Watervliet service lists and a dentist chair tale from England
By Roy Shudt a dental check in England leads to a chatty scene with Captain Leary from Troy hearing of Watervliet and Troy while Bob Holmes endures two hours of treatment. The column bundles updates on local servicemen across the Watervliet area including promotions births and moves to bases in Africa Italy the South Pacific and Alaska with multiple names and addresses noted.
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England
Bob Holmes
Spring Street
Watervliet
Bob
Pal
Troy
William Leary
Sergi
Bob Robinson
Red Cross
Vandenburg Avenue Crash Injures Man
Joseph Delarimiere, 40, of R D 1 Rensselaer, suffered facial and head cuts in a morning auto crash on Vandenburg Avenue near St Nicholas Ukrainian Cemetery. He was taken to Troy Hospital by James A Brown. his wife, a passenger, was unhurt. Police said his car skidded off the road and Grand Street garage towed the vehicle.
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Joseph Delarimiere
Rensselaer
Vandenburg Avenue
St. Nicholas
Tito Says German Offensive Is Halted
London reports Tito, the Yugoslav head, announcing his Partisan Army halted German drives in several Bosnian hill sectors and seized native positions. Nazis claimed Yugoslav forces were trying to hold an Allied invasion corridor from the Adriatic. Patriots, with mounting Allied weapons, said they occupied Glina forty miles south of Zagreb in Kordun.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Adriatic
Glina
Zagreb
Kordun
Mrs MacArthur Launches Flagship in Sydney Flight
In Sydney on Saturday Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s plane, the Flying Fortress named the Silver Bullet, brought his wife to Australia for the launch of the destroyer Bataan. The craft features a red morocco lounge, Pullman berths, and a fully equipped kitchen with electric range and refrigerator. The Silver Bullet flew from America to Australia in 39 hours.
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Sydney
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Morocco
America
A F L Council Meets Today Over Readmission Fight
The American Federation of Labor executive council opens its winter meeting with an agenda on reconversion postwar issues and the nine months old John L Lewis readmission bid for the United Mine Workers of America. The postwar committee will report on priorities for government industry and labor. Subitems include war production national service legislation wages prices and subsidies. Reports conflict over the UMWA readmission and jurisdiction.
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M. Fila
uPi
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Tl M Ww
Federation
Churchill and De Gaulle Confer in Marrakech on War Aims
The two leaders reviewed Franco British cooperation for victory and key issues for invasion plans. They discussed French government prospects after invasion, trials of former leaders, and munitions for patriots aiding sabotage. Churchill offered to study the arms aid request, with no firm commitments.
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de Gaulle
Churchill
Sarah
Marrakech
Lord Beaverbrook
Alfred Duff Cooper
Diana
General de Gaulle
Algiers
Duff Cooper
Cohoes Boy Injured In Fall While Playing On Ice
Three persons received emergency treatment at Leonard Hospital for injuries after icy play. Charles Colaruotolo, five, 499 Saratoga Street, laceration to upper lip from a fall. Harry Millard, ten, 53 Ingalls Avenue, abrasions to left eye face and chin from a sled collision. Mrs Blanche Clum, twelve, 103rd Street, knee abrasions from a skiing fall at Eagle Mills.
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the Leonard Hospital
Charles Colaruotolo
Saratoga Street
Cohoes
Harry Millard
Ingalls Avenue
Blanche Clum
103Rd Street
Eagle Mills
CAA Discontinues Instructor Training
Washington reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration will stop training flight instructors as the Navy and Army air forces have enough instructors. The shift to training replacements lowers the need for civilian instructor programs.
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CAA
Washington
Navy
Army Air Forces
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Memorial Service Honors Destroyer Dead
A memorial service for officers and men who died aboard the USS Turner after its explosion and sinking in New York Harbor was held at the Navy receiving station in Brooklyn. About 400 mourners attended, including relatives from Colorado and Texas, with sixty of the 163 survivors present. Joseph Stallmer of 6872 Sixth Avenue received hospital treatment after a dog bite near his home, reportedly from a dog owned by a Fifth Avenue resident, per Fourth Precinct police.
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Don Mealy
Earle €. Mealy
Eighth Avenue
North Africa
Air Corps
Don
New York City
Joe McDonough
Joseph Gross
Spotswood
N. J
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Joe 1
The
Calvary
Steve Smi
Saratoga Street
England
Pete Smi
Alaska
Pic
Joe Malinowsky
South Pacific
Jose
Naval H Pital
Corona
Calif
Francis Bergin
Michael B . Bergin
Greenwich
San Marcos
Tex
John Flanagan
Fort Eustis
Coast Artillery
John M. J. Flanagan
Sixth Avenue
Johnny
Herb
Red
Sergi
Waldymir Waganka
Madeline Nous
Vliet Boulevard
Cohoes
Joe Nous
Joe
Nashville
Colgate
Francis Miller
Chester Miller
East Nassau
Italy
New Lebanon High
Cobleskill Aggies
G. E
Pittsfield
Mass
Cornelius Miller
Infantry
Fort Jacobson
S. C
New Lebanon
Averill Park Central School
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sampson
Howard Barton
Fourth Avenue
Watervliet
New York
U. S. S. Turner
Lower
Navy
Brooklyn
Colorado
Texas
Joseph Stallmer
the Leonard Hospital
Fourth Precinct
Fifth Avenue
Soldiers Angered By Relaxation Of Moral Code
Naples United States troops overseas are very bitter over reports of deterioration in standards of sexual morality back home. Rabbi Brickner says morale is excellent, with desire for more division rotation but no impact on fighting spirit. Troops praise Russian entertainment in the Persian Gulf but seek better local entertainment overall.
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Naples
United States
Rabb
Barnett Brickner
National Jewish Welfare Board
Brickner
Persian Gulf
Red Army advances push toward Rumania in new drive
Soviet forces repulsed German sectors as they claimed 136 tanks and over 2,000 casualties in the latest push. In the northern offensive, Mankovo fell three miles short of Novosokolniki and Nasva rail point was captured, breaking a key supply line. The operation netted about forty localities seized within the line. Seventy miles east of the Latvian border, Moscow reported major gains.
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Rumania
Mankovo
Novosokolniki
Moscow
Red Army
Nasva
Novosokolniki- Dno
Winter Moscow Front Weather Aids White Russian Push
Reports from the Russian front describe a severe cold wave and hard freezes in White Russia. The frosts, affecting the Pripet marshes, are said to help White Russian tanks maneuver as they press northwest and west into Nazi defenses.
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Winter Moscow
Russia
Pripet_marshes
Russian Army Breaks Through Near Leningrad Front
Russian forces push through in a northern advance toward Leningrad and press gains near Cherki, Nasva, Rovm, and Novo selski. Moscow reports 6,400 German deaths amid heavy fighting in multiple sectors from Lenin grad to the Black Sea as Berlin warns of big battles ahead.
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Cherki
Nasva
Rovm
Finland
Scandinavian Telegram Bureau
Berlin
Baltic States
Moscow
White Russia
Ippa
Novoselki
Kalinkovichi
Pripet
Yakimovichi
Klinsk
Constantin K. Rokossovsky
Kalinkevichi
Pripet River
Pinsk
Black Sea
High Command
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Nikopo
Kerch
Crimea
Funeral Rites For Sing Sing Warden Kirby
Funeral services for Sing Sing prison Warden Robert J. Kirby 55 who died Saturday night of pneumonia will be held Thursday morning at St Vincent s Church Attica Tomorrow in Ossining a solemn high mass of requiem at St Augustine s Church Kirby was Attica s principal keeper for ten years before becoming Sing Sing warden in 1941 He was the second Sing Sing warden to die in office in 118 years
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Ossining UP
Sing Sing
Robert J. Kirby
St. Vincent's Church
Attica
Ossining
Hugh
St. Augustine's
Kirby
Boy Shot During Commando Game in Alley
Ten year old John Wilm initially hid a secret about a bullet wound from a commando raid in an alley near his home. X ray revealed a bullet near his spine after he failed to recover from misleading parents and physicians confirmed the injury was caused by an accidental discharge during a play raid involving Wilm and three companions.
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Springfield
John Wilm
John
Wilm
Red Wings Rally to Win Over Maple Leafs at Olympia
Detroit defeats Toronto 4 to 1 before 13 859 fans at Olympia Stadium in the season’s largest crowd. Connie Dion earned the win in goal, with Daly Smith scoring the decisive third period goal and Murray Armstrong adding an insurance tally. Ted Kennedy and Don Webster were among the scorers for Detroit’s win.
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Detroit
Detroit Red Wings
Toronto Maple Leafs
Olympia Stadium
Dalton
Nakina
Smith
Wings
Conrad
Connie) Dion
Nets
Normie Smith
Dion
Ted Kennedy
Adam Brown
Murray Armstrong
Don Webster
Brown
Toronto
Yeafs
San Juan Quake Tollmounts as Rescue Efforts Spread
Two quakes struck San Juan and nearby Mendoza area killing hundreds to thousands, with 60 percent of San Juan ruined and hospitals mobilized for up to 1,500 beds. Troops, medical teams, and aid from Chile reached the disaster zone as utter destruction and panicked crowds surged in the quake’s wake.
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San Juan
Mendoza
la Rioja
Catamarca
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Latin America
Ramon §. Castillo
Fireman Dies In Syracuse Brick Apartment Fire
A Syracuse five story brick apartment building was devastated by a general alarm fire. Fire Chief George C. Winters said the blaze began shortly after 2 p.m. and was under control by about 5 p.m. The fire forced 150 people from 55 apartments. firefighter George D. Neal collapsed and died at the scene from smoke inhalation, with three others injured.
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Syracuse
George C. Winters
George D. Neal
Businessmen to Pray Meet at Y W C A
A group of Troy businessmen will meet at the Young Women's Christian Association today at noon to pray for insight into the world's problems and for courage to aid in their solution. Prayer will continue for an hour and any interested men may drop in during the period. Meetings are planned for every Monday noon during the winter.
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Troy
Young Women's Christian Association
Apollo Court to Meet
Members of Apollo Court O of A will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in rooms 81 Fourth Street with Mrs Fr enderzee, royal matron, presiding. A social hour with cards and refreshments will follow. Social committee includes Mrs Minnie Newhold Mia Anna Newton Mrs Edith Smith and Mrs Elizabeth Reynolds.
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Apollo Court
O. of A
Fourth Street
Fr ‘Enderzee
Royal Matron
Minnie Newhold
Mia
Anna Newton
Edith Smith
Elizabeth Reynolds
Bisons Rally to Beat Pittsburg Six 4 2
In an American Hockey League game Buffalo Bisons erased a 1 0 deficit with three third period goals to defeat the Pittsburg Hornets 4 2 before 3782 fans. Fred Thurier opened scoring at 9 14 of the second period, Lloyd Roubell equalized, Jack Howard put Pittsburg ahead at 6 35 of the third, Roger Leger leveled at 9 59, Larry Thibeault redirected a skate goal at 11 59, and Turner's second goal on a power play sealed the win.
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Buffalo Vps
Buffalo Bisons
Pittsburg Hornets
Bisons
Fred Thurier
Lloyd Roubell
Jack Howard
Hornets
Roger Leger
Larry Thibeault
Turner
Rangers Rally to Beat Bruins 8 6 at Madison Square Garden
New York Rangers erased a three goal deficit to topple the Boston Bruins 8 to 6 before 15201 at Madison Square Garden. The win snapped the Rangers seven game losing streak and marked their fifth victory in 28 games. Kirby Macdonald Bryan Hextall Lan a Dutch Hiller and rookie Bob Dill led the surge with Gauthier scoring the deciding goal unassisted to cap the comeback.
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New York AP
New York Rangers
Boston Bruins
Madison Square Garden
Ranger
Rangers
New York
Bruins
Toronto
Eddie Shore
Buffalo
Hextall
Little Johnny Mahaffey
Fernand Gauthier
Boston
School Basketball Scores From Troy Area Saturday Night
Results of scholastic basketball games in Troy and vicinity show Philip Schuyler 38 Milne 29 Albany High 24 Van Rensselaer 20 Draper 38 Cohoes High 31.
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Troy
Philip Schuyler
Milne
Albany High
van Rensselaer
Draper
Cohoes High
Canadiens Tie Blackhawks In Chicago Stadium Thriller
Montreal and Chicago played to a 1 1 tie before 18150 at Chicago Stadium in a NHL clash. Fido Purpur opened the scoring for Chicago and Emile Bouchard tied for Montreal with assists credited to Murph Chamberlain and Phil Watson. Goalies Bill Durnan and Mike Karakas delivered strong performances.
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Chicago
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Stadium
Hawks
Montreal
Fido Purpur
Met
Emile Bouchard
Canadiens
Murph Chamberlain
Phil Watson
Bill Durnan
Mike Karakas
Karakas
Providence
Hawkfold
Cornell Co-Ed Bowlers Solve Pin Boy Problem
Cornell Co-Ed bowlers in Ithaca solve a pin boy shortage by rotating roles in a tournament next weekend. Each four member team assigns one to set pins, another to score, while two bowl, then swap roles in the following game. Miss Dorothy Bateman praises the arrangement as good exercise for the girls.
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Ithaca UP
Cornell University
Dorothy Bateman
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