Captured Nazi War Materiel Put to Use by U.S. Infantry
The 7th Infantry Regiment seized a generator complex used by Nazis to power lights and radios in Gottingen. Regimental HQs set up in large city hotels while soldiers described dangers of German armor and vehicles in action near the Ruhr region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
7Th Infantry Regiment
Raine
Robert Lo le Douglan
Jefferson
Gale
Bracey
Sen
Nelson
Kreweon
Deroit
Mich
Gottingen
Uncle Sam
David and
Goliath
David
Ageip
David Nei
Emmeryville
Cal
Ain
Neil
Joe
George W. Thornburn
Wichita Fats
Tex
Lloyd Crucius
Berkeley
Crucus
Thornburn
Capk
John W. Fornara
Pittsburg
Deg
Fornaro
Wounded in Italy Mountain Infantry Soldier Receives Purple Heart
Mrs Marion Levanway of 3106th Street reports her son Pie Otis Levanway was wounded in Italy on March 4 while serving with the Mountain Infantry. overseas since Jan 1. He sent his Purple Heart to her. A Troy native, he attended Troy High School and worked for Behr Mfg before enlisting in Sept 1932. He has two brothers in service Kenneth and Russell Levanway.
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Italy
Pie Otis
Levanway
Marion Levanway
3106Th Street
War Department
Mountain Infantry
Troy
Troy High School
Behr-Mfanning Corp
FC i
Kenneth &. Levantiway
Pacific
Russell W. Levanway
Kenneth
Miami
Fia
Doenitz Named Grand Admiral After Submarine Feats
Doenitz rose from cadet in 1910s to leading submarine force in World War II. He commanded U-boat 25 and sank enemy ships in the Mediterranean, earning the Iron Cross and Hohenzollern Order. Later promoted to vice admiral then admiral, he received the Grand Admiral title in 1943 for wartime successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertin
Doenitz
Imperial German Navy
Breslau
Mediterranean
Atlantis
Malta
Admiralty
General Stal
Wilhelmshaven
Dmden
East Indies
Aid To
Besiso
H&feder
Grand Admira
World May Never Know Hitler Death Truth
The piece questions whether Adolf Hitler died at his Berlin command post or survives, noting conflicting broadcasts from Hamburg and Nazi authorities. It discusses the impact on Nazi myth, propaganda, and the regime’s future plans amid uncertainty about his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hamburg
Adolf Bitler
Germany
Hiter
Berle
Small Nations Take Key Seats at Conference
In San Francisco delegates approved a plan assigning non nation representatives to the four senior commissions at the conference. The move elevates smaller nations by placing them at the forefront of the talks, signaling broader participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United Nefons
Former Duce Buried In Potter's Field
Reports from Milan describe the burial of the former Duce in a rough grave in a potter’s field amid chaos as partisans assert control over the city. Tributes and demonstrations mark the funeral scene with Garibaldi and Communist brigades estimated at some 15,000 in attendance or presence.
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Duce
Potter’s Field
Millan
Beriro
Ebiefisi
Graziani
Ves Sal
Tialiay Army
Allies
Naxiong
Liberation Committee
Milan
Goa
Ant
Vientian
Vst
Miian
Garibaldi
Local School District Officers Re elected Across Towns
Districts listed reelect officers including clerks collectors and treasurers in Pittstown Grafton and surrounding areas. Notable notes include reopening of the Jagt school building in District 3 and staff changes in Potter Hill district. Several districts report reelections for district clerks trustees and treasurers amid routine annual votes.
Seventh Army advances past Munich as Dachau horror acknowledged
Allied reports describe Seventh Army pushing toward Innsbruck after capturing Munich with Nazi crimes at Dachau eliciting strong condemnation. Eisenhower lauds the seizure of Munich as Allied forces drive deeper into southern Germany, nearing the Brenner Pass and Innsbruck while blitzing through Alpine valleys.
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Elfter
Brenner Pass
Alexander KN. Patch
Seventh
Munich
Fansbruck
Austria
Alps
Germany
Bavaria
Seventh Army
Innsbruck
Eisenhower
Dachau
Miss Mulvey urges careful aims at San Francisco Conference
Miss Helen Mulvey history chair at Russell Sage College told students and faculty at a San Francisco Conference chapel service that May marks a pivotal moment as plans to charter a new world society under the Dumbarton Oaks framework are drafted. She warned that restraint, reconciled ideologies, and careful compromise are needed to avoid appeasement and disillusionment, citing Stettinius Molotov Soong and Eden's opening speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Mulvey
Rendtor
Russell Sage College
San Francisco
Mulvey
Belgium
Netherlands
Churchill
Drood
Toil
Sweat
Andy Teers
Sen Francisco
New World Society
Dumbarton Oaks
Reesia
Great Britain
Unite States
Miss Mulvey
Stettinius
Molotov
Soong
Eden
Roosevelt
Versailles
Japanese Naval Attache Yacht Enters Swedish Port
The yacht Niboh Maru flying the Japanese flag docked at a southern Swedish port near Ystad. Owned by the Japanese naval attache Bertin, it carried the naval secretary, two Japanese women, 31 Germans including five women and six children. It departed Warnemünde on the Baltic coast at 7 am and reached Sweden at 4:35 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Yatad
Sweden
Bertin
Warnenieunde
Baltic
Rostock
Berlin Battle Continues as Russians Press Berlin
Nazi defenses crumble as Soviet forces push toward Berlin center. Reports say the German Ninth Army stalls near Potsdam and that German attempts to relieve Berlin via outside attacks have failed. May Day broadcasts show Soviet flags along select districts as the siege tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wlhelmstrasse
Ander den Linden
Hitlers Reichschancellery
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
Ham-burg Radis
Goebbels
Aland
Ninth Army
Potsdam
Debate Over Western Allied Push to Berlin Halting Fronts
The article discusses Allied plans and debates on whether American and British forces should have pushed toward Berlin, with the Elbe as a stopping line. Censorship delayed the halt decision to prevent the Germans from predicting western force movements and gaining a military edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbe
Berlin
West
Cohoes Rotary Names Judges For Essay Contest
BrP Herrick Conners announces the judges for Cohoes High School essay contest. Edward Sanders Watervliet principal Katherine A New a Clara H Adams are listed as judges. Awards of 10 go to boy and girl winners for essays on What I Can Do To Help in Winning and Safeguarding Little Peare. The memory of former superintendents Sehorides and Hayward is honored with the prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co‘hoes Rotary Club
Brp
Herrick Conners
Eink Ther
Edward Sanders
Waterviter High School
Katherine A. New
Clara H. Adams
Little Peare
William 3. Sehorides
Edward Hayward
Brown
Hayward
Army Awards Medals To Two Cohoes Soldiers
Two Cohoes soldiers receive commendations for valor and service. Petty August Sevastia, son of Frances Sebastian of 139 Central Avenue, earns the Combat Infantryman’s Badge with the Fifth Army in Tratz. Captain David E. Golden, son of Mrs. Harry Golden of R. DL Corpors, earns the Bronze Star with the 1st U.S. Army in Germany.
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Cohoesiers
August Sevastia
Afrs
Frances Sebastian
Central Avenue
Fifth Army
Tratz
Cplt
David E Golden
Harry FP. Golden
R. DL Corpors
Golden
Ith U. & Army
Germany
Fair But Cool May Weather Predicted
Weather Bureau forecast a period of moderate May weather after another rain spell. Yesterday featured bright sun then unexpected clouds and drizzle. Temperatures near 46 highs fell to the low 40s with a light frost expected in exposed areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
New York
Utica
Troy
Apri
Emissary's Peace Talks Aided Liberation Of Prisoners
Stockholm reports Count Folke Bernadotte says negotiations with Heinrich Himmler led to the release of about 15 500 Nazi camp prisoners. Of those freed 8 007 were Danes Norwegians and 7 500 were women from various nations including American British French Belgian Dutch Czech and Polish. Bernadotte, Swedish Red Cross vice chairman, cautioned there was nothing suspicious in the talks and avoided commenting on Himmler's disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Germans Massacre Political Prisoners at Sandbostel Camp
Eyewitness accounts describe German guards firing on civilian political prisoners at Sandbostel, using machine guns as Allied forces approached. Nightlong shooting left corpses in heaps, with about 2000 prisoners marched away at dawn. many victims died from hunger and exposure while guards fled.
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Sandbostel
Germany
Rockford
Cohoes Officer Missing In Pacific Action
A Cohoes officer, identified as Tunney, 3rd U S 35, reportedly missing in the Pacific during wartime. Parents Bir and Mrs. John F. Tunney of Devizes Street were notified by the Navy Department that he has been in service since April and presumed to be serving in the Pacific theater.
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Tunney
U 35
Navy Department
Bir
Mra
John F. Teeney
Devizes Street
Cohote
Othcer
Selssing
Pacife
Ries
Exazign Funney
James Ahearn
Troy
Italian Resident Registers for Cohoes Draft Board
Alvelo M Paolitie an 18 year old native of Cohoes and American citizen registered under the Selective Service Act at the American Consulate in Rome after his area was seized by Allied forces He came to Italy six years ago to study living with grandparents at Campo Bagsbin San Stefano and attended school His registration is transferred to Draft Board 345 in Cohoes Other registrants include Thomas J Majesky Robert E Jones Raymond Bouteris John Stopera Alban F Perry Herbert L Blair Francis A Hurley and Thomas F Fitzgerald Nurses Hear Dr McDonald at Cohoes Hospital Nurses Training School Alumnae Association heard Dr William B McDonald discuss penicillin use and wartime and civilian impact Miss Margaret Haley presided Plans for the annual banquet on Sept 19 at Van Schaick Island Country Club were outlined with Mrs Vidla VanBramer named general chairwoman Hostesses included Mrs Margaret Dandurand Mrs Mildred Van Zandt and Mrs Minale Gillen The unit’s fall session is Oct 22 Church Work Society of St John’s Episcopal Church meets today at 2:30 pm to finalize plans for an Air and Misses party on Thursday night
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Alvelo M. Paolitie
Ifehoes
Americas
Rome
Allien _ Lot
Frank Paolone
Bridge Street
Co.Bees
Italy
Campo Bagsb
San Stefano
Coapes
Campo -Basso
Thomas J. Majesky
Robert £. Jones
Raymondd Bouteris
John Stopera
Alban F. Perry
Herbert L. Blair
Francis A.hurley
Thomas
FL Fitzgerald
McDonald
William B. McDonald
Cohoes Hospital
Margaret iHaley
VanSchaick Island Country Club
Vidla VanBramer
Mra Margaret Dandurand
Mildred van Zandt
Mra
Minale Gillen
Church Work Society
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cohoes Group Plans Past Presidents Night Meeting
A Cohoes group event announces a past presidents night with former officers presiding. The gathering will start at Remsen Street rooms with Mrs Vera Secits and an auxiliary committee handling the war stamps booth at Woelwerts Store alongside local charities.
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Coline Ross
United Spame
Zaiet Auziileng Wit Pteet
Gsa Fooms Et Remsen
Deving ‘Hick
Grep SH de Bosored
Mra. Vers
Socith Wit
SUS Prouess
Colliattons
Arxillarias
Vera Secits
Rose Caldwell
Mae Archambeaus
Martha Gilligan
Mary A Collin
Margaret Moran
Tocal
Woelwerts
Cohoes Soldiers Return From Foreign Service
A Cohoes soldier and a Marine have returned from extended service. Sgt William J Rexford, aboard a B24 bomber, holds the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Presidential Citation with one Oak Leaf Clu, and the European theater ribbon with three battle stars. Sgt William J Surprenant, Marine Corps, is on furlough after serving in the Pacific, a mechanic with the Fourth Marine Air Wing, stationed in the Watts and Marshall islands. Initial reports note Salvation Army annual drive kick off with meetings and a house to house canvass plan, aiming to meet the fundraising goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes Anldier
Willian J. Rexford
William J. Surprenant
Marine Corps
Pacific
Surprenant
Fourth Marine Air Wing
Watts
Marshall Islaads
Jung
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Con‘penitent Central
Manhattan
Sc-Lax
York
Mastin
Shveeny
Page Sleven
Collren
Francis Flynn
Potter Hill
Hoosick Fall
Ellsworth Stevena
Treates
Leveratt LeBarton
Arthur North
Agnes Stevens
Pittstown
Elizabeth J. Morgan
Teustea
Lester Campbell
Norman Wryan
Graftan
John Hortit
Granville Hicks
Earnhardt
Harry Odell
Lucie Babsock
Nettie Klause
Jagt
Marman Burdick
Chester W. Eliott
Erick Barnes
Mary Bailey
Charles Simons
Laverne Brenenstuhl
Agnes Boombower
Claude Boombower
Ellsworth Burditk
Patton
Jesse Haskins
119Th Street
Beverly's
Saratoga Lake
San Francisco Conference College
Swedish
Mandela Wepper
Army
Cohoes
Cohoes Board
Cohoes Group
Will Honer
Salvation Army
Oneins Street
Harry Shoemaker
Women
Caners
Henry Gagnon & Sons
Main St
Sunheat
SUN Ofl Company
Albany
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