Burma Faces Squeeze Play
Burma faces a three-way Allied squeeze as Mountbatten is named supreme Allied commander in Southwest Asia. Stilwell and Chennault men in India and Free China prepare to reopen the Burma Road, with Allied air forces and Chinese troops ready to push from north and south to strike Japan, advancing toward China via Burma.
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Kenneth L. Dexon
Associated Press
Burma
Mountbatten
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Royal Sea Rover
Southwest Asia
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Nippon
Indian-Burma
China-way
Tigers
India
Rangoon
Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Quebec
Stilwell
Chennault
Burma Road
Chungking
Free China
Tokyo
Japan
Shangri-Lai
Chiang Kai-shek
Axis
United Nations
China
War Manpower orders certificates for cleaning and dyeing workers
New York regional War Manpower Commission director Anna M. Rosenberg ruled that cleaning and dyeing establishments are locally needed and workers must obtain certificates of availability before seeking other jobs. The measure aims to ensure steady labor supply in this essential industry.
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New York
INS
Anna M. Rosenberg
War Manpower Commission
Whitehall notices and local updates from war to new walk
Mrs Francis Lewis reports her husband Pvt Francis Lewis arrived safely in England. Arthur Wolven of D H engineer is at Moses Ludington Hospital in Ticonderoga for treatment. War Bond sales through Saturday reach 121732 75. Ruth Elizabeth Norton engagement to Pfc Horace Tyndell of North Carolina stationed at Boston Army Base announced. Blanche Jillson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Jillson, graduates from EWig Hospital Training School for Nurses in Schenectady after Whitehall High School. A new concrete walk is being laid in front of Dr Edward Joslin property on Broadway.
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Francis Lewis
Pvt
England
Arthur Wolven
Moses Luddington Hospital
Ticonderoga
John Shinners
Ernest Norton
Ruth Elizabeth
Pfc
Horace Tyndell
North Carolina
Boston
Misa Blanche Jillson
Albert Jillson
Ewig Hospital
Schenectady
Missi Jillson
Whitehall High School
Edward Joslin
Broadway
Glider Found on Schenectady Road Farm
A glider with a wingspan of about a few feet was spotted on Adam Freleigh’s Stop 18 Schenectady Road farm near Roosevelt School. Freleigh initially mistook it for a tent and learned the craft was a glider of notable skill. He stored it in his barn awaiting the owner, noting a string tied to the glider suggested it broke loose while flown as a kite.
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Adam Freleigh
Troy- Schenectady Road
Freleigh
Roosevelt School
Schenectady Road
Street crew repairs in progress under foreman William Rowan
Fred Perry aged 63 of Williams Street died Monday at Saranac Lake after weeks of treatment. Born in Whitehall he operated a taxi for years and belonged to Whitehall Lodge of Elks. Survivors include his mother a daughter a son a sister a brother and five grandchildren all of Whitehall. Funeral services were held at Stewart Jillson Funeral Home with Rev James A Brownlee officiating. Interment was at Green Mount Cemetery. First Friday Mass at Our Lady of Victory Church was set for 7:30 this morning.
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Street
William Rowan
Fred .Perry
Willams, Street
Saranac Lake
Whitehall
Whitehall Lodge of Elks
Former Albany Republican Leader Edward Easton Dies
Edward Easton, 63, former chairman of the Albany County Republican organization and 1925 mayoral candidate, died Wednesday at Albany Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Albany. Easton, born in Albany in 1880, once practiced law with the late former Supreme Court Justice Ellis J.
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Albany
Edward Easton
Republican Organization
Albany County
Albany Hospital
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Mr. Easton
Supreme Court
Ellis J
Prominent Yale Referee and Albany Judge Dies at Selkirk
Local obituary notes the death of a former Recorder's Court judge and Yale football referee. Survived by his widow, three sons, four daughters, five brothers and three sisters. He had recently resided in Selkirk and served on the Recorder's Court in Albany.
Bond sales exceed quota in Third War Loan drive
Buffalo UP Erie County reports strong support for the Third War Loan with Industrial Day bonds totaling 15 million yesterday. Local campaign chairman Daniel W Street announces the county has purchased 90 million to date, surpassing the quota by two million.
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Buffalo
Erie County
Daniel W. Streeter
Stillwater Card Party hosted by PTA in high school
Stillwater will host a card party sponsored by the PTA on Wednesday evening October 13 in the high school auditorium. Alfred Meron has returned from Plattsburg visiting relatives. Sergeant Neilson Palmatier, stationed in Nebraska, is on furlough with his mother Mrs Aurelia Palmatier. Mrs Leroy Talmadge hosted the Wednesday Evening Bridge Club with two tables of contract. awards went to Mrs Lyman W Smith Mrs Lawrence McDonald and Mrs William Cisler. The club will meet next week with Mrs John Hamend.
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Alfred Meron
Plattsburg
Sergt. Neilson Palmatier
Nebraska
Aurelia Palmatier
Leroy Talmadge
Lyman W. Smith
Lawrence McDonald
William Cisler
John Hamemond
Man Found Guilty of Larceny After Trial
Earl Philips of 891 Seventh Avenue was found guilty of larceny in Troy Police Court before Judge James E. Byron after a service call on a refrigerator. Andrew Marro, 47 Fourth Street, testified he paid Phillips $24 for repair work and the defendant did not return to finish the job. Mrs. Phillips testified Marro spoke harshly over the telephone. The judge suspended sentence to October 15 to allow an appeal.
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Earl Philips
Seventh Avenue
Troy
James E. Byron
Andrew Marro
Barber
Fourth Street
Marro
Phillips
Marra
Byron
Joseph E. Walsh
Frank Keeshan
Albany
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Eastern Regional Research Laboratory
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Bob Crosby
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Rew
Syeaway
Our Lady of Victory Church
Insait
Sir Samuel Joseph
London
Ira C. Baker
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force
Samuel
USAAF
Adels
Stillwater
Parent-Teacher Association
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