Retired Troy Contractor James Campbell Dies Suddenly
James S Campbell, a longtime Troy contractor who helped build Oakwood Avenue entrance to Frear Park and St Colmen's Home, died suddenly at Troy Hospital likely from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was active for over forty years, retired about 15 years ago, and survived by his wife Catherine Higgins and four daughters plus several relatives. Funeral arrangements set for Saturday at 3:31 p.m. St Mary's Church and residence on Third Street.
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James S Campbell
Troy
Troy Hospital
St. Lawrence's
Coutes
Campbel
Authaet
J. Walt
Campbell & Wall Contracting
Oakwood Avenue
Frear Park
George H. Cote Supply Co
St. Colmen’s
Watervilet
St. Paul's School
Mechanic
Wales
Mr. Campbell
Wadarelat
South End
Campbells
St. Marys Church
Saph
Rex
Peter Havermans
Catherine Higgits
Lloyd E. Bingham
Joseph J. Stith
William E. Spratt
Ruth E Campbell
Catherine Bouchen
Magnes Crawley
Detroit
Joseph Daley
New York
James J. Collison
Europe
Edward Collison
Navy
Robert Collison
Barbara
Betsy
Edward Bingham
Campbell
Exempt Firemen
Osgood , Steamer Company
Florence Colligan
Third Street
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary‘s Cemetery
Infant Strangled by Light Cord in Crib Incident
A ten month old infant, Barbara Jean Eason, died in Rochester after becoming tangled in an electric light cord attached to her crib. Monroe County Coroner Richard Leonardo cited accidental strangulation as the cause. The father told investigators the cord was placed on the crib for nighttime access.
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Rochester
Barbara Jean Eason
Monroe County
Richard A. Leonardo
James
Strikes Tie Up More War Plants Nationwide
United Press report details strikes at multiple war plants and labor actions across the nation. Army personnel operated plants and vehicles in Chicago and Akron while the War Labor Board ordered workers back to work at several facilities amid ongoing disruptions. A separate crash near Alexander, Mississippi, killed 20 year old Reeva Glor and injured Arnold Schmieder.
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United Press
Chicago
Amy
War Labor Board
Bmccarmick Works
International Harvester Co
WLB
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
United Rubber Workers
C. O
Akron Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Creighton
Ford City
Pennsylvania
Ohio
National War Labor Board
Topedo Akelin Stamping Co
Mather Spring Co
United Automobile Workers, C., LQ
United Steelworkers
American Rolling 310 Co
Ashland
Marine and Shipbuilding
C. I
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Hoboken
N. J
United Electrices Radio & Machine Workers
General’ Electric Co
Bridgeport
Attica
Reeva Glor
Alexander
Arnold Schmieder
Nazi Gauleiter Franz Hoffer Dies After Arrest Near Floss
Franz Hoffer the Nazi gauleiter for Tyrol Vorarlberg committed suicide by self inflicted action on Tuesday after being arrested by a German auxiliary policeman in AMG service at Floss near the Czechoslovak border Wiesbaden reports.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Franz Hoffer
Tyrol
Vorarlberg
AMG
Floss
Real Tangle in Presidential Succession Analysis
James Marlow explores how Congress could alter succession by appointing a non elected Speaker of the House as president if no vice president is available. The piece discusses Roosevelt Truman transitions, legal gaps, and the risk of a party choosing a nonmember as next in line, highlighting Speaker Rayburn’s pivotal role and hypothetical shifts in 1943.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Tremal
White House
Roosevelt
Truman
Dent
Secretary of the Treasury
Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Cabjimex
Stetttinius
Stettinius
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Rayburn
Mr. Truman
Hitler and Eva Braun Die by Their Own Hands in Berlin
Eyewitness accounts from Hitler’s chauffeur describe Hitler and Eva Braun shooting themselves in the Berlin bunker as Soviet forces closed in. The bodies were reportedly burned in a gasoline-soaked collapse after Goebbels and his wife perished. Additional alleged wounded Nazis, including Bormann and Naumann, were sighted nearby in the final days of the Nazi regime.
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Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Eva Braun
Berlinreich
Bitter
Eva
Eae Hler
Berlin
Red Army
Kempke
Ewa Braun
de Propaganda
Joseph Goebhels
Kempke i
Goebbels
Bertin
Martin Bormann
Werner Naumann
Propaganda Ministry
Stumpfecker
Housing Still Problem In Washington
Washington residents face a severe housing squeeze as a war housing center handles about 275 daily applications and places roughly 380. Government agencies recruit nationwide, while landlords hesitate. Demand rises from men, women clerical workers, veterans families, and GI bill entrants seeking rooms, houses, or apartments.
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James Marlow
Washington Lpi
Europe
Washington
War Housing Center
GPA
Census Bureau
Navy
War Department
C T Will Discuss Veterans Problems
A district conference to discuss veterans issues will be arranged by the Industrial Union Council of the CIO. A veterans committee will aid others with union problems, Frank Morghy of Albany presiding. Reports by Miss Kate Friend and Harry Jones were presented.
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Harry C. Jones
Gift boxes to veteransAuxiliary plans care packages for hospital patients
At a Spanish War veterans meeting Mrs Cassie Williams presided as Frances Sloat said preparations for care gift boxes were nearly complete. Bertha Cofteny reported on annual Flag Tag activities. Next meeting set for July 3. A certificate shows Marion Weinheimer will operate the Seven Lakes Hotel at Denault's Corners.
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Rhoads General
Mollie E
Titcomb Auxiliary
Army and Navy Union
Marion Weinheimer
Averill Park
Seven Lakes
Denault's Corners
Aussies Land At New Point On Borneo
Allied units of the Ninth Division have landed on the northern beach of Brunel Bay Borneo to take control of both sides of the waterway entrance. The operation followed bombardment from Bean Island. Heavy bombers supported ground forces as they secured Balikpapan and surrounding targets amid ongoing Allied activity in the region.
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Marita Tm
Aruitration
Ninth Division
Brunel Bay
Morta Weet
Borneo
Balikpapan
Manegear
Tokyo
Housewives to Help Inflation Fight in Troy Meeting
Wives of 27th Division Association members met at The Hotel Troy to discuss forming an inflation control panel for the War Price and Rationing Board. District OPA officials outlined how housewives can volunteer, inform retailers, and relay inflation control information to local groups.
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27Th Division Association
Troy
Toree
District Opa
War Price and Rationing Board
Paul KR
Det+fie
Thomas P
Homecoming Day Observed At Liberty Church
Liberty Church hosts Homecoming Day at 4 pm Sunday with former Georgia South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia residents attending. Miles J. O Brien of New York will deliver the main address to alumni from four southern states. Parishioners urged to register state and contribute.
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Liberty Presbyterian Church
State Street
Miles J. O'Brine
New York
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
D. Talmadge Murray
Families of Firemen Win 65102 Verdict in Jamestown Fire
A supreme court jury awarded 65 102 25 to the relatives of three Jamestown firemen killed in a Richfield Oil Corporation gas tank explosion at the Jamestown plant on June 18 1935. The verdict against the company includes six percent interest for 11 years. Firemen Raymond Allison Harold D Anderson and Walter Rastenhuber were among seven victims.
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Mayville
UPA
Jamestown
Rankin Jr attends Area 4 welfare conference in New York
Deputy commissioner Tom Rankin Jr of the Troy City Welfare Department is attending the Area 4 Conference for Commissioners of Public Welfare in New York.
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Tom Rankin
Troy City
Commissioners of Public Welfare
New York
Cohoes Pastor Killed On Okinawa
Lieutenant William E. Carlson of Cohoes a Methodist preacher who turned down a chaplaincy died serving with the Marines on Okinawa. Born in Cohoes 36, he led prayer services in foxholes during fierce fighting and was quoted on the beach approach as saying the going was pretty bumpy. He was educated at Wesleyan University and Denver Divinity School, and survived by his parents and a brother in Allentown, Pa.
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Wiliam E. Carson
Cohoes
Mas
Okinews
Carlson
Iver Carlson
Brigge Avenue
Wer
Bhbm
Oroku Peninsula
Okinawa
Cohoes High School
Trey Country Day School
Wesleyan University
Methodist ‘Church
Denver
Col
Marine Corps
Ae Beach
E. Iver Carison
Allentown
San Diego
Cal
G O P Plans Outlined for Cohoes Elections
Cohoes Republicans meet at Remsen Street headquarters at 7 30 p m to outline petition circulation for fall elections. Walter J Wertime Jr of the Albany County GOP presides as candidates for surrogate and coroner and supervisory posts in city wards are listed. Gard Party fundraiser set at GAR rooms Remsen Street with prizes and refreshments. A diocesan exam promotions announced for St Agnes School with graduation events planned at 2 30 p m Sunday.
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Cohoes Republicanity Committee
Remsen Street
Walter J. Wertime, Jr
Cohnes
Albany County Republican Committee
Gard
Collin- Ross Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
GAR
Albina Dickinson
Genera
Mary Grogan
Zema
Hilton
Vera Smith
Maé Archambeault
Laura Hallett
Martha Gilligan
Sue
Weoh
St. Agnes’ School
Joseph A. Frankilin
St. Agnes” Church
Jereeetee
Cohoes Firm Signs Contract With Union Workers
Cohoes employers of the Alvany Novel Co. have chosen the Textile Workers Union of America AFL as bargaining agent. The contract signed by Jack Kalis for the company and by Roger Belanger Laura LaVigne and Loretta Fox for workers includes one week paid vacation after a year of service and legal holiday pay with double time. Seniority rights, shift bonuses of ten cents per hour for second shift and ten cents per hour for third shift are established. James J. Corbett, president of the Cohoes unit, and AFL rep John Schreter participated in negotiations.
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Alvany Novel Co. Recentifieg
Cohoes
Uni Textile Workers of America
Jack Kalis
Roger V. Belanger
Laura LaVigne
Loretta Fox
James J. Corbett
John Schreter
AFL
Washington, D. C
Cohoes Couple Married in Church
Miss Bernadette F. Jackson daughter of Mrs Eden Jackson of 1 Lancaster Street wed Philip H Cannon of 136 Vitet Boule ward at St Bernard s Church Monday at 11 am Rev William Brennan officiating Attendant was sister Abs Bernard J Q rey Reception followed at the bride s mother s home The couple left for a northern wedding trip Cannon is manager of his own English wholesale grocery receivers and his wife works in the State Department of Taxation announces have been made as
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Bernadette F. Jackson
Eden Jackson
Lancaster- Stree
Philip H. Cannon
St. Bernard’s Church
Bev. Waeliam
Brennan
Bernard J. Q'rey
Ms Cannon
Lir
State Department of Taxation
Cohoes Board Reclassifies Eleven Registrants for Army Service
Cohoes Selective Board 345 reclassified eleven registrants. Three moved to 2-A for immediate service, including Arthur T. Harishorn John T. Wright and Harry A. Sorenson. Five placed in Class L, with Morris J. Castracani Bodhar Kobe Miron T. Celenski Ernest W. Parsley and James T. Codd. Others in 2-3/ F Raymond A. Clement Auxiliary Members Enoth Birs Dela Benac and several women from the American Legion auxiliary collected 145 in War Savings Stamps and 25 in bonds at Woolworth on Remsen Street.
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Cohoes Selective Board No
Arthur T. Harishorn
John T.wright
Harry A. Sorenson
Morris J. Castracani
Bohdar Kobe
Miron T. Celenski
Ernest W. Parsley
James T. Codd
Dela Benac
Hose Grignon
Martha Gilligan
Josie Hildreth
Eva Conners
E. T. Ruane- Post
American Legion
Woolworth
Homemaking Courses Open At Cohnes
Registration for summer homemaking courses was announced by the New York State Department of Education and the Cobpes Board of Education. Classes will begin at 9 am and 1 pm at Colones High School with Miss Marion L Snyder teaching sewing and home care topics. Further information was to be available July 17.
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Ummer
Colones High School
New York State Department of Educator
Cobpes Board of Education
Freemans
Ronee
Marion L Snyder
Conners
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