Japs Open Burma Road Offensive
Japanese forces push north along the Burma Road into south western China with five columns. Chinese units counter with heavy casualties reported on both sides as battles flare near the Salween River and Lake Shuanhungchiao. An East China front clash near Liaofeng sees extremely heavy fighting and continued losses.
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Chungking
Burma
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Salween
Tibet
Bay of Bengal
Moulmein
Lake Shuanhungchiao
Lungma
Yunnan
East China Front
Liaofeng
Nanking
Democrats Map Final Registration Drive
The Rensselaer County Democratic Committee met at The Hotel Troy to receive final instructions for the last two registration days and for election efforts. Campaign chairman Daniel E. Conway praised last week’s strong registration drive and urged continued work today and tomorrow. Candidates spoke on progress and several host receptions were announced including a Hotel Troy reception for all candidates hosted by the county Democratic Women's Club, a Syeaway Club event for Daniel W. Carhart, and a Music Hall mass meeting with Gen. William N. Haskell slated to speak.
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Rensselaer County Democratic Committee
Troy
Daniel E. Conway
Hotel
Rensselaer County Democratic Women’s Club
Haskell School Fathers Entertain with Play
Haskell School fathers entertained about 100 parents and children with a PTA sponsored play. Mrs Raymond Foster reported the pupils bought War Stamps valued at 997.25. Room awards went to Grace Minkler Marie Cooper Helen Tatum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell School
Parent-Teacher Association
Raymond Foster
Grace Minkler
Marie Cooper
Helen Tatum
Thomas Treharne
Leslie A. Maltby
Joseph McCormack
James Lloyd
Thomas Tweedy
George LeVoie
Peter Howe
Carl Holzahauer
James Minehan
Jacob Rudolph
William Caven
Marvin Brown
Plans Completed For Speigletown Party
Final plans for a community game social in Speigietown were made by committee at John Knauer's home. The event at Dania Hall in Lansingburg starts at 8 p.m. Proceeds fund gifts for 17 local servicemen in the armed forces. Novelty prizes and awards will be given during the evening.
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Speigietown
Dania Hall
Lansingburg
John Knauer
Allied Strike Swamps Volturno River In Italy Offensive
Allied forces under General Clark crossed the Volturno amid a hurricane of German fire, establishing bridgeheads and pushing toward Campobasso. German counterattacks failed to halt the thrust as American tanks and engineers reinforced the breach and compelled a widening advance along the Volturno line.
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Clark
Capua
Italy
Guardia
Benevento
Ponte
Valturno
Galore
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Ricca
Gildone
Highth
Campobasso
Vinchiatura
Rome
Messerschmitts
Volturno
Calore
Wet and Dry Propaganda Dominate Congress Debate
Washington reports show Congressmen amid a fierce wets versus drys clash over an Army camp prohibition bill. The piece highlights letters flooding the Congressional Record, War Labor Board symbolism, and notes on New York lawmakers and overseas air operations, including Allied raids on Rome and Tirana, with details on bomber missions and German defenses.
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Washington
New York
Dean Taylor
Troy Republican
Congressional
Dobbin's Oats Looted by Partridge
Dr H T Wygant notes wartime shortages and hunting keeps him home. While closing a wire covered barn door a partridge bursts out from a stall and speeds past his head after snitching oats from horses' feed boxes.
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H. T. Wygant
Winter Street
Troy PTA Council Reports On Projects At Monthly Meeting
The Troy Council of Parent and Teachers discussed numerous projects at the Wednesday meeting. Reports covered the Fruit and Flower Guild visitations, a growing membership drive, a successful rummage sale, and plans for a January USO Sunday luncheon. Nelson Schmay announced the New York convention, with a NY State Emergency Food Commission representative to speak in November.
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Troy Council of
Wilbur R. Keeler
Fruit and Flower Guild
Samuel Hill
Earl Ives
USO
Nelson Schmay
New York
New York State Emergency Food Commission
Finish Second Round of Troy Chess Club Tournament
The Troy Chess Club completed the second round at the Central M C A rooms with players posting various results. Henry Hacker and John Goldsworthy won two games each while Bertram Kaye and Nick Hartung had split results. Nolan Curry, Scott Burhans, Ray Brown, and James McChesney posted zero wins. The third round is set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Chess Club
Central ¥. M. C. A
Henry Hacker
Bertram Kaye
John Goldsworthy
Nick Hartung
Sam Akullian
Aram Hadidian
John Liggett
Nolan Curry
George Diets
Scott Burhans
William Bebee
George Reisen
James McChesney
Railway Clerks Lodge Will Meet Tuesday
The October meeting of the Col lar City Lodge, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, will be held Tuesday at the Emerald Club on Congress Street. A nonpartisan committee will elect Charles A. Cassidy, the Democratic candidate for assemblyman from the Second District. Reports from section members will be received, and an entertainment is planned with refreshments served.
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Collar City Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Emerald Club
Congress Street
Charles A. Cassidy
Retiring Noble Grand Hostess for Officers Dinner
Mrs. Helen Christensen, outgoing noble grand of Lansingburg Rebekah Lodge, hosted officers at Odd Fellows Temple 112th Street with a chicken dinner. Each officer received a gift, and the group gave Christensen a parting present in appreciation. Cards followed after dinner.
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Helen Christensen
Noble Grand
Lansingburg Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Temple
112Th Street
Christensen
Camp Fire Girls Unit Receives New Members
New members joined the Oteyohwak group Camp Fire Girls at a meeting last night. They are Georgianna Davis Patricia Carey Patricia Hasbrouck Ellen Shaniey Mary Ann O'Brien and Shirley Christensen. Plans were made for a hike up Turnpike Road on Wednesday and for a Halloween party on October 28.
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Oteyohwak Group
Camp Fire Girls
Georgianna Davis
Patricia Carey
Patricia Hasbrouck
Ellen Shaniey
Mary Ann O'Brien
Shirley Christensen
Turnpike Road
Sand Bank Tax Deed Challenged in Court
Supreme Court Justice Harry E. Schirick heard an action to set aside a tax deed to a sand bank property in Colonie. Alexis Bleau of Watervliet seeks to void the deed issued to Anna Riley Manley of Troy Shaker Road for payment of 1938 taxes on the over acre parcel.
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Supreme Court
Harry E. Schirick
Colonie
Alexis Bleau
Nineteenth Street
Waterviiet
Anna Riley Manley
Troy-Shaker Road
A H Ide Dies. Troy Man Noted Athlete and Soldier
A H Ide son of George P Ide and Mary E Savage, born July 10 187, graduated Williams College class of 1895, athlete in football and baseball, served as second lieutenant in Spanish American War, married Jean C Duell in Saratoga Springs Oct 17 1906, survived by wife and three children. Funeral services planned privately from 59 Second Street tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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George Peck Ide
Mary Ella Savage
Mr. Ide
Troy High School
Williams College
Ide
Troy
Citizens’ Corps
Delta Psi Fraternity
Russell Sage College
Albert E. Cluett
Joseph O. Eaton
Cleveland
Kiwanis Club Hears Radio Station Staff
Kiwanis members learned backstage details of radio station WTRY at a Hendrick Hudson weekly meeting arranged by Er nest W Russell. Guests Nick Carter Walter Whitman Robert Mowers Sanford Skinner and Russell described broadcasting operations while Mrs Evelyn Johnson Small and William Lapp performed piano duets. Birthdays for Charles Frederic and Gus Haage were noted and the Harry Adels golf trophy will be contested again with pairings set.
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Hendrick Hudson
Ernest W. Russell
WTRY
Kiwanis
Nick” Carter
Walter Whitman
Robert Mowers
Sanford Skinner
Russell
Evelyn Johnson Small
William Lapp
Charles Frederic
Gus Haage
Harry Adels
League Booklet Lists Candidates Replies
The Troy League of Women Voters announced a voters booklet summarizing candidates background and their positions. Booklets will be distributed in the central section, with a location to be announced, and servicemen and families urged to obtain them.
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Troy League of Women Voters
League
W. F. Spafford
Man Awarded 453 For Disabled Fingers
Referee Lyman A. Kilburn at Compensation Court in the Court House yesterday granted 453.42 to Ralph Hogle for 50 per cent loss of use of his left middle finger and 25 per cent loss of use of his left index finger while working for George F. Simmons. John Farkas, injured while in the employ of the Hudson Valley Fuel Co., received 390 for 25 per cent loss of use of his left thumb. Edward C. Anker, an employee of the General Fire Extinguisher Co., was granted an award of 284.63 for 5 per cent loss of use of his right hand.
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Lyman A. Kilburn
Court House
Ralph Hogle
George F. Simmons
John Farkas
Hudson Valley Fuel Co
Edward C. Anker
General Fire Extinguisher Co
Lansingburg Man Dies Suddenly at His Home
Mads Rasmussen aged 60 of 477 Ninth Avenue died suddenly at his home last night. Attending physician was Dr. H. D. Weiss of Cohoes. The Fourth Precinct radio patrol notified Sergt Arthur Fitzgerald who informed Coroner Charles J. Cote.
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Mads Rasmussen
Ninth Avenue
H. D. Weiss
Cohoes
Joseph S. Schulze
Harry Nolan
Fourth Precinct
Arthur Fitzgerald
Charles J. Cote
Auto injures child in Saratoga Springs collision
Four year old Daniel Capone of Saratoga Springs suffered head injuries yesterday afternoon when struck by a car driven by Mrs J J Williams of 247 Union Avenue. Williams said the boy ran into the rear of her vehicle while following his brother across Broadway at Spring Street.
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Daniel Capone
Saratoga Springs
J. J. Williams
Union Avenue
Rensselaer Union Dance Event at Union Clubhouse
A dance sponsored by the Rensselaer Union will be held at the Union clubhouse tomorrow after the R. P. I Coast Guard football game. Music by records funded from proceeds of previous dances. Rev Seymour F. Smith, chaplain, organized the affair. A small admission fee will cover new records for future dances.
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Rensselaer Union
Union
R. P. I Coast Guard
Seymour 4. Smith
Officers Promoted In War Department Moves
The War Department yesterday announced the promotion of Elwood Day Hollister Jr of 30 Saratoga Avenue Cohoes from first lieutenant to captain and Averere Douglas Falkenbury Jr of 15 Van Dam Street Saratoga from second lieutenant to first lieutenant.
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War Department
Elwood Day Hollister, Jr
Saratoga Avenue
Cohoes
Averere Douglas Falkenbury, Jr
van Dam Street
Saratoga
Last Chance to Register in Large Communities Today
Today is the third day for citizen registration to vote in the General Election. Boards of Registry operate 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in each district, with Troy reporting heavier registrations than expected as parties aim to boost final tallies before tomorrow’s last registration day.
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Boards of Registry
Troy
Metals Society Meeting At Arsenal In Schenectady
The Society for Metals will convene at Watervliet Arsenal for a Schenectady chapter dinner with Frank W. Curtis of Van Normen Machine Tool Co as speaker on Induction Hardening. The event starts with dinner at 6:45 p.m. and the meeting follows. New RPI juniors welcomed include Jack H Westbrook, Douglas P Ferguson, Robert E Savage, Warren A Gardner, Allan R Pfluger, Warren A Miller, Foster S Bentley, Samuel G MacNeil, and Richard P Witt.
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Frank W. Curtis
van Normen Machine Tool Ce
Sprinefeld Mass
Watervliet Arsenal
Schenectady
American Society For Metals
Mr. Curtis
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jack H. Westbrook
Douglas P. Ferguson
Robert E. Savage
Warren A. Gardner
Allan R. Pfluger
Warren A. Miller
Foster S. Bentley
Samuel G. MacNeil
Richard P. Witt
Fort Edward Sailor William McCarty Missing in Action
Navy reports Gunner's Mate William McCarty of Fort Edward missing in action after participating in the battle of Sicily. Enlisted July 1941 after Fort Edward High School graduation, he served on a destroyer on convoy duty across the Atlantic. Survived by three brothers and two sisters.
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Navy Department
William McCarty
John T. McCarty
Fort Edward
Sicily
McCarty
Jack
Joseph
Richard
Mary Jane
Joanne
Youth Hit in Head by Brick in Lansingburg
John Wellington, 17, of 12-106th Street, is in Leonard Hospital with a scalp laceration after being struck by a brick last night. The wound required seven stitches. Wellington, under Dr Eugene Connally care, was with three companions from Maini Beach when the brickinjury occurred in Northern Derive. Detective Harry Nolan of the Fourth Precinct radio patrol investigated the case and reported the incident.
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John Wellington
106Th Street
Leonard Hospital
Wellington
Eugene. Connally
Joseph S. Schulze
Harry Nolan
Fourth Precinct
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Yanh
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Binghamton
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A. H. Ide
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Society For Metals
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Birth OF the Blues
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Sons OF the Pioneers
FOX News
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John Loder
Eleanor Parker
George Brent
Priscilla Lane
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Women AT War
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Ban
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Eid
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