Kharkov Falls Again in Stalins Victory Display
The Moscow fireworks and 232 gun salute mark Stalin’s claim of Kharkov’s recapture after heavy fighting. Soviet reports say ten divisions and about 150,000 men took the city, while German accounts describe an orderly withdrawal and heavy damage to Kharkov.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Stalin
Soviet Union
Orel
Belgorod
Monitor
High Command
DNR
Kharov
Russia
Pittsburg
Ukraine
Kiev
Berlina
Paing
Blood and Barrigan Arrested After Canal Accident Near Schenectady
Millard Blood and Jane Barrigan faced disorderly conduct charges after failing to cooperate with police investigating a crash when Blood’s car overturned in waterlogged Erie Canal near the Schenectady pumping station on River Road. Blood fined $5, Barrigan released on recognizance.
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Millard Blood
Second Avenue
Troy
Jane Barrigan
Fort Edward
Blood
Erie Canal
Schenectady
River Road
Misa Barrigan
Guy Munger
Miss Barrigan
Justice of the Peace
John E. Smith
Rotterdam
Troy Man 78 Taken to Hospital After Heart Condition
Jacob Alexander, 78, of 1463 Fifth Avenue, was removed to Troy Hospital last night by Patrolmen Kenneth Fake and William Van Steenberg from Central Police Station. Dr. Joseph Padaling treated him for a heart condition at the hospital.
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Jacob Alexander
Fifth Avenue
Troy Hospital
Kenneth Fake
William van Steenberg
Central Police Station
Joseph Padaling
Allies Seize Segula Island From Japa
Allied forces from Canada and the United States seized Segula Island near Kiska in the Aleutians. The landing found no Japanese on Segula, while three Japanese midget submarines were discovered at the Kiska base. Military leaders hailed the move as opening a northern path to Japan and coordinating air and naval leverage toward Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Kiska
Segula
Aleutian
Navy
Tokyo
Pacific
John L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
Japanese Empire
Thomas C. Kinkaid
North Pacific
Japan
Fin
William O. Butler
Eleventh Army Air Force
Eleventh Air Force
Seventh Air Force
New Guinea
Tenth Air Force
India
Fourteenth Air Force
China
DeWitt
Green Island War Stamp Sales Rise In Market Drive
Green Island residents raised 197.45 in War Stamps through Central Market booths and Pica-Tille’s store under the Italian Club Women’s Auxiliary led by Mrs. Michael Cocea. Market sales totaled 70.15 and store sales 127.30. This week the women’s unit will run the Central Market booths with Mrs. Edward L. Keating as chairman, open Thursday 3 to 6 pm, Friday 11 am to 3 pm, and Saturday 11 am to 6 pm. Personal notes report Mrs. Francis Downs leaving to join her husband at Camp Polk and Mrs. C. R. Sherwood traveling to Oakland, Cal. Police warn of violators of stop go traffic blinkers at Albany Avenue and Arch and George Streets, with fines to follow. James Ray, 16, was jailed ten days for trespassing on railroad property. A minor blaze at John J. Ryan’s home caused slight damage. firemen contained it to a clothes press.
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Pica- Tille
Ilata
Francis Downs
Camp Polk
C. R. Sherwood
Hudson Avenue
Oakland
Cal
Green Island
William Freeman
Albany Avenue
Green Island Bridge
Arch
George Streets
Freeman
James Ray
Troy
Albany County
Francis D. Burke
Ray
Delaware and Hudson
John J. Ryan
West Street
Miss Helen Murray Returns Home After Tonsillectomy
Wynantskill resident Miss Helen Murray of Pine Avenue has returned home from Troy Hospital after a tonsillectomy performed Saturday by Dr. Irwin Johnston attended her.
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Helen Murray
Pine Avenue
Troy Hospital
Irwin Johnston
Ahern Takes Over Former City Court Room to House Two Welfare Divisions
The County Department of Public Welfare will occupy the old Troy City Court room in the Court House. The Children’s Division and County Welfare will be located in the space, consolidating offices on one floor. The move ends competition for the old room as the City Court remains elsewhere.
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Ahern
City Court Room
Troy
Municipal Health
Court House
County Department of Public Welfare
Public Welfare
John J. Ahern
County Division
County
Court House Annex
Board of Supervisors
City Court
Rationing Board
County Rationing Board
Troy Rationing Board
Rensselaer County Bar Association
Ahearn
County Welfare Department
Old Age Relief Bureau
Welfare Department
Children's Service
Il Duce Reported At King's Estate
Italia Libre reported from Geneva that former premier Mussolini was confined at Castel Porziano near Ostia, guarded by Carabineers to prevent lynching. Badoglio refused Hitler's demand for his surrender. Mussolini remains in isolation with extreme nervous mood.
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Buenos Aires
Italia Libre
Geneva
Mussolino
Castel Porziano
Ostia
Rome
Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Hitler
Daley Elected First Vice President At NY Gold Star Mothers
Mrs Harriet E Daley of Goodman Avenue Syew ay was elected first vice president of the Department of New York State at the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc state convention in New York. Mrs Daley and Mrs Fannie Murray represented Troy at the convention.
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Harriet E. Daley
Goodman Avenue
Syeaway
Department of
New York State
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc
New York
Daley
Fannie Murray
Troy
Allies Drive Toward Salamaua And Lae In New Guinea
Allied jungle troops pushed from mountain positions to within two miles of the airdrome near Salamaua New Guinea after crossing the Francisco River. Navy units shelled the docks and supply dumps at Finschhafen on the Huon Peninsula at night, crossing into the narrow waters between New Guinea and New Britain.
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Southwest Pacific
Francisco River
Salamaua
New Guinea
Lae
Finschhafen
Huon Peninsula
New Britain
The Lord Giveth in a Second Hand Bible Find
In Ellsworth Pennsylvania Mrs Thomas Evanko paged through a Bible bought for sixty cents in a second hand store and found a small aged envelope containing three ten dollar gold coins and a note reading the Lord giveth.
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Lord
Ellsworth
Thomas Evanko
Increase in Ailments Fills Hospitals
Washington reports hospitals facing strain as patient loads rise and nurse shortages limit care. Public Health Service cites more industrial accidents from war production, crowded housing, and relaxed sanitation, with dysentery doubling in early 1943 and infantile paralysis reaching epidemic levels in several states.
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Washington
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Luther Receives Commission as Major in Army Reserve
Thomas F. Luther of Saratoga Springs, a forester and member of a professional society, has been commissioned a major in the Specialist Reserve, U S Army, Division of Military Government, and expects to be called to duty within weeks. The appointment came on the War Department’s recommendation.
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Thomas F. Luther
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga County Forester
Ben
U. S. Army
Luther
War Department
Mrs Mulqueen To Be Unopposed For Reelection
Mrs. Mary A Mulqueen commissioner of Saratoga Springs will be unopposed in her bid for reelection on November 2 after it was announced that Andrew J Isolda a Saratoga Springs bank teller nominated without designation would decline the race.
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Mary A. Mulqueen
Saratoga Springs
Andrew J. Isolda
Torches and Fire Alarm Trigger River Street Brewery Fire
Firemen responded at 8 53 p m when a Box 525 alarm came from Glen Avenue and River Street. Workmen at the Quandt Brewery used kerosene torches and the flare caused a citizen to think a fire was in the building.
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Glen Avenue
Ruiver Street
Quandt Brewery
River Street
Gasoline Blaze Fatal to Cohoes Man
Leo Adriance, 23, of 3 Sargent Street Cohoes, died in Cohoes Hospital from burns suffered while helping start a stalled truck on Ontario Street. He was smoking when his clothing caught fire and was subdued by George Thibault before being taken to the hospital where he died at 2 10 a m. Coroner Phil Morrissey ruled accidental death.
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Leo Adriance
Sargent Street
Cohoes
Cohoes Hospital
Ontario Street
Sargent
Adriance
Frank Trahan
George H. Thibault
Fulton Street
Philp Morrissey
Michael J. Hogan
A. M. Breault
Morrissey
Washington County Traffic Decline Revealed
Washington County highways show a 66 percent drop in motor traffic in a recent survey. Only the Hartford Granville highway increased. Counts were made at four stations with one more to be taken this week at Comstock Bridge, covering nine highways. Last year there were 11 stations due to manpower shortages.
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Washington County
Hartford-Granville
Comstock Bridge
Gas Famine Strands Catskills Holiday Motorists
Thousands of vacation motorists are stranded at Catskill Mountain resorts due to a gasoline shortage that has curtailed travel around New York. State police report hundreds of calls about where gas can be bought. many service stations display no gas signs or are closed. The shortage extends to the Pocono Mountains, northern New Jersey, and Long Island.
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New York
Catskill Mountain
Liberty
Monticello
CPA
Pocono Mountains
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Long Island
Stay Home on Labor Day Says Eastman Advice
Joseph Eastman, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, urged staying home over Labor Day to avoid travel discomfort. He warned that unnecessary trips could cause travel congestion comparable to a Fourth of July peak, with crowded trains and buses nationwide.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
China’s Capital Bombed by Japanese Night Raid
Japanese bombers approached Chungking for the first time in two years but failed to breach the defenses. American air forces claimed 51 Nipponese planes destroyed or damaged in raids on Hankow while Chinee defenses and a robust warning system kept the city largely unscathed.
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Chungking
Free China
Hankow
Wanhesien
Yangtze River
China
Chicago
Rica
Chialing River
Yangtze
City Council Denies Detroit Riots Damage Claims
More than 500000 dollars in damage claims from East Side merchants for the June 21 race riots were denied by the City Council yesterday.
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Detroit
East Side
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Germany
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Segula Island
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Il Duce
King’s Estate
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Anna Perry Elden
Third Avenue
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Leslie E. Elden
Army
Africa
Donald P. Elden
Sampson
Leo S. Elden
Iceland
Leslie
Donald
Lansingburg High
Leo
Troy High
Catskills
Bausch & Lomb
S. Brandon Timpane
D.D
Optometrist
Remsen
Poe
V.S.A
Schenley Distillers Corp
Menrepa
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