Western Front Push Near Bonn as U S Troops Advise Rhine
American forces cleared Rheinberg area and moved toward the Rhine after taking Abtal to Moores east of the river. The Ninth Armored Division seized six villages near Oberdrees, while German retreat continued southward and Cologne was heavily damaged by bombing, with much of the old city reduced to rubble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donning- Barat Forest
Rheinberg
Abtal
Moores
Cologne
Bonn
Goate
U. & First Infantry
Trippelsdorf
Cardorf
Rhine
Soen
Wilagea
Oberdrees
Souhwest
Whitehead
Coogee
Cotogne
Waterford notes weekly meetings and services
The Waterford-Half Moon Parent Teacher Association plans a Monday meeting at 7 pm at Mrs. Ralph Lewis home on the Waterford Mechanicville Road with Mrs Evaline Peed presiding. Rev Arthur H Landmesser will conduct a Lenten devotional at Waterford Methodist Church at 7:30 pm tomorrow using The Head of Christ artwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford-Half Moon
Teather Association
Sciuco District No. 2
Ralph Lewis
Waterford-Mechanic- Ville Road
Evaline Peed
Lewis
Gordon WaqDenburet
Charles Morse
Charles Kuhen
Arthur H. Landmesser
Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Troy
Waterford Methodist Church
Christ
Warner Sallman
Frances Moore
Afr
Landmesser
Triangle
Braids Drive New Hats At New York Spring Parade
New hats feature hair braid crowns and halo styles as part of New York spring hat week. Designers showcase light wearable pieces with wide brims and crowns braided in horsehair and fabric. The look centers on crowning braids with marginal Paris influence and popular Easter boronets for coronet braids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Rome Riots After Bomb Attacks Endanger Palace Crowd
In Rome Carabinieri halted a crowd after two bombs exploded amid protests near the palace. American and British military police arrived to secure the area as the mob carried a slain man’s body to the vestibule and celebrated with candies and flags. The incident follows the escape of a former Mussolini era chief of staff and intensifies tensions that threaten the government. The Carabinieri chief was dismissed amid calls for war crimes charges against other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viensale
Foaria
Intting Amy
Mussolini
Bonomi
HEMI
Taddeo Oriatdo
Carabinieri
Oriatdo
Roatte
Sie
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Hig
Indian Scout Hero Fights on Front in Germany
Full-blooded Navajo scout known as The Chief serves with Company G in the 99th Division on the European front. He has fought in the Pacific and Europe, earned a Purple Heart, and led patrols with calm precision despite injuries. He recalls night ambushes against Japanese and skirmishes with German troops, praising discipline and direction in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Western Front
Pie
Clifford iThe
Etsitty
Mexican Springs
New Mexico
Pacific
Amy
Attu
Dutch Herter
Tyro
Texas
99Th
Dohn W. Heymaker
Manhattan
Kazi
Kansas State Agricultural College
Haymaker
Fal meeting on Easter after-ceremony at St Anthony’s
A fal meeting to arrange an after Easter dsfice will be held Monday at St Anthony's Charity by the Children of Mary Sodality. Thirty club members attended the meeting Monday with a discussion on The Morality of Kissing. The business meeting was led by Miss Frances Pafundl, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony's Churity
Children of Mary
Frances Pafundl
Green Island club discusses conservation bills and licenses
Green Island Red and Gun Club at 53 Paine Street debated proposed conservation bills including pheasant protection measures and higher hunting fishing license fees. The meeting covered a license for women to fish, with opposition to the fee increase and plans for an upcoming fishing contest and junior unit formation. Obituary noted Samuzi J. DeMarco, 29, of Albany, formerly Green Island, died after long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Island Red and Gun Club
Reams
Paine Street
Daniel Callahan
Senate
Albany
Conservation ‘Department
Atthorky
Conservation Department
Amon
Calishan
Arthur Hull
George Kotz
Clus
Howard Roda
New Hampshire Game Commission
Game Committee
Wish
War Objectors Assigned to New York State Hospitals
One hundred conscientious objectors will be assigned to three New York State mental institutions to relieve manpower shortages. Dr. Frederick MacCurdy said within thirty days about 235 Mennonites will serve at Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, with others at Wassaic State School for Mental Defectives and Pilgrim State Hospital Brentwood Long Island. Governor Dewey approved, with National Selective Service Headquarters negotiating the arrangement. more objectors may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuzi J. DeMarco
Albany
Third Street
Bette
MacCurdy
St Joseph's Church
New York State
Frederick MacCurdy
Hudison River State Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Wassaic State School
Pilgrim
State Hospital
Brentwood
Dewey
National Selective Service Headquarters
Cohoes Club to Hear R P I Navy Officer
The Cohoes Rotary Club will hear Commander Charles B Stefan of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A Pacific theater veteran, he served at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941, earned the Navy Cross off Formosa, and later commanded a destroyer before two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Stefan
Raleigh
Watervliet Woman Injured In Taxi Car Collision
Mrs Joseph H Peters, 32, of 14 7 Eighth Avenue Watervliet, sustained leg and body injuries around 2 15 am today when a taxi in which she rode collided with a northbound car at Congress and River Streets. Taxi driver Bart Retziaf, 9 Ford Avenue, reported to Central Police Station that he had a green light and was traveling west on Congress Street when struck by the other vehicle driven by Ruth Farrison of 79 River Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Peters
Eighth Avenue
Watersfiet
Ruth Farrison
River Street
Congress and
River Streets
Bart Retziaf
Ford Avenue
Central Police Station
Congress Street
Legion Men Aid Troy Rationing Board in WWI Effort
Two World War I veterans joined Troy Post American Legion members in aiding the War Price and Rationing Board. Volunteers processed gasoline applications, denying those with no valid reason for South trips as winter demand rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Post
American Legion
War Price and Rationing Board
OPA
Service volunteers receive maintenance aid under service rules
They receive maintenance and a small financial allowance. They are subject to Selective Service regulations and the rules of the institutions to which they serve, though they gain no civil service status.
Cohoes Post Plans War Heroes Kin Honor Gathering
The Cohoes Post 475 American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary announce a city wide survey to collect names and addresses of local war dead and service members for a public tribute. A general committee meeting is set for 3 p.m. at the Legion quarters on Oscida Street with Alcide Bernardin and Mrs Hettor Lanthier listed among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
E. T. Ruare
Ike
Keveny Memorial
Oscida Street
Mr. Bullock
Obituary notices from Waterford area funeral services
A string of notices covers multiple local obituaries and funeral services. Marie Ann Lessard and Elza Jane Neary Bolton are named with burial plans at St Joseph's Cemetery Waterford and a Requiem Mass at St Marie's Church. Elizabeth Cole Anna Gary Fleszar Catherine Longton and Catherine Longton are listed with service details. The piece also notes public health clinic activity and a service member’s return to duty from England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Ann Lessard
Jacy
St Marie's Church
Su Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Elza
Jane Neary Bolton
Thomas R. Spiltot
Remsex Street
Cohoes
Beré
St. Joseph's Church
Celas A. Robitaille
Gertrude’ Cone
Nora Roulter
Henry P. Pellerin
Cecila M. Rivei
Miss Rivet
Beethoven
George Afarra
Fred Shepard
John Tucker
Louis Mayo
George Cox
Ernest Champagne
Father Robitaille
Leon Paradis
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Ladies’ of St
Reservoir Street
St. Ichael's Church
Valentine Gierliackti
Bronislaus J. Mendel
Holy Trinity Church
Troy
Adam Adam
St Joseph’s Church
Albany
Anthony V. Berdar
Catherine C. Longton
Pai
Continental Avenue
Schurler
Jenkins
St. John's Episcopal Church
William Gardner
Harry Wells
Frank Souler
Henry Chrcheuwr
Connell
Leonidas Landry
Waterford Eurail
Cohoes Youth Recounts Six Years Abroad in War Europe
A Cohoes youth aged 15, sent to Italy for schooling, describes life under German occupation in Campobasso province, noting shortages and a black market for clothing. He recalls shelter in a cave for 13 days, capture by German soldiers, and a later mission as an English interpreter. He also mentions his brother Corporal Paotone overseas since 1933 and a visit to Rome to seek a passport home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Avenue
Cohoes
Bivione
Italy
Granc Perzents Fq
Stefano
Frovince
Campobasso
Algie
Cpl
John Paotone
Army
England
Infantry
Air Corps
France
Belgium
Rome
Cohoes Soldier Wins Bronze Star Award
Cpl William Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred South of 102 Rensselaer Avenue, receives the Bronze Star for heroism with the Seventh Army in Europe. He was inducted in April 1941 and sent overseas in February 1944. The report notes his role aiding his outfit in completing missions contributing to the defeat of the German army in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Willam Smith
Alfred South
Rensselaer Avenue
Sith
Seventh Army
Europe
France
Cohocsier
Cohoes Child Rescued From Canal
A 21 year old son of Mr and Mrs Nickolas Termiak of 221 Osterio Street was rescued from drowning in the Cohoes Canal. A neighbor aided the boy after he entered the canal waters near a bridge. He was taken to James Hospital in critical or uncertain condition according to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tereiag
Nickolas
PR Termiak
Osterio Street
Borth
Theetaria Street
Ce Dr. James Hospital
Cohoes Residents Plan Hover Roll Project and Quiz Event
Cohoes residents outline Fifth Ward hover roll plan at West End Park with Howard VanBussick as chair. The campaign aims to raise funds for the project and a quiz show by Forrest Willis is set for April 13 at the Morish Academy auditorium. Additional program details to follow. House-to-house canvass results were reported. another meeting is planned at Steamer 3 Monday at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Park
Mom Z
Johnsos Nue
Cohoes
Howard
VanBussick
Forrest Willis
Vedy
Pun
Purple Heart Award To Cohoes Man Sgt John Dziarcak
Sgt John Dziarcak of Cohoes receives the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in combat in Belgium last November. He is the son of Walter Dziarcak of Worth Street and brother of Cpl Leo Dziarcak of the Marine Corps on Iwo Jima. He holds the Combat Infantryman Badge and two Presidential Unit Citations. He entered the Army three years ago and has been overseas 13 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dziarcek
Army
Belgium
Lsst
Walter Dziaresk
Worth Street
Cpl
Leo Dziarcak
Marine I Corps
Iwo Jima
Marine Division
Dziarcak
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Pard
Ronic Triangle
Daughters of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dorothy
Lev ¥An
Marion Smith
Dorothea Juenger
Eleanor Waterbury
St. Patrick’s Day
June Conklin
Ontta
Walter Rilla
Warner Baxter
Watmer Theatre
Ald Ee
Mota St
Bessie R. Daum
Rensselaer County
Red Cross
Pitkin Camp
Green Island
American Legion Hall
Shirley Bibb
Phyllis Abbott
Sally Cummings
Mildred Cummings
St John’s Church
Camp Fire
Alexander Celeruotolo
Camella Celeruotolo
Tech
Karl L. Carnibucci
Dominick Carnibucci
Whls Avenue
Ravéna
Furiough
Cohoes Club
R. P. I. Navy
Watervliet
Legion Men
Troy Rationing Board
Legnard-Curtin Post
American Legion of
Otto A. Krauss
Frank J. Tiley
Legnard Curtin Post
Wainwright
Jonathan Wainwright
Philippines
KZR
Manila
Rezth
Hans @. Weiss
Mary Lynch
Pebdue Health
Albany County Tuberculosis Association
RT. Erickson
Oliver Durrand
Fiorence i! Melis
Mildred Brown
John E_ Clifford
Atlantic City
E. J. Clifford
Saratoga Street
Eighth Air Force
Safe
Alyvsto
Colices Tolling Women's Christian Association
Harry Shoemaker
Boy Scouts of America
St. Agnes
Perents E
Harold Hinds
Francis Dolan
Dozsld Mathe
Iroop
Joseph Surse
Co. R. Sherwood, Jr
Selective Service Board No. 343
Cohoes Man
Bank OF Waterford
Waterford, N.Y
Ember Federal Deposit Ensurance Corporation
Stuarts Health
Ana Denver
Somitrenth
Rensesiacs
N.Y. McOts
Fiies
Ronsex
Gemer View
Rensselaer
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