German Air Production Crippled by U S A A F Bombing
War Production Board official Charles E. Wilson announced that U S Army Air Forces raids reduced Germanys fighter plane output by 40 percent. Additional raids on Dessau Braunschweig Halberstadt and other plants further cut production as Axis factories were knocked out. U S air power has grown, diminishing the Reichs capacity to sustain combat aircraft.
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War Production Board
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Germany
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Little Brother
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Braunschwieg
Halberstadt
Greater Fracrt
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Hochst
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Offenbach
Ludwigshaven
U. S
Mass production cuts aircraft build time in American plants
Wilson says U S industry accelerates fighter and bomber output through mass production. Early fighters needed 157800 man hours, now 7800 by the 1000th plane. Four motor bombers fell from 200000 to 13000 man hours by the 1000th unit.
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Miss Mary McGrath Dies in Hoosick Falls
Miss Mary A. McGrath lifelong Hoosick Falls resident died Sunday at her home after a shopping trip. Born to Michael and Julia Kane McGrath she leaves sisters Julia and Catherine and brother Patrick, all of Hoosick Falls. Funeral set for 8:30 AM from residence and 9 AM at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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Mary A. McGrath
Hoosick Falls
Gillespie Street
Thomas Brazell
Michael
Julia Kane McGrath
Julia
Catherine McGrath
Patrick McGrath
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Village
Mechanicville Flyer Missing On German Raid
Staff Sergeant Elmer J. Cowan of Mechanicville is reported missing since January 29 over Germany during his twentieth bombing mission. He earned the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters and is credited with shooting down two German planes. Enlisted August 1942, he trained at Texas Aerial Gunnery School and arrived in England September 1943. He is the husband of Yarda Nelson and son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cowan.
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Mechanicville
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England
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Elmer Cowan
Viereck Seeks Supreme Court Review of Conviction
Viereck, a writer and publisher, appealed yesterday to the Supreme Court seeking reversal of his conviction for failing to register as a German Reich agent. He alleges improper trial conduct and improper government attack on his credibility as a witness. He was sentenced to one to five years in a federal prison in D.C. for concealing ties with Nazi principals under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction on January 10.
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George Sylvester Viereck
Supreme Court
Viereck
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Federal District Court
U. S. Court of Appeals For
Penal Group Urges Study of Prisons
The Prison Association of New York urged the State Legislature to conduct a comprehensive study of the correctional system, citing expected postwar crime increases. It proposed a nineteen point program addressing crime prevention court procedures probation institutional administration parole and rehabilitation.
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INS
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Association
Prisons Seen More Favourable Amid War Effort Support
Public attitudes shift as inmates in federal and state facilities contribute to the war effort, with broader support for prisons noted as a result of inmate work and fundraising.
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Tas Brown
Mrs Bahn Hosts Nursing District Leaders Dinner
Mrs. Harriet B. Bahn newly elected president of District 9 NYS Nurses' Association entertained 11 district group heads at a Valentine themed dinner at her Stop 6 Troy Schenectady Road home. Guests included retiring district president Hazel Reed and retiring director Beatrice Sibley along with representatives from Glens Falls Saratoga Springs Albany and Hudson.
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Harriet B. Bahn
New York State Nurses’ Association
Stop
Troy-Schenectady Road
Hazel Reed
Beatrice Sibley
Melba Slattery
Leonard Hospital
Margaret Porter
Troy Hospital
Margaret Ewing
the Samaritan Hospital
Margaret Haley
Cohoes Hospital
Glens Falls
Saratoga Springs
Albany
Hudson
Germans Tighten Control Over French Southern Provinces
German authorities will assume strict occupation over seven southern provinces along the Mediterranean coast citing military necessity. The Vichy radio, cited by US-based monitoring, said Provence regions Pyrenees-Orientales Aude Herault Gard Roches-du-Rhone Var Alpes Maritimes would see northern style rule imposed.
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Vichy Radio
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Herault
Gard
Roches-du-Rhone
Var
Alpes Maritimes
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Troy Club Elects New Officers at Annual Meeting
At the Troy Club annual meeting this morning the Board of Directors elected Raymond P. Neitzel president A W Thompson vice president Raymond J Hannon treasurer and B J Decker secretary.
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Raymond P. Neitzel
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Raymond J. Hannon
B. J. Decker
U S Bombers Hit Dutch Air Base Near Amsterdam
United States Thunderbolt bombers attacked the Gilze-Rijen air base outside Amsterdam as part of an Allied offensive into Holland. The air strike reported no bomber losses, with six German planes claimed down by the attackers.
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Hoosick Falls Draft Board Sends February Quota
Hoosick Falls submits February induction list to Albany for pre induction physicals totaling an increased draft. Volunteers Edward Keegan John Norton Raymond Albergine and others from Hoosick Falls Troy Berlin Peters burg and nearby towns named along with non volunteers. The notice also covers salvage pickup schedule Ladies Auxiliary meeting notes Kiwanis and a funeral service at St. Marks with burial at Maple Grove. Story hour and library art display for Cheney Public Library.
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Hoosick Falls
Glenn C. Banks, Jr
Carl Sebesia
R. D
Joseph H. Rebhun
Russell J. van Norden
Herman L. Schultz
Raymond I. Sperry
John T. Parks
Charles W. Hunt
Willis A. Campbell
Rolland M. Carle
Pater H. Stasiak
Wilfred J. LaJeunesse
Kenneth R. Lohnes
David L. Smith
All of
Troy
Bernard W. Crandall
Kenneth B. Burdick
Berlin
Samuel L. Hamilton
Freeport
Theodore Kaschak
Wiliam E. Rourke
Cropseyville
William
Schaghticoke
Sanford Jones
Wynantskill
John J. Sweeney
Center
Waldo E. Brownell
Euskirk
Wesley C. Shaw
Cherry Plain
Leonard R. Rupp
Melrose
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Alice Cuddihy
Bridge
Kathryn Milistt
Helen Leary
Anna Hogan
Hoosick Falls High School
Classic Street
Hoosick
North Hoosick
Charles John Stevenson
Washington County Post
Cambridge
Bessie Frier
Jerrald C. Potts
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
St. Mark’s Church
Gertrude L. Darby
Maple Grove
Potts
Marvin B. Loveys
Bernard Balder
John van Buren
Frank M. Reynolds
Oliver N. Rathbun
Cheney Public Library
Jacqueline Howe
Awards Made to Camp Fire Girls
The Camp Fire Girls committee of awards met Saturday at the Spanish American Veterans hall. Mrs. Raymond Meixsell chaired the committee and presided. Reviewers included Miss Mary Miller music, Rose McGonigal handicraft, Clinton Rose memory work, Ruth Ewing citizenship and business craft, Kathryn Carmichael nature and camp craft, and Mrs Meixsell health and home craft. Two girls were reviewed for the awards.
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Camp Fire Girls Committee of
Trail Seeker Members Named in Camp Fire Review
The Camp Fire group lists Anne Turner and Barbara Le Grys as wood gatherers in the second rank. First rank candidates include Elizabeth Fish Jeanne Cassavant and Joan Carrier. Pitkin group notes Jane Boudreau Norma Bryce Virginia Roe Virginia Bolles Barbara Callander Doris Dumphy Joan Finning Phyllis Abbott June McDowell Marian Machnick Shirley Burdick Norma Nickerson. Casele Social Victory Club elects officers at a meet.
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Anne Turner
Barbara le Grys
Okiya
Elizabeth Fish
Jeanne ‘Cassavant
Joan Carrier
Wahanka
Pitkin
Jane «Boudreau
Norma Bryce
Virginia Roe
Virginia Bolles
Barbara Callander
Doris Dumphy
Joan Finning
Phyllis Abbott
June McDowell
Marian Machnick
Shirley Burdick
Norma Nickerson
Canadian beet sugar refineries and local leadership
The report lists five beet sugar refineries in Canada and names the leadership at the headquarters located Sunday at 2213 Seventh Avenue. Edward Law is president with Mrs. Cora Hanson as vice president, John Casele treasurer, Mrs. Florence Couse secretary, and Mrs. Rose Nichols sergeant-at-arms.
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Edward Law
Cora Hanson
John Casele
Florence Couse
Rose Nichols
Canada
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