Medal honors Hudson Falls officer killed on Saipan
First Lieut Bernard A Tougan of Hudson Falls and Manchester Center husband of Cecelia Tougan received the Bronze Star Medal posthumously for heroic actions on Saipan in the Marshall Islands operation. He landed with the second assault wave, reorganized a leaderless rifle platoon under mortar fire, led a turning movement, and protected civilians. The citation notes his outstanding leadership and valor throughout the action. The medal will be forwarded to the Boston command for presentation arrangements.
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Hudson
Falls
101Th Infantry
Troy
Saipan
Starshal Islands
Bernard A. Tengas
Mir
Fred Tougaw
Hudson Fairy
Cecelit Bell Touga
AC Tougan
Marshall Islands
Tougan
First Service Command
Boston
Mass
Two Arraigned in Supreme Court on Crime Charges
Two men indicted by the December grand jury were arraigned before Justice William H. Murray in Supreme Court yesterday. Anthony F. Marine, proprietor of the Empire Bar and Grill, was charged with second degree assault regarding a November 26 incident with Lawrence Perry. Marine posted a $2,000 bail after pleading not guilty. Francia J. Sullivan faced burglary and larceny charges tied to an October 18 crime at the same bar, with a $1,000 bail previously set.
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William H. Murray
Supreme Court
Asst
Murine
Timothy L. Collins
Morris Simon
Francia J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Empire Bar and Grill
Sullivan’s
Dependents of Veterans Entitled to Pension Under New Act
The Veterans Administration announced that dependents of Troy veterans in the last war may qualify for widows and orphans pensions under a new act. Applications should be filed at the local field office nearest the applicant. The act expands eligibility to dependents of veterans with no disabilities and projects 81,500 new pension recipients in the first year, costing about 37.5 million dollars, with 162,000 later eligible. To qualify a widow must have married before the act and lived with the veteran ten years or continuously since marriage until death.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D. C
Troy
Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ ‘Affairs
Geld
Pupils Raise War Bonds For Two Ambulances
Students at St Paul the Apostle's School Troy Wyoming exceeded a $3900 goal by collecting War Bonds and Stamps totaling 4572.05 to fund two field ambulances priced at 1950 each. A De Paul the Apostle's School panel will mark each unit with school recognition while Treasury beams send duplicate panels.
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St Paul the Apostle’s School
Pearl Harbor
de Paul the Apostle’s School
Troy, WY
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Army
Air Corps
Crossword Puzzle Acass Review of Clues and Answers
A jumble of crossword style clues with mixed letters and numbers. The list includes hints like public carrier, ship bow, and various wordplay prompts with mismatched spellings and potential decryption, suggesting an imperfect OCR read from a puzzle page.
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Acass
Sankroil Wikagt
Ronan “Toor
Dentaer
Probe Committee Plans Revamping Special Prosecutor Hire
Todd says the Anderson committee plans constructive action on reforms urged by a grand jury report criticizing the Legislature payroll system. Governor Dewey's probe team and the 1944 Legislature panel discussed modernization and simplification of payroll procedures, with the grand jury resuming on January 3.
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Hirem C
Todd
Anderson Legislative Committee
Dewey
Senate
Grand Jury
Anderson
Local real estate man pivots to movie theater chain
A Albany businessman shifted from real estate to cinema, buying and operating several motion picture theaters including the Leland in a career change framed as pursuing a new path in entertainment.
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Ley
Albany
Motion Picture Theaters
Leland Theater
Area Chaplain Joins San Jose In Mindoro Invasion
Capt. Joan J Powers of Albany Diocese, a Catholic chaplain, became the first American to reach San Jose Mindoro in the Philippines and the first chaplain paratrooper to qualify. He outwalked infantry and Australian officers in the final stretch from the invasion beach, and earlier helped land in New Guinea in September 1943. He once served as assistant pastor at St Helen's in Schenectady.
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Joan J. Powers
Albany
San Jose
Mindoro
Philippines
Father Powers
San José
Lac Salamaua
New Guinea
St. Helen's
Schenectady
Former Spa Track Manager Pat Orr Killed in Highway Crash
Pat Orr aged 49, once manager of the racetrack at Saratoga Springs, died instantly in a highway collision near Salem Hingis while attempting to flag help for a stalled car. Orr, a resident of Alma, DL, trained notable trotters and pacers including Spinfel, a world champ trotter. He led the Mindig State Fair track from 1933 to 1940 and was in Saratoga in 1940 and 1941.
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Pat Orr
Saratoga Springs
Salem
Hingis
Orr
Alma
Spinfel
Smindig State Fair Track
Saratoga
Electrical Expert for General Electric Dies
Svend E Johannesen 79 of Pitts Geld Mass a pioneer in the development of Bistridation trans.
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General
Svend E.johannesen
Pitts Geld
Mass
Local honors awarded for service in Yonkers
A native of Korney named Johannesen received the Domineen award for outstanding work in the field. Hines at the point core details mention a ceremony in Yonkers following a long period of service.
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Tormers
KR Iinwin
General Electric Engineer Johannesen Pioneered Early Tools
A fragment notes Johannesen, an electrical engineer at General Electric Co Pitiffeld from 1906 until retirement, highlighting his role as a pioneer in early tool development.
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Johannesen Sad Beta
General Electric Co
Pitiffeld
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City On
Spa Track
Christopher H. Buckley
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Hall and Leland Theaters
Three Palace
Grand Theaters
Albayne
Bennington
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Hristmas
Iis Die ‘ Brewery, Inc
Troy, N.Y
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