Guard Review At Camp Smith Peekskill
Lieut. Col. Lester C. Higbee commander of the Second Regiment New York State Guard stands beside Gov. Thomas E. Dewey during a review as the Troy regiment passes. Brig. Gen. Bernard W. Kearney and Maj. Gen. William Oftman commandant participate at right.
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Lester C. Higbee
New York State Guard
Thomas E. Dewey
Troy
Camp Smith
Peekskill
Bernard W. Kearney
William Oftman
Congress Blocks Price Rollbacks and Subsidy Debate
Washington AP reports congressional action stalls direct farm subsidies while maintaining some incentives. Senate votes 39 to 37 to prohibit payments to roll back food prices, shifting focus to continued subsidies for crop production and domestic needs with farm support and canning crop provisions under evolving CCC extension. The clash centers on whether subsidies flow to farmers or processors, with Byrnes and Brown seeking authority for farmer payments as a compromise.
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Washington
Administration
Congressional Authority
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
James F. Byrnes
Prentisa Brown
Senate
Congress
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
War Food Administrator
Aken
Senator Aiken
Rvi
Aiken
Clark
D.mo
Congress Proposes Recall Power During Recess
Washington leaders from both parties propose a recess resolution granting Congress the right to reconvene during summer recess without a White House call. The measure, ready for adoption before the vacation through Sept 13, includes minority and majority leaders in recall powers, though it faces tensions with President Roosevelt over war policy.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Wallace
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Fall fatality in New York claims Alfredo Gonzales Prada
New York police said Alfredo Gonzales Prada 50 a former Peruvian charged affaires in Washington died in a fall from the 22nd floor of Hampshire House on Central Park South early yesterday. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
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New York
Alfredo Gonzales Prada
Washington
Hampshire House
Central Park South
Fire kills woman and infant in Troy apartment blaze
A 13-year-old Troy boy is held on a juvenile delinquency charge after a Saturday afternoon fire at 80 Jay Street killed 74-year-old Mrs. Nora Layton Rich and eight month old Robert Durocher. The boy admits starting the blaze that trapped residents on the second floor of the three story building at May Street and Sixth Avenue. The Durocher baby and Mrs. Rich suffered fatal injuries. the boy awaits arraignment today in Rensselaer County Children's Court before Judge Harry E. Clinton.
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Troy
Humane Society
Jay Street
May Street
Sixth Avenue
Rensselaer County Children’s Court
Harry E. Clinton
Robert Durocher
Leonard Durocher
Nora Layton Richmond
Durocher
Thomas J Duffy
Three Die in Vermont Crash Near Randolph Village
Three Army flyers were killed and seven others parachuted to safety when a four engined bomber crashed into heavily wooded Fish Hall area two and one half miles south of Randolph village. The plane carried a ten man crew and was on a mission over Vermont.
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Randolph
Fish Hall
Randolph Vilelage
Vermont
Army
Fifth to Die Fatal Accident Claims Dutch Nazi Chief
Berlin radio reported Fritz Schmidt regional NS party leader in the occupied Netherlands and commissar general died in a fatal accident during a tour through France. Hitler ordered a party funeral for Schmidt the fifth Nazi official killed in six months. Resistance spreads in Holland, linked to mass registration for German labor. Goebbels and Wagner were targets of assassination plots reported by British radio.
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Berlin
Fritz Schmidt
National Socialist Party
Netherlands
France
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Schmidt
Holland
Folkert E. Posthuma
Holand
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Alsace
Munitions Train Explosion Shatters Grand Junction
A UPI report describes a freight train fire near Grand Junction Colorado that set off two carloads of munitions. Shrapnel damaged homes and windows across the western city, Fire Chief Charles Downing lost an arm after being hit by fragments, and railroad worker Bob Weahaven reportedly suffered a possible jaw fracture amid the blasts. The blaze lasted over four hours with origin unclear, though a hot box on a munition car is considered possible.
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Grand Junction
Colo
UPI
Charles Downing
Downing
Division Point
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Bob Weahaven
Soviets Destroy German Planes In Latest Reports
The Soviet air force claimed 211 German planes destroyed in the last week while losing 74 as Russian troops conducted a reconnaissance mission south of Orel. Soviet gunners also destroyed an artillery battery and several mortar positions during the operation.
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Associated Press
London
Orel
Monitor
Guerrillas Slay Nazis in Baltic States Amid War Counteractions
Reports from Lithuania Estonia and Latvia say guerrilla bands fighting behind German lines are well organized and armed. They occasionally take soldiers as hostages with unclear total German deaths. Residents once greeted Nazis as liberators with flowers two years ago this month.
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Stockholm
Baltic States
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Severe storm tears roof off knitting mill in Mohawk Valley
A second severe electrical storm in a week struck the Mohawk Valley and Troy area Saturday after 6 pm. Lightning sparked at least three fires and caused other damage along a path of wind spanning several hundred yards.
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Mohawk Valley
Troy
Heat wave rages as storm tears roofs and burns barns
A fierce late summer storm packing hot winds and brief heavy rain ripped the roof from the Capital Knitting Mill in Waterford and carried it two blocks. Lightning started fires in Cohoes Poesten Kill Wynantskill, causing damage estimated at 5.04 dollars as a barn burned. The Troy area kept sweltering with a high at 92 and humidity rising, as heat persisted despite the storm.
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Capital Knitting
Waterford
Cohoes
Poestenkil
Wynantshil
Troy Area
Weather Bureau
Baseball Scoreboard Nightly Scores Display
St Louis beat Univago 6 to 2 and 4 to 3 with Chicago, Boston, New York, Brooklyn and others posting wins. Cincinnati swept Pittsburg 6 to 3 and 5 to 1 while New York beat Boston 3 2 and Boston defeated New York 4 3 in separate games. Cleveland edged Chicago 2 to 1. Chicago beat Cleveland 2 to 0 in five innings. Washington swept Philadelphia 9 to 0 while Philadelphia won 5 to 4. Albany shut Hartford 8 to 6 and 4 to 0. Elmira defeated Wilkes Barre 5 to 1 and Wilkes Barre won 3 to 2. Scranton beat Binghamton 6 to 1 and 5 to 2. Utica beat Springfield 7 to 3 and 9 to 4.
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Univago
Chicago
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Albany
Hartford
Elmira
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Binghamton
Utica
Springfield
RAF Bombs Germany In Second Week of Night Raids
British bomber fleets hammered western and northern Germany for the eighth straight night with a heavy non stop aerial offensive. Mosquito bombers and BRAAF fighters struck France and air fields while two German fighters were shot down near Paris. Daylight raids over northern France destroyed several aircraft and mines were laid in enemy waters.
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Hitler
European
Germany
BR. A. F
France
Paris
Air Ministry
Moehne
Eder
Reich
Berlin
Associated Press
Bremen
North Sea
Coal Miners Returning To Work Amid War Demand
Sentiment to resume coal production swept Appalachian fields as United Mine Workers locals across West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Tennessee and Kentucky voted to return to work. In Uniontown Pennsylvania UMW President William Hynes stated most Fayette County locals would be back in the pits Monday and full operation would restart the coking coal flow to steel mills.
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Appalachian
United Mine Workers Umw
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
Uniontown
William Hynes
Dismet 4 Umws
Fayette County
Allied Bombers Claim Heaviest Mediterannean Raid On Messina
Allied forces pounded Messina for a third time in 36 hours with British and American bombers from North Africa and the Middle East, targeting the port rail ferry terminal and oil areas. Reports say no bombers were lost and the raid disrupted Axis military supply lines, with Italian and German sources signaling a major Mediterranean push.
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North Africa
Mediterranean
Africa
Messina
Sicily
Middle East
R.A. F. Wellington
Catto Con Munique
Mediteranean
Italy
Rome
Tunisia
France Faction Feud Won't Slow North Africa Invasion
Washington signals unwavering support for General Eisenhower against De Gaulle Giraud rift in French Africa as Allied planners press Trans Mediterranean operations. British cooperation with Eisenhower remains assured to preserve supply lines and morale, despite political wrangling.
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Bae Washington UP
Washington
Eisenhower
French Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Noth Africa
DeGaullis
West
Africa
Giraud
Gene Eisenhower
de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Plane strafes Jap cargo ship in Solomon Sea damage
Allied reports a small Japanese merchant man escorted by a destroyer was damaged southwest of Buka passage in the Solomon Sea. A Beaufort bomber scored near miss on the merchant and then strafed the decks of both ships from low altitude.
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Allied
Australia
Solomon Sea
Buka Passage
Davies Says Soviet Aims Remain Peaceful In War Time
Joseph E Davies former ambassador to the Soviet Union reported there were clear indications Russia is maintaining peaceful objectives despite the war. He added that no postwar peace could be effective with Russia outside it and praised the Soviet government for earning respect and confidence from the free nations. Davies spoke at Randall's Island Stadium at a Russian war relief meeting chaired by Gov. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island. He urged United Nations unity to win the war and safeguard the future for children and soldiers.
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New York
Joseph E Davies
Soviet Union
Russia
Red Army
Free
Davies
Moscow
Randall's Island
Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
United Nations
Plane Crashes on Beach Injuring Bathers near Huntington Beach
About a dozen surfers were hurt when an Army pursuit plane crashed on Huntington Beach and exploded after the pilot bailed out. Police officer C. A. Doudie reported seven were taken to Orange County Hospital in Santa Ana, with others needing on‑scene first aid from lifeguards.
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Huntington Beach
Lal
Here
C. A. Doudie
Orange County Hospital
Santa Ana
Allies harass Japs in India and Burma raid Kalemya
New Delhi reports Allied medium bombers pounded railway targets near Shwebo in north central Burma. RAF Blenheim bombers attacked Japanese positions at Indainggy1 near Kalemya about fifty miles northwest of Mandalay. Some Allied planes were lost.
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Burma
Shwebo
Mandalay
RAF
Indainggy1
Kalemya
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