Tales Of Horror From Gripsholm Repatriates
The 669 repatriates on the Gripsholm recounted German atrocities in occupied Europe. Alberta Erdtsieck and Harry Kirkpatrick described shootings in Dutch streets and mass killings of Czechs and Jews after Heydrich’s assassination. Some groups faced family separations on returning to the United States.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gripsholm
Blonde
Iowa
Alberta Erdtsleck
Harry Kirk- Patrick
Pomona
Reinhard Heydrich
Hitler
Misa Erdtsieck
United States
Holland
Amsterdam
Women's Army Corps
Kirkpatrick
Prague
Skoda
Pilsen
Heydrich
John Roll
Binghamton
France
America
Army
Ellis Island
New York Irish Parade Amid Rain Draws Thousands
The 116th annual St Patrick’s Parade in New York drew about 48,000 marchers and 200,000 spectators along Fifth Avenue in steady rain. Army Capt Stephen J Meany, chaplain of the 169th Infantry and famed Fighting 69th, led the march after being wounded in action last November while attempting to aid a comrade.
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New York (P
Makin Island
Sons and Daughters of Erin
St. Patrick
Fifth Avenue
Army
Stephen J. Meany
S.J
169Th Infantry
New York
De Valera Stresses Irish History In St Patrick Day Address
Prime Minister Eamon De Valera told Dublin listeners on the St Patrick's Day radio address that Ireland endures as a nation because it would not yield. He linked this to Eire's 1,500 year history and to the current policy of refusing to oust Axis diplomats at the United States’ request, a stance that has prompted Britain to isolate the island.
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London
Eamon de Valera
Hire
St. Patrick’s Day
Dublin
United States
de Valera
Eire
Magnetized Needle Guides Chest Surgery in Macon
In Macon Georgia an 18 year old, James King, had a steel splinter removed from his chest using a magnetized sewing needle suspended by thread to locate the incision site. The technique echoes a Pearl Harbor era invention now used in large hospitals.
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Macon
James King
Pearl Harbor
Palestine Plan Faces Military Rebuff in Congress Move
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to postpone a resolution urging unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine, saying military authorities advised against immediate action. The decision reflected strong military voice opposing rapid congressional endorsement.
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Washington
Congress
Palestine
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Saboteurs disrupt Dutch rail system in occupied Holland
Aneta reports widespread sabotage of the Dutch railway system under German occupation. Police general Walther Rauter asks Berlin to send a special battalion after Dutch guards fail to quell the activity.
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London
Holland
Walther Rauter
Netherlands
Berlin
Aneta
Wills of Writers Probated in Emporia Kansas
William Allen White editor of the Emporia Gazette left the bulk of his estate to his widow Sallie L. White. The will shows White owned half the Gazette with his wife and son W L White each owning a quarter. Mrs White will own three quarters of the Gazette and the Gazette building. Fourteen long serving Gazette employees each receive 1000 dollars. W L White receives a farm, while real and personal estate are valued at 68505 dollars with 65000 dollars of life insurance payable to Mrs White not part of probate.
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Emporia, Kas
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Sallie L. White
White
The
Gazette
Five Trojans Begin Service In Marine Corps
Five Trojan men start Marine recruit training at Parrish Island after leaving Albany Recruiting Station Worded as five recruits: Thomas J. Daley Richard A. Degnan John J. Cooney John Cocuzza and Edward J. Hanlon The article notes family ties and prior employment for each, including Daley a National Guard member two brothers in the Navy Degnan a Catholic Central graduate and basketball player and Cooney a father of two with a brother in the Army Cocuzza a father of four with two brothers in service and Hanlon a father of one with Arsenal employment background
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Marine Corps
Albany
Parrig Island
Thomas J. Daley
Ida Daley
Burden Avenue
Richard A. Degnan
John T. Degnan
Second Avenue
John J. Cooney
Jennie Cooney
Fifth Avenue
John Cocuzza
Alice Cocuzza
Ninth Street
Edward J. Hanlon
Margaret Hanlon
Hudson Valley Fuel Co
Daley
National Guard
Degnan
Catholic Central High School
Mavy
Bebr- Manning Corp
Cooney
Coccuzza
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Arsenal
Hanlon
Income Tax Changes Target 624 Dollar Threshold and New Rules
The plan raises the low threshold to 624 dollars for new taxpayers and shifts 9 million current victory tax payers to regular income tax with similar burdens. It would replace the victory tax with a single surtax, offer standard deductions, and introduce a simplified tax table for those earning under 5,000.
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Ways and Means
Doughton
Cobb's Widow Named Chief Beneficiary in Will
New York author Cobb left an estate valued over ten thousand dollars with his widow as chief beneficiary. A life interest in five sixths of the residue and a second life interest in one sixth funds support his sister Marie Howland of New York for life. Daughter Elizabeth Cobb Rogers receives twenty five thousand upon brother's death, other trust proceeds to her heirs. Library and manuscripts go to Carnegie Public Library Paducah. brother John Cobb of Memphis was omitted.
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New York
Irvin
Cobb
Kentucky
Marie Cobb Howland
Elizabeth Cobb Rogers
Roger
Carnegie Public Library
Paducah
John& Cobb
Memphis
Tenn
la Brother
Dewey Faces Mixed Praise as New York Legislature Ends Sessions
The article notes Dewey remains a major national figure while facing skepticism at home. Northeastern lawmakers mostly back his measures, but patronage criticisms persist among Republicans. Supporters say his leadership has brought orderly closure to the session, unseen in decades.
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Dewey
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
4-H Leaders Map Demonstration Day Plans
Samuel B. Dorrance reports on the Campers' Association meeting at the YWCA with plans for Demonstration Day in May. Exhibits will cover Poultry Live stock Dairy Eggs Home Projects. The steering committee includes Mrs MacPherson Mrs Campbell Mrs Heeter and Warren Miller. A Family Life Conference delegation from Rensselaer County is slated for Ithaca in early May.
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Samuel B. Dorrance
Rensselaer County
Campers’ Association
MacPherson
Campbell
Heeter
Mass Schedules at Cohoes Churches
St Agnes St Bernard St Joseph St Marie and St Michael list weekly mass times and priests for Cohoes parishes. Each church offers multiple low masses and a high mass, with specific times noted for 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 am services led by Rev. A Franklin Brennan Lavigne Bechard Gierlacki Flanagan Robert Reilly.
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St. Agnes
Joseph A. Franklin
St. Bernard’s
William P. Brennan
St. Joseph’s
Louis A. Lavigne
St. Marie's
Adrien Bechard
Michael’s
Valentine W. Gierlacki
St. Patrick's
Thomas A. Flanagan
Sacred Heart
Raymond J. Robert
St. Rita’s
Arthur J. Reilly
G I Bill Details Benefit Package for Armed Forces
The bill outlines education and vocational training up to $500 a year tuition plus $50 monthly subsistence and $25 monthly maintenance for a veteran’s wife. It also provides unemployment compensation of $15 weekly for 52 weeks, $500 million for hospital construction, up to $1,000 loans for homes farms or small businesses, and a veterans placement board. The Veterans Administration would be an essential war agency with priority access to personnel and supplies.
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American Legion
Veterans
Veterans Administration
St Michael's Women Host Fourth St Patrick's Day Party
The St Michael's Women's Club held its fourth annual St Patrick's Day party at the Annex with more than thirty members in attendance. Mrs. George Maloney chaired the event assisted by Mrs. Edward Archer, Mrs. Joseph Talbot, Mrs. William Ryan and Mrs. Joseph Strang.
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St. Michael's Women's Club
George Maloney
Edward Archer
Joseph Talbot
William Ryan
Joseph Strang
Civil Service Tests Slated At Cohoes
The Cohoes Civil Service Commission will hold written competitive exams for welfare nurse and registrar of vital statistics on Thursday April 20 at 7 30 pm. Applicants must file by Monday April 3 and be city residents for at least one year. Current incumbents are Sally Cummings and Edmund F. Kearney with salaries 1300 and 700 respectively.
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Cohoes Civil Service Commission
Reunion in Pacific War Zone for Cohoes Brothers
Mr and Mrs Earl McMahon of 160 Bridge Avenue Cohoes received letters from four sons serving in the armed forces. Howard, in the submarine service, reported meeting Earl Jr with the Army in the Pacific. Donald and Russell serve in the Navy in England. Armand plans to enter service soon.
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Cohoes
Earl McMahon
Bridge Avenue
Armand
Howard McMahon
Submarine Service
Earl, Jr
Army
Pacific
Donald
Russell
Navy
England
Cohoes Girl Weds Navy Man in City Church Ceremony
Miss Mary A. Morin daughter of Mr and Mrs John Morin of Cohoes wed Radioman third class Albert J Spiroff US Navy son of Mrs Charles Spiroff of Corona New York at St Bernard s Church in a Wednesday ceremony conducted by Rev Joseph A Kelly Miss Mary A Coyle played nuptial music with maid of honor Miss Dorothy J Martin and best man Pfc Charles A Sprroff The couple kept a reception at the Morin home with corsages of orchids and red roses Spiroff will report to Washington DC for further duty assignments.
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Mary A. Morin
John Morin
Saratoga Street
Cohoes
Albert J. Spiroff
U. S. Navy
Charles Spiroff
Ninety-sixth Street
Corona
St. Bernard’s Church
Joseph A. Kelly
Mary A. Coyle
Dorothy J. Martin
Pfc
Charles A. Sprroff
U.S. Army
Kelinsky
Texas Co
New York City
Spiroff
Newton High School
Radio Corporation of America
Washington, D. C
King Peter May Wed Rumors Sweep London
Persistent rumors in London say King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece may marry soon. The 20 year old king arrived from Cairo a week ago and has been seen with the 18 to 23 year old princess. Their betrothal was announced in August 1943 after meeting at Cambridge University in 1942 where the king studied and Alexandra trained as a Red Cross nurse.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Greece
Balkan
Cairo
Cambridge University
Red Cross
War Workers May Get Demobilization Pay
A Senate military affairs subcommittee studied a draft industrial demobilization bill. An amendment would authorize dismissal pay for war plant workers losing jobs when government contracts end. Severance could reach up to six weeks pay or $200, with a limit of one week per six months of service.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Marooned Miners Receive Food Near Ouray Colorado
Several hundred pounds of food reached fifty miners isolated since Monday at the Treasury tunnel project on Red Mountain. An 11 mile trek from Ouray used a caterpillar snowplow, a pack horse, a truck and an automobile to deliver the supply, with forty five dozen eggs as the major edible until yesterday.
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Ouray
Treasury Tunnel
Colorado
Red Mountain
False Alarm Sparks Oak Wood Fire Crew Call
A false alarm from Box 468 at Oak Wood Avenue and Tenth Street summoned firemen at 2:06 a.m. today.
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Oakwood Avenue
Tenth Street
Cohoes Draft Board Calls Special Group For Induction
Cohoes Selective Service Board No 345 mails notices for a March 26 induction week. The number of draftees is undisclosed. selectees were pre inducted on March 1 after physicals. Marine corporal Edgar Belleau Jr. from 55 Western Avenue earned promotion after 14 months in the South Pacific.
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Cohoes
Selective Service Board No 345
Edgar Belleau, Jr
U. S. Marine Corps
Edgar Belleau
Western Avenue
Parris Iisland
N. C
Quantico
Jacksonville
Fla
South Pacific
Cohoes City Clerk Transfer and Staff Changes
Miss Edna A. Keeler is transferred from the city treasurer’s clerk post to the Department of Public Works. Gloria Zalopany is appointed to fill the vacancy, with salary allocations split between the Public Works and Water Bureau. The Treasurer’s office clerk salary rises to 1600, and a chief inspector of the Water Bureau salary remains 1900 after John F. Walsh’s Navy enlistment.
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Edna A. Keeler
Wiklow Street
Cohoes
Eity
Department of Public Works
Gloria Zalopany
Gainer Street
Treyisioans
Public Works Commissioner
Water Bureau
Sermon Topics in Cohoes Churches
Several Cohoes congregations announce sermons and youth programs for Sunday. Rev George F. McElvein preaches at First Baptist on living concerns, with the Sunday school at noon. Other churches list topics and youth events, and obituaries note services for Mrs. Helen Downie and Mrs. Walter Raleigh.
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Cohoes
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WNPA
G.I. Bill
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Collins Ross Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
G.A.R
Remsen Street
Vera Smith
Mary Rogers
Mae Maxwell
Alvina Dickinson
Louise Corbell
Sadie Ashley
Grace Vozey
Laura Noonan
Mary Grogan
Margaret Reily
Lillian Allen
Beatrice Shea
Mary Murray
Martha Gilligan
Margaret Moran
Agnes Brown
Mary White
Gertrude Donahue
Veronica Ares
Zema Hilton
Emma Turpin
Margaret Tinney
Minstrel
Mr. and Mrs. Club
First Baptist Church
Charles Schenk, Jr
U. S. Army
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
First Regiment
Ladies of St Anne Society
St Marie's Church
Rose Grignon
Triangle
Jean Palitsch
Imwibespa Triangle
Daughters of the Eastern Star
Masonic
Dorothy Tashjian
Cohoes Brothers
Sumner Waite
Halloran Hospital
Russell Philpit
Sandusky, Mich
Robert F. Post
Jamestown
N. Y
James H. Quenin
Portsmouth
Ark
Peter Dziamba
Italy
War Department
Christina Dziamba
Congress Street
Dziamba
Corp
Michael Dziamba
Louisiana
Gustav Darwak
Caroline Eckiert
Park Avenue
White Line
Spring Street
Icohoes City
George F. McElvein
Silliman Memorial Presbysterian Church
Francis L. McCauley
Paul C. Hayner
Earl C. Fryer
St. James’ Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Reformed Church
Victor J. Blekkink
D.D
Calvary
Maunder
Shelley
Harry H. Glass
Edna Herrick Peck
Robert Gardiner
Borowski
Edwin G. VanDerwerkin
Anne Mayeli
Donald R. Lewis
Schuyler D. Jenkins
St. John's Episcopal Church
Young People's Fellowship
Helen EL P Downie
Fairview Avenue
Northside
Siliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Alex Blair
Maurice Styles
William VanKeuren
Philip Olsaver
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Walter Raleigh
Manor Avenue
St Patrick's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Waterford
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