Nazis Driven Back with Heavy Losses on Russian Front
Soviet and Allied dispatches report heavy fighting across the Russian front with German losses nearing 4,000. Soviet communiques cite Ukrainian and Caucasus clashes near Novorossisk and Shchigry while Kuban operations and air raids continue, with German planes downed and positions shelled. Affected areas include Kharkov region and surrounding pockets as German counterattacks are beaten back.
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London
Caucasus
Monitor
Novorossisk
Tass
Kuban
Associated Press
Stalian
Moscow
Shchigry
Kursk
Lishchansk
Kharkov
Churches at Odds In Latin America Protest to State Department
The Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to send a protest to the State Department over the Roman hierarchy’s alleged effort to bar Protestant propagation in Latin America. The action, adopted without debate, followed an overture from the Memphis Presbytery and cites concerns about the good neighbor policy in predominantly Catholic nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
N.C
General Assembly of
Presbyterian Church
United States
State Department
Latin America
Memphis
Bus Strike Hits California Long Beach
A bus strike in Long Beach paralyzed the city with about 275 union drivers walking out. Taxicabs and ride clubs moved workers to plants, while Douglas Aircraft Co. mobilized trucks to gather employees. Officials said 250 absent of 3,000 day-shift workers at the Long Beach plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Cal
UPI
Douglas Aircraft Co
Fear Allies Nazis Plan No Russian Offensive
Observers in London and Berlin report Germany may pause active offensives in the Soviet Union to defend against potential Western invasion. Dietmar, a top German analyst, says lightning war tactics are abandoned, fueling views Hitler lost initiative and may guard against a summer assault while anticipating attacks elsewhere.
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London
Germany
Russia
Reich
Berlin
Kurt Dietmar
Dietmar
Hitler
Moscow
Tunisia
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Doctors form panel to tailor diet policies for rationing
A committee of physicians and specialists has been created to set dietary policies for invalids and special diseases under the rationing program. Members include experts in internal medicine diabetes obstetrics pediatrics dermatology and more. WPB urges residents to salvage used rags for reuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty MacDonald
Washington
Nea
OPA
WPB
Appliance Dearth and Ration Rules Highlight War Era Press
A wartime notice warns of scarce electrical appliances due to factory limits and a push for limited production. It notes civilians will gain 30 million cases more canned fruits and vegetables as government demands drop. Ration Book Three applications must be in by June 10 or delayed until August 1. Farmers urged not to send ration books to city relatives to protect the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Anything Can Happen Hawks Evicted From Hotel Nest
A mid Manhattan nature show ended after two weeks when two hawk parents were forced from a ledge nest on the St. Regis Hotel. Hotel staff removed the nest and handed the infant birds to the US P L C, while guests watched as the birds were fed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mid - Manhattan
St. Regis Hotel
Us.plc. A. Eee
Navy Ship to Bear Cohoes Man's Name
The late Paul Frament of Cohoes, a pharmacist’s mate third class in the U S Naval Reserve, died on November 19 1942 from wounds in the Pacific. A destroyer escort will carry the Frament name with a launch planned at Bethlehem Steel Quincy Massachusetts on July 1. His father received a Navy letter from Secretary Frank Knox requesting a sponsor for the launch and Mrs Frament plans to attend. Frament was wounded on November 13 1942 and died six days later, receiving the Silver Star posthumously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul 8. Frament
U. S. Naval Reserve
Edward A. Frament
Hudson Avenue
Cohoes
Frament
Frank Knox
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy
Mass
Rites Held for Drowning Victim at Cohoes
The funeral for William E. Willet Jr. two year old son of Mr and Mrs W E Willet of 17 Cedar Street was held yesterday at 2 30 pm from the residence. Burial followed in St Josephs Cemetery Waterford. He was the canal drowning victim third in two months. His body was found near the old state yard where the waterway runs near Saratoga Street by policemen firemen and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Willet, Jr
W. E. Willet
Cedar Street
Champlain Canal
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Old State Yard
Saratoga Street
Dempsey Divorce Trial Delayed by Illness
In White Plains Jack Dempseys divorce suit maker seeks another postponement as Mrs Hannah Williams Dempsey remains ill. A White Plains neurologist was engaged to examine her and her physician is to testify this afternoon. A telegram from Dr William Friedman reported a complete nervous breakdown and bed confinement for a week.
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White Plains
Jack Dempssey
Hannah Williams
Dempsey
Liberators Bomb Lae in daylight raid on Huon Peninsula
Allied headquarters announced Liberators dropped 36 tons of bombs on Lae yesterday, duplicating the tonnage used the day before on the New Guinea Huon Gulf base. The raid occurred in daylight. Over Finschhafen a Flying Fortress shot down five to six of 16 attacking Japanese fighters.
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Australia
Liberators
Lae
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
High Command
Huon Peninsula
Finschhafen
Cohoes to Sell Park Avenue School
Cohoes board authorized advertising for bids to sell the old Park Avenue School for salvage after vandals damaged the two storey brick building. If no buyer is found the city will raze the premises. The site has been abandoned since the Van Schaick Island School opened. The board meets at 10 am to finalize disposal plans.
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Board of Contract and Supply of
Cohoes
Common Council
Park Avenue
van Schaick Island
Board of Education
Rudolph Roulier
Brother of Two Cohoes Women Fatally Burned
Andrew J. Lanoue a 49 year old Cohoes man died from burns suffered when flames swept his room in Greenfield Massachusetts while he slept He was unconscious when removed from the blaze and died at Franklin County Hospital He left a daughter and seven other siblings and is survived by his father and two sisters in Cohoes. Lanoue a counterman at a Greenfield diner had stayed a month at the Van Dyke apartments on Miles Street. The fire suspected to be caused by a cigarette in an upholstered chair was discovered by a policeman and the door was broken down by another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Lanoue
Hector Hercup
Northampton
Lanoue
Cohoes Draft Board Lists 12 Youths Reaching 18
Cohoes draft officials released the May group of 12 youths who turned 18 last month and registered with Selective Service Board No. 343. Names include Albert W. Anderson John Henry Lis Frank J. Wilkolaski Donald E. O'Brien Matthew J. Carpenter Herbert E. Mitchell Francis W. Mons Alfred E. Chainao William J. Keeler John E. Dunham Kenneth Davard and R. Walsh. They will file questionnaires and occupational forms before induction plans for June are finalized. several may enter the Navy or Marine Corps while others await final physicals and possible Army service furloughs. Personal notes report Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Danyla Miss Irene Pelton and Donald Vickers returning from New York City. Sergt. Robert Beauparlant back at Scott Field after furlough. Louis Beauparlant of 87 Remsen Street. Louis Ashute of 84 Main Street in hospital after spinal operation with his wife at Baker Clinic in Boston attending a diabetic care course.
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Cohoes
Selective Service Board
Selective Service Act
Board
Albert W. Anderson
Sargent Street
John Henry Lis
Vliet Boulevard
Frank J. Wilkolaski
Donald E. O’brien
Saratoga Street
Matthew J. Carpenter
Main Street
Hebert E. Mitchell
Simmons Avenue
Francis W. Mons
Congreas Street
Alfred E. Chainao
Columbia Street
William J. Keeler
Vliet Street
John E. Dunham
Umbia Street
Kenneth Davard
Lincoln Avenue
R. Walsh
Navy
Marine Corps
Lawrence Danyla
Irene Pelton
Donald Vickers
New York City
Robert Beauparlant
Scott Field
Indianapolis
Ind
Louis Beauparlant
Remsen Street
Louis Ashute
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston
Ashute
Baker Clinic
State Inspects Cohoes Schools After Wind Damages
State Education Department inspectors began surveys of four Cohoes public schools after a high wind toppled a chimney at School 7 at Main and Columbia. Schools 6 7 8 and 9 were examined with a report due on the remaining buildings. School 7 reopened for the war duration after fire escapes and repairs, while two air raid shelters continue in use. A second child care center opens today at the Egberts Institute on White Street with exact attendance figures to be determined after the first day. A Rotary Club luncheon features Dr John M Sayles, and a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting is set for tomorrow evening with Commander David Mayeroff.
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State Education
Cohoea
Main
Columbia Streets
F. He
State Department
Connors
White Street
Main Street
Lincoln Avenue
Richard Me O'Brien
State Deepartment
Con
O’brien
Conners
Veterans’ Meeting
Cohoes
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Coffeyville
Kas
Marvin Price
Wharton
Tex
Army Air Field
Price
Denver
San Francisco
Office of Price Administration
Buster Falls
Kankakee
Ill
Harry Chayer
Rockford
Planta
Ralph Zahm
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
Sppapp
Troy Area
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
University of Notre Dame
William Henry Sheridan
Michael J. Sheridan
North Lake Avenue
Robert Miles Vredenburg
Miles Vredenburg
Kenworth Avenue
Alexander Turchick
Nicholas Turchick
Archibald Street
Watervliet
Sheridan
Park Avenue School
Cohoes Lodge
al *R
Masonic Temple
William A. R. Krause
Mildred Brown
Albany County Tuberculosis Association
New York State
National Tuberculosis Association
Commodore
Church Work Society
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Eisenhower
Henri Giraud
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Legion of Honor
Palais d'Eie
Algiers
Army Signal Corps
Mothers’ Club
Sacred Heart School
William R. Higgins
R. J. Erickson
Rosemary Murphy
Florence I. Nellis
Association
Helen Doemel
John Doemel
Lancaster Street
John F. Allagrezza
John Doemel, Jr
League of the Sacred Heart of Sacred Heart Church
Eastern Star
Bertha Loman
Imperial Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Loman
Alice Miller
Schenectady
Leo P. Daigneault
Gaspard Daigneault
Board of Elections
Albany
Cohoes Hospital
Margaret Haley
Miss Haley
Draft Board
Rotary
John M. Sayles
New York State College For Teachers
Tom Taylor
Oxfords
Congress ST Cohoes
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