Allied Bombers Hit Steyr and Regensburg Luftwaffe Plants
American heavy bombers from Italy and Britain blasted two key fighter plants at Steyr near Vienna and the Regensburg complex in Bavaria. The campaign aims to destroy German air power, with 310 enemy fighters claimed as destroyed in three days of heavy operations. American losses reached 61 bombers, while 133 German aircraft were confirmed down.
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London
Italy
Steyr
Austria
U.S. Strategic Air Force
Britain
Europe
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Bavaria
Alps
Vienna
Libertors
Strategic Air Force
Germany
United States
Eighth Air Force
15Th Air Force
U. S
Bernburg
Aschersleben
Halberstadt
Peterhausen
Lake Constance
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Highth
U. S. Air Force
Berlin
Boy 7 Robbed of 4 20 Two Boys Arrested
Troy detectives reported a street pickup on Jefferson Street and Fifth Avenue where 7 year old Robert Hipwell lost 4 20. Two youths ages 12 and 14 were arrested and arraigned in Children's Court with adjournment set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
George Washington
Jefferson Street
Fifth Avenue
Robert Hipwell
Harry L. Bills
William J. Ryan
Children’s Court
William J. McGrane
Waterford Lions celebrate fifth charter night
The Waterford Lions Club held its fifth charter night at the John House Memorial of the First Presbyterian Church. District governor Henry G. Pfeil presented keys to five members for outstanding service, with Mayor John F. Walsh and Ralph H. Dean already having keys. The event drew over 150 members and guests including international and club leaders, with tribute to service members and families. A turkey dinner followed, and a surgical dressing Red Cross meeting was announced for later today. Obituary notices for Mrs. Margaret Reynolds and Lent services at St. Mary’s were also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford Lions Club
John House
First Presbyterian Church
Henry G. Pfeil
John G. Cole
C. Wilson Chamberlin
Louis Cuomo
John F. Harney
James F. McGarry
John F. Walsh
Ralph H. Dean
Herbert C. Willenberg
Joan F. Walsh
Lions Roar
Charles J. Stevenson
Pfeil
John J. Brown
Verna Dick
Charles H. Field
Robby G. Cramer
One Year Military Training Urged
Col. Ernest O. Thompson, Texas railroad commissioner and World War I veteran, urged a youth program of one year military training that includes a tour of duty with occupation armies. He spoke about postwar service and a duty stationed in Cobienz, Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad
Thompson
Cobienz
Germany
Barkley Calls Veto a Tax Bill Attack on Congress
Senate majority leader Barkley defies President Roosevelt over the veto of the tax bill. He condemns the veto as an assault on Congress and urges an override while predicting strong Republican and Democratic support. Barkley vows to carry the Roosevelt banner no longer if the administration controls the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Doughton
D-N.c
Congress
United States
Doughton
Barkley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
House
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep
Coughton
N. C
Roosevelt
Congress of the United
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Senate
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wallace
Murdock
Utah
Kentucky
Wendell Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Haley
Treasury
House Committee On Revenue
United States Senate
Treasury Department
Solomon
Postmasters Win 20 Year Fight to Get Yearly Pay
The fourth class postmasters in New York move to a salary basis once a House bill is signed. Salaries replace stamp cancellation proceeds, with scales from $60 at under $50 yields to $1,100 at $1,500 cancellations. Government allowances cover rent fuel light and equipment amid staffing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D. C
New York
House
Senate
Congress
Taft
World Day of Prayer observed in Green Island church
The World Day of Prayer will be observed tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Methodist Church with readings and prayers by women from St Mark s Episcopal Church the Presbyterian and Methodist churches under the theme And the Lord wondered that there was no intercessor The program prepared by the United Council of Church Women lists numerous women as readers and notes origins in 1887 with a global observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Counci of Church
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Presbyterian
Methodist
William J. Gage
George Silcocks
Louisa McFeeter
Charlotte Gerardi
Henry A. Smith
Raymond Martin
Bertha Lawlor
Burton L. Deuel
Fred C. Bennett
George Williams
Roy Murdock
Oliver Hunt
William Gilbert
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
John 'T McGinnty
Justine Gilbert
Helena Smith
Union Christian Colleges
Dog Licensing Surge Moves Ahead in Troy
City Clerk James M. McGrath reports a surge in dog licenses with over 300 issued last Saturday and Monday and continued demand yesterday. Officials warn the dog catcher may seize unlicensed dogs as about 700 remain unlicensed in Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. McGrath
Landoffice
Jin Troy
Senate Extends Life of CCC to June 30 1945
The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill extending the Commodity Credit Corp life to June 30 1945 minus the anti subsidy rider that led to the President’s veto. The measure awaits court litigation outcomes and no one can claim it guarantees a treasury windfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INL
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corp
Treasury
Lonergan Contempt Threat Looms Over Trial Delays
Lonergan faced possible contempt action as Judge Freschi criticized Broderick for failing to appear and sending a night letter. Lonergan, accused of murdering heiress Patricia Burton, remained in detention as jury selection proceeded with 28 of 200 talesmen excused and no female jurors among the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broderick
Toronto
Lonergan
Patricia
Freschi
Talesmen
City
Patricia Burton
New York
Wiliam Burton
Bennington Pacific Salver Star tied to novel launch
The Bennington Pacific receives the Salver Star for gallantry in action. A limited audience of Navy yard workers and guests will witness the ship’s nontraditional launch at the drydock with water rising to lift the keel blocks. Francis E. Morrissey of Bennington Vermont will attend with his fifteen year old son John.
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Pacific
Bennington
Navy Yard
Francis E. Morrissey
John
Chester
South Atlantic
European
Asiatic
Wake Island
Wake
Benmington
Mare Island Navy Yard
Strickpen
Navy Let
Plattsburg Barracks Receives New Official Name
The Plattsburg Barracks were renamed The U. S. Naval Training School Indoctrination in brief ceremonies at the reservation gym. On March 6 a class of 2,000 V-12 apprentice seamen will arrive for intensive training, then become midshipmen and, upon graduation, ensigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg Barracks
U. & Naval Training School
Camp Macdonough
Plattsburg
Army
Navy
Stanley Keeps Rolling Across New Hampshire in 1910 Stanley Steamer
Oscar York defeats fuel shortages by traveling widely in Wolfboro New Hampshire in a coal burning Stanley Steamer from 1910. The feature highlights mobility amid gas shortages and a hardy automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Wolfboro
N. H
Oscar York
French Warship Richelieu Joins Allied Fleet
London reports that the 35,000 ton French battleship Richelieu, damaged at Dakar in 1940, is operating with the Allied fleet. The ship, then incomplete, left Brest hours before German forces took the city and suffered torpedo damage to its hull during prior actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
CPI
Anthony Eden
House of ‘Commons
Richeleu
Dakar
Richelieu
Brest
Riehelieu
Eight Troy Area Women in Albany Practical Nurse Graduation
Eight Troy area women will join 22 other nurses in the Albany Training School for Practical Nurses 75th class. The ceremony is in the American Humane Association Auditorium Albany tonight at 8 15 p m. Named graduates include Trene E Jones Louise Mary Cusick Lillian Dumouchel Alma V Sidebotham Marian E VanArnum Olive C Sargent Rose M Whalen Edna May Cottrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Area
Albany Training School
American Humane Association
Albany
Trene E. Jones
Troy
Louise Mary Cusick
Lillian Dumouchel
Alma V. Sidebotham
Marian E. VanArnum
Cohoes
Olive C. Sargent
Rose M. Whalen
Watervliet
Edna May Cottrell
Rensselaer
U S Bomber Losses in Europe Reported as Low
London dispatch says American air forces report overall losses at 31 percent for bombers and 7 percent for fighters since August 1942. The Eighth Air Force published first definite percentages, noting 22 percent losses in February 1 to 22, the largest month to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Berlin Blameful Murderer Confesses to Double Kill
Berlin police say August Eckert a 35 year old man confessed to killing Vera Kordthiry and her year old daughter last November in bomb damaged buildings. Bodies divided between a suitcase on the Berlin Basel train and a Berlin lake head parts were found. Eckert claimed the killings were over money he lent and demanded back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Berlin
August Eckert
Vera Kordthiry
Eckert
Roosevelt Salutes Red Army Anniversary
President Roosevelt sent a message to Premier Stalin on the Red Army anniversary praising Soviet military achievements and pledging continued cooperation from Moscow and Tehran. He notes the 26th anniversary and conveys congratulations on the armed forces' significant victories over the past year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Premer Stalin
Red Army
Moscow
Teheran
Naz
Marshal Stalin
Soviet Union
Girls Plan Pantomime Program Meeting Notes
February meeting of the Girls Interest Group at St Mark's Methodist Church discussed a pantomime program led by Miss Pearl Donanue with Miss Jane Tripp guiding devotions. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at Miss Donahue's home on Fifth Avenue with Miss Shirley Quick in charge. Separately Justice Bergan in Albany ordered Mrs Mary M Williams temporarily alimony of 10 dollars weekly and 150 dollars toward counsel fees as she awaits divorce action against Laurence Williams, married February 3, 1933 in Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Interest Group
Gitg S&s
St Mark's Methodist Church
Mahlon Wimple
Sixth Avenue
Jane Tripp
Pearl Donanue
Alaska
Miss Donahue
Fifth Avenue
Shirley Quick
Laurence Williams
Green Island
Mary M. Williams
Francis Bergan
Supreme Court
Albany
Williams
Troy
Cohoes War Service Classifications Updated for 14 Registrants
The Cohoes Selective Service Board reclassified 14 registrants after last week’s physical exams. Five men advanced to Class 1-Ail and remain there until called, including Armand J. Guerin and Wilfred A. Turcotte. Others moved to Class 1-A or Class 2-H, with several shifts noted for James Shea, Joseph Nameth, and James N. Bisnett. full names and future inductions will follow. Official fitness certificates have been mailed to those approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Kenneth H. Dumas
Harvey E. Payette
Anthony Cuva
Everett G. Degan
Albert Glynn
James Shea
Joseph G. Nameth
James N. Bisnett
Cohoes Sale For the Blind Scheduled
The annual sale by the Cohoes Committee for the Blind is set for next week at Smith Electrical Store 110 Remsen Street opening Monday at 1 pm and running through Saturday March 4. Local church women run daily shifts with Sacred Heart Monday Reformed Church Tuesday and Congregation Beth Jacob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes Committee For the
Smith Electrical
Remsen Street
Sacred Heart, Church
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IPA
Arerives
Waterford
Margaret Reynolds
Fourth Street
Leonard Hospital
Augustus Brown
William and Orville Reynolds
William Piche
Finn Funeral Home
Washington Avenue
James T. Kerr
Grace Episcopal Church
Waterford Rural Cemetery
St. Mary's Church
Senator Barkley
Alben
Achley
Home Bureau
Green Island Home Bureau
Electric Light
Catherine Sullivan
Vagabond Club
George Street
John Cietek
Sale
St. Joseph’s School
Neil McKeon
Maurice VanBuskirk
Mary Jane Sharp
Arthur A. Sharp
St. Bernard's Church
Leo H. Paradis
Celas la Robitaille
Gertrude Cone
Henry P. Pellerin
Cecile M. Rivet
George Thibeault
Frank Klar
Bernard Brown
Clifford Noel
Clarence van Sleet
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Howard E. Williamson
Waterford-Mechanicville Road
Cere Poral
Marine Corps
Josephine Todler Williamson
Parevis Island
3. C
Mew River
N.C
South Pacific
National Automotive Fibers, Inc
Northside
Dionne“Quints
Cohoes Elks
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