Girl Scout Leader Training to Begin in Troy
Miss Mary Catherine Jennings of the Girl Scout national staff will train leaders in Troy on Wednesday and Thursday to launch a Leaders Club and form several new troops in the area. The opening meeting is at 8 pm Wednesday in Manufacturer National Bank director rooms. Jennings, region 2 assistant, has long tied to Girl Scouts from youth and has served as field secretary in Queens and Manhattan. Also, Sameon Kruglow of Snyder's Lake filed a county certificate to operate the Excelsior House business.
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Mary Catherine Jennings
Girl Scout
Juss Nancy
S. Daley
Troy
Manufacturers National Bank
Miss Jennings
New York
New Jersey
Puerto Rico
Mies Jennings
Girl Scouts
Queens
Manhattan
Sameon Kruglow
Snyder's Lake
Snyder’s Lake
The
Excelsior House
Congress May Create New Military Titles
Congress may create four new high rank titles if approved by the naval committee. The proposed honors would grant two Admirals of the Fleet and two Generals of the Armies to Marshall, King, Arnold, and Leahy, each holding top commands in their services.
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Congress
Washington
United States
Naval Committee
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
William D. Leahy
Sergeant Thornton's Body Arrives in Troy
The body of Sergt Thomas J Thornton Troy Iyer who was killed Monday in the crash of a Flying Fortress near Baton Rouge La arrived in Troy yesterday accompanied by Sergt Robert E Belanger. The funeral will be held at 9 am Monday from the residence 2151 Seventh Avenue and at 9 30 am from St Peters Church where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated Interment will take place at St Peters Cemetery.
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Thomas J. Thornton
Troy Iyer
Baton Rouge
Troy
Robert E. Belanger
Seventh Avenue
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter’s Cemetery
December Bond Sales In Booths Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven
December sales of War Bonds and Stamps in city store booths were announced last night by Mrs. William J. McEnrry booth chairman. The total was 17 947 20 distributed as follows H L Green Co Inc 482 15 F W Woolworth Co 2246 50 William Frear Co Inc 5049 25 Denbys Inc 415 50 Union Furniture Co 3890 25 Stanleys department store 223 70 and S S Kresge Co 5640 35
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William J. McEnrry
Booth
H. L. Green Co., Inc
F. W. Woolworth Co
William Frear & Co., Inc
Denby’s, Inc
Union Furniture Co
Stanley's Department Store
Kresge Co
Whipple School Fathers Night at PTA Meeting
Whipple School Parent-Teacher Association observes Fathers Night at the monthly meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the school. Emerson Neuthardt industrial arts instructor at Denar High School speaks on gilder construction with slides. Paul W. Rogers music supervisor in Lansingburg schools leads a string ensemble for entertainment. A social hour with refreshments is planned.
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Whipple
Whipple School Parent-Teacher Association
Emerson Neuthardt
Denar High School
Paul W. Rogers
Lansingburg
Sad Sack Blunts Nazi Air Assault Over Bremen Raid
Flying Fortress Sad Sack, under Lt. Mec C. Hemphill, dodged a swarm of Luftwaffe fighters and rockets during a Bremen raid. Despite heavy flak, engine fires, and injuries to three crew, the crew shot down two enemy planes and damaged several others, with key maneuvers described by pilots and gunners from Jackson Mississippi to Jersey City.
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Joseph Willicombe, JR
England
INS
Flying Fortress
Bremen
C. Hemphill
Downing Street
Jackson
Miss
Maurice A. Preston
Tulare
Cal
Bombadier
Jack Rusoff
New Jersey Avenue
Brooklyn
N. J
Tommy Price
Thomas V. Price
Michigan Avenue
Buffalo
Tommy
Hemphill
Marshall
Mac
Sergt Charles Vermillion
Route No. 1
Shamrock
Tex
Vermillion
Price
Richard White
Delaware Street
Elizabeth
Dick Price
Jesse A. Hembree
Villa Rica
White
James Curry
Wilkinson Avenue
Jersey City
Curry
Mar
Army develops pilot designed flying suit at Wright Field
The Army Air Force materiel command at Wright Field disclosed a new high altitude winterized flying suit. It features a helmet with goggles microphone earphones oxygen mask and head gear. Gloves accept extra woolen layers for cold while maintaining control dexterity. Muklaks Eskimo shoes complete the outfit.
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Dayton
D. UP
Army Air Force
Imateriel Command
Dewey Faces $5 Million Bid for Wartime Child Care
Albany Governor Dewey was urged to allocate 5 million dollars for a wartime child care program for working mothers. Elinor S. Gimbel, chair of the New York State conference of women workers, proposed a revised plan to replace the 2.5 million last year. She charged current expenditures total only 125,900 and said the plan would expedite a realistic day to day program, noting the present program failed to meet its goal.
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Albany LLP
Dewey
Elinor S. Gimbel
New York State Conference of Women Workers
NIH
President proposes monthly Memorial Day observances
Senator Gillette said President Roosevelt favors setting the first Monday of each month for special memorial services to Army and Navy men who died in the prior month. The President reportedly prefers this to naming every Monday as Memory Monday as Gillette had proposed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Gillette
D.- Ta
Gilette
Thunderbolts Save Crew In Narrow Channel Escape
Lt Hemphill lands a damaged B-17 in a beet field at 100 mph after a tense engagement over the English Channel. German fighters harassed the Sad Sack crew while Me 410s loomed, but American P 47 Thunderbolts forced the attackers away and guided the crew home despite a shattered radio and no brakes.
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Marshall
Curry’s
James J. Mulhausen
la Farge Street
New Orleans
Rusoff
Wilford D. Bradshaw
Star Route
Hemphill
Hamphill
Thunderbolts
English Channel
Mulhausen
Lt. Hamphill
Railroads Wage Accord Ends Five Union Dispute
Five railroad brotherhoods agreed on wage terms ending the standstill over pay and vacation provisions. President Roosevelt signaled approval after hearings suggested a 4 to 10 cent general increase, with arbitration options and potential Railway Mediation Board oversight.
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Roosevelt
Pelley
Railway Mediation Board
Donald R. Richberg
Walter C. Clephane
Washington
Richberg
National Mediation Board
Utica Meat Firm and Secretary Fined for Price Violations
The Wolf Smith Co. Utica meat wholesalers and Miss Dorothy Smith secretary and GM pleaded guilty in Federal Court to Office of Price Administration violations. The firm paid 1000 and 750 dollars on two counts while Miss Smith received a 500 dollar fine, a three month suspended jail term and one year probation.
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Utica
Wolf Smith Co
Utica Meat Wholesalers
Dorothy Smith
Office of Price Administration
Miss Smith
Coal Company Head Delivers Coal in Own Truck
Victor D. Lindeman, president of the New Jersey Coal Dealers' Association and head of Lindeman & Co., drove a delivery truck himself due to a driver shortage. He then appealed to the draft board to defer three drivers.
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Newark
N. J
INS
New Jersey Coal Dealers’ Association
Victor D. Lindeman
Lindeman & Co
Fish Shortage Eases as New England Fishermen Return to Sea
The eastern fish shortage is set to ease next week as Boston and New Bedford fishermen resume fishing after a strike that began November 20, according to the Coordinator of Fisheries office.
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Washington
Boston
New Bedford
The
Coordinator of Fisheries
Army lifts Tule Lake to full civil administration
Washington dispatch reports the Army restored Tule Lake Japanese segregation center in California to full civil administration yesterday, the first such move since disturbances on November 14.
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Washington
Tule Lake
California
Japanese Tax On Clergy Sparks Controversy in Philippines
A Japanese broadcast reports that a puppet Philippine Assembly income tax measure imposes a two pesos tax on professionals including priests and ministers. Backers say it will help support the state. pre war peso valued about 50 cents, but post invasion exchange rates are unavailable.
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Associated Fress
Philippine Assembly
Federal Communications Commission
Government Orders Evacuation of Sofia
The Rurga government ordered immediate evacuation of Sofia's 300,000 residents after two heavy raids by American and British bombers. Most evacuees will go to the provinces. Berlin reported the death penalty for looting and a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. All city schools closed. A partial debt moratorium is in place for the next fortnight. Courts are to hold all suits in abeyance until month’s end.
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London
Sofia
Rurga
Associated Press
Berlin
Accuse Judges of Failing Crime Combat in Buffalo South Side
An Erie County grand jury accused certain judges of the city court of undermining police crime fighting by how they dispose of charges. The panel returned no bills in favor of three officers charged after arrests made on three men.
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Buffalo GP
Erie County Grand
City Court
Buffalo
South Side
Band Leader Ordered To Support Family
Superior Court ordered orchestra leader Bob Chester to pay his wife Edna Torrence Chester 525 monthly including 125 for their five month old child pending a maintenance hearing. Mrs. Chester said his income is 8000 monthly.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Bob Chester
Edna Torrence Chester
Chester
Theater Bomb Blast Leaves Many Injured at Night Show
The explosion at the theater during Sonja Henie’s Winter Time show injured civilians and one British soldier among about a score of ambulances and emergency staff. Police noted debris caused most injuries as theater staff and ushers directed crowds to safety.
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Sonja Henie
Sates Crsen
Hitler
Bulgarian Spy Scare Closes Sofia Night Clubs
Cairo reports Sofia closes night clubs amid a Bulgarian scare tied to alleged Allied agent and propagandist activity. Officials say foreign women frequent clubs as espionage fields, with Russians singled out among alleged operatives.
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Cairo
INS
Sofia
Vacated Army Camps Turned Into Hospitals Plan
Army camps vacated by troops sent overseas will be turned over to the Veterans Administration for hospital use. Announcement came from Gen. Brehon B. Somervell with approval by Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines and Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk. Action aims to ensure no interim after discharge before VA assumes responsibility.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Ate
Biehon B. Somem
Army Service Forces
Frank T. Hines
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Somervell
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