Rensselaer County Tops Bond Quota
Rensselaer County exceeds the Fourth War Loan target with total bond sales surpassing the quota while individual purchaser totals lag about 50 percent. Thomas W. Rourke, chairman of the county War Finance Committee, announced the update last night. The Treasury set a goal of 4,100,000 for Troy’s John Q. Citizen demographic.
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Rensselaer County
Thomas W. Rourke
Rensselaer County War Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Troy
John Q
War Bond drive nears Fourth War Loan goal in Nation
Washington reports a surge in War Bond sales pushing last night's total to 12.621 billion dollars, reaching 90 percent of the 14 billion target. Corporate purchases rose to 9.311 billion and individual subscriptions to 3.31 billion, with the drive aiming to conclude Tuesday.
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Washington
County over the top in bond drive as Boy Scouts lead push
Individual subscriptions total about 2 million while corporations and institutions exceed 10 million, lifting the county past its 14 million goal. County official Rourke urges continued efforts to hit the 4.1 million individual quota by Tuesday. Boy Scouts will canvass homes to boost individual sales, aiding the overall target as war bond and stamp totals surpass 13 thousand.
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Record Columnist Owes Life to His Pet Superstition
Dallas Tribune noted Drew Pearson’s superstition saved his life after a last minute change kept him from boarding a doomed 7 40 p m flight. Pearson spoke at the Dallas Athletic Club and, aided by a police escort, caught a later plane that left Love Field at 10 31 p m Wednesday.
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Alex T. Mickle
Mississippi
Memphis
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Love Field
Senator Bridges Wed In Quiet Ceremony
U S Senator Styles Bridges of Concord and Miss Dotoris Thauwald of St Paul were married in a private 6 p.m. ceremony at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in St Paul. The Rev Carl V Tambert officiated the ring ceremony with only the bride's immediate family present.
Nine Called in Radz Hated Act Hearing
Nine witnesses testified in the Hatch Act case against George Radz former Rensselaer County deputy commissioner of public welfare and now an assistant attorney general of New York State The hearing before James W Irwin chief examiner of the U S Civil Service Commission ended at 620 p m The commission will receive briefs after review and a preliminary recommendation will be filed Continued on Page Eleven
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George Radz
Rensselaer County
British Troops to Go to Pacific Area Soon
Reuters reported from Canberra that British troops will join Australian and American forces in the Southwest Pacific before the European war ends. The dispatch says Britons will fight alongside allies regardless of Europe’s war status.
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Bodies of Airliner Victims Sought
Salvage crews abandoned hope of finding many bodies in the passenger section of the American Airlines plane that carried 24 persons to their deaths when it plunged into the Mississippi River at midnight Thursday. Coast Guard and U S Engineers recovered wing and fuselage sections and mail as search continued through the night along the river. Twelve servicemen and two women were aboard, including the stewardess.
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Hope
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WAC
Three arraigned in North Creek rail crash deaths
A Lansingburg man and two others faced second degree manslaughter charges after a rear end collision of two work trains 18 miles north of North Creek killed Roy Edson and Peter Di Phillips and gravely injured 17. Nathaniel J. Wood of Lansingburg a conductor was injured. Also charged is Robert Falkenburg of Saratoga Springs as engineer. Bail set at 1000 each.
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John 3. Miller, Jr
Crown Point
Essex County
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Sixth Avenue
Robert Falkenburg
van Dam Street
Saratoga Springs
Thomas J. Papa
Main Street
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Wood
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American Lead Co
Hne
Edward J. Holohean
Spa Barracks
Roy Edson
Port Henry
Scullen Construction Company
Peter di Phillips
Whitehall
Glens Fails
English Princess To Retain Name On Coming of Age
Princess Elizabeth will come of age on April 21 and will continue to be known as Princess Elizabeth. Buckingham Palace announced no change in her style and title on her 18th birthday. The Welsh Parliamentary Party had urged granting her the title Princess of Wales.
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London
Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth I
Princess of Wales
American Counterattack Checks German Assault
Washington describes the Rome beachhead struggle as tense while denying hopelessness. Weather delays aid, planes are grounded by rain, and Allies defend Anzio as Germans threaten a breakout. Roosevelt notes air and sea control, with hope that naval guns offshore can steady the position. Air power recalls Kasserine in a pivotal but limited use.
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Rome
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Italy
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Mediterranean
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Reds Take Shepetovka Rail Center in Ukraine
The Red Army captured the Ukrainian railway hub of Shepetovka, a key German reserve staging point. Moscow reported Allied forces also trapped Nazi units in a 20 square mile ring of death, killing about 2,600. The town sits on mainlines to Berdichev and Warsaw with links toward Romania and Hungary.
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Shepetovka
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Hungary
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Odesse-Lwow
Beachhead Seen As Gridiron Allies on One-Yard Line
Associated Press dispatch from Anzio details brutal fighting at the beachhead as Allied troops dig in against determined German attacks. Soldiers describe heavy shelling, rugged terrain, and stubborn counter assaults while officers and troops emphasize grit and resolve amidst a crucible of combat.
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Italy
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Senate Votes to Ban Government Food Subsidies
The Senate approved a 43 to 28 ban on government payments of food subsidies aimed at keeping consumer prices down. If enacted, subsidies for butter, meats, coffee, flour, and milk would end after June 30. The bill faces a House vote and a presidential veto, with an override battle likely in the House.
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Mackenzie King gloom over beachhead supplies and war length
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King warned delegates from the Canadian Congress of Labor that favorable winds disrupted supply lines to Allied forces in Italy. He cautioned that unforeseen events could prolong the war beyond days or months, possibly years, and that the duration remains unpredictable.
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Mackenze King
Canadian Congress of Labor
Italy
New York Garment Workers Get Pay Raise
Thomas L Norton, chairman of the regional War Labor Board, announced pay raises retroactive to December 6 for about 15,000 garment workers in the metropolitan area. The ruling provides $3 extra per week to hourly-rated employees and $2 to floor workers.
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New York
Would Limit Term Washington P I John W Brick Calls Eight Year Rule
John W Brick urged a constitutional amendment to limit White House tenure to eight years. He spoke amid Democratic talk of a fourth term for President Roosevelt, advocating a fixed maximum term for presidents.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
White House
Oklahoma Again Rides on Keel
The U S battleship Oklahoma, 30 years old, capsized in Pearl Harbor raid, has been righted and is afloat again after a period in drydock. Repairs to her hull were completed during the interval.
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U. S
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Japs Give U.S. Protests Cold Shoulder
The Japanese government shows a cold disregard for American protests over war prisoner abuses. State Department reports Tokyo received denouncements but gave no reply. Undersecretary Stettinius notes Swiss confirmed two Hull messages. Tokyo radio calls the Bataan death tale a fake. No official Japanese statement has been delivered.
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State Department
Tokyo
Edward R. Stettinius
Hull
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Bataan
United States
U.S
Bern
Priest Condemns Race Prejudice Among Catholics
The Rev Claude Herman Heithaus urged St Louis University students to support Negro access to Catholic schooling. He told about 500 at mass that many non Christians show more Christlike justice for Negroes than some Christians, noting color should not be a barrier.
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St. Louis
Claude Herman Heithaus
St. Louis University
Mohammed
Lenin
U S Submarines Sink 12 Jap Ships in New Pacific Drive
Allied submarines reportedly sank 12 Japanese ships as Wake Island faced a second bombing in two days. MacArthur announced a massive air raid against Rabaul with 660 Japanese planes destroyed in seven weeks, while U S Seventh Army bombed Marshall Islands. Coralado bombers hit Wake as U S Navy claims substantial enemy losses and ships destroyed in a broader Pacific campaign.
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Wake Island
Navy
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
Seventh Army
Marshall Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshalls
Wake
Senate group weighs fuel rationing plan for next winter
A Senate committee examining fuel shortages discussed possible coal rationing next winter. Chairman Maloney said he shares the reluctance of the Solid Fuels Administrator and much of the industry to coupon rationing, but preliminary studies indicate solid fuel supply may be far short of demand for the heating season.
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Senate
Maloney
D.-Conn
Ickes
Allied Forces Inch Forward At Cassino And Carroceto Front
Allied troops in fierce hand to hand battles with German forces report slight advances around Carroceto Aprilia and in the Cassino hills. Heavy rain hail and sleet hindered operations as American and British units pressed to relieve the Anzio beachhead with grinding, costly fighting and shelling.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Anzio
Carroceto
Norman Clark
Clark
Cassino
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Im & Gallant
Rome
Aprilia
East Shivers And Shovels Snowstorm Grips Northeast
A major winter storm spread from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast bringing heavy snow and freezing rain. Chicago area buried, New Jersey to Atlanta expected eight to twelve inches in New York, with Boston warning of ten inches and high winds. City mobilized 7,000 workers despite manpower strain. a coal shortage loomed as health certificates were prioritized. Temperatures lingered in the 20s across the region as the storm eased and colder air moved in.
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