Leros Defeat Marked by Relentless German Onslaught
British and Italian defenders on Leros faced ceaseless German bombardment and landings. Despite stubborn resistance with bayonets and grenades, fresh reinforcements doomed the outpost as organized resistance ended in the evening. Allied air and naval efforts claimed some Axis aircraft and invasion craft were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leros
Calinos
Calato
Maritza
Rhodes
Samos
Greek
Aegean
Italy
Cos
Crete
Greece
Bulgaria
Cas
Turkey
Tela
Nazis Executing Many in Berlin
London reported by UP that Berlin is seen executing more than 1100 persons daily to curb defeatism as Allied bombing causes 10,000 to 15,000 deaths per raid. A whisper campaign claims Germany will blow up Britain. Sweden cites Himmler decree permitting execution of 12 year olds deemed mature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Istanbul
Vatan
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Sweden
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Ford Workers Seek General Wage Boost
United Automobile Workers leaders Richard Leonard and Percy Llewellyn asked Ford Motor Co. to start negotiations on December 1 for a general wage increase. They urged scrapping the Little Steel formula and sought a postwar labor security fund plus higher vacation bonus benefits and Ford subsidies for employee insurance premiums. The UAW-CIO move mirrors a strike against the Little Steel formula by United Steelworkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Little Steel
United Steel Workers
C. I
Giraud resigns as commander in chief of French forces
Gen Henri Giraud withdraws from his post for at least two weeks after a “satisfactory” conference with the French Committee of National Liberation and talks with Allied officers. The De Gaullist committee has not given written guarantees, while a spokesman expects the terms may not be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Committee of National Liberation
Henri Giraud
de Gaullist-controlled
Gireud
Giraud
Ja de Gaullist
Interned Business Leaders Run Santo Tomas Camp
Raymond P. Cronin reports from Rio de Janeiro on the men and women interned in the Philippines. Prominent American and British business leaders manage camp functions, welfare, and labor, turning confinement into a practiced town with volunteers handling food, sanitation, and services as they await repatriation or end of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond P. Gronin
Rio de Janeiro
Santo Tomas
Los Banbds
Philippines
Far East
Manila
Carroll C. Grinnel
International General Electric
Tokyo
Union College
OPA Chief Delivers Parable On Subsidies And Inflation
Washington correspondent reports Chester Bowles of the OPA likens subsidies to iodine and inflation to an infected arm, asserting the agency would not embrace unlimited subsidies. The piece covers Treasury check print runs, road-building speed in Asia, and Col. Bryan Houston’s early notes on OPA personnel during wartime rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Price
Chester Bowles
Bowles
OPA
Congress
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving
Harold Chin
Pan American- Chinese National Airways Corp
Himalaya
India
China
United States
Japheld Burma
Muddy Moe
Burma
Watervliet Man Pleads To Reckless Driving
Thomas J. Alund of 2427 Fourth Avenues Watervliet pleaded guilty to a reduced reckless driving charge after drunken driving and no operator license arrests. Justice Homer Brown of Niskayuna fined him 15 dollars for operating without a license. An earlier near collision with Schenectady Railway Co. prompted the downgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Alund
Watervliet
Schenectady County
Shor
Justice of the Peace
Homer Brown
Niskayuna
Brown
Alund
Schenectady
Cohoes Campaign Reports Funds For Wartime Relief
A total of 6300 dollars has been raised in Cohoes for wartime relief agencies under the National War Fund. Reports were given at a Tuesday meeting at 142 Rensselaer Street headquarters, chaired by Ambrose A. Scully. Final reports are to be submitted next week by ward captains and committees targeting industrial concerns banks and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
National War Fund, Inc
Alive
Rensselaer Street
Ambrose A. Scully
Elks
Edward M. Smith
Katherine Newell
Cohoes Groups Plan Christmas Parties and Notices
Imperial Chapter Order of the Eastern Star outlined its annual Christmas party with Master Masons as guests to be held Tuesday at the Cohoes Masonic Temple. Mrs. Bessie Bennett chairs the kitchen, Mrs. Eleanor Scotland the dining room, with Mrs. Alice Miller presiding and Charles J. Ellett as patron. Also reported were first quarterly high school report cards from Cohoes High, mothers club events at St Agnes School, a women’s club card and mahjong party, and obituaries for Mrs. Amelia Sorel of Waterford with services planned at St Joseph’s Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Cohoes Masonic Temple
Bessie Bennett
Eleanor Scotland
Alice Miller
Charles J. Ellett
Worthhy
Cohoes High School
Charles BE. Wheeler
Lillian Ross
Cohoes Marine Home Convalescence and Local Notices
Walter Guzy a Marine Corps veteran of 42 engagements including Guadalcanal is on a thirty day convalescent furlough with parents in Cohoes. He enlisted January 16 1941 with brother Edward and fought in the South Pacific. Walter to report to St Albans Naval Hospital after furlough. another brother Sergt Thomas Gu is at Camp McQuaid. Red Cross dressings station on Mohawk Street seeks volunteers with an emergency quota, open 9 am to 4 pm today and next week due to Thanksgiving. Spartana Rebekah Lodge plans Christmas party December 21 in G A R rooms Renisen Street chaired by Mrs Ueila Crier. Cadet Philip H Jensen Army of 170 Lancaster Street recently had an appendectomy at Oxford Miss while his wife Mrs Harding Jensen joins him. he attends University of Ippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Guzy
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
George Guzy
Mansam Street
Cohoes
Edward Guay
South Pacific
Walter
Naval Hospital
Oakland
Cal
St. Albans Naval Hospital
L. J
Sergt
Thomas Gu
Camp McQuaid
Red Cross
Mohawk Street
Charles 4. Norjthey
Edward Hemple
Spartana Rebekah Lodge
Renisen Street
Ueila Crier
Catherine Jackson
Noble Grand
Hilda Ross
Philip H. Jensen
Army
Lancaster Street
I@ Hospital
Oxford
University of Ippi
Harding
Jensen
Jens Jensen
Schaghtiroke
Cohoes Contingent Will Meet Tonight
The November Selective Service contingent at Cohoes will meet tonight at 8 pm in the Common Council chambers at City Hall with the Pre-Induction Committee of the Cohoes War Council. A. Donald Scotland will preside and speakers include Svowland, Robert G. Hanlon and Dr. E. J. Massey. Also reported are Pfc. R. Emmett Ryan leaving for New River NC after seven days with his parents. The mid week prayer service at Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church is at 7:45 pm with a session meeting at 8:30. A Ladies Auxiliary card party occurred at 69 Heartt Avenue with awards to multiple attendees. A rebate was authorized to John E. Matton & Son for 1943 tax overcharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Common Council
R. Emmett Ryan
Marine Corps
New River
N. C
Emmett Ryan
Central Avenue
Parris Island
S. C
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church
Francis L. McCauley
Luxtary
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rose Bartolomeo
Heartt Avenue
Yolanda Pondillo
Carmella Pondillo
Sadie Ashley
Hattie Royle
Sadie Wells
Lillian Gardner
Hattie Ditch
Grace Vozzo
Mary Kilduff
Helen McMahan
Terena Marucci
Yvonne Redmond
Shirley Durocher
Marion Murphy
J. Larkin
Mae Maxwell
Clara Lee
John JE. Matton & Son
Cohoes Lodge Of Masons Paid Visit To Cohoes Lodge
The Cohoes Lodge of Masons hosted a district deputy grand master from Schenectady and delegations from Albany Scotia Altamont and nearby lodges. Attendees included St George's Lodge Schenectady and officers from Troy. A social followed the ceremony. Sailor Home Joseph Kowalik son of Mrs. Tessie Kowalik returns from South Pacific duties and will attend Diesel Engine School at Norfolk. Also noted is a Christmas card party for Court St Bernard on Remsen Street with awards and refreshments. Pfe Emmett Ryan returns to duty with Marine Corps. reaction from Emmett Central Avenue family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revert
J. Swackhamer
Sebenectady
Cohoes Lodge
Albany
Scotia
Altamont
A. R. Krause
Masdge
T Depue Masonis
John W. Newland
St. George's Lodge
Schenectady
A. Donald Scotland
Tran 'Grotta
Slowper
Troy
Angus DS
W Elway
T Cready
Sailor
Joseph V. Kowalik
Tessie Kowalik
Sargent Stree
George Kowalik
South Pacific
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
George Wowatik, Jr
E Navy
Pacific
Frank Kowal
The
Arms
Sicily
Court St. Bernard, Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus
Remsen Street
Margaret Walsh
Sonal
Mars Cohi
Saratoga Stre
Trax Hospital
Pfe
Emmett Ryan
Marine Corps
Newver
Mr Ryan
Emmett Central Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cairo
Egyptian Mail
Balkans
Raymond P. Cronin
Associated Press
Cronin
Gripsholm
Grinne i
Elmira
N. Y
Los Banos
U.S. Navy
Civet
William C. Hittick
Buffalo
Sheridan
Maryknoll Ossining
M. C
William McCarthy
Maryknoll
Waterbury
Francis Xavier Cassera
New York City
Max Vitally
Zabethtown
N.Y
Albany College of Pharmacy
Union University
Vitally
Vitally iI
Shanghai
Mignano
Pompei
Mary
Americwat
Chin
Jap Construction
Bryan Houston
Sam
Army Service Forces
Office of Price Administration
Houston
Colonel Houston
Watervliet Man
Halsey
Bougainville
William F. Halsey
Col
W. E. Riles
U.S. Mlc
Lieut
W. J. Kitchell
Bougainville Island
Cohoes Reports
Mothers’ Club
St. Agnes’ School
Gavin Hall
M. Leo Fitzgerald
Robert G. Hanlon
Cahoes
American Red Cross
John Bowman
Andrew Brackley
Harald Woods
Cohoes Business and Professional Women's Club
Young Women
L Jan Association
Lewis
W. S. Gillen
Carrigan
Bertha
Isabel Smith
Walden
Eleanor Walquist
Irving Caplan
Luke Kelly
Ted R. Russell
Charlies Carter
Beatrice M. Poinsel
Helen A. McDowell
Laura McClelland
Hermie B. Goodraw
Heatrice M. Silex
Amelia Sorel
iTheophile
Sorel
Frank Murray
S.treet
Waterford
Laura Hallett
Leity
Edward Cramer
Murray
Hector Daigineault
Paul Sorel
Wiliam “Sorel
Alfred LaRoche
Hemingsford
Alexander Chapiron
Lacolle
Canada
Marcel
Robert J. Swankhamer
William A. R. Krause
A. M
Cohoes Lodge of Masons
Cohoes Elks
Black Horse
Hoy, Jr
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