Wreck Engineer Claims Dim Headlights At Fault In Fatal Train Crash
The engineer of the derailment wrecked Atlantic Coast Line passenger train said the headlights were dimmed and there was no reason the other engine should have been blinded. Belknap recounted the crash and his inability to stop in time, and investigators opened inquiries into signaling and warning procedures.
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Lumberton
N. C
A. C. L. Streammer
William Myer
Rocky Mount
Frank Belknap
Belknap
Myer
Atlanta
Red Cross
Hazel Northup Flynn
Glenwood Boulevard
Schenectady
War Department
Lsted
David W. Aldrich
Route 2
Clifton Springs
Foar
S. Snider
Maxon
No. 91
C. G. Sibley
J. L. Allen
Army Pane
Navy War College
Washington
H. H Hodgin
Red Springs
William C. Bullitt
France
Comdr
Malcolm W. Arnold
Gettysburg
Navy
Louis J. Capazolli
Congress
The
House
Kharkov War Crime Trial Verdict Report
The Kharkov military tribunal sentenced the accused to hang after confirming their guilt in crimes against the Soviet people. Witnesses testified to brutal acts by storm troopers including arson at the 69th Army Hospital, as sobering details emerged from the courtroom amid growing international commentary.
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Ministry of Information
Moscow News
Kharkov
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Europe
A. N. Miasnikov
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Red Army
Dzhinchviladze
69Th Army
San Pietro Falls Amid Fierce Fight as Allied Push Continues
American soldiers reduced San Pietro to dust while probing toward Cassino under heavy German defense. Italian troops joined the advance on Mount Lungo as Axis forces inflicted brutal reprisals in urban combat, and reports described executions and wartime horror across Kharkov and nearby areas.
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San Pietro
Cassino
Lin
Mount Camino
Mount Maggiore
Mignano
Sano Vittorio
Rome Road
Mount Lungo
Van Santvoord Heads Campaign at Cohoes
Raymond Van Santvoord named campaign chairman for the annual Red Cross War Fund drive in Cohoes with a team including Vandercar Massey Miller Havern and others. Mrs. Russell cited a national quota of 200 million dollars, 75 million more than last year, as local expectations rise. Other notes include a Red Cross fundraiser meeting of E T Ruane Post and a furlough visit by Corporal Charles B Gilman, plus a Christmas party by the Northern New York Club Sons of Union Veterans and elders elected at Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church.
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Ted R. Russell
Cohoes
American Red Cross
Raymond van Santvoord
Red Cross War Fund
van Santvoord
William J. Vandercar
William H. Massey
Glenn Miller
Desmond Havern
Russell
New York
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
G. A. R. Rooms
Remsen Street
Charles Wager
Elmer L. Lutz
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Former Officer Home Corp John L. Rourke Returns on Furlough
Former Troy patrolman John L. Rourke, U S Army, arrives home on furlough from Salt Lake City Utah. Rourke was connected with the Central Police Station before joining the armed forces over a year ago.
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John L. Rourke
U. S. Army
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rourke
Troy
Central
Armed Forces
Walter Pakan to Receive Degree at Virginia Tech
Walter Stephen Pakan of R. D. 4 will be among 387 soldiers in the Army Specialized Training Unit at Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia to receive a bachelor of science degree at the fall graduation Wednesday.
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Walter Stephen Pakan
Army
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Cohoes Tax Collections To Be Pushed
Cohoes Mayor Rudolph I Rouher announced a crackdown on delinquent taxes after December 31 as the city seeks to finance operations. He noted a penalty free period ends December 31 and the city charters allows selling delinquent properties. The war boom is cited as reducing unemployment, easing tax payments.
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Rudolph I. Rouher
Cohoes
Cohoes Man Ends Life With Shotgun
Gladstone McNamara, 55, of 68 Sargent Street Cohoes, shot himself at home early yesterday ending his life with a single barrel shotgun. Coroner Philip Morrissey ruled death by own action after examination at A D MacAffer Funeral Home. McNamara was an awning maker in Cohoes for 25 years and is survived by his wife Mary Keegan two daughters and two sisters. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm at MacAffer Funeral Home with interment in Waterford Rural Cemetery.
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Gladstone McNamara
Sargent Street
Cohees
Philip Morrissey
A. M. Breault
A. D. MacAffer
Morrissey
McNamara
Frank Connally
John Hkuelt
Leo Friedman
MecNaenara
Tio
Cohoes
Keveny Pupils Stage Bethlehem Play in Cohoes
Keveny Memorial Academy pupils performed Bethlehem's Guests in Keveny Hall with a second show at 8 p.m. Miss Mary Coyle directed the one act play and Fred Kilmer was stage manager. Grade children gave Christmas recitations and some acted as angels.
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Cohoes
Keveny Memorial Academy
Keveny Hall
Bethlehem
Mary Coyle
Fred Kilmer
John English
Doris Trombley
June Arpin
Florence Coleman
Jerome Coleman
Rudolph Catellier
Joseph Corbell
Garvin Favreau
Dolores Frazier
Richard Breault
James Horton
William Clairmont
John McDonald
John Moss
Daniel Lynch
Thomas Cannon
Walter Horton
Bernard Fitzgerald
Cohoes Soldier miraculously escapes fatal wreck
Sergeant Andrew Jupin of Cohoes, stationed in Florida, had his furlough cut to one day and canceled a train reservation on the Tamiami Atlantic Coast Line. The train later wrecked in North Carolina with about 70 deaths. He rode home a day later and attended a party, keeping the unused trip as a memento.
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Dzhinchviladze
Besplaov
Sokolnki Park
Kprarkov
Lipeiski
Kharkov
Sergt
Andrew dJupin
Whitehall Street
Cohoes
Sergeant Jupin
Florida
North Carolina
630 Club
Lansineburg
Obituary notices from Cohoes and area deaths
A series of obituaries from Cohoes and nearby areas notes the deaths of Mrs Arthur Plouffe formerly Eduare Fauteux in Cohoes Ha and relatives including Paul Plouffe. Arthur Bessette, Helmina Hebert’s husband. Mrs Margaret Shanahan, widow of Henry Shanahan. Abram Dickson. Donald and Marion Dreson, Shirley Viola and John Dickson. Mrs Mary Borden Hamel. and Leo Konthie wicz. Funeral services are planned at St Josephs and St Agnes churches with interments in St Josephs Cemetery and local plots. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and nieces and nephews.
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Arthur Plouffe
Eduare Fauteux
Cohoes Ha
Canada
Plouffe
Cohoes
AL Monawkeet
Manes Cha
Add
Ton
Stanley Lester
Conors
George Fauteux Fonda
Fred Fauteux
Clifton Bard
Ang
St Mane'’s Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Arthur Bessette
Helmina Hebert
Hemsen Street
St Josephs Church
Union of Prayer
Theresa Bessette
Pfc
Paul FE Bessette
Army
Camp Santa Anita
Cal
Joseph Gallipeau
George
Henry Bessette
A. G. Borwins
Chestnut Street
North Pownal
Shanahan
Margaret Barry
St Agnes’ Church
The
Rosary Society
League of the Sacred Heart
Beatrice Shanahan
Arthur Fogerty
C. A. Burleign
Round Lake
George Shanahan
Gloversville
Leo Shanahan
Albany
John McConnell
Utica
James Barry
Edward J Stanton
Columbia Street
James T. Dickson
Mechanicville
Harold T. Dickson
Donald
Marion Dreson
Shirley Viola
John Dickson
Edward Walker
Adams
Mass
Minnie Dickson
Olive Henchey
Montclair
N. J
George F. McElvein
First Baptist Church
Mary Borden Hamel
Campbell
Paul Hamel
George Defon
Boscor Mass
Dennis Borden
Hush Daley
North Adams M
F C Reays
Marz
Leo Konthiewicz
Leo Konthiewicz Were Cied Very At $ 30Am At the ‘Useral Home of I. P. Gorski
Ontaro Street
Peters and Pig Church
State Probe Extended To Cohoes
State investigators pushed an Election Law fraud inquiry in Cohoes amid a broader Albany probe. Officials questioned Cohoes officials and a public school janitor arrested on charges tied to vote irregularities. The probe centers on municipal finances and assessment practices in the region under Albany oversight.
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Cohoes
Possrh
Supreme Court
Albany
Parton
Buf
Acta
State
Prin'ts
Gtion
Cohoe
Guibert J
Election Frauds Bureau
Jam J Shea
de Cohoes Pudlic
Designation of Cohoes Alderman Held Up
The Albany County Board of Elections has not notified Cohoes whether Joseph Ukleja Democrat was officially elected alderman in the Second Ward. Ukleja leads Joseph Kupiec Republican in unofficial returns. City canvass awaited. On January 1 Joseph Robert Fourth Ward alderman is to succeed as Common Council president and City Clerk Eugene Hebert is expected to be named again. Two grass fires were extinguished by Cohoes firemen with booster lines, no damage reported.
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Albany
Eugene Hebert
Funeral Mass and Burial for Alexander Verchereau
Funeral services for Alexander Verchereau were held with Rev Lea H Paradis officiating at Sts Peters and Pauls Cemetery Waterford. Bearers included Frank Charbonneau Arthur Campagne Cleophase Boyer Joseph LaForest Olver Poulet and Fred Yousig nant. Rev Paradis assisted by two priests.
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Michael Martinuk
Stephen Chupka
Amsterdam
Karol Warvoka
Michael Michalak
Michael Palka
Daniel Dynko
Michael Halysin
Wiliam Warnick
Father Martinuk
Sts. Peters and Paul's Cemetery
Waterford
Chiamian Brotherwood
Sts Peter's and Paul's Society
Edward Frament
Cecile M. Rivet
Frank Charbonneau
Arthur Campagne
Cleophase Boyer
Joseph LaForest
Olver Poulet
Fred Yousignant
Father Paradis
Celas A Robitarle
Raoul A Lavalle
St. Josephs Cemetery
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Crescent Cleaning
Pinewoods
India
Calcutta
E. T. Ruane
American Legion
Omeda Street
Claude C Foster
Charles B. Gilman
United States Army Air Force
Charles C. Gilman
Continental Avenue
Corporal Gilman
Kearns Field
Lodge
Cohces Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Ontario Street
George Gagnon
Purtell
Michael J. Purtell
Latham
Metropolitan Safe Insurance Co
Circle Inn
Andrew Nelson
Ponder
L J. Zettier
Edward A. Nadeau
Cohoesmen
Selective Service Board 345
Paul C. Lynn
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Geneva
E. Ponder
United States
Third Infantry Division
Cohees Man
Shotgun
Keveny Academy
Palmer Shine
Charles Murray
Joseph Ross
John Hughes
Jean Barnum
Janet Weber
Shirley Clark
Walter Doran
Ned McCreary
Marion Wills
Richard McElvein
Mary Jane Fus
Margaret Keefe
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Ulrich Wiese
Maurice R. Starkey
Division
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Garner Street
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Modernella Beauty Salon
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