Reich Expects Total Erasure Of Her Cities
Berlin faces possible total destruction by British and American bombers as one third of the city is reported ruined by RAF raids. Nazi propaganda chief Goebbels approves a Europa Press report by George Schroeder noting Britain has “won the first round” and that Berlin and other German cities may be laid in waste.
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Stockholm
Berlin
George Schroeder
Europa Press
Patty Joseph Goebbels
Schroeder
Berba
A Schroeder
Germany
Britain
Berlin Bombardment Devastates City as Refugees Flee
Berlin remains paralyzed after RAF raids as authorities fear further attacks. Reports describe the capital’sTransport water and power networks still crippled while refugees convert Tiergarten Park into a tent city. Eyewitness accounts paint a city wrecked by air war with streets empty, burned-out trams, and ongoing explosions.
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Berlin
Schroeder
England
Ufe
Tiergarten Park
Stockholm
Allehanda
Reich
Switzerland
Christer Jaederlund
Tidningen
Stockholm Social Demokraten
Thanksgiving and holiday visits across region
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Pine hosted relatives on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Rose Loretta returned after visiting her daughter in Hinesdale. Harold Pine and family joined Mrs. Emma Case in Hoosick Falls. Myrtie Spencer of Hoosick Falls visited a week with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Sherman. Lester Pine and daughters Janet and Joyce dined Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hunt. Ben English and son David from South Cambridge visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eddy. Donald Moseley of Washington, D. C. spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moseley. Ralph Herrington and Wilfred Knapp attended the wedding of Miss Bernice Carpenter of Center Brunswick.
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Rose Loretta
Hinesdale
Harold Pine
Emma Case
Hoosick Falls
Myrtie Spencer
Forrest Sherman
Lester Pine
Janet
Joyce
Charles Hunt
Ben English
David
South Cambridge
Charles Eddy
Donald Moseley
Washington, D. C
Clarence Moseley
Ralph Herrington
Wilfred Knapp
Bernice Carpenter
Center Brunswick
Biddle Responds to Dewey on Buchalter Case Surrender
Atty Gen Francis Biddle told Governor Dewey that Roosevelt may grant clemency for Louis Lepke Buchalter after New York indicates readiness to carry out his death sentence. He urged handling the matter with the President and suggested Buchalter serve his federal narcotics term first, then surrender to state custody. Dewey had again delayed executions for Buchalter and two Murder Inc. associates.
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Washington
uPi
Francis Biddle
Thomas E Dewey
Roosevelt
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
New York State
Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Dewey
Biddle
Justice Department
Louis Buchalter
State of
New York
Thomas Hughes
Kings County
Lassito
Order of Cooties Jamboree Plans Set for Friday Event
The Military Order of the Cooties Trojan Pup Tent No. 9 held a Sunday meeting and bean supper at Goyers Riverside Grill. They scheduled a jamboree for Friday evening December 10 at the barracks 1 Glen Avenue with attendees from Albany Ballston Hudson Schenectady Hudson Falls Scona and Rensselaer. Abe Non led the scratch event and songs followed by jig and clog dances by Larry Ramrod.
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Military Order of the
Seam Squirrel
Nelsor
Tightwad
George F. McCure
Larry Ramrod
Governor silent on missing man as legal fate looms
In Albany a Georgia vacationing man remained missing with the Governor’s office offering no comment. In New York, Louis Buchalter, Louis Capone, and Emanuel Weiss face death sentences for the 1936 murder of Brooklyn florist Joseph Rosen. The highest state tribunal and the U.S. Supreme Court have affirmed their convictions. Capone and Weiss are incarcerated at Sing Sing.
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Georgia
Albany
Buchalter
Louis Capone
Emanuel Weiss
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn Florist
United States Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
New York
Capone
Weiss
Sing Sing
New York State
Pope to Broadcast Christmas Message
Stockholm reports Pope Pius XII will broadcast two messages to Catholics worldwide on Christmas Eve via urban radio. He will also hold his usual Christmas audience for cardinals. A separate item notes a distressing domestic incident involving a horse and a complaint about nuisance, followed by a theater of war update. Pet Feanes LaPorte, Hoosick Falls, has been wounded in action in the Mediterranean.
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Stockholm
T.P
Pius Mid
Rome
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Pet Feanes A
LaPorte
Mary LaPorte
Spring Street
Hoosick
Mediterranean
War Department
Dobbin Take- Refuge In Owner's Kitchen Feud
A horse named Dobbin escaped into an owner's kitchen, trampling a perch and causing a ruckus on the lawn. Neighbors reported the animal as a frequent visitor and complained to officers that the horse should be kept locked up, while the owner tried to explain.
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Dobbin
Owner's
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