Investigate Profits of Corporations
Washington reporting on excess profits tax trends as debate grows in the Ways and Means Committee. Rep Knutson says a 95 percent rate is possible with current data, though no final decision, while scrutiny of war nonessential profits and hotel earnings shapes new tax posture. Administration seeks broader revenue but committee signals limited gains unless new taxes are adopted.
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Washington
Rep. Knutson
H.minn
House
Ways and Means
Ourtax
Internal Revenue
Bomber Missing in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Ninety British Canadian and United States planes resumed an intensified search Saturday for an R C A Liberator bomber missing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence area since Tuesday with 34 men aboard. Fog and bad weather hampered early search efforts and the plane proved camouflaged to blend with woodland or water. All aboard were members of the Canadian air force, including four junior officers, all from Atlantic air stations, some in Montreal for a conference and others on leave.
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Ottawa
Can
INS
Gulf of St.Lawrence
Winter Wheat Raisers To Sow Other Crops
Oregon winter wheat growers are urged to reserve land for alternate crops including dry peas beans potatoes canning crops and feed crops at current high levels. R B Taylor chairman of the state USDA war board says these crops will be given preference over wheat even if a wheat increase is pursued.
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Corvallis, Ore
INS
Oregon
R. B. Taylor
U. S. D. A. War Board
Voters invited to polling places for voting machine guidance
Legal notice informs Halfmoon residents of Dist. No 2 on Thursday Oct 28 Dist. No 1 on Friday Oct 29 and Dist. No 3 on Saturday Oct 40 from 7 to 10 p.m. to receive instructions on voting machines by custodian William Martin.
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Halfmoon
William Martin
Lloyd George Weds at 80 in quiet ceremony
Britain’s wartime leader David Lloyd George married Frances L. Stevenson at age 80. Stevenson, 55, had served as his secretary since 1913 and accompanied him from Downing Street to Versailles and beyond.
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London
David Lloyd George
Britain
Frances L. Stevenson
Miss Stevenson
Versailles
Lloyd George
Downing Street
House of Commons
Surrey
Army Surgeon's Aide Praises Nurse Corps in Pittsburg
Brig. Gen. Albert Kenner announced the Red Cross Army Corps has over 34,000 nurses serving overseas in 35 posts and 537 home posts. He cited nurses serving from Iceland to Guadalcanal at a Pittsburg meeting seeking more volunteers. Lieut. Joseph D. Dowless Jr endured nine North Africa battles and later suffered a head injury when thrown from a jeep during a rest period.
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Nurse Corps
Pittsburg
INS
Red Cross Army Corps
Continental
United States
Albert Kenner
United States Army
Iceland
Guadalcanal
Carlisle Barracks
Joseph D. Dowless, Jr
North Africa
Mechanville Rotary and Maita Grange plan rural urban meeting
The Mechanicville Rotary Club and Maita Grange will host a Rural Urban Acquaintance meeting on Wednesday evening. Douglas C. Devel of Saratoga County 4H will lead with music by the Vinett Family Orchestra. 4H exhibitors will show products and a Grange meal will follow. reservations are required by Wednesday.
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Rotary Club
Maita Grange
Franzo H. Meek
Douglas C. Devel
Saratoga County
Vinett Family
The
Grange
Morgenthau Says Naples Destruction Surpassed Expectations
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau toured Tunisian and Sicilian theaters and Naples with the Fifth Army, declaring the German destruction in Naples far beyond his expectations. He noted ships sunk and moved to hinder raising them. He added soldiers he met prefer victory before home leave.
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Algiers
Naples
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Tunisia
Sicily
Fifth Army
United States
Morgenthau
Canadian WAC Held For Grand Larceny
New York UPI report says Betty Trimble nineteen a Canadian Women's Army Corps member led pistol brandishing policewomen around a Fifth Avenue block. She was arraigned in felony court on grand larceny charges and held on three thousand five hundred dollars bail awaiting grand jury. Police say she arrested Saturday in thefts totaling more than one thousand dollars from service women. She broke away at the Women's Military Service Club and was recaptured when she could not run further.
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New York
UPI
Betty Trimble
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Fifth Avenue
Women’s Military Service Club
Navy ships and personnel rise sharply in three years
Rear Admiral Louis E. Denfeld reported at Muhlenberg College that naval vessels grew from 1 076 to 1 072 in three years, a near quadruple increase, with active duty personnel rising from about 150 000 to over a million tenfold.
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Allentown
United States Navy
Sas
Louis E. Denfeld
Denfeld
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Muhlenberg College
Allied Planes Raid Jap Base at Wewak
Allied warplanes in the Southwest Pacific destroyed 23 Japanese planes and several barges at Wewak New Guinea. They also hit two ships near Buka in the Solomons and destroyed twenty planes on the ground at the enemy stronghold in a raid reported by General MacArthur's HQ.
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Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Buka
Solomons
Douglas MacaArthurs
Chinese Report Fierce Fighting Opposite Luku In Yunnan
The Chinese high command said fierce fighting along the Salween River opposite the Luku strongpoint in Yunnan continued after a daylong artillery duel. Chinese batteries inflicted heavy damage as forces battled from the area opposite Luku to Lichia. In Chekiang, Chinese troops were said to be pursuing retreating Japanese forces near Hsiaofeng.
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Chungking UP
Salween River
Luku
Yunnan Province
Lichia
Chekiang
Hsiaofeng
Jap Puppet Ruler Frees Filipinos
The Japanese puppet regime grants general amnesty to political prisoners in the Philippines. Domei reports 65 Filipinos and 14 Chinese prisoners released at a Manila area prison camp under President Jose P. Laurel. Earlier Berjo radio noted release of Filipino prisoners of war.
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Associated Press
Manila
Domei
Jose P. Laurel
Berjor Radio
Brafman Heads Special Committee Names Chapter Officers
Sol M. Brafman of the Rev Francis A Kelley Chapter D A V has been named general chairman of a special public relations committee for membership promotion. He also announced appointive officers for the coming year including adjutant Charles Burkhardt judge advocate Timothy L Collins sergeant at arms James Cashell officer of the day William Long chaplain F J Leatham and dozens of committees with longtime veteran leaders and officers named for board house social welfare memorial day and other duties.
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Sol M. Brafman
Francis A. Kelley
D. A V
Brafman
Charles Burkhardt
Timothy L. Collins
James Cashell
William Long
F. J. Leatham
Board of Trustees
Harry C. Stevens
Thomas J. Mulcahy
James F. Cox
Patrick Mattele
Commander Brafman
J. Coyne Broderick
Joseph P. Dwyer
Peter J. Murphy
William A. Long
Taft Seeks League Framework for Postwar Peace
Senator Taft proposes using the League of Nations and World Court as a framework for international cooperation to enforce future peace. He plans to argue for pledging American participation in a world authority with power to prevent aggression, aligning with the Connally peace preservation resolution.
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Jack Bell
Washington UP
League of Nations
Taft
Senate
Connally
League
World Court
Jurist Ten Eyck Cohoes Native Dies in New York
Jay Ten Eyck a 78 year old jurist and former President Judge of Essex County New Jersey died in Memorial Hospital New York after a short illness. He was father to New York lawyer and former deputy DA under Governor Dewey and leaves a widow a daughter and a brother. Funeral services will be private from his 50 Central Park South residence with additional Maplewood New Jersey ties noted.
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Cohoes
Essex County
N. J
Court of Common Pleas
Newark
Memorial Hospital
New York
Parent Ten Eyck
Dewey
Coenraedt Ten Eyck
Amsterdam
Netherlands
New Amsterdam
Abram Ten Eyck
Hanar G. Dodge Ten Eyck
Waterford
New
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
South Orange
New Jersey
New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners
Ten Eyck
Association of Life Insurance Counsel
Lawyers’ Glub
Essex Club
Henrietta Malier Ten Eyck
Margaret Ten Eyck Breyfogle
Majo
Benjamin L. Ten Eyck
New Rochelle
Dancer and Artist Arrested for Burglary in New York
Police believe a series of burglaries of fashionable mid town apartments were solved with the arrest of two men, a dancer and an artist. Charles Ferreire, 30, and Renato Mattican, 28, face charges for burglaries over the past year netting more than $50,000. Victims’ clothing, jewels, silverware and knickknacks were found in their apartments and in Mattican’s studio.
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New York i
Charles Ferreire
Renato Mattican
Matticani
Screen Actress Weds Air Transport Captain
Screen actress Joan Marsh married Capt. John D. W. Morrill an air transport command pilot in an informal ceremony at the officers club. Chaplain E. W. Scully officiated. Morrill, formerly of Dedham Massachusetts, will depart for Washington for duty. Marsh had obtained a Las Vegas divorce from film writer Charles Belden last Friday.
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Santa Monica
Val
Joan Marsh
John D. W. Morrill
Air Transport Command
Officers’ Club
E. W. Scully
Army Air Forces
Morrill
Dedham
Mass
Washington
Miss Marsh
Las Vegas
Nev
Charles Belden
Atlantic Flight Losses Drop Below Half Percent
The British Air Ministry reported that losses on North Atlantic flights were under 0.5 percent for the year ending September 30. The figure covers east-west and west-east military crossings by U S and Britain, plus civilian traffic by the British Overseas Airways Corporation.
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London
North Atlantic
British Air Ministry
United States
Britain
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Police recover car stolen Saturday in hours
First Precinct officers William Ryan and Harry Bills recovered an eight car owned by Nicholas Kididinsky Street within hours after it was stolen Saturday. The convertible coupe was found at 1:30 am yesterday in the Hudson Valley Fuel Corp. parking lot.
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First Precinct
Nicholas Kididinsky
Hudson Valley Fuel Corp
William Ryan
Harry Bills
Melrose School Hosts Voter Tests and Ration Book Registration
Melrose School hosts voter tests on Election Day from 9 am to 4 pm and registers War Ration Book 4 and Gasoline Ration Book from 3 to 9 pm on three days. Labrum family donates an encyclopedia to the school after moving to Troy. Mrs Keller and Miss Loman attended the Albany Missionary Convention. Ursula Herlihy oversees site administration.
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Melrose School
Labrum
Troy
T. R. Keller
Ernest Sherman
Eliza Loman
Albany
Ursula Herlihy
Nazi Bases Are Attacked By Allied Bombers
Allied bombers struck Nazi bases in France Austria and Hungary with long range fighters on escort duties. American Lightning fighters and Thunderbolts flew missions in support of raids while Beauvais Nivibers Saint Andre de L'eure and Montdider were attacked without losses. East Anglia suffered retaliatory bombing as Paris radio warned of a sinister prelude to further reprisals.
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London
France
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Berlin
Britain
North Africa
Emden
Beauvais
Nivibers
Saint Andre de L'eure
Montdider
Air Ministry
East Anglia
Paris
Cohoes Woman Appeals Injury Award Against Kresge Co
Miss Albana B. Kilduff appeals a $500 verdict in a negligence suit against Kresge Co filed in Cohoes. She alleged severe injuries after tripping over a sleigh in the doorway to the second floor of the Kresge building where she worked. The appeal will be heard in Albany County Court with Edward A. Mealy of Cohoes as attorney.
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Albana B. K. Kilduff
Kresger Co
Edward A. Mealy
Cohoes
Miss Kilduff
Kresge Company
W. Stanton Ablett Mauve
Albany
Kresge
Wiswall
Cohoes Draft Board Posts New Classifications
Cohoes Selective Service Board 345 posted new classifications for sixteen registrants on Saturday. Eight men were placed in 2B, including Lionel White and Norman T. Coones. another group was assigned to 2A and 2B(H) with several names listed. Officials reminded that ration book information must be filled completely for Book No. 4 issuance next week. Electricians Mate Richard B. Fason completed basic training at Submarine School in New London and will wear the submarine service insignia. Elks' meeting planned at the Oneida Street clubhouse. Visiting Army parents and soldiers spending furloughs with local families noted. John F. Taylor graduated from Kingman Army Air Field gunnery school. Frank P. Soltys enrolled in a Radio Naval Training School in Chicago for a four-week refresher before advanced radio study.
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Cohoes Selective Service Board
Lionel White
Leonard ©. Benoit
Edward F. Dillon
Anthony Doody
Jules Desormeaux
Norman T. Coones
Roger Tarte
Ernest J. Boulerise
James F. Bracken
Rocco A. Valante
Napoleon J. Ostigny
James B. Kerls
William J. Tokart
Marcel A. Gallerie
Nelson Richard
Joseph F. Prudhomme
Cohoes
Richard B. Fason
5 Niver Street
New London, Conn
U. S. Naval Training Station
Sampson
Submarine Service
Frank P. Soltys
Willow Street
Radio Naval Training School
Wright Junior College
Chicago
Ladies’ Auxiliary
E. T. Ruane Post
American Legion
Oneida Street
Alvina Dickinson
Edward ¢. Potyrala
U. S. Navy
George Potyrala
Newark Street
Delaware and Hudson
Remsen
Saratoga Streets
John J. Kahoe
Congresga Street
Camp Davis
N.C
Protection Units Meet At Cohoes
Col Edward C O Thomas of New York state civilian protection tells air raid wardens auxiliary police and firemen in Cohoes that civilian protection work will continue and urges maintaining vigilance. The session at Polish National Alliance Hall hosted by Mayor Rudolph J Rouher drew 200 participants including Gen Edmund Daley and John J Farrell with the Cohoes control center staff present. A social period with luncheon followed the meeting.
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St. Martha’s Guild of
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Minnehaha Rebekah Lodge
van Rensselaer
Park Avenue
Stephen Smith
Mechanicville
Waterford Road
C. W. Hughes
Olin Salmon
Ondawa Lodge
Masonic Club
Fred H. Burgoyne
Mechanicville Home Bureau
Fred L. Muir
North Fourth Avenue
Estelle Jones
Saratoga Springs
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Glens Falls
First Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Fred H. Clark Post
American Legion
Saratoga County
Beulah Bristol
Syracuse
Belle Oxholm
New York City
Howard Gooley
Willard Fety
Rupert Boucher
Edward C. O. Thomas
New York
Cohoes
Thomas
Polish National Alliance Hall
S&s
Earl McDermortt
Rudolph J. Rouher
Edmund Daley
John J. Farrell
Amsterdam Mayor Will Speak in Cohoes
Cohoes Democratic leaders plan a rally at Polish National Alliance Hall starting 3 p.m. with Amsterdam Mayor John Kolbukowski as principal speaker and Cohoes Mayor Rudolph I. Roulier to address briefly. Other Amsterdam men will speak as Polish Democrats prepare for the Keveny Memorial Hall event.
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Cohoes
John Kolbukowski
Amsterdam
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