Bombers Hit Rome Rail Yard In Major Allied Raid
Allied aircrews struck Rome focusing on the Littorio and San Lorenzo freight yards and railway marshalling centers, dropping 350 tons of bombs. Leaflets warned Italians that weapons are made to kill Allied soldiers while carefully avoiding Vatican and cultural monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Lorenzo
Middle East
Littorio
Fascist Party
Carlo Scorza
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Naples
Bologna
Foggia
Mediterranean Air Command
Marshalling Yard
Cambridge Man Held for Passing Bogus Checks
Herbert J. Cotterly an 18 year old Cambridge resident was arraigned before Justice M. Douglas Parsons at Lake George and remanded to Warren County Jail pending grand jury action. He allegedly passed two bogus checks totaling 331 and 27 in Lake George and Sara toga Springs after buying merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake George Village
Saratoga Springs
Herbert J. Cotterly
Cambridge
Warren County
M. Douglas Parsons
Lake George
Warren County Grand Jury
Cotterly
Navy
Mead Knuiskern
Henry Clough
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
He Gives Beginners A Chance In Radio Music Studio
Dr Frank J Black national broadcasting chief in Rockefeller Center reads up to fifty symphonies weekly weighing new works impartially. He accepts pieces, drafts notes on pianos, and mails rejection letters with courtesy. a defender of American Russian music and a promoter of accessible symphonic roots. He rarely vacations, cherishes manuscripts from Beethoven to Schubert, and believes symphonies evolved from dance music. Firemen convert hay trucks into makeshift engines in Montebello California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank J. Black
National Broadcasting Co
Philadelphia
Rockefeller Center
Black
Mosart
United States
Russia
He Got His Jap Sword Hard Way at Attu Ridge
Lieut. William Davis of Bozeman Montana led about 25 men in a six day assault up a 500 foot ridge at Holtz Bay Attu. Despite hip and head wounds and a loose head bandage Davis held the high ground as Japanese troops mounted a bayonet counter attack. American forces unleashed grenades and sustained fire with M1 rifles as the enemy pressed, leaving over forty Japanese dead and few American casualties. Davis, who wore a white bandage and glasses, was singled out by a Japanese officer for praise.
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Holtz Bay
Attu
William ©. Davis
Bozeman
Mont
Davis
Bis
Samurais fashion clashes with officer in San Anselmo incident
Davis claims he survived a violent encounter where a man in samurai attire charged with a long sword. An officer fired about six times with a carbine, and the responding officer collapsed, sword still unbloodied. Davis states he only wants his wife Jane Crisp Davis of San Anselmo, California to know he is safe.
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Davis
Jane Crisp Davis
San Anselmo
Cal
Block Party Plans For Tomorrow Completed
Final arrangements for Sacred Heart Church block party on Spring Avenue were completed at a meeting of committees last night in the church school. Rev. Joseph A. Warden presided in the absence of Thomas J Costello. Reports from committees indicate the annual affair will be very successful, with ornamental lighting, dancing music, and rooms for entertainment and refreshments on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Tomorlow
Spring Avenue
Joseph A. Warden
Thomas J Costello
Scouts Signal With Drums In Williamsport Weathering Blackout
Scouts used Indian drums to send messages across the Susquehanna during a blackout after an imagined bombing. Civilian protection forces plan daylight signaling by semaphore but find drums effective at night. a flashlight concealed in a long pipe is also considered to hide the beam from planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Susquehanna River
Susquehanna
Hoosick News and Society Notes from New York
North Hoosick Mrs Harold Hayes visits her sister in New York. Miss Mildred Allen of New York visits her father R H Allen. Misses Helen and Rita Bundy stay with Miss Rosemary Graney at Hoosick Falls. Mrs John Morrison returns home from Hoosick Falls Health Center. Repairs and changes are made on the former mill superintendent residence at Walloomsac for the paper mill president to reside. Edward Sullivan returns from Mary McClellan Hospital to daughter’s home. Mrs John Kipple convalesces from a fractured leg. Needle Craft picnic postponed after the death of D Edward Delaney. The Hayes club member, the Elliott family moves into former Case house. Case family moves to River Road. Belmont Trial of Frank Austin Smith for slaying 10-year-old Thelma Snyder scheduled. he enticed her into woods and fatally injured her with an axe. Salem shoes see women buyers outnumber men in ration stamp checks. trend noted by merchants observing fashion-conscious women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hayes
New York
Mildred Allen
R. H. Allen
Helen
Rita Bundy
Rosemary Graney
Hoosick Falls
John Morrison
Walloomsac
Hoosick Fails
Belmont (P
Frank Austin Smith
Thelma Snyder
Latte Genesee
Smith
War Activities Stir Melting Pot of America
A Brooklyn couple seeking an adopted child from Indiana illustrates how wartime mobility is dissolving regional loyalties. Letters and visits show families moving with servicemen, spreading cross state ties, and reshaping local identities. The piece envisions a postwar, more cosmopolitan America where birthplace no longer determines value in adoption or belonging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Indiana
United States
East Coast
Deep South
Washington
Wyoming
Ambulances to Run on Charcoal in Porto Alegre
In Porto Alegre Brazil an official notice states public ambulances will switch from gasoline to charcoal fuel and only be used when patients cannot travel to hospital by standard means. Private car use has been banned in Brazil for nearly a year due to wartime fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Alegre
Biazil
Escort Ship Herzog to Be Launched
The destroyer escort vessel Herzog will be launched shortly after Labor Day September 6. Lieut. (s.g.) William J. Herzog, son of Mrs. Alice Herzog of 232 Pawling Avenue Was reported, was a Navy officer who died in action after remaining aboard his ship to aid others reaching life rafts. His mother will christen the ship named for him, and other family members plan to attend. Herzog joined the Navy in 1942 after Harvard and Harvard Law School studies and work at Guaranty Trust Co.
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L.S
Herzog
Navy
William J. Herzog
Alice Herzog
Pawling Avenue
New York
Leon D. Huntley
Loren Herzog
The
Wavy
Troy High School
Albany Academy
Harvard
Haivard Law School
the Guaranty Trust Co
Letters Accepted For China
Mail for persons in unoccupied China will be accepted for dispatch to India by boat and from India to China by Air. The Troy postmaster Frank M. Collins has been informed. Letters must be prepaid 30 cents per half ounce in addition to ordinary postage and bear the label Air Mail Par Avion marked From India. Registered letter packages with permitted medicines will be accepted if prepaid at the same rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
India
Troy
Frank M. Collins
Absenteeism Down for Month in New York Report
The National Industrial Conference reports April absenteeism at 42.02 million man days, down from March 43.52 million and February 39.32 million. Health Dept to run a city hall child welfare clinic at 10 am with Dr. M J Keough in charge and Mrs Mary Lynch assisting. A Friday 1:30 pm canning and food demonstration at St Agnes School Hall by Cornell nutrition expert Mrs Martha Whitely is open to the public. Twelve-year-old Alfred G O’Brien of 11 Masten Ave injures left ankle in a fall and is at Cohoes Hospital for X rays today. Charles Riley Jr., 8, from 262 Remsen St, improves at Cohoes Hospital after a bus fall on Columbia St.
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New York (P
National Industrial Conference
Health Department
M. J. Keough
Mary Lynch
St Agnes’ School Hall
Martha Whitely
Cornell University
Alfred G. O'Brien
Herbert O'Brien
Masten Avenue
Cohoes Hospital
William B McDonald
Charles Riley, Jr
Remsen Street
Columbia Street
Past Presidents Of Cohoes Group To Be Honored
Eight former heads of the Ladies Auxiliary of E. T. Ruane Post, Cohoes American Legion, will be honored at the annual past presidents dinner on Tuesday night July 27 at Beach's Tavern on Park Avenue. Guests include Mrs. Lillian Dunn Miss Agnes Ruane Mrs. Elizabeth Parker Mrs. Florence Bernardin Mrs. Mary Landry Mrs. Eva Connors Mrs. Anna Mae Painade and Mrs. Mary Kilauff. Elizabeth Locken is general chairwoman. Catherine Denenny heads the door committee. table committee includes Alvina Dickinson and Anna Sokoloski. Pearl Smith and Sarah Halloran will handle reception duties. Reservations close Friday through any committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
E. T. Ruane Post
Cohoes American Legion
Beach’s Tavern
Park Avenue
Lillian Dunn
Agnes Ruane
Elizabeth Parker
Florence Bernardin
Mary Landry
Eva Connors
Anna Mae Painade
Mary Kilauff
Elizabeth Locken
Cohoes Salvation Army School Opens Today
The Salvation Army Vacation School begins today at 10 am at 76 Oneida Street Cohoes. It runs Monday through Friday for several weeks with classes in handiwork magic and games for ages 7 to 14 under Mrs Adjutant William Addy.
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Salvation Army
Atee
Oneida Street
Cohoes
Wiliam Addy
Cohoesier Earns Medal In Africa For Heroic Rescue
Sergeant George J. LeCuyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. George LeCuyer of 142 Mohawk Street, received the Soldiers Medal for gallantry in Algiers during June battles. He aided in rescuing French soldiers from the destroyed barracks of the 13th Regiment Senegalais Turailleurs, risking his life without regard for personal danger. A former employee of the Cohoes Department of Public Works, he enlisted in March 1911 and has been overseas for two months with a headquarters company of a special service command.
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George J. LeCuyer
George LeCuyer
Mohawk Street
Algiers
13Th Regiment of
Senegalais Turailleurs
LeCuyer
Army of the
United States
Cohoes Department of Public Wo
Special Service Command
Cohoes Firemen Plan Week of Newspaper Collection
The Cohoes Paid Firemen's Association announced this week’s schedule for salvaging newspapers and magazines. If rain delays occur, the evening collection will move to the next night. Last night crews covered Sunset Court through Masten Avenues north of Columbia Street. The plan continues with routes across Younglove, Walnut, McElwain, Chestnut, Broadway, Johnston, Garner, Grant, Main, Congress, Lancaster, Hart, Howard, White, Oneida, Ontario, Bedford, Van Schaick Island, and other streets through Friday.
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Cohoes
Sunset Court
Conliss Avenue
Summons
Mann and
Masten Avenues
Columbia Street
Younglove Avenue
Walnut Street
McElwain Avenue
Chestnut Street
Broadway
Johnston Avenue
Garner Street
Grant Street
Main
Congress
Lancaster Streets
Hart Street
Howard Street
White Street
Remsen
Lancaster Street
Onetario Street
High Street
Bedford Street
van Schaick Island
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Kearny
N. J
INS
William A. Mann
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Robert P. Patterson
Montebelro
U.P
Sicily
Pearl Harbor
North Hoosick
John Elliott
Nathan Case
River Road
Elliott
Salem
Ore
America
Welfare Clinic
Robert
San Juan
Georges Robert
French West Indies
Martinique
Puerto Rico
Harry Landsay
Lightwarvenue Cohoes
Kathleen Frances Lindsay
Ernest Joseph Fortin
Joseph Fortin
Cauga Street
Cohoes Group
Salvation Army School
Teen Corp
Jonn D Healey
Army
Racio Signal Corps
Lexington
Mscfelen Healey
Paul R Krug
Paul Krug
Army Air Corps
Nashville, Tenn
Russell Mettinley
Adelard Cayen
Hugh McKee
Clifford Peters
Harry Canova
George Robraile
Alfred Noftal
Ales Masiandiea
Joe Hong
Eeward Fronczah
George Durant
Joan Rainvile
Raymond Trombier
Helen Hails Terrell
James Terie
Ontario Street
St. Bernards Church
Mary Harris
Wiliam Harri
John F. Looby & Son
Cohoesier
Africa
Rachel Deep
Mangam Street
Hampton Beach
Wnhl
Mary Rezey
Josephine Rice
Mark Plant
Ellen Plant
Jackson Avenue
Atlantic City
Tessier
Francis M. Tessier
Constance M. Tessier
Wilfred P. Aulard
Louise Rouler
College of St. Rose
Albany
New York State Teachers’ College
Ticonderoga High School
Anaid
Vincentian Inestitute
Albans
Imst- Tuten
Bausch & Lomb
T. Brandon Timpane
D.D
Optometrist
Remsen St. Cohoes
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