Ickes Ready To Take Over Coal Mines
Secretary Ickes told President Truman the government would seize operations of both bituminous and anthracite mines as 22 hard coal operations were suspended and miners faced drastic actions. He said the takeovers would proceed as fast as the mines shut down and cited Pennsylvania’s shift as a critical example amid the national coal crisis.
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Washington
Exes
White House
Tru- Man
Pennsylvania
Unions Tangle Over Mine Workload and Idle Labor
District 2 of the United Mine Workers reported about 15 000 men idle or working in frost jobs in District 7 while over 1 000 miners were idle in District 9. Officials of Lehigh Watley Hudson Giex Alden Cos Gos and Susquehanna collieries said all mines in their regions were closed. Prospects of a settlement were uncertain as Labor Secretary Perkins weighed in and miners were advised to resume work only by authorized operators.
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Trict 2
United Mine Workers of America
Hazelton
District 9
Lehigh
Watley
Hudson &Giex Alden Cos
Hersey
Vabey Cast Co
Glen Alden Coal Cai
UN R Workers of America
Perkins
Mer
Hoosick Falls Banquet Hosts Daughters of America
About 335 attended the 20th annual Court St Mary D of A banquet at Crestwood with Mrs James M Brahan as toastmistress and Rev George G Egan as main speaker. Also present were Miss Elizabeth Welch and Miss Mary Mahar along with members from several nearby towns. Henry J Wellspeak of Hoosick faced charges of operating while intoxicated resisting an officer and disorderly conduct. bail set at 100. Bowling league season ended with D B R team first. banquet set for May 16 at Cambridge Hotel. Funeral of Mrs Daniel Bolan Sr held at Church of the Immaculate Conception with requiem by Very Rev Sohn B Martin and interment at St Marys Cemetery. Women’s Philathea Society to meet with First Baptist Church group tonight before supper.
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Court St Mary
Catholic Daughters of América
Crestwood
James M. Brahan
George G. Egan
Carthage
Elizabeth Welch
Cuhoes
Mary Mahar
Cambridge
Tray
Salem
Saratoga Springs
Glens Falls
Bennington
Albany
North Adams
Rensselaer
Elizabeth Arrmistrong
Henry J. Wellspeak
Hoosick
Ezra Tigany
Frank Deniick
Daniel Boylan
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Rex
Paul K Lynch
Marcus Hipp
John Kennedy
John Powers
William Bogardus
Local Marine Killed in Action on Iwo Jima
Richard Nii Jones, 18, son of Mrs P Eleanor Jones of Gitan Yilie, reported killed in action on Iwo Jima February 28. He enlisted in the Marine Corps February 28, 1944, trained at Parris Island and New River, left for overseas in August 1944. Survived by mother and three brothers Cal Robert J Jones in Italy, Donald and Thomas Jones of Granville. Jones attended Granville High School.
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Richard Nii Jones
Pleanor Jones
Gitanyilie
Iwo Jima
Jones
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
New River
N.C
Cal
Robert J. Jones
Italy
Donald
Thomas Jones
Granville
Mileage record required for gas ration applications
Alvin S Ford says more than 25 percent of Bi and supplemental gasoline ration applications lack the mileage record certificate. The stub certificate must be shown with each application and becomes the mileage ration record when approved by the War Price and Rationing Board, delaying consumers and creating extra work for staff.
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Troy Ra Iioning
Alvin S Ford
Ford
War Price and Rationing Board
Community events and high school baseball slate
A talk on Guatemala by Mrs. Charles Goodermore of Berlin will showcase articles from the country and an old hat parade with hats decorated by attendees. Supper committee members are named and a joint church board meeting is set for 7 30 pm in the Methodist Church. Hoosick Falls High hosts Mechanicville High in the season's first home baseball game on the Athletic Field.
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Guatemala
Charles Goodermore
Berlin
Caroline Haswell
Lucy” Melueas
Alma Laurson
Edith Sweet
Inza Myers
Frankie Nott
Dorothy Prince
Pauling Fussell
Presbyterian and
Methodist Churches
Methodist Church
Polars
Hoosick Falls High School
Mechanicville High
Flying Fortresses Aid Holland With Food Drops
U S Eighth Air Force dropped about 1 080 000 meals on The Hague and Rotterdam areas as part of Eisenhower pledge to hungry civilians. Nearly 400 fortresses were dispatched delivering ten in one rations plus cigarettes to Dutch civilians.
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Lorton
Holland
Hague
Rotterdam
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress completes action on Independent Offices bill
The House and Senate finalize amendments to the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1963, aiming to aid discharged service personnel and speed federal reemployment. Provisions include veteran housing preference and reemployment guarantees, plus adjustments on National Service Life Insurance funds and a restoration for the wartime art and monument commission funds.
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Fhiteau
Washington
BD. G
Senate
Congress
Mil
Urevan
Saauy
Civil Service Commission
House
National Service
American Commission For
Wilson resigns as Krug's assistant in WPB shakeup
Philadelphia D. Wilson of New York City resigns as special assistant to Chaim Krug chief of the War Production Board. He leaves to become assistant to the president of Baker & Co. Inc, metal refiners with offices in New York and Newark New Jersey.
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Washington
War Production Board
Philly D. Wilson
New York City
Chaintan J. A. Krug
Wilson
Bacome
Baker & Co., Inc. Metal Refiners
Newark
N. J
WPB
Metals and Minerals
Aluminum and Magnesium
500 Chicks Die In Hoosick Falls Fire
A fire in Hoosick Falls destroyed a poultry operation killing about 500 chicks kept in a dairy barn. Fire crews battled the blaze for roughly an hour before bringing it under control, with damage tracing to the structure and inventory.
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Hoosick Falls
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Philathea Society of the
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Woman's Society
Mothers of the Paitatheas
Krug
Kelloggs
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Wanda
California
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Denby's
Denby’s
River ST
Troy, N.Y
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Tee
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Hazel Kachadurian Baxter
Averill Park
Eng- Ash
Brest
France
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