Sailor Admits Killing Sunshine Girl Dreyer in Pa. Slaying
Hauser, a 19 year old Navy veteran from Vernon, admits strangling 20 year old Apne Elisabeth Dreyer known as the Sunshine Girl of Payette County after luring her from Monessen. He describes a struggle in a shed and claims the belt used to kill her. Police captured him in Fayette County after a tip and his subsequent confession came twelve hours later. Pete Prokolpovich, 17, of Monessen, was not charged with involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balle Vernon
Apne
Eliabeth Dreyer
Payette
Mycarcia Frederick
H. Vanes Cottom
Fayette County
Taylor Pansion
Stornig
Monessen
Ot Milas Dreyers
Fayetts City
Sonnellsville
Hauser
Leonard Hobbs
Frankford
William C. Munz
Robert. B. Lapsey
Pete Prokolpovich
Hobbs
Slaughter Controls End for Live Stock
Washington LP The OPA Saturday removed air controls on slaughter quantities and dropped its fair distribution plan that guided shipments in early 1944. The steps do not immediately affect meat rationing, but rising marketings could hasten rationing end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington LP
OPA
Notice of Construction Bids for Town Building Project
Public notice from the Town of Halton for construction of a building and garage along with storage areas. Documents, plans, and bid requirements available at the Town Clerk’s office. Bids must be sealed with security and comply with bond terms. noncompliant bids may be rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towls Buildeng
Haltaieon
Halimoon
Mrs Wainwright Arrives In Capital For Reunion
Mrs Jonathan M Wainwright arrived in Washington to reunite with her husband after four anxious years. The defender of Batagi, freed from Japanese prison camps, faces a parade with military pomp at the Capital Postwar pageant. She landed at Na leal Airport at 510 pm after a Syracuse flight. She wore a crepe suit and feather pillbox, happy to be home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Karé
Shis
Batagi
Wainwright
Na Leal
Skaneaieale
Rastlings
Syracuse
Mo Wainwright
MacArthur outlines postwar aims for Japan in Tokyo speech
In a Tokyo briefing, General MacArthur described Allied aims for Japan, saying liberal tendencies should be encouraged while military security requires limits on speech and religion. He emphasized control only as needed to achieve the Potsdam declaration, promising civilians protection of liberty and property under Allied oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberahem
Japan
MacArthur
United Nations
Ighand
Wnter
Bynes
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
Empire
Eishelberger
Yokohama
Haremachida Nouthwest
14Th Corps
Eichel Berger
Ith Airborne Division
Fourth Marine Regiment
Hokkaido
Veteran Loses Arm in Crash Near Latham
Robert J. Greene of Albany faced the loss of his arm after a single vehicle collision near Latham. The Troy driver Frank Durkee sustained minor injuries while Greene, hospitalized in Albany, remains in critical condition with multiple cuts and trauma. Passenger Daniel Jones of Latham suffered facial injuries as the wreck occurred one week after Greene’s discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Greene
Alpians
Troy
Schesectady Reed
Latham
Holder
Albany
Ose
Frank Durkee
Durkes
H. F. Pitcher
Daniel Jones
Lathan
Greene
Waterford Street Rights to be Installed by Oct 1
Waterford residents in Prospect Hill will see water and street lighting become operational by October 1 as the association reports progress at its weekly meeting hosted by president Howard Newsbaum on Murray Avenue. A fund drive covered October and November electric costs, with future budgeting to place charges on the town budget under Prospect Hill lighting. The group also seeks to form a Prospect Hill garbage collecting district, to be pursued with Supervisor Angus Garrett at the next town board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Hill
Waterford
Howard Newsbaum
Murray Avenue
Angus Garrett
Rose Marie Ascenzi
Augustine Ascenzi
Hudson Street
Elm College
Chicopee
Mass
Miss Ascenzi
Waterford High School
Nurses’ Corps
Waterviet Arsenal
K. of C
Waterford Council
T. Leo Finlan
Thomas Fe Gaynor
Stanley A. Boudreau
Navy plans phased release under point system for officers and enlisted
Navy and Coast Guard shifts in personnel by point totals aim to free 7,100 doctors 26,000 pharmacists mates 3,000 hospital carpenters and 500 nurses when the plan takes effect in September 1945. Secretary Forrestal emphasized credits for sea and oversea service replace immediate score reductions though key credits will be issued promptly.
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Navy
Congress
Cosat Guard
Forrestal
Bronze Star Awarded to T/S Ayden W. Potter Jr.
T/S Ayden W. Potter Jr of Smiths Basin Washington County receives the Bronze Star for meritorious service in operations against enemy forces in France Belgium and Germany from August 14 1944 to May 9 1945. Potter joined the Army January 1942 and departed for overseas in May 1944 as a member of the Seventh Armored Division.
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T/S
Ayden W. Potter
Arthur A. Potter
Smiths Basin
Washington County
Potter
United States
France
Belgium
Hotland
Germany
Ts5
Over Seas
Seventh Armored Division
Nagasaki Destruction Described From Factory District
Eyewitness accounts describe Nagasaki’s industrial core two miles from the waterfront after the atomic blast. The two valley layout left the business quarter and most shops wrecked while hillsides turned brown and trees scorched. Survivors mark their former homes with signs like headstones.
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Nagasaki
Mitsubishi Steel Works
Shiro Mizoyoshi
Prefectural
Nagesak
Mizogoshi
Jahin
Troop Returns and New Carrier Support Spark Postwar Airlift Plan
Maj. Gen. C. P. Gross announces a peak homeward movement of about 1.75 million soldiers worldwide as the Navy deploys the carrier Sara toga and 18 escort carriers to speed returns. The War Department notes Pacific redeployments will lag Europe due to vast sea distances and scattered occupation duties, with many ships now in transit to the Pacific theatre.
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Page
C. P. Gross
Army
Navy
Saratoga
Navy Sci
War Department
Pacific
Europe
Pacife
South Pacific
Japan
Aras
Army Transportation Corpe
Bervises
Big Five Delegation Considers Postwar Europe Issues
The foreign office's top officials and a notable group of French diplomats travel to the council meeting to discuss delaying peace treaties with Finland Bulgaria Romania and Hungary. Debates cover Ruhr Saar disposition German reparations claims inland waterways governance and broader Balkan democratic reforms.
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Foreign Office
H.C Wel
Freeeb
America
Britain
Italy
Europe
Germany
Ruhr
Saar
International Commission
Rhine and
Danube
Kiel Canal
Bosphorus
Dardanells
Balkan
Japs Revert 126 000 Killed and Local Notices
The Domei Agency reports 426 000 killed at Hiroshima in the atomic bombing, a figure higher than any prior Japanese estimate. Also notes on hospital casualties, lodge meetings, Army discharge of Sgt Kenneth T. Davis, and obituaries for Margaret C. Turley of Greens Island. Follows with Green Island Lodge and LO F events and funeral details.
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Tokyo
Domei Agency
Hiroshima
Domei
Hiroshima Prefectual
Green Island Rebekah Lodge
Lo.o.f
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Edizabeth Rosscot
Noble Grand
Kenneth T. Davis
Harry Davis
George Street
Army
St. Joseph's Church
Charles A. Dewey
Daniel Dwyer
Troy
Walter
Howard E
Kenseth Dewey
Alton
Joseph
James Dwyer
Ethel M
Jane T. Dewey
Ralph Anderson
Thomas Jallan
Gordon Woodbury
Wendell Gibbs
St Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Rationing of Meat Resumed In Canada
Ottawa announces the restart of meat rationing after six years of war with only nine months of prior rationing. The plan targets supplying Great Britain and liberated Europe, setting about two pounds per week per person with a carcass weight of roughly 133 pounds of usable meat. Canned and cooked meats are included in the allocation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Europe
Cohoes Board Registers Nine Men in Draft List
Selective Service Board in Cohoes received nine registrants including Rupert A. Biewit Joseph F. Baird John J. VanBramer Bernard Genest Bernard A. Duds Henry J. Lanzak William J Maro Rudolph W. Payette and Donald H. Brands Forty others were reclassified this week with many discharged to Class BQ or LC Ind This item records names and classifications of registrants and reclassifications during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Cohoes i
Sen
Craig Nivelson
Ermice Carlastio
Rudolph J. Welgome
Pheodiozis
Delta
Axmand J. Rayend
Stephen 3. Carpenter
Vernon J. Lofresiere
Wellam H. Sorith
George A. Bias
Adam J. Ma
Vincent V. Krashier
Ernest ©. Ayoute
John Savage
Andrew Procax
Casries M. Cus Mings
John VaeSramer
Henry Riel
Arbert Martel
Marce Roberts
Rupert A. Brewdt
George ¥. Badgrey
Francia J. Duchesne
Joan F. MacGregor
Edward M. Rubel
Athan L. Couture
Joseph F. Baird
Pierce W. Dub
Queen Mary To Bring Local Servicemen Home
Local servicemen from Troy and area are due in New York aboard the Queen Mary today. The group includes Henry M. McGrane Henry B. Wogen Francis McGivern Willard Kehn and many others from Watervliet Glens Falls Mechanicville Cohoes South Salem and surrounding towns. Also aboard the Victory and the Army air transport are several Troy area servicemen, including Edward W. Hamilton, Robert H. McGieiland, Ellsworth Jones, and others returning from Europe.
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Troy
Troy Area
New York
Europe
Henry M. McGrane
Henry B Wogen
Francis McGivern
Willard A.kehn
Michael Powanpa
Benjamin Koleski
Eugene Donion
Karl E. Frank
Viscent
Trey
USS Victory
Joseph V. Satis
Charles FE. Capel
Clayton Li Champoux
Troy Aves
Edward W. Hamilton
Cohoes
Robert H. McGieiland
Johnstown
Ellsworth Jones
Gilets Falls
Berlin crowds honor victims of fascism amid protests
Berlin police estimate 6 000 to 90 000 people marched through the east side to honor the victims of fascism. Mayor Arthur Werner told 35 000 listeners in Jenkoelm Stadium that Hitler cost the world hundreds of thousands of martyrs and warned against a return to militarism and Nazism. Mrs Gemma LaGuardia Gluck, Fiorello LaGuardia’s sister, attended, noting her 31 months in Nezix prison.
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Berlin
East Side
Ate Jenkoelm
Gemma LaGuardis Gluck
New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Local Meat Rationing Changes Limit to Meat Items
A fragment notes rationing rules differ from the U S system with meat coupons. It states that brains, tripe, pigs feet, spare ribs, poultry, game and canned salt may be rationed or restricted while liver heart and kidneys are rationed differently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War veteran George W Rogers celebrates 37th birthday at White Hall
Friday marked George W Rogers birthday as the White Hall resident celebrated by laying a new porch floor and building a timber frame. He worked alone, sawing and raising the lumber to complete the small project in his home.
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White Hall
George W. Rogers
Cohoes Tax and Water Rents Now Payable
The Cohoes city treasurer announced that second installments of the tax and water rents are payable. Receipts show a higher total than the same period last year as of Saturday the 24th. A two percent penalty and interest will be added for delinquent payments after October.
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Cohoes
Amour
Church Notes and Upcoming Presbytery Retreat
Church notes detail local Presbyterians meetings at Himan Memorial, Silliman Cub, and First Methodist Church. Trav Presbytery retreat planned in Cambridge with Rev. Paul Woolfe as missioner, services scheduled Monday and Tuesday with special women’s services arranged. Also reports Schuylerville classis meeting, Schuylerville installation for Rev. Hoekseman, choir rehearsals, and officer meetings. Epistles note St John events and church school organization, plus local obituaries and military awards.
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Himan Memorial Presbyterian Charch
Silliman Cub
Guy Colley
Trav Presbytery
Cambridge
Paul Austin Woolfe
Brick Presbyterian Church of New York
Francia L. McCauley
Frederick W. Evans
R Vral Society
Mon Howard Mcorey
New York
Board of Foreign Missions
Roosevelt Boulevard
Women's Society of Chris- Hanl
Robert MacArthur
Fred Page
Wiliam Arter
Arthur Macland
Ernest Hodges
Merton Valley
St John’s Episcopal Church
Attar Guild
Holy Compaunion
Church Work Society
Repairs Start on Boght Church Restoration Effort
Actual work on the Boght Reformed Church begins today with contractor George Wae time leading crews to repair floors and ceilings. The church, organized in 1034 after land was gifted by Pampee Van Hensselaer, stands about two miles from the present edifice in a long history of expansions under Rev Gordon M Aldrich and a broad lay committee.
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Dian
Eegst
Chasey
George Waetime
Atirte
Se Boght Reformed Church
Pampee van Hensselaer
Peisar
Gordan
M Aldrich
Schetmaithorn
Higa Wilton
Iam FL
Receivers to Collect Cohoes Rent Taxes Plan Outlined
Mayor Rudolph Sanitor of Cohoes unveils a plan to enforce delinquent taxes by appointing receivers to collect rents on properties with unpaid taxes for years. The city would seize properties through standard procedures, apply rents to tax and water bills, and allow owners to redeem or face resale by the Common Council after action. Obituary notices for Mrs. Wilfred J. Lessard and Mrs. Lora Dufresne Root follow, detailing ages, origins, survivors, and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Sanitor
Cohoes
Plas
Usuet
Coramen Council
Wilfred
Lessard
Emma C. Paris
Wilfred 3
Fulton Street
Northside
Ate
Cohnes
St Anne's Church
Loretta A. Lessard
Airs
Frank Wells
Frank J. Pacis
Cobers
A_G. Boivins Sons
Congress Street
St Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Lora Dufresne Root
George Rootar
Centres Avenue
Colnes
St. Joseph's Church
George Root, Jr
Army Air Corps
Frank Root
Miami
Fia
Georgianna Robitaie
Cohots
Arima Lajew
Nessa
Worthside
Joseph Dufresne
Albert Dufresne
Napoleon Dufresne
Roxon Fails
Canada
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Ying
Sunshine Girl
Aly Sym
Fou
E Deeyer
Mrs. Wainwright
Capital
Pago Gne
Hirohito
Campu Son
Victor Montefio
Watertown
Arsenal
Plas Claristes
Waterford Lions Club
Phoenix Grove
Bleichtrey
Aeons
Cheat Citcle
Ta. Soss
Homestead Sanitarium
Addie Farwell
Donald B. Thompson
Thompson D.B. Thompson & Son
First St
Troy, N
Tenphase
Green Island
Hebekahs
Fedekah Lodge
F.j Hal
Elizabeth Rostoe
Noble Grad
Cata the
Buford
Queen Mary
By Moassler
Cohoenier
Charles K. E. Charbonneau
Edith Charbonneau
South Street
Peter Daboda
Samuel Daboda
First Street
Kurtile Islands
Cohoes High School
Democratic City Committee
Republican Committee
Sidermen
Boght
Nwite
Lansingburg
Mechanicville
John F. Rigux & Dealers
Gulf
Mertiee
Értaus Mintier Petroleum Corp
Warriford
Mechanics Ie
New Broadway
Broadway
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