Hitler Mussolini Meet Sparks Italian Collapse Watch
Report by Reynolds Packard analyzes the Northern Italy meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini as tied to Italian morale and defenses. The piece notes Sicily’s Axis collapse, potential Nazi control expansion, air raid impacts on Rome, and Mussolini’s reliance on the Gestapo amid growing odds Italy might seek Vatican refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
United Press Bureau
Rome
Allied
North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Sicily
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Je Duce
Gestapo
Vatican
Ovra
Hoosick Parish Choir and Local Church Services
Hoosick parish choir meets tonight at the rectory for rehearsal. Parishioners and visitors include Frances E. Bovie and relatives in Weet Hoosick, and Albert F. Marshall with Nellie J. Marshall visiting Brattleboro and Albany families. Rev J J Gould preaches at Hoosick Baptist Church on The Price of Peace at 9:30 AM, with Sunday School at 10:30. All Saints Episcopal has William Garner preaching and communion at 11, plus mission duty at Boyntonville at 9. All Saints Parish Guild plans an annual picnic in the parish hall with families bringing dishes. supper around 6:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Saints
Frances E. Bovie
Weet Hoosick
Ralph Herrington
Albert F. Marshall
Brattleboro
Nellie J. Marshall
Thomas Garner
Albany
William Garner
Robert. Stevens
Potter Hill
Albert J. Stevens
Hoosick Baptist Church
J. J. Gould
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Mechanicville elects John J. Ryan president of school board
John J. Ryan was elected president of the Board of Education, School District No. 10, serving Mechanicville and parts of Stillwater and Halfmoon. He succeeds Dr. William Van Doren, who was honored for 28 years on the board and eight years as president. New officers named include Melvin C. Livingston as clerk, Daniel J. Holohan as district treasurer, Mrs. Thomas Harrigan as school tax collector, and Dr. G. W. Crissey as medical inspector.
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John J. Ryan
Board of Education
Stillwater
Halfmoon
William van Doren
Ryan
van Doren
Mx Ryan
Melvin C. Livingston
Daniel J. Holohan
Thomas Harrigan
G. W. Crissey
Florence Wilson
Arthur J. Butler
Marion Rogers
W. Wayland Barley
George Butler
James Grimley
Howard Phillips
Albert Newton
Ben Daley
Philip Ostrander
Joseph Petrenis
Riverside
Darwin C. Gage
Serafino Aurigemma
Richard P. Smith
Wiliam H. Hickey
Salvation Army Cadet Class Meeting In Johnson City
Brevities note the Salvation Army Corps Cadet Class and Junior Legion will meet today at 4 p.m. The item mentions Ford Road and his mother Mrs. George W. Clarke in this city.
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Clinton Wise
Greenville
Samuel H. Phillips
Camp McCoy
Wis
Mark Fusco
Fort Jackson
S. C
Melvin C. Livingstone
Schroon Leake
Rosalie DeWitt
Robert Hack
Albany
Hack
Inlaw
Burt L. Hack
James Johnson
Clifton Park
Navy
Sampson Naval Training Station
Joseph Messer
Victoria Messer
Frank I. Keyes
Army Air Corps
Boca Raton
Fla
John Keyes
William Offenbacker
North Sixth Avenue
Pic
Albert Offenbacker
New River
N. C
Oceanside
Cal
Earl Clarke
Great Neck
L. I
Dormer
Harry L. Clarke
Mechanicville Water
Ford Road
George W. Clarke
Salvation Army Corps
Hoosick Falls Lights Fail In Storm Port Club Blaze Quelled
An electrical storm Tuesday over Hoosick Falls knocked out street lamps and the village fire alarm in the Third and Fourth Wards. A fire near the Hoosick Falls Country Club house was extinguished by club steward Michael Branches before the fire truck arrived. Other local notes include a marriage in Fort Clarke Texas, a long standing clothing firm closing after fifty years, a birthday party for Mary Ann Net Nesbit, and community outings. Additional notices report deaths, residents moving, and service personnel updates including Lieut Margaret Winton and master sergeant George Laurson with postings in Camp Blanding and Camp Phillips respectively.
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Hoosick Falls Country
Michael Branches
George Cavert
Pittsburg
Maude Winegard
Wall Street
William L. Hutt
Gainville
Fla
Camp Blanding
George C. Laurson
Anton A. Laurson
Mechanic Street
Camp Phillips
Kan
A. Laurson
Mechanv Street
Robert Winton
Knollwood
Margaret W. Winton
Army Nurses’ Corps
Australia
He's Too Big To Be a Soldier Sackel Barred by Regulation
Pvt William A Sackel Jr a 6 foot 6 inch recruit faced discharge after an Army doctor measured him finding he stood 6 feet 10 inches though the service tests allowed only 6 feet 2 inches. Eight months after enlistment the slender recruit returned home with an honorary discharge.
Cannon Placed in Fighting Planes
Inglewood, California reports North American Aviation says P-51 Mustangs now carry four 2 millimeter cannons to enhance combat power. The cannons aim at locomotives and small merchant ships without compromising the fighters' performance. Royal Canadian Air Force and RAF planes are receiving cannons, with U.S. Army forces prepared to deploy.
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Inglewood
Cal
North American Aviation Co
Royal Canadian Air Force
R. A.F
U.S. Army
Too Surprised Says General With Nazi Flight at Biscari
Maj. Gen. Troy Middleton of the 45th Division faced a Nazi flyer at Biscari airport yesterday. The fighter plane skimmed 75 feet above Middleton’s jeep before the pilot realized the airfield was captured. Middleton said he was too surprised to shoot.
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U. & Fortes
Sicily
INS
Troy H. Middleton
45Th
Biscari
General Middleton
Device Installed To Cut Long Distance Calls
The General Electric Co. at Schenectady has installed a device on its main telephone switchboard to conserve long distance facilities. The device will emit a sound like the Arlington time signals after three minutes of leased wire calls. The company says cutting even one minute from each call could yield a 20 percent reduction in talking time at the Schenectady offices and plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
Schenectady
Arlington
Schenectady General Offices
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Carter
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Sednsiededee
Hoosick
Three Feathers
V.S.R
Schenley Distillers Corp
N. Y
Clara Edwards
Muncie
Ind
Mechanicville
City Bowling League
Masonic Club
James E. Phinney
Columbia Club
Fantauzzi's
Knights of Columbus
General Electric
West Virginias
American Sons
West Wacos
Northern Auto
Camfield's
Saratoga
Saratoga County Medical Society
Grand Union Pagoda
Saratoga Springs
Frank L. Conant, Jr
Conant
Army Air Force
J. M. Purcell
George A. Green
J. R. Purcell
Edward T. Camfield
W. John Maby
Edward Fitzpatrick
Frank A. Mastrianni
Everett J. Norman
War Price and Rationing Board
Norman
Parent-Teacher Association
James R. McEchron
Irving van Zandt
George H. Whitney
Willard A. Fairman
Whitehall
William King
James King
Williams Street
Anthony Ross
Ralph L. Rush
Main Street
Ross
Muriel
Margaret Engstrom
Worcester
Mass
William J. Williams
Boardman Street
Lorraine Prey
Ann Pilcher
Thelma Saunders
Green Mountain College
Poultney
Pfe
Russell Knight
Fort Sheridan, Jr
Myr
Raymond Knight
McHitrith and
Williams
Scott Furniture
Emma Douglass
Corp
Gilbert Morse
Daniel Morse
Whitehall- Comstock Road
Anna Regeles
John Regeles
South Schenectady
John J. Kelly
Douglass
George Rich
A. D. Bartholomew
Frank Levett
Admiral Potter
Saranac Lake
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Roundhouse
George T. Maguire
New Arlington Hotel
Harry White
Joseph Winn
Henry Gurney
Thomas Large
Clayton Toben
Jack Yule
Maguire
Second Cavalry
Aisne-Marne
Republic of France
Rangoon
France
Gourand
New York State
Lepke
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Center
New York City
New York State Court of Appeals
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Lyman Street
Alice
Pvt
Albert Grey
Fort Clarke
Tex
Baptist Mission
W. H
Mary Ann Net
Gordon Nesbitt
White Creek
T. Z
Methodist Church
I. B. Surdam
Richmond Avenue
Cra
Emma Case
Robert Clark
Walter G. Durfee
al Hogan
Mabel Neilson
Alex Slocum
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Arrid
Peterman
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