Fire Wrecks Feinburg Block in Mechanicville
Mechanicville faced its costliest blaze in years as the Feinburg Block on North Main Street burned early yesterday, injuring three men and forcing four city department heads from the Municipal Building. The fire began with an oil stove explosion, damaged adjacent structures in the Improvement Building, and drew volunteers from multiple towns to battle the flames.
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Gustave C. Boucher
Mechanicville
Feinburg
North Main Street
Homer E. Eckerson
Eckerson
Mechanic
Abraham Fivel
W. \. Howland Chemical Co.p
Frances Street
Mechanicville Red Cross
John E. Trask
Salvation Army
Butler's
Red Cross
Richard D. Wright
Boucher
John 8. Moore
John F. Doyle
James G. Heffernan
Chief Wright
Wright
Fivel
New York Telephone
Edmund W. Cowie
Troy Optometrist
Northern Auto Co
Prudential Insurance Co
James Blaine Towne
Harold Shed¢han
River Street
Ring Fenburg
Law Offices
Co. & Heffernan
Wilbur
Standard Furniture Co
Harry Pitman
Troy
Cohoes
Ballston Spa
Hemstreet Park
Thunderbolts Rescue Bomber Under Fire In Bremen Mission
Twelve U S Thunderbolt fighters pursued and shot down five German fighters trying to attack a crippled Flying Fortress returning from Bremen. Col Joe L Mason led the group. Captain Winfield W McIntyre credited with downing one foe. The rescued bomber limped home, its rudder and stabilizer damaged.
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London
Bremen
Joe L. Mason
Columbus
Thunderbolts
Winfield W. McIntyre
Fayetteville
N. Y
Aleutians
Thunderbolt Squadron
George C. Arnold
Babylon
N.Y
Man Pleads for Untagged Car Tagging Incident
Walter 3. er. 37, seen removing an old traffic tag from under a windshield wiper in a Seattle overparked car row. Police caught him and booked him for disorderly conduct at headquarters.
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Seattle
Lno
Walter
Nightly Movies Boost Morale on Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal reports more than 75 movies shown nightly, supplied by Capt. Benjamin Bosley, Army Special Service. Projectors and films are scarce, with reels breaking and makeshift screens of bed sheets used. Marines endure downpours and makeshift seating while movie nights persist as a vital morale lifeline.
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Guadalcanal
Benjamin Bosley
Army Special Service
Bosley
Chicago
Trex
OPA Ends Nickus Free Christmas Dinner At Yale Cafe
Pierre South Carolina reports Nick Jackus announced that the Office of Price Administration blocked his plan to give free Christmas dinners due to rationing points. Last year about 1,500 people, including soldiers, dined at the cafe with no money spent. The 1940 count reached 1,960 diners.
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Pierre
S. C
Nick Jackus
Nick
Office of Price Administration
Jackuy
West Sand Lake Home Bureau Holds Wynantskill Party
The West Sand Lake Home Bureau unit held its Christmas party at chairman Mrs. Charles D. Hale's Wynantskill home. After business, a grabbag and games entertained guests and refreshments were served by the hostess.
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West Sand Lake
Four College Presidents Served By One Man in America
John M. Thomas, 74, head of Norwich University in Northfield Wisconsin, is believed to be the only man in America to have served as president of four colleges. Before Norwich he led Middlebury College, Pennsylvania State College and Rutgers University in succession.
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Northfield
John M. Thomas
Norwich University
America
Narwich
Middlebury College
Pennsylvania State College
Rutgers University
Veterans' Claims Paid Reach 17 Million Says Hines Letter
The Veterans Administration reports nearly 17 million dollars paid to World War II veterans or dependents and more than 100,000 disability claims adjudicated. The figures, released by Veterans Administrator Frank T. Hines, respond to congressional criticism of confusion and delay in processing claims.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans
Frank T. Hines
Rep. Green
D.-Fla
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Frank Nelson
Walter Ellsworth
Wesley Sweet
William van Doren
Frank Mastrianni
Mechanicvale
Stilwater
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
L Uttrich
Optometr Adels
Broadway
Bors
Grisi
Humphreys
Ans
the National City Bank of Troy
Third Street
State
Ihaca
INS
Cornell
Backeires
OPA
Yale
Provement
Posreey
Daiquir
U.S. War Bonds & Stamps
Popper Morsod
Rockefeller Center
Newsyork
Manhattan
Selective Service
U. S
Troy Record CO
Pey Weekly
Wreteia
Bulova, Gruen, Benrus
Longines
Oneaveley Cénder Home Furnishers Inc
River Si
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