Republican Leaders Plan Mackinac Meeting for 1944 Platform
Republican Party leaders announced a September 6 and 7 gathering at Mackinac Island Michigan to form the nucleus of a 1944 platform. The meeting by the 49 person Postwar Advisory Council will shape international relations taxation reconversion demobilization and streamlined government. National Chairman Harrison E Spangler said the group will help craft a program of postwar policy for the national convention next year.
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Washington
Mackinac Island
Mich
Harrison E. Spangler
Spangler
Mackinac
Senate
House
Council
Congress
Battleships Hit Kiska as Raid Intensifies Aleutian Campaign
United States warships and air units conducted a major assault on Kiska, with heavy surface ships and bombers scoring numerous hits and starting fires. Japanese defenses returned fire but caused no U.S. damage. In other action, Japanese bombers attacked Funafuti, with casualties reported but no material damage. Invasion prospects on Kiska rise as runway repairs may be rushed amid intensified operations.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Kiska
Ares
Hiska
U.S
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Samoa
North Pacific
Aleutians
Townsend Harris Liberty Ship To Be Launched
A liberty ship named for Townsend Harris, a Hudson Falls native and 19th century merchant politician and diplomat, will be launched at Baltimore. It is the 171st liberty ship built by Bethlehem Fairfield Co and honors Harris credited with founding the City College of New York.
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Hudson Falls
Japan
Baltimore
Bethlehem Fairfield Co
Townsend Harris
Harris
Sandy Hil
City College of New York
Washington weighs Soviet move on postwar Germany
Washington officials weigh the Moscow based Free Germany National Committee. They question Soviet secrecy and possible peace talks with a non Hitlerite German government. A Stalin endorsement of unconditional surrender is recalled as a basis for calling a trilateral meeting.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Moscow
Germany
Officialrom
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
London Daily Worker
Churchill
Italy
London
Communist Party
U. S
Britain
Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Casablanca
Europe
Russia
United Nations
Plan International Labor Group discussed at Moscow session
The third session of the conference of British and Soviet union labor leaders in Moscow discussed a world committee of trade unions to exchange information to raise production. The Moscow radio reported unions in the Americas and European countries allied with the UN would meet to organize direct contact.
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London
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
North
South America
United Nations
Vacationing at Saratoga Camp and Visits Across Town
Valley Falls siblings Sonny and Billy O Conner spend two weeks at Saratoga Boys Camp. Miss Patricia Ann Losan of Poughkeepsie visits cousin Miss Carol Ann Sweeney. Mrs Orvin VanDus en recovers at home after a fall. Mrs Jack Green of Philadelphia returns from visit with Mrs Louis Milliman. Mr and Mrs Joseph Stewart host them in Waterford. Henry Bass of Nassau drives toward Albany when his car hits Doty Richards, 50, of Stottville, seriously injuring her. she is taken to Hudson City Hospital in serious condition.
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Sonny and
Billy O'Conner
Saratoga
Patrica Ann Losan
Poughkeepsie
Carol Ann Sweeney
Orvin VanDusen
Jack Green
Philadelphia
Louis N. Milliman
Joseph Stewart
Waterford
Henry Bass
Nassau
Albany
Doty Richards
Stottville
Hudson
Richards
Hudson City
Two-Arm Bandit Destruction Shows Changing Times
Dist Atty Earle J. Wiley ordered the destruction of a large double nickel slot machine seized on Pawling Avenue. Deputy Harold E. Harriman disassembled it with care under Police Judge James F. Byron’s authority. Nickel payout $35.35 to be given to the Troy Police pension fund. Parts will be shipped to the Signal Corps, reflecting wartime material value and methods, replacing past hammer blows.
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Dist. Atty
Earle J. Wiley
Pawling Avenue
Harold E. Harriman
James F. Byron
Troy Police Pension Fund
Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Court House
Powers for county boards urged at Saratoga meeting
Moore County Power urged state comptroller Frank C. Moore to enlarge legislative powers of county boards of supervisors to strengthen county identity and efficiency. He called for recodification of the county law, last overhauled in 1892, to reduce legislature bills and speed local problem solving. S. Howard Evans urged forming an organization of smaller sub divisions to represent them in Washington for War Production Board needs. Charles D. Breitel spoke on military leaves of absence. Conference ends today.
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Frank C. Moore
Boards of Supervisors
County Officers’ Association
Saratoga Springs
Moore
Board of Supervisors
S. Howard Evans
War Production Board
Washington
WPE
Evans
Charles D. Breitel
Dewey
Community notices from Halfmoon area in brief
The soliciting committee of the Cc S Hawley Chemical Company meets Monday at 8 p.m. at the fire house. Ruth Foshay returns to New York after visiting her parents. Halfmoon Grange meets Tuesday at 8 30 p.m. Jay Mincher presiding. Alfred Mincher returns to Camp Shelby after furlough with his parents. The Red Cross nursing school will be held Thursday evenings in the fire house. All township women invited to attend Home Bureau picnic. Mountain View Home Bureau held a picnic at Prospect Park with a noon covered dish lunch.
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Cc. S. Hawley Chemical Company
Ruth Foshay
New York
Frederic Foshay
Halfmoon Grange
Jay Mincher
Alfred Mincher
Camp Shelby
James Mincher
Red Cross Nursing School
Rensselaer Man Harshly Treated by Axis in Sicily
Pvt. Michael Scambellari of Rensselaer describing his capture in Sicily, says Italian officers shot him seven times for being a possible spy after he parachuted ashore. He crawled to safety, was later rescued, then survived a sinking of the hospital ship before reaching Cairo base hospital.
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Rensselaer
Axis
Sicily
United States
Michael Scambellari
Washington Avenue
Cairo
Scambellari
Scambelluri
Army Truck Plunges Into Nashua River Killing Five
Five soldiers died and 15 were injured when an Army truck failed to negotiate a curve near Fort Devens Massachusetts and plunged into the Nashua River. The vehicle carrying 23 men had been returning from a USO party at Shirley. Dean was found during draggin g operations.
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Dean
Fort Devens
Shirley
Mass
Mitchellville Bridge
East Side garden party honors and charity sale at Tibbits Ave
Thirteen tables hosted a garden party at Mrs Edward M Cathout home on Tibbits Avenue with colonial war stamps awarded as prizes. The Ladies Auxiliary of Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church sponsored the event. Food and white elephant sales were led by Mrs Earl Roe and Mrs J Warren Salisbury respectively, with refreshments overseen by Mrs George L Gray. Helpers included Mrs M A Pursel Miss Leah Cathout Miss Alica Bartlett Mrs W Russell Bird Miss Margaret Waven and Mrs Arthur Johnston. Personal notes mention Linda Burgess visiting relatives in Pocatown and Burden Lake cottage plans for a week. Town officer Merritt A Roberts resigns as justice of the peace. vacancy details filed by town clerk Mary Holcomb.
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Edward M. Cathout
Tibbits Avenue
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church
Earl §. Roe
J. Warren Salisbury
George L. Gray
M. A. Pursel
Leah Cathout
Alica | Bartlett
W. Russell Bird
Margaret Waven
Arthur
Johnston
Merritt A. Roberts
Brunswick
Mary Holcomb
Paratrooper called a daredevil by his mother
Mrs Scambelluri said her son is a daredevil after learning of his experience. The family, from near Reggio Calabria in Italy, reflects on the incident as the wounded Army private has two brothers serving in the military, Joseph Scambelluri in the Coast Guard and Frank Scambelluri at Camp Adair Oregon.
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Scambelluri
Mira
Sicily
Reggio Calabria
Scambellari
Joseph Scambelluri
The
Coast Guard
Corp
Frank Scambeluri
Camp Adair
Ore
Coxsackie Plane Crash Probed by State Police and Army
State Police and Army officials probe a plane crash near Coxsackie that killed two Army officers, Second Lieut. Neal T. Bish of Kittanning and Captain John D. McBrearty of Williamston. The two-engine cabin aircraft, likely a training flight, apparently broke up before crash near Routes SW and 81. Bodies moved to Brady Funeral Home as investigators seek cause.
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Army
Coxsackie
Neal T. Bish
Kittanning
John D. McBrearty
Williamston
5. C
Jackson Heights
L. I
Hobine
Earlton
Union Church
Leslie G. Egelston
Fred Knight
Maj
Albert 8. Callan
Army Intelligence
Albany
E. W. Bergner
First Fighter Command
Brady
Albany Man's Body Found In Lake George
The body of George W. Long, 51, of Albany and vice president of Simmons' Machine Tool Corp. was recovered from Lake George after he set out in a canoe from a summer camp and did not return. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Long had worked for the firm thirty years. he is survived by his wife, son George W. Long Jr. in the Navy, and daughter Marian.
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George W. Long
Albany
Simmons’ Machine Tool Corp
Menands
Lake George
Long
Charles A. Simmons
The
Concern
Daniel L. Rogers
Warren County
George W. Long, Jr
Navy
Marian
Beman Park Confessions and Local Church Services
Beman Park Confessions will be heard at the Church of St Paul the Apostle this afternoon and evening with additional masses tomorrow at 7 30 9 45 10 and 11 am The 11 oclock mass will be followed by benediction The Holy Angels Sodality will receive Holy Communion tomorrow Personal Miss Mary Dianne Helser is on vacation at Camp Yow chas Grafton Mrs Nelson Austin and Kay Hussey are visiting Bayonne New Jersey for a few days Services Being Held Bethany Lutheran Mission conducts weekly services at Bethany Chapel Fifteenth and Eagte Streets under the Missouri Synod Rev W W Euler is pastor Guest speaker Rev Louis J Boehm of Hud son will speak on Faultfinders Named to Police Bureau James J ODonnell of 42 White Street is appointed patrolman in the Police Department and began duty on the 4 pm shift He formerly supervised the Third Ward and worked for Kennedy Knitting Co.
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St. Paul the Apostle
Holy Angels’ Sodality
Mary Dianne Helser
Fifteenth Street
Camp Yowachas
Grafton
Nelson Austin
North Lake Avenue
Kay Hussey
Hoosick Street
Bayonne
N. J
Bethany Lutheran Mission
Bethany Chapel
Atl
Fifteenth and
Eagte Streets
Missouri Synod
W. W. Euler
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Stuyvesant
Louis J. Boehm
Hud 50N
James J. O'Donnell
White Street
Third Ward
Kennedy Knitting Co
John Kobas
Clifton Street
Worthside
Saratoga Hospital
Mr. Kobas
Poland
Northside
Fuld & Hatch Knitting Co
St. Michael's Church
Polish National Alliance
Sophia Wojcik
Pfc
Frank Kobas
Army
Camp Meade
Joseph Kobas
Pittsburg
T. B. Hayes
Cohoes
Alice Kobas
Bruce J. Hayes
Gorski Funeral
Ontario Street
Plan Nurses Aid Course In Cohoes
Plans for a volunteer nurses aid course at Cohoes Hospital are sponsored by the Cohoes Branch of the American Red Cross. Mrs. Ted R. Russell announced the project with Mrs. Louis Hebert in charge and Miss Arlene Shaw as instructor. Applications open Monday at the Cohoes War Council office, 9:30 pm to noon and 7:30 to 9 pm.
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Cohoes Hospital
Cohoes
American Red Cross
Ted R. Russell
Louis Hebert
Red Cross
Arlene Shaw
Cohoes War
Russell
War Production Lagging Says Somervell and Wilson
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell and Charles E. Wilson warned that American war production is seriously lagging. They urged the nation to support the production effort to meet military schedules and avoid grave consequences for the armed forces.
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Chicago
Brehon Somervell
Amy
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Somervill
Paterson Attorney Shot Dead in Office by Client
Joseph T. Lieblich, a prominent Paterson attorney aged 55, was shot in his office by a client and died after being wounded. The 72 year old assailant later killed himself. Detectives identified Ladislaw Adamsky of Clifton as the assailant.
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Paterson
Joseph T. Lieblich
Lieblich
George Bengert
Liebich
Paterson General Hospital
Bengert
Ladislaw Adamsky
Clifton
Fire destroys trucks and trailers at Rochester freight terminal
A three alarm blaze at a Rochester motor freight terminal last night destroyed five trucks and two trailers. Explosions from gasoline tanks punctuated the fire. Six firemen and a truck driver were burned. Fire Chief John Slattery said F 3 1. is assigned to the investigation.
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Rochester UP
John,Slattery
Holy Communion for Sycaway Ladies Auxiliary at 8 am
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Church of Our Lady of Victory will receive Holy Communion in a body at the 8 am mass tomorrow. Other masses are 9:45, 10:15 and 11:15 led by Rev. Joseph M Heenan and Rev. William E Turner. Father Turner will be on vacation for the next three Sundays. Thomas Ransley Jr. of 68 Mt Pleasant Avenue visits his grandson, Thomas Ransley, 43rd, in Worcester, Mass.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Church of Our Lady of Victory
Joseph M Heenan
William E. Turner
Catholic Central High
Father Turner
Thomas Ransley, Jr
Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Thomas Ransley
Worcester, Mass
Cohoes First Ward Honor Roll Capsule to be Buried
A time capsule will be buried at the Cohoes First Ward honor roll site within two weeks. It will hold the edition of The Record News, other papers, photos, names of those in service, and officials from the dedication. Landscaping wraps up before burial and a flagpole with urns will be added.
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First Ward
Cohoes
Record
Russell Brett
Lila Baseel
William F. English
Philip Bruneau
Ralph Perry
Leo Durocher
William Wnulty
George, Sloane
Mary Murphy
James Keefe
Anna Cabdella
Genevieve Jacon
Madealine Farah
Mass Schedule At Cohoes
Mass schedule listings for Cohoes parishes detail priests and daily times. St Agnes Rev Joseph A Franklin offers low masses at 6 and 7, 8 15, 9 30 plus high mass 11. St Bernard's Rev William P Brennan low masses 7 47, 8, 9 10 and high mass 11. St Joseph's Rev Louis A Lavigne low masses 6 30, 7 30, 9 10 and high mass 11. St Marie Rev Adrien Bechard low masses 6 8 9 30 and high mass 10 30. St Michael's Rev Valentine W Gierlecki low 8 30 high 10 30. St Patrick's Rev Thomas A Flanagan low 7 30 high 10. Sacred Heart Rev Raymond J Robert low 7 30 9 10 30. St Rita's Rev Metelo A Galanti low 6 30 7 30 10 and am.
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St. Agnes
Joseph A Franklin
St. Bernard's
William P. Brennan
St. Joseph's
Louis A. Lavigne
St. Marie
Adrien Bechard
St. Michael's
Valentine W. Gierlecki
St. Patrick's
Thomas A. Flanagan
Sacred Heart
Raymond J. Robert
iCohoes Plans Musical Competition
Eight area musical units are invited to compete Sunday August 29 at St Michael's Field off Linden Street under PNAs Bugle and Drum Corps sponsorship. A 2:30 pm street parade precedes the event with Grand Marshal Capt. Frank M. Hay. Participating groups include Boy Rangers Corps Sons of American Legion Corps Ukrainian Girls Corps Marys Sponsored Corps Waterford Delmar Johnstown Albany Lancers and Victory Corps. PNA will sponsor an exhibition drill.
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Jbe
iSt. Michael's
Linden Street
Tthe PN. A. Gir
P. N. A. Hall
Frank M. Hay
Smatch
Boy Rangers’ Corps
Sons of American Legion Corps
Ukrainian Girls' Corps
Mary's Sponsored Corps
Waterford
Delmar and Johnstown
Albany Lancers
Victory Corps
Food Preservation Class Planned in Cohoes
Arrangements are complete for a wartime food preservation class to be held Thursday at 7 15 p m in Reveny Memorial Academy cafeteria Cohoes as a block leader project announced by Urban 5 Amyot chief block leader The demonstration will be led by Mrs Luewle A Palmer director of the Victory Kitchen Albany with Miss Emma L Renaud aiding Local block leaders and the general public may attend The program includes answering housewives questions on preserving food and encouraging canning of garden produce to ensure nutritious provisions Future classes may be conducted if interest remains The instructors from a recent demonstration will guide the session The city notice adds that further details will be announced later
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Reveny Memorial Academy
Cohoes
Urban 5
Amyot
Mrrs
Luewle A. Palmer
Victory Kitchen
Albany
Emma L. Renaud
Home Service
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Dorothy
Sarah Schrager
District Transportation Co
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Weill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Secutable ‘Oapensachve
Plan International Labor Group
Valley Falls
By Moore
Halfmoon
East Side
Ersonal
Linda Burgess
Centerview Drive
E. H. Robison
Poestenkill
Marvin DuBois
Marvin
Walker Avenue
Earl Humphrey
Ninth Street
Robert Littlejohn
Congress Street
Burden Lake
Paratrooper
Daredevil
Marie Gagnon
Mary C. Cummings
Kathleen Holmes
Albany Business College
Walter Krupski
U. S. Army
125Th Armored Engineer Battalion
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Joseph Krupski
Kosciusko Avenue
Doris Manning
Columbia Street
Asbury Park
Angus D. MacAffer
Mohawk Street
Syracuse
New York State Funeral Directors
Embalmers’ Association
Lees
Benjamin Lees
Broadway
Harriet Blewitt
A. J. Vines
Albany Medical College
Camp Polk
the Home For Aged ,Women
Vliet Street
J. Rita
Metelo A. Galanti
Congress ST Comoes
iCohoes
Selective Serviice Board No
Bausch & Lomb
T. Brandon Timpane
D.D
Optometrist
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