Senate Hears Tax Bill Hearings Amid Protests
Public hearings on the $2.14 billion tax increase continue as the Senate finance committee calls department officials for guidance on House amendments affecting war contract renegotiations. Philip Murray and opponents of the Maybank amendment are heard while critics condemn new excise taxes across jewelry, fur, cosmetics, and entertainment venues.
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Washington LP
Senate Finance Committee
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
House
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate
Treasury
Guffey
D.-Pa
Walker
Congress
King Peter Denounces Rump Government
King Peter of the Yugoslav government in exile denounces the formation of a rump Yugoslav government inside Yugoslavia led by Gen Tito and Dr Ribar. Ribar becomes head of the rump, Tito named field marshal and defense committee chairman. The Free Yugoslav radio announced the new governing body amid partisan gains with Allied recognition of the exile government.
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Cairo
Peter
Council of National Liberation
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Ivan Ribar
Ribar
Free Yugoslav Radio
Russia
American Planes Aid Chinese at Changteh
United States 14th Air Force bombers and fighters supported Chinese ground troops in the Tungting Lake area near Changteh. In air battles Saturday four Japanese Zeros were probably destroyed and four damaged. American planes supplied Chinese troops on Tehhan Mountain and strafed 200 enemy boats on Tungting Lake, inflicting heavy casualties. two American planes were reported missing.
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Chungking
United States
14Th Air Force
Tungting Lake
Changteh
Tehhan Mountain
Temple Shrine to Receive Official Visit in Albany
Members of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem will meet Thursday at the O. E. Chapterhouse Albany for an official visit by Mrs. Amy H. Berry supreme worthy high priestess. A 5 p.m. reception and 6 p.m. dinner open the program with a candidates class and a floral degree for Mrs. Berry. Mrs. Eleanor Seabridge and William Mohl will preside.
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Temple Shrine
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Chapterhouse
Albany
Amy H. Berry
Child Injures Finger in Door Accident
Mary Polito, 3, of 3393 Second Street, was taken to Samaritan Hospital late Saturday by Patrolmen Edward Maloney and Michael Minehan of the First Precinct after injuring a finger on her right hand caught in a door. She was treated and returned home.
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Mary Polito
Second Street
Samaritan Hospital
Edward Maloney
Michael Minehan
Alleged German Agent Arrested In New York
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of Cassina also known as Count Nava De Tato on espionage charges in New York. He claimed Spanish noble ties and was said to be paid by Nazi agents to gather vital information. He admitted arrival in 1940 and posed as a neutral steamship inspector. He faced arraignment on failing to register as a foreign agent.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
Vejarano Y Cassina
Duke of ‘Alba
England
Count Nava de Tato
Hoover
Cassina
Hodover
America
Gestapo
Germany
FBI
Wilma Baard
Cafe
East 52Nd Street
U.S
City Employees Pay Into Retirement Fund
A total of 182 City of Troy employees have contributed $136,958.34 to the New York State Employees' Retirement System per records at City Comptroller Edward J. Rowan's office. Individual accumulations range from $300 to $3,700. in the last two years new police and fire department members joined the system.
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City of Troy
New York State Employees
City Comptroller
Edward J. Rowan
Christmas Notes From Home And Hospital News
Latham Word reports from Pfe Bruce Harrington in Iceland awaiting Christmas packages. Sergt Bernard Morrison, just back from the war zone in Europe, visits his grandmother and rests in a Veterans hospital near Utica after injuries. Fairview Home children will join Calvary Church Mr. and Mrs. Club for a Christmas party December 21 at Calvary Hall, with a pageant on December 26. A social hour followed with refreshments and a quiz show and music led by Mr and Mrs Hlbridge H Linton and Mr and Mrs Norton Duell.
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Pfe
Bruce Mharrington
Iceland
Kay Mharrington
W. R. Williams
Bernard Morrison
Charles Morrison
Kunken Avenue
Sergeant Morrison
England
Utica
Fairview
Calvary Church
Calvary Hall
Fellowship League
Hlbridge H. Linton
Norton Duell
Five Danes Executed in Danish Sabotage Crackdown
Stockholm reports five Danish youths aged 18 to 27 were executed by German occupation authorities in Aarhus as a crackdown on a rising wave of sabotage in Denmark. The dispatch, issued Saturday, notes the punishment aims to deter resistance activity.
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Stockholm
Aarhus
Denmark
Trojans Win Sage Honors and Kellas Scholars Named
Russell Sage College announced scholastic honors for Troy students across several classes. Class Honors went to multiple Troy residents, while a subset earned both Class Honors and Kellas Scholars designation in memory of the college founders. Recipients include Virginia Diehl Mildred Joseph Janet Fairfield Marilyn Hayward Gloria Robinson Frances Dunn Marjorie Hewitt Margaret Seifert Helene Bussey Norma Hardenburgh Ruth Callaghan Doris Best and Margaret Mallery.
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Troy
Russell Sage College
Hellas
Eliza Kellas
Katherine Kellas
Virginia Diehl
Mildred Joseph
Kellas
Betty Banister
Marion Steen
Antonie Wilder
Janet Fairfield
Marilyn Hayward
Gloria Robinson
Frances Dunn
Marjorie Hewitt
Margaret Seifert
Helene Bussey
Norma Hardenburgh
Cohoes
Ruth Callaghan
Doris Best
Margaret Mallery
Soldier Jailed For Murder of Woman
A 28 year old soldier attached to a Seattle airbase was arrested on a murder charge in Waltham Massachusetts. Pvt Francis Victor Joseph Gri cus of Waltham confessed to attacking and killing Mrs Lillian Parent 37 on her birthday. Dist Atty Robert F Bradford announced the arrest and repu tated confession. She was mother of three. An autopsy showed a cerebral hemorrhage from facial bruises. He was to be arraigned in District Court.
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Waltham
Mass
Seattle
Lillian Parent
Francis Victor Joseph Gricus
Robert F. Bradford
Gricus
Parent
Germans Imprison Clemenceau's Son
The son of Georges Clemenceau, Michael Clemen teau, was moved from a French internment camp to a prison in Germany, per Dakar radio via US Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service. The Zurich dispatch also reports 400 Alsatian families deported to Germany for disobedience to Nazi mobilization orders.
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New York
Michael Clementeau
Georges Clemenceau
France
Germany
Dakar
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Zurich
Sailor Listed Missing Leon Hartman 22 Navy Fireman First Class
Missing in action reports reach Myron Hartman of Corinth about Leon Hartman a 22 year old fireman first class in the Navy. He trained at Newport Rhode Island and served at the submarine base in New London before overseas. A Corinth High School graduate he was active in sports and the music club. He has a sister Betty in the Marine Women's Corps.
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Leon Hartman
Navy
Myron Hartman
Corinth
Hartman
Newport
R. L
New London
Corinth High School
Betty
Marine Women’s
Eee Corps
Rochester Navy trainee enters university program
Tdmeccin Marzello, 17, son of Mrs. Vincent Marzello, 663 Third Avenue, has begun training at the University of Rochester under the Navy V12 college training program. A Lansingburg High School graduate, he will attend a midshipman's school after college to receive an ensign's commission.
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Tdmeccin Marzello
Vincent Marzello
Third Avenue
University of Rochester
Lansingburg
Soldier delays train finds USO visit at Troy Masonic Temple
A Boston bound soldier missing the Boston train near Troy due to a late bus connection spent a four hour wait at the Troy Masonic Temple. USO volunteers arranged a buffet supper by the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society and a Saturday night program directed by Miss Ann Fordyce. Performers included Robert Collar RPI student Dorothy Johnson Daniel Canning and the Ashley sisters with Don Wilson and his orchestra.
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Troy
USC
Troy Masonic Temple
Boston
USO
Masonic Temple
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society
Herman L. Symansky
Benjamin Apple
Samuel Eifant
Bessie Laundes
Ada Newman
Sol Manstein
Ashley Sisters
Fred Miller
Don Wilson
Watervliet High School
State R C Official To Speak At Dinner
George F. Paravini, chairman of the State Lecturers Committee of the Knights of Columbus, will deliver the main address at a testimonial dinner Saturday evening for George F. Cundiff, recently transferred as district deputy from the 38th to the 34th District. Edward A. Heffern of Green Island is general chairman. The 38th District includes Troy, Waterford, Cohoes, Watervliet and Green Island.
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George F. Paravini
Knights of Columbus
George F. Cundiff
Cundiff
Jephen Cushing
Charles A. Cassidy
Fordham University
Paravini
United States
Cathedral College Alumni Association
Arch Diocese of
New York
Holy Name Society
Edward A. Heffern
Green Island
Troy
Waterford
Cohoes
Watervliet
Trojan's Truck Hits Woman on Sidewalk in Town
Mrs Grace Freeman 60 of 56 Wilson Ave South Glens Falls was injured Saturday when a truck driven by H Randall Eddy R D 2 Troy struck the porch of the Grand Union store on Main Street as it swung around after braking on Saratoga Ave. Two porch posts broke. Freeman suffered severe contusions and will have X rays to check for further injuries.
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Grace Freeman
Wilson Avenue
South Giens Falls
Main Street
Saratoga Avenues
H. Randall Eddy
Troy
Saratoga Avenue
Grand Union
Freeman
Washington County approves postwar highway planning funds
The Washington County Board of Supervisors authorized 8241 for county share of postwar highway planning with New York State Public Work Planning Commission. Other actions include 2000 for bovine TB and hoof and mouth prevention, 1000 for the county laboratory, and 1000 for Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge. A forestry committee was named and welfare and 4-H reports noted declines in welfare recipients and a surge in victory gardens from 365 to 3000.
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Washington County
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Harry M. Booth
Haston
New York State
Public Work Planning Commission
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Stolen $5 From North Residence Investigated
Authorities investigate a burglary at Mrs. Mae Davey 617 Fifth Avenue North. Entrance gained via rear window. police suspect boys committed the theft.
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Mae Davey
Fifth Avenue
North
Youth Council Stages Dance in Troy
The Troy Youth War Council organized by local high school students held its first public event a Saturday dance at La Salle Institute. Hundreds of teens attended while Danny Cummings and Rhythm Makers played. Catholic Central High School hosts hosted guests from Emma Ward School with officers led by Vincent Poleto and Mary McGrath in key roles.
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Troy
la Salle Instituct
Danny Cummings
Catholic Central High School
Enma Ward School
Catholic Central Hish School
Troy High School
la Salet Institute
Lansingourg High School
Vincent Poleto
la Salle
Mary McGrath
Gloria Gilbert
Troybeh School
Tomhannock Man Severely Injured In Auto Accident
David Kline, about 25, of Tomhannock, is in Leonard Hospital with a possible skull fracture from a collision between Tomhannock and Valley Falls. Described as fair, he was taken first to Dr. C. H. Sproat in Valley Falls then to the hospital by ambulance. Details of the crash were unavailable. Kline, the driver, is under care of Dr. Eugene B. Connally.
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David Kline
Tomhannock
Leonard Hospital
Valley Falls
Kline
C. H. Sproat
Eugene BF. Connally
Cohoes Elks Memorial Honors Five members at Ontario Street
Five members of Cohoes Lodge of Elks who died in the past year were honored at a memorial service at the clubhouse on Ontario Street. George F. Butler led the ceremony as exalted ruler, with Richard D. Hayes delivering remarks. Attendees included relatives and friends, with 109 people present. Names read in roll call included George H. Conboy Thomas J. Connery William Sabouris Thomas F Tierney Harvey J. Greene. District Deputy George Halpin and Rouher spoke briefly after introductions by Butler. A separate note reported a Plan Spotters Map meeting for the Cohoes Aircraft Warning Service to activate observers in emergencies. Also listed were illness updates on Harry J. McCreedy and George Trahan.
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Cohoes Lodge of Elks
Ontario Street
George F. Butler
George H. Conboy
Thomas J. Connery
Willam Sabouris
Thomas F Tierney
Harvey
George Halpin
Water
LE Rouher
Cohoes
Mr. Butler
D Aircraft Warning Service
Bouchard’s
Alvin P. Bullock
Breaks Arm in Fall Misses Fourth Avenue Mishap
Mrs. Orville Bosca, 73, of 855 Fourth Avenue, is treated at Leonard Hospital for a fracture of the left arm after a fall in the roadway on 115th Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues yesterday morning. Patrolman John Christensen filed the Fourth Precinct report.
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Orville Bosca
Fourth Avenue
Leonard Hospital
115Th Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
John Christensen
Fourth Precinct
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