Bombs Hit Hamburg and Kassel in Wide Allied Raid
Air Ministry reports two thousand ton Hamburg attack rages on for six days. Kassel targeted in daylight raid with strong fighter opposition. US bombers hit Woends drecht and airfields at Amsterdam. British forces strike Courtrai Coxyde and Poix airfields as 500 British fighters take part. German defenses struggle but are overwhelmed by heavy bombs on Hamburg shipyards and war factories. Sub crews arrested amid wider mutiny rumors.
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Air Ministry
Germany
Hias
Hamburg
Kassel
United States
Woendsdrecht
Holland
R. A. F. Boston
Schippl
Amsterdam
Courtrai
Coxyde
Belgium
Poix
Vainville
Heinkel
Warnemuende
Kiel
Allied Air Command
Kaiser Wilhelm
Radio London
Stockholm
City’s 100th Wave Welcomed for LA Recruiting
Los Angeles announces Pdyllis Michel, 20, as the city’s 1,000th WAVE enlistee. Lieut. Comdr. J. D. Cashman notes LA has produced enough WAVEs to free men for several warships, reflecting strong local recruitment impact.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pdyllis Michel
J. D. Cashman
Kingsbury G O P Caucus Slated Aug 14
The Kingsbury Republican caucus will be held Saturday Aug 14 from 1 30 to 5 p m in the Hudson Falls Court House. Offices to be filled at the November election include supervisor highway superintendent town clerk tax collector assessors two justice of the peace town councilman school director. Incumbents are expected to seek renomination.
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Kingsbury
Washington County
Court House
Hudson Falls
Jesse Tracy
Justice of the Peace
Robert J. Wilbur
Wilbur
Emily Cronkhite
Ambrose Corcoran
Harry C. Newton
Henry M. Johnson
Thomas Clemsen
Albert D Holmes
George L. Weer
Rensselaer Boy Killed By Truck
John Brown Jr. a four year old of 13 Wendel Street Rensselaer died after a truck backed and rolled over him at Albany Hospital. The truck owned by Thomas Carpinello and driven by Gilbert Northcutt was delivering ice. Howard Whapper witnessed the incident and aided the boy’s transfer to hospital. He is survived by his parents a sister Dorothy Anne and two brothers James and Robert.
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John Brown, Jr
John J Brown
Wendel Street
Rensselaer
Albany
Gilbert Northcutt
Columbia Street
Thomas Carpinello
Clinton Heights
Brown
Howard Whapper
Dorothy Anne
James
Robert
Engineer Dies After Auto Crash near Watertown
Cor nelius R. Meyer, 38, a Schenectady civil engineer, died at Mercy Hospital Watertown from injuries after a Monday auto crash near Watertown. His car collided with one driven by Lyle Jackison of Henderson, who had minor injuries. Meyer, an employee of Delaware Construction Co., had been in Stony Point on a government project and had prior work in the St. Lawrence and Adirondack regions and with the State Highway Department after graduating from Union College in 1829.
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Watertown
Cornelius R. Meyer
Schenectady
Mercy Hospital
Meyer
Lyle Jackison
Henderson
Delaware Construction Co
Stony Point
St. Lawrence
Adirondack
State Highway Department
Union College
Siena College Appointments Announced
Three faculty appointments were announced for Siena College including Rev. Thomas J. Giblin as procurator Rev. Adelbert Callahan as vicar and Rev. Hyacinth Earnhardt as professor of Philosophy. Very Rev. Mark Kennedy succeeds Father Cyprian as president. Benedict Ballau named master of clerics at Holy Name College and Matthew Miller appointed guardian at St. Francis Friary Boston.
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Siena College
Thomas J. Giblin
O.F.M
Adelbert Callahan
Hyacinth Earnhardt
Father Cyprian
Mark Kennedy
O.F
Holy Name College
Washington
Former Trojan Dies in Yonkers
Mrs. George T. Kelly formerly Jennie Fitzpatrick of Troy died recently at her Yonkers home. Survived by husband, two daughters Mrs. Harry McCarthy and Mrs. John Crimmins of Yonkers. five sons George Jr Howard Raymond of Yonkers Wilbur of Floral Park Thomas of Edmonton Alberta. sister Miss Catherine Fitzpatrick of Troy. Funeral from home and Church of the Holy Innocents Yonkers. Interment Mt Good Hope Cemetery Westchester County.
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George T. Kelly
Jennie Fitzpatrick
Yonkers
Harry McCarthy
John Crimmins
George
Jr. Howard
Raymond
Wilbur
Floral Park
Thomas
Edmonton
Alberta
Can
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Troy
Church of the Holy Innocents
Mt Good Hope Cemetery
Westchester County
Glens Falls Man Appointed Commanding Officer
Maj Clair A Buck, 48 Horicon Avenue Glens Falls, a World War I veteran and ear nose throat specialist, has been named commanding officer of the 223rd Station Hospital at Camp Berkeley Texas. He is a Glens Falls Hospital staff member and a member of several local and veteran organizations.
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Clair A. Buck
Horicon Avenue
Glens Falls
223Rd Station
Camp Berkeley
Texas
Iowa
Major Buck
Senate Lodge
A. M
Glens Falls Lodge
American Legion
Adirondack
Postwar Plan Paved for Veterans and Workers
The committee outlined postwar aid for veterans including furloughs, unemployment insurance, readjustment and retraining counsel, education funding, and credits for old age and survivors insurance. It urged agricultural employment, plant conversions for workers, and orderly contract cancelation, opposing a World War I style bonus while stressing full employment through coordinated measures.
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U. S. Employment Service
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Italy
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Harold Alexander
Eisenhower
Germany
Badoglio
100 P C Voter Ballot The fight for freedom primary voting
The piece urges readers to become 100 percent voters by registering enrolling in a party and voting in the August 10 and November 2 elections of 1943 and 1944. It outlines registration days in New York and the need to enroll and informs about absentee ballots and the League of Women Voters guidance.
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P. C
Fight For Freedom
Troy Record Co
Troy
N. Y
New York City
New York State
Board of Elections
U.S. A
League OF Women Voters
Toy Glider Soars South During Park Test Flight
Don Weitzmann built a three foot wing span glider and tested it at Catholic Central High School field. Nine year old twins Jimmy and Jackie Lance and Donald Mooney assisted as ground crew as the craft flew thirty seconds then continued south beyond Belden's Pond before vanishing. Return to Don with whereabouts.
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Beman Park Section
Catholic Central High School
Hutton
Seventeenth Streets
Donald Weitzmann
Twelfth Street
Jimmy
Jackie Lance
Donald Mooney
Jacob Street
Grandy
Don
Faras School 14
Belden’s Pond
Troy Plans Monday Tin Can Collection Drive
Troy public works commissioner Thomas F. FitzGerald announced that monthly tin can collection will be made Monday. Crews start at 8 a.m. and aim to canvass the city by day’s end, with cans at the curb before 8 a.m. to avoid delays and callbacks.
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Troy
Thomas F. FitzGerald
Public, Works
FitzGerald
Two Injured In Auto Accidents In Troy
Two people were injured in automobile accidents in Troy yesterday. Mrs Lauren Brown 27 of Waterford was taken to Leonard Hospital after a collision at River and Rensselaer Streets while riding with her husband. The other victim, George Birkmayer 22 of Second Street, suffered a lip laceration at Washington and First Streets and was transported to Samaritan Hospital.
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Troy
Central Station
Lauren Brown
Third Street
Waterford
Leonard Hospital
River and
Rensselaer
Brown
John McGraw
William Cunningham
George Birkmayer
Second Street
Washington and
First Streets
Samaritan Hospital
Everett Foster
Second Avenue
River Street
Foster
Waterford Lions install new officers at legion hall
Waterford Ralph H. Dean opened as president of the Waterford Lions Club during installation at the American Legion Hall on Broad Street. John F. Haney, retiring president, presided. New officers include Co. Wilson Chembertin first vice president R. Gordon Yaxley second vice president Stanley A. Boudreau third vice president Lews Cuomo secretary-treasurer Louis Mosley lion tamer James McGarry tail twister Lewis H. Van Arnum and directors. Lt. J. G. Wogen spoke on aviation youth service and Lt. Z. Glazer urged enlistment of women. Auxiliary Tracey answered questions. Van Arnum received a 100 percent attendance pin. Guests included wives of members and Legion Post 235. A social followed.
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Ralph H. Dean
Waterford Lions Club
American Legion Hall
Broad Street
John F. Haney
Co. Wilson Chembertin
R. Gordon Yaxley
Stanley A. Boudreau
Lews Cuomo
Louis Mosley
James McGarry
Lewis H. van Arnum
Wellington B. Bishop
William Connors
George McKinney
J. G. Wogen
Air Corps
America
Lieut
Z. Glazer
WAC
Tracey
Lions International
Charles J. Brady
American Legion
Waste Paper Collection Urged by State Committee
The State Salvage Committee yesterday urged communities to organize regular waste paper collections amid a threatened shortage described as alarming. Chairman R Murray Willard cited manpower shortages transportation issues and higher paper use in products, arguing for steady pickups instead of periodic drives to boost supply.
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State Salvage Committee
R. Murray Willard
Saratoga Flyer Wounded in Germany Mission
Lieut Lohnas H Knapp of Saratoga Springs was wounded over Germany while on a mission. A London letter to his father says he had an argument with a shell fragment and lost. He sustained a left arm wound and noted the tetanus shot he received hurt more than the wound.
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Lohnas H. Knapp
Theodore H. Knapp
Saratoga Springs
Germany
London
Knapp
Union Official Named to State War Council
Louis Hollander a 51 year old Brooklyn union leader and president of the New York State Industrial Union Council was named by Governor Dewey to the State War Council. He succeeds Gustave Strebel of Rochester and will attend his first meeting August 4 at the executive mansion. Hollander helped found the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and has long been active in union affairs.
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Louis Hollander
Brooklyn
New York State Industrial Union Council
Dewey
State War Council
Hollander
Gustave A. Strebel
Rochester
C.I. C
War Council
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Two Area Navy Men Wounded In Line of Duty
The Navy Department announced two area sailors wounded while on duty. Frank Joseph Golden of Wynantskill and William Abram Sherman of Schuylerville are named as the injured, with mentions of their spouses and residences. Nearby, Fairview West Virginia reports the death of Yost's mother Elzena Yost, with funeral services planned.
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Getion
Navy
Navy Department
Frank Joseph Golden
Bessie Golden
Wynantskill
Wiliam Abram Sherman
Eileen Bain Sherman
Schuylerville
No Asylum For Hitler Warned By Allies In War Talk
In remarks on Axis fugitives the Allies warned neutral nations they must not shelter Hitler or other war criminals. Roosevelt cited past pledges to surrender war criminals to the United Nations and urged neutrals to refuse asylum to Mussolini, Hitler, Tojo, and their gangs.
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Holland
Hitler
United Nations
Switzerland
Turkey
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Mussolini
Vatican City
Vatican
Argentina
Roosevelt
Qet
Tojo
State Students Plan to Aid Stores Offices
State high school juniors and seniors will work 15 hours weekly in stores and offices after school this fall to help with labor shortages. About 10,000 students in around 100 high schools would earn roughly $7.50 per hour, with coordinators and teachers partially paid from federal funds. Students mostly attend mornings and work afternoons, evenings, and Saturdays.
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Work Ag
State Department of Education
Clinton A. Reed
Bureau of Business Education
Dewey Rejects LaGuardia Pleas Over Rent Freeze
Mayor LaGuardia blasted OPA and the State War Council after it ruled it lacked authority to freeze rents despite housing strains in New York City. He argued the courts would have upheld such a freeze. The New York Bar Guild urged Dewey to boost city funds as he declined a special legislative session for a new Tax Program.
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LaGuardia
OPA
State War Council
Sky High
New York City
The
War Council
Dewey
New York
National Lawyers Guild
Lae Guardia
Da Kampers Visit Opens Fourth Period in Albany
A trip to the Education Building in Albany on Wednesday will mark the opening of the fourth period for the Lansingburg Boys' Club Da Hamp. Over 38 boys have registered for the trip. Friday morning a large group will bicycle toward the Champlain Canal locks along the river road.
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Albany
Lansingburg
da- Hamp
Champlain Canal
Tug Titan Sinks in Texas Gulf Hurricane Toll
Houston reports say the seagoing tug Titan sank at sea during a Texas Gulf Coast hurricane. Earlier fatalities reached at least 15 and 5,000 were left homeless. survivors reportedly landed on life rafts. Titan reportedly carried a crew of 14.
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Houston
Tex
Titan
Texas Gulf Coast
H. Richardson
Intercoastal Towing and Transportation Co
Coast Guard
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