Congress and White House in tax veto clash
Congress clings to override threat as Roosevelt charges Congress failed to simplify taxes. Doughton and George back the measure despite the veto, while Republicans accuse politics of intruding on revenue policy. The President cites five special privileges and failure to curb the victor tax as reasons the bill falls short of simplifying returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Doughton
D-N. C
House ‘Way’ and Means
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
Treasury
Roosevelt
New York
War Production Board
Rabaul Air Activity Drops as Allied Attacks Hit Lakunai
Allied bombers from Solomon Islands hit the Lakunai Airdrome at Rabaul with 52 tons of bombs creating several fires. Reconnaissance noted unusually low air strength with fewer than 100 planes counted and harbor ships also down. Antiaircraft fire shot down one raider. observers offered no explanation for the decline in Japanese activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomon Islands
Lakunai
South Pacific
Bequest to Bethesda Episcopal Church From Linthicum Will
Mrs Helen Aletta Linthicum of Baltimore leaves Perry Building in Saratoga Springs in trust to Edmund F Dillon then to Bethesda Church after Dillon's death. A separate $500 trust finances burial plot care in Greenridge Cemetery. The will, admitted to probate, includes over $40,000 in direct bequests and annuities of $6500. Linthicum died February 4 in Saratoga Springs. widow of former U S Representative John Charles Linthicum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda Episcopal Church
Saratoga Springs
Helen Aletta Linthicum
Baltimore
Linthicum
Perry
Perry Dillon
Edmund F. Dillon
Bethesda Church
Arthur I. Bumstead
Estate of Gen Frank Andrews Valued at 75060.35
An inventory filed in probate court shows Lieut General Frank M. Andrews left an estate worth 75 060 35 principally stocks and bonds. The general was killed in an Iceland plane crash May 3 1942 while serving as commanding general of all US forces in the European theater. His Miami Beach widow was named executrix and sole beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Frank M. Andrews
Iceland
Andrews
United States
Dwight D. Hisenhower
North
Africa
Ghurkas Wipe Out Jap Stragglers in Burma
British Army reports in Western Burma say Ghurkas killed scores of Japanese remnants in the northern Arakan jungles within 48 hours. The hostile party, from the Bawli front, refused surrender and were abandoned by guerrillas behind British lines. Word came from British 14th Army Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Burma Front
Arakan
Bawli Front
14Th Army
Namesake Honored as Horrall Turns 20 and Joins Marines
George Washington Horrall of Patoka Indiana celebrated his 20th birthday by enlisting in the Marines. He is among Pennsylvania State College graduates, with about 4,000 young men leaving the college to enter armed services over the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
George Washington
Horrall
Marines
Patoka
Ind
State College
INS
Pennsylvania State College
Armed Services
Army Or Navy Tug Of War Over Local Recruit
Randall Wilkins of Fort Edward, a deputy sheriff and local official, drew a tug of war between services at induction. A Marine officer urged Marine service, a Navy officer praised the Navy, while Wilkins pressed for the Army to join his brother George E. Wilkins in North Africa and Italy, asserting his wish to enlist in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Wilkins
Seminary Street
Fort Edward
Washington County
Wilkins
Navy
Wilkins Sill
Army
George E. Wilkins
Glens Falls
Company K
105Th Infantry
North Africa
Italy
Stockholm air raid drill turns tense amid signals and crash report
A practice alert over Stockholm triggered by incoming planes showed signal lights indicating landing attempts while air raid sirens failed to sound. Emergency alarms issued to home guardsmen as rumors spread of a Russian bomber crash near Nacka. Police examined wreckage fragments and confirmed a plane crash 18 miles northeast of the capital, details unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuters
London
Nacka
Stockholm
Feniles
Nation Churches See Membership Rise in 1941 42
The Federal Council of Churches reports U S church membership reached 68 501 186 in 1941 42. Growth was strongest among the 50 larger bodies with over 50 000 members and Protestant and Roman Catholic gains were nearly equal. The survey covers 256 religious bodies, up from 212 groups in 1926 with total membership of 54 576 346.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Federal Council of Churches
Churchill Sees Allied Rome Invasion as Preludial Rome Strike
Churchill stated Rome is within reach as Allied forces push through Italy. He argued Germany’s 18 divisions in the Alps tie down troops and that the Italian campaign serves as a prelude to larger operations. He predicted Allied success and eventual entry into Rome with equal British and American forces at the west invasion’s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Alps
Italy
Churchill
Europe
Churchill Affirms Solidarity With Allies Despite Press Doubts
Churchill told the House that recent Soviet articles do not break Anglo Russian or American Russian ties. He asserted the three great allies are united against the common foe and warned against letting political criticism during an election year in the United States unsettle Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Moscow
Teheran
United States
Great Britain
Beachhead at Anzio Narrowed After Prolonged Fight
British and American forces held about one square mile of beachhead with German artillery fire from surrounding hills. Allied and German air activity continued as operations aimed to resupply and pressure. A Polish patrol and various shellings marked a day of scaled clashes and patrol actions along the Cassino corridor and coastal front near Anzio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anzio
Carroceto
Cisterna
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Rome
Garigliano
Cassino
Abbey Hill
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Sant’ Angelo
Ortona
Orte
Imperia
Leghorn
Altied
Cohoes Women Hear Talk On Wartime Food
Mrs Jeanne M Gorman spoke to the Cohoes Business and Professional Women's Club on Food Fights For Freedom at the YWCA building Mohawk Street The talk covered wartime meal planning with a demonstration and was introduced by Mrs Ethel Brown The program was led by Mrs Laura McClellan with Miss Marjorie Wager assisting The meeting was presided by Mrs Nan Henkes The Blood Bank donor drive is announced with unions and local organizations coordinating donor registrations at 62 Remsen Street and other sites in Cohoes The Elks lodge will host a social at Oneida Street The Narosky brothers report Edward Narosky of the US Army MP unit has arrived in England
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne M. Gorman
Albany County Home Bureau
Cohoes
C. I
John F. Walsh
Joint Board
Blood Bank Committee
American Red Cross
Robert G. Hanson
CIL] O
Remsen Street
City
Seneca Street
Cohoes War Council
Central Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Cohoes Lodge of Elks
Oneida Street
England
Pfe Edward Narosky
US Army
Hurd Narosky
Main Street
Obituaries for Beverly Gilligan and Joseph Kostka
Beverly Ann Gilligan 2%4 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Gilligan of 81 Adams Avenue died Monday at Cahoos Hospital after brief illness She is survived by a sister Carolyn Frances Gilligan Funeral at 9 am from the residence and 930 am from St Bernard Church with an angel's mass Burial in St Mary's Cemetery Waterford Joseph Kostka former resident died Saturday at Ballston Spa Funeral held yesterday at 930 am from L P Gorski funeral home and 9 am at St Michael's Church Requiem mass conducted by Rev Vincent Gierlacki Anthony Berdar presided Bearers listed Burial in St Michael's Cemetery Waterford Kostka born in Polang had lived in this city years employed by Cohaoes Rolling Mill Co Survivors include two daughters Mrs Joseph Gawel Cleveland Ohio Mrs Frank Szypka Detroit Michigan three sons George Andrew and Walter Kostka Detroit and several grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Ann Gilligan
Frank Gilligan
Adams Avenue
Cahoos Hospital
Carolyn Frances Gilligan
St. Bernard’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Waterford
Joseph Kostka
Ballston Spa
L P Gorski
Ontario Street
St. Michael's Church
Vincent Gierlacki
Anthony V. Berdar
Matthew O'Brien
Joseph Keete
Harry Senecal
William Stanton
Cohoes Groups Host District D A Officials Meeting
Cohoes C D A members entertained outgoing and incoming district deputies at Columbus Home on Remsen Street. District Deputy Mrs Nora Berghammer of Green Island and Mrs Ann Tierney of Mechanicville attended with state and local officers. A roast beef supper followed by gifts and honors marked the event. The next meeting is set for Monday March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Catholic Daughters of America
Heights of Columbus
Remsen Street
Cohoes
Nora Berghammer
Green Island
Ann Tierney
Mechaniccville
Elizabeth M. Welsh
Grace Reavy
Florence White
Mra White
Mary Welch
Harriet Campbell
Louis Vanderbogart
Ann Chamberlain
Stella Tesh
Cohoes Honors War Dead At Public Memorial
Cohoes held a wartime memorial Tuesday night at Keveny Memorial Academy under the American Legion E. T. Ruane Post. Medals and certificates were awarded to families of fallen soldiers including Purple Hearts and Gold Star citations. Speakers praised the sacrifices of service members while local officials and veterans groups attended with students performing in a band and prayers offered by local clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Keveny Memorial Academy
E. T. Ruane Post
American Legion
Onc Ho
Coluart A. Carswell
Army
Richard Holston
Marine Corps
Frank Langel
Navy
Claude C Foster
Ruane Post
Alan P. Bullock
Robert Minnick
Rudolph I Roulier
Frank S. Ablett
Frank A. Novak
Pvt
Leonard T. Novak
James J. O'Donovan
Maj
James J. O’donovan
South Pacific
Harry Rettinger
Harry W. Rettinger
Ruth Hensinger
Pfc
Ernest Honsinger
Italy
George Bowen
Edward Bowen
Justyna Cuba
Corp
John G. Cuba
Faminies
Pfe
Michael Wiezacki
William Crandall
Joseph B. O'Keefe
Edward J. Knauer
John G Gorka
John Smi
Marin F. Kane
Hubert F. Coutu
Joseph L. Gendron
Demetrius Dziamba
Eugene E. Chouviere
Raymond A. Patenaude
The
As & Unit
Comepany B
New York Guard
Lilian Cunningham Dunn
Harriet E Daley
Troy
Gold Star Mothers
Francis L. McCauley
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Valentine Gierlacki
St Michaels Church
Cow Hoes
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White House
Humphreys
Spa
Qathive
Saratoga Springs Church
Gen. Andrews
Ghurkas
Burma
Nation’s
Clarence R. Becker
Henry Becker
Columbia Street
36Th Street Army Air Base
Becker
Cohoes High School
Union College
Schenectady
Albany Medical College
Daniel
Bergh
Chase Red
Fe Ey
Troy Y. M. C. A
Jungle Room
Nada Smearlie
Amsterdam
Harry Chinchinian
Robert Holland
Robert Firth
Social
Cohoes C. D. A
Thomas H. Wittaker
Naval Air Base
Maneo, WC
William Wittaker
First Methodist Church
Fred Pase
Clifford MacNarv
Gordon Kingard
Water Esner
Rotary Club
van Schaich Island
Czechoslovakia
James M. O'Brien
Hospital
Waclaw Dziekan
Saratoga Street
Cohoes Hospital
St John Street
Church Work Society of
St. John's Episcopal Church
Robert Calkins
Roney Leese Yen
Lee Belloge
Kellogg’s
Newspaper
al Hive
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