Tavern room closed by city order over exit violation
The Troy Bureau of Buildings shut a basement tavern room to the public after inspectors found a direct exit to the street lacking. Superintendent John F E Knaupp cited code violations and noted a May warning letter to the management. A Saturday notice barred entry from the room. Also reported is a Denver hailstorm causing about 1000 dollars in damage to crops and structures.
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Troy Bureau of Buildings
Breaaway
John FE. Knaupp
Bureau
Hnaupp
Silver Star Awards For Saipan Heroes Compiled
Two 105th Infantry members Corporal Robert J. Silver and Beni Serge Howard D. Ladhew of Troy received the Silver Star for gallantry on Saipan. Corporal Sitcer earned the Silver Star for organizing and shielding wounded while repelling Japanese counterattacks. Sergeant Lagien also received the Silver Star for advancing under fire to move a machine gun and deter enemy fire aiding American troops.
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205Th Infantry
Robert J. Silver
Beni Serge
Howard D. Ladhew
Troy
Saipan
George W. Griner
Corporal Sitcer
Sitcer
Choral Siteer
Union
Lagien
Hine
Ladisu
Father Sacrifices Life to Save Son in River Boat Accident
Old Forge scene as a father 42-year-old Romier Sloose sacrifices his life to keep his 1-year-old son Richard afloat after a riverboat overturning. Don ald Stern, 17, and his brother Thomas, 15, reach the scene with a rowboat and pull Richard aboard while state police begin grappling for the father.
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Old Forge
Merne Moose
Romier
Richard
Sloose
Donald Stern
Utica
Thomas
West Sand Lake Officer Killed in New Guinea War Service
Lieutenant William Perry Williams 23, of West Sand Lake died in New Guinea on August 6 from wounds in action. A former member of Company A, 105th Infantry, he graduated from Averill Park High School and later earned a commission at Fort Benning. He served in Hawaii and Fort McClellan, and after abroad duty in New Guinea spent three months in an Australian hospital. He left Troy with his regiment in October 1941 and was survived by his parents, two brothers, and a sister.
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William Perry Williams
Emerson A. Williams
West Sand Lake
New Guinea
War Department
105Th Infantry
France
Williams
Troy
Averill
Park Central High School
Fort McClellan
Ala
William J. O'Brien
Seipan
Hawaii
Fort Benning
Watervile
Sand Lake
St. Henry's Church
Thomas A. Williams
Watervile: Arsenal
Emma Mar William
Five Cohoes Youths’ Cases Deferred in Troy Court
Five Cohoes youths charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a disturbance at Proctor's Theater on Fourth Street Sunday night had their cases adjourned to September in Troy Police Court. Arrested by Sergeant Albert J. Watson, they included Albert Toma 18 Louis Torti 19 Andrew Rousséle 33 John Page 17 and Paul Lefenear Lancaster Street.
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Troy
Cohoes
Proctor’s
Fourth Street
Sergt
Albert 3. Watson
Central Police Station
Albert Toma
Central Avenue
Louis Torti
Andrew Rousséle
John Page
Cayuga Street
Paul Lefenear
Lancaster Street
Mme Chiang to Seek Medical Treatment in United States
Mrs Chiang Kaishek wife of the Chinese leader is seriously ill and will travel to the United States within weeks for urgent medical care. Her brother in law Dr B H Aung, China’s Finance Minister, disclosed the plan while she stays in Rio de Janeiro with her sister. She will consult the same doctor who treated her two years ago in New York.
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Washington
É Chiang Kaishek
United States
B. H. Aung
Chiang
Rio de Janeiro
Kung
New York
Hung
China
Troy Area Casualties Listed in War Department Roll
The War Department released a casualty roll naming 2 728 killed in action from fronts including Troy Area. It lists Pfc James A Agars and Pvt Ottavio J Cechi from Troy and nearby towns, plus others from Cohoes Gloversville Schenectady and Albany regions. Navy also reports 372 wounded including Marines Alfred Bradt and Kerry DeAngelis.
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War Department
Troy
James A .Agars
Bris
Anne Agars
Ottavio J. Cechi
John T. Firth
Gloversville
Kenneth
Grogan
Valley , Falls
Anthony V. Lattanzio
Schenectady
Edward G. Morris
West Albany
Pet
Deslre
East Nassau
George G.wilson
Albany
Navy Department
Alfred Bradt
Kerry DeAngelis
Lockport Pastor Dies of Heart Attack
Pi Rev. William Compton, 38, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Rochester, died yesterday in Lockport City Hospital. He collapsed with a heart attack Friday at his summer home near Otsego.
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Lockport
William ©. Compton
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Rochester
Lockir City Hospital
Otcoit
Hoosick Falls Man Resisted Arrest Injuring Resident
Willem H Makar 87 of Hoosick Falls was hospitalized with a fractured arm after allegedly resisting arrest by Patrolman William J Hennessey. Authorities say Makar fought as officers attempted to restrain him after a disorderly conduct charge outside the Wiege lockup.
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Willem H. Makar
Walton’ Street
Hoosick Falls
Froy Hospital
Hoosick Fa
William J. Hennessey
John 2 Murphy
Mzbar
Wes Kaatked Dows
Maeeti G
Board of Trustees
Aba
Vienna
Clark Declares Germans Wobbling as Allied Forces Push
General Mark W. Clark told veterans at the Ninety-second Infantry in Hon. that the German army is wobbling on its last legs as Allied units press in France and Russia. He claimed the Fifth Army has captured over 47,000 enemy troops, with many more killed or wounded, and destroyed numerous enemy positions.
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Clark
Rome
France
Russia
Brogdy
Mark W. Clark
Hon
Negro
Italy
Fifth
Gerttam
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