Three Troy Lads Meet in Fog in London as New Lieutenants
Three Troy men new lieutenants Henry Bejian Walt Lyons Morris Lipetz all served in separate units meet by chance in London fog. Bejian, Sanitary Corps, home 2318 Sixteenth Street. Lyons, medical field Sanitary Corps, home 89412 Sixth Avenue. Lipetz, Medical Corps, home 96 Oakwood Avenue. They report care for Troy news from their outfit and note varied Army service and schooling. Other notes include Sgt. Ray Lefebvre promotion in Air Corps at Courtland Alabama and Lt. Gordon Hart and Valedictorians in military postings. many Troy natives inform families of promotions, stations, and transfers.
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Troy
London
Henry Bejian
Medical Corps
Sixteenth Street
Walt Lyons
Sanitary Corps
Sixth Avenue
Morris Lipetz
Medical
Oakwood Avenue
Rover
England
Henry
Albany Medical
Samaritan Hospital
Albany Hospital
Wait
la Salle
Union College
State Department of Health
Division of Laboratory and Research
City of Kingston Laboratory
Walt
Morris
Riverhead, L. 1
Mack Drug Co
Riverhead High
Columbia College of Pharmacy
Pvt
John Glazewski
Beret
Alex Glazewski
Alexander Glazewski
Fourth Street
John
Army Ordnance
Alex
Air Corps
Corp
Bob Schultz
New Orleans
Bob
Cluett, Peabody's
Rudy Schultz
Seabees
Pacific
Arnold Schultz
Coast Guard
Providence
Ray Lefebvre
Alderick LeFebvre
144
River Street
Courtland
Ala
Keesler Field
Miss
Walt Krawczyk
Third Avenue
Watervliet
Fir
Gordon Hart
Gordon R. Hart
Broadway
WLB Denies Retroactive Steel Wage Concessions
Washington P War Labor Board votes 8 to 4 against directing wage concessions under new steel contracts to be retroactive to contract expirations. Philip Murray led United Steel Workers in seeking to keep current contracts in force and grant retroactive increases. Union warned without retroactivity a serious unrest could arise among thousands of members. Steelworkers with about 500 companies hold contracts, most expiring January 3, seeking 17 cents an hour and guaranteed annual wages.
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Washington (P
War Labor Board
CLO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
I. O
Bataan officer never has chance to enter battle
Lieut. Col. William E. Eubanks Jr recounts near-misses from Pearl Harbor to Bataan and Corregidor. He sailed in 1941 aboard the President Coolidge, surviving early seizures of air support, and later served in Burma and India as plans and planes failed to reach combat.
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James E. Brown
New Delhi
INS
William E. Eubanks, Jr
Bluefield
W. Va
International
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Corregidor
Java
India
Burma
Col
Eubanks
United States
President Coolidge
Manila
Australia
Col Eubank
Fort McKinley
Nilson Field
Cavite
Clark
Nichols Field
Wilson Field
San Fernando
Eubank
19Th Bombardment Group
Bandoeng
Correxidor
Lewis H. Brereton
Far East Air Force
Nazi Railways May Break Down In Six Months
British economic experts warned that Germany's transport system could nearly collapse within six months due to strained railways, air raids, and loss of locomotives and freight cars. Estimates show Germany faces a deficit of thousands of locomotives and tens of thousands of freight cars, with production far below targets as Allied bombing hammers Ruhr factories and key yards.
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Joseph A. Grigg
United Press
London
UPF
Germany
Russia
Italy
Reich
Ma FF
France
Low Countries
Fabrik Talbot
J Aachen
Cologne
Nippes
Muelheim
Kalk
Deutz
Munich
Essen
Augsburg
Berlin
Liege
Earope
Occupied Countries
Ruhr
Suspended sentence for Joseph H. Rickert in Utica forgery case
Joseph H. Rickert of Albany pleaded guilty to forging two government checks in federal court Utica. Judge Stephen W. Brennan suspended three months and ordered one year probation. The article details his wartime service with the 10th U. S Air Force in India Burma and his recall to the United States, plus personal notes on his family.
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Joseph H. Rickert
Albany
Federal District Court
Utica
Stephen W. Brennan
Col
Eubank
Ceylon
India
Bangalore
New Delhi
10Th U. S Air Force
Brereton
Burma
Stilwell
Assam
United States
Lord Louis Mountbatten
South East Asia
William E. Eubank
Creasewell Street
Shrevepot
Washington Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Sinkings by U boats cut as Allies curb Atlantic losses
An unofficial U S compilation shows Allied and neutral ships totaling about 8,000,000 tons lost to U boats and planes since Pearl Harbor. In six months, 150 U boats were destroyed, while only 34 merchant ships were sunk. Losses in 1942 reached 670, with 98 so far in 1943. Maritime officials note U S shipyards have nearly tripled vessels built and are closing the Atlantic lanes for the invasion.
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Milton Mageuder
Washington
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Europe
United States
Germany
Wazi
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Martime Commission
Atlantic war losses and shipbuilding surge in 1942
The report notes 746 ships totaling 8,089,732 tons lost in 1942, with 4,000 U S crewmen dead, while 1,524 ships of 15,501,624 tons were built by October. Officials expect to exceed the year’s 18,890,000 ton shipbuilding quota as the battle of the Atlantic continues despite new German U-boat tactics.
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Atlantic
South Atlantic
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
High Command
Husband Divorce Granted in Weingarten Case
Sylvia Thalberg Weingarten, a film writer and sister of late producer Irving Thalberg, obtained a divorce yesterday from Lawrence A. Weingarten, citing incompatibility and asserting grounds related to harsh treatment. The case highlights the couple’s formal separation as Weingarten faces the end of their marriage in Los Angeles courts.
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Los Angeles
Sylvia Thalberg
Weingarten
Trving Thalberg
Lawrence A. Weingarten
Woman designer backs WAC uniform in Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Oglethorpe Ga. Second Lieut Florence Ehrhardt helped design the Women Army Corps uniform. She worked as an expert consultant in the clothing section of the Office of the Quartermaster General and aided in selecting the final design for the uniform.
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WAC
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Florence Ehrhardt
Women’s Army
Office of the Quartermaster General
New Records Expected At Major Rail Terminals
A New York Up report notes rail traffic at Grand Central and Pennsylvania Station is likely to top last Christmas figures by 10 to 20 percent, with peak levels anticipated before tomorrow afternoon. In other items a producer testifies about rude behavior toward guests at home and travel delays as preholiday reservations flood in. The text also mentions a 1928 marriage and current offices, with the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads projecting holiday congestion.
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Mmno
New York
Mas Travel
Reaso
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central Terminal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Station
1,000,000 Main St Joke Becomes Real Address
In Littleton New Hampshire 1927 John E Burnham joked about his street address as 1 000 000 Main St after lacking a number. A post office friend then used the mock address on the mailbox and for sixteen years much of Burnham s mail has arrived with that address.
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Malin ST
Littleton
N. H
John E. Burnham
Burnham
Main St
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