Battle at Saipan Valley Ends With Heavy Casualties
On Saipan battlefields American troops encounter heavy Japanese resistance and mass casualties. Reports describe corpses along the railway embankment, lone Americans dead amid the wreckage, suicide grenades, and wounded dying under artillery fire. A nearby lieutenant recalls a comrade’s plea for mercy as he died, illustrating the brutal toll of the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bian
Bim Herej
Americas
Corpaman
Ariffethas
Brea -Y
Joe
LaSalle Men Plan Outing Program For Sept Event
LaSalle Institute plans an outing and entertainments program at Notre Dame Field on Sunday September 15. The general committee discussed softball contests and evening activities and members may reserve with the committee in ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clamstrom
LaSalle Institute
Notre Dame Field
LaSalle Gym
Lester EB. Tick
Ebaintian
Lawrence Boland
Feery Gavin
Hearings Set on Vicinity Fares and Crossings
The Public Service Commission in Albany will hold hearings at 10 am today on the renaming of United Traction Co and related entities for bus service. Tomorrow at 4 pm the commission will hear the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp petition for protection devices at grade crossings in Green Island. On Wednesday at 10:30 am a BD and E petition seeks approval for Hadley Street crossing upgrades in Hadley, Saratoga County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United “Traction Co
District Transportation Co
K_ LW. M, Inc
Public Service Commission
Albany
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp
Blescher Street
Swan Street
Green Island
Hadley Street
Hadley
Saratoga County
French Planes Presented by American Authorities at Agadir Ceremony
Two Catalina squadrons were presented to the French navy at Agadir in French Morocco by American authorities. The event was reported by Dernieres Nouvelles yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Agadir
Merocco
Dernieres Nouvelles
Dewey Returns to Albany After Weekend at Farm
Thomas E Dewey Republican presidential nominee returns to Albany by car after spending weekend at his Peating area farm. He resumed campaigning ahead of upcoming events and spoke with local supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas E Dewey
Peating
Arms For France Air Drops Support French Interior Forces
Allied air forces night after night drop supplies to the French forces of the interior as announced by the American broadcasting station in Europe last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
De Gaulle Recognizes Tehran Government Committees
The Fran Geverr fantasy stated De Gaulle officially recognized the He Gaulia Committees as the provisional French government, reported yesterday. The claim references the Tehran context and ongoing political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Fran Geverr Fant
He Gaulia
Freich
Yéstenay
Farley Holds Strong Ties in Democratic Open House
The piece outlines James Farley’s enduring influence within the Democratic Party as he weighs a potential fourth term bid and navigates health and platform concerns. It notes New York delegates and Albany County figures, Dewey opposition, and the shifting leadership under Paul Fitzpatrick and Edward Firnh with Byrnes advisory role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cateego
Henry A. Wallase
Farley
Roosevelt
Rooeveltian
Cocn
Chicago
G OP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Adayor
Ed” Kelly
New York State
Albany County
Democratic
Dewey
Daniel P. O'Connell
John J. Murphy
O'Connell
Washington
Albany
Paul Fitzpatrick
Buffalo
Fitzpatrick
Edward J. Firnh
Bronx
Jim” Byrnes
Roosevelt Letter Hinted as Key at Democratic Convention
The Democratic gathering hears hints that James Jansen Urmes may act as a behind the scenes intermediary for a Roosevelt letter. Walter Hannegan weighs presidential options while Byrnes and Farley arrive to weigh their futures and possible nominations.
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Byrnes
Jansen Fp.urmes
Nny
Texas
Diigewlies
Roosevelt
Hansagan
Hin
Wallace
Fall of Grodno Marks Stalin's Day of Russians Advance
Russian forces press toward Halystatok and Mstibovo as they push German lines from northeast Poland. Moscow radio boasted of smashing westward while claiming hundreds of thousands of Germans captured or killed. Stalin's order highlights Grodno's fall as a key development in the summer offensive.
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Grodno
Hlalystok
Mstibovo
Ohere Sive
Old Poland
Dangevpils
Moscow
Germany
Berlin
Latvia
Drissa
Pskov
Stalin
Averill Park and area residents in brief notices
Local residents are noted for various activities including Edward Jackert and Lawrence Brown joining a draft contingent Tuesday morning. Mrs Winnie Brandige of Troy visits relatives in Sand Lake and Averill Park. Robert Sicily discharged from Utica hospital returns home. Robert Lindberg heads to Great Lakes for basic training. Edward Barmum and Albany guests stay with the Batams. Victery Class of 23 adist Church meets with Mrs Clarence Fletcher of Baden Lake. John Rowan visiting Hoffman brothers for twenty first summer at the Hoeffman. Abe Wollas and staff install Odd Fellows officers. supper and social hour follow. Republican Club held a pent-out dinner and picnic at the Hoffmans with a horse shoe contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jackert
Lawrence Brown
Winnie Brandige
Troy
Averill Park
Pfe
Robert Sicily
Utica
Robert Lindberg
Great Lakes Wavy Station
Edward Barmum
Albany
Witiam Batam
Victery
Adist Church
Clarence Fletcher
Baden Lake
John Rowan
Brooklyn
Hoffman Brothers
Hoeffman
Abe Wollas
Staf
District No. 2
The
Odd Fellows
Republican Club
Lawrence Hoffman
92 Year Old Woman Dies in Fort Ann Fire
Florence Connor, 92, perished from suffocation when a fire destroyed her Fort Ann apartment house. Neighbors aided by pulling her from a chair, but flames spread rapidly. Fire departments from Fort Ann and Great Meadows fought the blaze. Connor died en route to the Allen Funeral Home. She leaves two brothers, services set for 2:50 p.m. at Fort Ann Baptist Church with burial in West Glens Falls.
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Mize
Florence Connor
Hames
Fort Ann
Laure Egan
Albert Campbell
Ginmor
Gooner
Leo Perkette
Connor
Great Meadow’ Prison
Cometech
Merry Smith
Heo. A. Thume
Harald Scott
Whithall
Corner
Allen Funeral Home
Fort Ann Baptist Church
West Glens Falls
Odd Fellows Plan Multiple Meetings in Troy Area
Six meetings are scheduled this week by Odd Fellows chapters including three in Troy. Diamond Rock Lodge meets tonight at Diamond Rock Hall with Noble Grand Earl Hahn presiding and Fred Huesiker reporting on social prices. Hudson Valley Lodge holds a session tomorrow at 112th Street Temple with Hane P Lund presiding and a mock trial conducted after last week’s business.
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Troy
Atez Odd Fellows Organizations
Diamond Rock
Diamond Rock Hall
Silver Brook Lodge
Winaniskirt
Community Notes From Eagle Mills and Nearby Towns
Eagle Mills and surrounding communities report visitors and gatherings as residents hosted guests from East Northfield and Long Island. Dorothy and Marjorie Ott attend the Methodist Youth Fellowship summer institute at Poultney Vermont, while Jae Lebor Day dam steam resumes after wartime pause with two services planned. Subcommittee roles for the church event are named including Almon J. Felling as general chair and Joseph G. Lee coordinating arrangements.
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John Tifland
Leontine Iffland
Silver Bay
Lake George
D. C. Gutbroch
Berton Newton
and Airs
Clarence Griggs
East
Northfield
Mass
Augustus Krause
Krause
St. Stasiak
Long Island
Misa Dorothy Ott
Youth Fellowship
The
Methodist Church
Marjorie Ott
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Poultney
Ozlin J. Bulson
Branstick Road
Bulson
D. C. Guthrodz
Center Brunswick
Cropsesville
Eagle
Jae Lebor
Joseph G. Lee
Lee
Dona C. Wilsn
Almon J. Felling
John C. Wilson
Joseph W. Duncan
DB. C. Gutbrodz
William Dearstone
Lena Mayer
John Bott
Joseph Weldenbacher
Fred Witbeck
Wagshit
Wounded Trojan Wins Purple Heart for France Action
Private John E. Owens son of Mr and Mrs Owens of 198 Tenth Street received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in France on June 14 He told his wife Vivian Coleman of 189 Eighth Street that German forces were not tough in hand to hand combat and described heavy artillery and bombardment during the D-Day period
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Owens
Geraid Rane
Cordes Hospital
Hane
Walter Snedecor
Selches
Post
Corp
Thomas Ford
the &Tth
Fort Jackson
N. C
Jeanne Senecal
Red Cross Ships Food To Prisoners In Europe
The International Red Cross said 1,320,000 prisoner of war food parcels are en route to Europe aboard two Swedish ships, the Travancore and Mangalore, from Philadelphia to Marseille with clothing and parcels for American and Allied POWs. Trojan elected. Cart GeLucia ofints city was elected recording secretary at the state convention of the Columbian League in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross
Europe
Travancore
Mangalore
Philadelphia
Marseille
International Red Cross
Trojan
Cart GeLucia
Ints City
The
Columbian League
Buffato
Two Stricken On Street Taken To Hospital
A chaotic street incident sent two individuals to a hospital. Private Oovéeng, of the 21th Infantry Division, was among those ashore in France. Officers at Central Police Station reported another man, Robert Ni 76, hospitalized after a transfer from Troy Englard, with police patrolmen involved in the case.
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Oovéeng
21Th
France
Robert Ni 76
River
Straat
Troy Englard
Montas
England
Carby
Raymond Horan
Karl Pendt
Central
Hutton and
River Streets
Charles Schron
Simar‘tan
Prirolmen Wit Gingham
Perdt
Fifth Avenue
Detven Hoosick
Hutton Streets
Hospital Avenue
Troy Students Reach Highs in State Civil Service Exams
Miss Kathleen Kavanaugh of Troy placed second in the state Civil Service exam for junior librarian in the Education Department with a mark of 3.6. Miss Henrietta Bolan of Troy was one of two persons qualifying for stetlograder in the laboratory research division at Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Kavanaugh
Troy
Henrietta Bolan
Department At Health
Cohoes High Enrollments and Local School News
Enrollments at Cohoes High reach 155 as the school plans classes and activities for the new term. In community notes a Joseph S093 auxiliary party hosted at 78 Mohawk Street featured awards to Rose Lange and lists several local residents among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Ester High
Berbie Musber
Jonier
Sisk
Joseph
Ammy An
Navy
Mohawk Street
Rose Lange
Delphisst
Alice Gregoire
le Denahte
JL Shanson
Mary Manley
Mary Bonds
Anna Sokoloski
Bertha Bruise
Mary Codzer
J. I. Miller
Anna Brescae
Ann Cravthart
Walter Posner
Walter Peaner
George Brisson
Fred Esterby
George Sisson
James Beda
Lao Durocher
Rerninger
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LaSalle Men
de Gaulle
John J. Schnurr
Bennington
Second Marine Division
Francis Warren
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Marine Corps
Bennington High School
Sergi
Nicholas A. Schnurr
Marines
Pavifie
He jSongestion
Efe
Calcaga
Edia
Rogse' Sveit
Byrses
James A. Farley
Odd Fellows List
Eagle Mills
Tanapag Beach
Poope ‘Harbor
United States
Cohoes
Xom
Anthracite Industries, Inc
Park Avenue
Maw Yeek 17
N.Y
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