Huge U S Bomber Fleet Bombs Frankfurt Area
Allied air forces launched a major daytime operation against the Frankfurt area with 1600 to 2100 British based planes in the mix. Between 250 and 500 bombers plus Thunderbolts Thunderbolts Lightsnings and Mustangs flew through dense pea soup clouds to hit military targets as six bombers and eight fighters failed to return.
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London
U. S
Frankfurt
Frankfurt Radio
Belgium
Reich
Germany
Federal Communications Commission
Bremen
Hilversum
Friesland
English
Continent
U.S. Air Force
Creil
Paris
Pasa de Calais
France
DNB
Hull
Chaplin Trial Begins Today in Mann Act Case
Charles Chaplin faces a federal grand jury indictment on two Mann Act counts for allegedly transporting Joan Berry to New York for immoral purposes. The 54 year old entertainer pleads ready as jury selection starts. U.S. Attorney Carr predicts a week to ten day trial before Judge J F T O'Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York
Jerry Giesler
U. S
Charles H. Carr
Postwar plans roil two Arkansas soldiers dairy venture
While on furlough in Harrison Arkansas two soldiers Curtis C. Crane and Allen Shunk plan for life after the war. They joined the Ozark Dairy Producers Cooperative during leave and intend to run a milk goat dairy after they return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison, Ark
Curtis C. Crane
Corp. Allen Shunk
Ozark Dairy Producers’ Cooperative
Hungary and Bulgaria in Step Amid War Turmoil
Row of reports from Budapest and Ankara describe Hungary and Bulgaria moving toward synchronized parliamentary sessions while Hungary faces mounting pressure from Germany and Soviet advances. Western and Allied sources note Hungary may curb Axis ties as Red Army nears the Carpathians, with radio silence and cancelled speeches signaling major strategic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriatic
Ankara
Hungary
Carpathian Mountains
Red Army
Washington
Moscow
Germany
Vichy
United Nations
Lat
Algiers
Rumania
Bucharest
Bessarabia
OWT
Vichy France
North Africa
Hitler
Bulgaria
Barbu Stirbey
Cairo
Journal de Geneve
Russia
Navy Wife Offers Eye To Sightless Soldier
Berkeley, Cal GP)-A Navy wife, Mrs. Charles W. Venard, a UC co ed and torpedoman’s wife, offered one of her eyes to Sergeant Forrest Vosler of Livonia, after learning he was blinded in Europe. She stated she wished to help as her war contribution and claimed two good eyes but could part with one to give him a chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal GP
Navy
Charles W. Venard
University of California
Sergt
Forrest Vosler
Livonia
London
Europe
Army to Move from 139 Miami Beach Hotels
The War Department announced that 139 Miami Beach hotels will be released by mid summer as part of a reduced Army Air Forces training program. About 20,000 officers and men will finish training begun at Miami Beach and future cadets will go to San Antonio cadet center and Sheppard Field in Texas. The Florida programs cover officer candidates pre flight cadets and enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miami Beach
War Department
Army Air Forces
Ifiava Beach
San Antonio Cadet Center
Sheppard Field
Texas
Florida
Bank Robbery Foiled by Quick Dime Exchange
Minneapolis dispatch reports a teenage bandit, about 19, knocked on the door of BE Merz and demanded a dime. Merz, fearing a gun, handed over a dime when the thief asked for it, then the robber fled on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Merz
Mera
Germans Fallback After Fierce Cassino House Fight
Allied forces push through Cassino ruins near Hotel Continental in a brutal house to house battle. German Parachute Division defends Monastery Hill and Via Casilina as reinforcements reach from tunnels and draws. Allied air power blasts Klagenfurt Graz Knin and Monfalcone, with 32 enemy planes downed and subs and ships targeted.
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Naples
Cassino
Ercay
Continental
Fifth Army
Monastery Hill
Hill
New Zealand
Richard Fleidrick
Adriatic
Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
Via Casilina
Ducal Palace
De Valera Controversy and Espionage Claims Spark Dublin
Irish officials deny Axis spying claims as reports detail tapped calls and censored AP dispatches about envoys at a Dublin Castle Red Cross event. Residents near the border rush to leave before potential Ulster closings while ticket lines vanish minutes before trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated Press
de Valera
Red Cross
St. Patrick’s
Dublin Castle
Whitehall
Irsh
Eire
Northern Ireland
Lst
St. Patrick’s Day
Bomb Blast Prank Shatters Vallejo Home
In Vallejo California a homemade bomb using dynamite caps and fuses was placed in a cellar, blasting windows and tearing down the front door. Police arrested two boys who admitted the act was a prank to scare the homeowner’s 15 year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Cal
UPI
Enemy thrust at western flank hits beachhead
Small group of enemy troops attacked the western flank of the beachhead while light French naval forces intercepted a German convoy in the central Mediterranean, sinking three ships and probably a fourth. Three US patrol boats penetrated the Ligurian Sea off the NW Italian coast and sank a lighter during an attack on a convoy of two lighters and two E boats. Another E boat was sunk by American patrol boats west of Anzio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
United States
Ligurian Sea
Anzio
Skunk Shortage Plagues Ohio Trappers and Farmers
Ohio trappers report dwindling skunk populations blamed on disease by some, while officials attribute decline to over trapping. Mantua farmers cite potato shortages due to skunk absence while conservation leaders downplay disease concerns and note traps banned in 13 southern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Mantua
Ohio Department of Conservation
H C Rider
Judge to Rule on Polygamy Cult Case
Salt Lake City federal district judge T Blake Kennedy agreed to decide guilt or innocence of defendants in a federal probe of alleged polygamous practices across western states. Defense lawyers said they would argue only that polygamy is not barred by federal law as clients admit engaging in plural marriage as part of their religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
T. Blake Kennedy
Vanadium Strikers Return to Work in Niagara Falls
United Mine Workers District 50 local members ratified terms Sunday after company and union officials approved an agreement ending a stoppage that idle 539 at Vanadium Corporation of America since March 12. Workers to return on the 7 am shift this morning after U S conciliation service approval following a union mass meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
United Mine Workers of America
District 50
Vanadium Corporation of America
Commssioner Verne S. Follandsbee
U. S. Conciliation Service
Yugoslav King Peter Marries Greek Princess Alexandra in London
Royal wedding in London unites Peter of Yugoslavia and Alexandra daughter of the late King Alexander of Greece. King George VI aids as best man. The union sparks questions over Peter’s throne and possible move to California, with a ceremony conducted in Greek Serbian and English.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Lordon
George VI
Petar
Alexander
Greece
Cairo
Marshal Tito
United States
California
Legation
Anothe
Hs Bride
Tomislav
Andrei
Ristanovitz
Germanos
George
Haakon
Norway
Duke of Gloucester
Kent
Wilhelmina
Bernhard
Netherlands
Queen Elizabeth
Buch
Queen Victoria
Allied Prisoners of War Office
Red Cross
Churches At Cohoes Plan Holy Week Services
Six Portestant congregations in Cohoes will unite for Holy Week services. Palm Sunday service at Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church at 7 30 p m officiated by Rev Francis L McCauley opens the series. Noon services run April 3 to Good Friday at Reformed Church with various pastors delivering sermons.
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Cohoes
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Francis L. McCauley
The
Reformed Church
Tueday
Clare Carpenter
Nassau Methodist Church
Donald R Lewis
First Methodist Church
Howard S Kennedy
Cathedral of All Saints
Albany
Schuyler D. Jenkins
St. John's Episcopal
Howard Hills
Petersburg Methodist Church
Earl C. Fryer
St James’ Methodist Church
Frederick Allen
D. D
First Baptist Church
Troy
George F. McElvein
Inventor Predicts Glider Bombs Threat to Allies
London report cites John Hays Hammond Jr., inventor, forecasting next war phase with glider bombs against Allied fleets. Critics call the prediction visionary and exaggerated, arguing Germans would face shipping losses only if the weapon is perfected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Cohoes Legion Post Celebrates 25th Anniversary
The E. T. Ruane Post American Legion marked its 25th founding anniversary with Sunday events at Oneida Street quarters under the Ladies Auxiliary. R. A. Ratcliffe, Fourth District commander, spoke on postwar planning. Commander Claude C. Foster also addressed attendees. A birthday cake was presented, vocal numbers by Claire Grignon and mother followed, then a buffet luncheon. In separate items, Epistle to the Ephesians sermons were announced for St John’s Episcopal Church, and Special Chantel Order of the Eastern Star planned its 43rd anniversary meeting at the Masonic Temple with a program, social period, and luncheon. A Master Masons’ Night is set for April 4 with Cohoes Lodge guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Ruane
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bertha Loman
Charles J. Ellett
Florence Hardenburgh
Lucinda Vorry
Cohoes Lodge
No. 116
A. M
Fire Burns Waste Plant In Cohoes
Cohoes firemen battled a top floor blaze at the Troy Waste Manufacturing Co. building at Courtland and Saratoga Streets starting around 1 28 am. Three fire streams fought the flames and water from the building sprinkler system contributed to the damage as investigators sought the cause of the substantial fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Troy Waste Manufacturing Co
Courtland
Saratoga
Cohoes Draft Board Classifications and Local church notices
Cohoes Selective Service Board No 345 lists thirty one reclassifications. Five men were accepted for limited service: Kozlowski Durocher Cooley Pucci Clark. In service: Gibbs Breen Proctor. Class F includes 23 men led by Pucci Whinnery Allegrezza Zanda Sweet Catman Nadeau Zinke Bourgeois Godfrey Prouty Bouleris Fre dette Campbell Plantier Hogan Baker King Newes Shea Cramer Dessurela Milian. Also: March session of Married Couples’ Group of Silliman Church at 8 p.m. Box social Friday March 31 to aid Soldiers’ Service Fund. Session meeting after midweek service. Good Friday communion. Health clinic at City Hall today 10 a.m. Rev Blekkink presides midweek service at Reformed Church 7:45 p.m. Officers and teachers meet. Royal Arch Masons meet with banquet plans for March 29.
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Cohoes Selective Service Board
Joseph A. Kozlowski
Clarence E. Durocher
Thomas J. Cooley
Philip V Pucci
Robert W. Clark
Harold
Homer E. Plantier
John E. Hogan
Robert G. Baker
Frederick J. King
Albert B. Newes
Thomas L. Shea
Samuel B. Cramer
Arthur L. Dessurela
Edward Milian
Silliman Church
Church House
Robert Nuttall
Box Social
Soldiers’ Service Fund
Francis L. McCauley
Hangs D. Weiss
Sally Cummings
Mary Lynch
Reformed Church
Victor J. Blekkink
Arch Masons
Cohoes
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Matthew Admance
Temple
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Chaplin
T. Crandon Timpane, D.D. Optometrist
Remsen St. Cohoes
Miami
Monte Cassino
Klagenfurt
Graz
Austria
Knin
Metkovic
Alps
R. A. F. Halifaxes
Liberators
Monfalcone
Trieste
Italy
Rome
Orion
Littoria
Russell Sage College
Red Cross War Fund
Winifred Stevens
Nils G. Sahlin
Red Cross Drive
Elwyn Clark
Dorothea A. Merchant
P. W. Humphreys
Emma R. Southworth
Cohoes Legion
Schuyler U. Jenking
St John's Episcopal Church
Draft Board
Siliman Church
Bon-Ton Cleaners
Cohn and
Fifth Ave
Watervliet
Green Island North 395
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