Baruch and Hancock Map Postwar Prosperity Plan
Baruch and Hancock outlined steps for rapid demobilization and reconversion to peacetime production. They urged quick settlements of war contracts through negotiations, immediate full payments, a new work director to unify government actions, surplus disposal authority, and swift disposal of inventories. They called for a postwar tax program, public works planning, and streamlined loan guarantees to prevent unemployment and stabilize markets.
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Baruch and
Hancock
Congress
Senate
House
Baruch
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosey
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Baruch and Hancock
Armed Services
War Production Board
Germany
War Department
Europe
America
Office of War Mobilization
Executive Branch
Army
Navy
Green Island War Bond Drive Success and Local Events
Green Island reports a Fourth War Loan quota of 200000 with industrial pledges totaling 36319282 from local plants. Mc Simmons led door to door pledges, with gifts from 225 to 163000. Seasonal village events include Episcopal service, a village budget meeting, degree rehearsals, Junior Swing at Heatly School, Vagabond Club service men party, Presbyterian notes, and intramural basketball results featuring Wavettes and Cornell.
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Willard F. Simmons
Mc Simmons
Green Island
Green Island Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Heatly School
George Washington
King Lewis
His
Knights of Rhythm
The Bomber and the Coffee Man of England
In England at an Eighth Air Force B-26 Marauder field I meet Dominick Bombace known as The Bomber and The coffee man He chats about the crews who fly these missions and how they love coffee before and after raids, revealing a glimpse of daily life for airmen and ground crews alike.
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Charles A. Smith
Bombace
New York
Brooklyn
Peaceful Danes Keep After Nazis Sabotage Costs
Reports from Danish circles in New York indicate sabotage during the Nazi occupation has caused about 185 million kroner in property destruction. They estimate rebuilding factories would cost around 500 million kroner, highlighting substantial economic damage despite lack of front-page headlines.
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New York
Coffee man Father to Flying Bombers at Base
Private Bombace, old-timer in the B 26 outfit from early summer, acts as a father to many young pilots and crew. He knows almost every flyer by name and shares their risks, needing to be present day and night to provide coffee, crackers, and sandwiches. He says he feels close to them and hopes missions go well. I shook his hand and felt the connection.
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Bombace
Pfc
Dominick Bomdace
Mass Schedules at Cohoes Catholic Parishes
Mass times listed for multiple churches in Cohoes. St Agnes St Bernard St Joseph St Marie St Michael St Patrick Sacred Heart St Rita show low masses at early times and high mass around 10 or 11 am, with assigned priests.
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St. Agnes
Joseph A. Franklin
St. Bernard's
William P. Brennan
St. Joseph's
Louis A. Lavigne
St. Marie’s
Adrien Bechard
St. Michael's
Valentine WW. Gierlacki
St. Patrick’s
Thomas A. Flanagan
Sacred Heart
Raymond J. Robert
St. Rita's
Arthur J. Reilly
Invasion Report From Truk Controversy Rages On
The narrative details an invasion of Truk with Brig. Gen. T. E. Watson leading U S troops. Tokyo radio asserts ongoing air and mechanized activity while declaring the operation not decisive and mainly reconnaissance. Chungking radio repeats claims of strong Japanese forces engaging American landings.
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Army Infantry
T. E. Watson
Fleet Headquarters
Truk
Tokyo
Cohoes Legion To Honor Veterans And Gold Star Families
The Cohoes American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will host a public event at Keveny Memorial Academy to honor families of service members who died or served in the war. The Purple Heart will be awarded to the family of Pfc Ernest Honsinger. Speakers include Col. Stuart Carswell. The event includes music by the Cohoes High School Band and invites Gold Star families and veterans’ groups.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
E. T. Ruane
American Legion
Keveny Memorial Academy
Pfc
Ernest Honsinger
Stuart E. Carswell
Albany
Cape Alvina Dickinson
Claude C. Foster
Mary Landry
Lillian Dunn
Agnes Ruane
Cohoes
Maurice Starkey
Edward N. Scheiberling
Samuel Aronwitz
Robert Minnich
William J. Burns
William J. Lasch
Nicholas E. Dean
Sermon Topics in Cohoes Churches
Religious notices from Cohoes churches list sermons and services for St John’s Troy and local parishes. Rev. Hastings and Rev. McCauley preach on themes such as The Christian Conquest of the World and The Unseen Presence with Sunday schools and youth fellowships scheduled throughout the day. A United Spanish War Veterans card party is noted with awards and a next meeting planned.
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A. Abbott Hastings
D.D
Albany Episcopal Diocese
St. John’s Church
Young Peoples Fellowship Group
Troy
Young People’s
Francis L. McCauley
Hiam
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Paul C. Hayner
First Baptist
George F. McElvein
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
Donald R. Lewis
First Methodist Church
Victor J. Blekkink
The
Reformed Church
Earl C. Fryer
St. James’ Methodist Church
St. James’ Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Collin- Ross Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Remsen Street
Margaret Riely
Delor Hebert
Trene Small
Mae Maxwell
Alvina Dickinson
Zema Hilton
Grace Vozey
Ida Remillard
Irene Lees
Helen Henley
Grace Champagne
Louise Corbeil
Biely
Vera Smith
Warty
Mothers’ Club
St. Agnes’ School
John Downey
John Smith
Cochairman
Alice Desmond
Raymond Lynch
Albert Brown
Gilbert Downs
Joseph Dawkins
Elizabeth Fellows
Katherine Carter
Michael Murphy
George Vogel
Wiliam Rew
World Prayer Day planned by Cohoes YWCA
Plans for the World Day of Prayer observance in Cohoes include a 2 30 p m Friday service at the YWCA building on Mohawk Street with Mrs Walter Graham as general chair. The event features a cross church program using the theme And the Lord wondered that there was no intercessor.
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Cohoes
Young Women's Christian Association
Mohawk Street
Walter Graham
Nicholas DiSisto
Bridge Avenue
Carmen Toma
Cohoes High Opens Army Navy College Test Applications
Cohoes High School begins distributing application blanks for the Army and Navy College Qualifying Test set for Wednesday March 15. Principal Charles E. Wheeler notes the two hour exam gauges aptitude and background for officer candidate and technician programs, with three parts on words science and mathematics.
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Army& Navy College
Lillian Ross
Cohoes High School
Charles E. Wheeler
Army
Navy College
Armed Services
Cohoes Board Reclas sifies 36 Registrants for Service
Cohoes Selective Service Board No 345 reclas sified 36 registrants with 33 placed in 1-A. Names include Horace J Dingley Edward F Duane Leonard J Yarter Joseph J Godek John Nescot Joseph Pelletier Frank F Cook Thomas L Shea Emerson P Gilbert Anthony I D Amico Pasquale Ciotti Harry J Suydam Jr Albert G Renaud Francis L Sherrard Antonio Furgiani Joseph Zuraski John J Brennan Eugene Mazurek and others in 1-A 2-A and 4-F classes.
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Cohoes
Cohoes Red Cross Plans New Campaign
The Cohoes Red Cross War Fund Drive opens March 1 with headquarters at 142 Remsen Street. Miss Virginia B. Smith outlined activities for the North Atlantic area. Campaign slogan The Red Cross is at His Side. Obituary: Mrs Elizabeth Newland of 100 Railroad Street dies, funeral set for Monday at 2 p.m. from her home, with Rev Donald R. Lewis officiating.
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Cohoes
Ted Russell
Finance Committee
Ray van Santvoord
Elizabeth Newland
Harry J. Newland
Railroad Street
Northside
Donald R. Lewis
Waterford
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R Simmons
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Corporation Hall
George Street
John Cietek
Washington
Henry D. Smith
Presbyterian Church
Women's Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Chairg
Wavettes
New Rochelle
Anna Mae Sabol
Margaret Lames
Emily Marvensky
Mildred Daudelin
Nancy Hoffman
Cornell
Vassar
Jane Gage
Roberta Enet
Ruth Schumaker
Marilyn Chris
Helen Mendonca
Hunt Club
One Ark
Cose Re Das A Sant
Spape
Brehives
ST. Mark’s
Herbert Hunt
Almon M. Mason
Cohoes Legion
William J. Stopera
A. J. Stopera
Trusl Street
Fort Riley
Kansas
N. G. Lyon
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Walter Bailey
Namur
Marshalls
United States
Francis Ready
Matthew Benson
Mildred Doody
Ann Tanner
Virginia Smith
Dolores Malley
Red Cross
Lois Fremont
Patricia Carpenter
Alberta Farrington
Joan Durocher
Barbara Ferris
Janescullen
Jean Reeve
Ruth Mary Ring
Theresa Beauchard
Green Pine Chu
American Red Cross Fund
Katherine Doyle
Radcliffe Taylor, Jr
Herrick Conners
Cohoes Business and Professional Women's Club
William J. Vandercar
City Hall
Health ® Department
Hans D. Weiss
Mary Lynch
Sally Cummings
Cohoes High
Cohoes Board
Bausch & Lomb
T. Brandon Timpane
Optometrist
Remsen St
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