Soviet Drive Opens Polish Border Issue
Secretary Hull signaled a US effort to ease Russo Polish tensions as Red Army advances near the prewar Polish frontier raise the postwar borders question. Moscow says no talks on Polish territory while Britain and the Allies seek a stable arrangement with Russia and Poland.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Poland
Russia
London
Wpi
Red Army
Moscow
United Nations
Stanislaw Mikolajcsyk
Great Britain
Bug
Olevak
Todt
Germany
Hindenburg
Silesia
Communists Push Veterans Bonus and Benefits Plan
The New York Communist party urged the state legislature to extend unemployment insurance to discharged veterans, provide a state bonus, guarantee employment seniority rights, cover pension contributions for state employees in the armed forces, and launch rehabilitation and education programs including preferential college admission and enhanced scholarships. It also urged adoption of uniform federal soldiers vote legislation.
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New York UP
New York Communist Party
Armed Services
Kiwanian Program Provides Entertainment At Joint Club Meeting
Kiwanians presented a program of entertainment at a joint Rotary Kiwanis meeting in The Hendrick Hudson yesterday. Edward Dahlke presided as temporary leader. Irving J. Caplan introduced Kiwanis members. An orchestra including Mrs. Samuel B. Dorrance, Cleve R. Kilmer, John E. Van Epps, Charles H. Mason, and A. R. Trego performed, imitating leading bands. The comedy skit Double Exposure featured W. Russell Bird, Stanley B. Wiltse, Nicholas A. Engler, and Bert Watts with George Gray as MC.
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Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Hendrick Hudson
Kiwanians
Edward Dahlke
Kiwanis
Irving J. Caplan
Samuel B. Dorrance
Cleve R. Kilmer
John E. van Epps
Charles H. Mason
A. R. Trego
The
W. Russell Bird
Stanley B. Wiltse
Nicholas A. Engler
Bert Watts
George Gray
Edsel Ford Will Filed in Maine
Edsel Ford's $66,000,000 will was allowed by Hancock County Probate Judge Arthur Patterson. The Maine estate includes real estate valued at $150,000 and personal property worth $20,000. Eleanor Clay Ford would inherit the Maine estate, with Ford's summer Bar Harbor home noted. Personal estate outside Maine valued at $64,980,000 is an estimated figure for Maine inheritance tax purposes.
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Ellsworth
Edsel Ford
Wayne County
Michigan
Hancock County
Arthur W. Patterson
Ford
Eleanor Clay Ford
Grosse Point
Mich
Maine
Bar Harbor
Labor Board Gets Auto Wage Dispute
The United Automobile Workers argued before a War Labor Board panel for cost of living wage increases and a minimum of $1 an hour for over a quarter million GM employees. GM warned such demands would boost the company's yearly wage bill by about 400 million dollars, a claim the union dismissed as propaganda.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
War Labor Board
General Motors Corp
Tri-Partite
General Motors
Corporation
U. A
W-C. I
Bandits Steal $32,000 In Daring Holdup
Two gunmen stole $17,000 in cash and $15,000 in checks from a Copley Plaza Hotel staff member and cashier on Copley Square in front of Trinity Church. The holdup, tied to the hotel’s holiday receipts, prompted calls for police protection as a condition of holdup insurance. A car with New York plates was used. House Detective Mark Ellis and Head Cashier Alice Price were assaulted during the theft.
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Boston
Copley Plaza
Copley Square
Trinity Church
Thomas F. Sullivan
New York
House
Mark, Ellis
Alice Price
Ellis
Planes To Replace Liners Says Admiral Land
Admiral Emory S. Land chairman of the Maritime Commission says airplanes will supplant giant liners such as the Normandie Queen Mary and Queen Elisabeth and no more superliners will be built. He predicts the air mode will capture higher priced passenger traffic and mail revenue and that postwar world will see strong international trade competition.
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Washington GP
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Land
Premier Stalin Sees 1944 Year of Victory
Stalin sends New Year message to Yugoslav Premier Puric saying 1944 will be a year of victory for the United Nations. Puric leads King Peter’s government in exile. The piece notes Allied forces used 107000 troops to assault 800 miles of North African coastline in the invasion.
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Stalin
Cairo
Josef Stalin
Bozhidar Puric
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Africa
Navy Destroyers and Leary Details Amid Explosion Mystery
Navy reveals defensive details on newer type destroyers with four five inch guns and ten torpedo tubes. Leary, commissioned December 5 1919, carried four four inch and one three inch guns with quarters for 145 sailors, later expanded for war. Secretary Frank Knox cited no definite cause, stating at a Washington press briefing that the vessel was at anchor when the blast occurred and a full investigation is underway. Early survivors described grim scenes as officers were killed, with the blast toppling the mast and ripping a port side hole near the bow.
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Leary
Navy
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Washington
Knox
Third Naval District
Indian famine halted but malaria now prevails
Maj. Gen. Douglas Stuart, commander of British Indian troops in Bengal, said famine had been decisively defeated in the province but a formidable disease enemy looms. After a 1,000 mile six day inspection, he reported malaria several times the normal rate and cholera and smallpox epidemics sweeping areas. Rural records are sparse and disease death counts are uncertain.
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Calcutta
Douglas Stuart
Bengal
Stuart
Bring Em Back Alive Blood Donors Club Formed
Salem Oregon United Press report notes employees in the Public Duties Commissioner George H. Flagg office donate three or more pints to the Red Cross plasma pool and join a new club named Bring Em Back Alive.
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HAL
Salem, Ore
Public Dnties
George H. Flagg
Red Cross
High Court Split on Patent Contributory Infringement and FPC Rates
The High Court continues on two fronts with a ruling in a patent case by Mid-Continent Corp and Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co. The justices divide 5 to 3 on Federal Power Commission rate orders, holding they are reviewable only if their total effect is unjust. Justice Douglas writes the main patent decision. Justices Roberts Frankfurter Reed dissent. Rutledge not participating. Black, Murphy join in opinions focusing on dissenting rationales.
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Mid-Continent Corp
Minneapolis - Honeywell Regulator Co
Douglas
Stone
Black
Murphy
Rutledge
Roberts
Frankfurter
Reed
Jackson
Federal Power Commission
Corporal Walter Hoover Wounded in Action in WWII
Corporal Walter L Hoover, brother of Miss Martha Hoover of 30 Eighth Street, Troy, is reported wounded in the Mediterranean area. He is among 441 U S soldiers wounded in action across Asiatic, Central Pacific, European, Mediterranean and Pacific theaters. Hoover enlisted in 1939, served two years in Hawaii, and returned to the U S before Pearl Harbor. He lived with his sister in Troy and has relatives in Troy and Pennsylvania.
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Frank F. Tomaine
Troy
William Hoover
Pennsylvania
Congressmen Defend Marshall On War Strikes Controversy
Three lawmakers defended Gen George C Marshall as truthful about threats aiding Germany. They argued rail and steel strike talk hurt war effort and urged action to show soldiers’ views. The discussion followed an unnamed official’s New Year statement and Green's attack.
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Washington
Renly
Hitler
Reed
R.-Kas
Marshall
Plumley
R-Vt
Hoosick Falls Native Dies in Massachusetts Police Officer
John C. Wilson, 56, Hoosick Falls native and Milford Massachusetts police desk officer for two years, died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack at his home. He lived in Milford for 36 years and is survived by his wife and five sons, three of whom serve in the armed forces.
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John C. Wilson
Hoosick Falls
Milford
Mass
Wilson
Armed Services
Letters Granted On Two Estates
Judge Edward J. Donohue granted letters of administration in Rensselaer County Surrogate Court for two estates. Thomas Duke died in Brunswick on December 24 leaving more than $5,000 in personal assets. Bertha Duke, two sons, and Elizabeth D. Waterbury are named as heirs. Agnes F. Noonan died in the city on December 25 leaving about $6,000 in personal assets and $4,333.33 in real estate. her sisters Anna C. Pidgeon and Helen A Noonan are beneficiaries. Mackrell & Ranney are the attorneys.
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Edward J. Donohue
Rensselaer County
Thomas Duke
Brunswick
Agnes F. Noonan
Elizabeth D
New Troy Patrolman Goes Into Navy Service
Patrolman Vincent Cunningham of the First Precinct will leave to enter service with the TYS&S Navy exactly one month after his police appointment. Cunningham, residing at 40 Fourth Street, was appointed December 10 and assigned to the First Precinct on December 17.
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Vincent Cunningham
Tys&s Navy Mondas
Troy
Cunningham
Fourth Street
First Precinct
Judge Gibson Dies at 70 Former State Court of Claims Judge
James Gibson, 70, longtime former judge of the State Court of Claims, died Monday night. Funeral arrangements set for Thursday from the home of his son, Capt. James Gibson Jr., in Hudson Falls.
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Judge Gibson
James Gibson
State Court of Claims
Capt
James Gibson, Jr
Hudson Falls
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