Dow Officials Admit Magnesium Sale to Japan in 1938
Dow Chemical Co officials testified before the Senate Truman Committee that the firm sold 1,525,000 pounds of magnesium to Japan in 1938 but did not know its use. They said records were destroyed after three years and noted Mitsui Co. sought to buy, with negotiated pricing and no Department of State inquiry at the time.
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Washington
Dow Chemical Co
Japan
Senate
Truman Committee
Willard H. Dow
Lee B. Grant
Grant
Dow
Mitsui Co
Hugh Fulton
England
State Department
Justice Department
I. G. Farbenindustrie
Dow Chemical
Army
Navy
Berlin Raid Marks Major Daylight Bombing Run
American Eighth Air Force led a daylight assault on Berlin as 13 German fighters were destroyed by bombardment crews and Mustangs flew a 1130 mile round trip. Weather proved spotty with flak and intense air battles described as fierce but not matching Brunswick duels.
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Brunswick
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
No. 1
Robert L. Meserve
Sandpoint
Ida
DNB
Zuider Zee
Havel
James H. Doolittle
Air Force
Royal Air Force
Channel
North Sea
France
United States
Rain Forecast After Snow Slushy Snow in Troy to Melt Today
Snow began in Troy at 11 p.m. as temperatures dropped from 38 to 31 degrees in half an hour. The Weather Bureau expects a rise to sleet then rain, with a transition to all rain today. Last night set an official low of three above zero, the coldest March 6 in 32 years.
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Troy
Weather Bureau
Gripsholm Repatriation Ship Returns With Happy reunions
The Gripsholm carries home returning Americans from Europe. Several missing names from the German list are noted, including a Van Feldt brother. others like Taylor Henry AP, Philip Whitcomb Baltimore Sun, and Arno Deschfleurot Christian Science Monitor aboard. Officials offer no explanations for repatriation decisions while many aboard suffer Lisbon tummy from unrationed menus.
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Lfe
van Feldt
Laufen
Holland
New York
Europe
Lisbon
Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Philip H. Whitcomb
Baltimore Sunmpapers
Arno Deschfleurot
Christian Science Monitor
Fortgnal
Gripsholm Due Here March 14
The liner Gripsholm, carrying several hundred Americans home from Germany and occupied Europe, is expected to dock at Jersey City on March 14 or 15, per the State Department. It left Lisbon at midnight Sunday after eight hours of fog delay in the River Tagus. Passenger names and hometowns will be released as soon as the list is available.
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Washington
Gripsholm
Germany
Europe
Jersey City
State Department
Lisbon
Tagus
Air Forces Hit Southwest France and Berlin in Sunday Operations
American Marauders of the Ninth Air Force joined a Sunday offensive over Southwest France with attacks on military objectives along the invasion coast. The bomber tally reached 27 enemy planes. Saturday’s raid on Berlin appeared small in scope, targeting the outskirts with a reconnaissance flavor, as German opposition was light and pilots appeared inexperienced.
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France
Ninth Air Force
Berlin
Germany
Anzio Front Hold Tight as German Resistance Weakens
Allied officers say the German defense around Cassino is deteriorating as weather and attrition blunt attacks. British and Indian units report limited patrols and several small engagements near Littoria, Cassino, and Orsogna while anti aircraft and naval bombardment pressure German positions.
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Cassino
Mauritius
Fifth Army
Vallerotonda
Castel San Vicenzo
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Orsogna
Tolloo-Canosa
Ballston Couple Will Have Double Funeral Services
Ballston Spa. Double funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaeffer will be held tomorrow at Gurtin Funeral Home. Rev. Charles E. Hill will conduct the service for Mr. Shaeffer, and Rev. Luther A. Brown will conduct the service for Mrs. Shaeffer. Interment will be in Ballston Spa Cemetery. Mr. Shaeffer died Thursday night at Albany Hospital and is survived by three brothers. Mrs. Shaeffer, born Mary Snow, died Sunday at home, survived by their daughter Mrs. LeRoy DeLong of Ballston Spa.
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Charles
Miss Anne Smith To Speak at Cohoes Banquet
Plans for the annual Youth Fellowship banquet at the First Methodist Church Cohoes list Miss Anne C Smyth as principal speaker on the USO work with Rev Donald R Lewis also speaking. The event includes musical selections by Thelma and Lorna Schirmer and a toastmaster, with committees named for programs and decorations. Also noted are troop meetings, club reschedulings, a Red Cross fund tea, church society meetings, ordination of elders at Silliman Memorial, and a rummage sale by Court St Bernard Catholic Daughters of America.
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First Methodist Church
Cohoes
Anne C. Smyth
USO
Donald R. Lewis
Thelma
Lorna Schirmer
Eagle Mills
Morton T. Valley, Jr
William R. Buchanan, Jr
Alice Crawford
Evelyn Jameson
William R. Buchanan
Boy Scouts
Jolly Couples’ Club
Morton T. Valley
Blue Triangle Girl Reserve Club
Young Women's Christian Association
Mohawk Street
Red Cross War Fund
Bob Minnick
Anne C Smyth
Cohoes Draft Board Adds 26 to Class 1A Roster
The Cohoes Draft Board No. 354 declares 26 men formerly in Class 2B as immediately available for service, with two exceptions. The group includes Wilfred Palin Jr and Ernest Sway among others. A second group will face pre induction on Tuesday March 14, with those chosen for Feb 16 to be inducted March 16. Obituary notes Leonard F. Greene funeral held at MacAffer Funeral Home with police and sheriff pallbearers. Also reports on local service members, a good conduct medal for David F. Ahearn, Royal Arch Masons meeting, duty returns of Pvt John J. Walsh and Sgt John C. Lansing, welfare clinic at City Hall, and VFW meeting details.
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Cohoes
Ait
Wilfred c. Palin, Jr
Ernest J. Sway
George A. Blais
Edward F. Milian
Arthur Laners
Frank Kennedy
Maryanet Bury
Louis A. Catman
Leo Clarry
Virginio Cassatti
George W. Burger
William G. Evans
Paul Nadeau
Harold B
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Matthew Adriance
John J. Walsh
Army
Water Bureau
Department of Public Works
Camp Edison
N. J
Walnut Street
John C. Lansing
Camp MacArthur
Cal
Clarence Lansing
Masten Avenue
Coast Artillery
Cohoes Council
Knights of Columbus
Remsen Street
Imperial Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Betha Loman
Charles J. Eblett
Marine from Cohoes listed as wounded in action
Pvt. Edward Guay of the Marine Corps is reported wounded in action on February 7. Parents Mr and Mrs George A Guay of 21 Mangarm Street Cohoes have been notified by the Navy Department. The message provides no further details. Brother Sergt Thomas Waite also in service, enlisted June 3, 1942, stationed in California.
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Edward Guay
Marine Corps
George A. Guay
Mangarm Street
Cohoes
Navy Department
Crazy
Guay
Marins
South Pacific
Fe. Waiterl
Brooklyn Navy Rother, Sergi. Thomas Army
California
Cohoes Paper Drive Reaches Two Tons
Cohoes salvage committee reports two tons of waste paper collected so far in the drive led by William J. Vandercar. The second half of the campaign will collect curbside bundles by 9 a.m. tomorrow across the Fifth Ward.
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Cohoes
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Optometrist
Remsen St
Cohoes, N. Y
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Plan Swiss Air Service
Zurich
1NS
Swiss Office of Transportation
Swiss Alps
Anzio
Kesselring
Cisterna
Littorio
Italy
Borgo Piave
Littoria
Ballston
Robert P. Coffin
First Methodist
Anne Smith
First Baptist Church
Franklyn H. Ashby
Breslin Avenue
Women's Missionary Society
Jane
Kniskern
White Street
Philip Fontaine
Harry Hardenburgh
Trinity Class
Elmer L. Lutz
Charles Wager
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Francis L. McCauley
Home For Aged Women
Tinian Island
Marianas
Marianas Islands
Guam
Cohoes Board
Leonard F. Greene
Alison Greene
MacAffer
George F. McElvein
William %Well
James Collins
John Lis
Martin Donovan
Charles O'Rourke
Phillip Morrissey
Waterford Rural Cemetery
David F. Ahearn
Thomas J. Ahearn
Worth Street
Health Department
Hans D. We
Mary Lynch
Sally Cummings
Veterans’ Session
Cohoes Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Comdr
David Mayeroff
Ladies of St. Anne Society
St. Marie's Church
Toy
Michael Lajuenesse
Corp
Leo J. Gadoua, Jr
Army Air Forces
Leo Gadoua
Common Council
City Hall
the Red Cross
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Red Cross
Eisenhower
WAR Fund
J. M. Warren Company
River Street
Troy, N. Y
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