At Last Coal Strike Wanes Pittsburg Pits Reopen
The long coal strike shows slow waning as workers return to pits while others continue to refuse work. About 158000 idle miners persist nationally with 116000 in Pennsylvania and 40000 of its soft coal miners still out. West Virginia sees most miners back work, but Pittsburgh steel output likely to fall 22 percent this week due to idle furnaces, risking 88000 tons of steel ingots.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Chrysler
Detroit
O.rly
Roosevelt
Justice Department
West Virginia
Guard Life at Camp Smith in Peekskill Bog Creek Regiment
The Second Regiment New York Guard completes its first week at Camp Smith. Sgt Armand Brooks feeds a six man detail. Pvt Plante, Sticklemeyer, Dinowitz, Bordeau, and Corp Ponzillo. Camp life brings small adventures and weekend furloughs as thirty men plan to visit New York.
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Pondence
Camp Smith
Peekskill
New York Guard
Armand Brooks
Edward Plante
Alfred Sticklemeyer
Irving Dinowitz
Dennis Bordeau
Louis Ponzillo
Brooks
Hudson River
Ponzillo
Corp
Florinda Tafute
James J. Cain
Ambrose Scully
James M. O'Brien
David Theilman
Higbee
Pvt. Devito
Sergt. Kincaid
New York
Novena and Moonlight Festival Plans at St Pauls Church
The St Pauls parish hosts a 7 30 p m novena for the miraculous medal followed by an adults meeting at 8 p m to plan the annual July Moonlight Festival. Joseph F Conroy is general chairman with Rev Walter J Torpey as honorary chairman. Mrs Joseph F Conroy handles tickets. Also note guest Wallace Carr visits from Yonkers. An airplane lift fact explains two thirds of wing lift comes from a vacuum above the wings and one third from pressure below.
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Church of
St. Paul the Apostle
Fia
Joseph F. Conroy
Walter J. Torpey
Hutton Street
Car Driver Breaks Arm In Roadside Crash
Arthur Wright of Granville had his left arm broken when he rode with it out the window and passed too close to a tractor and trailer near East Galway. He was taken to Saratoga Hospital for treatment. his wife was uninjured.
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Galway
Arthur Wright
Granville
Saratoga Spa Barracks
Wright
Saratoga Hospital
County School Pupils Picnic Planned by District 6
Final arrangements for the second annual picnic of School District 6 serving Spergietown and Sunset Heights are announced. A 8 p.m. meeting tomorrow at Spergietown Hotel will set details. Neil J. Kelleher chairs. A War Council meeting follows with Frank W. Langan presiding. Mary Murray and women’s committee handle ticket sales. Ernie Anderson leads the food, Ernest Buehler oversees transportation, Joseph Rodriguez grounds, John J. Knauer honorary chair. Two saddle ponies and a pony cart donated by E A Burdick. Drop erty miniature racer owned by Ken Abbott will be used. A five-piece orchestra, Battling Blairs, Arsenal City Harmony Four will perform. Games and contests plus war stamp and bond sales planned.
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Spergietown
Sunset Heights
Filkins
Spergietown Hotel
Neil J. Kelleher
Speigletown War Council
Speigletown Hotel
Frank W. Langan
Mary Murray
Estate accounting ordered in Surrogate's Court
On motion by Ernest L Boothby for Hattie B Robinson the Surrogate's Court orders Millard R Wynkoop to file an accounting for the estate of George G Higgins. A decree of final accounting in the estate of Alexander S Allen shows executrix Cora M Hollins received 1994.11 with 1392.72 remaining to be distributed among Mary Bennett Cora M Hollins John R Allen Dorothy Durrin Alexander 8S Allen Helen Champoux and Virginia 8 Allen. Smith & Smith attorneys.
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Ernest L Boothby
Hattie B. Robinson
Edward J. Donohue
Millard R. Wynkoop
George G. Higgins
Alexander 5. Allen
Cora M. Hollins
Mary Bennett
John R. Allen
Dorothy Durrin
Alexander
Allen
Helen Champoux
Virginia
Smith & Smith
Refrigerator Blaze Halted Near River Street Church
Firemen from Central Station answered a 6:47 a.m. alarm from Box 125 for an electric refrigerator fire at the home of Rev. B. 3. Stinney, Beth El Baptist Church pastor, 74 River Street. The three story brick building houses the church on first and second floors with the pastor’s residence on the third. Damage was slight and insured.
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B. 3. Stinney
Beth el Baptist Church
River Street
Saratoga Sailor Killed in Action
Seaman George M. Whitney, 21, of Saratoga, is believed to be the first local Navy casualty in World War II. His parents at 83 Catherine Street received official Navy notice Saturday. Whitney enlisted in June 1942 and served six months on a transport in the South Pacific.
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George M. Whitney
Frederic M. Whitney
Catherine Street
City
Navy Department
South Pacific
Seaman Whitney
Army Air Corps Relies on Youth in Rapid City Post
Major Ellis E Eno, at 31, named commanding officer at Rapid City air base one of the largest tactical posts in the Second Air Force. He is believed to be the youngest post commander of similar size in the continental United States. Nearby Wendover Field experience and early pilot license at 16 mark a fast rise. his family also owns Eno Airport in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Rapid City
INS
U. S. Army Air Corps
Ellis E Eno
Rapid City Air Base
Second Air Force
Eno
Continental United States
Wendover Field
Utah
Fort Dodge
Dewey Still Figures in 1944 Race
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York is counted as a leading GOP candidate for the 1944 presidential nomination despite aides saying he will not seek it. Willkie, Bricker, and MacArthur also figure in plans with Dewey favored by some party leaders, while Willkie retains strong national followings and questions linger over his stance on Roosevelt domestic policy.
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Washington
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Winlkle
Bricker
Willkie
National Press Club
Roosevelt
Republicans
Congress
House
Hig
Columbus
Mr. Roosevelt
Fire at Bendix Green Island ovens briefly halts production
An oven blaze at Green Island, a division of Bendix Aviation, caused a short production hold up but injured no one. Green Island Fire Department and Fire Chief John B. Berg hammer supervised the extinguishing starting at 7:30 am. Marshall notes gas buildup inside the oven as the likely cause and the oven remained operational by 11 am. In other news, the Junior Society of Christian Service plans a June 30 picnic on the parsonage lawn hosted by Mrs. Fred C. Bennett.
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Marshall Eclipse
Bendix Aviation Corp
Tno
Marshall
Green Island
Society of Christian Service
Green Island Methodist, Church
Fred C. Bennett
Green Island Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Henry D. Smith
The
Bennett
Circle No. 1
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Real Estate Tax Base Reported Shrinking Rapidly
The Citizens' Public Expenditure Survey said New York State real estate tax base shrank 6.79 billion dollars over ten years, exceeding the full value of property in 54 of 62 counties. Eight counties gained 47.75 million, wiped out by losses elsewhere. The president urged local governments to cut spending and raise tax rates to match reduced revenue.
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Citizens
New York State
Allegheny
Duchess
Greene
Hamilton
Putnam
Ulster
Saratoga
Warren
James H. Mosely
Survey
Italian Fleet Sailed as Allied Invasion Fear Grows
Europe reports say the Italian fleet may have put to sea seeking safe havens or to disrupt Allied plans for Southern Europe. Madrid cites "offensive operations" while Stockholm says safer Adriatic ports. Bombing raids on Sicily strain water supply and panic grows in Bulgaria over a Balkans invasion.
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London
Europe
Rome
Madrid
Stockholm
Adriatic Sea
Spezia
Italy
Daily Mail
Sicily
Daily Man
Bulgaria
Balkans
Daily Telegraph
Istanbul
Death by own action at Meridian ends life in porch shot
A patron in Meridian who told a bartender he planned to shoot himself did so on a porch with a small caliber rifle. The man, Frank Holcomb, 58, had been in poor health. The report also covers local public notices on pool openings and village finances in Green Island and Cohoes context.
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Dato
Ins
Frank Holcomb
Meridian
Self Named Food Group A Fiasco
A Washington press conference by a self styled Food Industry War Committee aimed at solving national food problems collapsed. Twenty industry leaders debated rationing price controls and OPA policies but produced no firm plan, criticizing parity rules while urging a unified agency approach.
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Washington
Wa. Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Food Industry War Committee
Chicago
Clarence A. Francis
General Foods
Mr. Francis
Bedlam
Francis
OPA
Navy Steps Up Assaults On Kiska
U S aircraft accelerated the tempo of their Pacific offensive blasting Kiska in the Aleutians seven more times and delivering six attacks in the Solomons. The sorties included strikes on Munda Kahil Rekata Bay Santa Isabel Ballale Vila and other targets. Liberator heavy bombers and Mitchell and Ventura mediums supported by fighters attacked Kiska, setting eight fires and scattering destruction on the camp and runways.
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Washington
Pacific
Kiska
Aleutians
Solomons
Navy
Munda
New Georgia
Kahil
Bougainville Island
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel
Ballale
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Schenectady Man Held for Taking Station's Gas
Robert Jeffs of 1487 Regent Street Schenectady operated an automobile with a device to siphon gas from a service station tank. He was arrested near Chrisler and Altamont Avenues at 4 am Sunday on a vagrancy charge after officers found a rubber hose and a 25 gallon tank in his car. Jeffs, a welder at American Locomotive Co, claimed honeymoon plans behind the theft.
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Robert Jeffs
Regent Street
Schenectady
F.B.L
James Hill
Burnham Armstrong
Rotterdam
Chrisler
Altamont Avenues
Jeffs
Jefts
Sergis Albert Veeder
Bert Weather
American Locomotive, Co
Heatwave and Tragedy HitAlbany Area Victims
A day of extreme heat in Albany area topped 93 degrees and cooled to 73 in places as reports noted. Olney F. Smith, 31, died of a heart attack blamed on heat while walking on Broadway and awaiting ambulance, later dying at Memorial Hospital. Leo M. Albert, 25, of Watervliet, died in Hills Hospital Schenectady from an electrical accident while trying to restore power to a trailer home near Scotia. Coroner Senn cited rainstorm aiding damp conditions. Mrs Albert survived electrocution near the wire. neighbor Gertrude Ridder helped. Albert’s funeral arrangements set. he leaves a wife and daughter.
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Cnly
Albany
Olney F. Smith
Broadway
Memorial Hospital
Sall
Leo M. Albert
Nina A. Benedict
23Rd Street
Watervliet
Hills Hospital
Schenectacy
KE. J. Senn
Weather Bureau
Albert
Scotia
Sean
The
General , Electric To
Gertrude Ridder
Mrs. Albert
Widow Granted Right to Sue Over Fatal Auto Crash
Mrs Mariana A Barry widow of Henry F Barry has authority to sue Charles A Collins Son for her husband's death from an auto crash at 11th Street and 9th Avenue on April 10 Papers filed in Surrogate's Court by Irwin J Cohen attorney for the widow note letters of administration granted by Judge Edward J Donohue The deceased was fatally injured when a truck stopped and backed into his car The Bennett will probate proceedings report estate under 5 000 real and 5 000 personal with the widow Annette E Bennett named as heir
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Mariana A. Barry
Schaghticoke
Henry F. Barry
Charles A. Collins & Son
Jacob Sast
George W. McIisaac
Invasion Threat Echoes Across Europe and Med Air Attacks
Reports from Italy France and Britain describe intensified RAF strikes on railways ports and airfields while Mediterranean action and warned invasions loom. An American pilot Lieut John Urban earned praise for destroying a Junkers 85 over Sardinia area.
Largest stalagmite Giant's Dome forms world’s outermost cavern beauty
The Giant's Dome stalagmite at Carlsbad Caverns towers 62 feet high and is estimated to be 60 million years old towering as the world’s largest. The article mentions Brooklyn New York and Philadelphia in Bravil.
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Giant's Dome
Carlebad Caverns
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphis
Bravil
Rider Hurt in Fall From Horse Near Pinewoods Riding Club
John Cone, 13, of 730 Thire j Avenue, was taken to Troy Hospital by police after suffering a possible concussion from a fall from a horse in a field owned by the Coleman estate near the Pinewoods Avenue Riding Club. Central Station Radio patrol investigated, noting the boy had been at the riding club.
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John Cone
Thire J Avenue
Troy Hospital
Coleman
Pinewoods Avenue
Central Station
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Webster-Bailey
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van Heusen
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Alberts
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Edge OF Darkness
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