Flannery To Fill District Post In OPA
Patrick S. Flannery of this city will relinquish duties as executive officer of the Rensselaer County Troy City Rationing Board to become field operation officer of the District OPA Board Operations Division. The move comes with rearrangements and the appointment was announced by Lester W Herzog. Flannery has served with the OPA since June and helped restructure the local boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick S. Flannery
Rensselaer County-Troy City Rationing Board
District Opa
Flannery
Lester W Herzog
OPA
Herzog
Larson
Duveter Hozog Ard
Rensselaer Counts Rationing Board
Court House
Troy City Board
Troy
Flanners
Charles
Mt Plannety
Hot Stove League
Troy Lodge of Elks
Channan Freshofer
Focal Board
Sevice
Drive Aimed To Force Dewey's Hand
Albany reports Democratic sharpshooters target Gov Thomas E Dewey to expose his presidential candidacy amid disputes over his open political stance. House leader John W McCormack says Dewey is a candidate, demanding he reveal sources for recent State Department charges. Dewey defends his record against Hull and insists the record speaks for itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas E Dewey
Dewey
Wendell Wilkie
Roosevelt
John W McCormack
House of Representatives
Washington
New York
State Department
McCormack
United States
Dewey votes in New York primary amid censorship dispute
Governor Dewey refused to discuss Hulls charges during his visit to cast a ballot in the state primary. He said he would not enter a public debate with Hull. In Washington the State Department defended itself against censorship claims over British political news and said the U.S. had protested four times to Britain about violations of simultaneous release agreements. The department stated it had not asked for censorship but urged Britain to comply with the deals.
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New York
Dewey
Hye
Iron Pants Shows How to Kill Japs
The report recalls Lt Edward Lanier of San Francisco dying in action last April. His squadron in New Guinea attacked a Jap convoy. Iron Pants led a low level bombing run, hitting a destroyer and igniting transports. The pilots claim 24 direct hits from 30 bombs as enemy ships burned.
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International News Service
South Pacific
Edward Lainer
Lyon Street
San Francisco
Cal
Iron Pants
Air Corps
States
New Guinea
Larners
Larners Group
Larners Squadron
Nhat
Mechanicville Man Sues City Over Schenectady Crash
Anthony R Falco of Mechanicville files a $51,000 suit against the City of Schenectady claiming injuries to himself and $31,000 damage to his car after a skid ding fire truck struck his vehicle on State Street in Schenectady on February 20. He seeks $50,000 for personal injuries and $31,000 for car damage.
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Anthony R Falco
Mechanicville
Schenectady
Falco
State Street
Rites Held for Plane Victim Sergt Wilfred Munger
Funeral services were held at 2 pm Tuesday at the Gansevoort Methodist Church for Sgt Wilfred Henry Munger 26 of Gansevoort New York who died in a plane crash near Madera California on March 18 He was buried in Gansevoort Cemetery The service included Old Saratoga Post 278 American Legion and New York Guard members as color bearers guards and the firing squad and an honorary guard member Sgt Arnold J Hamill accompanied the body from California
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Gansevoort Methodist Church
Sergt Wilfred Henry Munger
Willard C. Munger
Gansevoort
Madera
Cal
Chauncey McGowen
Lawrence Peets
Steven Bain
John R. Gallagher
Old Saratoga
American Legion
Peter Bell
Charles Houseman
Ray Mermill
Schuylerville
Carl Baxter
William Cummings
Robert Harrington
Clement Clark
New York Guard
Saratoga Springs Tech
Arnold J Hamil
Munger
California
McCracken Heads Secretaries Unit At Northeast Meeting
James McCracken, industries secretary at the Troy YMCA, was elected president of the Association of YMCA Secretaries of the Northeastern District at the Schenectady YMCA annual meeting. James Hilick, Albany YMCA, named vice president. Verne Braddon, former Troy general secretary and now at Binghamton, spoke on qualifications of a YMCA secretary.
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James McCracken
Troy
Y M CA
Schenectady
James Hilick
Albany
Glens Falls
Johnstown Verne
Braddon
Binghamton Association
Troys
M C A
Paul E Braddon
Troy “Ys
Binghamton
Pleasantdale Red Cross War Fund total reaches 150 dollars
Pleasantdale residents contribute 150 dollars to the Red Cross War Fund under Mrs E M Hicks. The district school, with 45 children and teachers, gave 25 dollars when she visited. Assistants include Mrs Edward Kewley, Mrs Jono Connors, Mrs Curis Rasmussen, Mrs Clarence Thompson, Miss Jessie Hicks, and Miss Harriet Darby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantdale
Red Cross
E M Hicks
Hicks
Edward Kewley
Jono Connors
Curis Rasmussen
Clarence Thompson
Jessie Hicks
Harriet Darby
Ute Changes Shirt Before His Arrest
Timothy Morris, a 47 year old Ute Indian charged with assault with intent to kill, fled to a Navajo reservation after an insult to his father. He stabbed James Hemp 18 times, then barricaded himself, later surrendered after FBI intervention. He insisted on wearing a clean shirt in jail.
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Cortez
INS
Timothy Morris
Morris
Cortez Clinic
James Hemp
Colorado
Utah
Hemp
Moris, Jr
Morris, Jr
Navajo Reservation
John Ismay
FBI
Thea Morris
Newspapers Back War Loans Ads Total 386,609 Pieces
Washington reports that newspapers carried 386 609 sponsored or donated advertisements for the last three Treasury war loan drives, occupying 138 322 pages with a space value of 21 053 052 dollars. Frank Tripp notes ads are part of a broader effort including editorial support and promotions.
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Washington (P
Treasury
Frank Tripp
Allied Newspaper Council
War Finance Division
Advertising Checking Bureau, Inc
Tripp
Eleven Days Adrift as Two Pals Die at Sea
Lieut Paul J Madden of the Ferry Command recounts an 11 day life raft ordeal after his plane with two officers crashed off the Florida coast on January 20. One companion died from exposure on day six and the second on day eleven. Madden, without food or water, was saved when an oil tanker found him.
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Madden
Three Petersburg Firemen Injured In Barn Collapse
Three Petersburg firemen were injured when a beam fell during a barn and wood shed fire on the North Petersburg Road. The blaze threatened the home of Carl Webster. Byron Jones suffered a scalp wound as a beam collapsed.
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Petersburg
Carl Webster
North Petersburg
Byron Jones
Fire damages barn. injuries to two men reported
Mr Webster discovered a blaze in his barn just after 11 a.m. Sunday and called the Peters burg Fire Department. Dr Rubin Rzvkin of Berlin treated one man while Garry Church and Robert Evans suffered minor wounds. The scene involved no aspirin brands or other advertising claims.
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Rubin Rzvkin
Berlin
Garry Church
Robert Evans
Webster
Petersburg
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Watershot
Navy
Joseph Sullivan
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Stali
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American Medical Assotiation Council On Physical Therapy
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Optometrist
Remsen St
Cohoes, N. Y
LoRd & Tann
Fulton ST
Pacific
By Galbraith
NEA Service Inc
McCracken
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Chile
Central Park
Farnie Hurst
Ute
Jiffy
Irin
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Dunninger
T. Wiry
Sherwin
Sherwin-Williams
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Sherwin-Williams Rexpar
Toya
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