Allies Drive Through Central Sicily Near Messina
Allied forces push from Palermo toward Messina with American and Canadian units capturing Pollina Castelbuono Gangi Leonforte and advancing toward Nicosia and Sen Stefano. Air strikes pound Regalbuto Milezzo and supply routes while the Etna defense line slows near Catania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Etna
Randazzo
Adrano
Leonforte
Huna
Seventh Army
Palermo
Pollina
Castelbuono
Gangi
Cefalu
Wich
Mesana
Catania
Castelbuom
Mt. Etna
Eighth
Lepnforie
Ams
Itelan
Sen Stefano
Nicosia
Regalbuto
Milezzo
Sicily
Rome
Legal notices and 1943 Troy assessment schedule posted
Notice announces completion of city assessment for Troy properties with copies available at the Department of Assessment and Taxation on specific inspection hours. It includes dates in 1943 for review, a public hearing in Troy High School auditorium, and instructions to show cause regarding a will in Rensselaer County Surrogate Court. Also announces beer license No 98-347 issued for Nassau, Nassau County, under ABC law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taza
Troy
Department of Assessment and Taxation
Baturda
Gaza
Tros High Schoo
Auditorium
State Street
Tims
George W. A
Elizabeth Govele
Ford Avenue
Try
Renssener Couns
Ciy
Tron
Alliry
New York
Edward J. Donohue
At &. B. the Co of
Rrotice
Nassau Late
Nassau
County of Risclaer
State of New York
Barab Nassau
N.Y
Allied Air Raids Hit Naples and Salerno Regions
Allied fighters and fighter-bombers carried heavy raids on the Naples suburbs and Salerno Province, hitting an Axis merchantman at Riposto and bombing barges and landing craft at Reggio Calabria. The bulletin claimed 12 Allied aircraft were shot down while reporting limited damage and few casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riposto
Reggio Calabria
Strait of Messina
Naples
Salerno
Gela
Sicily
The Political Stage Today by David Lawrence
The piece discusses Italy's potential withdrawal from the Axis and the global impact. It warns against war weariness and urges sustained production efforts. It considers postwar governance, risks of anarchy, and the importance of American policy toward Italy and similar situations amid broader inflation and labor-management concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Italy
Musso
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Advertising Fads, Grammars and Nylon News Snippet
In a light exchange on radio ads a poet ridicules baby talk slogans like crispy crunchy while Marian Squire counters that writers are constrained by sponsors. A pamphlet on grammar errors is advertised, with a nylon postwar用途 noted for dresses, shirts, tents, shoes, upholstery and screens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Squire
Los Angeles
Land Transfer Called Dodge In Alimony
Margaret A. Stafford of the Bronx sues in the Supreme Court to set aside a deed transferring property at Babcock Lake to Thomas H. Stafford claiming fraud. The suit notes a 1954 separation decree promising $60 monthly alimony with no payments since 1941 and alleges the transfer was to evade alimony after alleged bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Stafford
Babcock Lake
Supreme Court
Margaret A. Stafford
Bronx
Tobias A. Keppler
Stafford
Thomas H. Stefford
Mechanicville Host's Indoor Picnic At Masonic Temple
The Star of Liberty Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star hosted an indoor picnic with a covered dish supper and two motion picture reels. Officials announced September 17 meetings and a rummage sale in October. A city council special session and an observation post need donations were noted along with Navy preflight updates and a Susie Davis obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Star of Liberty
Order of Eastern Star
Assembly Hall
General Electric Co
Bertha Smith
Fridex
Arthur C. Herrick
Milton J. Neubauer
Civilian Workers Unwelcome In Some War Boom Areas
Four field consultants from the National Catholic Community Service Branch of the United Service Organizations report widespread hostility to civilian war workers in boom areas. They note居 local residents fear overcrowding, rising rents, and interference with normal life, with hostility strongest toward women with children and their need for childcare. Some regions, especially West and Southwest, are praised for hospitality to service members and families, while New England and other areas show anxious attitudes toward permanent settlement after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Catholic Community Service Branch
United Service Organizations
New England
Gou
Dorothy Catherine Sullivan
New Haven Conn
West
South
Margaret Mealey
Oakland
Cal
Bettie Weary
New York City
Janas Smith
Faribault
Minn
Rais
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Miss Weery
Southwest
Miss Mealey
Miss Smith
Texas
Desert
Far West
Memorial Baptist Church pastor officiates funeral rites
Burial followed for Richard Stalter at St. Paul’s Cemetery with bearers listed. Also notes on Oliver Fitch on ten day leave from sea service, and several locals visiting relatives in Worcester, Sche nectady, Rochester, and Plattsburg. Weekend travel and family updates include Miss Shirley Ann Howard and Miss Margaret Brennan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl D. Wooddell
Memorial Baptist Church
Hudson View Cemetery
Edward Dugan
Raymond Noonan
Basil Flanagan
Gustav C. Boucher
Alfred Alvarez
William Carmen
Richard Stalter
Rome
Huth Street
St. Paul’s Church
Lawrence M. Gernty
Burns
St. Paul's Cemetery
Raphael Forine
Anthony DeCrecenzo
Waren Statler
Angelo Fuschiro
Anthony Forine
Kenneth Smith
Andrew Welch
Daniel McLaren
Worcester
Mass
Michael Muzio
Joseph
New York
van Yager
Schenectady
Shirley Ann Howard
Plattsburg
Russell BE
Wood
Edward J. Connelly
Terence
Rochester
Connelly
Thomas E. Harrigan
Sylvester Yates
Military Police
Fort Rodman
Wellington Yates
E. B. Austin
Troy
Alfred Smith
Margaret Brennan
U S civilian population drops in wartime shifts
The Census Bureau reports a 3.1 million drop in the U S civilian population from 131 3 million to 128 2 million between April 1 1940 and March 1, 1944 despite a high birth rate. The decline reflects rapid armed services growth and regional shifts with New York losing about 650,000 people.
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Washington UF
United States
Census Bureau
Armed Services
Bureau
District of Columbia
New York
City undergoes appendicitis operation at Leonard Hospital
Tuesday a patient underwent an appendicitis operation at Leonard Hospital. John Amodeo petty officer third class has returned to Norfolk Naval Air Station after a ten day furlough with his parents. He graduated from the Parachute Material School Lakehurst and made his first jump of 2500 feet. Selective Service Board 362 will meet today at 10 am in draft headquarters School 1 per Sidney W Hewitt. Camp Carman will be available last week in August for junior and senior high youths. contact Rev Harl D Wooddell at the Baptist parsonage. Spencer Quick and George Downs former chancellor commanders of Garfield Lodge Knights of Pythias received the Grand Lodge degree at the state convention in Saratoga Springs Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hospital
John Amodeo
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Lakehurst
M. J
Selective Service Board 362
Sidney W. Hewitt
20 Killed As Plane Crashes In Kentucky Field
A large airliner crashed in a Kentucky field killing twenty aboard, including three crew. Survivors were Lieut. Glenn Fellows and Hoffman. Fire gutted the aircraft. an inquest was set and FBI agents took charge of wreckage. Passengers included Mrs Lucy Beasley and infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lucy Frickel Beasley
American Airlines
Maj
Lynn Beasley
Nashville, Tenn
Louisville
Nashville
Tenn
Harry A. Stiller
Cleveland
Ohio
Glenn Fellows
Love Field
Dallas
Tex
K. Hoffman
Williamsport
Neelan QO. Hall
Long Beach
Cal
George W. Turrill
Tech
William N. Lightfoot
Mark Rainsford
Dayton
Elizabeth Dodge Rainsford
Riverdale
Roger Ingraham
Medina
Lieutenant Sarcoma Fights On At Munda, Wounded Repeatedly
Second Lieut. Joseph Sarcoma of New York City led his platoon against Nipponese positions on Munda New Georgia Island. He was hit by bullets six times, waved off aid, and surged to destroy enemy nests despite severe wounds. After twelve hours his last objective fell and he walked 300 yards to aid, later evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Munda
Joseph Sarcoma
New York City
New Georgia Island
Sarcoma
Motor Fuel Tax Receipts Reduced
Taxable gasoline sales in New York State dropped 32 percent in May from a year earlier with 87,605,050 gallons sold versus 128,186,798. May receipts fell from over 5 million to under 3.5 million dollars as gasoline rationing began mid May 1942. Non tax liquor and beer sales shifted: hard liquor fell 18 percent, beer rose by more than half a million gallons. June beverage obligations fell accordingly. A final note mentions a suction pump lifting water to 33 feet while Nature reaches 350 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Rollin Browne
State Tax Commission
Palo Alto Cook Offered 50 For Swastika To Roosevelt
A Palo Alto local cook, Cecil Wilson, allegedly offered 50 to three women to craft a large swastika for President Roosevelt. The public ostracized him and authorities declined to act. the act was described as not being a crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Cal
Cecil Wilson
Roosevelt
FBI
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Black' Sake
WAAC
Renea
Hell
Eader
Don
Frank Coley
Crooked Lake Hotel
St. Henry's Church
Averill Park
John J. Gaffigan
Land Transfer
Dodge
Mechanicville
Homer Eckerson
Myron Wrebster
Stillwater
Webster
Fiery
Navy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rotary Club
Earl D. Wooddel
Corp
Susie Davis
Frances Street
Wednes
Sailor Home
Oliver A. Fitch
Louise Devant
Queen
Ald
Washboard
King OF Rhythm
Bud Fisher
Tion
Aga
Legi
Genoa
Turin
Milan
Brenner Pass
Hoffman
Lieutenant Fellows
Chy
William A. Lyle
J. H. Claypool
Trammel
Bowling Green
Claypool
Allen County
L. A. Williams
H. O. Miller
Harold Camimez
Gordon D. Richter
Cleveland Heights
OD. Cameron
Cuyahoga Falls
General Jire and Rubber Co
Akron
R. H. Anderson
Vultee Aircraft
Detroit
Mich
Lucy Beasley
Carl Junction
Line
Brooks and Kelly
Palace
Fist AS Men
Seite Sre Marshal
Euan LA Arreae
Er Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Teresa Wright
Mrs. Miniver
Lansing
John Garfield
John Ridgely
Gig
Young “Air Force
N Berle
Joan Bennett
Peter Lorre
Edmund Goulding
Miia Ray Mitta
John Hubbard
Virginia Grey
Secrets OF the
Underground
Ray Milland
Betty Field
Hlapalong Casals
Barbara Brittun
Alice Page
John Payne
Milton Berle
Mary Beth Hache
Mickeys Rooney
Frank Morgan
Yay Balmer
Marsha Hunt
James Grale
Buddy
Robert Pale
Harriet Willard
Mickey Rooney
Frank Motrat
James Crate
Wareha Hunt
Fay Bainter
William Tracy
James Gleason
Nosh Beery
America
Etty Grable Geo
Montcomer
Cesar Romero
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