FBI Arrests Ship Workers For Fraud At Boston Yard
One hundred current and former Bethlehem Steel Hingham shipyard workers were arrested by FBI and deputy marshals in a wide ranging war fraud scheme. Welders and counters conspired to record false credits on tally slips, with counters receiving up to 75 dollars weekly. Some welders claimed pressure to join clubs, facing penalties for not cooperating. Conspiracy carries up to two years and 10 years for false claims, with fines up to 10 thousand dollars.
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Boston
Bethlehem Steel Co
Hingham
U. S
Washington
Francis Biddle
Ela Soucy
FEY
J. Brandon
Souey
Bouey
Soucy
Brandon
Congress Pays Tribute To Dead Legislators
Congress paused its business to honor 12 lawmakers who died since the last memorial exercises. In services in the House chamber, Representatives Guyer Kansas Cutkin Cuflen O'leary Creal Ditter Steagall Lewis Wheet Schuetz and Senators Berbour Van Nuys McNary were remembered for their public service.
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Washington
Congress
House
Guyer
Kansas
Cutkin
Cuflen
O'leary
New York
Creal
Kentucky
Ditter
Pennsylvania
Steagall
Alabama
Lewis
Colorado
Wheet
Schuetz
Hitness
Berbour
New Jersey
van Nuys
Indiana
McNary
Oregon
Sister of Former Catskill Pastor Dies
The sister of Rev John S Cox former pastor of SS Patrick's Church Catskill died Tuesday in St Peter's Hospital Albany. She was born in Albany and lived much of her life in Cathedral parish. Survived by three brothers Joseph A Cox Albany James Cox. Funeral services from Vincent DePaul Rothe Funeral Home and St Mary's Church will be held tomorrow at 9 am and 8:30 am respectively, with interment in St Agnes Cemetery Menands.
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Atise Celia I. Cox
Ihrate
Johnn S. Cox
SS Patrick's Church
Catsell
St Peter's Hoespital
Albany
Joey Une
Rosary Society
Cathedral
Immaculate Conception
Owen
Bridget Mullis Cox
Josep A. Cox
James
Vincent DePaul Rothe
St Mary's Church
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
Menands
Red Cross
The
John House
First Presbyterian Church
B. Emerson Devits
Paul Judson
James R. Simpson
Police Sergeant Held for Robbing Bodies
Secret Service agents arrested Police Sergeant Harry Gay of Philadelphia after a 17 year Oakland police career. He was held on charges of stealing money from a correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace at 2353 Seventeenth Street.
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Cat
Harry Gay
Philadelphia
Have Rey. Scott
Wallace
Secret Service
Beyee
Seventeenth Street
Jon
Waterford Memorial Day Services and Parade Observances
Waterford held Memorial Day services to honor veterans with a parade led by Oscar S. Cooper and Harold Radcliff. Troop 31 of Boy Scouts strewn flowers on the Hudson at the water front, with readings of Logan and Gettysburg Address, plus prayers and music. Luncheon at First Baptist Church, arrival of Capt Frederick Moore in England, and Red Cross surgical dressings unit meeting at First Presbyterian Church.
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Weterford
Howard Swabing
John A. Logan
Lincoln
Mishawaka Camp
Columbine Blue Birds
Memorial Park
Harold Radcliff
American Legion
Waterford
Oscar 8. Cooper
Charles J. Brady
Fourth District
Charles M. van Hoesen
I. G
First Baptist Church
England
Frederick Moore
Thomas Moore
Fourth Street
Community groups sponsor pageant and medical clinic in Waterford
Local organizations including American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Lions Club and others organized a street parade from Memorial Park to the church led by Mayor Joan F Waish with St Marys Sponsored Corps providing music. A second toxoid clinic is planned for June 6 at the school and 10:30 AM at the school to complete children vaccination. Dr Harold Peckham will oversee. The Ladies Auxiliary-Hunickerbotker Steamer Company Baymate filles plan a basket picnic on Sunday June 4 at Red Rus Camp on Waterford Mechanicville Road starting at 10 AM, committee chaired by Mrs Georga Rasmussen.
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American Legion
the Ladies Auxiliary
Waterford
Lions Chubr
Verbas
Jews
Masa
Holy Name Society
Memorial Park
Broad Streets
Grana i Mershal
Joan F Waish
St. Mary’s Sponsored Corps
Toxoid
Schoo
Senoo
Harold Peckham
Health Ofier
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Hunickerbotker
Baye Mate Filles
Red Rus Camp
Waterford-Mechanicville Road
Georga Rasmussen
President Pays Tribute To Organized Labor In Boston
President Roosevelt addressed the International Ladies Garment Workers Union convention with praise for organized labor in defending democracy during wartime. He noted the union’s leadership in war effort cooperation and labor improvements, urged transparency in finances, and expressed hope to eradicate fascism and Nazism worldwide. The message, read to 800 delegates from 306000 members, was sent to President David Dubinsky at the convention opening.
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Organized Labor Boston
Roosevelt
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
A. 3. of L
Garment Workers’ Union
Tor
David Dubinsky
Forrestal Opposes Kinunel Court Martial
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal said he opposes a court martial for Kinunel amid probes on December 7 Pearl Harbor negligence. He stated at a news conference that during the war’s immediate phase he would not favor such a trial, as Congress weighed a deadline for starting proceedings.
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Forrestal
Kinunel
Washington
Navy
296 Persons Placed In Jobs In Troy Area
The US Employment Office in Troy reports 296 people placed in local jobs in April versus 34 in March. Of placements, 226 went to manufacturing, 24 to agriculture, 56 to other jobs, and none in household services. Seventy-three were placed in other cities. Watervliet Arsenal now prioritizes area workers by order of the War Manpower Commission.
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Watervliet Arsenal
War Manpower Commission
Birthday Party for Shirley Whitman Highlighted by Patriotic Cake
Mrs Joseph Whitman hosted Shirley Whitman eleventh birthday party with twelve guests enjoying afternoon games and a red candy decorated centerpiece birthday cake. Gifts flowed to the honored guest as guests listed include John Mugent at home after Albany Hospital operation and mentions of Harold E Nickerson and family and a Bourne Mass departure for Shree and Mrs Wallace Bryant and daughter Mrs Thomas Holls.
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Bira
Harold E. Nickerton
Paul
Shree
Thesday
Bourne
Mass
Wallace W. Bryct
Thomas
B. . Holls
Army bomber crash victims identified in January fire
The bodies of army flyers were recovered from the burned home in Oakland after a January crash. A Treasury Department grant of $10 to aid the families was noted, part of a $100 paper relief program announced recently.
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Army Tyers
Oskdand
Treasury Department
Fraggoeniia
Relative Recounts Fire Incident From Fragmentary Note
A partial OCR fragment notes a fire event with relatives mentioned and a burned item. The brief lacks dates, locations, and full names, but indicates family members reacting to a blaze and its impact on a home setting.
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Reuseleer County
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Eugene Currier
Teir Home
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Camp Picksit
Troy Area
the Free Church of the Ascension
Arthur L. Rice
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