OWI Curbs End of War Prophecies
Washington announces a new war information policy to provide accurate, consistent news and limit speculation on the war’s end. Elmer Davis, backed by White House and military leaders, emphasizes clear explanations of policies and coordinated release of war news.
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Washington
UPH
Elmer Davis
White House
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Selective Service
Davis
Owi
West Sand Lake Club Collects Scrap Today
The Sod Busters' 4H Club of West Sand Lake will collect scrap paper in the village today. Householders are asked to place scrap in front of their homes. The club will cover all roads through the village and carry the paper to a central point for transport to waste dealers.
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West Sand Lake
Sod Busters’ 4H
Postwar Jobs For Women Seen Assured
Mary Anderson of the U S Labor Department told a New York Times forum that a nation with wartime full employment can maintain full employment in peacetime. She said many young women will return home, while skilled older women stay in work, as postwar effort proceeds. Chester of General Foods urged pay equality and equal opportunity for women and men. Dorothy Bellanca of Amalgamated Clothing Workers pressed jobs for the many women who entered industry since Pearl Harbor, and Henry Hazlitt noted most plants pay women as men for equal work though some exceptions remain.
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New York UP
Mary Anderson
Women's Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
New York Times
Miss Anderson
Cany M. Coester
Cnal
General Foods Corporation
Forum
Chester
Dorothy Bellanca
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Pearl Harbor
Henry Hazlitt
Times
Department of Labor
Twin Sisters Swap Leads to One Wedding in Tennessee
Lieut. Col. Joseph C. McNay of Long Beach California honeymooned with one Spero twin but married the other Stella after a switch. Jenny served as bridesmaid as the couple wed in Lebanon Tennessee and departed for a Kansas City honeymoon, leaving the twins apart for the first time.
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Nashville
Tenn
Joseph C. McNay
Long Beach
Cal
Spero
Jenny
Stella
McNay
Second Army Air Forces
Tennessee
New York
Allen
Lebanon
School Lunch Rooms Given More Rations
The OPA plans to increase meat and processed food allotments for school lunches due to more cafeterias and children served. The new system bases allowances on current child servings rather than December 1942 revenue, with forms for schools and contract/non contract details and a forthcoming March April operation period.
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Record
Washington, D. C
OPA
Office of Price Administration
New May
United States
FDA
Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Dog Honored for Saving Guardsman
Nora an eight month old German shepherd received the John P. Haines Medal from the ASPCA at its New York meeting for saving Coast Guardsman Evans Mitchell who fainted during a night patrol near Nag's Beach North Carolina. The pet of the Coast Guard station she left to his post three miles away then returned with his cap in her mouth guiding rescuers to him. Mitchell who had fallen ill six weeks earlier said he might have died from exposure or drowning. Nora drank from a water pitcher on the speakers’ table after the rescue.
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New York
Nora
John P. Haines
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Coast Guard
Water's Edge
Coast
Mitchell
Shushan Shines Through Winter Hours and Fires
Shushan Judson Shaw at Mary Mcflellan Hospital shows improvement. Mrs Robert Hughes of West Pawlet and her children visited her father Clarence Jackson. Shushan Library hours cut to 2 to 3 on Saturdays. A chimney fire at William McAuley’s home caused damage. ridge board removed to combat flames. Victor Nygard 74, buried at Woodland Cemetery after services at Spurr Funeral Home Cambridge. survived by wife Annie, son Walter, daughters Mrs James Thompson and Mrs Kay Orlando, and two grandchildren. Nygard born in Finland, long farmer in Shushan, Spanish American War veteran.
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Judson Shaw
Mary Mcflellan
Robert Hughes
West Pawlet
Clarence Jackson
Shushan
William McAuley
Victor Nygard
Spurr
Cambridge
Arthur Wright
Shushen United Presbyterian Church
Woodland Cemetery
Annie Nygard
Walter
Camden Valley
James Thompson
Elmhurst
S. J
Kay Orlando
New York
Nygard
Finland
Farm Bureau Food Session Opens Monday
The Rensselaer County Farm Bureau plans a Monday meeting at The Hendrick Hudson Hotel with executive committee members and commodity chairmen to outline a county food production program for 1944. The effort, in cooperation with the War Foods Program, focuses on education and practical actions using available labor and facilities to boost fruit, dairy, poultry, and vegetable production.
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Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County Farm Bureau
Hendrick Hudson
Farm Bureau
War Foods Program
Elton K. Hanks
Hanks
Ill Alay
Ttig
Mondais
Poestenkill Church Notes and Local Celebrations
Poestenkill residents report illnesses and family milestones. Mr and Mrs John Stephens observe their 62nd anniversary on Tuesday Jan 11. Marilyn Mitchell marks her ninth birthday with a party attended by Janet Hoffay Wilma Miller Erich Komdat Jr Kathleen Walsh Ralph Davis Alice Bute and Marcia Mitchell. The Lutheran Church Aid Society met at the parsonage Tuesday electing officers: President Mrs Philp Fisher vice president Miss Gertrude Bosch treasurer Mrs Albert Schumann secretary Miss Elizabeth Fisher. The worship service tomorrow will discuss Some Evidence of Faith led by Rev Lauren H Grandy.
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Poestenkill
George Prediger
John Stephens
Marilyn Mitchell
Janet Hoffay
Wilma Miller
Erich Komdat
Kathleen Walsh
Ralph Davis
Alice Bute
Marcia Michell
Aid Society of the
Lutheran Church of
Philp Fisher
Gertrude Bosch
Albert Schumann
Elizabeth Fisher
Lauren H. Grandy
St Mark's Scouts Gather Ton of Paper
Troop 19 of St Mark's Church led by Scoutmaster Julius Saehrig collected a ton of scrap paper in a few days. Many boys run newspaper routes and asked customers to save waste paper for regular collection. One home yielded 900 pounds as crews used two wagons linked by a board to cut trips, with sleighs speeding downhill. Magazines like National Geographic are saved for the troop library. weekly reports are given to the scoutmaster.
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St. Ciark’s Church
Julius Saehrig
Down Hill
National Geographic
Navy Recruiting Tour Ends as Sullivan Returns to Duty
Chief Sullivan, in charge of the Navy recruiting station at Rensselaer County Court House, wraps up a weeklong tour visiting Cohoes, Hoosick Falls, Mechanicville, Saratoga Springs, Salem and Cambridge and returns to duty today. Chief Gerry, briefly in charge during Sullivan’s absence, resumes work at the Albany Recruiting Center. The station announces two WAVES Frances K Pallozzi and Genevieve M Shafer and eight apprentice seamen for Sampson training: Bussey, Knapp, Miller, Bouchey, Goodermore, Jackson, Sleitcher, and McMahon.
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Joseph Sullivan
Navy
Rensselaer County Court House
Cohoes
Hoosick Falls
Mechanicville
Saratoga Springs
Salem
Cambridge
Sullivan
Charles F. Gerry
Gerry
Albany
Sampson
Frances K. Pallozzi
Genevieve M. Shafer
Francis B. Bussey
Hill Street
Kenneth L. Knapp
David ©. Miller
Aloysius G. Bouchey
Swan Street
Green Island
Kenneth L. Goodermore
Orchard Avenue
William T. Jackson
Federal Street
John H. Sleitcher
Highland Avenue
Edward J. McMahon
Broadway
Watervliet
Home Casualties Exceed Battle
The National Safety Council reports American home front casualties far exceed battle losses. Armed forces dead, wounded, missing or captured through Jan 1 1944 total 139 858, civilians killed or injured in US accidents 18 690 000. War office figures add 32 078 killed and 45 595 wounded, 32 478 missing, 29 707 captured. civilian toll 190 000 killed and 18 500 000 injured. The council notes no implied equivalence with frontline danger, only the waste of manpower from accidents and the need to cut them. It estimates 800 000 000 man-days lost to production due to accidents, enough to build 38 000 heavy embers.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Pearl Harbor
Jan
United States
Office of War Information
Council
Round Lake Visitors and Local Church Meeting Notes
Round Lake residents Als Van Gaasbeck and family hosted Mrs. Van Gaasbeck for the winter. Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll of Poughkeepsie visited cousin Mrs. John H. Williams due to illness in her family. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hitchcock reported their son Robert G. Hitchcock in rehabilitation in New Zealand after 14 months in the South Pacific. In Mrs. Lester Van Horn’s absence, Mrs. Winston I. Tirrell led a Loyal Fellowship class meeting at the Methodist Church with a food sale and cake and coffee. The next meeting is February 15 at Mrs. Floyd H. Parker’s home, Valentine party planned.
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Round Lake
John van Gaasbeck
William van Gaasbeck
Short Hills
M. J
Elizabeth Carroll
Pough- Keepsie
John H. Williams
Frank Hewitt
Vila Hewitt
Leslie W. Hitchcock
Robert G. Hitchcock
New Zealand
South Pacific
Lester van Horn
Winston I. Tirrell
Loyal Fellowship
Methodist Church
Edwin Seabury
Leonard Glovers
Joseph
Floyd H. Parker
Winston J. Tirrell
FINGERPRINTS AND WINE PLANTING NOTES
The United States Department of Justice notes over 4 500 000 fingerprints as the world’s largest collection. Separately, references point to wine grape planting in South Africa in 1658.
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South Africa
Lowell Bennett War Prisoner in Germany
International News Service correspondent Lowell Bennett is a captured prisoner of war in Germany after the December 2 RAF raid on Berlin. The 24 year old from South Orange New Jersey was aboard one of 41 bombers lost in the massive attack. a London bureau chief received a letter from him saying the line about being somewhere in Germany could have been worse.
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London
Lowell Bennett
International News Service
Berlin
Germany
Leo V. Dolan
News Service
Bennett
Leo
South Orange
N. J
Civil Service Seeks 500 Internal Revenue Agent Jobs
The U S Civil Service Commission announced it is hiring accountants and auditors for 500 Internal Revenue Agent roles with annual pay from 2433 to 3163 dollars, plus overtime. It also notes the discontinuation of written tests for departmental guards patrolling government buildings in Washington.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Internal Revenue Agent
Washington
Dense fog blankets New York city roads and skies
Dense fog from warm moist air meeting cold coastal waters spread over New York, grounding planes and slowing traffic to a caterpillar pace, after Weather Bureau attributed the condition to the pattern yesterday.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Local Draft Boards Await New Induction System Orders
Local draft boards report no official orders on the new exam and induction system. 1-A men will receive pre induction exams at Albany, with local boards waiting for state Selective Service direction. Those passed will be inducted 21 days after Albany exams, while others may wait months if reserves exist.
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Albany
Iin
State Selective Service
FASTEETH advertised as firm, odorless tooth aid
An ad promotes FASTBEETH powder to keep upper or lower dentures in place without sliding or rocking. It claims no gummy taste, non acidic formula, neutralizes denture odor, and urges readers to buy at any drug store.
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William Iacocca
Boy Scout Troop 19
St. Mark’s Boy Scouts
Civil Service
Irving C. Dutcher
Troy Post Office
Troy
Ee Marie ST
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