Marines Recall Tarawa Feat and Lessons Learned
At a press conference Maj. Gen. Holland Smith praised the amphibious effort at Tarawa, noting heavy Gilberts losses but strong teamwork among naval gunfire, air and land forces. He described impregnable blockhouses and the need for longer preliminary bombing for future atoll assaults.
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Pearl Harbor
Upi
Tarawa
Holland McTiere Smith
Aid
Asault
Smith
Gilberts
Jomes
Jess
Yarryn Hill
Richmond
Kelly Turner
Waterford Red Cross seeks pins for mothers with many service members
Waterford mothers with five or more sons or daughters in service are asked to contact Mrs. Wilbur H. Caney, chairman of the Waterford Red Cross, to receive special pins. Funeral services for Clara R. Gentile will be held today at 9 am from 75 Fourth Street and 9:30 am at St Marys with a requiem mass. burial in St Marys Cemetery. Confirmation for Grace Episcopal candidates set for Feb 29 by Rt Rev. G Ashton Oldham, bishop. Classes begin tomorrow at Clark Memorial parish house at 3:30 pm. Altar Guild meets tonight at 8 pm. choir rehearsal Friday at 7:15 pm led by Robert Van Steenburg. Post Auxiliary of the Charles J Brady Post, No 235, American Legion, meets tonight at 8 to 8:30 pm at Legion rooms with Mrs. Eugene Roberts presiding. meeting moved one week ahead. St Andrew the Apostle’s Day observance at Grace Episcopal Church features Holy Communion at 10:30 am with servers Donald Dudden and William Law and intercessions for armed forces and peace. Personal notes list Pvt Richard Kennedy visiting parents on Saratoga Ave, Lt William O’Meara visiting parents on Canal Street, Navy’s John Boudreau at home from Navy Hospital New York, and others returning from New York trips.
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Waterford
Wilbur H. Caney
First Street
Red Cross
Clara R. Gentile
Fourth Street
St. Mary’s'’ Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
G. Ashton Oldham
Episcopal Diocese of
Albany
Grace Episcopal Church
Clark Memorial
Altar Guild
Robert van Steenburg
Post
Charles J. Brady
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Eugene Roberts
James T. Kerr
Donald Dudden
William Law
Richard Kennedy
T. Francis Kennedy
Saratoga Avenue
William O'Meara
Leo O'Meara
Canal Street
Northside
John Boudreau
Navy
Navy Hospital
New York
J. Brewster Wright
George Bruno
Frank J. Bull
Casmire Gulla
Robert G. MacHaffin
Green Island Court to Hold 24th Anniversary Dinner
Green Island Court St Joseph C D A will host its 24th anniversary dinner tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Cohoes Elks Club with Miss Elizabeth Welch state treasurer a guest of honor and other state district officers dignitaries and notable speakers expected Mrs Clara Gaynor serves as grand regent Plan Christmas Party Sunday School Board of Green Island Methodist Church set a Christmas party for Wednesday Dec 29 at the church with cradle roll program led by Mrs William Gibbert Committees include Mrs John McGinity Miss Olga Ostopkovich and Mrs Oliver Hunt Rifis presided over the school session War Stamps and Bonds total 504 35 sold last week across three village booths with funds directed by Presbyterian Church Picarillo store Heatly School and Methodist Church hosts this week’s sale by women volunteers.
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Court St. Joseph
C. D
Cohoes
Green Island Methodist Church
William Gibbert
John McGinity
Olga Ostopkovich
Oliver Hunt
Edna Giles
Rifis
Mcinity
The
Presbyterian Church
Picarillo
Margaret Picarillo
Heatly School
Margaret Kenny
Methodist Church
Oliver J. Hunt
Legal challenge to Albany grand jury subpoenas continues
Justice Russell weighed the legality of broad subpoenas against state officials, ruling a grand jury must have de facto organization to be challenged. He warned the sweeping 75 000 item demand risks probing legislative fiscal affairs rather than a criminal inquiry into public money misuse. He stressed the legislature as a body cannot be criminally indicted, but noted possible crimes by individual legislators.
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Albany County
Russell
Two Trojans Die in Action in WWII Casualty List
Two more young Troy men are killed in action per a War Department release listing 38 U S soldiers dead on various fronts. First Lieut William C Mackey perished in the Southwest Pacific area. his father Cornelius P Mackey of 2200 Fourteenth Street is named as next of kin. Private First Class William J Walsh died in the Mediterranean area. listed as son of Mrs John Walsh of 2 Detroit Avenue.
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Troy
William C. Mackey
William J. Walsh
War Department
United States
Mackey
Southwest Pacific
King
Cornelius P. Mackey
Fourteenth Street
Walsh
Mediterranean
John Walsh
Detroit Avenue
Capt Fletcher Former Trojan Plane Victim
Capt John Thomas Fletcher 27 Army Air Corps son of Thomas J Fletcher a former Trojan now living in South Pasadena California was killed instantly in a plane accident. Word reached his uncle former Maj William A Fletcher last night. No details were given. Captain Fletcher was formerly an instructor at West Point. Funeral set for tomorrow in South Pasadena.
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John Thomas Fletcher
Army Air Corps
Thomas J. Fletcher
South Pasadena
Cal
Maj
William A. Fletcher
Fletcher
West Point
Troy
Stragglers Reported Remaining at Tarawa
The Navy reported yesterday that a few enemy stragglers remain in the northern end of Tarawa atoll, one of the Gilbert Islands seized by American forces.
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Washington
Navy
Tarawa Atoll
Gilbert
Court ruling limits grand jury subpoenas to specific crimes
Justice Russell declares general investigations of the Legislature cannot be pursued via broad subpoenas duces tecum. He orders quashing subpoenas against Moore and Browne for breadth, but denies quashing Boyden’s subpoena as regular and relevant to the inquiry.
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Justice Russell
Moore
Rollin Browne
State Department of Taxation
Boyden
Stillwater Step-up Night at Upton OES meeting likely
Stillwater notes report a regular Upton Chapter OES meeting with five officers to advance one station during the Step-up Night. Members are asked to wear white for initiation ceremonies. Separate items list WAVE entertaining and a long guest roster from Mechanicville to Baltimore with Red Cross and Navy ties.
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Upton Chapter
Gertrude Coons
Blanche Lobdell
Margaret Goodrich
Elen Dean
Gertrude Case
Margaret Talmadge
Talmadge
Bernice Booth
Irma Caswell
Maud Tompkins
Betty Thomas
Edith Cook
Lillian Mitchell
Troy Rotary Club To Hold Ladies Night Evening Event
The Troy Rotary Club announces a ladies night this evening at The Hendrick Hudson with a 6 30 pm dinner. Members unable to attend can gain attendance credit by signing in at noon at the hotel.
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Troy
Guard Units Drill and Play at New York Armory
Company A and Headquarter Company of the New York Guard conducted a drill and athletic game at the Armory. Company A edged their opponents 25 to 25 in a close match. The unit then practiced rifle firing drills under Capt Johns B Prout with instruction from Sergt Clarence T Dwyer and Sergt John Miller. Sergt Franklin H Wilson was named company clerk. Lieutenant Corcoran announced five vacancies in the company with applications open Monday or Thursday nights at the state armory.
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New York Guard
John J. Corcoran
Johns B. Prout
Clarence T. Dwyer
Corcoran
John Miller
Franklin H. Wilson
Mien
State Armory
Surrender Plans Shift in Allied War Strategy
The article outlines expected major leaders at a high level three conference to reaffirm unconditional surrender policy and plan spring offensive on Germany. It notes Roosevelt Stettinius Hopkins Harriman Winant Eden Molotov as likely participants and flags debates on reparations and postwar Europe.
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London
Germany
Roosevelt
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Harry Hopkins
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
John G. Winant
Britain
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav Molotov
Moscow
Europe
European Advisory Commission
Vargas
Two Accused Of Ratior Stamp Counterfeiting
Two men in Schenectady area charged with counterfeit ration stamps arraigned before Commissioner on charges tied to a bogus stamp operation. The alleged source plant was seized last week in New York. Accused include Peter Pone of 602 El Street and another man named Van Guysling, with bail set at 2,600 dollars for Pone.
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Schenectady
Charles FE
Palmer
Sioner
G Plant
New York
van Guysling
Peter Pone
el Street
Pone
Blood donors give 166 pints in Troy drive at church
Returning to Troy after a two week absence the Red Cross Mobile Blood Bank at the First Baptist Church collected 168 pints from 166 donors with 88 returnees. Ten rejections due to colds left 176 volunteers registered. repeats included 8, 5, 12, 26, and 42 donors at various frequencies. Watervliet Arsenal and local firms contributed, with Franciscian of Cohoes also sending a group. The bank will be in Troy each Monday for the winter with registrations at Red Cross in the Procter Building.
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Troy
Red Cross Mobile Blood Bank
First Baptist Church
Watervliet
John A., Manning Paper Co
Behr-Manning, Wagars Ice Cream Co
The
Franciscian
Cohoes
Red Cross
Procter
Hudson Falls Music Educators Conference Features All State Ensembles
An area music educators conference will be held in Hudson Falls on Friday and Saturday under the New York State School Music Association and Hudson Falls public schools Music Department. A highlight is a Saturday evening concert by the All-State Band Orchestra and Choir, featuring more than 175 high school students from 30 schools conducted by prominent state musicians.
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Music
Hudson Falls
New York State School Music Association
Hudson Falls Public Schools
Conference talk on postwar Europe and German peace feelers
The article discusses wartime leaders weighing postwar plans for Soviet areas and Central and Eastern Europe with Stalin’s views, while Benes may join discussions before Moscow to sign a mutual assistance treaty. Renewed German peace rumors are dismissed by Britain.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Benes
Germany
Central
Europe
Moscow
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Cohoes Receives December Draft Quota Details
Cohoes Board 35 received the December Selective Service quota with induction notices planned today or tomorrow. The November contingent departs for Army service. 21 have been accepted, mostly into the Army or Marine Corps. Final examinations for December draftees are slated for the week of December 12. Some accepted for Army service may take three-week furloughs and extended leave into early next year. others in different branches face a one week call after induction. A note: those in essential roles 2581-A may affect December allocations. Church unit St Anne of St Marie’s plans winter activities at the church basement meeting.
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Cohoes Board No
Cofe
Marine Corps
Nomere
Danish Society to Hold Monthly Meeting at Dania Hall
The Danish singing society will conduct its monthly meeting Saturday night at Dania Hall with Jesse J. Smith presiding. After the meeting a fish supper will be served hosted by Agner Larsen and John Lambertson, with George Miner as chairman and a committee including Peter Frandsen Charles Dahl Matthew Dahl John Rasmussen Chris Jensen and John Christiansen.
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Danish Sing Society
Dania Hall
Jesse J. Smith
Agner Larsen
John Lambertsen
George Miner
Peter Frandsen
Charles Dahl
Matthew Dahl
John Rasmussen
Chris Jensen
John Christiansen
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