Green Island Voters Back Unopposed Democratic Ticket
Green Island voters cast 445 ballots to reelect the unopposed Democratic slate led by Charles J. McDermott as village president. Taxpayers adopted a new budget of 59069.26 with the April tax rate likely below last year’s 0.84 per hundred. A fire damaged Central Market. no injuries reported. Knights of Columbus and auxiliary activities noted in local notices.
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Green Island
Charles J. McDermott
Taxpayers
Corporation Hall
Public Works Department
Public Works Fund
McDermott
Tomhannock Women Plan Red Cross Sewing Session
The women will meet tomorrow at Viola Brundige’s home to finish Red Cross sewing. Each attendee brings sandwiches. coffee will be provided. Thurman Grogan returns to Camp Davis after a 15 day furlough at his parents’ home. Orin Akin returns home after four weeks at Leonard Hospital for an appendectomy. Mrs Chriss Stevens hosted the 500 Club with Agnes Madigan and Grace Galloway among the winners.
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Viola Brundige
Red Cross
Thurman Grogan
Camp Davis
N. C
Gerry Grogan
Orin Akin
the Leonard Hospital
Chriss Stevens
500 Club
Agnes Madigan
Grace Galloway
Legal notice of sale in Rensselaer County
By virtue of an execution in Rensselaer County Court the rent and interest of Sarah Kupink are levied on a described Troy property. The parcel from Got No 45 on the Troy Parkway Villa site map, filed 1914, fronts Second and Can Tess Streets. Sale set for March 7, 1944 at Centre Court. Sheriff Philete Raver notes the notice.
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Rensselaer County
Sarah Kupink
Rensselaer and
St York
Troy Parkway
Grimes, Headdey and Calkins
Troy
County of Rensselaer
Sarah J. Ruping
Hensselaer County
Eeven
Gourt
Renasinger County Courtouse
Second
Can Tess Streets
Philete Jraver
Sherig
New York
German War Prisoners Arrive at Papago Camp Arizona
The first group of German prisoners of war arrived at the Papago War Internment Camp in Phoenix. Col. A. H. Means said the number was between 600 and 1000 and that the prisoners are available for agricultural and other non war related work.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Papago War
A. H. Means
Means
Tantalum Is Miracle Metal and War Resource
The bluish white element tantalum, tied to tantalite ore flown from Brazil to Fansteel Metallurgical Corp in North Chicago, is called a miracle metal. It powers radar and radio tubes, aids chemical processes, machine tools, surgery, electrical gear, and optics, with seven major industrial uses highlighted and a high melting point aiding durability and efficiency.
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Chicago
Brazil
Fansteel Metallurgical Corp
North
Tantalus
Local News Briefs From Glens Falls Area In Brief
Whitehall Charles A Day of West Street underwent a major operation at Glens Falls Hospital and is reported in fair condition. Pvt and Mrs James Gordon visit his parents on Champlain Avenue while Gordon serves in Boston. Junior Sabo of West Street injured hand in an electric wringer. no bones broken per Dr Leslie White. Mrs Herbert Dunkel of New York returns after visiting Daniel Duffy and family. Paul V Mason, a 17 year old from Whitehall, recently completed naval boot camp at Bainbridge and now attends gunners’ school after enlisting nine months ago.
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Charles A. Day
West Street
Glens Falls Hospital
James Gordon
John Gordon
Champlain Avenue
Gordon
Boston
Sabo
John Sabo
Leslie A. White
Herbert Dunkel
New York
Daniel Duffy
Broadway
Paul V. Mason
Whitehall
Lampson
Gunners’ School
Bainbridge, Ind
George Mason
Ballston Spa
Navy to Name Escort Ship For First Troy Can Die in War
The destroyer escort vessel under construction will honor the late Lt. George E. Davis jr, a Troy native killed February 4, 1942, while serving on the Houston in the Java Sea. His widow will christen U S 8 Davis at a spring launch in Orange Texas, with Davis’ parents attending.
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Navy
Troy
George E. Davis, Jr
Troy Young
Davis
U.S
Orange
Tex
George E. Davis
Brunswick Road
Herzog
William E. Herzog
Java Sea
Houston
Uniontown
Pahejam
Beefsteaks Will Be Tough This Year
New York reports 1944 meat shortages with steaks and chops predicted to be tough and stringy. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association cites OPA price ceilings as inadequate for high quality. New York City households face potential meat starvation while other areas expect adequate supply but face processor squeeze. Restaurants and hotels may fare better due to higher ceiling prices for public venues.
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New York
INS
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
OPA
Midwest
New York City
The
Meat Trade Institute, Inc
Mother of Quadruplets Says She's Not Married
Nora Carpenter, 23, who gave birth to quadruplets, said she is not married, a correction echoed by her mother in Heanor Derbyshire. The statement follows an earlier claim and reflects the family’s wish for honesty about the facts.
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Derbyshire
England
Nora Carpenter
Miss Carpenter
Concert Violinist Sues Hollywood Restaurant Over Tough Steak
Hollywood violinist Hrach Yacoubian filed a $20,250 damage suit claiming a steak at a fashionable Hollywood restaurant lacerated his larynx on February 16, forcing cancellation of concert contracts worth $16,000.
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Hollywood
INL
Hrach Yacoubian
Yacoubian
Monty Laboratories Files Bankruptcy Petition in Utica
Monty Laboratories Corp of Albany and Coeymans filed a bankruptcy petition in Federal Court at Utica. Liabilities are listed at 150,431 with nominal assets of 276,009. Officers include Franklin J. Seaton, Edward L. Prickett, and John W. Seaton. The firm, formed in May 1943 to manufacture hand grenades, seeks reorganization and states a 105,000 claim against Smaller War Plants Corp.
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Monty Laboratories Corp
Albany
Coeymans
Troy
Gerard C. Grenier
Second Street
Utica
Troy Area
Franklin J. Seaton
Waterviel
Edward L. Prickett
Valley Fallz
John W. Seaton
Castleton
George B. Snyder
War Plants Corp
Coeymang
383 Nazi Planes Shot Down in the Mediterranean
Allied Mediterranean air forces say 383 enemy planes were destroyed in February, bringing total Nazi aircraft shot down in the first two months of 1944 to 758. Allied losses were 182 planes in February and 259 in the two months, excluding ground or irreparably damaged aircraft.
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Naples
Greek Saboteurs Kill 400 Nazis On Troop Train
Greek guerrillas led by a British officer detonated mines under a troop train near Mount Olympus on February 22, sending 11 cars into the Pinios River. About 400 German soldiers including a general and staff were killed, with others perishing or murdered after the plunge. The train was traveling from Athens to Berlin in heavy snow when the bombs exploded. The British officer’s name was not released.
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Cairo
Mount Olympus
Greece
Pinios
Athens
Berlin
Martin Supports Price Controls
Massachusetts Republican Leader Martin urged speedy congressional action to extend the price control act set to expire June 3. He called price controls absolutely necessary to prevent run away prices amid goods shortage and urged the House Banking Committee to begin hearings immediately. Speaker Spence said no decision yet on public hearings.
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Washington
P-- House
Martin
Massachusetts
House Banking Committee
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
OPA
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
Spence
Motion Sickness Capsules Enter Army Medicine Chest
The Army adds motion sickness capsules to its medical chest after months of successful testing in the continental U.S. and limited field use. The bulletin notes the capsules contain a sedative and may reduce motion sickness by at least 40 percent, though ingredient details were not disclosed.
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Washington
Army Medicine Chest
Army Medical Department
United States
German People Ready For Peace, Halifax Says
British Ambassador to the United States said that a free vote by the German people would likely show a desire for peace at almost any price, though such a vote is not possible. He spoke before the St David's Society, a Welsh American group. He argued Germans suffer and complain, but have surrendered bodies and souls and cannot control their destiny.
Tito's Winter Drive Kills 26,000 Nazis
A Moscow radio report cited by Red Star claims Tito's forces under Field Marshal Josip Broz inflicted 26,000 German officer and man casualties during December and January as part of a winter campaign. The brief broadcast notes overall losses of 43,000 during the period.
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New York
Moscow
Josip Broz
Red Star
Two Drop Dead Before Doctors Offices Jamestown
Three hours after William Erickson age 76 collapsed and died in front of a doctor's office. In the next block Katherine Shaffer age 63 also died in front of a different doctor’s office. Coroner Samuel T. Bower ruled heart attack in both cases.
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Jamestown PI
William Erickson
Katherine Shaffer
Atricken
Samuel T. Bower
Newsprint Supplies May Increase Soon
Harold J. Boeschenstein of the War Production Board Forest Products Bureau predicts improved newsprint supply in the second half of 1944 if new demand stays flat and if pulpwood gains materialize. He spoke at a closed meeting of the newspaper industry advisory committee on Tuesday.
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Washington
Harold J. Boeschenstein
Forest Products Bureau
War Production Board
Boeschenstein
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
Fire Destroys Aeronautics Plant in Manhattan
A five-alarm blaze destroyed the Cadet Aeronautics plant in downtown Manhattan injuring seven firefighters. Chief Fire Marshal Brophy said the fire began from an incinerator blowing sparks into a rear woods scrap pile, with extensive damage spreading to the adjacent seven-story John Stewart Furniture Company building.
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New York CP
Cadet Aeronautics, Incc
Manhattan
Thomas P. Brophy
John Stewart Furniture Company
Aeronautics
Local Selective Service Board 345 Announces Reclassifications
Seven reclassifications listed by Local Selective Service Board No 345 include five men moved to class 1A George Grenier Stanley J Mickiewicz Glenn E Bloomingdale Hugh P Dowd and Frank W Ashley Lewis J Chinski in class 2B H and Carol Ryszkiewicz in class 3 A H A group of 100 men called Special underwent physicals yesterday at the Area Induction Center Corps To Meet a P N A Girls Bugle and Drum Corps session scheduled for 7 p m at rooms Miss Valeria Kolonczyk majorette to preside A card party social by Ladies Auxiliary of E T Ruane Post Ameri can Legion today at 2 p m at Mrs Alving Dickinson 20 Lancaster Street Soldier Transferred Pvt John Page in service since January transferred from Fort Dix N J to New Orleans La training completed Navy Seaman Louis ODrapalski to receive further training at sea Rev Paul Morrison appointed pastor of Trinity Methodist Church Highland Park Mich moving from Emmanuel Methodist Lockport Paper collection all Streets of the First Ward covered today for city wide waste paper drive Ward basis with schedules announced Leap Year Baby Sharon Lee Schenk born Friday night at Cohoes Hospital April 21 tentative Pilgrimage to Mount Mariah set for Master Masons in Cohoes Lodge No 116 to be conducted at the Armory
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Local Selective Service Board
George ¥. Grenier
Stanley J. Mickiewicz
Glenn E. Bloomingdale
Hugh P. Dowd
Frank W. Ashley
Lewis J. Chinski
Carol Ryszkiewicz
Area
P.N. A. Girls
Valeria Kolonczyk
Majorette
Wil
Ladies’ Auxiliary
E. T. Ruane Post
American Legion
Alving Dickinson
Lancaster Street
Paul Morrison
St. James’ Methodist Church
Cohoes
Trinity Methodist Church
Highland Park
Detroit
Emmanuel Methodist Church
Lockport
First Ward
Cohoes War
Mount Mariah
Fellowcraft Club of
Cohoes Budget Proposal Faces Public Hearing in 1944 Levy Rise
The tentative 1944 Cohoes budget reveals a tax rate of 44.03 per thousand, up 2.66 from 1943, with total spending of 1,039,432.09 and a combined city levy of 360.88 per thousand including state and county rates. The plan increases general government costs to 372,918.83 and health services to 60,059.29, while public safety and miscellaneous expenses rise. a hearing is set for Friday March 10 and budget sheets are available at City Clerk’s office. Local residents, including Evelyn Fountain and several service members’ families, note related personal updates as the city moves toward adoption. A bill to eliminate the abandoned Champlain Canal in Cohoes was also introduced by Assemblyman McBain and Senator Elway.
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Cohoes
Common Council
Fie
Rudolph L. Roulier
Record Newspapers
Michael Jacan
Navy
Olga Jacan
Jackson Avenue
South Pacific
Joseph Sweda
Army
Kay Menter
Troy
Paul Sweda
England
Champlain Canal
Cohvoes
John McBain
Watervliet
Julian B. Elway
Albany
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Paine and
Swan Streets
Deamage
Robert McCarney
Knights
Webster-Bailey Auxiliary
Sons of Union Veterans of the
G. A. R. Hall
Tomhannock
American Red Cross
Hendrick Hudson
Donald J. Pitcher
Robert Wells
John Stanton Mahony
Rose Harvey
Hudson Valley Fuel Corp
Troy High School
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jane Hine
William J. Hine
Manila
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
John KE. Davis
Albany Medical College
Monty Laboratories
Mediterranean
Anzio
Italy
Halifax
Tito
ELKS
John Page
Fort Dix
N. J
New Orleans
Ward
Viola
Oneida Street
Louis
Odrapalski, Freman
Naval Submarine School
New London
Conn
Sharon Lee Schenk
Henry Schenkavuna
Cohoes Hopital
Evelyn Fountain
Hotel
Pennsylvania
Artives
Harry J. Caropreso
Evva Sweda
Henry Caropreso
North Street
Pittsfield
Mass
Berry “Vonette
Flor Frederics
PERM
Empire
Ofen
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