Americans Trap Axis At Palermo
Allied forces drive through Sicily trapping thousands of Axis troops as U S armored columns reach Palermo on the northwest coast. Gen George S Patton’s Seventh Army enters the city after a 58 hour push from Enna, Sicily’s largest seaport city falls under Allied control securing the Tyrrhenian Sea approach. Axis retreat toward Messina continues as German reinforcements rush to defend Catania and Etna foothills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Venice
Milan
Turin
Florence
Trieste
Balkans
Sicily
Tunisia
U. S
Palermo
Italy
Cap Bon
Enna
George S. Patton
U. S. Seventh Army
Mussolini
DNB
Messina
Eighth Army
Catania
Mt. Etna
Algiers
Alternative to League of Nations Aimed at War Readiness
The piece questions whether votes in a puppet state can equal U S choice in war and asks what alternative exists. It cites Woodrow Wilson and his dying appeals for a League of Nations, warning a long era of armed might, universal conscription, and continuous burdens could lower living standards and keep the nation ready for conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Cub Pack 11 And Parents Enjoy Picnic
Members of Cub Pack 11 of the First Presbyterian Church Lan singburg held their annual picnic for cubs and parents last night at Knickerbocker Park. Acting Cub Master Byron Follett led arrangements with the pack committee for a sports program including a baseball game between the Jensens and the Galloways, won by the Jensens. Umpire Rev. Seth Genung received praise for continuing calls after the first inning. Winners in events included George Ladd in standing broad jump, R Schott and Jensen in three legged race, Schott in distance throw, Ladd in accuracy throw, Jensen in 5 yard dash, R Schott first for 9 year-olds, L Vadmeis first for 10-year-olds, and L Vadmeis, Den 5, Ladd, Pasagnano and May in a relay. Toby Middlebrook started the events. judges were Frank McKnight, Edward Duncan, and Kirk Groesbeck. Clinton H. Winne presented prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack 11
First Presbyterian Church
Lansingburg
Knickerbocker Park
Byron Follett
Seth Genung
Foleltt
Genung
George Ladd
R. Schott
Jensen
Schott
Ladd
L. Vadmeis
Dens
Den 5
Pasagnano
Vadmeis
May
Toby Middlebrook
Cub
Frank McKnight
Edward Duncan
Kirk Groesbeck
Clinton H. Winne
Iran Grotto Plans Outing Next Saturday
Iran Grotto outlines its annual outing and initiation ceremony for July 31 at Laureate Grounds Glen Ave and River St. The event includes a ball game and other sports a 7 pm dinner an 8 pm show with entertainment. Reservations due July 29.
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Iran Grotto
Laureate Grounds
Glen Ave
River St
Masonic Temple
Treport
H. Bosworth MacChesney
McChesney
Schenectady
Albany
Rutland
Pittsfield
Ray H Prout
Frank M. Ames
W. Russell Bird
Albert A. Grabbwel
Monarch
Esme A. Hempstead
Guy Bull
Sailor Wounded In Africa from Glens Falls
Abraham Sherman a shipfitter third class from Glens Falls is recovering in a North Africa hospital after being wounded in action. Parents Mr and Mrs William Sherman of Schuylerville received the news yesterday. Sherman enlisted last October and has been overseas three months. He attended South Glens Falls High School and Green Mountain Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Sherman
Shipfitter
Glens Falls
North Africa
William Shermen
R. FP
D. 1
Schuylerville
Sherman
South Glens Falls High School
Green Mountain Junior College
Ballston Spa Seaman Missing in Action
Mrs Stacia Cull reports her husband Ernest C Cull Seaman Second Class of Ballston Spa missing in action. The notice from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs Chief of Navy Personnel in Arlington Va states Cull served only three months in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest C. Cull
Ballston Spa
Stacia Cull
Randall Jacobs
Navy
Arlington, Va
Cull
Defend American interests and stay independent in a new world order
The author argues for defending U.S. interests wherever at risk and maintaining independence rather than joining global policing. A strong, self defined United States should choose its wars, avoid being dragged into conflicts over others, and resist being bound by majority global decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
World Union of Nations
Germany
Japan
WLB warns of inflation in wages and labor demands
Government and labor leaders clash over wage controls and price stabilization as the War Labor Board vows to hold wages steady while unions threaten to revolt if prices and living costs are not rolled back. Roosevelt hints at new plans to curb prices with Congress involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Phillip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Prentiss Brown
Murray-Green
Roosevelt
Congress
Axis Planes Fall To Allies 24: Warhawk missions over Sardinia
Allied air forces claim 24 enemy planes shot down in Sardinia and southern Italy during operations. Warhawks downed 17 Sardinia aircraft in one dogfight while bombers hit rail yards at Foggia. Fortresses struck Foggia yards, and Mitchells with Lightnings targeted Battipaglia rail sites. Six Allied planes reported missing.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Sardinia
Italy
Foggia
Rome
BattipagHa
Naples
James Makes Army Bugle Calls James Makes Army Bugle Calls
Hollywood star Harry James wed Betty Grable and will record seven Army bugle calls for the U S government. His tunes will awaken soldiers in camps via loud speaker systems as he tours from the east to Las Vegas to see his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
INS
Harry James
Betty Grable
U. S&s
James
Las Vegas
Betty
Ballston Spa Flyer Parachutes To Safety After Crash
Edward Knox twenty of Sanborn a naval aviation cadet training at Schenectady Airport escaped injury yesterday when he parachuted 3500 feet to the ground after his plane developed trouble over Ballston Spa. The plane was demolished when it crashed on the Fred Brackett farm three miles west of Ballston Spa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Knox
Sanborn
Schenectady
Ballston Spa
Fred Brackett
Injured in fall with head injuries in Ticonderoga
Richard Burris six year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Burris of Vineyard Road Ticonderoga is in Moses Ludington Hospital Ticonderoga after a bicycle fall yesterday. His condition was described last night as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Burris
Robert, Burris
Vineyard Road
Ticonderoga
Moses-Ludington Hospital
Dewey Refuses LaGuardia Special Session Request
Governor Dewey and Gover not to call a special session to vote new NYC taxes. He offered a simple solution urging Mayor LaGuardia to meet with the New York Common Council to agree on a tax program. Dewey warned a special session would be an abuse of power and futile without assurances of legislative action this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
LaGuardia
New York City
Little Flower
New York Common Council
Surrender of Martinique Described
A detailed account describes Major Henri Tourtet and his English wife guiding Martinique toward the Allied side amid siege and pro Allied demonstrations in Fort De France. The piece highlights Admiral Georges Robert, the Balata garrison, and local leaders Victor Severe and Emmanuel Rimbaud, framing the revolt as a shift of Martinique from pro-Vichy to Free French control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort de France
Martinique
Henri Tourtet
Georges Robert
France
Caribbean
United Nations
Mme
Ann Tourtet
Victor Severe
Emmanuel Rimbaud
Robert
Nicols
Tourtet
Revoling Balata
Mme. Tourtet
Madame Ruffa Franco
Colson
Major
Fort Saint Louis
Balata
Major Tourtet
Emil Bertin
Roques
Malige
United States
Playgrounds Schedule Swims and Contests at Prospect Park
A busy week at Prospect Park featured freckle contests, marshmallow roasts, and safety posters with a Thursday 3 pm costume show. Monitors include Mary Monica, Mary McClure, Charlie Alexander, Jimmy Butler, and Cap Seibert, plus Betty Purcell, Jean Yam, and others for next week. Various games, scavenger hunts, pet shows, and handicraft activities occurred or were planned across Rye Field, Frear Park, and nearby playgrounds with multiple monitors and dates throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Park
Mary Monica
Mary McClure
Charlie Alexander
Jimmy Butler
Cap Seibert
Thris
112Th Street
Wext
Beman Park
Betty Purcell
Jean Yam
Mary Jane Butler
Fred Keefe
Frank Kramer
Syeaway
Wigner Bottery
Witbec
McCarthy
Rye Field
Vernon Facteau
Micky Minahan
Tommy Murray
Frear Park
Rye
Kinlock
Gertrude Murray
Patricia Ryan
Ann Conroy
Joan Swilivan
Lynn Cox
Emogene Facteau
Dave Ryan
Eugene Keefe
Marian Minahan
Hinlock
Sheila Brady
Jason McGraw
Berta Gazin
Dick LaPoirt
Jack Dubois
Anita Woods
Jean Lindy
Mabel Washrow
June DeLair
Kay Powers
Alfred Trombley
Bill Degenault
Don Marton
Bob Gaynor
Frear
John Luce
Tom Luce
Ken Brooks
Bill Kigcard
Kenny O'Brien
Howard Messick
Enlil Dagenault
Bill Demers
126Th St
Evelyn Brezee
Alice Davis
Mary Jo Boland
Lois Neal
Joan Delong
Billy Hayden
Don DeLong
Eddie Davis
George Herring
Arthur Mace
Los Angeles Car Strike Ends
The one day stoppage on Los Angeles Railway Co lines ends as trolleys roll from barns at 2:30 am with buses starting at 3:10 am for war workers and other riders using varied transport to reach jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Railway Co
Alaskan Dancing Girls Seek Warmth After North Tour
Two Alaskan circuit showgirls Jo Andrews and Judy Lane describe harsh Seattle sidewalks and cold conditions after eight months in the North. They recalled audiences leaving during a show near an Aleutian base and warming music on a stove between numbers. Jo jokes about Africa or Sicily as a warmer destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Cpi
Jo Andrews
Brookline
Mass
Judy Lane
Hollywood
Aleutian
Attu
Judy
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Trojan Dies in Los Angeles After Troy Residency
Leon Saperstein aged 77 died July 15 in Los Angeles where he had lived since 1924. Survived by wife Esther and five children Fannie Harry Simon Philip and Irving. Panzer Division comprised two old trucks two small cannons on trucks and two cars with machine guns. Tourtet’s men were building a tank by mounting a cannon on a heavy tractor when news of Robert’s capitulation arrived.
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Trojan
Leon Saperstein
Troy
Los Angeles
Esther
Fannie
Harry
Simon
Philip
Irving
Tourtet
Robert
Taxpayers Banks Swell This Year
Taxpayers banks swell this year with an estimated 1.575 million more taxpayers in the 14th Internal Revenue District led by Tig a part. Harry M. Hickey, collector, notes over one third misrepresent to avoid income tax. The district covers about 4.5 million people. 673,000 did not file previously and about 200,000 enter tax brackets this year. He cites new checks on violations and the impact of withholding tax. a 25 member staff answers questions daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue District
Wrs
Harry M. Hickey
Hickey
Local Cement Firms Cited For Monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission charges the Cement Institute and its 75 members including Glens Falls Portland Cement Co and Northern American Cement Corp with unfair competition in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act. The complaint asserts the basing point delivery price system fixes prices and that the Institute controls the industry, though the firms plan a vigorous defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
The
Cement Institute
Glens Falls
Toto
Soviets Claim Heavy German Losses Near Orel
Soviet communique reports about 2 000 Germans killed and 800 dead on the battlefield with 18 tanks damaged as Russians push toward Orel and Bryansk rail line. Fighting continues southwest of Voroshilovgrad with several thousand German deaths and multiple advances by Soviet forces around Belgorod.
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Izyum
Donets Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Orel
Orel- Bryansk
Moscow
Karachev
Bryansk
Belgorod
Ore
Kursk
Checkroom Thief Nabbed by Police
New York inspector Fred Arlington has 18 larceny arrests. He entered Juilliard School of Music during a concert, lifted a strong box from an unwatched coatroom, then confessed after police found the box contained 10 cents. He had watched notices for concerts and lectures to pick his targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Fred Arlington
Julliard School of Music
Arlington
Julliard
Kaufmann and Parmele Reach NY Junior Tennis Finals
Kaufmann of New York City and Parmele of Staten Island advanced to the New York State Junior tennis final after winning semifinals. Kaufmann defeated Bittner of Schenectady 63 63, while Parmele beat Raleigh of Syracuse 64 64, setting up a title match with Schwartz of Brooklyn and Scribner of Forest Hills meeting Nelson of Norwich in the boys’ division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
C. Roome Paremele
Staten Island
Axe
Kaufmann
New York City
New York
Sidney Schwartz
Brooklyn
Rangers Win Ninth-Five Over Watervliet Americans at Market Grounds
The Boy Rangers beat the Watervliet Americans 9 to 5 to edge toward the Troy Boys Club League lead. Lanni and V O'Donnell starred on offense for the winners while Parella and D Lanni excelled in the field. Delrico was the losers’ ace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Rangers
Troy
Watervliet Americans
Market Grounds
Lanni
V. O’donnell
D. Parella
R. Lanni
Delrico
Boy Burns From Lye Spatter in Albany Home
A five year old Albany boy, Edward Bernard Fitzpatrick of 21 Regent Street, is recovering at home from burns when lye splatter injured his mouth, throat, neck and chest. His mother, Mrs. Edward D. Fitzpatrick, reported the injuries.
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Albany
Edward Bernard Fitzpatrick
Regent Street
Edward D. Fitzpatrick
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Journey Into Fear
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Roxie Hart
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Bud Albott
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Tex Ritter
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Ann Sheridan
Edge of Darkness
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Tombstone
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