Albany Police Chief Shot In His Office Murder Case Shocks City
Albany’s police chief Fitzpatrick, a former Trojan, was shot dead in his office at police headquarters yesterday by Detective John W. McElveney. McElveney surrendered his pistol and was held under guard. he confessed after lengthy questioning, with motive disputed but possibly tied to a prior quarrel. The shooting shocked the department as Br. Bob Parr and others testified, while Special Prosecutor Mosagnan joined the probe.
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Weld
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Bob” Parr
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Stterney
McBiveney
Love Nest
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Eagle Street
Firzpatrick
Part
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Detective Bureau
Erwar
George PF. Mosagnan
Monaghan
Cates
Fitspatrick
Germans Step Up V-2 Raids on London
German high command intensified V-2 rocket bombardment on London yesterday after limited success in the West. The ten-ton, radio controlled rockets targeted Greater London with no announced long-range aims other than London this time. The British home secretary reported air activity over southern England with damages and casualties. Explosions rocked spread out areas as civilian sites including a library and vicarage suffered damage.
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High Command
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Greater
Antwerp
Liege
Ministry of Home Security
England
Gouthers England
Jone
Woman Joins Ranks Of Window Washers In New York
New York reports its first professional female window washer, 31 year old Mrs Matilda Pastko. She prepared for hazardous high rise work and took her first assignment inside the Criminal Courts Building at floors 35 and 16. An early advertisement sought feminine cleaners to ease manpower.
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Criminal Courts
Destroyer Reid Lost In Pacific
The destroyer Reid has been lost to enemy action in the Philippine area. Navy officials did not disclose casualty details, but next of kin have been notified. The 1,480-ton vessel had a crew of 24 officers and 178 enlisted men under Commander J. A. McO. Ornack. It was the 12th naval vessel lost in the Philippine campaign and the 244th overall in the war. Reid, built in Pearl Harbor, took part in bombardments at Kiska Guadalcanal Arawe Cape Gloucester Saidor Biak Wake Island and fought off Leyte during VH2 sinking a Japanese submarine.
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Reid
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Ipon River
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Per
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Kiska
Guadalcanal
Arawe
Cape Sloucester
Saidor
Biak
Wake Island
Leyte
Union Disciplines 500 Shipbuilders For Work Holiday
Camden N J five hundred subforemen who called off a one day work holiday at the New York Shipbuilding plant have been deprived of union rights for six months. A union spokesman said discipline will be determined by the general membership at a January 13 meeting. Benjamin Maratico executive secretary said the demonstration ended this morning and was a "wildest work stoppage." The subforemen committee acted amid agitation over wage classification negotiations.
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New York Shipbuilding Corp
Union of Marine
Anders Jocal
Yesterda
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Seid. Wien
Byrnes Seeks Feb 1 Ban on Conventions
James F. Byrnes proposed banning conventions after February 1 unless tied to the war effort. The voluntary plan, approved by President Roosevelt, would affect 16 conventions with over 50 attendees. A committee led by J. M. Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation will review applications for meetings with more than 50 people.
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War Production Board
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Government Hopes Ward Profits Cover Seizure Costs
Washington reports federal spokesmen expect Montgomery Ward seizures in seven cities to be paid from company profits, avoiding federal funds. A financial plan, agreed after confidential talks among White House, Budget Bureau, GAO, Defense, and the Supplies Corporation, targets one of 25 Ward properties.
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Montgomery
Ward Seizarés
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Army of Occupaiit
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the Star
Mother Who Tossed Baby From Hotel Freed
Dorothy Fen Purcell, 19, a town farm girl, was freed yesterday after a court found her guilty of murder in the baby’s death but declared her insane at the time of the act. Judge Edward Brand ruled she is sane now, and released her under the insanity verdict.
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Brand
Draft Chiefs Hint Older Men Needed With 4 Fs
Washington officials said older registrants may be drafted or used for war work as 4-Fs are integrated into the effort. Col Francis Keesting Jr testified that older men unable for combat should be available for suitable service while Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey signaled the war no longer being a young man’s fight. Congress weighs work or fight legislation as President Roosevelt prepares manpower recommendations.
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Wada
Francis Keesting
House Military Committee
Lewis B Hershey
Hershey
Congress
James F. Brrnes
Roosevelt
Sentimenti
Keasling
May
D.ky
China Coast Japan Hit by U S Flyers
Asia based Superforts of the 2d Bomber Command struck Kyushu industrial targets by daylight. U S reports described carrier aircraft raids across the China coast with claimed losses of 97 planes and 47 ships on the first day.
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Associated Press
Kyushu
U.S
China
Washington
2D Bomber Command
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Ryukus
China Coast
U.S Time
Yanks Deploy Secret Weapon in Belgium Bulge
Reported in Beffe sector as Allied forces in Belgium reveal a new American artillery device used on a large scale for the first time. Details were withheld for security but officials say the weapon disrupted German defenses as snow blankets the area. The move comes amid the First Army drive southward in the region.
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First Army
Belgium Bulge
I. S. Mary
Floating wreckage tied to Panagra airliner theft near Lima
Officials say wreckage spotted ten miles off the Seaside resort of Chorrillos is believed to be from a twin motor Panagra plane stolen from Lima airport. Navy divers found debris but no occupants. Panagra cites four aboard including two mechanics and notes the unauthorized flight began shortly after noon on Thursday.
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Yanks Make Landing 12 Miles From Luzon
General MacArthur announced an unopposed American landing on Marinduque Island in the Philippines, about 12 miles from Luzon, marking a step toward Luzon and giving control of the Sibuyan Sea. The operation involved Buenavista on Marinduque and followed earlier landings as American air forces pounded southern Luzon and nearby islands.
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Marindugue
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Pacific Islands
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British RAF Raids Berlin Twice In One Night
British forces struck Berlin twice in a single night as RAF aircraft backed Allied air power against Germany. Hamburg and Hanover were also hit in the week following heavy bomber and fighter sorties targeting road and rail junctions behind the front. A large force of Halifaxes bombed Hanover with a later smaller formation of Lancasters and Mustangs escorted by fighters to disrupt vital supply lines.
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Hennover
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Germany
Hantover
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Pilot Survives Crash Walks in Stocking Feet
Lockport officials report aviation pioneer Jack Woolams of Bell Aircraft parachuted from a jet P-33A Airacomet when it crashed six miles south of Lockport. He walked a mile and a half to a farmhouse in stocking feet after his shoes fell off during the emergency descent.
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Jack Woolams
Berairer Corp
Bell
Hie
Exile Poles New Allies War Orphan
Washington reports Roosevelt to address Congress on foreign policy and war manpower as Soviet recognition of the Lublin Polish government tests allied stances. State Department reiterates continued Polish exile recognition while Britain faces similar questions over Greece, leaving the president faced with defining policy amid shifting wartime alignments.
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Greece
Hannegan Talks Politics With President
Hannegan discusses politics with the President amid speculation on succession. Reports mention possible appointment to the Senate term of Harry S. Truman and postmaster general Frank Walker, with emphasis on White House signals and resignations.
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Macon
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Harry S. Truman
Frank Walker
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Germans Cross Rhine Threatens Allied Lines
German forces pushed across the Rhine cutting a Seventh Army supply route and advancing into northeast France near Saverne and Strasbourg. Allied units including Montgomery’s Second Army moved to bolster the front as refugees fled west. The Maginot corridor around Bitche and the Saverne Gap faced a major German offensive with reports of a 15 mile advance toward critical supply lines.
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Mazine
Missionaries Decry Postwar Plan To Split Japan
Twenty three American missionaries living in Japan and nearby regions condemned postwar plans for Japan as coercive and punitive. They warned against drastic surgery of Japanese nationhood and urged an international authority to oversee reconstruction without discrimination, arguing it would prevent further destruction and promote global cooperation.
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Korea
China
India
Philippines
United Nations
Asia
de Staisment
Yanks Beat Off German Attack Below Bologna
Reporters describe American forces repelling a German assault near Bologna with strong defensive works including mines and barbed wire. The line held as units bolstered positions and continued to fortify the sector under enemy pressure.
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Plane Crash Kills 13 Adan Aleutians Service Members
Delayed report shows 13 people including servicemen and civilians died when an Air Transport Command plane crashed into a hillside before dawn on December 24. An Eleventh Air Force spokesman said the aircraft was operated by civilian personnel and most victims were homeward bound after service in the Aleutians.
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Aleutians
Bec
Air Transport Command
Reds Repel Nazi Blows In Hungary
Soviet reports say German armor and infantry struck west of Budapest near Sudspes and near the capital. Soviet troops fought back, with tanks from the 33rd Evite Guard Deaths Head and Viking divisions engaged. Across Budapest, Russians entered the city race track used as a supply field, repelling counterattacks and destroying tanks as they pushed to raise their control of the capital.
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Sudspes
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Red Army
British Quiz Press Battle With Yanks
London and Washington trade verbal volleys as editors urge a truce and a Three Powers parley to settle transatlantic word war. Berlin notes say Nazi Germany seeks to undermine Allied unity while American and British papers clash over editorial recriminations and shared goals.
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UPI
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Bin
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Germany
Briain
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Berlin
Svenska Dagvind
Dr Hyde to Retire Amid Turbulent Era
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