Kula Gulf Sea Victory Confirmed
Allied communiqué reports success in Kula Gulf with surface craft and shore parties destroying three enemy barges carrying 159 troops on the northeast coast. US Air Force hit Munda and Langsdale Point, with 32 tons of bombs. 4 Zeros shot down, 1 American plane lost.
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Guuff
Munda
United States Air Force
Langsdale Point
New Georgia
Japan
Ballale
Shortland Island
Vila
Kolombangara
Kai Islands
Bunda Sea
Vangunu Island
Solomons
Dewey Signs Vote Pledge at Hotel Roosevelt
Governor Dewey signed a vote pledge urging participation in the August primary and other elections. The pledge is part of a League of Women Voters campaign to distribute 10,000 cards to New York adults to encourage party enrollment registration and informed voting.
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New York GP
Dewey
New York State League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters
Hotel
Roosevelt
Sydney Kaye
League
Charles Heming
New York
End of Coffee Rations Blocked By Shipping Unit
President Roosevelt signaled possible relief from coffee and sugar rationing but no action followed. War Food Administration favors lifting limits while War Shipping Administration delays, citing uncertain Central and South American shipments. Sugar arrivals exceed expectations and stock levels remain near normal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Food Administration
War Shipping Administration
WFA
WSA
Central
South America
Rainbow Division Passes Heritage to New Officers
Tulsa Oklahoma Veterans of the Rainbow Division, who fought in World War I under Gen Douglas MacArthur, handed down battle traditions to officers of a revived Rainbow Division at Camp Gruber Oklahoma. Maj. Gen. Mathew A. Tinley voiced pride in passing on the heritage to Brig. Gen. Harry Collins and other 1913 Rainbow officers.
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Tulsa
Okla
Camp Gruber
Douglas MacArthur
Harry ¥. Collins
Mathew A. Tinley
Tinley
Allies report three air raids on Kiska by Navy
Navy communique says three new air attacks hit Kiska Ind with targets at North Head and main camps. Poor weather prevented observed results. Knox declined to confirm or deny a possible strike on Paramushiro, saying no information could be stated. Paramushiro lies to the north of the Kutile Islands, west of Amchitka.
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Washington
Kiska
Ind
Navy
Knox
Paramushiro Island
Japan
Aleutians
North Head
Paramushiro
Hensman
Kutile Islands
Amchitka
Attu
Installment Buying Falls Across 1942 Retail Trend
The Federal Reserve Board reports 1942 retail credit sales at 15.1 billion dollars, down 22 percent from 1941 as cash purchases rose to 73 percent of total sales. Installment buying dropped to 5 percent, with purchases on charge accounts at 22 percent. Jewelry led cash gains, up 63 percent, while most lines show higher cash sales and overall growth except autos and several appliances.
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Washington (P
Federal Reserve Board
Wee
Xcept
Boy's Arm Lures Big Muskellunge
In Ogdensburg AP report a Syracuse boy named Peter Long age five stretched his arm into the St. Lawrence River and was bitten by a large muskellunge. Mrs. George T. Long and the boy's mother’s parents rushed to help as the fish splashed near the dock. The child sustained three deep lacera tions and was taken for medical treatment.
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Ogdensburg
Syracuse
St. Lawrence River
Peter Long
George T. Long
Long
New Job Hinted For Tugwell
President Roosevelt said he expected to see Gov. Rexford Tugwell of Puerto Rico during his visit to the United States. He declined to discuss plans for a mainland post. Tugwell spent yesterday conferring with Interior Department officials in preparation for a Monday meeting with the President's committee on revising the island's organic law.
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Washington (P
Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
Puerto Rico
United States
Tugwell
Interior Department
Tibbits Cadets to Meet at Germania Hall
The Senior Company Tibbits Cadets will hold a meeting at Germania Hall at 8 30 p m tomorrow followed by a social after the business session.
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Tibbits
Tibbit's
Germania Hall
Troy USO Lounge Reaches 100000 Served in Wartime
The Troy USO Lounge at Union Depot marked its 100000th service since Pearl Harbor amid volunteers staffing the first USO lounge fully run by volunteers. Daily operations include 6 am breakfast shifts for nearly 100 soldiers, multi-squad coverage, free hot drinks, sandwiches, and magazines, with cots and mattresses for sleeping space and a strong emphasis on the human side of service.
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USO
Troy Union Depot
Pearl Harbor
Troy Uso
Troy
Herbert G. August
Albany
iTroy Uso
Arkansas
Waterford Legion Post Plans Past Commanders Night Event
A Waterford committee of Charles J. Brady Post No. 235 American Legion met in Town Hall to organize Past Commanders Night with John F Harney chairing. A final meeting is set for 8 p.m. today. The event will honor all past commanders and include entertainment, dancing and a buffet for servicemen home on furlough.
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Charles J. Brady
American Legion
Legion
Town Hall
John F. Harney
Oscar Cooper
Robert Lyle
Walter Kernighan
Joseph Welch
James A. Galvin
Eugene Osterhout
Eugene Roberts
John R. MacLean
Henry Tracy
Soldiers Read Comic Books At Troy USO Lounge
The Troy USO Lounge reports soldiers crave comic books like Superman Green Hornet Buck Rogers as they travel. Local youths are urged to donate used comics at the Troy Union Depot lounge to comfort service members on long journeys.
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Troy
Troy Uso
USO
Troy Union Depot
USO in Troy Aids Soldiers With Friendly Services
Soldiers praise the USO Lounge in Troy as the first touch of home. A wallet found under a pillow held $120 and a soldier’s name. the USO wired a telegram about the money and sent the wallet by special delivery to posts in Maine. The Troy USO offers sewing, note writing, hospital visitation groups for Navy Cadets, Sunday entertainment, ping pong and piano.
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Cois
USO
Troy
Maine
Navy
James E. MacChesney
Pupil Wordplay And French Rules In A Mild Satire
A humorous piece discusses paren theses and the pupil of the eye, explaining Latin roots for pupil and noting a secretary's antics. It also promotes a pamphlet on French pronunciation by Frank Colby, inviting readers to obtain a free copy by stamped return envelope.
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Oskland
J. McD
Frank Colby
Troy Woman Shares in Estate Will of Hattie Schultz Divides $4,500 Among Daughters
Mrs. Esther M. Murray of Troy is named one of three heirs in the will of her mother Mrs. Hattie L. Schultz who died in Albany on April 22. The estate, valued at about $4,500, will be divided equally among sisters Mrs. Vida P. Whalen and Mrs. Hattie L. Mast of Albany.
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Esther M. Murray
Troy
Hattie L. Schultz
Albany
Vida P. Whalen
Hattie L. Mast
Hudson Valley Lodge Inducts New Officers
New officers were installed at Hudson Valley Lodge I O F at Odd Fellows Temple 112th Street. Frank Horton presided as noble grand with installation by Albert H Snover and staff from Rensselaer S O O F District. New officers include Charles Christiansen Jr noble grand Hans P Lund vice grand Frank Horton sitting past grand and others.
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Hudson Valley Lodge
George Miner
Fred C. Dugan
Harold Turner
William Schultz
John R. Johnson
Ezra Defreest
Lewis MacOmber
Fred C. Dugan, Jr
George Wagner
Inside Guardian
Albert Butler
Guardian
Hebert Tweedy
Earl Carrier
Boril Hahn
Diamond Rock Lodge
Alexander C. Schafer
Athenian Lodge
Albert R. Fox
Albia Lodge
Lows Grandjean
Kiwanis to Hear Paul Harris at Logistics Meeting
Kiwanis members will hear globe-trotter Paul Harris speak at the Hen drick Hudson club gathering, 12 15 pm, on the topic After the Battle Four Tasks and Eight Choices. Harris lectured widely and spent 1941 mostly in South America studying the Good Neighbor policy, after touring Europe in 1939. He has worked with YMCA Boy Scouts and the Presbyterian Church Board of Christian Education.
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Paul Haris
Globe-Trotter
Kiwanis
Hendrick Hudson
Harris
South America
Europe
Y.M.C.A
Boy Scouts of America
Board of Christian Education
The
Presbyterian Church
Wallace Shows Steady Gain
Lieut. Gov. Thomas W. Wallace’s condition at Ellis Hospital Sche nectady was reported as still improving. He remains in an oxygen tent but has shown steady gains over the past days with fever down and vital signs nearer normal. He was taken ill with pneumonia a week after contracting chicken pox on July 3.
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Thomas W. Wallace
Eilis Hospital
Schenectady
Neighbors Turn in Pleasure Drivers at Albany Hearing
Names turned in by state and out of state officials will face a special hearing tonight at the Albany War Price and Ration Board. More than 45 cases mark the first time OPA investigators are not the complainants. Several accused drivers were arrested for speeding in outlying districts and have been notified of charges and will plead their cases. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, Joseph Buckley, 45, of 55 Fourth Street, was treated at Troy Hospital after collapse at Barge Canal terminal and later returned home.
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Albany Opa
Albany War Price and Ration Board
OPA
Joseph Buckley
Fourth Street
Troy Hospital
Barge Canal Terminal
Washington Street
Michael Minahan
John Buehler
Joseph Padalina
Traction Workers To Pass on Union Contract Change
Employees of the United Traction Co. will meet at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Troy Labor Temple to discuss an offer to improve their union contract made at a recent meeting of company officials union heads and War Labor Board representatives. If accepted the proposal will be forwarded to the War Labor Board for final approval.
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United Traction Co
Troy Labor Temple
War Labor Board
Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
Saratoga County Licenses Decline in War Time
The Saratoga County motor vehicle bureau at Balls on Spa reports licenses declined by about 700 in the first half of this year due to war conditions and gasoline shortages. As the county is a defense area the drop is considered small. other offices report similar trends.
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Motor Vehicle Bureau
Balls On Spa
Saratoga County
Girls State Citizens Elect Governor Today
Girls State delegates at Skidmore College Saratoga Springs will elect the Empire Girls State governor with candidates from Federalist and Nationalist tickets. Jane Shaw Rochester and Ruth Hallo New York lead, with Janet Shields Joan McCable Claire Cokerill on Federalist side and Jane Earle Esther Anderson Doris King on Nationalist. Tomorrow they move to Albany to attend senate and assembly chambers after the governor’s inauguration by Governor Dewey.
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Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
Empire Girls State
Jane Shaw
Rochester
Ruth Hallo
New York
Miss Shaw
Federalist Party
Miss Hallo
Nationalist Party
Federalist
Janet Shields
St. Albans
Joan McCable
Stewart
Cohoes Court Hears Suit of Carpenter
City Court heard a suit by carpenter Henry Desrosiers of Bagh Road against Thomas Ryan of 23 Division Biureet over 89 dollars allegedly due for repairs at Division Street premises. Ryan said money was paid via a Montgomery Ward & Co contract. Trial counsel for the plaintiff was Charles M. Gildea with Joan J. Doherty. the defendant was represented by James M. O'Brien.
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Henry Desrosiers
Bagh Road
Thomas Ryan
Division Biureet
W. Stanton Ablett
Division Street
Ryan
Montgomery Ward & Co
Desrosiers
Charles M. Gildea
Joan J. Doherty
James M. O'Brien
Boght Fire Company Elects Arthur V. Fonda
Arthur V. Fonda was elected president of the Boght Community Fire Company at a Monday night meeting in Community Hall. Dana Reepmeyer was chosen vice president, James G. Wells secretary, Lester Adsit treasurer, with Edward Rowe George Phoenix and Edward Cropsey named trustees. Plans were outlined for the dedication of the honor roll Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
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Arthur V. Fonda
Boght
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Kavanaugh Hook and Ladder Co
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