Prosecution Restarts Arguments in Anthony Case
The district attorney and defense debated the defendant Edwin R. Anthony's guilt in a Lansingburg assault case. The DA urged the jury to consider the crime as a public wrong, highlighting the victim's age and Anthony's conduct, while defense witnesses contested the alibi and character claims amid rebuttals from Mohawk & Hudson Humane Society Superintendent Chester Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Deerfield
Wearth
Anthony
Chester A. Irving
Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society
Irving
Brownell's Daughter Safe in Great Britain and Naval Promotion
Cambridge Duane G Brownell reports his daughter Misa Harriet A Brownell of the American Red Cross has arrived safely in Great Britain. Leo J Cantwell promoted to lieutenant in the Naval Reserve and in active service since November 1942. Cambridge Branch American Red Cross office hours two days weekly. Seaman second class George A Johnstone seeks work. son of A M Johnstone of Hedges Lake, home on two weeks leave with wife and baby after boat training at Sampson. Mrs Thomas Thompson fell from stair landing, hip broken, daughter Miss Jean T Jennings of New York notified and Mrs Thompson hospitalized. Cambridge Valley Chapter officers ready at tonight's meeting with birthday refreshments. Bishop Roberta reports Miss Catherine C Barnaby still teaching in Shanghai mission after sixteen years. not heard from in three years since leaving Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane G. Brownell
Misa Harriet A. Brownell
American Red Cross
Great Britaan
Leo J. Cantwell
Naval Reserve
Cambridge
George A. Johnstone
Theregular
Episcopal Church Magazine
Roberta
Gripsholm
Catherine C. Barnaby
China
Shanghai
St Stephens Church
Barnaby
Pulse of the People letters on war effort and heat woes
In Troy and Mechanicville readers vent about wartime politics and policy. A mother laments mothers and soldiers, urging Congress to stop bungling and support troops. A Mechanicville correspondent calls out excessive factory heat amid coal shortages, advocating lower indoor temperatures to improve work conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Troy
Round Lake and area notes shift in hospital and fire dept
The condition of Jacob Knopt and Frank Hewitt at Benedict Memorial Hospital in Ballston Spa is listed as satisfactory. Edwin H. Van Deusen was omitted as vice president of the Round Lake Fire Department in the latest report. Matthew Cash, NY police lieutenant, has moved to a new home on Washington Avenue, Jamaica, L I, after choosing to remain in service another year. Florence B. Turner is named chair of the Mechanicville Red Cross committee succeeding K Aileen Secoy. A Methodist Church fellowship supper and prayer service are planned for this evening at 6 30 with a follow up trustees election and a later film. Corporal Thomas Fox, on a 73 hour pass, has returned to Cherry Point NC after service aboard since March, including time at Parris Island, Florida, and studying at Mechanicville High School before graduating in 1941.
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Jacob Knopt
Frank Hewitt
Benedict Memorial Hospital
Ballston Spa
Wilson N Gorham
Alco
Schenectady
Edwin H. van Deusen
Round Lake
Cash
Florence B. Turner
Kmitting
Mechanicville Red Cross
K. Aileen Secoy
Miss Turner
Methodist Church
Corp
Thomas Fox
T. Adinolfi
Cherry Point
N.C
Parris Island
Florida
Mechanicville High
Poestenkill and Local Society Notes Show Budgets and Visits
Poestenkill reports Fred Rogers Jr improving at home while Mrs Lauren Grandy visits Seward. The Brotherhood meets in the Lutheran Church at 8 pm tomorrow. Marshall Benson hosts include Robert and Russell Swenor in the Army. Harold Heffner in Coast Guard Manhattan spent weekend with Irving and family. Edward Claren Jr in Coast Guard Manhattan also visits his parents. A Saturday dance for sixth to high school ages was sponsored by the Parent Preacher Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rogers, Jr
Lauren H. Grandy
Seward
Brotherhood
Marshall Benson
Irving Heffner
Edward Claren, Jr
Coast Guard
Manhattan
Edward Claren
Parent Preacher Association
Surviving Cambridge Woman Remains After Family Loss
Barnaby a Cambridge resident for ten years leaves behind a narrow circle of friends as the sole survivor of a family. Her brother William died a few months ago and her sister Margery Dee, aged 22, died in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S Barnaby
Cambridge
William
Margery Dee
Willkie’s stance tested by independents in 1944 race
The article argues that independent voters distrust isolationist leanings and may reject any Republican nominee who aims to please both isolationist and non isolationist wings. It notes Willkie’s shift away from isolationism after 1940 and warns the 1944 war climax could hinge on securing independent support to defeat Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Willkie
Wilkie
Hush
Isschosen
Noveber
Republican Party
Harding
Missing Captain May Be in Adirondack
Newburyport Massachusetts. Captain Philip W. Bearman 27 disappeared two hours before his wedding. His fiancee Miss Helen M Olson 23 directed searchers to the Adirondack region of New York. She said he may have gone there instinctively if memory loss from an attack occurred. He was seen buying flowers in a hotel in Boston before vanishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Mass
INS
Philip W. Bearman
Adirondack
New York State
Helen M. Olson
Adirondacks
Boston
Meyer Luckman Dies in Sing Sing Prison
Ossining, UP. Meyer Luckman aged 87 died Monday in Sing Sing Hospital where he served 20 years to life for the 1936 alay- ing of Samuel Drukman. The case's political entanglements centered on Comptroller Joseph D McGoldrick and former Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, with Dist. Atty. William F. Geoghan reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
Meyer Luckman
Samuel Drukman
Sing Sing
Drukman
Joseph D McGoldrick
New York City
Dist
William F. Geoghan
Kings County
Herbert H. Lehman
Geoghan
War Costs Shaped by End of World Wars
The document notes that war costs rose to 132 billion dollars by 1943 with outlays including lend-lease. It states expenditures at war's end in 1918 totaled 52 billion for war and loans to Allies. The inflation of wartime spending frames a clear economic record across both conflicts.
Stillwater Club to Hold Covered Dish Supper Tonight
The Past Matrons' Club of Upton Chapter O 3 S plans a covered dish supper and meeting at 6 30 p.m. at Mrs Isabell Wilbur's home. Attendees are asked to bring a dish and their own service. The Philathea Class of the Second Baptist Church meets Friday evening at Mrs C B Hoskins home with Mrs W P Stanford leading devotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton
Isabell Wilbur
Second Baptist Church
C. 8. Hoskins
W. P. Stanford
Earl
Entertainment hosts named for event with Mrs Hammond and Kellogg
Lane will supervise the entertainment as Mrs John Hammond and Mrs Leonard Kellogg Sr assist as hostesses and coordinate plans for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
John Hammond
Leonard Kellogg, Sr
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Wiley
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Martin F. O'Connor
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Thomas Dandrew
Asst. Dist. Atty
Robert T Murray
Mr. Murray
Sixth Avenue
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Harry E. Clinton
Whey
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United States Medical Corps
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Southwest Pacific
Charles E. Trowland
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William J. Marsden
William G. Watson
Harold Co. Shulman
Binghamton
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U.S A
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Connally Drug
Boxer’s
Carroll's
Watervliet
Wright's
Dahl's
Pharimmacieg
Stet
Adv
S. Paul Proctor
4Th ST
Canada Dry
Nada
Pulse of the People
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Mechanicville
Poestenkill
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Stillwater
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