Britain Expects Fast Italy Decision as Riots Spread
In Italy Premier Badoglio stalls on war debate while riots surge across major cities. Reports from Madrid and Chiasso detail clashes with German units, submarines guarded, and Milan under a new commander after citizens demand peace. Axis broadcasts claim normality amid unrest.
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Europe
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Madrid
Fiume
Adriatic
Balkans
Dalmatia
Milan
Chiasso
Vittorio Rug
Restlessness Increases in Balkans
Washington reports three Axis satellites Hungary Romania and Bulgaria are eager to exit the war. Hungary leads in urgency but holds a strong German grip. Bulgaria could surrender if German lines shift. Peace feelers from Hungary have been ignored by the Allies. The three nations have declared war on the United States and are targeted for unconditional surrender along with Germany Italy and Japan.
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Washington
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Germany
Italy
Greece
Romania
United States
Japan
King of Broncos May Be Retired
Cheyenne Wyoming reports that Five Minutes to Midnight, the famed bucking horse owned by Verne Elliott of Johnstown Colorado, shows signs of weakening at age 20. Riders fear the end of an era as crowds at Frontier Days await confirmation of retirement though Elliott calls him the greatest bucking horse ever, surpassing Midnight.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Verne Elliott
Johnstown
Col
Midnight
Allied transport towed into Tagus River after damage
A large Allied transport ship listing and damaged was towed into the River Tagus yesterday by three tugs, near Lisbon. The incident involved multiple vessels assisting, with no immediate word on casualties or cargo status.
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Lisbon
River Tagus
Church to Note 110th Birthday Next Sunday
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Poestenkill marks 110 years since its organization with services on Sunday August 3. At 11 am Rev A E Dietz DD of Bellmore L I will preach. at 8 pm Rev Walter Frederick of Hawley Pa will give the main discourse. Former pastors and local clergy join in the observance led by Rev R J Van Deusen.
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Evangelical. Lutheran Church of
Poestenkill
A. E. Dietz
Bellmore, L. I
Walter Frederick
Hawley
R. J. van Deusen
Washington Protected From Attack Demonstration by P-47 Fighters
Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce showcases the First Air Force defense near Washington at Camp Springs Maryland. P-47 fighters with eight .50 cal guns disperse on three runways, capable of 400 mph, prepared for quick takeoffs with crews nearby. Commander Glenn O. Barcus, 40, among the youngest brigadier generals, participates in the display.
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Glenn Ramsey
First Air Force
Mitchel Field
Army
Washington
Ralph Royce
Richmond
Philadelphia
Camp Springs
London
Africa
Solomons
Pearl Harbor
Glenn O. Barcus
Air Force
Royce
Army School Displays Bombs At Proving Grounds Museum
Aberdeen Proving Grounds Md AP an Army bomb disposal school exhibit shows Japanese Italian and German devices to train officers in handling unexploded munitions from Guadalcanal to Italy. Curator Lieut Gavaldon explains mechanisms while hinting at a superior American device.
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Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Mme. Taussard
Army
Guadalcanal
Michelangelo
Rochester visit and war reports from Cropseyville and area
Cropseyville residents Mrs Frederick Albuh and son Billy are in Rochester while Mr and Mrs Samuel McChesney vacation in Massachusetts. David Douglas and Robert Coghill are furloughed with their parents. A Sunday School picnic is planned on the White Church lawn this afternoon. Raymond Pollock, in North Africa, has fought six major battles and is now hospitalized with ulcers of the stomach.
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Frederick Albuh
Billy
Rochester
Samuel McChesney
Massachusetts
David Douglas
Robert Coghill
White
Raymond Pollock
North Africa
Lake George Week Ends and Local Church Sermon Plan
Newtonville families including Mr and Mrs William Hutchin and Mr and Mrs Wesley Warner with their children are spending the week at Lake George. Rev E C Lyman of the Methodist Church will preach an illustrated sermon tomorrow. Services will be discontinued after Sunday until Sept 5. Mrs Harold MacEachron recently entertained 17 Mizpah Class members with devotions led by Mrs Chester Rothdau. Mrs Ernest Christie presided. Business routine was followed by social activities and refreshments served by the hostess with Mrs John Hellwig assisting.
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William Hutchinson
Wesley Warner
Lake George
E. C. Lyman
Methodist Church
Harold MacEachron
Chester Rothdau
Ernest Christie
John Hellwig
Hitler Sends Nietzsche Complete Works to Mussolini
Berlin radio reported Adolf Hitler sent Benito Mussolini the complete works of Nietzsche as a sixtieth birthday gift. The set was specially printed and bore a cordial dedication by Hitler. Nazi Field Marshal Albert Kesselring delivered the books, and Mussolini was likely in custody at the time.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Nietzsche
Hitler
Associated Press
Albert Kesselring
Mussolini
Whitehall Notices: Local visits and enlistments announced
Whitehall residents visit relatives as Ray Saunders and others spend leave with family members. A tin can drive plan is set for Aug 7. Morgan Ross and Donald Nesbitt join Merchant Marine training. Discharges from Company I, Sixth Regiment, New York Guard include Donald Nesbitt and Hugh Sullivan, the latter entering the U S Maritime Academy.
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Ray Saunders
U. S. Navy
Mary Saunders
Adams Street
Ellen Robinson
Potter Street
Catherine Cronin
Fort Ann
Dema Loucks
Troy
I. E. Hughes
Williams Street
Werner Lowestine
New York
Eric Seligman
Teddy Horton
Sixth Regiment
New York Guard
Donald Nesbitt
Merchant Marine
Pfc
Hugh Sullivan
U. S. Maritime Academy
King’s Point
Nazi U-Boat Downs Navy Blimp in Unique Battle
The Navy announced a German U-boat shot down a U S non rigid blimp in the Atlantic in a rare battle. The K 74 was shot down while attacking the submarine and landed at sea with only one of its 11 crew lost Aviation Machinist Mate Isadore Stessel was killed whose next of kin lives in Brooklyn NY The blimp was one of 250 foot airships used in convoy work and the loss the first of its type in U S Navy service
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Washington
Uns
Navy
Atlantic
Isadore Stessel
Samuel Stessel
Brooklyn
N.Y
Congress
Pacific
United States
Anything Can Happen Aboard The Windshield Stamp Lesson
A Kansas City motorist faced a use tax stamp issue after claiming he paid a postman to buy one and glued it to his windshield. The War Savings stamp was redeemed and a use sticker substituted. Also reported were five hogs electrocuted by a fallen tree and live wire, a woman’s shriek said to have frightened a fox to death, a wolf bounty tale, and Private Russell West of Ashland Ky marrying Auxiliary Ardella Simmons in a WAC mess hall with the bride assigned to KP duties.
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Kansas City
Dan M. Nee
Internal Revenue
Nee
Fox Perry
Leslie K. White
Mankato
Mina
Panama City
Fla
Russell West
Ashland
WACS
West
Ardella Simmons
Lapoint
Simmons
Penicillin Production Expected to Soar
Dr Frank Stockman of Winthrop Chemical Co says penicillin will be produced in the United States at five billion units weekly by year end. The Army seeks this amount to treat 5000 serious cases weekly including pneumonia osteomyelitis gonorrhea carbuncles boils and eye infections. The drug costs from 1000 to 4000 dollars per ounce and is derived from green mold on bread. Discovered in 1929 by Alexander Fleming at University of London.
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Winthrop Chemical Co
Rensselaer
Frank Stockman
Alexander Fleming
University of London
A&P Monopoly Charge Retained by Federal Court
A federal appellate court reversed a northern Texas district court dismissal of the indictment against the New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. for Sherman Act monopoly conspiracy in interstate food commerce. The ruling sent the case back for further proceedings due to insufficient grounds to quash the indictment.
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New Orleans
Vandal Damages Seven Showers in North Adams Facility
Secretary Edward L. Battey reports vandals irreparably damaged seven of eight shower baths in the senior shower room at the . .M. CSA in North Adams Massachusetts Wednesday night. Wrecked parts are valued at 200 dollars and new ones may not be obtainable.
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North Adams
Mass
Edward L. Battey
Cohoes Man Made Captain In Army
Kenneth F. Flynn, son of Mrs Thomas Flynn of 19 Mohawk Street Cohoes, has been commissioned a captain at Camp Phillips, San Antonio. He started as a first sergeant with Company B 105th Infantry October 23 1940, went to the Pacific theater in 1942, attended Officers Training School at Fort Benning graduating August 11 1942 and rose to captain after serving at Fort Custer and Camp Phillips. He has two brothers Joseph and John Flynn serving in the Merchant Marine.
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Kenneth F. Flynn
Thomas Flynn
Mohawk Street
Cohoes
Camp Phillips
San
Flynn
Camp McClellan
Ala
105Th Infantry
Pacific War Zone
Hawaii
Fort Benning
Fort Custer
Mich
Joseph H. Flynn
John T. Flynn
Merchant Marine
Green Island Women Tag Day for Cohoes Observation Post
Green Island women conduct a tag day to fund heating and rehabilitating the airplane observation post near Cohoes High School. Mayor McDermott endorses the drive and the group, led by Christine Wynkoop, meets in two hour shifts each Tuesday.
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Cohoes
Cohoes High School
Charles J. McDermott
Christine Wynkoop
Laura Millington
George Williams
G. W. Gilbert
Leo Bertrand
G. E. Golding
Clarence Kuenzel
Maurice VanBuskirk
Arthur J. Dupont
Thought Bricks Were Jap Bombs Thought Bricks Were Jap Bombs
In Portland Oregon a householder telephoned police claiming a Japs bombed his home. Police dispatched units after a woman’s call. Five radio patrol cars responded. one transmitter fault left earlier cars silent. The “bombs” were two bricks toppled from a chimney onto the roof.
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Portland
Ore
Railway Clerks Meet Thursday in Emerald Club rooms
London reports Pope Pius has 40000 available to aid Catholic churches in Britain damaged by war. Apostolic Delegate confirms the fund for restoration and repair work as churches were destroyed in the conflict. Delegates’ reports from the Grand Lodge convention plus wage controversy updates to be presented.
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Collar City Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Emerald Club
Congress Street
Grand Lodge
London
Pius
Britain
Apostolic Delegate
Fourth Cohoes Brother Joins Armed Forces
Lawrence Lavigne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lavigne of 151 Hudson Avenue Cohoes, has enlisted in the Army Air Corps and will be on reserve until October. He follows Corp. George Lavigne Corp. Ernest Lavigne and Pvt. Omer Lavigne, already serving in the Pacific war zone and at Camp Philips Hon.
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Lawrence Lavigne
Alfred Lavigne
Hudson Avenue
Cohoes
Army Air Corps
Cohoes High School
Corp
George Lavigne
Ernest Lavigne
Pacific War Zone
Pvt
Omer Lavigne
Camp Phillips
Troy Air Patrol to Join Spitball Air Raid Practice
Civil Air Patrol members from Troy Airport will participate in a spitball air raid on August 15 over Saratoga Warren Schenectady and Schoharie counties. Other enemy bombers will operate from Albany Schenectady and Amsterdam bases dropping paper bombs to aid civilian protection agencies in practicing bomb damage response. Plans will be finalized at an August 6 meeting at 7 30 p m at the Schenectady center after Lieut Albert Fields has set flight arrangements.
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Civil Air Patrol
Troy
Saratoga
Warren
Schenectady
Schoharie
Albany
Amsterdam
Schenectady Center
Albert Fields
Group 4
Liquor Stocks Plunge Amid Mixed Food Sector Signals
Government reports released yesterday show whisky stocks at a seven year low while beer production runs high but cannot match demand. Fishing remains near last year’s level but trails goals, and prices for canned fruits berries and juices are set to rise.
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Washington
Greeks Seek Ship Replacement From Allies
Greek ambassador to the United States Chautauqua Dia mantopoulos said yesterday Greece suffered heavy shipping losses in the war and expects allied help to replace those losses in line with its expanded needs.
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Chautauqua UP
Cimon Diamantopoulos
United States
Community Meeting and Socials in Halfmoon
The C. 8. Hawley Chemical Company will meet Monday at 8 30 p m The Ladies Guild of the First Baptist Church will serve a supper on the church lawn Tuesday evening Aug 10 at 3 30 p m The Ladies Auxiliary of the C 3 Hawley Chemical Company will meet at the home of Mrs Donald Bornt Tuesday evening Mrs Minaj Vickery will be the hostess The Young Ladies Auxiliary of the Crescent Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs Donald Bornt A covered dish supper will be served Mrs Lowie Burns will be the hostess The Sunday School of the First Baptist Church will hold its annual picnic on the lawn of Mr and Mrs Jay Mincher s home Monday evening Norma Mincher Mrs Lowie Burns Mrs Jared Clark and Mrs Frederic Foshay have charge of the affair.
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C. 8. Hawley Chemical Company
Ladies’ Guild
First Baptist Church
Church Lawn
C. 3. Hawley Chemical Company
Donald. Bornt
Minaj Vickery
Crescent Methodist Church
Donald Bornt
Lowie Burns
The
Jay Mincher
Norma Mincher
Jared Clark
Frederic Foshay
Cohoes Plans Erie Canal Land Sale and Rail Sales
The city of Cohoes will auction two abandoned Erie Canal land parcels on Saturday August 21, one off High Street adjoining James Gavigan and formerly a WWI honor roll site, and another off Manor Avenue near Cary Brick Co. The Board of Contract and Supply will also accept sealed bids for trolley rails and fittings abandoned by United Traction Co. on Saturday August 14 at 10 am, restricted to bona fide local scrap dealers, with weight determined by Deputy City Engineer Frank Hines. The city reserves the right to reject all bids for the canal lands and rails.
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Cohoes
Rudolph I. Roulier
High Street
James Gavigan
Manor Avenue
Cary Brick Co
United Traction Co
Board of Contract and Supply
WPA
Frank Hines
Power Firms Merger Plan Opposed at Hearing
Witnesses at a Public Service Commission hearing in Syria challenged the proposed Niagara Hudson Co stock distribution linked to the seven firm merger into Niagara Hudson Co Inc. They urged ruling on whether the distribution would be included in consolidation action. The commission reserved decision, awaiting full commission review next week.
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Niagara Hudson Power Co
Niagara Hudson System Gas and Electric Companies
Niagara Hudson Co., Inc
Public Service Commission
Securities & Exchange Commission
Neal Brewster
Maurice C. Burritt
William Bray
Lady Astor Pled Guilty Masters Bow Street Fine
Lady Astor, a familiar House of Commons figure, appeared at Bow Street police court and paid 240 dollars in fine and costs for violating rationing regulations. She pleaded guilty, but her attorney read a statement claiming complete ignorance of any law violation in a letter to American Red Cross worker Lundford P. Yandell about possible fur purchases for her wife in the United States.
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London LLP
Lady Astor
Bow Street
Lunsford P. Yandell
American Red Cross
United States
Pay Raise Denied by War Labor Board
The War Labor Board yesterday denied a general wage increase to more than one million employees of 138 shipyards nationwide.
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Washington CP
War Labor Board
Quake Reported Near Kobe Area Observed in Alaska
The Coast and Geodetic Survey said its seismograph logged sharp tremors on Wednesday and Thursday with observers estimating the epicenter near Kobe, Japan, while reports place the event in Sitka, Alaska.
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Sitka
Alaska
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Kobe
Japan
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