Williams Man Saves Gunner From Nazis On Fifth Army Beachhead
Lieutenant William D. Henderson of Hartford Connecticut returns to his armored unit after spending hours in a trench between German and British lines. He carries an injured gunner whose leg was shattered when Henderson’s light tank hit a German mine. Henderson calls his tank Jesus Saves and notes the danger as tanks maneuvered along a ridge seized by the Germans.
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Rome
William D. Henderson
Hartford
Conn
Henderson
Wiliams College
Jesus
William W. Becket
Kansas City
Carl Hensley
I. Harpe
John EB. Tuck
Becket
Gerald Dailey
Sharon
Mass
Dailey
Ralph Rothwell
Elkton
Wayne B. Yale
Susquehanna
Corp
Ralph A. Lar
R F C to Aid Reconversion To Peace Work
Washington UP The Reconstruction Finance Corp states it will make or guarantee immediate loans to speed the shift from war to peace, stressing cooperation with private financing. Board chairman Charles B Henderson sent a letter to 31 R F C loan agency managers saying the agency must be ready to shoulder its duty to the national economy during demobilization and reconversion to peacetime operations.
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Washington
Charles B. Handerson
Reconstruction Finance Corp. Board
Bonds for Inheritance Tax Uses Endowment 12 Year Note
The Fourth War Loan offers a Series 6 bond at 100 dollars due in 12 years with 2.5 percent interest. Executors can redeem at par to pay federal estate taxes, with interest accruing for heirs. Bonds may be loaned to the government or redeemed after six months with notice. Limits of 100,000 per owner per year encourage wide distribution. Small businesses can help by buying bonds to cover upcoming tax payments.
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Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Benedictine Monastery and Saint Benedicts Legacy Explored
A historical overview describes Benedictine monks at Fecamp France and their austere communal life. It notes the order's spread of monasteries churches and schools, the Black Friars nickname, and a shift of manuscripts to Rome. It mentions Mount Cassino burial claims and a siege near Castel Gandolfo with German forces nearby.
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Black Friars
Fecampe
France
St. Benedict
Mount Cassino
Rome
Papal Palace
Castel Gandolfo
Italian Prisoners to Work in Adirondacks
Italian prisoners of war at Pine Camp will be used soon in the Adirondacks to relieve the lumber industry's manpower shortage. A. B. Recknagel, area director of the U S lumber production war project, said arrangements were being completed through the War Manpower Commission for such employment.
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Albany
Pine Camp
Adirondacks
A. B. Recknagel
U. S
Umber Production
War Manpower Commission
Tank Force Battles Through Heavy Fire Near Highway
Corporal Larance fires precise shells as Mark VI tanks endure 170 millimeter bombardment and heavy mortars. Dailey recalls nearly losing the column when a tank toppled poles and tangled wires forcing crew dismount. Despite the peril, the tanks escaped the trap with no injuries.
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Dailey
Employers Must File Tax Data by Tomorrow
New York State employers must list and file salaries or wages paid to resident employees by tomorrow. Over 100000 employers were reminded. Rollin Browne announced that non-resident withholdings are usually due then, but an extension to March 1 was granted due to pending legislation on the 25 percent state income tax cut.
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New York State
State Income Tax Bureau
Rollin Browne
State Tax Commission
Simplification of Income Tax Proposed
Rep Disney of Oklahoma urged a tax simplification plan uniting the victory tax with regular income tax and surtax, with graduated withholding to collect exact pay period amounts. He sits on the Ways and Means Committee which pledged to quickly study ways to reduce confusion in individual tax returns and also called for changes in required income estimates.
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Washington
Rep
Disney
D-Okia
House
Waysand Means
Government Offices Bombed in Palestine
A series of concealed bombs exploded yesterday in the Palestine immigration offices in Tel Aviv and Haifa causing extensive damage and injuring a policeman. Three unexploded bombs were found. The dispatch did not indicate who was responsible.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Immigration
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Nazi Elite Guard General Dies of Wounds
The Stockholm paper Aftontidningen reports Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Hartenstein of the Nazi Elite Guard died of wounds from guerrilla attack in White Russia. The notice says this is the fourth general to die in two weeks.
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New York
Wilhelm Hartenstein
White
Russia
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Office of War Information
Rosary Society Hosts Membership Supper at St Lawrence Church
Rosary Society of St Lawrence's Church held a membership supper after a vesper service at 3 pm with Mrs Marie K Snyder presiding over the business meeting. George Mariguana of 22 Cypress Street was treated for a lip cut at Samaritan Hospital after a minor incident and returned home by police car. The Mollie BE Titcomb Auxiliary Army and Navy Union will meet tomorrow night in Spanish War Veterans Hall with Mrs Mary Patrick presiding.
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Rosary Society of
George Mariguana
Cypress Street
The
Samaritan Hospital
Charles Hayner
John Dwyer
Central Police Station
Mollie BE. Titcomb Auxiliary
Army and Navy Union of the
Spanish War Veterans Hall
Mra
Mary Patrick
Crime Decreases in State Report Shows
The annual State Correction Department report for 1943, to be submitted to the Legislature, shows a 27.4 percent drop in crimes of all kinds and a 0.6 percent decrease in major offenses. Major crimes totaled 29,462 versus 29,646 in 1942, with overall offenses down from 444,957 to 322,968. Homicide and grand larceny declined, robberies fell, burglaries rose, and public intoxication and narcotics possession also fell.
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State Correction Department
John A. Lyons
Freight Engineer Killed in Crash Near Ashtabula
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train side swiped the New York Central's Southwestern Limited two miles west of Ashtabula Ohio during a snow storm. One pilot engineer on the freight died and twelve of thirteen Limited Pullman coaches derailed with two overturning. About 400 passengers were aboard the Limited. eight empty boxcars were smashed.
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Ashtabula
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Southwestern Limited
Here
Limited
Donald Morris
St. Louis
New York City
N.Y.C
Auxiliary Ball Plans For Mrs Halbritter’s Honor
Holleran Veterans Hospital Committee and area Army and Navy Union Auxiliaries met at Lieut. Joseph P. F. English Garrison rooms. They set a military ball at the Ten Dyck Hotel Albany on Tuesday February 22 with a dinner beforehand. Drill team rehearses next Sunday at 1 p.m. and a March 1 meeting is set at 18 Mohawk Street Albany.
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Holleran Veterans Hospital Committee
Military Bail
Area Army and Navy Union
Joseph P. F. English
Hazel Crehan
Mary Halbritter
Rochester
State Auxiliary
Ten Dyck
Albany
Catherine St. John
Mohawk Street
School 2 PTA Plans Valentine Party at Local School
The Parent Teachers Association of School 2 announced a Valentine party to be held at the school tomorrow night. General chairwoman Mrs James Collins will be assisted by Mrs Ralph Germain Mrs Edmund Burke and Mrs George Beard. Hostesses include Mrs John Cochran Mrs Sigrid Sharpe and Mrs Abraham Pechickjian.
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James Collins
Collins
Ralph Germain
Edmund Burke
George Beard
John Cochran
Sigrid Sharpe
Abraham Pechickjian
Community Events At Latham And Calvary Church
Latham Pvt. and Mrs. William Warner visit family while Pvt. Warner serves in Denver. Episcopal services held at 8 am in the S. W. Pitts Hose Company hall. Calvary Church groups plan Valentine events and a youth fellowship party with programs and a buffet luncheon. The Latham By-Laws Committee to report to the newly formed Latham Community Association on Thursday Feb 17 at 8 pm.
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William Warner
Lorenzo Warner
Eugene Theroux
Warner
Denver
Col
Episcopal Church
S. W. Pitts Hose Company
Gray M. Blandy
St. John's
Episcopal Canren
Troy
Latham School
Mabel A. Muldrew
Latham Community Associaton
Robert Terwilliger
George Whitney
Leland Smith
Walter Kerr
Grace Galloway
Dorothea Bennett
Youth Fellowship of
Calvary Church
Calvary Hall
Jean Dupree
Marion Gott
Miss Dupree
Kay Harrington
Republicans Clash On War Ballot And Postwar Policy
Republicans discuss war ballot legality, federal versus state handling for armed forces votes, and no change in military high command. Bricker backs wartime labor law. Willkie seeks balance between business and labor. Debate focuses on postwar agriculture, deficit financing, and government role, with Dewey praising New York GOP remedies emphasizing self government.
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Bricker
Willkie
Labor
New York
Dewey
New York State
Watervliet Mayor's Nephew Shoots Down First Zero
Staff Sgt. Patrick Donion, nephew of Watervliet Mayor James F. Donlon, credited with downing his first zero. Donlon, turret gunner aboard the Little Hatchet, reportedly shot the Jap plane in flames over Rabaul after being in the South Pacific since last September.
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Patrick Donion
William J. Donlon
First Avenue
Watervliet
James F. Donlon
Gwvndalcanal
Donlon
Rabaul
South Pacific
Germans Honor Fool Not Hitler In New Monument
The Voelkischer Beobachter reports a bust unveiled at the birthplace of Josef Froelich a court jester 250 years ago to Augustus the Strong. The ceremony occurred in Ling Germany but no reason is given for the timing or significance of the honor.
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Lisbon
Germany
Josef Froelich
Augustus
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin
Munich
Froelich
Ling
A. O. H. Auxiliary To Meet Tonight
Division 2 A. O. H. Auxiliary will meet at 8 30 pm in Spanish War Veterans Hall with Mrs Ann Leben tritt presiding A joint B H communion breakfast committee meets at 7 30 pm Patrick J Ryan is general chairman of the session and will preside
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Ann Lebentritt
A. C. BH
Patrick J. Ryan
Women urged New York draft urged by federation
Draft of women for the armed forces was approved yesterday by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Inc. unless in the immediate future women volunteer to fill the quotas of the women's reserves of our military forces. Dr Minnie L Maffett of Dallas Texas president said the board voted support of such a draft.
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New York
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
Minnie L. Maffett
Dallas
Tex
Canteen Party Hosts Youth Council at K of C Hall
The Youth War Council of Troy held a Saturday night canteen party at the K of C hall sponsored by Lans ingburg High School pupils including Helen Matthews and Miriam Hutchinson who chaired. Harry Taylor's orchestra provided music and a Leap Year dance featured girls seeking partners with refreshments served. Officers of the Casele Social Victory Club were elected at a meeting at 2213 Seventh Avenue with Edward Law as president and other officers named. Auxiliary of M. D. Russell Camp United Spanish War Veterans to meet tomorrow at 10 15 a.m. before joining memorial exercises at the Hiker Monument in Sage Park commemorating the sinking of the Maine.
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Youth War Council of Troy
K. of C. Hall
Lansingburg High School
Helen Matthews
Miriam Hutchinson
Harry Taylor
Casele Social Victory Club
Seventh Avenue
Edward Law
Cora | Hanson
John Casele
Florence Couse
Rose' Nichols
M. D. Russell Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Maine
Sage Park
Area Gasoline Dealers To Hear New OPA Plan
Wholesale gasoline dealers from Rensselaer County and 15 other counties in Northeastern New York will attend an Albany meeting at 8 p.m. at the Ten Eycle Hotel where OPA officials outline a new enforcement program. The plan will require officers to check ration bank deposits and deny unendorsed or counterfeit coupons, tightening coupon examinations and reducing counterfeit or stolen coupons.
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Rensselaer County
New York
Albany
OPA
Ten Eycle Hotel
George Myers
Vandegrift Praises Marine Women Reserve Colors
General Alexander A. Vandegrift, commandant of the Marine Corps, praised the Marine women’s reserve on its first anniversary, saying their colors deserve to bear streamers for Bougainville Tarawa and other Pacific battles, and that they supported Marines who fought there.
Boston Olympics Top Rovers for 27th Win
The Boston Olympians registered their 27th win in 29 starts by defeating the New York Rovers 4 to 2 before a crowd of 13 417 at Madison Square Garden. Boston rallied from a two goal deficit with three late third period scores as penalties hurt the Rovers. Tommy Brennan Vernon Jones and George Kelly scored for Boston as the hosts took control after a shaky stretch by New York.
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New York
Boston Olympics
New York Rovers
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Rovers
Tommy Brennan
Vernon Jones
George Kelly
Ninth Street Boy 12 Injured by Auto
Kiernan Rosney a 12 year old of 167 Ninth Street was injured last night when struck by a car owned and driven by Joseph F Vogt of 381 Eighth Street at Hutton Street and Fifth Avenue. Vogt said he had a green light and the boy darted into the street. the boy was taken to Troy Hospital for a possible fractured collar bone and later discharged.
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Kiernan Rosney
Ninth Street
Joseph F. Vogt
Eighth Street
Hutton Street
Fifth Avenue
Vogt
Troy Hospital
Joseph Padalino
Voght
President Wilson's Daughter Dies in India
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo said she learned by cablegram that Margaret Woodrow Wilson, 57, eldest daughter of the late president, died Saturday of uremia in Pondichery, India. She had spent years studying Sri Aurobindo's religious teachings at a secluded Aurobindo colony and arrangements for the body's return likely would be deferred until after the war.
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Los Angeles
Eleanor’'Wilson McAdoo
Cablegram
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Pondichery
India
Sri Aurobindo
Aurobindo
McAdoo
United States
Hawks Tie Canadiens In 2-2 NHL Thriller
Chicago Black Hawks and the league leading Montreal Canadiens battled to a 2-2 tie at Chicago Stadium before 17 729 fans. Maurice Richard tied the game at 15 08 of the final period after Leo Lamoureaux opened scoring for Montreal. The Hawks built a 2-0 first period lead on Mush March and George Allen before Montreal rallied, and Karakas left eye required eight stitches after a Chamberlain drive.
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Chicago Blackhawks
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Stadium
Canadiens
Sexason
Hawks
Boston
Detroit
Maurice Richard
Montreal
Leo Lamoureux
Lamoreaux
Asime
Mush March
George Alen
Mike Karakas
Murph Chamberlain
Karakas
Schenectady and Ardsley Curlers Win Grand National Titles
Schenectady’s Number One team skipped by T H Lydgate defeated Ardsley skipped by Curler One 22 to 13 in the Gordon final. Ardsley beat Schenectady Number Two 13 to 12 to win the Emmet Memorial Medal. Mohawk Trophy went to Caledonian of New York 20 to 9 over Mahapoe. Schenectady completes fifth Gordon title in a row.
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Ardsley
Gordon
Emmet
T. H. Lydgate
Caledonian
New York
W. Cuthbertson
Mahapoe
John MacFarland
Mexican College Champs Bow to Fort Lewis 5
The Los Dorados of the Chihuahua State Teachers College lost to the Fort Lewis Warriors 31 to 45 in Aberdeen Washington. Fort Lewis, built from former Pacific Coast college stars, dominated the boards in the first half building a 27 to 10 lead. Los Dorados rallied in the second half scoring 21 to 18 but could not overcome the early deficit. Jose Santos led Chihuahua with ten points.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Los Dorados
Chihuahua
Sampson Five Edge Eastern Aircraft in Philadelphia Showdown
Samp son Naval Training Station courtmen won their second win in as many nights defeating the Eastern Aircraft All Stars of Philadelphia 53 to 46. Matt Mirsky led the Sailors with 13 points, Shopes and Millhaven added 12 each, Gillinger topped Philadelphia with 15. Samp son drew 11 of 15 from the line as the teams were even on field goals and fouls decided the outcome.
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Sampson
Sampson Naval Training Station
Courtmen
Philadelphia
Matt Mirsky
Sailors
Shopes
Millhaven
Gillinger
Philadelphians
Two Local Alumni Commissioned as Second Lieutenants
Second Lieutenant Charles E. Littlefield son of Mr and Mrs Charles Littlefield of Albany and Second Lieutenant Gerald Zelikofsky son of Mr and Mrs C Zelikofsky of Saratoga Springs were recently commissioned in the Army Air Forces. Littlefield received his commission at San Angelo Texas after attending Troy High School while Zelikofsky completed his course at Childress Field Texas.
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Charles E. Littlefield
Charles Littlefield
Elberson Place
Albany
Gerald Zelikofsky
C. Zelikofsky
Nelson Avenue
Saratoga Springs
Army Air Forces
Littlefield
Troy High School
San Angelo
Tex
Zelikofsky
Childress Field
Seeing Eye Wins at Mexico City Track
Seeing Eye won the $8,000 added Popocatepetl Handicap at the Mexico City racetrack yesterday, finishing a head in front of Barba Gonzalez's Even Break. Mrs. L. B. De Gonzalez' Johnny Holt also ran.
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Mexico City
G. Z. Varranza
Barba Gonzalez
Mra. L. B
Man Held for Assault in River Street Incident
Arthur J. Blair, 24, of Troy, was arrested by Central Station police on a complaint by Sandra Sanders, 474 River Street, for assault. Blair will be arraigned in Police Court. Sanders was treated at Two Hospital for a cut lip after the incident on River Street south of Hutton Street. Officers Sergt. Coleman J. Lyons and Patrolman John Moran made the arrest. In other news, Edmund Paul Bartnick, son of Mr and Mrs Saumer Bartnick of 38 White Street, Cohoes, was promoted to first Lieutenant in the Air Corps by the War Department.
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Arthur J. Blair
Rk D . Troy
Central Station
Sandra Sanders
River Street
Sergt
Coleman J. Lyons
John Moran
Miss Sanders
Hutton Street
Edmund Paul Bartnick
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