Final Draft of Tax Bill May Reach White House Tonight
Congress leaders on taxation say the $2.315 billion revenue bill can be sent to President Roosevelt by tonight. If signed, federal revenue would rise to about $42.239 billion annually. House Ways and Means Chair Doughton and Senate Finance Chair George said final action would occur today, with leadership predicting quick approval. The measure would raise excise taxes and corporate and individual income taxes, while preserving the Social Security tax at 1 percent.
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SPARS and Coast Guardsmen USO Guests
Stillwater High School assembly heard Arthur H. Vinett report over $10,000 in bonds sold locally with two thirds of the Fourth War Loan quota met ten days remaining. He urged more bonds from parents and friends and noted more individuals than corporations have purchased bonds. Mrs. Vinett sang Please Buy A Bond. Pfc. William Sheridan spoke briefly. A group of SPARS and Coast Guardsmen visited the USO Club.
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Arthur H. Vinett
Mechanicville
Vinett
William Sheridan
English Church Lauds Roosevelt Raps Gov Dewey
The Church of England Newspaper lauds President Roosevelt for international leadership and criticizes Governor Thomas Dewey of New York as isolationist. It argues Dewey only abandoned isolationism when events made it seem ridiculous and warns that future policy hinges on choosing a leader who truly supports international cooperation.
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Thomas Dewey
New York
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Dewey
General Arnold Praises Negro Fighter Squadron After Italian Operations
General H H Arnold commends the 58th Fighter Squadron for bold exploits over the invasion beachhead in Italy. He notes eight enemy planes shot down in one day and four on another, praising their results since the Nettuno landing in recent weeks.
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Algiers
Italy
H. H.arnold
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Ira C Baker
Mediterranean
Nazis Quit Warsaw Evacuation Under Baltic Offensives
Stockholm reports indicate a state of emergency in Lithuania and German evacuation from Warsaw as Red Army advances cut deeper into the Baltic states and Poland. Civilians flee Warsaw to Silesia while offices prepare to depart, per Morgenthau dispatch based on underground radio. London Telegraph notes evacuation panic reaching Riga as civilians struggle for train passage.
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Tidningen
London Daily Telegraph
Riga
Latvia
Hitler purges 47 German generals over eastern front strategy
London and Stockholm reports Saturday confirm Hitler dismissed 47 Nazi generals due to disagreement on eastern front strategy. Named among the purged were Field Marshal Ludwig Von Bock, former commander in Central Russia, and General Franz Von Halder of the German Supreme Command.
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INL
Stockholm
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London Daily Mail
Ludwig von Bock
Russia
Franz von Halder
Supreme Command
Nazi alibi for slave labor use diverges from Russian claims
The Berlin radio traced Germany’s move of 140,000 people from the Black Sea region to the Reich as settlers rather than slaves, claiming they would receive land for farming in Wartheland. Moscow had alleged forced labor, while a Stockholm dispatch noted East Prussia expected up to 1.5 million evacuees as the Russian advance pushed Germans and Baltic peoples westward with scarce transport and fuel.
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Poland
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Japs Value Garand Rifle, Despite Early Caliber Errors
Brig. Gen. Gillespie notes Japanese forces prized captured American Garand rifles in the Philippines and New Guinea. He cites a memo indicating Japs targeted Garands from wounded Americans and hid equipment, including optics and ammunition, across New Guinea, with crews scavenging gear in jungle areas for study back home.
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Watervliet Arsenal
Philippines
Buna
Lae-Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
Gillespie
Donald F. Madigan
Munising
Mich
Ordnance
New Guinea
Ordnance Laboratories
Scout Mountain
Malta Grange Valentine Party and Local Notices
Round Lake W N Wilson called to service at Sampson for boat training from Essex County. Frank Hewitt moved from Benedict Memorial Hospital to the home of Mrs George Bentwell with sister Vila Hewitt boarding. Malta Grange hospitality committee hosts a Valentine party at Richard H Gorsline home with prizes for games. Malta Home Bureau meets for an all day gathering at Mrs Walter Watson with luncheon and a discussion led by Mrs Earle Edmonds. Out of town guests attended Miss Jane Louise Stewart and Donald L Gorsline wedding at the Methodist Church.
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W. N. Wilson
Lake Avenue
Sampson
Wilson
Essex County
Frank Hewitt
Benedict Memorial Hospital
George Bentwell
Saratoga Road
Vila Hewitt
Malta Grange
Richard H. Gorsline
Stewart Martin
Earle Edmonda
Emiline Brownell
Ray Weed
Malta Home Bureau
Walter Watson
J. Rexford Knapp
Robert Koppe
Earle Edmonds
Jane Louise Stewart
Donald L. Gorsline
Methodist Church
Richard Johnson
Easton
Lef
Cohoes War Bond Drive Reaches Halfway Mark
Cohoes total subscriptions for the Fourth War Loan reached 30000 with a goal of 500000 by February. E T Laughlin, chairman of the Cohoes War Finance Committee, announced Elks and Rotary contributions totaling 30000 and a forthcoming War Bond Rally at the Regent Theater with war films and a guest speaker from Albany County.
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Cohoes War Finance Committee
Cohoes
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Elks
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Rotary Club
Community notices from Schenectady area events and meetings
Residents from Schenectady Ballston Spa Saratoga Springs and Charlton attended a Gorsline home reception. Fidelis Circle of the Methodist Church Bible school plans a 6 30 pm covered dish supper at the church. Flor ence Turner will discuss her youth caravan work. Malta Grange members attended Wilton Grange Pomona and Malta Grange plans next meeting. Supper committee includes Earle Edmonds Le Roy DeGroff.
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Schenectady
Ballston Spa
Saratoga Springs
Charlton
Richard H. Gorsline
Fidelis Circle
Methodist Church Bible School
Clifford Arias
Fred Band
N. G. Cole
Frank Blauvelt
Florence B Turner
Malta Grange
Wilton Grange
Pomona
Stewart Martin
Emeline Brownell
Carlotta Lockhart
Wiliam McDermott
Frank Brownell
Henry VanVeghten
Harry T. Barber
Grange
Earle Edmonds
le Roy DeGroff
Obituary notes for Thibodeau and others in Cohoes area
Obituary notices for Louis T Thibodeau native of Canada and long time Cohoes resident who died after brief illness at his sister's home. Services set at A G Botvin's Sons funeral home and St Joseph's Church with interment in St Joseph's Cemetery Waterford. Also notices for Christina Frazier Christina Fontaine Pamela Fontaine and armed services and Coast Guard related items in Cohoes brief notices.
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Louis T Thibodeau
Chibby
Canada
Cohoes
Henry LaVerdiere
St. John Street
St. Joseph's Church
Star Woolen Co. Mill
Thibodeau
Henry Roberts
Troy
Louise Cole
Lansingburg
A. G. Botvins
Congress Street
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Christina Frazier
John C. Dandurand
Central Avenue
George F. McElvein
First Baptist Church
Dominic Cleaments
Salvadore Curto
Joseph Whumick
Louis Markos
Salvadore Morroccco
Frank Morrocco
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Weiss Named Cohoes Health Commissioner
Dr. Hans D. Weiss has assumed duties as municipal health commissioner in Cohoes succeeding Dr. M. J. Keough. He was sworn in by City Clerk Eugene M. Hebert and will start effective February 1. Weiss, previously police and fire surgeon, resides at 122 Mohawk Street.
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M. J. Keough
Eugene M. Hebert
C. L . Witbeck
Keough
Dr. Wells
Mohawk Street
Health Department
Rudolph I. Roulier
Edmund J. Kearney
Joseph Langlier
City Clerk Ring Found Far from Cohoes in Africa
City Clerk Eugene Hebert of Cohoes misplaced a valuable ring last November. It turned up in North Africa, found by Mayor Rudolph Rouher's son Sergi, Raymond Rouher of the Army. The ring, bearing the initial H, was in a Christmas box sent to young Rouhier Faturday. Hebert says it had fallen from his finger into the box.
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Cohoes
North Africa
Rudolph I Rouher
Sergi
Raymond Rouher
Hebert
Roulier Faturday
Two Injured In Cohoes Auto Mishap
A Cohoes street crash left one man in Cohoes Hospital with possible serious injuries while another was discharged after a two-vehicle wreck on South Saratoga Street. Stephen Pardus, 13 Willow Street, suffered a deep forehead laceration and possible fractured nose. Michael Krak, 52 Violet Street, had a knee laceration. Police said ice caused the skidding crash near the south city line at 6 40 a m.
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Cohoes
Stephen Pardus
Willow Street
Pardus
Michael Krak
Viiet Street
South City
Krak
J. C. McGarrahan
F. J. Suizman
Kark
Earl J. Massey
Presbyterian Union to Meet At Cohoes
The Presbyterian Union of Troy and Vicinity will hear Rev Joe H R Hanley speaker at a Cohoes dinner meeting at Silliman Memorial Church. About 290 reservations are reported. Dwight Mavin will introduce him. music by Harry Cheney's Troy orchestra. Dinner begins 6 30 p m.
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Joe HR. Hanley
Presbyterian Union of
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Harry Cheney
Troy
Frank McKnigh
Lansingburg
The
Union
McKnight
Fevenry J. Smith
Green Island Presbyterian Church
Eugene E. Cunningham
Oliver Presbyterian Church
Frank H. Coffeen
Oakwood
State Legilature
Cohoes Scouts Banquet Wednesday at St James Church
More than 125 attendees are expected at Troop 43 Boy Scouts of America annual banquet Wednesday at 6 30 p m in St James Methodist Church Cohoes. Clinton E Rose Troy Area Council executive will attend along with district commissioners troop committee members and other troop representatives. New class ratings will be awarded and merit badges presented under a program led by Rev B E Summers Willard Van Vranken and Henry W Van Valkinbur. The troop's annual church service will be held Sunday February 13 at a church to be announced.
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Boy Scouts of America
St. James’ Methodist Church
Cohoes
Clinton E. Rose
Troy Area
BE. Summers
Willard van Vranken
Henry W. van Valkinbur
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