Advance from Rhine to Bonn pushes up toward Cologne
American forces on the western edge of Denning hardt clear Rhheinberg and move west of a rail line from Rheinberg to Moores. Units including the First Infantry and Ninth Armored divisions battle through Frippelsdorf Cardarf and Oberdrees, nearing Bonn as German defenders retreat toward Cologne. Ford factory north of Cologne is captured, reportedly damaged but in operation earlier. Cologne city center remains largely destroyed after heavy air bombardment.
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Denninghardt
Rhheinberg
Rheinberg
Moores
Sons of Cologne
Bonn
Ford
Frippelsdorf
Cardarf
Riine
Est- Poler
Ninth Armored
Vilages
Eustircken
Oberdrees
Sailes
Boon
Waitehead
Cologne
New Hats Feature Hair Braid Crowns at Easter Parade
New York crowds see Easter bonnets with hair braid crowns as coronet braids form halos. Open crowned halo hats showcase horsehair and straw styles, with wide brim sailor designs remaining popular in black brown or white, reflecting Paris influence and a bold spring mood.
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New York
New Yorks
Paris
Rome Riots Deepens Crisis After Deadly Clash
Carabinieri faced a bomb and rifle fire as protesters surged toward the palace. Gripped by violence, mourners carried Grupe Victin’s body to the Senate, candles lit, and a government shakeup followed as Taddeo Orlando was dismissed amid war crimes links and Communist calls for his ouster.
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Grupe Victin
Carabinieri
Peazta
Mussolini
Bonomi
Navajo Scout Hero Leads Patrols on Pacific and European Fronts
Pfc. Clifford Etsitty, known as The Chief, a 22-year-old Navajo from Mexican Springs, is a renowned scout in Company G praised for night ambush work on Attu and for leading combat patrols. He has earned a Purple Heart, endured hospital stays, and carries only a rifle as he guides his team through enemy territory. His commander notes his unmatched sense of direction and calm under fire.
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Germany
Western Front
Clifford
Etsitty
Mexican Springs
WN. ML
Enduronco
Attu
Bir P
Dutch Harbor
Texas
99Th Division
Jonn W. Haymaker
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State Agricultural College
Hisitty
Jeffies
Game
Children discuss Morality of Eiasing at Saint Anthony’s
A special meeting to plan an After-Raster dance will be held Monday at St. Anthony's Church by the Children of Mary Society. Thirty club members attended the Monday gathering led by president Otiss Frances Pafundi.
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Dante
Green Island Rod and Gun Club discusses pheasant bills and licenses
Green Island Rod and Gun Club, at 55 Paine Street, reviews Green Island Conservation bills including pheasant protection measures and higher hunting fishing license fees. The group notes no opposition to a licensing bill for women fishers and plans junior unit formation and fishing contest preparations. Obituary reports Samuel J. DeMarco 29 native resident of the village dies in Albany Hospital after long illness. He lived at 192 Third Street Albany. Funeral arrangements set with services in Albany and St Josephs Church.
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Green Island
Conservation Department
Mr. Callahan
Arthur Hull
George Katz
Howard Reda
New Hampshire Game Gora
Samuel J. DeMarco
Albany Hospital
Third Street
Cohoes Club To Hear R P 1 Navy Officer
Commander Charles R. Stefan of the naval contingent at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the speaker for the Cohoes Rotary Club meeting. A Pacific theater veteran who served at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941, Stefan earned the Navy Cross for action off Formosa and commanded a destroyer since November 1942.
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Cohoes Rottery
Charles R. Stefan
Rensselaer Polytech
Nic Institute
Stefan
Pearl Harbbor
Antapolis
Formose
Rateiga
War Objectors to Hospital Jobs in New York State
One hundred conscientious objectors will be assigned to three New York State mental institutions to relieve manpower shortages. Dr. Frederick MacCurdy announced units of about 25 at Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie and ~50 at Pilgrim State Hospital in Brentwood, with a unit to Was aai State School for Mental Defectives. Governor Dewey approved, via National Selective Service Office negotiations.
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New York State
Frederick MacCurdy
Hudson River
State Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Wasaai State School
Pilgrim State Hospital
Brentwood
J. 1
Dewey
National Selective Service Headquarters
MacCurdy
Watervliet Taxi Collision Injures Woman
A Watervliet woman suffered injuries around 1 15 am when a taxi she rode in collided with a car at Congress and River Streets. The taxi operator Earl Retzlaff reported traveling west on Congress with a green light when another auto traveling north on River Street struck them.
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Joseph Peters
Eighth Avenue
Watervliet
Toder
Ruth Farrison
River Street
Congress and
River Streets
Earl Retzlaff
Ford Avenue
Central Police Station
Congress Street
Legion Men Assist Troy Rationing Board in Volunteer Work
Troy Post American Legion members served at the Wet Price and Rationing Board for a fifth week, handling paper work and filings. Two veterans were accepted Monday night, and others traveled south for winter. The AOPA enforces ration rules, with Prosecution possible for violations. Legnard Curtin Post will take over duties at month end. Otto A Krauss leads Troy Post. Frank J Tilley leads Legnard Curtin Post.
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Troy Post
American Legion
Aplegen
OPA
Cahoes Post to Honor War Heroes Kin at Public Gathering
Cahoes Post No 476 American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary announce a public gathering to honor families of Cahoes residents who lost their lives in the present war. The event aims to collect names and addresses of fallen service members. honors to be presented include Gold Star citations and service medals. A planning meeting is set for 5 p.m. today at legion quarters on Oneida Street with Alvin P. Bullock presiding.
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Cahees
Sheir
ET. Ruere Post
American Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Claude
Rose Grignes
Grrantettents
Chshnen
Alvin PL Bullock
Pas Bans
Sarah Halloran
Hector Lanthier
Alcide J. Bernardin
Vera Ares
Oscar Vascheréau
Leo Patrode
Mra Landry
Lawrence F. Concors
Mary Ritduff
William J. Tro
Josephine Hildreth
William Gilligan
William Hutchins
Leo J. Pathode
Mra Martha
Leonidas Landry
Orville Vest
Charles Bailey
J. W. Parker
Elizabeth Parker
Keveny Memorial Academy
Legion
Oneida Street
Buttock
Obituary notices from Waterford area churches
Multiple funeral services are announced for residents including Mrs Marie Ann Lessard Mrs Eliza Jane Neary Bolton and Mrs Elizabeth Cole Burial details include St Josephs Cemetery Waterford and St Michaels Cemetery Waterford with masses and parish rites described. Other notices cover Group 1634 Polish National Alliance visitors and postal arrangements for local families. Public health clinics and a note on First Lt John E L Clifford returning to duty are included.
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Marie Ann Lessard
Platt Street
George Marra
Fred Sheperd
John Tucker
Louis Mayo
George Cox
Ernest Champagne
Father Robitaille
Leo H. Paradis
St Joseph’s Cemetery
W Waterford
Ladies’ of St. Anne Society
Anna Gary Fleetar
Reservoir Street
St Michael's Church
Imazs
Valentine Gierliacki
Bronislaus J. Mendel
Holy Trinity Church
Troy
Adam Adam
St Joseph's Church
Albany
Anthony V. Berdar
Joseph Hervieux
Bear Jers
James Corbett
Leo Words
James Killian
John Balog
Edward White
William Plante
Father Gierlacki
St. S Michael's Cemetery
Waterford
Polish National Alliance
Wiaes
Catherine C Letsion
Continental Avenue
Schuyter D- Jenkins
St. John's Episcopal Church
Ars
William Gardner
Harre Wells
Frank Soulier
Henry Chydleuch
Thomas Connell
Leonidas Landry
Jenkins
Waterford Rural Cemstery
Cohoes Youth Safely Home After Six Years in Italy
A Cohoes family reports their son spent nearly six years in Italy including time in German occupied areas retaken by Allies. At 13 he lived with grandparents in Campobasso province and describes wartime hardships, black market prices, and an escape to a cave with a companion before Nazi patrols. He served as an interpreter for the English and hopes to return home after inquiries about a passport in Rome. His brother, Cpl John Paolone, has been overseas since December 1943 with U S Army Infantry in Europe.
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Macy
Mths
Frask
Piotone
Avanua
M. Peotone
Italy
Stefano
Campobasso
Alvito
Cpl
John Paolone
Army
England
Infantry
Air Corps
France
Belgium
Rome
Soldier Wins Bronze Star For Heroic WWII Service
Cpl. William Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Smith of 102 Rensselaer Ave Cohoes, received the Bronze Star for heroism while serving with the Seventh Army in Europe. He aided his unit in France as it defeated and destroyed German forces. He enlisted in April 1942 and was overseas starting February 1944.
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Cpl
Willian Smith
Alfred Smith
Rensselaer Avenue
Smith
Sevenite
Europe
France
Cohoesier
Cohoes Child Rescued From Canal After Drowsy Swim
A 24 year old man, Thomas Phérniak, a resident of Ontario Street, rescued a child from drowning near the Champiate Canal bridge after witnesses alerted authorities. Patrolmen Donovan andothers aided in the rescue and the child was saved.
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Thomas
Phérniak
Sirs
Nicholes Phlerciak
Ontario Street
Veno Bridge
Giker
Donovan
Ftere
Cohoes Residents Plan Honor Roll Erection
Cohoes residents discussed erecting a Fifth Ward honor roll in West End Park at a Steamer 3 meeting on Johnson Avenue with Howard VeeBuskick presiding. The committee outlined campaign plans and preliminary arrangements for a quiz show by Forrest Wills in Kevenu Glorial Aoad auditorium on April 13 and reported on the house canvass.
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Sosor-Rell
West End Park
Johnson Avenue
Cohoes
Howard VeeBuskick
Wit
Forrest Wills
Kevenu Glorial Aoad
Steamer
Purple Heart Award Goes to Cohoes Man
Sei. Joan Delarcek of the Army receives the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in combat with the enemy in Belgium last November. He is the son of Walter Dziarcat of Worth Street and brother of Cpt Leo Dziarrak of the Marine Corps serving on Iwo Jima with the Third Marine Division. Delarcak holds the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and two Presidential Citations. He entered service three years ago and has spent 15 months overseas.
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Order of the Purple Heart
Sei
Joan Delarcek
Army
Belgium
Walter Dziarcat
Worth Street
Cpt
Leo Dziarrak
Marine Corps
Inve Jima
Third Marine Division
Sergeani Delarcak
Tadge
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Teacher Association of School District No. 2
Ralph Lewis
Waterford-Lecanicville Road
Evatine Reed
Lewis
Gordon WasDenburgh
Charles Morse
Charles Kuhen
Arthur H. Landmesser
Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Waterford Methodist Church
Christ
Warner Sallman
Frances Moore
Landmesser
Daughters of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dorothy
LeVan
Marion Smith
Dorothea’ Juenger
Eleanor Waterbury
June Conklin
Mwi
Rae
Warner Baxter
Fer Roe
Crime Pocter's Courage
MED Theatre Tay
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Bessie R. Daum
Rensselaer County
Red Cross
Pitkin Camp
American Legion Hall
Shirley Bibb
Pasltis Abbott
Cummings
Mildred Cummings
Gwardian
St. John’s Church
Cohoes Club
R. P
Navy
Alexander Colorudtolo
Codées
Camella Colorudtolo
Tech
Karl L. Carnibucci
Dominick Carnibucci
Willis Avenue
Ravena
Troy Rationing Board
General Wainwright
Jonathan Wainwright
United States
Toens
Philippines
KZRH
Martila
Cahoes
Hans D. Weiss
Sally Comings
Mary Lynch
Albany County Tuberculosis Association
R. J. Erickson
Oliver Durrand
Florence E. Nellis
Mildred Brown
Association
John EL. Clifford
Aix Corps
Atlantic City
Ela Clifford
Saratoga Street
Eighth Air Force
Safe
Alvito M. Paqlone
Cehoes
Cohoes Young Women's Christian Association
Harry Shoemaker
W.C. A
Cohoes Young Women’s Christian
Stagnes
Rex
Harold Hinds
Francis Dolen
Donald Gamache
Eagle Scouts
Joseph Burke
Pba
Daniel Lynch
Robert Senecal
John Grennon
James Horton
Omer
Senecal
Knights of Our Lady
Trees
Clinton E Rose
Troy! Area Council
Bor
Fred Whiting
Oliver S Dexter
North
Wast
West
Selective Service Board No
Cohoes Man
Bank OF Waterford
Waterford, N. Y
Wemetr Erderal Derostr Issurance Corporation
Stuarts Health Institute
Fourth St Troy
Ransselaer
Desansie
Resa
Jaer
Roy
Dutasce
Rensacington
Rensaetaer County
New Yat
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