Allies seize Mt Cavallo and press Cassino assault
Allied forces in Italy report American troops capturing Mount Cavallo and shelling Vilivuso near Cassino as French, Canadian, and British units push toward Rome. The Fifth and Eighth Armies gain high ground above Cassino, with Canadian forces clearing areas around Ortona and German defenders throwing parachute troops into the Adriatic battle as the Rome road siege continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Casaino
Mt. Cavallo
Vilivuso
Galyci
Milky Fom
Cassino
Cassio
Rome
Liri
San Vittore
Ortona
Orsonga
Adriatic
Italy
Fifth Army
Cavallo
Venafro
Mount
Casale
Acquafondala
Cape Gloucester Bombed Again In New Britain Raid
Allied Liberator bombers dropped 153 tons on Cape Gloucester, part of a running campaign totaling about 2,200 tons since December 1, with fires seen forty miles away. Gen MacArthur notes a Japanese air attack on Arawe, New Britain, where American troops consolidate, dropping 150 bombs with minor damage. A previous raid cost the enemy 18 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Arawe
Troy Industrial Salvage Drive Reaches Large Scrap Totals
The Troy Industrial Salvage Committee surpassed its 2 545 950 pound iron and steel target in three months and collected 225 000 pounds of paper in a month. A WPB banner awaits, with telegrams of congratulations from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Washington
WPB
P. S. Anderson
Victor Starzewski
Troy Industrial Salvage Committee
Record
Samuel W. McCochrane
Federal Tax Forms to Be Mailed Jan. 5
Tax forms for 1943 income reported by Harry M. Hickey, collector, will be mailed January 5 to about 1.5 million filers across 22 counties from the Bronx to Rouses Point. Forms 1040 for high incomes and 104 for lower brackets, plus Form 180A for under $3,000, carry detailed schedules, instructions, and a forgiveness option. changes affect how victory tax and forgiven tax are computed and crediting overpayments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Hickey
Internal Revenue
135Th Street
Bronx
Rouse’s Point
Tax forms shift as new law nears completion
The article outlines how taxpayers with incomes up to ten thousand may use short forms but must switch to long forms for exact calculations. Couples may file separately to avoid long forms when both work, and other forms cover specific income totals. Names such as Howard Johnson and WM McChesney appear amid notices of furloughs and family visits as Congress finalizes the tax law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Johnson
Troy Hospital
McChesney
Congress
Christmas Program at Zions Evangelical Church
Taborton Sunday School presented a large Christmas program at Zions Evangelical and Reformed Church. A Christmas service is set for tomorrow at 10 30 AM with Holy Communion preceding the combined service. The pastor Rev O Eg hy i will lead a prayer meditation for the new year.
Mary V Trueworthy departs New York for Cherry Point visit
Mrs Mary V. Trueworthy flies from New York to spend holidays with her son Pyt Edward E. McKeon stationed at the Marine Corps Base Cherry Point North Carolina. Miss Elizabeth Madison Beach of Kinderhook is sworn in at Albany as a Spars member, descendant of James Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary V. Trueworthy
New York
Pyt
Edward E. McKeon
Marine Corps
Cherry Point
N.C
SPARS
Elizabeth Madison Beach
Kinderhook
James Madison
United States
Albany
Auto Plates To Be Issued In Towns In 1944
County Clerk announces that 1944 automobile licenses will be issued in outlying districts of Rensselaer County starting January 11. Deputy Ly Stover and Thomas Brown of the State Motor Vehicle Bureau will oversee. Scheduled locations and times cover Grafton to Nassau with daily sessions at various stores, halls, and gas stations through January 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
Lawrence J Collins
Troy
Court House
Peter Ly Stover
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Thomas Brown
Grafton
Barnhart’s
Poestenhill
Firemen’s Hall
Buskirk
Moston’s
East Schodack
Firemen’s
Johnsonville
Hoag & Frisbie’s
Defreestville
Bill's
Melrose
Nible’s
Sand Lake
Ryder’s
Raymertown
McLaren’s
West Sand Lake
Ryemuller’s
Brunswick
Dixon’s
Waynantskill
Town Hall
Fort Orange
Fort Orange Paper Co
Schaghticoke
Petersburg
Rensselaer
Huyck’s Mill
Hoosick Falls
Municipal Building
Nassau
Sheldon’s
Christmas word origins and a holiday blessing
Frank Colby writes a reflective note on Christmas origins and meanings, tracing terms like mass and Yule to Latin and Anglo Saxon roots. He contrasts sacred beginnings with modern secular joys and closes with a sincere wish of good luck and blessings for readers and their loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Frank Colbt
Witness III Attorneys Go to Home in Spatz v Pulensky
In Rensselaer Supreme Court Justice Pierce H. Russell prepared to charge the jury after late summations in Alvin P. Spatz versus Jacob Pulensky. Testimony from Donald Waterman read at 2:30 pm followed a home visit. Waterman was ill and could not attend. Spatz seeks about $8,000 in commissions claimed during employment with Bayer McCantshe lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin P. Spatz
Jacob Pulenskey
Supreme Court
Rensselaer County
Pierce H. Russell
Russell
Donald Waterman
South Pine Avenue
Albany
Waterman
Spatz
Delmar
Pulenskey
Bayer & McCanthe
Owen D. Connolly
F. Stewart Jones
Lynn & Ungerman
George Beckley
Albany Avenue
Green Island
Beckley
Pulensky
Troy
Ration Board Early Closure Announced in Troy Area
The Rensselaer County-Troy City Rationing Board will close today at 2:30 p.m. area residents planning to visit The Hotel Troy offices were urged to go before 2:30. The earlier hour follows permission granted to local boards by the District OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County-Troy City Rationing Board
Troy
Rationing Board
District
OPA
Bolivia moves to create social security for miners and peasants
Bolivian Labor Minister Victor Andrade said the new government plans a welfare program to raise living standards for tin miners and peasants with higher wages and medical care. The plan includes a nurse corps for remote districts, sanitation training, and support for Bolivian universities to expand medical student numbers with hope for American cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Victor Andrade
United States
Calvert Magruder
Catavi
Andrade
California Records Report Two Quakes Near Pasadena
California Institute of Technology logged two earthquakes yesterday. One quake, centered in the West Indies, caused considerable damage and was moderate in intensity. The second quake, about 6200 miles away in the Southwest Pacific, was described as major and began at 31314 pm Eastern War Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calip
California Institute of Technology
Reno Gutenberg
Southwest Pacific
West Indies
Casey Appointed Governor of Bengal
London reports King George VI approved Richard Gardiner Casey as Governor of Bengal. Casey, then minister of state in the Middle East, assumes a war cabinet status reflecting the serious Bengal famine crisis. Bengal will be a main base for Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia command against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richard Gardiner Casey
Middle East
Bengal
George VI
India
Southeast Asia
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Cohoes Churches Schedule Christmas Eve and Day Services
Christmas Eve 11 pm service at St John s Episcopal Cohoes led by Rev Schuyler D Jenkins with Holy Communion on Christmas Day. Sunday services at 9 am and 11 am include a children s service at 4 pm. Catholic churches plan midnight masses tonight and Christmas morning. A Christmas concert is set for Sunday 7 30 pm at St James Methodist directed by Maurice R Starkey. Edward Hines of 78 Melville Ave on 30 day Navy furlough after 17 months abroad returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John’s Episcopal Church
Cohoes
Schuyler D. Jenkins
St James Methodist Church
Maurice R. Starkey
Petty Otticer
Edward Hines
T. 5
Navy
Melville Avenue
South Pacific
California
Christmas Message Foretells Allied Victory in Britain
General Jacob L. Devers delivers a Christmas message to American forces in Britain declaring no doubt of Allied victory. He states the Allies possess the manpower and matériel to bring the war to a successful conclusion and to rebuild the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jacob L. Devers
Britain
Cohoes Plans Waste Paper Drive After Holidays
Cohoes will launch a city wide waste paper collection after the holidays to aid the war effort. Frank S. Abbott chairs the effort with strong community cooperation and scheduled collection details to be announced. The War Salvage Committee, led by William J Vandercar, will direct the drive. The Nutrition Committee, led by Mrs Grace Green Graham, plans a food demonstration on Jan 11 at Keveny Memorial Academy. Local soldiers Pvt John J Kahoe and Pfc Conrad DeKeade are on furloughs visiting families before duty in Camp Davis and Clovis Army Air Base. Four Cohoes men entered Class 1A in the draft. two are in 1C. Confessions to be heard today at St Agnes Church from 3 to 6 and 7 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fot
Orice
William J Vandercar
The
Ecoune
Grace Green Graham
Keveny Memorial Academy
John J Kahoe
Army
Camp Davis
Mary B Kahoe
Congress Street
Camp Stewart
Cohoes
Local Selective Service Board
Joseph D Simaid
Lloyd Christol
Armand C. Perrier
James Montanari
Edward E. Picard
Bernard J. Flynn
Joseph A. Franklin
St. Agnes’ Church
Court Cuts Two Cohoes Valuations
Court orders reductions totaling 23090 on two Cohoes parcels. Harmony Hotel at Mohawk and Cayuga Streets drops from 25900 to 31200 while 122 Remsen Street valuation falls from 45000 to 30000. Reductions apply to 1942 and 193 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes Board of Assessors
Common Council
Harmony Hotel
Mohawk and
Cayuga Streets
Remsen Street
Cohoes Rotarians Host 30 Boys at Christmas Party
Cohoes Rotary Club entertained more than thirty boys at its annual Christmas party held Wednesday at Van Schaick Island Country Club. Rev Spear Knebel of Albany spoke on the true meaning of Christmas while a varied program of vocal and instrumental selections and carols delighted the attendees. Each boy received a gift, with the event led by the boys work committee: Charles H. Clark Napoleon Favreau Gilbert C. Bindewald and Angus D. MacAffer. Also noted was the promotion of Corp Kenneth Hyde to sergeant and maintenance division squad leader. A midnight Mass was scheduled for St Michael's Church with additional masses at 9 and 11 PM tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Charles H. Clark
Napoleon Favreau
Gilbert C. Bindewald
Angus D. MacAffer
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Vithus
Syeaway
W. N. Vandercar
Remsen
IBAT
Poestenkiil
Casey
Conrad DeKeade
Air Corps
Clovis Army Air Base
New Mexico
John DeKeade
Front Street
Winston Brewery
Troy, NY
Kenneth Hyde
U. S. Army
Land
Raymond Hyde
Lincoln Avenue
St. Michael’s Church
St Michael's Church
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