House Debates Federal Soldiers Vote But States Hold Power
The House elections committee backed 7 to 5 a plan leaving soldiers voting eligibility to states while Roosevelt pushed for a federally supervised ballot. Rep Worley warned most of 11 million armed forces would be unable to vote otherwise, urging a floor fight to preserve federal distribution of ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armed Services
House Elections Committee
Roosevelt
Legislative
American Legion
House
White House
Sen
Scott Lucas
Lillinois
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Warren Atherton
The
John Stelle
Legion
Senate
Rayburn
Congress
Eugene Worley
Tex
Presidential Elections Committee
Worley
Tarawa
Italy
Germany
Carda
Secretaries of War and
Wavy
Armed Forces
Red Cross
Army
Navy
House Committee
Millichap Leaves Troy Health Post for Private Industry
Robert J. Millichap Jr a 12 year veteran assistant milk inspector in the Troy Department of Health will depart today to join Malinickrodt Chemical Works. The health department staff presented him a traveling bag in a ceremony led by Health Commissioner Dr James H Flynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Millichap, Jr
Troy
Beheading Sentence Went Just Too Far
Mrs. Jesse Koontz told Superior Judge Thurmond Clarke in a divorce hearing that her husband kept court over her and handed down death sentences for trivial matters. She recalled him grabbing a butcher knife and attempting to execute the sentence before their daughter intervened. The couple married in Alamosa, Colorado, on October 22, 1932.
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Los Angeles
Ulp
Jesse Koontz
Thurmond Clarke
Alamosa
Col
LaSalle Institute Men’s Club To Hold Minstrels Meeting
A meeting of all committee members planning the LaSalle Institute Minstrels show will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m in the school gym. General chairman Frank J Ryan announced the gathering yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle Institute
Frank J. Ryan
Yanks Stem Attack In Cassino Front As Allies Close In
Allied headquarters report French forces pushed through Apennines two miles east of Cassino while Americans advanced from the south in the Cassino sector. Air sorties hit three German airfields near Rome including Guidonia. German resistance remained fierce around Cassino as fighters battled for high ground and river banks. 8,000 German prisoners taken on Fifth and Eighth Army fronts since Sept. 3.
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Algiers
Alphonse Juin
Italy
Apennines
Cassino
Gustav Line
Rome
Guidonia Experimental
Benito Mussolini
Cerraro
Mount Trocchio
Rome Road
Juan
Mount San Pietro
San Pietro
Monna Casale
Colli- Atina
Aquafondala
Viticuso
Mount Casale
Mount
Raimo
Eighth
Orsegna
Woman Raps Labor Draft
Vivien Kellems, head of a cable grips company, denounces Roosevelt’s national service plan as Hitlerian and dictatorial. She argues manpower reviews should precede conscription, proposes discharging 2,000,000 useless federal workers into essential war jobs, and urges focusing mothers on home duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INL
America
Roosevelt
Vivien Kellems
Minister W. C. Burdett Dies in New Zealand Service
William C. Burdett, United States Minister to New Zealand, died yesterday. Born in Nashville on February 3, 1884, he had served in diplomacy since 1919 and arrived in Wellington two months ago. His body will be returned to Macon, Georgia, for burial.
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Wellington
N. Z
William C. Burdett
United States
New Zealand
Burdett
Nashville
Tenn
Macon
Magic link doubles Jeep pulling power for artillery
Toledo reports Willys-Overland engineer Delmar G. Roos unveils a “magic link” that couples two four wheel drive Jeeps to haul artillery up to 4,000 pounds, quadrupling the single vehicle load. Two jeeps can move loads previously done by 2½ ton trucks, with one jeep able to pull about 1,900 pounds. The linked pair also serve as recon or ammunition carriers once the gun is positioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ins
Delmar G. Roos
Willys-Overland Motors
Roos
Bougainville Ferry Always Ready to Run
Bougainville ferry service operates with rubber boats after the Bougainville invasion. Boats depart at convenience and fares are free, though riders may get wet.
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Bougainville
Staten Island
Shoppers Tour Moscow Markets Amid Crowded Stalls
Eddie Gilmore visits Moscow markets with a U S friend to observe wartime shortages and rationed pricing. He notes abundant food variety, high crowds, and lower prices in government regulated shops versus non regulated outlets. The piece contrasts American shopping norms with Russian wartime realities.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
United States
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Congress Debates Roosevelt Budget and War Funds
Congress debates trimming the Presidents 100 billion budget with over 6 billion for non war items. Republicans and Democrats press for tighter scrutiny of agency requests and warn against loose fund transfers while war expenditures and unspent balances receive close attention. Leaders urge careful review of Treasury and Post Office appropriations within weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Joan Taber
N.Y
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Treasury Post Office
Clarence Cannon
Wei
New Deal Dead? Labor Paper Says Roosevelt Draft Plan Fails
The Labor official weekly notes Now we know New Deal is dead and says F D asks Congress to conscript workers for private profit. A cartoon shows an overalled American worker faced with draft law handcuffs, amid war era praise for industry and labor. It cites Roosevelt’s national service proposal as inconsistent and sugar coated.
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Washington LP
Labor
F. D
Congress
Patterson
Roosevelt
New York
New World
White House
Local Swinging Visits Highlight Parlor News
Haynerville Paul Kreiger attended a physical examination on Tuesday. Mrs Robert Lindstrom of Chicago visits her daughter Mrs Willard G Ives. Mrs Ethna Flower visits her son Dr Rousseau Flower of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. Rev Clare S Hayner of Zel jonople Pennsylvania was the recent guest of his parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Hayner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynerville
Paul Kreiger
Robert Lindstrom
Chicago
Willard G. Ives
Ethna Flower
Rousseau Flower
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr
Clare S. Hayner
Zeljonople
Elmer Hayner
Soviet to Open Cairo Press Bureau For Egypt Ties
Soviet Minister to Egypt N U Novikoff announced plans to establish a Cairo press bureau to deepen social cultural and economic cooperation between Egypt and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
INS
N. U. Novikoff
Egypt
Russia
Cohoes Faces Payless Day As Payroll Funds Lapse
Cohoes staff and Education Department workers face a payless day as no funds have been secured to meet city payroll. The Common Council had authorized borrowing up to 3190 000 for payrolls and current expenses, but indebtness certification had not been issued. Alderman James W. Gorman acts as mayor in Rudolph J. Roulier’s absence to Canada for a relative’s funeral. Last month the city met payroll through tax collections, but Education staff still await full December pay.
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Education Department
Common Council
James W. Gorman
Rudolph J. Roulier
Canada
Cohoes Woman Bequeaths Major Portion To Charities
Miss Agnes Heney of Cohoes left the greater part of her estate to charity in a will probated in Albany County Surrogate's Court. The estate, listed as over $10,000, favors the Shriners' Hospital St. Margaret's Home Albany and Seeing Eye Inc. Furniture goes to Rev. Schuyler D. Jenkins with jewelry sold for St. John's Sunday School. The chest of drawers to executor William A. Scott. Heney, who used to run a Sunday School program for Episcopal children, also left other items to church and school. Church and community notes follow with upcoming meetings and club activities.
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Agnes Heney
Cohoes
Albany County
Heney
Shriners’ Hospital
St. Margaret’s
Albany
Seeing Eye, Inc
Young Boys on Nazi Merchant Ships
A Stockholm dispatch to the United Press reports desertions from German merchant ships in the North Sea have grown so murderous that crews include 14 year old boys. The papers say crews shift to very old and very young Germans due to desertions and forced drafts. Hollywood services set for William Collier Jr., 77, veteran actor and writer, who died at his Beverly Hills home from pneumonia complications.
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United Press
Stockholm Aftonbladet
OWI
North Sea
Oslo
East Front
Stockholm Svenska Dagbladet
Germany
Hollywood
William Collier, Jr
Beverly Hilla
Cohoes YWCA Plans Tuesday Meeting and Activities
The Cohoes YWCA schedules its annual meeting for Tuesday night at Mohawk Street quarters. Mrs. Franklyn H Ashby presides. reports and committees will be discussed. Dinner, hobby show led by Mrs. Leo Jarry. Junior Girl Reserves led by Sara Lees group, tonight. Junior High School Girl Reserve Club organized Wednesday with advisers. A badge club for men and women may form if registrations are sufficient.
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Cohoes
Qonen
Association
Sara Lees
Francis Ready
Matthew Benson
Girl Reserve
Cohoes R N A Group installs Dr Brunet at ceremony
Dr Wilhelmina Brunet was installed as oracle of Cecile Camp Royal Neighbors of America for her 13th consecutive term at a ceremony this week at 194 Main Street. Officers seated included Alida Ayotte, Stephen Connors, Odile Leblanc, Lillinan Bonneau, Beatrice Ayotte, Catherine Dombroski, Eva Hebert, Evelyn Pratt, Evelyn Fountain, Alicia Ayotte, and Fabiola Bouchard with Fountain and Ayotte Nice as installing officers. Next meeting set for Feb 10 at Beatrice Ayotte’s home. social refreshments followed.
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Wilhelmina Brunet
Cecile Camp
America
Main Street
Alida Ayotte
Stephen Connors
Odile Leblanc
Lillinan Bonneau
Beatrice
Ayotte
Catherine Dombroski
Inner Sentinel
Eva Hebert
Outer Sentinel
Evelyn Pratt
Evelyn Fountain
Alicia Ayotte
Fabiola Bouchard
Cohoes Maps War Loan Campaign Plans Unveiled
Campaign planners for Cohoes Fourth War Loan drive completed preparations at a morning meeting. Edwin Y. Laughlin is general chairman with Mayor Rudolph Z. Roulier as honorary chairman and E. Z. Ponder heading the executive committee. The lineup includes Dooley, Northey, LaMarche, Quigley, Scott and others on banking, fraternal, industrial and sales committees. A county worker meeting will fix local quotas. a $5000 airplane ambulance is sponsored by women’s and sales groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Edwin Y. Laughlin
Rudolph Z. Roulier
E. Z. Ponder
Charles M. Gildea
James P. Dooley
Charles A. Northey
Wilfred P. LaMarche
Bernard J. Qui
Mr. Northey
J. Harry Seden
Ralph B. Austin
Wade Morehouse
Edward Delude
Ponder
Michael O'Donnell
Andrew Welson
Edward Nadeau
William Underdorfel
Mr. LaMarche
Henry E. Rickman
George C. Seed
Harry Abraamson
Stanley Calkins
Women's &Toads and Committee
Vass Schedule At Cohoes Catholic Mass Times
Parish schedule lists St Agnes St Bernard St Joseph St Marie St Michael St Patrick Sacred Heart and St Rita with listed priests and multiple low masses from early morning to 10:30 am and high masses at 10 or 11 am for each church, including Rev Joseph A Franklin Rev William P Brennan Rev Louis A Lavigne Rev Adrien Bechard Rev Valentine W Guierlocki Rev Thomas A Flanagan Rev Raymond J Robert and Rev Arthur J Reilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes
Joseph A. Franklin
St. Bernard’s
William P. Brennan
Wanda
St. Joseph's
Louis A. Lavigne
St. Marie's
Adrien Bechard
St. Michael's
Valentine W. Guierlacki
St. Patrick's
Thomas A. Flanagan
Sacred Heart
Raymond J. Robert
St. Rita's
Arthur J. Reilly
Moak Printing Co. Proprietor Dies at Cohoes Residence
Charles L. Moak, Sr. longtime Cohoes businessman and printing company proprietor, died at his home 52 Amity Street after months of illness. He led Moak Printing Co. and Moak Realty Corp, was active in Elks and Moose lodges, Typotatee, and St Agnes Church. Survivors include wife Loretta, three sons, three sisters, a brother, and several in the Navy. Funeral Tuesday at St Agnes Church with burial in St Agnes Cemetery. A Catholic Daughters meeting follows at Knights of Columbus on Remsen Street. food demo canceled.
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Eva A. Rabbitt
Schuyler Street
Canoes Hospital
Ilnesse
St. Bernard’s Church
Catherine Blanch
George F. Wertime
J. Stanley Carter
F.C. Funeral
Remsen
Alfred Allison
Albany
David Conway
Michael 3. Hogan
Willow Street
St. Agnes’ Church
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
Charles L. Moak
Co. L. Moak Printing Co
Amity Street
Cohoes
Mr. Moak
Ontario Street
Moak Realty Corp
Mr. Moazak
Cohoes Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Typotatee
National Organization of Master Printers
St Agnes’ Church
Sunrise
St. Agnes
Loretta
Sermon Topics in Cohoes Churches
Cohoes churches list sermon themes and youth activities for upcoming services. I v Francis L McCauley will preach at Trinity Memorial Presbyterian Church, with Sunday school at 10 am and youth gathering at 6 30 pm. Other churches include First Methodist First Baptist Reformed St James and St John Episcopal detailing sermons, church schools, youth fellowships, and evening programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I.v. Francis L. McCauley
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Church House
First Methodist Church
Donald R. Lewis
George FL. McElvein
First Baptist Church
Victor J. Blekkink
The
Reformed Church
Youth Fellowship
Margaret VanVranken
St. James’ Methodist Church
Earl C. Fryer
Young People's Fellows
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Associated Press
Millichap
Taga Book Shop
Fourth St. Troy
W. C. Burdett
Harry S. Truman
Wallace H. White, Jr. R
Andrew J. May
D. Xy
House Military Affairs Committee
New Deal
Fourth War Loan Committee of
Cohoes Masonic Temple
Charles Gildae
Edwin T. Laughlin
Matthew DeHeus
KK. I. Ruane Post
Oneida Street
Claude Foster
Mothers’ Club
St. Agnes’ School
Gavin Hall
Sunshine Committee
William Powers
Michael Murphy
William Molesky
Albert Brown
Joseph Cox
A. J. Cummings
George Vogel
J. H. O’brien
Fred Lynch
Adam Muraski
Bernice Boudreau
Anna Coughlin
Leo Durocher
Alcide J. Bernardin
Cohoes R. N. A. Group
Dr. Brunet
Carcel James x. Bottum
Edward Bottum
Masten Avenue
Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
Naval Air Station
Glenview
Bottom
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Grouth
Conoes High School
University of Worth Carolina
Chapel Hill
Vary
Selective Service Board 35
John Lavaliee
Clarence Felter
Henry F. Durocher
Joseph J. Baron
Cohoes Real Estate Board
Gilbert H. Robert
James P. McKee
J. Kyle Laughlin
Arthur Lalonde
A. E. Primeau
St. Augustine
Fla
Ida Primeau
Lancaster Street
Mohawk Street
Fiorita Blackhorn
Vass
Charles Moak
Court St. Bernard
Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus
Remsen Street
Florence White
Grand Regent
Bausch & Lomb
T. Brandon Timpane
D.D
Optometrist
Remsen St. Cohoes
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