England Under Heavy Attack In Weekend Bombardment
The article describes sustained German robot and air bomb attacks on Southern England through Saturday night and Sunday morning, with wreckage and civilian casualties. Prime Minister Churchill prepared to address Parliament after touring defenses, as rescuers labored amid collapsing shelters and sound detectors searched rubble.
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London
Germany
England
Winston
Churchill
House of Commons
Pas de Calais
Lt Ways
Qgne
Sia
Orden
Negro Troops Riot In Boston Streets
Boston police arrested twenty nine Negro servicemen including sailors and soldiers after a street melee in Roxbury that lasted about three hours. Eight were charged with carrying knives and the rest with disorderly conduct. They face Roxbury court arraignment today as two hundred servicemen clashed with forty patrolmen, twenty detectives, and military police.
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Boston
Roxbury
Roxbury Court
Thomas Duggan
Installation of Trojan Lodge I O O F Officers
The Trojan Lodge I O O F will install officers today at 3 pm at headquarters on St First Street. District Deputy Grand Master Abe Wolvns and staff will direct. Jacob Niss will preside.
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Trojan Lodge
St First Street
Abe Wolvns
Jacob Nissof
Nurse's Foot Bath Suggestion for Working Women
A nurse recommends MU-COL hygienic foot bath powder to relieve tired feet after long hours. Dissolving a small amount in water creates a cooling solution for quick relief, offering an inexpensive home remedy to soothe sore feet.
U S Unlikely to War On Finland
Washington reports it is unlikely the United States would declare war on Finland despite Britain declaring war. The Finnish alliance with Germany and the passport expulsions signal a severing of ties. Officials in Helsinki prepare responses while Finns in Stockholm react with disappointment and sorrow.
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Washington
ENSI
United States
Hi ‘Severahce
Finland
Britain
Congress
Alexander
State Department
Hutt
Germany
Helsinki
Edmund Guilion
Cassires
Fimwelt
Hull
Capitol Hil
Treasury Department
Stockholm
UPI
Hel‘singin Sanomat
Aectrd
Say
Social Demokraatiii
Utes Edge Laurels 8-7 In Ten Innings Holiday Tilt
Utica and Hartford Laurels split a doubleheader with the Utes winning 8-7 in ten innings in the opener before losing the nightcap 5-3. Merle Settlemeyer faltered in the ninth but recovered in the tenth to give Utica the walk off win as 2,748 fans watched. Julius Homokay struggled on the mound for Utica while Jack Kimble yielded runs for the Laurels in the fourth and sixth.
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Utica
Settlemeyer
Warren Mueller
Laurel
Jack Philips
Julius Homokay
Sith
Chet Covington
Laurels
Jack Kimble
Sehile
Bill
Marshall
Sox
Brakeman Killed At Mechanicville
Alphonse C. Charette of Greenfield Massachusetts, brakeman on the Boston and Maine Railroad, died from injuries after being struck by a northbound freight in front of the Delaware and Hudson station at Mechanicville at 12 30 p m Saturday. Dr William Van Doren attended him and said he suffered a crushed left arm and other injuries. DeMarco’s ambulance carried him toward Trey Hospital but he died en route. The body was examined at Waterford by Dr F J Scott. Mechanicville coroner Dr Arthur W Johnson was called. Coroner Johnson continues his investigation.
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Alphonse C. Charette
Greeneld
Mass
Bos+ iton &Maine
Delaware & Hudson
Mechanicville
William van Doren
DeMarco
Trey Hospital
Charette
Waterford
F. J. Scott
Arthur W. Johnson
Johnson
Miller promoted to manager of engineering at American Machine
Green Island Edward L. Miller, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Miller of 158 Paine Street, is promoted from assistant director of engineering to manager of engineering in charge of design and research at American Machine and Motors plant in East Moline Illinois. He began with the company in Troy in 1927 as a design craftsman for the Tolhurst centrifugal division, became chief draftsman in 1932, and was named chief engineer the following year.
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Edward L. Miller
Edward Miller
Paine Street
Froma
American Machine, and
Moiars
East Moline
Mr. Miller
Troy
Tolhurst
John W. Facto
George Street
Long Lake
Frank Archambeault
Hudson Avenue
Bay Lake Champlain
Arthur Brannigan
Raymond Wolf
Navy
Virginia
Chester VanArnum
Brooklyn Navy
Albert Moske
Michael Roscoe
Willard Simmons
Green Island Lodge
Grand Lodge
Schenectady
Barry Bennett
Sherman W. Boughton
Binghamton
Farmers in Ohio Short of Workers
Ohio farmers face a short supply of labor with 3,000 more year round hired men needed. Clarence Henry of Ohio State University cites that 94 percent of farm work is done by available workers, while volunteers and seasonal help cover only a few days or weeks.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clarence Henry
Ohio State University
World Monetary Delegates Draw Up Blueprints
Delegates at Bretton Woods lay out a flexible plan for a world stabilization fund as the United Nations monetary conference begins a three week session. Dr Harry White Treasury official outlines amendments to the eight billion dollar proposal including debate over silver as a monetary base.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Harry D. White
Treasury Department
White
Cherbourg Demolition Called "Clever Job" by Allied Chief
Maj. Gen. Cecil Moore reported the Cherbourg demolition by German forces was “clever” but not worse than expected. He said the port clearance is advancing rapidly, and the Winth Division found ships scuttled and damage to signal systems for waterfront railways and longer bridges after capturing the harbor.
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Allied Expeditionary Force 12
Cherbourg
Cecil Moore
U. S. Army Engineers
Winth Division
Local Social Notes Highlight Area Visits and Gatherings
Poestenkill residents Mr and Mrs Roy W Bailey moved into a house owned by Mrs Mary McKay. Mr and Mrs Pepper of Troy were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Eiverett Measlinger and family. Mrs Arnold Hoffman Mrs Kenneth Miller and Miss Gwendolyn Dawes accompanied Mrs Dwight Wilder of Schenectady to Rutland Vermont. Dwight Wilder and daughter Margie of Schenectady visited Mrs Wilder's mother Mrs J Hobennett. Young Ladies Missionary Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church met at the parsonage Friday night led by Roland Hropp.
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Roy W. Bailey
Menands Save
Mary McKay
Pepper
Troy
Eiverett Measlinger
Arnold Hoffman
Kenneth Miller
Gwendolyn Dawes
Dwight “Wilder
Schenertady
Rutland, Vt
Dwight Wilder
Margie
Schenectady
Wilder
J. Ho Benett
Young Ladies’ Missionary Society
Evangelical Litecral Church
Pars ‘Sonage
Roland Hropp
Feader
Waterford Staff Sergt Falcone recounts combat missions
Waterford 22 year old Staff Sergeant Albert Falcone recounts his sixty combat missions over Italy and southern France, a B-26 crash on takeoff, and near misses with flak. He earned the Air Medal and six Oak Leaf Clusters after serving since July 1942.
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Albert Mr. Falcone
Waterford Locks
Italy
France
Falcone
Fifth Army Air Forces
Gtates
Florence
Rome
Anzio
Falcohe
Barge Sinking Affects Hudson River Traffic Not Slowed
Traffic along the Hudson River reports no delays after a barge named Robert W. Davis sank near the Cluett Peabody plant. The tug crew detached and attempted to recover the lead barge in a bid to save the formation, but the bow was crushed and the vessel went under within five minutes. Captain Van Epps barely escaped with clothing as water rose to his knees.
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Robert W. Davis
Hudson River
Jacob Street
Connors
Protector
Oswego
New York
Azreny Ayady
Richard Spes
Syracuse
Consors Tig
Federal Dam
Douw
Cluett. Peabody, & Co. Inc
van Epps
Theater
Guatemala Army Restores Constitution After Ubico Resignation
The Guatemalan military junta announced it had restored constitutional rights after taking over the government on Saturday following President Jorge Ubico's resignation. The National Assembly was to meet to appoint an acting president. A general strike after the June 22 suspension left several dead and wounded.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Jorge Ubico
National Assembly
Umbico
Staten Island Ferry Crash Injures 29
A Staten Island to South Ferry collision injured twenty nine people as the municipal ferry struck racks at the pier. About 2 000 passengers were aided by police, emergency squads, Red Cross teams and medical staff from nearby hospitals. Four persons were hospitalized.
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New ‘York
Staten Island-South
Municipal.ferry
Muggay
South Ferry
Red Cross
Congress May Extend Vacation Until Labor Day
Congress plans a recess after Labor Day with no major bills on the agenda. House leaders, aiming for a three day adjournment, would have members meet twice weekly but avoid controversial measures unless emergencies arise.
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Congress
Washington
Lim
Bamapeek-Gar
Atlanta
Leber Bay
Raospeck
House
McCormack JD
Mass
Meat Ceiling Prices Blamed For Shortage
Chicago UP reports that rigid price ceilings are blamed for meat shortages as consumers with higher incomes demand better culls. L. J. Norton of the University of Illinois cites abundant supplies of cheaper grades yet rising demand for premium cuts. Hog shipments to stockyards stayed high early in the year but last month dipped below the previous June record, signaling a shift toward more balanced daily stock distribution. Strictly choice fed steers and yearlings rose 25 cents.
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Charlotte Ingalls
Chicago
L. J. Norton
University of Fhllinois College of Agriculture
Morton
Norton
Stedyards
Parkers
Chicago Hoge
Cohoes Man Hospitalized After Car Crash
Cohoes man Joseph LaBarge, 33, of 9 Pare Avenue, was hospitalized with facial lacerations and elbow abrasions after a head-on crash on Ontario Street near Pulaski Avenue. Police said a second stolen car from Albany was involved. a male passenger withhold identity was in that vehicle. Both cars were towed to Eagle Garage.
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Ontario Street
Wick Cohoes
LaBarge
Pare Avenue
Frank Mastrianni
LaBerge
Taria Street
Pulaski Avenue
Po-Ice
Leonidas Lan Gry
Janes O'Brien
Acens
LaSarge
Albany Eithier
Morheing
Be & Cohoes
Troy
Bombers and PT Boats Raid Noemfoor Island
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports a daylight raid on Noemfoor Island in New Guinea with more than 150 planes dropping 730 tons of bombs. The attack, described as the heaviest on the islet, was followed by two night raids targeting Japanese shore installations in a possible pre invasion softening. Noemfoor lies about fifty miles west of Biak and east of Manokwari on the Dutch New Guinea mainland.
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New Guinea
Mora
Noemfoor
Dutch New Guinea
Biakigiang
Manckwert
Week in Market Shows Mixed Grades and Steer Top at 3170
The market saw mixed grades with some up to 25 and others irregular, hog supply larger with trade car leading a stronger tone. Steers topped at 31.70 with top hogs at 13.75. The overall market fell about 59 cents for the week and native springers peaked around 35 dollars.
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Cohoes
the National Bank
Cohoes Savings. Bank
the Manufacturers Bank
Green Island
World Monetary
Fessor Cin
MonTasu
OP Evglanvo
Gut
Surrey
Enés
Elizabeth .Glavin
Board of Education
Atrs
Wilbur B H. Caney
American Red Cross Ubratch
Marian M. Ranney
Jonie Triangle
Daughters of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Shirley L. LeVan
First Street
June Conklip
Margaret Burgess
Edna Hazzard
Jean Willetts
Leis Swaitlnng
Edith Blacker
Elmira
Lewis M. Blackmer
Baptist Parsetage
Upper Second Street
By Paul Ford
Staten Island
Noemfoor Island
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