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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1944
Page
21
A wartime reporter describes the Fifth Army cemetery near Terracina Italy after American troops captured the area. German forces had damaged crypts and strewn caskets, with bodies moved and shrapnel and odor filling the ruined site as soldiers surveyed the scene and found ammunition.
In a brief battle report German booby traps loom near confession boxes while American doughboys push from the cemetery toward the Appalachian Way Terracina. A heroic action by Second Lieutenant Richard Holstom of Aurora, IL, leads to defeating two German soldiers after seizing an abandoned weapon. several comrades are wounded.
William Goldberg, former associate of the late Judge William Woolard and Judge Louis Feremini, an Albany attorney active in Masonic circles as a past master of Washington lodge, died Monday at his Hollywood, Florida home. Funeral planned in New York City.
Supreme Court Justice Ely W. Pertosius granted a change of venue from Albany to Ulster County for the trial of Roy M. Page on 33 counts of first degree grand larceny six counts of second degree grand larceny and three counts of corrupt per gassing. Page a Broome County official was indicted by a special grand jury investigating legislative spending.
Washington observers report a surge of Texas Democratic opposition to a Roosevelt fourth term. Florida’s delegate tally showed 43 percent against a fourth term, while South Carolina and Texas move to challenge the nomination with unbound electors and possible third party ticket considerations. Floor battles loom at the Democratic National Convention.
Censorship Director Byron Price testified before the House Appropriations Committee that no newspaper or publication deliberately violated the wartime censorship code. He praised the press for its generally excellent attitude and noted only rare inadvertent mistakes amid manpower shortages. A free press has been maintained and not criminally careless with military information in wartime.
Victor Whitehouse a well known Fifteenth Ward resident and longtime Ludlow Valve Co. employee died suddenly at his home on Furth Avenue. Born in England he lived here many years and worked forty years at Ludlow Valve Co. He is survived by a daughter Sybil and a son Victor Jr with siblings in England and Florida. Funeral Monday at 10:30 from his residence with Rev. James L. officiating at St Barnabas Church. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
Somerville New Jersey Scott Wolf Farland 36 an American sailor tied to the North African invasion faces sentencing after a county court jury found him guilty of first degree murder for stabbing James H Manchester of New York in January in North Plainfield New Jersey. The panel of six men and six women recommended life imprisonment at hard labor.
In New York the Army newspaper presents a series of French lessons for American soldiers in England. The lessons include phrases such as how to say My wife doesn't understand me and other practical expressions for potential invaders of la belle France.
Churchill defended Generalissimo Franco in Commons amid volleys of appeasement criticism. Critics say Britain shields Franco to guard against Nazi influence, while Alvarez del Vayo calls Spain a Hitler outpost. Officials note talks on Spanish trade and Wolfram embargo lag behind Allied aims.
The Red Rock Home Bureau will meet today at 1 pm at the residence of Mrs Clarence Hayward located at 14118th Street. The gathering aims to discuss local homemaking topics and community projects with members in attendance.
Mrs Lenita Lockrow wife of Sar Lockrow died early Wednesday at about 2 am at her home in Southwest Hoosick while preparing to attend a missionary meeting at the Advent Christian Church. She is survived by her husband nine children two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 pm from the residence and at 2 30 from the Advent Christian Church with burial in West Hoosick Cemetery.
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