Brown Stamps Shift in War Ration Book Three Start Sept 12
The Office of Price Administration announced that brown stamps in War Ration Book Three will be used starting September 12 for meats fats oils butter and cheese, replacing red stamps in Book Two as red stamps are used up. Brown stamps will expire with monthly end dates and blue stamps for canned foods will begin September 1, valid through October 20. Frozen fruit point values rise to 12 per pound to curb industrial use and boost jam and preserve production.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPA Announces New Ceiling on Canned Clam Prices
The Office of Price Administration set new maximums replacing 1942 levels for canned clams. The changes will raise consumer prices by one or two cents per can, averaging about 17 to 20 cents per dozen cans. The move aims to update price ceilings and reflect current market conditions.
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Washington LP
Office of Price Administration
Hens Succumb to Gas Raid and Thieves Steal Flock
In a bizarre raid farmer Howard Behretts reports 66 hens were sprayed with a sleeping chemical, 45 vanished, 21 died. Other items include a nephew’s letter traced to his St Louis aunt, frozen cherries chaos in Tulsa, and a dog earning a War Bond through a “War Bond Bank” for pests.
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O'Fallon
Howard Behretts
Poestenkill Church Notes Anniversary Service Highlight
A 116 member Poestenkill Lutheran Church congregation gathered for the third special service of the 110th anniversary series. DeWitt Christie read a felicitation letter from former pastor Rev. Walter Cowen of Red Bank Ind. Fraternal greetings came from Rev. Robert H. VanDeusen of Tampa Fla who assisted his father Rev. Robert J. VanDeusen in the service. New members confirmed were Marjorie Wilder Susan Kelly Earl Arnold Lester Arnold and Harold Helfer. Transfers received included Mrs Edward Miller Mrs Henry Fitting Mrs Walter Pakan and Barl Davis. The altar flowers were donated by the Bennett family in memory of the late Joseph Bennett.
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Poestenkill Lutheran Church
DeWitt Christie
Walter Cowen
Red Bank
Robert H. VanDeusen
Tampa
Fla
Robert J. VanDeusen
Marjorie B. Wilder
Susan Kelly
Earl Arnold
Lester Arnold
Harold Helfer
Edward Miller
Henry Fitting
Walter Pakan
Miniature X ray Unit Aids TB Checks on Gold Reef Natives
Johannesburg reports Capt. K G F Collender of the Witwatersrand Native Labor Association hospital describes a new miniature X ray apparatus. Capable of 300 rays per hour it examines natives for tuberculosis on the Gold Reef using the same technique as full sized X ray gear. Exposure costs about three cents.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Gold Reef
K. G F. Collender
Witwatersrand Native Labor Association Hospital
Soldiers Play Poker In Plane
Aboard a Transports plane over West Africa soldiers, mostly U S fighter pilots, play a noisy poker game near the tail as they head for combat. Lieut Fred Devenney and Lieut Edwin R English share stories of overseas service and anniversaries while meals arrive from a rack. The hot desert air and sand clouds blur the horizon as the crew prepares for war.
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Graham Hovey
International News Service
West Africa
Desert
Lieut
Fred Devenney
Omaha
Neb
Sahara
Arizona
Fred
U. S
Edwin R. English
Leesburg
Fla
Air Corps
St. John Smith
Boston
Mass
Corps of Engineers
Engineers
Air Service
Oswego Boy Rich ard Lass Drowned
The body of Richard Lass, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Otto Lass, was recovered from the Oswego River Sunday by his brother after he had been missing since Friday.
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Oswego
Richard Lass
Otto Lass
Oswego River
Waterford and Grace Church Activities and Local Notices
Waterford Court St Monica and Grace Episcopal Church schedule meetings and services today. Catholic Daughters of America meets at 8 pm with Mrs Helen Crother presiding. Grace Church holds Holy Communion at 10 am with Rev James Kerr. prayers for armed forces offered. Legion drum corps contest planned for Sunday. St Mary's Corps earned third at a Johns town event. Local military furloughs and Red Cross dressings unit meet.
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Grace Episcopal Church
James J. Kerr
The
Red Cross
John House Memorial
First Presbyterian Church
Four Injured In Head-on Crash Near Saratoga Springs
Four people were injured in a head on collision on the Saratoga Springs to Saratoga Lake highway near the Casey Filling Station. Evan Roy 22 of Saratoga Springs was hospitalized with cuts and bruises along with Louise Symanski of Schenectady Marg aret LaFever and Eleanor LaFever of Schenectady. Roy was riding with his wife in a car driven by Horton Porter of Albany. Roy was the only person hospitalized.
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Lake
Casey
Evan Roy
Worth Broadway
Louise Symanski
Prospect Street
Schenectady
Margaret LaFever
Eleanor LaFever
John Stevens
Roy
Horton Porter
State Street
Albany
Miss Symanski
Axis Faces Total Disaster, Says Hines Reports
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines returned home to claim the Axis faces a string of defeats culminating in total disaster. Speaking to the 435th annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans he cautioned against over-optimism while noting increases in benefits for Spanish War veterans averaging about 66 dollars per year for around 1,000 cases.
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Boston
Frank T. Hines
Axis
Hines
Butter Prices Held Steady by Cohoes War Board
The Cohoes War Price and Rationing Board announced butter prices remain in effect with $51 per pound in Group 1 and 2 stores and $49 in Group 3 and 4, plus 13 cents per quarter pound. It urged rationing to ensure fair distribution, noting milk supply drops seasonally and more butter must aid the armed forces and Allies.
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Cohoes
Charles H. Coonrod, Jr
Pamic
Coonrod
Students Plane Bouts Jap in Battle
In New Guinea Endicott teachers report the Airacobra bought with war bonds led a dog fight against the Japanese. The aircraft destroyed 11 medium bombers and three fighters in under a minute. Captain Grant Dubishire praised the ship’s debut as the Endicott Special bore the name UNSCRATCHED and earned a proud pilot.
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New Guinea
Endicott
W. Y
Union Hagle School
Grant Dubishire
Willamsburg
Endicott Special
Dubishire
Louisiana declines alligator introduction offer
The Louisiana Department of Conservation said it will not take responsibility for the social life of alligators. In response to an offer from the Chicago Zoological Park to send four to five hundred semuan alligators free of charge, the state declined to introduce alligators in suitable locations.
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New Orleans
State Department of Conservation
Louisiana
Chicago Zoological Park
Soldier Vote Bill Faces Opposition in Congress
Washington AP report notes growing congressional opposition to a bill allowing soldiers and sailors to vote by mail in the 1944 elections regardless of local registration. Senator Green, co sponsor, says colleagues privately echo Abolition era poll tax arguments as a condition for federal voting rights.
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Washington
Cohoes Man Figures In War Tale
Sergeant Earl L. Wills of Cohoes recounts a wartime incident in Sicily where a German and American unit, facing a tense standoff after a long march, agreed to a battlefield bargain. Two German tanks and thirty actors of war formed the backdrop as paratroopers treated wounded soldiers and both sides avoided hostilities long enough to allow safe passage to their lines. The tale, confirmed by Captain John Lauren, stands as a remarkable wartime anecdote of pragmatism amid conflict.
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Sicily
Earl L. Wills
Lancaster Street
Cohoes
War Department
Wills
Leutenant
Sicly
Fred Thomas
Thomas
John Lauren
Glendale
Cal
Anaesthetic Kills Hospital Orderly
Water Schlesinger, 32, an orderly at Mt. Sinai Hospital and a three day groom, died after inhaling cyclopropane in the hospital anaesthetic room. He turned on a valve and the tank released ether containing anaesthetic gas before another orderly found him.
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New York
INS
Schlesinger
Mt. Siani Hospital
Saratoga Springs Man Fined For Disorderly Conduct
Donald Closson, 26, of Saratoga Springs, was fined 25 dollars in Saratoga Springs City Court for disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. He allegedly entered a car owned by George Green, Sunday night, and refused to be dislodged. Patrolman Patrick Mitchell reported he used abusive language and resisted arrest.
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Donald Closson
Saratoga Springs
Closson
George Green
Patrick Mitchell
Cohoes Drum Corps Clinches First at Johnstown Meet
Cohoes Ukrainian Girls Drum Corps of Sts Peter and Paul Church earned first place with 96.6 per cent at a Sunday Johnstown contest sponsored by St Anthony’s. Delmar’s Nathanial Adams Blanchard Squadron Sons of the Legion placed second, Waterford third with 94.4, and Albany’s All American Corps fourth at 92.2. Johnstown hosted, not competing, but staged drilling exhibitions as baton twirlers Joan Kopeza Dorothy Burgess and John Early performed. The next meet is set for Waterford under St Mary’s auspices. Other notes include engagements of local residents and Elaine Adriance’s pre nuptial events, and Henry H E Gabriels named naval aviation cadet in Pensacola. Feast of the Assumption observed at St Agnes with triduum events Friday and Saturday nights.
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St. Mary's
Charles J. Brady
American Legion
St. Mary’s Corps
St. Anthony’s Cyoq Corps
Johnstown
John Early
Matthew McGuire
Guido Pallozzi
South Street
Leo G. Hubert
Fort Knox
Inudgu Hubert
Eighth Street
Robert Vermilyea
Sampson
Arthur Vermuilyen
Waterford-Mechanicvilla Road
Sts. Peter and Paul i
Cohoes
St. Anthony’s C
Nathanial Adams
Sons of the Legion of Delmar
St. Mary’s
Waterford
Albany
Joan Kopeza
Dorothy Burgess
Waterford Corps
Elaine Adriance
Charles Adriance
Joseph E. Hutchinnson
Edwin E. Hutchinson
LeRoy
Wiliam Komfort, Jr
Congress Street
Adriance
Associated Hospital Service
Elsie VanDeloo
Henry HE. Gabriels
Mirs
Bertha B. Gabriels
Main Avenue
Naval Air Training, Center
Pensacola
Fla
St. Agnes’ Church
Japs Fail to Supply Full Lists of Prisoners of War
London officials said Japan has not supplied complete lists of prisoners of war and civilians held from Malaya Singapore Hong Kong and elsewhere. Representatives from foreign colonial and war offices and the post office briefed reporters to explain ongoing efforts to learn the fate of captives. The Japanese have not released lists for all camps and did not open a postal service until January 1, 1943 despite promises to do so a year earlier.
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London
Malaya
Singapore
Hong Kong
Post Office
Third Ticket In Cohoes Still Mystery
The Cohoes municipal campaign nears with a possible independent ticket led by former Assemblyman James J. Carroll facing Mayor Rudolph I. Roulier and GOP rival Frank Marsolais. Uncertainty surrounds candidates, with a secrecy veil lifting around Aug 31 as petitions due.
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Cohoes
James J. Carroll
Rudolph I. Roulier
Frank Marsolais
G.O. P
Carroll Fas
Amacy County
Outing Planned by Cohoes Moose Club
Cohoes Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose plans its annual outing and clam bake at Phoenix's Grove on the Albany Saratoga Road Sunday. The event opens at 1 pm with sports and entertainment scheduled for the afternoon, Patrick Lanthier serving as general chairman of the arrangements committee.
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Cohoes Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Phoenix's Grove
Albany-Saratoga Road
Patrick Lanthier
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