Greeks Help Allies in Dodecanese
Cairo dispatches report improved Leros situation with German casualties numbered. Greek Andarts landed on the Dodecanese island aided by a destroyer, driving back German parachutists and infantry and seizing beachheads as refugees arrived. The group, estimated at 30,000 fighters, has waged guerrilla warfare on the Greek mainland.
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Leroy
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Borum
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Yorktown Mine Depot Blast Kills Six
A naval mine depot explosion in Yorktown early yesterday killed at least six civilians and injured twenty to thirty others. The blast at 12:55 a.m. shattered the depot and damaged nearby windows with a glare seen 60 miles away. Fire crews controlled blazes within two hours as officials evacuated nonessential personnel from the area.
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James River
Cornwallis
R. B. Kirkpatrick
Little Creek
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Music Pupils Ready Mechanicville Recital at Studio on Park
Violin pupils of V J Catri cala and piano pupils of Emile Catricala from the Catricala School of Music Mechanicville will perform Friday at 8 15 p m at the Studio on Park Avenue Miss Eleanor Catricala soprano student of Mrs Norma Catricala will assist and Mrs Norma Catricala will accompany for violin and voice selections The program includes a mix of piano violin and vocal pieces by various composers with named performers
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V. J. Catricala
Emile Catricala
Catricala School of Music
Mechanicville
Park Avenue
Eleanor Catricala
Norma Catricala
Duval
Catherine Capobiance
Lehar
Norman Lenihan
Dovarak
Douglas Kenyon
Gounod
Offenbach
James Ronan
Moment Musicale
Schubert
Benjamin Sykes
This
Brahe
Hauser
Donald Doyle
Beethoven
Gavotte
Gossec
Taylor
Waitz
Chopin
Patricia Catane
Rehfeld
Rosemary Smith
Safety Engineers Discuss Railroad Record in Schenectady
Safety Superintendent K A Bornt rager of the New York Central Railroad told the District Society of Safety Engineers about railroads carrying a burden double that of World War II but with far fewer accidents and deaths than 25 years ago. Other speakers included George Sanford of General Electric and Charles Fouhy of General Aniline Works.
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New York Central Railroad
District Society of Safety Engineers
Schenectady
Troy
Albany
George Sanford
General Electric Co
Charles E. Fouhy
General Aniline Works
Rensselaer
John L. Long
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Stanley Alien
Troy Girl Catherine Castle Receives College Honors
Catherine Castle of Troy was among 31 juniors at the College of New Rochelle awarded blue fourragères for two years of high scholastic honors at the honors convocation during Founder's Day celebration. She had an average of 90.3.
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Catherine Castle
College of New Rochelle
Miss Castle
Anna Vandenburg
Highland Avenue
Scenic Air Tour of New Guinea amid War Turbulence
Reporter Lee Yanatta surveys New Guinea from the air, praising its beauty from Wewak to the Markham valley while warning that dense forests, malarial mosquitos, and jungle terrain hinder development. He contrasts New Guinea with nearby New Britain, noting its tropical paradise allure but greater accessibility issues for air transport during war.
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Markham Valley
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Ambassador Grew warns Mount Holyoke on complacency
Former ambassador Joseph C. Grew told Mount Holyoke College faculty and students that defeating Japan will be a long, difficult task and that Americans must understand foreign peoples. He warned against complacency and urged full civilian effort in destroying militarism.
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Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Mount Holyoke College
Pacific
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U S Leadership In Culture And Science Urged
Dr John A Wilson of the University of Chicago urged U S leadership in culture technology and other fields to aid nations seeking modernization He said universities should drive the effort not the government He noted many nations including China Afghanistan Iran and Mexico seek help but fear imperialism and want independence through American scholarly aid
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Afghanistan
Iran
Turkey
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Mexico
Colombia
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United States
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Apollo Lodge confers second degree at Masonic Temple
Apollo Lodge F and A M conferred the second degree on a class at Masonic Temple last night. The degree was exemplified by Kenneth B. Harrington senior warden with assistance from Bram K. Patton Andrew G Short Leonard W. Stimson and Myron L Chapman. Next meeting November 36 will confer the third degree including Lowell M Bryce son of Lowell H Bryce with past Grand Lodge officers and Apollo Lodge past masters attending. Apollo Lodge Choir and Fellowcraft Club to participate as a large attendance is expected.
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Apollo Lodge
Masonic Temple
Kenneth B. Harrington
Bram K. Patton
King Salomon’s Primitive Lodge
Andrew G. Short
Leonard W. Stimson
Apoallo Lodge
Myron L. Chapman
James Ten Eyck Lodge
Albany
Clifford A. Lewis
City Department Heads Debate Budget for Next Year
City department heads met at City Hall for general discussions on appropriations to be included in the new city budget that will determine next year’s tax rate. Mayor Frank J. Hogan initiated these budget conferences years ago to aid in compiling the estimate. No date given for the budget submission to the Common Council, but it is usually adopted before or after January 1 to allow the Tax Records Bureau to finalize tax mils.
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Frank J. Hogan
Common Council
Tax Records Bureau
Soldier leaves dying dog after furlough
Special tech Franklin E Higgins of Sherwood Park returns 1300 miles to Camp Crowder Mo after a 15 year bond with Pal his 17 year old Airedale Shepherd lay dying. Pal took steps as his master departed. Sugar for canning guidance announced by the district OPA allows up to 15 pounds per household until Feb 29 1944 for 25 pounds allotment pending summer months.
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Spec. Tech
Franklin E. Higgins
Sherwood Park
Pal
Camp Crowder
Higgins
Airdale- Sheperd
OPA
Waterford Legion Elects All Officers at Annual Meeting
The Last Man's Club of the Charles J. Brady Post No. 285 American Legion re elected all officers at the Sunday gathering in the Town Hall Legion rooms. Officers named were President James A. Galvin Vice President Harry Tracy Treasurer Eugene Osterhout Secretary Joseph Welch Historian Frederick Brenz and Chaplain John Morrissey. A banquet followed the business session with a Ladies Auxiliary candlelight service and a ritual observance led by Charles J. Weaver.
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Last Man's Club
Charles J. Brady
American Legion
Legion
James A. Galvin
Harry Tracy
Eugene Osterhout
Joseph Welch
Frederick Brenz
John Morrissey
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Charles J. Weaver
Saratogas County
Rose Esterby
Pugler
St. Mary’s
Brady
Eugene Roberts
Frederick Esterby
Oscar; Cooper
Harry Adler
Ford Trethaway
Charles Kuehn
Robert Lyle
Father of Ten Dies in Crash After Blood Transfusion
Ray C. Smith, 38, of Fort Plain, father of ten, died Monday from injuries after another car struck his vehicle while he was changing a tire. He had been returning home after giving a blood transfusion to his wife following the birth of their tenth child. Mrs. Smith has not yet been informed of the death.
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Finn
Washington Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Matilda Charland Paradise
Third Street
Quandt
Broad Street
Francis E. O'Bryan
O.S.A
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Margaret Holton
St. Joseph's Cemetery
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Parent-Teacher Association
William J. Sullivan
Chester Hayner
Saratoga County
C. Wilson Chamberlain
Arthur Fero
Ray C. Smith
Fort Plain
Smith
Germans Execute Italian Patriots Near Domodossola
German occupation troops killed several Italians and wounded many in a daylong clash near Domodossola. Italian partisans fled to northern Italy as fighting raged around Valadossola and Luino with German and Fascist forces shelling and engaging from air and ground.
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Switzerland
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Domodossola
Brigue
la Suisse
Valadossola
Luino
No Room Aboard Plane Nancy Weeps in Nassau
Nancy Oakes De Marigny, 19, wept over a missed Pan American Clipper to Miami, hoping to visit her mother Lady Eunice Oakes. Unable to secure a seat, she was put to bed under physician care as she awaits another flight later in the week.
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Bahamas
Minty
Miami
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Palm Beach
Eunice Oakes
Ickes' Aid Enters Navy As Plain God
Fortas resigns as Undersecretary of the Interior and goes active as an apprentice seaman in the Navy. He had been slated to head a Middle East petroleum mission for the Petroleum Reserves Corporation but delays in departure prompted his decision.
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Washington (P
Aba Fortas
Middle East
Interior
Navy
Fortas
Washington
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
Convicted Burglar Armed to the Teeth in Yonkers Home Heist
Paul Swearengen, 36, known as the human Fly burglar, was convicted by a county court jury of first degree burglary with three prior felonies and faces 15 years to life. Renanded for sentence by County Judge Frank H. Coyne. Paroled in 1942 after Attica Prison time, he was convicted of robbing Miriam Morris's Yonkers home while armed with an Army bayonet, a dagger, and a black jack.
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White Plains
Paul Swearengen
Frank H. Coyne
Swearengen
Attica State
Miriam Morris
Yonkers
Rookie Shatters Army IQ Record at 161 Points
Pvt Hilton J Wilson, 18, fresh from the University of Kansas, topped Army general classification tests at Jefferson Barracks reception center with a 161 score, two points shy of the perfect mark. He said he was surprised and believed speed was key to finishing in time.
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St Louis
Uniformed girl jailed for posing as Navy nurse
A 15 year old girl Lara Elizabeth Westfall was arrested by FBI agents for illegally wearing a Navy nurse uniform after claiming active duty in Bataan and shooting seven Japanese soldiers. She told a New York newspaper she had such experiences and gave Beverly Hills California as her address.
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FBI
Bataan
E. E. Conroy
Lara Elizabeth Westfall
Beverly Bills
Cal
Conroy
Nelson vows to stay if WPB remains top agency
Washington report says Chairman Don ald Nelson told War Production Board officials he will remain in his post indefinitely, contingent on the WPB maintaining first ranking status. Informants cited his condition as a pledge tied to the board’s authority and influence.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPRB
Nelson
Demobilization Authority in Postwar Reconversion Questioned
A figure warned WPB might lose top rank if it lacked control over demobilization of industry and postwar reconversion. He proposed running if control were reassessed elsewhere, signaling potential leadership shifts amid wartime to peacetime transition.
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WPB
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