Roosevelt Briefs Eisenhower On New Mediterranean Strategy
President Roosevelt gave General Eisenhower a detailed first-hand view of the Allies’ newly completed strategy during a 48-hour Carthage stopover on his Teheran Cairo homeward journey. The briefing outlined grand Mediterranean plans crafted with Churchill and Allied staffs, signaling further offensives in the region while Marshall nears London to serve as Anglo American grand commander.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ancient
Carthage
Teheran
Cairo
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
North Africa
Italy
Mediterranean
Africa
Oran
Tunis
Algiers
Marshal Stalin
Maj
George E. Dunne
Joint Staff
Durno
Ins
Churchill
Germany
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
London
Infant Scalded in Home Accident at Troy
Four month old Gabriel Langdon of 432 Eighth Street sustained a scald on her right leg when water tipped from a kettle onto a stove. She was treated at Troy Hospital after the incident, and returned home later. Police Sergi Schulze and Patrolman Harry Nolan of the Fourth Precinct transported her to the hospital. Continued care followed at home.
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Gabriel Langdon
Eighth Street
Troy Hospital
Sergi Joseph S. Schulze
Harry Nolan
Fourth Precinct
Coal contract aims to settle wage terms with new safeguards
The tentative coal contract hinges on full conference approval and War Labor Board consent, and on OPA price increases to cover higher costs. It allows contract reopeners after year one, cites potential wage policy changes, and includes a $40 retroactive payment for underground travel time, with workers spending nine hours underground per shift.
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War Labor Board
OPA
John L. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Agency
Greenwich Bomber Pilot Listed Missing
Lieut. Ashley EF. Pritchard pilot of a Liberator bomber in the South Pacific has been missing since December 4 according to the War Department. A 1940 Schuylerville High School graduate, he was noted as a basketball and track star and credited with destroying several Japanese planes. He has two brothers in the Navy and two sisters in Greenwich.
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Ashley EF. Pritchard
South Pacific
War Department
Joan Pritchard
Main Street
Greenwich
Schuylerville High School
Pritchard
Edward James
Trinidad
Jack, Jr
Otis Harrington, Jr
Marcia Pritchard
Saratoga Man 63 Hurt by Freight Train Accident
Saratoga Springs resident Stuart Patterson, 63, was dragged several feet after his shoulder snagged a rear foot rail beside a moving freight train near Church Street crossing. He was treated at Saratoga Hospital for injuries described as favorable after police and local authorities investigated the incident.
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Stuart Patterson
van Dorn Street
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Hospital
Church Street
Walter F. A'Hearn
Patterson
Joseph Baruch
Greenfield
Rosemary
A’hearn
Henry Eichman
Malcolm J. Magovern
Trade Fat For Ration Stamps Today
Washington WPB salvage officials announced a new campaign to boost fats collection by offering one brown ration point for each half pound of fats turned in to dealers. The program runs today, with dealers already authorized to pay four cents a pound for fats used in explosives and synthetic rubber. Herbert M. Faust said many housewives have delayed deliveries, but the new plan should encourage monthly fat yields of at least one pound per household.
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Washington
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Atva Like Inc
Herbert M. Faust
WPB Salvage Division
Industrial Night Staged at Troy M C A
The Troy M C A opened its rooms for an inaugural industrial night inviting local workers and families for a social evening. Committees provided children’s movies, billiards, chess, checkers, a basketball game, a revue, and space for other activities. All rooms were used and the jungle room dance area was open with refreshments served at the end.
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Troy
Troy Industrial Club
Jones Pleads For Subsidy Action
Washington GP War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged Congress for quick subsidy action saying politics can wait while food cannot. He warned against delaying vote until February amid efforts to recess. Jones argued the subsidy fight blocks farmer access to machinery parts labor and feed.
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Washington
Wherry urges OPA control of liquor stocks nationwide
Senator Wherry of Nebraska called for the Office of Price Administration to take over liquor distribution across the United States. He proposed a quota allotment system to curb shortages and black markets, insisting enforced allocations would route liquor through regular dealers and ensure fair shares for the public.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Office of Price Administration
Senate
Young Republicans Urge Soldier Vote in 1944 Elections
The executive committee of the Young Republican National Federation urged Congress to enact legislation allowing armed forces members to vote in the 1944 elections. They also called on the Young Democrats of America to recommend the same to Congress to preserve national unity regarding the armed forces.
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Chicago
Young Republican National Federation
Congress
Young Democrats of America
Fourth Street Man Dies of Heart Attack
Joseph Glinkowski died last night at his daughter's home after a short illness. Coroner Thomas J. Duffy ruled death due to coronary thrombosis. Glinkowski, formerly employed by the New York State Highway Department, lived at 627 Fourth Street.
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Joseph Glinkowski
Fourth Street
Ignatius Bitof
Second Street
Thomas J. Duffy
Glinkowski
New York State Highway Department
Man Given Jail Term For Vagrancy In Averill Park
William Gibbons, 38, formerly of East 102nd Street, New York, was sentenced to thirty days in Rensselaer County Jail by Justice Henry L. Earl after pleading guilty to vagrancy. He was found wandering in freezing weather on the highway near Averill Park, his right hand swollen from the cold, by Corp. J. G. Flubacher.
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William Gibbons
East 102Nd Street
New York
Rensselaer County
Henry L. Earl
Averill Park
Gibbons
Corp
J. G. Flubacher
Five New Members Named to State Real Estate Boards
Albany AP announces five new members to the New York State Real Estate Boards Association executive committee and three new governors of the Real Estate Appraisers Society. Executive committee picks include A N Groves Syracuse George L Long Brooklyn Jones W Mersereau New York Frank 8 O Hara Jackson Heights and B J O Reilly. Finance committee members include Walter S Dayton Long Island and Walter Torresson Brooklyn with Dayton named chair of the owners division. Other appointees include Frederick V Goess Brooklyn Lee Norton Buffalo Ray Hof ford Albany and Robert W Leavitt Lake George as treasurer and executive secretary respectively. Governors elected Horace Carpenter Jr Buffalo Lester P Slade Rochester Donald E Stocum Johnson City. John Marbach White Plains elected Secretary.
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Albany
New York State Real Estate Boards’ Association
New York
Dayton
Owners
J. A. Scott
Frederick V. Goess
Brooklyn
Lee
Norton
Buffalo
Hrayuwnd D. Puiter
New Koenee
Robert W. Leavitt
Lake George
Ray Hofford
Horace
Yugoslav Partisans mobilize 200000 peasants for war effort
Cairo sources estimate Yugoslav guerrilla bands pin Rommel’s divisions as Fifth and Eighth Armies clash in Italy. Berlin reports 3200 Partisans killed in eastern Bosnia over 72 hours as Croatian operations gain ground south of Zagreb. Free Yugoslav radio outlines Tito Ribar rump government and a National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia to run the regime.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Italy
Berlin
Bosnia
Croatia
Zagreb
Free Yugoslav Radio
Tito
Ivan Ribar
Peter
The
National Liberation Movement
Yugoslavia
National Committee For the Liberation of
Tito-Ribar
Waterford Club Reviews Constitution at Meeting
Thirty members of the Seth Parker Club of the First Presbyterian Church of Waterford met at the John House Memorial. A report on the revised constitution showed revisions completed but some corrections needed. The membership committee was asked to submit prospective member names. C Wilson Chamberlin reported on the Mechanicville entertainment Supper at Seth's for the Mechanicville Masonic Lodge. Plans for a Christmas party on December 28 were made with a grab bag present for each member. Carol singing and refreshments were provided by a committee including Mrs BR G MacHaffie Mrs Carl Maisel Mrs Gertrude Vanderpool Mrs Irving Walters and Mrs J Brewster Wright.
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Seth Parker
BR. G. MacHaffie
Carl Maisel
Gertrude Vanderpool
Irving Walters
J.brewster Wright
Movers Suffocated In Furniture Van Tragedy in Malden
Two Malden men Alfred Ryan 43 and Harold J Holland 45 died from suffocation inside a closed furniture moving van after a fire started among burlap coverings. Patrolmen report the blaze likely began from a cigarette and a bystander noticed smoke leaking from cracks before a motorist rushed them to Malden Hospital where doctors declared them dead.
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Malden
Mess
Alfred Ryan
Harold J. Holland
Abner D. Farnum
Philip J. Spencer
Malden Hospital
Landon predicts GOP landslide in 1944
Alf M. Landon former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee says the nation heads toward a decisive GOP victory in 1944. In a Rochester interview at publisher Frank Gannett's home he notes Dewey as a strong potential Republican nominee and discusses recent GOP election wins.
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Rochester LLP
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas
Frank Gannnett
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taken to home after illness at theater
John Keefe a nine year old boy living at 21 Detroit Avenue was removed to his home yesterday afternoon by patrolmen John Delehanty and Samuel Bress of the First Precinct after he fell ill at the American Theater in the city.
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John Keefe
Detroit Avenue
John Delehanty
Samuel Bress
First Precinct
American Theater
Constitutional Balance In Wartime Power Debate
The piece argues wartime command power rests with the President, backed by public opinion, and urges constitutional evolution toward making international agreements require majority approval in both houses rather than a Senate two-thirds vote. It compares American and parliamentary systems, noting Roosevelt’s leadership and the need for executive accountability to Congress.
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Congress
Moscow
Cairo
Teheran
United States
Senate
Churchill
Rosevelt
Canada
Roosevelt
Rommel Named Anti-Invasion Chief in Western Europe
Stockholm reports say Field Marshal Erwin Rommel the Desert Fox has been named anti invasion chief to prepare for the Allied attack on western Europe. Berlin dispatches note Rommel directs troops in the Balkans and Italy and was seen inspecting Denmark's coastal defenses.
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London
Stockholm
Erwin Rommel
North
Africa
Germany
Western
Europe
Rommel
Balkans
Italy
Denmark
Berlin
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
France
German Ruse Wipes Out Canadian Platoon
A Canadian infantry platoon in Italy was killed when German machine gunners ambushed them during a prisoner roundup near the Moro River front. The unit, moving to accept surrender, was wiped out with every man killed as German fire struck from the flank. The incident followed a stiff battle north of San Leonardo. The Canadian commander warned troops to be vigilant when taking prisoners.
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Italy
Moro River
San Leonardo
Auto Strikes Home Front. Driver Unknown
Mrs. Mary Sullivan reports a car hit and damaged the south front of her house at 3 a.m. yesterday near 2369 Sixth Avenue. Police were told the driver’s identity is not known. Ruddy turnstones note among the longest migrators and likely see more daylight yearly.
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Mary Sullivan
Sixth Avenue
Central Station
Fleet Units Shell Nauru in Surprise Attack
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz disclosed that American battleships and carrier planes joined in shelling Nauru, Japan's southeastern outpost, in last Wednesday's strike. The raid left many fires, destroyed ten Japanese planes, with nine on the ground. two U S planes and a destroyer suffered minor damage from shore batteries.
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Pearl Harbor
Nauru
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Marshall Island
Accused Man Waives For Grand Jury Hearing
Harry Klein a 44 year old laborer of 16 Chestnut Street Albany waived for grand jury action when arraigned in Troy Police Court Saturday on a charge of attempted robbery He is held at the Rensselaer County Jail Authorities claim Klein went to Rand G Cleaners 15 Congress Street and after asking clerk Dorothy Bakula 61 Railroad Avenue Watervliet presented a postcard demanding money The clerk closed the cash register Klein was later apprehended by radio police
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Harry Klein
Chestnut Street
Albany
Troy
Rensselaer County
Klein
Rand G. Cleaners
Congress Street
Dorothy Bakula
Railroad Avenue
Waterviiet
Endeavor Union Hosts Carol Sing At Ninth Presbyterian
The Troy Local Union of Christian Endeavor hosted youths from nearby churches for an annual Christmas carol sing at Ninth Presbyterian Church. Rev. William J. Clark led the program with a short devotional by union officers. Ivan Borden was the golfer.
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Troy
Union of Christian Endeavor
Ninth Presbyterian Church
William J. Clark
First Presbyterian Church
Watervliet
Ivan Borden
Union
Holy Cross Club Elects Two Trojans to Office
Two Troy men John F. Spain and Dr Francia J Sagan were elected vice president and treasurer of the Holy Cross Club of Eastern New York at a recent Albany meeting. Ensign William J Mackey of Troy will be memorialized on a tablet for valiant wartime service, per a resolution by Dr Clement J Handron of Troy.
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Troy
John F. Spain
Francia J. Sagan
Brunswick Road
Holy Cross Club
New York
Albany
William J. Mackey
Clement J Handron
Officers Promoted In Local Army Promotions
Two area men have been promoted. Charles Paul Mauloux of 36 Terrace Avenue Albany and William Daniel McGuinness of Route 8 Bailston Spa rose from first lieutenant to captain. Francia Gabriel Senecal of 128 Columbia Street Cohoes and Donald Hoggeon of 60 State Street Albany were promoted from second to first lieutenant.
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Charles Paul Mauloux
Terrace Avenue
Albany
William Daniel McGuiness
Bailston Spa
Francia Gabriel Senecal
Columbia Street
Cohoes
Donald Hoggeon
State Street
Van Wie Promoted In National Guard News
Delno Van Wie of Company L National Guard now serving in the Pacific War Zone has been promoted to first lieutenant. Word came to his parents Mr and Mrs Charles I Van Wie of Saratoga Springs. He attended officers training school at Fort Benning after overseas service.
Roosevelt Visits Allied Front as Axis Reports Lie
German wireless agency claims Roosevelt is touring Italian front lines while London press says he may visit England before returning to the United States to align with Churchill's Washington visits. The conflicting reports reflect wartime rumors about a presidential trip.
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Berlin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
DNB
London
INS
Vichy Radio
Roosevelt
England
Churchill
Washington
Argyle Man's Will Admitted to Probate
The will of William J. McComb of Argyle was admitted to probate by Surrogate John H. Dowell in Greenwich. He left $2000 to sister Margaret Morrison of East Greenwich, $800 each to nephews John Morrison Jr and Hugh Morrison, and $1000 to another sister to be shared with a sister in Ireland. Genevieve Hallway and Esther M. Wilbur of Hudson Falls received $200 each. The remainder, real and personal, goes to Margaret Morrison.
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William J. McComb
Argyle
John H. Dowell
Greenwich
Margaret Morrison
East Greenwich
Kathryn Dawley
Margaret Motsiff
John. Morrison, Jr
Hugh Morrison
Ireland
Genevieve Hallway
Misa Esther M. Wilbur
Hudson Falls
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