Evacuation Orders Hit Islands as Axis Prep mounts
Reports from London and Stockholm describe evacuation orders for civilians around Greece and Norway, with Greek officers moved to Italy as hostages and wives and children deported. Guerrilla action, fishing fleets seized, and tallies of 580 Italians captured with 71 killed in Greece accompany the broader struggle in the region.
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London
Greece
Norway
Lofoten
Italy
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Linosa
Draja Mihailovitch
Stavanger
Bergan
U. S& Government
Kalmberg Radio
Hedehusne
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Swin
Ris
Long Islands
Hellenic News Service
Public Auction and Bankruptcy Notice Fragments
Fragmented notice covers a public auction of saddlery and horses with terms in cash or certified funds, plus a bankruptcy filing for Hugh J. Wuerdeman and a Power and Light rate revision by New York Power and Light Corporation. Names, dates, and locations appear partially unreadable but indicate sale of stock and creditors’ meeting details in Troy and Albany in the 1940s.
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Trop
Troy
Arenu
Paohe
Onesa
Trov
TMQ
Gmert
Ti Sava
United States
New York
Hugh J. Wuerdeman
Rensseaer
Rensgelacs
Wiine
Postofice
Sant Divirtct
Albany
SN. X
Frank Bearup
Bankruntcy
Mechanicville Flag Day Parade Draws 1500 Plus Participants
A Monday night Mechanicville Flag Day parade drew more than 1500 participants including youth ages 6 to 23. The event featured the Mechanicville City Band led by Fred Amedeo, St Marys Drum Corps Waterford and many local groups with the United Nations Corps about 200 in costumes from member nations. Leaders included Nicholas Tancredi of the Elks and Police Chief Gustave Co Boucher directing traffic. Local units such as Knights of Pythias Red Cross Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Italian societies joined. Mayor Homer Eckerson spoke the pledge. Rev Serafino Cariguenina gave the address What the Flag Means to Me. Arrangements were by Dr W John Maby and Leo Watt with Elks officers.
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Mechanicville Lodge
Mechanicville
Fred Amedeo
St. Mary's
Waterford
Boy Rangers
Cohoes
Stillwater
Salvation Army
American Sons of Italy
Dante Club
St. Paul's Court
Catholic Daughters of America
Catholic Daughters
Court
Foresters of America
Knights of Columbus
Crescent , Temple
Pythian Sisters
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Elks
Riverside
Hemstreet Park
Fire Department
United Nations Corps
United Nations
John [Bolton
Betsy Ross
Bernice Reilly
Columbia
Lester C. Higbee
State Guard
William F. Finn
Levit C. Powell
M. E. Doecher
E. P. Conway
W. A. Mennesterl
A. B. Barbey
H. B. Pitcher
T. P. Dwyer
Park Avenue
Main Street
Park
Central Avenue
Frank J. Flanagan
The
Homer Eckerson
W. John Maby
Leo Watt
Herbert W. Gardner
Elks Lodge
War Bond Plans and Local Civilian Updates at City Meeting
Delegation members in New York City discuss finalizing war bond tickets and savings stamps while reporting personnel moves, hospital recoveries, and camp arrivals. Red Cross chapters ship numerous items to Army Navy and hospitals. local branches expand with Clifton Park and Mohawk contributions. Tax collection totals and upcoming delinquency deadline noted as summer ends.
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Supreme Court
New Yorker
New York City
George
Upper Hudson
Frank P. Norris
Albany
Grand Junior Beadle
Ryan
K. of C. Hall
Moving mill quietly shifts from Lilesville to Columbus
A tumbling mill of the Southern Products and Silica Co. is being moved from Lilesville South Carolina to Columbus Texas without halting operations. The transfer involves equipment and facilities, aiming to minimize downtime and maintain production pace during the relocation.
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Lilesville, S.C
Southern Products and Silica Co
Columbus
Texas
Lansdale Named New York State Social Welfare Commissioner
Robert T. Lansdale aged 43 was appointed commissioner of social welfare for New York State, succeeding the late David C. Aide. A longtime welfare official and writer, Lansdale brings over two decades of state and city experience and has Gov. Dewey’s approval. He has served in roles including director of the Institute of Welfare Research and assistant to the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, with a background as a teacher and Oberlin and Columbia alumnus.
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New York
INS
Robert T. Lansdale
New York State
David C. Aide
Lansdale
Institute of Welfare Research
Community Service Society of
Thomas E. Dewey
S. Breenbaum
State Board of Social Welfare
New York City
Elmira
Rochester East High School
Oberlin College
Columbia
United States Office of Indian Affairs
Father of Pastor To Be 90 Today
Rev. Hanford H. Closson pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Rochester and former Memorial Methodist Church of Sye anay will spend today with his father Stillman Closson of 15 Sunnyside Road Scotia who will celebrate his ninetieth birthday Stillman Closson in good health will observe quietly He was a longtime director of the Schenectady City Mission and on the YMCA board in that city.
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Hanford H. Closson
Grace Methodist Church
Rochester
Memorial Methodist Church
Syeanay
Stillman ‘Tr. Closson
Sunnyside Road
Scotia
Clogson
Stillman Closson
Schenectady
Ration Board Refuses to Act On Gas Violations
The Pittsfield Rationing Board’s gasoline panel declines enforcement of autoist penalties for nonessential driving. It votes to refer all pleasure driving cases to the Springfield district OPA enforcement division, past and future. Violators already penalized may have coupons returned.
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Pittsfield
Woman Dies at 108 in New York Funeral Held
Funeral services were held for 108-year-old Yetta Weisbrod who died Monday. She reportedly wished to outlive Hitler and the wickedness he sowed on the earth as she murmured the names of her 92 grandchildren and great-grandchildren now serving in the Army and Navy.
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New York
INS
Yetta Weisbrod
Hitler
Army
Navy
Insurance Firm Appeals in LeMay Judgment
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. appealed to the Appellate Division from a May 26 jury verdict awarding $1,277.65 to Mrs. Mary LeMay as administratrix of her late husband James LeMay. The suit, brought by LeMay, sought payment on life insurance policies. Mary LeMay is represented by Thomas J. O’Connor.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Mackrell & Renney
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Mary LeMay
James LeMay
Thomas J. O'Connor
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Otto Snyder
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Rotary
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Amsterdam
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Salvation Army Drive
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Hoosick Falls
Cambridge
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William P. George
Con. F. Green
Grand Court
Gordon Offenbacker
Harry F. Campbell
Ellis Hospital
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Mabbitt Street
William Bartell
New Brunswick
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Albert J. Horner
Camp Adair
Ore
Fred Horner
Walter B. Howard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Francis E. Sheehan
Camp Upton
Jennie Sheehan
Francis VanDetta
James VanDetta
Fort Logan
Clayton McCormick
Dayton, Q
Robert 5. McCormick
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Red Cross
William van Veghten
Techna
Jerome Sullivan
Harry J. Leyland
Aileen Secoy
Round Lake
Lena Hirst
Clifton Park
John Mitchell
Home Bureau
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Ron
Tom -Tey
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
S. Paul Proctor
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