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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1943
Page
5
London AP reports Axis grip on satellite and neutral nations has weakened by about 50 percent since Germany's prestige peaked. The nation-by-nation roundup shows no European country fully escaping Axis influence as Hitler faces final phase challenges.
The report surveys Allied and Axis pressures across Europe noting German diversion to fortress security as Mussolini falls and the Russian summer offensive gains pace. It details neutral shifts in Turkey Sweden Spain Portugal and Switzerland, and satellite reactions from Denmark Norway and other states as occupation and martial law increase under Nazi influence.
Reports describe rising resistance against Nazi rule in Norway with mass internment and stricter controls. Underground activity in France, Poland, Greece, and Yugoslavia intensifies, while Hungary resists German troop demands and seeks alliance help. Romania appeals for Allied aid to counter Hungary. Bulgaria faces a political crisis after King Boris’s death. Finland pursues renewed efforts to negotiate peace.
East Nassau residents report several travel and visit updates. Mrs. R. B. Weston is visiting relatives in Canada while Isadore Poll was in New York over the weekend. Jacqueline Poll vacations with friends in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sturdevant have sold their home and will vacate Wednesday. Mrs. Claude Harmon will entertain the Ladies' Aid at the Baptist Church on Wednesday. Rebecca Yosha returns from Indianapolis after a two week stay with relatives. Arthur Laier spent last week with his parents and has returned to camp.
Alps Miss Marie Merritt injured her leg after a fall down stairs. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Hunt once of Alps now reside in Wynantsill. Mrs Charles D Boughton returned after weeks in New York and Buffalo. Miss Barbara Banta back in Buffalo from summer stay with Mrs C D Boughton. Mr and Mrs Stuart Knowlton and family from New Jersey visited Mrs Knowlton’s parents, Mr and Mrs J A Bloom.
Hoosick Falls Boy Scout Troop No 68 will reorganize with a meeting at 7 23 p m at the Main Street School tomorrow. Mohican Council will likely send a representative from Glens Falls. Troop committee members include Frank Smith Walter Robson Arthur McLinden Harry Weir Nathan Bierwith and Marvin B Loveys. George Thompson of North Hoosick and Lewis Aldrich of Buskirk named as scoutmaster and assistant.
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Whitehall Mrs. Joseph Zayachek received a telegram Saturday that her son Staff Sergt Thomas Trumbull 24 a paratrooper has been missing in action since July 10. Miss Menerva Noonan of Philadelphia is spending weeks with her cousin Miss Anna Hunt. Miss Hunt had been in for two months and is convalescing. Mr and Mrs Albert Touchette have returned from Washington DC where they visited their son Sergt Leonard Touchette at the war college. In a fall from a locomotive at Brut Point Friday morning Leslie Bartholomew a Delaware & Hudson freight conductor suffered facial and body bruises. After returning to Whitehall his injuries were treated by Dr Edward V Farrell who said Mr Bartholomew received a fractured nose a deep cut on the forehead which required three stitches and body bruises. A public social of Whitehall Lodge of Elks was held Friday night in the Elks Club. Prizes were won by many listed members. The Victory Garden Harvest and Second Gladiolus Show was held Friday and Saturday evenings in the Whitehall High School with 120 entries in gladioli classes. Prize winners include Harold E. Wilson Harold Bush H LaVene Benjamin Butler Clayton Toben EB Frisbees Mrs Fred Wheelock George A. Webster and others. An exhibition of dahlias was staged by W H LaVene of Rutland. Decorations by Miss Helen Sabourin Mrs Willard Toben and Alfred Burley. Besides flowers there were fruits vegetables needlecraft antiques and many photographs of men and women in service.
Mrs. Ethel Hobbs guests with Mrs. Minnie Carner. Warren and Philip Gilman of Plainfield visit grandparents Bert Ward family. Pvt. Henry W. Duncan returns to Camp Rucker after furlough. Bernard Whitney and son Richard visit East Northfield. Mrs. Paul R. Knippel and children return from East Norwalk. Prayer service at Methodist Church tomorrow at 7 45 p m with Rev G H Pettingell in charge. Official Board and Trustees meet after service. Choir rehearsals also held.
U S forces seized Arundel Island in the Solomons, closing within artillery range of Vila as Gen. MacArthur announced occupation of the island near Kolombangara. Allied gains came as New Georgia and Vella Lavella advances tightened the perimeter around Vila's garrison of about 8,000.
Johnsonville Mr and Mrs Percy Nugent of Yonkers were recent guests of Misses Edith and Ethel Abbott. Mr and Mrs Corson Utter and daughter Phyllis were week end guests of Mr and Mrs Edgar Fields. James Arthur Akin, who had been visiting at Mountain Lake New Jersey, has returned home with Firman McClure. Mrs George Ralston and Mrs Norman Cushing have returned from Worth Adams, where they spent a few days with Mrs Robert Sturtevant. Mr and Mrs Ralph Akin entertained with a picnic supper at their home Friday in honor of Marshall McGraw, recently returned from Pearl Harbor. Out of town guests were present from Greenwich, Tenafly, Mountain Lakes New Jersey, and Valley Falls.
Police recovered a 1939 Buick sedan stolen at 11 10 a.m. Thursday from the Karl Mator Co 2739 Sixth Avenue. The car was found abandoned on Second Avenue between 102nd and 103rd Streets valued at 675 dollars and bearing no license plates.
A meeting of the Fire Department Bowling League is set for Friday at 8 p.m. in the Engine House. All league members and those interested in joining are urged to attend as plans for the coming season will be discussed and teams organized. The notice also includes reorganizations and funeral notices from local clubs and churches.
A sequence of social updates lists Mrs Earl G Hayner hosting a visitor, Miss Mildred Hammill of Scotia spending a weekend with Miss Eleanor Doughty, Michael Neal returning from Methven Massachusetts, Mr and Mrs John Hammond with Mr and Mrs Fred DeCota vacationing in Maine, Ruth Maloy a former Stillwater teacher visiting Mrs Leslie Ransome, and Pvt John Cowin on a 15 day furlough from Camp Gruber Oklahoma with his parents.
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