Messina Falls stage set for next blow in Sicily drive
Allied forces press through Sicily as Messina siege ends. American Third Division completes 14 mile dash from Milazzo to Messina in 24 hours amid sustained air and naval bombardments. Heavy air raids on Foggia Tortorella San Nicola and shipping attacks. 43 enemy fighters shot down.
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Messina Falls
Sicily
R.A F
Marandera
Wellingtons
Dough‘boys
Lucian K. Truscott
Italy
Oll
Messina
U. S. Navy
Milazzo
Gulf of Policastro
Naples
Cape Rizzuto
Scalea
Cape Bonifati
Vibo Valentia Marina
Cane
Rizzuto
Foggia
Liberatora
Middle East
Tortorella
San Nicola
Viterbo
Rome
Tiber
Imperia
Gulf of Genoa
Spadafora San Martino
Eisenhower
Allied
Monforte San Giorgio
Gessa
Sicilian
Rickenbacker Sees War Progress To 1944 Victory
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, returning from Russia, predicts total victory by 1944 at best if the nation maintains will to fight. He cites a prolonged Pacific war, notes the strong Allied spirit, praises Red Cross and WACs, and recalls the three month round trip covering 55,000 miles across multiple fronts.
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New York
Germany
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Pacific
Rickenbacker
Russia
America
Red Cross
WACS
South America
Africa
India
China
England
Iceland
Greenland
Railroad Man Gravely Hurt By Engine
James F. Wend, 42, of Selkirk, a New York Central Railroad maintainer, was struck by a switch engine around 12 15 a m along the railroad right of way 300 feet south of the Menands Bridge. He lost his right forearm and suffered a serious head injury and is in critical condition at Troy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Wend
Selkirk
New York Central Railroad
Troy
Menands Bridge
Wend
Troy ‘Union Station
Albany
Broadway
Picnic at West Sand Lake Grange Held Saturday
The annual Grange picnic at West Sand Lake featured games and a supper under a committee led by Mrs. Charlie Smith and others. Wilbur Bower presided as master and the group voted to exhibit at Schagticoke and Nassau fairs. Local reports included a San Francisco trip recap, Hawaiian Island photos, piano and accordion performances, and plans for the next meeting on September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Charlies Smith
Edgar Worthington
Wilbur Bower
Clifford Moul
Hazel Cipperly
Harry Vincent
Clarence Wicks
Schaghticoke
Nassau
Emily Waterbury
Irving Sewell
San Francisco
Russell Jones
Hawaiian Islands
Kimball Sprague
Former Albany Pastor Dies at 75 in Geneva Hospital
Rev. J. Frederick Fitchen, 75, a former minister of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Albany where he served 19 years, died Sunday in Geneva Hospital from injuries after a Friday fall. Williams College graduate, he retired in 1939 after forty years in the ministry. In 1928 he led the 100th anniversary of the Fourth Church and supervised its merger with the Sixth Presbyterian Church of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frederick Fitchen
Fourth Presbyterian Church of
Albany
Geneva Hospital
Geneva
Wiliams College
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Sixth Presbyterian Church
Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Rensselaer County Homes Farms
A North Hoosick farmhouse roof was torn by a falling tree and an Eagle Mills barn burned after a lightning strike during three minutes of gale winds. Electric lines, phone circuits, and street lights failed across Hoosick Falls Mechanicville Schaghticoke and Stillwater with crews restoring service over the next days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Loman
North Hoosick
James T. Welch
Eagle Mills
Welch
Troy Road
Troy Hospital
Hoosick Falls
Worth Hoosick
West Hoosick
Ferry Street
Fifth Avenue
Department of Public Works
Mechanicville
Troy
Stillwater
U. & Weather Bureau
Cohoes Bugle Corps Plans Parade and Contest
Cohoes Bugle Corps and six area units prepare for a Sunday August 29 parade and contest at Lansing Park. A street procession assembles at P W A Hall and travels through Mohawk Cayuga Remsen to the park with an honorary grand marshal and judges guiding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. N. Aa. Girls Peyete
Drum Corps
Cohoes
Lansing Park
Boy Rangers’ Corps
St Mary’s Sponsored Corps
Waterford
Johnstown Hughane J
Albany Lancers
Victory
P. W. A. Hall
Mohawk Street
Cayuga Street
Remsen Street
Columbia Street
Park
Rudolph I. Roulier
Frank M. Hay
Ambrose A. Scully
New York Guard
PN. A
Pp. N. A
Don
Albany Rainfall Report Sees Heavy Northern Hudson Mo hawk
Albany reported total precipitation at 72 inches and downplayed the volume as not exceptional. The article notes heavier rainfall to the north along the Hudson and for some distance up the Mohawk river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Hudson
Mohawk
Service Planned at St Agnes Cohoes for Novitiate Rites
Impressive services will be held at St Agnes Church Cohoes on Sunday August 19 at 930 am receiving habits of eight novitiates of St Josephs Friary and the simple vows. Rev Daniel Lutz provincial will officiate assisted by Rev Pius Schaefer and Rev Daniel Lyons delivering the sermon. An Aug 28 investiture will follow with seven novices making vows and the provincial officiating. Obituary notices report Thomas J Chamberland of 81 Congress Street died suddenly and Peter Pollard of 4 Broadway died in Albany Hospital. Funeral arrangements list services at A G Borvins Sons and St Josephs Church with burial in St Josephs Cemetery Waterford.
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St. Agnes
Cohoes
St. Joseph’s
Eigh
Daniel Lutz
OMC
Order
Syracuse
Pius Schaefer
OOLC
Daniel Lyons
O.M.C
Mission Bank
Seaside Park
N. J
Thomas J. Chamberland
Congress Street
Lake Village
N. H
St. Joseph's Church
Helen Wood
Edward Marcil
Wilton
Arthur Galarneau
James Carmody
Thomas L. Chamberland
Ralph A. Chamberland
Loudonville
Mary Galarneau
Joseph Gendron
Samuel Galarneau
Hartford
A. G. Boivin
St. Joseph's Cliu
Celina Pollard
Dughters
Sylvia Seguin
Irene Tanner
Nora LaGray
Tupper Lake
A. G. Borvin
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Miss Ella Young Weds Wilfred Grignon at St Marie’s Church
Miss Ella Young, niece of Mr and Mrs Edward Buck of Saranac Lake, married Wilfred H Grignon of Cohoes in a double ring ceremony at St Marie's Church officiated by Rev Adrien Bechard. The couple will reside at 8 Mangan Street Cannes after a reception for about 100 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Young
Edward Buck
Saranac Lake
Wilfred H. Grignon
Rose Grignon
Lighthall Avenue
Cohoes
St. Marie’s Church
Adrien J. Bechard
Annette Grignon
Edward Mousseau
Claire Grignon
Eien R. LaPointe
Grignon
New York
New England
Mangan Street
Cannes
Saranac High School
Business College
American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
Cohoes High School
Troy Business College
Cohoes Draft Board Names 18 More in 1-A Classification
The Cohoes Selective Service Board No. 345 lists 18 men placed in Class 1-A including Romagnoli Hebert Bennett Minbioh Richards Sremba Patenaude Carey Tessier McAleavy Freije Grace Armstrong Trembley Bolton LeClair Bailie and Leonard John Zygmunt moves to 2-B Walter Pinke to 2A and Frank Girard now listed as 1-A already in service August contingent to attend final physicals at area induction center later this week with three week furloughs for Army entrants and one week later departure for other branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes Selective Service Board No
Lsted
Joseph J. Romagnoli
Paul Heebert
Robert Bennett
Louis Minbioh
Edward Richards
John Sremba
Ernest Patenaude
Raymond Carey
Randolph Tessier
John McAleavy
Charles Freije
John Grace
Albert Armstrong
Herbert Trembley
Thomas Bolton
Paul LeClair
Lewis Bailie
William Leonard
John Zygmunt
Walter Pinke
Frank Girard
Area Induction Center
Home Nursing Classes Planned in Cohoes City Hall
City health officials announce home nursing classes to start in the Cohoes City Hall clinic rooms in September. A 12 person class will meet weekly for two hours, open to residents 16 and older, with registrations taken daily in the Health Department offices. Separate note: Rotary Club luncheon speaker Sergt Anne Gustafson will address Cohoes Rotary at Van Schaick Island Country Club, under Dr F Herrick Conners and James M O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes City Hall
Rudolph L Roulier
M. J. Keough
Health Department
City Hall
Mary Lynch
Sally B. Cummings
Anne Gustafson
Marina Corps Women’s Reserve
Cohoes
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Greyhound
Jin
State &T
Greyhound Bus Depot
Troy Bus Terminal
Troy 119
E. O. Wager
Mar
Rick
West Sand Lake
Mr. Welch
Cohoes Bugle Corps
Spartana Rebekah Lodge
Edward Bossz
Ernest J. Bernier
U. S. Army Air Force
Loretta Baird Bernier
Joseph Bernier
Wilmer Avenue
Alliance Air Base
Neb
U. S. Marine Corps
Cohoes Lodge of Elks
Ukrainian Park
William Massey
Las
Reginald Brooks
Albert E. Daley
George F. Butler
John T. Nolan
Edward Jennings
Edward MM. Smith
Edward Hanley
Charles
Mothers’ Club
Squadron 476
Sons of the American Legion
Legion Quarters
Mabel LeMay
Cohoes Church
Miss Ella Young
Eric F. Bogdanowicz
River Street
John Omillnowicz
Erie Street
Naval Air Station
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Third Naval District
Troy’s Friendly Food Store
Haddock
Mghican
Rancheon Meat Pound Ideal Suite Ree Food
California
Doz
U. S
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