Postoffice Profit Marks First in 24 Years Run
Washington reports the Post Office Department posted a 1944–45 fiscal year profit of 31.33 million, its first surplus in 24 years, while facing a return to red as appropriations for next year total 1.319 billion for the Treasury and Post Office. The committee also outlined 795,735,500 needed for tax refunds and noted 1.3328 million profit followed by prior deficits, with details from Postmaster General Frank Walker. Additional disclosures show costs for absentee ballots and savings from revised War Bond production and paper use.
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Washington (P
Congress
Postoffice Department
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury and
Postoffice Departments
The
Treasury
Post Office Department
Budget Bureau
Bureau
Frank Walker
Walker
British Columbia Seeks Road to Unlock Vast Northern Wealth
A coastal North Coast delegation led by R M Winslow argues for a Telegraph Creek Route to link Hazelton to Whitehorse and tap coal, timber, minerals, and 600000 horsepower of power. Premier Hart backs surveying the route while Alaska centers pledge support to fuel empire-building and postwar rehabilitation.
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Hazelton
Whitehorse
R. M. Winslow
Prince Rupert
Alaska
Juneau
Ketchikan
Hyder
Winslow
Telegraph Creek
Pennsylvania
Tidewater
Stewart
Naas Valley
Alberta
Vancouver
California
Lodge resigns U S Senate seat to return as Army officer
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr of Massachusetts resigns from the Senate to resume active duty as a major battalion commander overseas. Governor Leverett Saltonstall, likely to appoint a successor, with Lt. Gov. Horace Cahill moving to the governorship and naming Saltonstall to the Senate.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
Lodge
United States Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Saltonstall
Boston Post
Horace T. Cahill
Post
Cahill
United States
Libya
Walsh
D.-Mass
White
Roosevelt
Congress
Armed Forces
National Assembly
Republican Women Plan Card Party In Rensselaer County
The Rensselaer County Women's Republican Club meeting outlined plans for a February 17 social and card party at The Hendrick Hudson. President Mary Zobel appointed two committees with Nellie Krause leading the game group and Les Davis heading the floor committee. Cochairs and several other members were named for both committees.
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Rensselaer County Women's Republican Club
Hendrick Hudson
Mary Zobel
Nellie Krause
Anna Dissoway
Cochairman
Maude Cornelius
Mabel Russell
Alice Hartnagle
Minnie Armitage
Les Davis
Margaret Oviatt
Laudia Faden
Frances Phelan
Censors See Army Morale At Its Best
Washington dispatch reports U S Army morale in Italy is high as censors note soldiers understate horrors and keep humor amid war. Lt Frank Mather notes letters rarely dramatize total war. transfers of news are filtered to protect kin and maintain order.
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Washington
Italy
Frank T. Mather
Nashville
Tenn
Mather
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Gibbon
Charlie L. Bennett
Broadway
Hugo
Oxfa
North-South route to Klondike era rich with resources
The Hazelton area in the Trail of 93 country holds gold, feed for pack ponies, and hydroelectric potential from the Davis Soule Naas Rivers and Neziadin Lake estimated at 600000 horsepower. Beyond agriculture and timber, tungsten and molybdenum deposits exist. The road would also unlock tourism, with coastal fishing and big game hunting hampered by lack of roads.
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Francois Lake
B. C
British Columbia
Dominion
Hazelton
Klondike
Davis
Soule
Naas
Neziadin
Tiny Triplets Gain Two Ounces in a Day at Hospital
The Cramer triplets Anne Joan and Jean born weighing two pounds two ounces yesterday at Leonard Hospital show progress as the smallest gains two ounces since Thursday. Parents Sergi and Mrs Frank Cremer of Waterford, father a Marine recruiting officer in the area, and Dr A M Breault of Cohoes who delivered them express optimism for continued growth.
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Cramer
Anne
Joan
Jean
Leonard Hospital
Sergi
Frank Cremer
Waterford
A. M. Breault
Cohoes
Beleves
Pilot Charles A. Nofal Killed in Texas Plane Crash
First Lieutenant Charles A. Nofal, 25, of Pittsfield Massachusetts, died in a P-39 fighter crash at Foster Field Texas. He was en route to Kingman Army Air Field Arizona and is survived by a sister, Mrs Selma George of Pittsfield.
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Charles A. Nofal
Pittsfeld
Mass
Foster Field
Tex
Kingman
Ariz
Army Air Field
Nofal
Selma George
Pittsfield
Langmuir Receives Faraday Medal From British Institute
Dr. Irving Langmuir of General Electric Research Lab in Schenectady won the Faraday Medal for outstanding contributions to electrical science. In North Adams, Patrick J. Malloy, 66, a former standout athlete famed for his 100 yard dash, died suddenly at home.
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Irving Langmuir
General Electric Co
Schenectady
British Institute of Electrical Engineers
London
Patrick J. Malloy
Massachusetts
North Adams
Mr. Maloy
Mr. Malloy
Knaupp to Head Bureau of Buildings in Troy reshuffle
Warren A. Cook and contractor Frank M. Ames oversee a personnel shift in Troy. John F. Knaupp, current Troy Airport director, will move to head the Bureau of Buildings to replace John A. Bond. Appointments target February 15 with Bond’s termination letter issued.
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Warren A. Cook
Troy
John A. Bond
John F. Knaupp
Bureau of Buildings
Bond
Frank M. Ames
Frank M. Ames, Commissioner of Public Safety
Knaupp
Holdings
Harry E. Clinton
Commissioner of Public Safety
Trojan Named Staff Adjutant at Hamilton College
Lieut. William V. N. Carroll of Troy was assigned to the Army Specialized Training Program staff at Hamilton College Clinton to replace Lieut. D Senerchia. Carroll will serve as adjutant personnel officer supply officer and training instructor. He was born in Burlington Vermont and has a Civil War grandson on his mother's side. He trained at C M T C and served in the Organized Reserves before active duty starting March 30 1942. He served at Fort Dix and at Cornell University as an R A T C instructor before his Hamilton appointment. In civilian life he helped run a wholesale wallpaper company in Troy with his brother.
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William V. N. Carroll
Troy
Hamilton College
Clinton
D. Senerchia
Elliott N. Baldwin, Jr
Carroll
Burlington
West Point
Fort Dix
N .J
Cornell University
R.A T. C
Hill
Broaother
War Department lists Albany sergeant as prisoner of war
Staff Sergeant Bert A. Stieler, son of Mrs Catherine Stieler of 362 Second Street Albany, is being held a prisoner of war in Germany, the War Department revealed yesterday.
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Bert A. Stieler
Catherine Stieler
Second Street
Albany
Germany
War Department
Cohoes Memorial Service for Families of War Dead
Cohoes to hold memorial service Tuesday February 22 under E T Ruane Post American Legion at 3 p m in Keveny Memorial Academy auditorium. Gold Star Silver Star and Purple Heart medals will be presented and a growing list honors families of service members who died or were killed in the present war. Names already listed include Paul Frament Henry Houle Leonard Novak James O Donovan and others with requests for additions through Bullock Landry Cain or at American Legion quarters Oneida Street.
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Sen
E. T. Ruane Post
American Legion
Alvin P. Bullock
Keveny Memorial Academy
Paul
Frament
U. S. Navy Corp
Henry A. Houle
Leonard T. Novak
U. S. Marine Corps
Maj
James J. O'Donovan
U. S Army
Henry W. Rettinger
John G. Gorka
Ernest Honsinger
Joseph B. O'Keefe
Michael Wilczacki
Mr. Bullock
Leonidas Landry
James J. Cain
Oneida Street
Cohoes Paper Collectors Reach 17 Tons In War Effort
Approximately 17 tons of waste paper have been collected city wide under the Cohoes War Council salvage committee. Aware of the need for paper in the war effort, officials praise public cooperation and urge continued participation with upcoming pickups and door knob notices for households unable to leave bundles at the curb. Obituary notes Mrs Christina Frazier, widow of Thomas Frazier, died at Jones Nursing Home. Survivors include daughters Mrs Dandurand and Mrs Verald of this city, Mrs Normington of Watervliet, son William Gray of Danvers, Mass, and Corp. Francis Frazier in New York City. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. with burial at Waterford Rural Cemetery.
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Cohoes
Christina Frazier
Thomas Frazier
Jones Nursing Home
Loudonville
France
Frazier
John C. Dandurand
James Verald
Clarence Normington
Watervliet
William Gray
Danvers
Mass
Corp
Francis Frazier
Army
New York City
Nazi Youth Leader Declares Heroic Spirit Will Prevail
London reports Arthur Axmann told listeners on Berlin radio that modern arms matter, but the heroic spirit of the bravest man will win. He said Hitler Youth will ensure the best young recruits become fighting men.
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London
L.vol
Arthur Axmann
Berlin
Sermon Topics at Cohoes Churches
Sermon themes at multiple Cohoes area churches include Rev. Francis L. McCauley at Silliman Memorial Presbyterian and Rev. George F. McElvern at First Baptist with son youth and Sunday school activities. Events span 10 am to 6:30 pm tomorrow with sessions Monday and regional meetings.
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Francis L. McCauley
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Church House
First Baptist Church
George F. McElvern
Gripsholm
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Schenectady
Dorcas Philathea
Donald R. Lewis
First Methodist Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
Schuyler D. Jenking
Young People’s Fellowship Group
the Reformed Church
Victor J. Biekkink
D.D
Church School
First Reformed Church
Albany
Cohoes to Get Less Fuel Declared By Ablett
Cohoes faces a winter coal shortage with at least one eighth of anthracite cut for homes. War Council chairman Ablett warns there will be no more anthracite this season and urges rigid conservation. The Solid Fuel Administration backs shifting to bituminous coal and advises dealers to certify shipments while planning equitable distribution. A Tuesday meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary at Cohoes Hospital discusses rescheduled membership tea for March 14.
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America
Cohoes
Frank & Ablett
War Council
Solid Fuel Administration
Washington
Ablett
Oasis
Solid Buel Administration
Ablet
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Cohoes Hospital
Herbert T. James
Group Leaves Cohoes Draft Group Leaves Cohoes
Fourteen members of the January Selective Service contingent who will serve in the U S Army left for duty after a farewell at Local Board No 345 City Hall. The roll was called by Angus D. MacAffer with prayers by Rev. Valentine Guierlack.
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U. S. Army
Albert Paolone
Michael Frank
Stephen J. Toscano
Armand C Perrier
Raymond L. Bernard
Edward A. Stebbins
Radcliffe L. Taylor
John E. Kuk, Jr
Joseph M. Campagna
John J. Garry
Arthur L. Keough
John J. Walsh
Joseph P. Vergon
Edward Longtin
Mr. Walsh
Bureau of Water
Department of Public Works
Mass Schedules at Cohoes and Area Churches
Local church bulletins list Mass times for multiple parishes in Cohoes and vicinity. St Agnes Holy cross St Bernard St Joseph St Marie St Michael St Patrick Sacred Heart St Rita with low masses from early morning to late morning high masses. notes a Troop 44 Boy Scouts meeting at St Agnes School Hall today.
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St. Agnes
Joseph A. Franklin
St. Bernard's
William P. Brennan
Joseph's
Louis A. Lavigne
St. Marie's
Adrien Bechard
St. Michael's
Valentine W. Guerlacki
St. Patrick's
Thomas A. Flanagan
Sacred Heart
Raymond J. Robert
Boy Scouts
St. Agnes’ School Hall
Cohoes Scout Troop Plans Banquet At St James Church
More than 125 persons are expected to attend Troop 43 Boy Scouts of America annual banquet at St James Methodist Church in Cohoes Wednesday at 6:30 p m. Clinton E Rose executive of Troy Area Council will be among guests with district commissioners and troop representatives. Awards and merit badges will be presented. A special program is arranged under the direction of Willard Van Vranken and Henry W Van Valkenbosch. The troop church service will be held Sunday February 13 at a church to be chosen.
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Troop 43
Boy Scouts of America
St James’ Methodist Church
Cohoes
Wil Ce
Clinton E. Rose
Troy Area
Rov Ke, Summers
Willard VanVranken
Henry W. van Valkinbuis
Cohoes Grill Owners Warned by OPA
A late Thursday meeting at City Hall called by Holgar Film of the Cohoes War Price and Rationing Board warned twenty three restaurant owners about price and posting violations. John T Crummey explained OPA rules. violators may have names sent to the Albany district office. Also noted were Army and Navy family notices, a Mothers' Club card party at St Agnes School, and a Sons of Union Veterans social at the G A rooms on Remsen Street.
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Washington
Lincoln
Maine
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Collin-Ross Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Remsen Street
Lillian Allen
Vera Smith
Mae Aichambeault
Margaret Riley
War Savings Stamp Committee
Smith
Laura Hallett
Alvina Dickinson
Allen
Archambeault
Mary A. Collin
Riley
Holgar Film
Cohoes
Common Council
City Hall
John T Crummey
Albany
OPA
William 5. Crawford
C. T. Wright
Donald C. MacLean
Anita Holohan
England
Corp
Frank P. Holohan
U. S. Army
Frank C. Holohan
Boght Corners
John D. Holohan
U.S. Navy
South Pacific
Mothers’ Club
St. Agnies’ School
James Keefe
Bernard Ryan
Cochairman
George Vogel
Mary McCormack
John Bowman
Powers
Gilbert Downs
M. Leo Fitzgerald
Andrew Brackley
Harold Wood
Cap
G. Lyons Camp
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
G. A
Walter Bailey
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West 22Nd Street
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New York
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New York Guild For the Jewish Blind
Prisoners of War Packing Center
American Red Cross
Walter J. Craig
Division of Orthopedics
State Department of Health
Langmuir
John A Bond
Trojan
Hamilton
Bruce Fraser
By Paul Ford
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
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Joan Dayton
Havern Es
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Cohoes Council
Knights of Columbus
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Palmer Shine
William Hickey
Marcil Lafreniere
Davidson Hume
Joseph Ross
Frank Bechard
William Dotter
Charles Murray
Vincent McKee
John Hughes
Council
St. Rita's
Arthur J. Reilly
Cohoes Grill
Bausch & Lomb
T. Brandon Timpane
Optometrist
Remsen St
Cohoes, N
Nott Street
Maxon Road
United States Employment Service
American Locomotive Company
Schenectady, N. Y
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