Americans Land at Two Points Near Munda in Solomons Battle
Allied forces moved to seize Viru Harbor and Wangunu as Munda supply lines were targeted from Rendova and Kolombangara. The Helena was reported lost with crew casualties to be notified. six Japanese ships probably sunk and several damaged, while Buna and Kahili air actions expanded in the Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabaul
New Britain
Munda
Kula Gulf
Bairoko Anchorage
South New Georgia
Viru Harbor
Wangunu
Helena
New Georgia Sland
South Pacific
Navy
Kahili
Buka Island
Bougainville
Solomons
Bambari
Kolambangara Island
Ballale Island
Douglas MacArthur
New York Navy Yard
New Georgia
Kolombangara Islands
Rendova Island
Admr
William F. Halsey
U. S
Rendova
Kiska
Southwest Pacific
Imperial Tokyo
Sambera Harbor
iGeneral MacArthur
United States
Australia
New Guinea
Subsidy Plan in Hands of Conferees
Washington UPI report on the subsidy rollback program and Commodity Credit Corporation awaiting Senate House conference action. Conferees dominated by compromise supporters met to soften anti subsidy measures and align a bill with the White House goal. Key figures include Alben Barkley Henry Wallace Robert Wagner Francis Maloney Robert Taft and John Danaher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate House Conference
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Henry A. Wallace
Robert F. Wagner
Francis Maloney
Conn
Robert A. Taft
White House
John A. Danaher
R. Conn
Roosevelt lauds women workers on 25th bureau anniversary
President Roosevelt said last night that 16,000,000 American women are now working and more than 2,000,000 on munitions production, praising their performance. The tribute marked the 25th anniversary of the Labor Department Women's Bureau, and he sent a congratulatory note to Secretary Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Women’s Bureau
Labor Department
Perkins
Bureau
Anything Can Happen Anything Can Happen On Prima Facie Evidence
A judge dismissed charges after a prosecutor failed to persuade a hard of hearing witness about a neighbor's dog noise. Miscellany items include a Decatur tale of wrens inhabiting a professor's pocket, a seven year old patient with multiple injuries, a candy shop burglar taking peanut brittle, and a Tampa clerk joke about last name first. Birds, people, and oddities color a quirky news brief roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qmaha Upi
Que
Dennis O'Brien
Unmatched shoes spur arrest in Eagle Mills scene
A sleeping sailor with one brown shoe and one black shoe prompted a police curiosity, leading to the arrest of a pedestrian fleeing the scene. A magistrate heard the suspect explain he traded a Red Cross sewing meeting shoes after pinching them, with proceedings set at Church of Christ at 850 with costs today at 4 pm. Nearby, Miss Marcia Hayner of Troy visited relatives, while local fire officials met at Brunswick Sportsman's Club for a meeting and drill. A mishap left Louis Patrie with a severed forearm artery from a metal stake, treated at Leonard Hospital and sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Red Cross
Church of Christ
Marcia Hayner
Troy
Elmer Wagar
Irving Coonrad
Audna Coonrad
Tech. Corp
John A. Hakes
Camp Cook
Cal
Thomas B. Miller
Kew Gardens
L. I
Eagle Mills Volunteer Fire, Co., Inc
Brunswick Sportsman's Club
Cropseyville
Louis Patrie
the Leonard Hospital
Coventry Man Fined For Gasoline Misuse Appeals Conviction
William John Smith of Coventry was fined 40 dollars for misusing gasoline and appealed. A Leicester court dismissed the appeal and doubled the fire and added court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Smith
Leicester
England
William John Smith
Coventry
Argentine Sailor Completes World Circumnavigation
Argentine sailor Vito Dumas returned home after a solitary voyage begun June 27, 1842 in a thirty foot ketch. He visited Capetown and Australia before reaching Valparaiso and rounding Cape Horn, becoming the first yachtsman to complete the circumnavigation from west to east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Vito Dumas
Dumas
Capetown
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Valparaiso
Chile
Cape Horn
Recruiting Cruiser Stops At Cohoes
A large WAVES SPARS and women Marines recruiting cruiser stopped in Cohoes for interviews with prospective recruits aboard the trailer. Ensigns Adams Kearten and Lt. (j. g.) Outwin led talks at the Rotary Club meeting at Van Schaick Island Country Club. Officer Lang commanded the cruiser. In a Rotary installation James M. O'Brien became president, succeeding Thomas E. Maycock. Arvie Eldred of Troy installed as past district governor. Fire damaged a gas storage tank on Champlain Canal bank at Whiteham Street. firemen contained the damage to the tank after a blow torch incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAVES
SPARS
Champlain Canal
Whiteham Street
Maas Charges Newsprint Used As Restriction
Rep Maas plans restrictive legislation accusing the War Production Board of press censorship through newsprint quotas. He says WPB orders up to five percent cuts for large papers and would require public WPB decisions on each request, with monthly congressional submission of handling time, delays, and proceedings.
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Washington IP
Maas
R-Minn
War Production Board
WPB
House
WEB
Im Star Chamber
Flood Halts War Production in Ohio Areas
Floods across northern Ohio forced evacuations of several hundred families and curtailed war production. At least one person died as floodwaters caused widespread damage across multiple areas.
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Akron
Qo.pi
Ohio
Cohoes Church Sets Festival Dates and Event Details
Cohoes St Agnes Church announced its three night summer festival on July 29 30 and 31 to help defray convent roof repairs and other church expenses. Edward Smith chairs the arrangements with Matthew Hayes as honorary chairman and a large volunteer team handling grounds decor gates and cashiers. The schedule includes varied programs each night and a three night event. Separate notices report the marriage of Jeannette West to Thomas J Durant performed Sunday at St Marie’s Church with a full wedding party and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes’ Church
Cohoes
Edward Smith
Matthew Hayes
Albert Gagnon
Edmund Rig
Local nuptials and community notices from Cohoes page
The article covers the wedding of a Cohoes High School graduate and GE worker with details of attire and reception, a wedding trip, and spouses' backgrounds. It also notes a four ton waste paper drive by the Cohoes Paid Wiremen's Association, with route details and curb pickup instructions. Nearby marriage announcement for Miss Dorothy A. Allison and James E. Gradoni is listed with attendants and service location.
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Cohoes
Wiremen’s Association
Hudson Avenue
Bridge Avenue
Oliver Street
Ship Street
Ontario Street
Saratoga Street
Linden Street
Kosciusko Avenue
Clark Avenue
Page Avenue
Cohoes Women's Home to Note Fiftieth Anniversary
Plans are underway for the fiftieth anniversary open house of the Home for Aged Women in Cohoes set for Saturday July 24. Committees were named at a board meeting at Silliman Memorial Church with a public program including music and refreshments. Also announced was the June 21 marriage in Worth Sacramento of Miriam Elizabeth Nelson to Aviation Cadet Robert Palmer Callaghan, with the couple then residing in Reno. The bride’s education and employer and the groom’s schooling are noted. the groom recently promoted to corporal.
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Home For Aged Women
Cohoes
Church House
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
William Aa
Krause
Arthur Nelson
Harrison Reamer
Charlee Spengler
William Arter
Ella Mott
Robert MacArthur
Grace Y VanSantvoord
Dwight Lowther
Julia Stephenson
Francis L. McCauley
Ida Rogers
William Dunn
Stephen Lewis
Charles Mioquin
William Holbrook
Edith Jones
George Jeffcock
Worth Sacramento
Cal
Miriam Elizabeth Nelson
Estella W. Nelson
Broadway
Robert Palmer Callaghan
Reno
Nev
Callaghan
Russel Sage College
Cohoes High School
Fordham University
McClean Field
North
Sacramento
Principal of Cohoes School Dies
Mrs Omer L Palin of 6 Congress Street Cohoes principal of School 7 died suddenly yesterday. Born in Watervliet she lived in Cohoes 22 years and was formerly Miss Mary F Quinn. Survived by husband and several relatives. Funeral from Boivins Sons and St Joseph Church with burial at St Joseph Cemetery Waterford. Examinations for chief and captain of the Police Department scheduled today at 7 30 pm. Miss Rita M Moore of Saratoga Street is at St Peter's Hospital Albany recovering from surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer L. Palin
Congress Street
Cohoes
Watervliet
Palin
Mary F Quinn
St. Joseph’s Church
Helen Quinn
Schenectady
George Theroux
Philadelphia
Eldo Montazi
Brooklyn
Carl Harris
Hartford, Conn
Stedman Chenelle
Doris Quinn
Thomas Quinn
Burnt Hills
A. G. Boivin
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Munuipal Civil Service Commission
William Dushane
Joseph R. Garrett
Wilfred Delisle
Rita M. Moore
Saratoga Street
St. Peter's Hospital
Albany
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District Court of the United State
Northern District of
New York
Henry M. Gates
Rensselaer
County
Bim
Postoffice Building
Frank Sharur
Sixth Avenue
Rensselaer County
Nicholas J. Covatta
Covalla Drug
Sixth Ave
N.Y
Fifth Avenue
Beeber County
Carl Lribach
Restaurant & Gr
Fifth Ave
Second Avenue
Rensselger County
George L. Connally
Second Ave
Seventh Avenue
County of Rensselaer
State of New York
OHN J. Casal
Meventh A
Sewararertal Hive
Japan
President
Lands Women Workers
Decatur
Upi
B. L. Fryxell
Millikin University
L Atter
Fryxell
Los Angeles
Jacquelin Jenner
Denver
Crystal Candy Co
LASI
ES Tampa
Fla
Louisiana Ave
Tampa
Lucky Boy
Young Jesse
Atlanta
Jesse Bass
Army
Jesse
Moultrie
Eagle Mills
James M. O'Brien
Miss West
Jeannette West
Eugene West
Viet Boulevard
Thomas J. Durant
John Durant
Summit Street
North Adams
Mass
West
Co>hoes High School
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
General Electric Co
Durant
Vincentian Institute
U.S. Army Signal Corps
New York City
Iliss Allison
Dorothy A. Allison
John Alson
White Street
James E. Gradoni
Joseph Gradoni
Joseph Muscatello
Gradoni
Sampson
Herre
Mb Warni
ST. Schenectady
Miss Nelson
Cohoes School
FO Congress ST
Q.A.S
Cluett & Sons
Tine
Tchaikovsky
Manfred
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Sevitzky
Byron
Tehaikoveks
Balghired
Frankis
Dev Tate
Alps
Tehaikovaky
Tommy Dorsey
Frank Sinatra
Golden Gate Quartet
Wreach Arms
Dick Haymes
Long Spinners
Sand Ray Ryeer
Harry
Dames
Orchestra
Ind ST
Matec
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