortage with many bars displaying No Beer Sorry signs. War workers and military encampments in and around the city reduce demand for malting barley and raw materials, intensifying the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Jap Ship Hit New Delhi by Pi Heavy Bombers
Pi heavy bombers of the tenth United States Air Force scored two direct hits on a Japanese freighter south of Rangoon Friday. An explosion followed as the ship was raked with guns and left in a sinking condition, an American communiqué announced yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
United States Air Force
Rangoon
Ares
Cohoes Drivers Face Pleasure Driving Hearing Tomorrow
A hearing on alleged violations of the pleasure driving ban and anti speed rules is set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Cohoes War Price and Rationing Board office in City Hall. Eight motorists are listed to appear. this will be the second such hearing since OPA regulations took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Production Up When Heroes Call
In a telegram to Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Lynn of the Irving Subway Grating Co. argues for a nationwide program of wartime plant visits by uniformed armed forces. He cites a six months study showing higher output per man when officers appear, claiming such inspections spur incentive and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Robert Patterson
Mr. Patterson
Washington
D. C
Lynn
Irving Subway Grating Co
Faulder State Official Dies After 26 Years in Office
Dr. Ernest T. Faulder, director of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets since 1925, will retire September 1. He oversaw the bovine tuberculosis program cutting infections to 0.5 percent and aided New York in becoming an accredited state in 1937. He also led Bangs disease control, testing and vaccinating over 10,000 herds since 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest T. Faulder
Bureau of Animal Industry
State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Chester C. DuMond
State Bureau
Dr. Faulder
New York
Profit incentive cited against corporate tax rise by Rep Robertson
Rep Robertson of Virginia, Ways and Means member, says profit incentive drives production and would oppose raising the 40 percent corporate tax rate. He notes Treasury war bond drive of 15 billion dollars, and adds that success would avoid need for a compulsory savings program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robertson
D.-Va
Steel’s War Use High at End of 1942
The United States produced twenty four thousand six hundred pounds of steel ingots for each soldier, sailor and marine by the end of 1942, about fifteen hundred pounds more per man than in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sheriff Proclaims Court Session in Troy for September 7 1943
Philete Craver sheriff proclaims a Supreme Court session to be held at the Court House in Troy New York and Rensselaer County on September 7 1943. Officials with recognizances inquired or examined must return them at the opening of court. Proclamation dated August 13 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philete Craver
Supreme Court
Court House
Troy
County of
Rensselaer
Rensselaer County
N. T
Cohoes Officer Completes Training At Central Instructors School
Flight Officer Peter G. Honczaryk of Cohoes, a veteran with 16 months of South Pacific combat, finishes training at Air Forces Central Instructors School for bombardiers. He holds the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the 11th Bombardment Group Presidential citation with three Oak Leaf Clusters for 65 combat missions in major Pacific theaters. His mother, Mrs. Alice Honezaryk, resides at 79 Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter G. Honczaryk
Cohoes
South Pacific
Air Forces Central Instructors School
Carlsbad
N. M
Army Air Field
Cohoester
11Th
Midway
Solomons
Santa Cruz
Stuart Island
The
Air
C. L
Honezaryk
Alice Honezaryk
Jackson Street
Cohoes Street Car Rails Sold To Scrap Dealer
Approximately fifty tons of old trolley car rails switches and fittings sold at a Board of Contract and Supply meeting in Cohoes. Morris Berkman bid $14.40 per net ton, the highest bid. M Newell & Co. bid $14 per net ton. Rails were partly removed before WPA projects ended and some from streets during ongoing repairs. Bids limited to bona fide local scrap metal dealers. Church Unit to Meet. Servic Circle of St James Methodist meets 7.30 pm at Mrs Arthur E Nelsons home, 15 Mann Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Contract and Supply
Rudolph I. Bowker
Cohoes
Morris Berkman
M. Newell & Co
United Traction Co
St. James
Cohoes Honors Local Residents With Dedication of War Roll
Approximately 300 people attended the dedication of an honor roll for Orchard Section residents who have entered the armed forces. The 115 names are listed from the Fourth District. Rev. Thomas Flanagan urged support for families’ war efforts, with Col. Carl De Vore highlighting local service at the arsenal. The event featured a street parade with guards, tanks, police, veterans, and city officials, and the roll stands at Church and North Mohawk Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard
Cohoes
Kot Toll
Thomas& Flanagan
St. Patrick’s iChurch
Gol
Carl M. de Vore
Wax Itervliet Arsenal
Robert Freuri
Frank Langlais
Church
North Mohawk Streets
John J. Doherty
Rudolph Rouller
George F. McElivelh
First Baptist Church
James Cain
Tha Cohoes
William F. Finn
Alvin P. Butlock
E. T. Ruane
Cohoes American Legion
Henry Guay
Drum Corps to Compete at Cohoes on August 29
Drums and bugle groups from Cohoes and nearby areas are invited to a Sunday August 29 competition at St Michael's Field, following a street parade from the Polish National Alliance home on Mohawk Street at 2 30 p.m. Participating corps include Cohoes Bay Rangers Ukrainian Girls' Corps Sons of the American Legion St Mary's Drum Corps Johnstown Bugle and Drum Corps Albany Lancers' Corps and the Victory Drum Corps of Albany. Miss Juanine Adriance whose marriage to Joseph Hutchinson will take place Saturday August 21 was feted at a choir shower at 41 Saratoga Street with a mock marriage, vocal selections, and a pink and white decorated refreshments table. Guests included Rev. Hogan and others. gifts were presented by Frederick Malpass Mrs Michael Hogan and Dorothy Crotty. Dorothy and Mrs Crotty have returned from Proc te, VI after a recent stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget Maguire
Shernard Hesslin
Grant Street
St. Agnes’ Church
Xavier Sheridan
OAC
St. Joseph's Friary
Frank J. Hanna
Joseph Condon
John
James McAtee
Joseph A Franklin
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Waterford
Cohoes
Stt. Michael’s Field
Aliance Girls
Hawk Street
Cohoes Bay
Juamne Adriance
Joseph Hutchinson
First Baptist
Martha Cole
Saratoga Street
George F. McElvein
Alma Lowther
Florence Coonrod
Frederick Malpass
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Oliveri
Straits of Messina
Live Wire
Boy
Buthedaung
Chindwin River
R.A. F
Mandalay
Kumnguan
Troy Post
American Legion
Franklin Square
John E. Marshall
Boy Wonder
Sergi
Clifford R. Wherley
U.S. A
Sam
Africa
Sat Modernella
Third ST
Beatesi 2? Pty
Kh. T. Ruane Post
Oneida Street
New York City
Alvin P. Bullock
Health Department
Faulder
P. G. Honczaryk
Adriance
Michael '. Hogan
Willow Street
Dorothy Crotty
Proc. _tor, VI
Dexter
Mae
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