More Towns Fall Americans Repulse Elite Nazi Force and Advance
Allied forces in Sicily press the offensive as Patton’s units halt a major German counterattack and push inland. Modica, near Ispica, falls. Catania region landings threaten Messina. Allies shell Augusta and Syracuse. vast shipping moves supply the invasion. A-36 Mustang dive bombers support ground operations while Axis attempts to counter in central and eastern sectors.
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Patton
Modica
Ispica
Sicily
Ross Stants
Munro
Catania
Mt. Etna
Messina
Italan
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Monasay
Syracuse
Augusta
London Radio
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Palazzolo
Gela
Mediterranean Sea
Ragusa
Comiso
Livorno
Ooe Passeia
Asus
Roger L. Miller
Salem
Ore
Miller
Sicilian
Stefani
Enrico Franciscci
Stockholm
Tidningen
Alessandro Pavolini
Italy
District School Voters Adopt Budgets and Board Seats
District voters approved three year budgets and filled board terms last night. Stephen Kuruc was nominated for two years while Michael T. Minogue and William Grastorf were chosen for one year each.
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Stephen Kuruc
Michael T. Minogue
William Grastorf
Greenwich and Easton Meeting District Budget Adopted
Greenwich and Easton Meeting School District No 3 serving Easton and Greenwich adopts a budget of 81289.84 with 25500 to be levied by direct taxes. Trustees nominated are John H Duell Raymond Stevens and Henry T Mesick. Elections scheduled today at 4 p m.
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Easton
Greenwich
John H. Duell
Raymond ¥. Stevens
Henry T. Mesick
Cambridge Budget Sets $12.50 Tax Rate for School District
The Union Free School District No. 10 annual meeting approved a $50,115 budget with $15,660.58 raised by a $12.50 per $1,000 tax rate. Elections followed and trustees W. A. Scott and Mrs. Laura Randall were re-elected.
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Union Free School District No. 10
Cambridge
W. A. Scott
Laura Randall
Salem Central School approves budget and elects officers
At Salem's annual school meeting a budget of 105,753 dollars was adopted. Walter Marshall was elected a five year trustee. In the board of education organization meeting, Robert Wilson was chosen president, John J. Beattie clerk, and Charles B. McKee treasurer.
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Salem
Salem Central School
Walter Marshall
Board of Education
Robert Wilson
John J. Beattie
Charles B. McKee
Saratoga Budget Proposal Sets 1942 43 Expenditures
The Town of Saratoga and School District No 1 adopt a budget totaling 64 358 with direct taxes 18 348 to be raised. Receipts reach 75 649 57 for 1942 43 and cash on hand is 6 180 89. John or Cummings nominated trustee for five years with elections today from noon to 4 p.m.
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Saratoga
Schuylerville
John Or Cummings
Whitehall School Budget Increase and Board Nominations
Whitehall Union Free School District submits a budget of 131 092 with 60 184 to be raised by tax. Budget up by 8 944 due to lost state aid and lower attendance from epidemics. Maurice Murphy John C. Hoffman renominated for three year terms. John B. Jones to succeed William Edmonds. Claude Havens for one year. Elections held today at 41 v.01.
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Union Free School District Co. HA
Whitehall
Henry D. Nedde
Board of Education
Maurice Murphy
John C. Hoffman
John B. Jones
William Edmonds
Claude Havens
Ticonderoga Church Burns in Morning Fire
A fire starting from a basement short circuit destroyed St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ticonderoga with losses estimated at 136000 dollars. The incident was described by Rev Francis B Ruddy the church’s assistant pastor. The report also notes wartime dispatches about Sicily and Berlin, with optimistic German rhetoric and Allied land expectations as part of broader coverage.
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Francis B. Ruddy
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Ticonderoga
Andrew Lally
George Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Peter A. Smith
Caleb Vaughn
Walter Rival
Alicia A. Leonard
John B. Berghammer
Peter J. Heffern
Pie Jesu
Panis Angelicus
Jesus
Charles J. Leonard
John F. Downes
James W Hurney
Francis B. Burke
Frank A. Wilson
William J. Rowhow
Father Smith
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Troy
Donald McGrath
Swan Street
James Mannering
Pania Angelicus
Austin
Thomas McGrath
John Larlow
Charles Pignone
Edmund Tyrrell
James Austin
St. Mary's Cemetery
Saratoga Food Committee Formed Under Harry Fake
Harry Fake, banker and farmer, named chairman of the Saratoga County War Food Committee. Members include Craig More, William P. Baker, Donald Myers, Dr. Perry Miller, and Albert Garrison. The panel will supervise Food Distribution Order 27 to boost meat flow from federally inspected plants for Army needs. Leo Powers and Ernest Cobb will coordinate with the committee.
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Harry Fake
Saratoga County War Food Committee
Edson R. Bentley
Saratoga County War Board
Fake
Craig More
William P. Baker
Donald Myers
Perry Miller
Albert Garrison
Leo Powers
Ernest Cobb
U. S. D. A. War Board
Meat Committee
Love of Homeland Draws Cobb to Paducah
In a reflective piece, the author contrasts Louisville’s decline from a fashion hub to an industrial town, and shows expatriate longing in soldiers, a London cadet, and American cadets who yearn for home. Across metropolises from Islington to Isba nton, the theme of homeland loyalty and desert faraway life emerges. Irvin Cobb reveals a deep affection for Paducah as a homeland emblem.
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Louisville
Paris
Indiana
Kentucky
Lexington
Lousville
Islington
Thames
London
Runyon
Los Angeles
Hollywood
South Dakota
Chicago
Arizona Desert
Husnd
Irvin Cobb J
Paducah
Allies Push Into Plains Of Catania
Allied forces advance along Sicily's east coast toward Catania as a key objective. The coastal terrain and Etna massif complicate movement while bombers strike routes to Messina, hinting at a broader plan to outflank Axis defenses in the Catania plains.
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Catania
Mount Etna
Lana
Messina
Straits
Air Faelas
Licata
Gela
Lo ‘Erips
Eisenhower
Sicily
Europe
Green Island club meeting postponed by rainstorm
Green Island Rod and Gun Club postponed its Monday night meeting due to a sudden rainstorm. President Howard M. Roda will announce a new date soon. A food demonstration by the Green Island Home Bureau unit is scheduled today at 1 30 pm in the Methodist Church rooms with Mrs. B J Whitley of Cornell University as header demonstrating pressure cooking and hot water canning.
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Green Island Rod and Gun Club
Howard M. Roda
Green Island Home Bureau Unit
B. J. Whitley
Cornell University
Japs Told Grew War Coming
Former ambassador Joseph Grew said Japan warned him as early as spring 1941 that if the United States entered a shooting war against Germany Japan would be obligated to go to war against the United States. The shooting war against German submarines began in September 1941 and Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
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New York
Joseph
Postwar Jobs for Women Sought by Federation Board
At the final session of a five day National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs meeting in Bol ton Landing the board pledged to include qualified women in postwar rehabilitation programs. It also adopted a stance against strikes impeding the war effort. The Lena Lake Forrest scholarship was awarded to Mrs. Netvue Sims of Hastings Neb to study in South America. The postponed biennial convention will be held before next July with a board meeting planned to transact Federation business.
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Board of Directors
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
Bolton Landing
Lena Lake Forrest
Net‘ue Sims
Hastings
Neb
National Federation
South America
East Side Sunday School Outing at Frear Park
Second Baptist Church held its annual Sunday School outing at Frear Park with sports led by William H. Gibson. Lois Hakes captained the softball winners in a 7 to 3 game, Doris Gibson led the losers. Jacke Gibson’s basketball team beat Rev Earl Robinson’s group 14 to 8. Rev John M. Stuart studies at Princeton Seminary for six weeks. Priest George S. Lettko returns to Camp Butner North Carolina after a seven day furlough with his parents. Mid week services are planned at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church at 7 45 p m and Third Presbyterian Church with choir practice following.
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Second Baptist Church
Frear Park
William H. Gibson
Lois Hakes
Doris Gibson
Jacke Gibson
Earl & Robinson
John M. Stuart
Third Presbyterian Church
Princeton Seminary
George S. Lettko
Camp Butnerx
N. C
Michael Lettko
Annie Street
Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Arthur H. Landmesser
Disabled Arm Brings Man 4912 Grant
An award of 4912 was granted yesterday to Dallas Bolte by Referee Lyman A. Kilburn in Compensation Court. The grant covers loss of use of 15 percent of the left arm and a disability period of 65 and one half weeks, with a prior award rescinded.
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Dallas Bolte
Lyman A. Kilburn
Frank C. Briggs
Boice
United Paperboard Co., Inc
Evelyn Bailey
Behr-Manning Corp
Mabel Veronica Leonard
Hughes- Autograf Brush Co
Rene H. Adams
Dela,Ware & Hudson
Renoad
Truck Hit Tree Sues Village Over Injuries in June Crash
Bernard A. Goulin of Hudson Falls filed a $35,300 claim against Hudson Falls after his truck struck a tree felled in a storm on Friday June 4. He says he spent weeks in Saratoga Springs Hospital. The village attorney Edward R. Ware will conduct a Monday night hearing at the Municipal Building to receive evidence.
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Bernard A. Goulin
Hudson Falls
Goulin
Saratoga Springs
Edward R. Ware
Wing and Prayer At RAF Bomber Base
Lieut. Robert K. Campbell of Liberty Mississippi reports a total loss mission in the Flying Fortress Ruthie. Enemies knocked out two engines after dropping bombs on Nantes and punctured fuel tanks forcing frantic pumping to reach England. Gear damage and shredded fuselage left the hydraulic system ruined and a wheel tire punctured.
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England
Nantes
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