Finland to Russia peace terms and Petsamo port demand
London dispatches report Finland sent definite peace proposals to Moscow and awaits result. A London source says Russia hinted willingness to stick to the 1940 frontier and abandon base rights at Hangoe while seeking Petsamo and the removal of seven German divisions from Finland.
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London
Finland
Russia
Hangoe
Jalu Nasti Paasikisi
Stockholm
Moscow
Alexandra Kollantay
Sweden
Petsamo
News- Chronicle
Salla
Karelia
Walter Farr
The
Daily Mail
Karelian
Juhu Kusti Paasikivi
Britain
Evacuation of Castel Gandolfo Begins
Vatican radio reports the papal summer residence Castel Gandolfo is being evacuated while about 10,000 refugees remain unable to move. The appeal warns against warlike action on the village citing extraterritorial rights and civilian protection. The Allies say German troops are in Castel Gandolfo grounds and could be targeted by Allied bombers. Also noting William J. Burns leaving for Marine training at Parris Island after graduating Catholic Central High School.
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London
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican Radio
William J. Burns
Margraret Burns
Congress Street
Parris Island
WN. Co
Burns
Catholic Central High School
Record Newspapers
State moves to boost war bond sales in New York
Governor Dewey prompted a swift unanimous Legislature approval to permit state surplus funds up to 25 million dollars to be invested in War Bonds ahead of the fourth War Loan drive. Dewey urged use of unappropriated balances as the people of New York, aiming for the national quota, must not delay.
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Albany LLP
Dewey
Treasury
Assembly
Senate
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Supreme Court
New York
United States
Germany Demands War Labor From Youth and Prisoners
The article highlights manpower shortages in Nazi Germany as Hitler resorts to rapid promotions for soldiers, expanded use of youth and women in war tasks, and the employment of civilians, prisoners of war, and elderly workers in defense and industry. It notes mass mobilization and rising death notices at work as invasion looms.
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Frr
Hitler
Cabinet Council For Defense
Hitler Youth
Reichsminister
Air Force
Navy
Bremen
Glazier
Her_mann Otten
Germany
Colleges Extend Deferment Filing Date for Draft
Washington AP reports the selective service extended the deadline for colleges to file deferment applications for students under new rules until March 1. The tighter regulations were to take effect today.
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Washington
Selective Service
President Likely To Veto Bill Banning Subsidies
Congress sends subsidy ban to conference amid expected presidential veto. House aims to end subsidies with a Thursday loan plan. Senate backs outlawing after June 30. Roosevelt vetoes anticipated again as conferees refine the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Bathroom Steamers Trigger Wartime Heat Dispute
Magistrate Thomas Donnelly ruled that bathroom steamers violate wartime rules as he hears the case of an apartment superintendent accused by tenants of hot water shortages. The superintendent blames steamers, arguing tenants waste hot water for steams baths at the landlord's expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Donnelly
Jap Fighter Planes Improve as Pilot Quality Declines
Washington dispatch reports the Japanese are improving fighter aircraft with in line engine power and 37 mm cannon but their pilot aggressiveness is diminishing. Lieutenant Commander James E. Vose Jr. of Manville, Rhode Island, said after two months commanding a dive bomber squadron in Pacific island base attacks.
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Washington (P
James E. Vose, Jr
Manville
R. L
Pacific
Vose
Beachhead Fighting and Cassino Breakthroughs Amid Italian Campaign
Allied forces pressed the Cassino battle as American troops clawed 200 yards into German lines in Cassino, the largest advance in 12 days. At Anzio the beachhead saw heavy bombing and continued seesaw fighting around Aprilia, with German attacks waning and Allied air activity limited by weather.
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France
Berlin
Carroceto
Cassino
Italy
Anzio
Aprilia
Fifth Army
Milk Price Set for January Across Six States
New York dairy officials announce a uniform price of 23.48 per hundredweight for January milk in six states. Dr. J Blanford predicts the war will face a worse milk scarcity later this year. He notes rising production yet a trend toward a burdensome surplus in the second half of 1944 as dairy farmers shift production methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Blanford
Blanford
Allied hospital strikes at Anzio draw new damage
During a night raid on Anzio German aircraft hit Allied hospital units for the second time in a week and a third medical post was damaged by shellfire. British troops conducted local assaults in their sector and briefly advanced near the railroad west of Aprila.
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Anzio
Aprila
Missing in Action Captain Buckley Honored in Announcement
Captain James E Buckley son of Mr and Mrs Edward J Buckley 112 Griswold Avenue is listed as missing in action over occupied Europe per War Department telegram. Buckley a Thunderbolt pilot and West Point graduate 1942. The item is followed by community notices of meetings and events in Cohoes.
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James E Buckley
Edward J. Buckley
Griswold Avenue
Occupied
Europe
War Department
Buckley
Catholic Central High School
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Military Academy
West Point
Cohoes Draft Board Reclassifies 62 to 1-A
Sixty nine men were reclassified by Cohoes Draft Board No. 345 with 62 placed in Class 1-A to build a pool for armed forces. Police Patrolmen Valenti Bentley and Duchesne plus Fireman John Barrons among those moved. Other 1-A names listed, plus some 2-4 and 1-A(H) classifications. (Other items include a 20th wedding anniversary, hospital updates, a nurse returning to duty, a promotion, a cigarette drive plan, a child welfare clinic, and obituaries for Joseph L Roberts Sr.)
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Cohoes
Police Bureau
Fire Department
Police Department
Nicholas Valenti
David Bentley
Michael Duchesne
John R. Barrons
Frank &. Miazga
James BE. Mannix
Narcisse J. Turcotte
Stephen A. Palka
Joseph Mannino
Ralph EB. Moore
Edward D. Gaffney
Charles J. Siennan
Paul H. Mayo
George N Jeffcock
Oscar L. St. Pierre
Cat E. Allen
Basil Semenick
Charles J .Roy
Victor A. Coullier
Peter Geleta
Armand
Lemuel Goldhar
Arthur L. Shannon
Clarence A. Jones
Edward Koniowka
Joseph C. Stopera
James J. Carroll
Arthur J. Murray
Armand H. Bisainilon
John P. Walsh
John Pedone
Gerald B. Surprenant
Thomas J. Walker
Henry J. Fountain
James E. Staring
Albert J. Arneault
Dennis E. Bourdeau
Frank N
Henry J. Lambert
George H. Richard
Cohoes Eastern Star Party Tonight And Public Notices
The Cohoes Eastern Star Imperil Chapter will hold a Valentine party after tonight’s meeting at the Masonic Temple. Mrs Bertha Loman and Charles J. Ellett will preside. Luncheon planned with arrangements led by Mrs Martha Tole and Miss Martha MacKenzie Seigt. Leo Dyarcak returns to Quantico to resume duty as Staff Sergeant. Charles Alperin is promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant serving at Kessler Field Biloxi. A Group I Activities Committee will form Friday at 7 30 p m in City Hall with Miss Catherine Olmstead and Carl Haskins attending. Mrs Thomas Scanlon presides. Michael Prignar, son of Mrs Sophie Priznar, wins the Good Conduct Medal at the Army Air Forces Training Command Bombardier School Childress Field Texas.
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Cohoes Mounted Patrol
Don Culkin
West Columbia Street
Catherine Donahue
William O'Rourke
Charles Borden
John Street
Anc~hestra
Clara Keefe
Borden
Army Hospital
Corp
Theodore Maliglowka
Strong Place
Army
McClosky General Hospital
Temple
Tex
Josephine R. Mitchell
Army Nurses’ Corps
Mitchell Field
L. I
Edmund J Mitchell
Congress Street
Alfred W. Clark
Camp Crowder
A W Clark
Tibbetts ‘Place
Imperil Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bertha Loman
Charles J. Ellett
Martha Tole
Martha MacKenzie
Seigt
Leo Dyiarcak
Marine Corps
Quantico
Worth Street
Charles Alperin
Helen Alperinm
Remsen Street
Serting
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Jorserade
Colones War Counion
Activites
Catherine Olmstead
Carl Haskins
Civilian Defense
Thomas Scanlon
Civilan Mobilization
Pfe
Michael Prignar
Sophie Priznar
Olmstead Street
Army Air Forces ‘Training Command
Childress Field
Cohoes Moose Plans Three Upcoming Lodge Events
Cohoes Lodge Loyal Order of Moose outlines three events at the Moose Temple Ontario Street. Past Governors Night honors former leaders with luncheon and entertainment. Two Sunday ceremonies include a second degree initiation at 3 pm and a lodge initiation at 5 pm open to members only.
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Cohoes Lodge
Loyal Order of Noose
Moose Temple
Ontario
George Gagnon
Lodge
CIA
Fred J. Bouchard
Contentment Legion
Contentment Legion Ses Gion
Bouchard
James Bracken
Mr. Gagnon
Augustus Gildea
Charles Xi. Gildea
Archie Arsenault
Raymond Bellerose
Schenectady
North Adams
Mass
Pitts- Held
Gloversville
Hudson
Armand Bellerose
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T. Brandon Timpane
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Shadow Army
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Alps
YANKS
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John Chido
Johnstown
Pvt
Murrel
Louisville
Capt. Buckley
An City Hall
Arlene Shaw
Mildred Brown
Spartana Rebekah Lodge
Catherine Jackson
Noble Grand
Mothers’ Club
St. Agnes’ School
John Downey
John Smith
Kathryn Muldoon
George Marra
Charles Shipman
Joseph Dawkins
James Gorman
Frank Twiss
William Reu
Margaret Queletie
William Bate
George Vogel
Leo Beaupre
Elzabeth Fellows
Cohoes Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Comdr
David Mayeroff
Edmund Paul Bartnick
Joseph Gadoua
Army & Navy Union
Mohawk Street
Cmdr
Alvin P. Bullock
Health Department
Hanes D. Weiss
Sally Cummings
Mary Lynch
Joseph L Roberts
Mohawks Street
Kalamazoo
Mich
Roberts
Northside
Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc
St Joseph's Church
Exempt Firemen’s Association
F. B. Peck Hose Company
Waterford
Emeleda Cournoyer
Anna Mae Brisson
Charles Belanger
Cecile Suspanic
Joseph W. Roberts, Jr
Wiliam
Thomas Quigley
Henry
Frederick Roberts
Troy
Napoleon
Frank Roberts
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Lodge of Moose Plans
Montgomery Ward
Wards Cosmetic Department
Cosmetics
Visaade Ward
Albany
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