Peace Shares Lead Market Recovery
The stock market advanced led by peace shares amid broad buying of strong dividend names. Final gains ranged from fractions to about two points with heavy five hour volume of 1,692,575 shares. Motors and rubbers plus International Telephone, Johns Manville and Westinghouse fueled the rally while rails and aircraft lagged.
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International Telephone
Johns Manville
Westinghouse
General Motors
Chrysler
American Telephone
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
duPont
American Sugar
U. S. Steel
Western Union
Union Carbide
Chicago
Stock Market Quoted by Foster and Adapts High Low Close
Foster reports stock market figures with high low and close values adapted from the latest financial page. Data points reflect intraday movement and closing prices for key listed securities.
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Illness Delays Noxon Trial in Pittsfield Electrocution Case
Juror James Cullen's illness again suspends the murder trial of John F. Noxon Jr. in Pittsfield as pathologist Dr. Alan Moritz testifies the infant Lawrence died of acute heart failure from electric current. Embalmer Walter Sime recounts body removal to establish corpus delicti amid defense objections.
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Cullen
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Noxon
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Atend
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Abraham E. Pinanski
Sime
Massachusetts
Joseph B. Ely
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Allies Await New Blow at Beachhead
Allied HQ in Naples reports German forces near the Rome beachhead regrouping with fresh troops and armor, possibly planning a fourth major push. Two weeks after their third assault, Nazi losses reach 24,000 in the area as New Zealand siege guns hit a rail station near Cassino amid intense duels west of Cisterna. Weather hampers ground fighting with heavy snow and mud, while Allied air forces conduct 1,300 sorties including raids on Toulon and Rome.
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Cassino
Cisterna
Carroceto
Toulon
France
Florence
Eighth Army
Toilo
Collins to Be Toastmaster at Communion Breakfast
County Clerk Lawrence J. Collins will serve as toastmaster at the annual communion breakfast of A. O. H. at Hendrick Hudson. City Judge John J. Sweeney will deliver the principal address, with Rev. William Cleary and Mrs. M. T. Ryan among other speakers. Joseph Doocey and Joseph Dillon will be soloists at the mass and breakfast, with reservations closing tonight at the committee meeting hosted by Mrs. Julia Mace.
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Hendrick Hudson
John J. Sweeney
William 3. J. Cleary
M. T. Ryan
Cathal Daughters of America
Joseph Doocey
St. Peter's Church
Joseph Dillon
Julia Mace
Fourth Street
Jap Forces Trapped in Burma Jungle
Japanese forces in a U shaped trap near Wantuk Bum Mountain in North Burma face possible breakout attempts. Allied pressure along the road and jungle accounts with Chinese and American forces have cut off the Japanese, who were flooding huts and leaving supplies as they retreat. Chinese troops under Maj. Gen. Liao Yao-Hsiang advanced toward Shingban after Maingkwan, with a mix of snipers left behind and disrupted supply dumps signaling surprise and coordinated attack.
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Walawbum
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Frank Merrill
Burma
Stilwell
Wantuk Bum
Shingban
Arm Injury Basis for $2730 Award
Several workers received monetary awards for work related injuries. John J. Steward of Troop G State Police led with 35 percent loss of use of his left arm securing $2730. Braddock H. Peckham of Ludlow Valve Manufacturing received $1440 for 20 percent loss of use of his left leg. Other awards included Augusto Bartolucci $574.66 for 15 percent loss of his right foot at L. B. Brockett Lumber Co and Charles Stark $512.50 for 10 percent loss of use of his foot at Adirondack Foundry & Steel. Richard Parkhill of Kingston Horse Market got $472 for a period Jan 20 1943 to Mar 8 1944 plus $100 attorney fees. Jacob Zakrzewski $268.01 for 30 percent loss of left great toe with Ludlow Valve, Herman Epstein $257.96 for 15 percent loss of right thumb with Symansky Brothers, Stephen Baracate $200 for June 25 1943 to Aug 20 1943 with Rensselaer Valve Co. Two men received permanent facial disfigurement awards: Hobart J. Salmon $150 with Stillman Betts Transfer Co and Alvah J. Thurbger $3100 with George J. McKeon and Harold Van deCar.
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Harold van deCar
Readers' Corner Letters From Readers on Language
Grant Fisk criticizes trendy yes-no question forms and cites Shakespeare. R E Bowman mocks pronouncing wound as woond and includes a comic verse about a pond and a wounded shot. Clyde Fillmore jokes about a news caster calling a Canadian PM King of Canada. A G Oakland corrects Roosevelt pronunciation quoting Mrs Roosevelt. Offer for a pamphlet on the Star Spangled Banner with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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LaGuardia Orders Arrest of Slot Machine King
New York police were ordered by Mayor LaGuardia to arrest Frank Costello, the reputed slot machine king, as detectives prepare to detain him under vagrancy laws. Costello, back from Miami ten days ago, moved freely and attended prize fights while awaiting talks with police. Authorities link him to aiding the Democratic nomination of Supreme Court Justice Aurelio and to payments connected to Lepke Buchalter.
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Soldier Wounded Receives Purple Heart for Rome Beachhead
Pfc. Raymond Whalen of Whitehall has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered during the beachhead landings south of Rome. He reports a broken right arm and wounds to the left arm in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whalen.
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Rope Record Spurs Effort At Lake Washington Shipyards
Workers at the Lake Washington shipyards keep a rope with knots tied after each seaplane tender christening to mark production status. The rope has 18 knots, reflecting 18 completed seaplane tenders to date.
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