Allied Bombing Blitz Smashed Berlin and Bordeaux Targets
Allied bombers and escorts struck Berlin and Bordeaux in a massive raid with heavy bomber forces. Four American bombers were lost while Fortresses with Thunderbolts and fighters claimed 15 German planes down, including seven by fortresses alone. Targets included Villa Coublay near Paris and air fields at Conches and Evreux Bauville.
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Paris
Fred L. Anderson
United States Army Airforce
Anderson
Reich
United States
Berlin
London
Hamburg
Gobbels
Hst
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Mannheim
Germany
Lowell Bennett
Midlands
Empire
Camial
Frank Bodingham
Essex
England
Apple
Italy
Riderless Horse Captured After East Side Dash
A black and white riderless horse sprinted along Pawling Avenue at 1 45 am headed toward Wynants Kil. Troy youths chased it from a car near Terminal Tavern and corralled it at an East Side grill before delivering it to the Troy bus barns with no rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawling Avenue
Wynantskil
Troy
Albia
Nazis Occupy Copenhagen and Denmark in early 1940 turmoil
Reported German occupation inflamed Danish cities with state of emergency in Odense and Copenhagen protests. Danes seized German sympathizers’ shops, protected Russian peace moves stalled as Finns balked at direct Soviet talks amid ongoing Allied bombing and Berlin air raids.
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Ple
Copenhagen
Norway
Odense
America
Russia
Finland
County Sets Up Shelter Centers in Albany Area
Watervliet and Cohoes supervisors of the Albany County emergency services are lauded for organizing a war emergency shelter plan. Zones list Watervliet Zone 5 Elks Club Mary Boyland Zone 6 Reformed Church Chapel Daniel Gotkis Cohoes Zone 7 Marconi Social Club Thomas Cronin Zone 8 Elks Club Mohawk Oneida Streets Dorothy Cummings Zone 9 St Agnes Lyceum Daniel Keefe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet and
Coheen
Albany County
C. Randolph Wilson
Erastus Corning
Albany
Red Cross
Waterviset
Elks’ Club
Fifth Avenue
Mary Boyland
Reformed Church Chapel
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Daniel Gotkis
Cohoes
Marconi Social Club
Hudson Avenue
Thomas Cronin
Mohawk
Oneida Streets
Dorothy Cummings
St. Agnes’ Lyceum
Daniel Keefe
Quebec Conference Voices Plans for Forward Allied Action
Churchill and Roosevelt said decisions were made to fortify forward action by Britain and the United States in Europe and Asia. They signaled another meeting before year end, possibly with Stalin, to discuss joint operations and the Pacific war. T. V. Soong represented Chiang Kai-shek as China received assurance of support against Japan. Churchill expressed hope that weeks ahead would vindicate the Quebec effort.
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Germany
Italy
Churchill
Roosevelt
Quebec
Britain
America
Russia
Stalin
Ghorchill
Japan
Feft
French Committee For National Liberation
Washington
United States
Pacific
St. Lawrence
China
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-shek
Mackenzie King
Canada
Winston Churchill
England
Citadel
Anthony Eden
Brendan Bracken
Harry Hopkins
Himmler Promoted to Interior Chief Power Shift in Nazi leadership
Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler gains broad control as interior minister, uniting police SS and internal life under one leader. The move follows Wilhelm Frick’s reassignment, with von Neurath stepping back and Karl Frank prominent in Bohemia and Moravia. The reshuffle heightens Himmler’s prestige and paces a power race with Goering.
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Germany
Himmler
Gestapo
Hitler
Wilhelm Frick
Interior
Frick
Bohemia and Moravia
Baron Konstantin von Weurath
Robert Ley
Labor Front
von Neurath
London
Himmiler
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Goering
Reich
Benito Mussolini
Carlo Scorza
Reinhard Meydrich
Karl Frank
Czechoslovakia
Spying Charges Against Four In German Espionage Ring
Four individuals face alien enemy hearings in Detroit on charges of spying for Germany. Theresa Bebiens, Grace Buchanan-Dineen, and Dr. Thomas allegedly obtained plant locations, production capacity, and war material details from firms such as Pullman Chicago Western Electric Ford among others. The arrests mark the first under wartime espionage statutes threatening up to death.
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U. S
J. Stanley Hard
Detroit
Theresa Bebiens
Pullman Co
Chicago
Dr. Thomas
Western Electric Co
Ohio
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Ford Motor Co
Hoover
Canada
FBI
Miss Smith
Germany
Jand
Army
Navy
Miss Buchanan- Dineen
Budapest
United States
Buchanan- Dineen
Atlantic City
N. J
Austin
Bay City
Tex
Baltimore
Boston
Beloit
Wis
Cleveland
Ojai
Berkeley
Dayton
Poughkeepsie
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Richmond
Ind
Springfield, Mo
San Franciszlco
Schenectady
N. Y
Toledo, O
Washington, D. C
Cohoes Officer Promoted and Local Rotary News
Eugene E. Brown of the Army Air Corps has been promoted to first lieutenant and is stationed at Hunter Field Georgia. The article also covers Cohoes Rotary Club committee appointments and a luncheon program led by Aloysius J. McGinty with Dr. F. Derrick Conners in charge. Obituary notes Chrysologue Bechard and hospital updates on Mrs. Margaret Marcil and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene E. Brown
Army Air Corps
Paul F. Brown
Lancaster Street
Hunter Field
Cohoes High School
Tivoli Enitung Mills
Mechanicville
Rotary
Cohoes
George Humphreys
Dr. Conners
J. Harry Soden
Thomas E. Maycock
Charles H. Clark
Daniel J. Cosgro
Samuel Smith
James S. Calkins
Peter Mooney
Andrew Scotland
William Underdorfel
Victor J. Blekkink
D.D
C. T. Wright
A. J. Vine
Army Medical Corps
Phelps Library Goes to Yale
New Haven Connecticut Yale University will receive all books and manuscripts from Professor William Lyon Phelps’s residence as directed in his will filed for probate. The first floor study, a famed room lined with books, reflects his forty years of teaching at Yale.
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New Haven
Conn
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Phelps
Cohoes Club Outlines Season Schedule and Plans
The Cohoes Business and Professional Women's Club held its season opening at president Beatrice M. Sibley's home. Standing committee chairs were named including education, finance, hearth, membership, program coordination, safety, and publicity. The district director invited clubs to the Saratoga Springs meeting on Oct. 16. Next Cohoes unit meeting set for Sept. 27. Price rise cited as restaurants and eateries face possible inflation under Price Control Act and President's hold-the-line order. Author notes enforcement mechanisms and potential rollbacks for noncompliant prices. Visiting Army Medical Corps Captain A. J. Vine and family visiting local residents. Firefighters contained a small damp dump fire on North Erie Street with no damage.
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Cohoes
Jeanne Belanger
Viola Holman
Schenectady
Saratoga Springs
Maney
Charles H. Coonrad, Jr
Cohoes War
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Sylvan L. Joseph
Fireman Dies Suddenly At Cohoes
Leonard M. Evers, a Cohoes Fire Department member for 19 years, died suddenly at his home on Youngrove Avenue. Appointed June 18, 1924, he served as a driver of a hook and ladder truck at headquarters. Born in Cohoes, he was a lifelong resident and member of St. Agnes Church. Survived by his wife Fiorita Champagne, three brothers Joseph, John in the Army, Francia of Troy, and an aunt Miss Nellie Golden of Troy.
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Leonard M. Evers
Cohoes
Youngrove Avenue
Mr. Evers
That City
St. Agnes’ Church
Fiorita Champagne
Joseph
John Evers
Francia Evers
Troy
Nellie Golden
Rites Planned For Cohoes Man Victim Of Fire
Funeral services are set for Leo Adriance of 3 Sargent Street Cohoes who died after gasoline ignited while pouring into a stalled truck on Ontario Street Survivors include wife Marie Charbonneau mother Lillian Adriance two brothers Frans Adriance Pittsfield Mass and Seaman First Class John Adriance stationed in Brooklyn four sisters Agnes Adriance Schenectady Bernice Adriance Cohoes Anna Adriance Pittsfield and Corp Evelyn Adriance WAC stationed in New Jersey Interment in St Agnes Cemetery Open grievance days. Yesterday opened the annual Board of Assessors hearing on property valuation for the 1944 assessment roll continue today tomorrow and Friday corrected rolls available next month in City Hall before sending to Albany County Board of Supervisors for tax rate aid Brothers on furlough Lieut Joseph Dahoda Army and Pvt William Dashoda Hamilton College spending Friday furloughs with parents in City
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Leo Adriance
Sargent Street
Cohoes
Ontario Street
Michael J. Hogan
Willow Street
St. Bernard’s Church
St Agnes’ Cemetery
Marie Charbonneau
Lillian Adriance
This City
Franns A Adriance
Pittsfield
Mass
John Adriance
Navy
Brooklyn
Aghes Adriance
Schenectady
Bernice Adriance
Anna Adriance
Corp
Evelyn Adriance
Women's Army Corps
New Jersey
Board of Assessors
Hue
Albany County Board of Supervisors
Joseph Dahoda
Army
Chemical Warfare Office
San Antonio
Tex
William Dashoda
Hamilton Colege
Mra
I Samuel Dohoda
First Street
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East Side
Coukiss
Edward McLean
St. John
New Brunswick
St. Omer
Calais
France
R.A.F
Aftonbladet
Bayerischerplatz
Potsdam
Templehof
Allehanda
I Gn
Miss Buchanan-Dine
Alien Enemy Hearing Board
Chrysologue
Bechard
Grant Street
St Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Margaret Marcil
Amedie Marcil
Cahoes
Bergsons
Watervliet-Cahoes
Cohoes Hospital
Lillian Gates
Columbia Street
Janet Bogler
Mohawk Street
Paul Spink
Third Avenue
Waterviei
John O'Grady
Simmons Avenue
Asbury Park
Mary Lucas
Frank Lucas
Congress Street
Yale
Erie Street
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Haddock
Mohican
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