Allies Capture Axis Troops and Four Commanders in Tunisia
Allied forces report capturing about 50,000 Axis troops and four general officers including Weber Manteuffel Krause and Borowitz in Tunisia as battles raged near Hammam Lif and Cap Bon. Frontline dispatches say heavy fighting continues with prisoners and war materiel pouring in while Allied air, land, and naval units pursue destruction of Axis forces before penetrating further into Europe.
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Weber
334Th
Manteuffel
Axia
Cap Bon
Hammam Lif
Tunis
Hammamet
Batte
Tunisia
Hammem Lifares
Kelibia
Pont du Fahs
Zaghouan Mountain
Eisenhower
Tebourba
First
Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
Harold Alexander
Bradley
U. S
Omar N. Bradley
Bizerte
George 5. Patton, Jr
Tuni
Patton
Amercans
Maknassy
Fatton
Waterford Concert Day Brings School Chorus and Band
Waterford The third annual Waterford Schools music concert is set for 8 p.m. in the High School auditorium under Miss Louise Sheldon. Senior and junior choruses join a newly formed band with varied program numbers from American folk songs to classical pieces featuring solos by Abraham Caruao George Wood Norman Hartnett and Robert Gillespie among others. The event includes a drum major impersonation by a student and a flag salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford
Louise Sheldon
Robert Gillespie
Rubinstein
Lauren Connery
Richard Cremesio
Cyril Michon
Robert Montgomery
Strickland
Cain High School Chorus
Women’s Guild Meeting Plans At Third Presbyterian Church
East Side executive board met Friday night with president Mrs William E Baylis for the regular society gathering. A program is being arranged for the meeting in the church hall tomorrow at 8 pm. Also noted is a Pawling Avenue Methodist Church member at the Samaritan Hospital. The Women’s Society of Christian Service will hold its regular monthly business meeting tomorrow at 3 pm in the Pawling Avenue church. Holstees include Mrs Ernest Bone steel chairwoman Miss Betty Land Messer Mrs Joseph Peters Mrs William Manning and Mrs Cecil Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt. Tech
Allen James Germain
Camp Shelby
Miss
Atlen Germain
Walter W. Crowther
Martin W. Crowther
Fourth Street
Camp Maxey
Tex
Wishawaha
Methodist Church
Mary Elizabeth Hess
Northeastern
New York
Virginia Pollock
Meen Durnan
Thelma Gustafson
Danny Boy
Marlyn ,Hornberg
Joan Follett
Marcia McCullen
Anna Marie Wilks
America
den den 3
Donald Marino
Hub Master
Den 2
Gemze Whitehurst
Veaterford Mechanicville Road
Den 3
Thomas V. Wolcott
Etta Smith
Ionic Chapter, Co. ES
Masonic Temple
LaVerne Conklin
Milford E Frost
Columbine Blue Birds
Red Cross
Sary Swasy
George Scouten
Elizabeth Willetts
Women’s Guild of
The
Third Presbyterian Church
William E. Baylis
McChesney
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Holstees
Ernest Bonesteel
Betty Land- Messer
Joseph Peters
William Manning
Cecil Nash
President Roosevelt Sending Warm Personal Congratulatory Message
President Roosevelt dispatched a warm personal congratulations to General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Allied commanders in North Africa after Axis forces were defeated. The message highlighted Allied cooperation and the significant strategic victory in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Three in Home Overcome by Gas in Saratoga Springs
Three people were overcome by illuminating gas in a Saratoga Springs home and treated at Saratoga Hospital emergency clinic. Richard Claibourne 50, his wife Lou 51, and Edna Finley 48 were dosed by a water heater gas leak discovered after a groaning basement scene.
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Richard Claibourne
Lou Claibourne
Edna Finley
Finley
Clerics Call for U S Soviet Cooperation
A New York statement signed by 32 Protestant readers urges support for American Soviet cooperation within the United Nations framework as essential to winning the war. It says disagreement on religious and democratic sites must not obscure this cardinal point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cohoes Plans to Open Child Care Centers
Cohoes plans to open child care centers using Lanham Act funds for a war workers program. Dr. F Herrick Conners reports funds are not yet final but expected to begin next week. A center at Kev eny Memorial Hall serves preschoolers and about 150 older children will use expanded facilities. By July 1, 453 city children will have mothers working in area war plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Herrick Conners
Cohoes
Pennsylvania Post Urges Probe Into Legion Command Conflict
The national commander urged an immediate investigation of a Pennsylvania American Legion post number 673 after a resolution criticizing Roane Waring and John L. Lewis. The telegram from Roane Waring to Daniel Hartbauer cites the post’s move as shameful and accuses Waring of attacks on labor’s long-time leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
American Legion
Pennsylvania Legion
Pennsylvania
Roane Waring
Dan‘iel C. Hartbaeur
Pittsburg
John L.) Lewis
Xx x
Waring
Labor
Two Pilots Die in Berkshire Crash
Two pilots, a British and an American, died when a Wavy training plane crashed in the Berkshires. Early reports claimed one occupant. a second body was later found buried at the wreck site. Identity remained undisclosed as authorities investigated. Samuel Love of Mount Greylock reservation saw smoke and called state police. The aircraft was from Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
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Nval
Wavy
Berkshires
Samuel Love
Mount Greylock
Quonset Point
A L P Groups Seek Roosevelt Fourth Term Support
The Western New York conference of the American Labor Party, representing eight counties, endorsed Roosevelt for a fourth term. The resolution backs reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President Henry A. Wallace in 1944 as champions of freedom and economic justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York
American Labor Party
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Cohoes Pupils In War Stamps Set Records In April
War bonds and stamps totaling 3597.70 were sold by Cohoes schools in April per Dr F Herrick Connors. Totals by school list multiple amounts and pupil counts with School 9 leading in average per pupil at 692. A variety of obituaries follow including Kenry Riel Mrs Mary Jane Jones and Mrs Clara Blair with funeral details and church affiliations.
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Cohoes
F. Herrick Connors
van Schaak Island
FMT
Cohees High School
School
van Schaick Island
Two Cohoes Groups Unite At Breakfast
Seventy five members of the Cohoes Police and Fire Departments and city officials attended the annual communion breakfast at Sacred Heart Church on Park Avenue. The event featured mass at 7:30 am, a procession from the police station, and a public safety leadership lineup including Public Safety Commissioner S Earl Mel Dermott and Police Chief Joseph F Garrett. Also noted were Lt Col personnel, with Mayor Rudolph Boulder present.
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Cohoes
Sacred Heart Church
Park Avenue
Reymond J. Robert
Baston
Celiant
S. Earl MelDermott
Joseph F. Garrett
James H. Golden
Rudolph Boulter
Frank L. Brandt
7Azo
Onttario Street
Funeral Mass for Edward Son at A G Beivins and St Anne's
Funeral services for Edward son will be held at 8 30 am tomorrow at A G Beivins Sons Funeral Home 70 Congress Street and at 9 am at St Anne's Church with a requiem high mass. Burial follows at St Mary's Cemetery Waterford.
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Kenry Riel
Dufresne
Main Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
Cela A. Robitaille
Gertrude Cone
Cecile M. Rivet
Henry P. Pellerin
Pie Jesu
Chopin
Pellerin
Hubert Garneau
John Markis
Edward Peltier
Lews Lambert
Robitaille
Raoul A. Lavallee
Leon Paradis
1St Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Mary Jane Jones
James Jones
John EB. Jones
Geneva
St. James
Cohoes
Walter J. Duffy
Columbia Street
Earl C. Fryer
St James' Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Troy
Clara Blair
Charles Bian, Jr
Cohoes Hospital
Blair
Clara Lacrosse
St. Joseph’s Church
Congress Street
Arthur Lacrosse
Margaret Blair
Charles
Francis
Arthur
Joseph
Raymond
David Blair
Frederick Lacrosse
St Joseph's Church
Laura Gaillpeau
James Gallipeau
Clifton Street
Northside
Whitehall
Gallipeau
St. Anne’s Church
Ladies of St. Anne Society
The
Union For Prayer
Edward
A. G Beivins’ Sons Funeral
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Flight Student Rescues Dog From Creek Ledge
A dog stranded on a six inch ledge above Mt Idas Poestenkill falls was rescued by a Navy flight student and companion with help from Farnam Steamer House firefighters and police. The rescue involved a rope descent to the edge and securing the animal before hoisting to safety. The dog then disappeared after reaching solid ground, believed to have fallen earlier into the creek above Pawling Avenue bridge.
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Mt. Ida Falls
Poestenkill
Second Barist Church
Husky Austin
Red’ Moore
Buffalo
R. P
Robert Mirabello
Brooklyn
Farnam Steamer House
Moore
Pawling Avenue
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Carey
Maich” Ascher
Ascher
Schubert
Jocelyn” Godard Eaghe School Chorus
Columbine
Abraham Caruao
George Wood
My Fair Lady” Hepburn
Bahm
Largo
Dvdiek Trombone
Norman Hartnett
Mighty Lak’ A Rose
Nevin Euphonium
Bruce Dick
Klemp
Dridges
Rey
Cub Pack
Den 1
David Ormsby
Aenner
Robert Shoab
Richard Weaver
Zane LeVan
Dorothy L. LeVan
Haze Hartnett
John Lee
Doris Ennist
Jack Ennist
Flo
United Nations
Algiais
Phillip Goettel
Siath Aveue
the Samaritan Hospital
Happy Returns
Rebel Legion
Berkshire
Melvin F Geritz
Frank Gerritz
Marine Corps Reserve
Corps
Quantico
Union College
Cohoes Young Woman's Christian Association
Association
Mohawk Street
Charles Gero
Girt Reserve Department
Second Ward
Congress ST Condes WY
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