Rendova Island raid signals new Pacific push
Allied forces advance in the Solomons mark Rendova as a strategic step toward Rabaul. U S troops seized the Russell Islands earlier and Attu in the Aleutians was completed, while Tokyo warned of a major push. In China, Chiang Kai-shek’s armies stormed Ovchihkow on the upper Yangtze as Hwajung battles continued.
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Rendova
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomon Archipelago
Guadalcanal
North Pacific
Attu
Navy
Funafuti
Ellice Isands
South Central Pacific
Tokyo
Aleutians
Aleutian
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ovchihkow
Yangtze River
Dakota Welcomes Farm Workers Ports of Entry Established
South Dakota sets up ports of entry along major highways to guide migratory farm workers to available jobs, pay, and routes. The system aims to prevent jobless arrivals by providing centralized information and coordinating with southern states' employment bureaus.
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South Dakota
Government Buys Nurses Dormitory Albany NY
The federal government will purchase a three story building at 405 Myrtle Street Albany to lease to Albany Hospital as a dormitory for student nurses. John M Gallagher of the Federal Works Agency announced $150,003 in Lanham Act funds for acquisition. Accommodations will serve ninety nursing students from Albany Hospital and the Russell Sage School of Nursing, with enrollment expected to nearly double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Street
Albany
Albany Hospital
John M. Gallagher
New York
Police Seek Pig Thief Amid Rationed Meat Scarcity
Denver police report a pig thief roaming suburbs during meat rationing. The thief is said to enter pig pens, take 100 to 130 pounds of pig, and walk away with apparent ease. The rise in thefts of chickens rabbits and pigeons accompanies this new crime wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
INS
Joose Jin
Madame Chiang Reaches Brazil en route to China
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrived in Natal Brazil on Tuesday while traveling from the United States to China after an eight month stay in America. Her departure from the United States was kept secret and she was believed to proceed directly to China with a possible brief stop in England if invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
Brazil
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
China
United States
Madame Chiang
Here's How British Control Food
Charles A. Smith surveys Lord Woolton as Britain’s food king, detailing his wartime ministry power over imports, pricing, and rationing. The piece explains centralized control, fixed ceilings, subsidies, and surprise rationing that kept shelves stocked, with zones, state warehouses, and appointed wholesalers sustaining supplies amid war risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Smith
London
Ins
Lord Woolton
Britain
Ministry of Food
North
Wales
Woolton
Manistry
Health Diet Key To Baby's Birthweight
An NEA piece by Dr. Thomas D. Masters outlines pregnancy diet as vital for both mother and baby. It emphasizes regular medical checkups, adequate food value, and a recommended weight gain of about fifteen pounds, warning against overeating or restrictive dieting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Masters
NEA
Thesis Praises Justice Roberts in Cornell Dissertation
Cornell doctoral student Dr William Trapp profiles Owen J Roberts as an independent jurist with courage common sense and technical skill. The study notes Roberts avoided splits with court cliques and sometimes supported New Deal measures, while also dissenting in the Butler case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
INS
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Cornell University
William ©. Trapp
New York
Philadelphia
Cornell
Justice Roberts
Dr. Trapp
Butler
Dr. O'Brien Named Pharmacy Dean at Albany College
Dr. Francis J. O'Brien, acting dean for the past year and 23-year staff member, is named dean of Albany College of Pharmacy to succeed retirement of Dean William Mansfield. He has led the department of pharmacy for seven years and is a graduate of the college and of New York State College for Teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. O'Brien
Albany College of Pharmacy
William Mansfield
O’brien
Department of Pharmacy
New York State College For
Administration and divisional control boost rationing efficiency
The plan places authority in one control and splits it into 19 divisional zones each led by an official under the ministry of food. They argue that HQ administration and divisional inspectors, each reporting to the ministry, have kept rationing without snarling or creating widespread black markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Food
Malaria Control Keeps Men Fit to Fight in Solomons
A South Pacific malaria control briefing reports great progress against malaria in the Solomons. Major figures credit a 400 percent death-rate drop on Guadalcanal, elimination on one island, and reductions on others, with research yielding protective methods and potential vaccines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomons
South Pacific
J. J. Sapeio
Denver
Gal
Paul Harper
Fairfield
Conn
New Zealand
Lieut
K. L. Night
Chicago
Guadalcanal
U. S
Knight
Sapero
Guadalcanel
National Research Council
Harper
Wounded Learn Crafts At Oak Knoll Hospital
Sailors and Marines recuperating at Oak Knoll Hospital Oakland can send gifts home via a new Red Cross Craft Shop. The Grey Ladies will run craft programs in wards while the shop, once the Navy caddy house, offers recreation for recovering men under Red Cross supervision.
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San Francisco
INS
Oak Knoll Hospital
Oakland
Cal
Red Cross
Oak Knoll
Navy
Judges Named for Cohoes Fourth Annual Drum Corps Event
Judges for the fourth annual Cohoes field day and drum corps contest at Ukrainian Park were announced headed by Capt. George Bullen as chief and reviewing officer. Other judges include Harold Knight, John W. White, Roy H. Yowell, Robert W. Gates, R. E. Lee, and Maurice R. Starkey. J. L. Hughes of Albany is contest clerk. A street parade forms at 2 30 p.m. with an exhibition by the Ukrainian Girls Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukrainian Park
George Bullen
Harold Knight
John W. White
Roy H. Yowell
Robert W. Gates
R. E. Lee
Maurice R. Starkey
J. L. Hughes
Albany
John Kopeza
Wal Ham Warnick
Abandoned boy found. Albany ball to aid troops
Police seek mother of three year old left at St Josephs Church in Cohoes with note to an Albany priest and $20. He is cared for at Brady Maternity Home as Albany Police set Sept. 24 for Cohoes Police Association annual ball at Keveny Memorial Academy to fund cigarette shipments overseas. Proceeds will support troops and are to be distributed by service officers on fronts. Local officers named to chair and coordinate the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admair_l
Sapero
South Pacific
Atabria
Cohoes
Albany
St. Joseph's Church
Brady
Cohoes Police Association
Keveny Memorial Academy
National Tobacco Company
Joseph R. Garrett
Allison Greene
Harold Smith
Charles Fonda
John Kelly
Wilfred Delisle
Leonidas Landry
John Tully
John Lis
Paper to Be Collected In Cohoes
Cohoes residents will have scrap paper collected Tuesday afternoon by the Cohoes Paid Firemen's Association under William Vandercar and Edward Potts. Proceeds fund Red Cross USO and similar groups, with remainder aiding the firemen’s Christmas program. Collection starts about 4:30 p.m. in the Sixth Ward, with tentative Second Ward plans. Householders may leave bundles near their door to signal pickup.
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Cohoes
William Vandercar
Edward Potts
Slavage Committee
American Red Cross
USO
Vandercar
Troy Minister Addresses Cohoes Rotary
Rev. Arthur Johnston of Mt Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church spoke at the Cohoes Rotary Club meeting at Van Schaick Island Country Club. His topic Marching on urged faith courage and loyalty despite troubled times for a brighter period ahead. Installation of officers is scheduled for next week with James M. O'Brien elected president. Arvie Eldred to install.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Johnston
Mt. Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church
Toy
Cohoes
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Thomas FE. Maycock
James M. O'Brien
Pwall
Arvie Eldred
Troy
Cohoes Board Advances 23 Men to Class 1-A
Cohoes Selective Service Board No 345 lists 23 more registrants placed in Class 1-A including John Rainville William Flatley Matthew Carpeter Thomas Grogan William Grogan Raymond Borden Martin Quinn William Ryan Stanley Krupsi Albert Anderson John Las Frank Whilkelaski Donald O'Brien Francis Mons Alfred Chaino William Keeler John Dunham Americo Patrogan ni James Matlison Sylvester Kenny Joseph Dedee Theodore Marcil Leo Borden and Joseph Skylark Herbert Mitchell placed in Class 4-F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes Selective Service Board
John Rainville
William Flatley
Matthew Carpeter
Thomas Grogan
William Grogan
Raymond Borden
Martin Quinn
William Ryan
Stanley Krupsi
Albert Anderson
John Las
Frank Whilkelaski
Donald O’brien
Francis Mons
Alfred Chaino
William Keeler
John Dunham
Americo Patroganni
James Matlison
Sylvester Kenny
Regional Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Raymertown Richard Osborne of Troy spends a week with his daughter Mrs. Robert Burman. Miss Mamie Fitzgerald visits Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Banker in Nortonville. Emanuel Robinson and family entertain in Hoosick Falls for a weekend with Mrs. Anna Robins and sister. Leona visitors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dempsey stay with Albert Curtis. Ray and Mrs. Everett Wright of Cohocton enjoy a few days with friends. Wright is a former pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Richard Osborne
Troy
Robert Burman
Mamie Fitzgerald
Gordon Banker
Nortonville
Emanuel Robinson
Hoosick Falls
Anna Robins
Harry Dempsey
Leona, N. J
Albert Curtis
Ray
Everett Wright
Cohocton
Wright
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cohoes Leaders to Survey for WAAC and Cadets
Cohoes block leaders will run a state wide survey next week for the War Department in cooperation with the Office of Civilian Mobilization. The effort seeks prospective WAAC candidates and aviation cadet volunteers, with eligibility defined for women aged 20 to 49 and men in their 17th year, excluding essential war production workers.
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Cohoes
Office of
WAAC
War Department
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Cohoes Plans Service Men Open House and Roll Dedication
An open house for servicemen will accompany the dedication of Cohoes Fourth Ward honor roll on Monday at the P N A Hall Willow Street. Dancing from 8 p.m. to midnight features Peter Sorek’s Orchestra with Madeline Farah as general chair and a committee of local young women. A request is issued for additional armed forces relatives from Fourth Ward residents to be added to new panels on Columbia Street. Firefighters were called to extinguish a car dump fire on Pulaski Avenue and at North Erie Street with no damage reported.
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Ser
Farst Ward
Cohoes
Willow Street
Peter Sorek
Madeline Farah
Genevieve Jacon
Nora Abdelia
Catherine Murphy
Wanda Marcus
Dorothy Maloney
Margaret Bruno
Helen
Madeline Sruno
Constance Pewy
Lila Brasesl
Anna Abdella
Edith Mullen
Josephine Farah
Fourth Ward
Columbia Street
William J. Connery
John McGill
Rhea Payette
William McDonald
John Whitehouse
Calieg
Pulaski Avenue
North Erie Street
Faces Draft Charge
William Edmund Humphrey was arrested June 23 at Saratoga Springs for violating the selective training and service act. He was released on bail by Commissioner David S Fisk at Hudson Falls. He was employed by General Electric at the time of arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edmund Humphrey
Saratoga Springs
David S&s. Fisk
Hudson Falls
General Electric
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Pacific Islands
Trobriand
Woodlark Isles
Dakota
Albert Cook
USMC
Des Moines
Iowa
U. S. Naval Hospital
Ronnie King
Dr. Sapero
Darden
Virginia
Norfolk
Fifth Naval District
H. Fairfax Leary
Cohoes Board
Raymertown
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