Dewey Gains Ground In Des Moines Amid War Debate
Governor Dewey’s reception in Iowa reflected wartime anxieties and labor tensions. A veteran grid of Grand Army of the Republic members, mostly widowed and aging, underscored calls for postwar public aid. Local editors note Willkie’s stance shifts as Dewey seeks cross party appeal in a Republican‑leaning farm state.
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Cher
White House
Europe
Roosevelt
Dewey
CIO
Des Moines Register
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
League of Nations
Philadelphia
Benoit Sentenced for Four Months on Vote Charge
George Benoit, 55, Albany, indicted last month on illegal voting and registration charges, was sentenced to four months. Supreme Court Justice Parson Swift suspended one-year terms for Vincent Duns and Peter L. Fortin on similar guilty pleas. Court adjourned to September 28 with trials slated for port Ger 2. An ongoing Albany inquiry probes expenditures by the Legislature with a special grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Benoit
Albany
BT Mnien
Dewes
Albeny
Supreme Court
Parton Swift
Vincent Duns
Peter L. Fortin
Fearat Bush
Swift
Port Ger
Herings
New York
Hisam
Todd
Henry L. Strauss
American Totalizer Co
Dwight Goewer
Albasy
John. T. Kelly
Orange
NLJ
John T. Dunnigas
Prederi Lord
Lord Electric Co
Robert Wy. Ma
Woney
Farnhand to Testify in Divorce Case at Hudson
A farmhand imprisoned in Canton Prison for a motel slaying will testify as a witness in the divorce case filed by Mrs Ruth E B Simons of Copake against Justice Harold Simons of Aperatn. The trial before Justice William H Murray is set for Sunday morning at Hudson. The prisoner, 1 year old?, is to testify on Arthur Decker who sits in Dannemora for slaying Beulah Simons, mother of Judge Simons, last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cahton
Ruth EB. W. Simons
Copake
Justice of the Peace
Harold Simons
Aperatn
Willian H. Murray
Hudson Sonday
Arthur Decker
Dannemora
Beulah Simons
Judge Simons
German Troops Reach Fyn Island In Baltic
Danish press reports that a division of German troops has reached Fyn Island in the Baltic and that Copenhagen hotels were cleared of civilians to accommodate high German officers. The agency says Jutland Fyn and Sjalland will be considered part of the European fortress and defended.
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Fyn Island
Baltic
Stockheing CP
Copenhagen
Danish
Denmark
Jutland
Fyn
Sjalland
Seeland
Allies May Try Gestapo For War Guilt
Washington reports Allied policy on postwar Germany calls for full military occupation, destruction of the Nazi Party, and arrest of German leaders including Gestapo members for war crimes. Planning faces unknowns about German reaction and Soviet concerns over influence in Central Europe.
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Washington
Germany
Gestapo
Russia
Europe
Court St Margaret Plans District Council Attendance
Court St Margaret of the Catholic Daughters of America arranged to attend a northeastern C D A district council meeting at the Van Curler Hotel Schenectady on October 15. Mrs Emily OConnell district deputy will represent Court St Catherine host court with Rev Bernard Hicks speaking and Rev J I Morles delivering the benediction. A social at 1810 Seventh Avenue Tuesday October 3 aims to raise funds for Christmas packages to servicemen and women overseas.
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Court
Albany Catholic
Bernard Hicks
St. Mam‘s Church
J. I. Morles
St John’s Church
Schenectady
Mary Monahan
Seventh Avenue
Teresa O'Conner
Mabel Stallmer
Elizsabeth Hinman
Teresa O'Connor
Julia Murquees
Jane Gould
Elizabeth Delaney
Area Men Casualties In European War Zone
Several area soldiers are among the 3 555 wounded in the European theater. Names include Sergi Stephen EL Albert and many others with addresses in Troy Watervliet Schaghticoke Rensselaer Cohoes and Cahoes. The War Department lists these casualties as part of ongoing overseas actions.
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War Department
Sergi Stephen
EL Albert
Pearl Aipari
Second Avenue
Watervliet
Pie
Salvatore J. Bellassar
Constance Zallassar
Fifth Avenue
Edward JL Carabis
Mabel 7 Carabis
Troy
Eting M. Close
Marion
Corp
William F. Couch
Wiliam Louch
van Vechten Street
Cohoes
Stat
James 3. Doherty
Dotis E. Doherty
Ninth Avenue
Glenn V. Snel
Lillian Snell
Schaghticoke
Pfc
John L. Kalka
Mary Kalka
Third Avenue
Lester C. McKay
Catherine L. McKay
Rensselaer, and. Corp
Stanley E. Midura
Mary Midura
Hamilton Street
Cahoes
Clifton Park Fireman Appointed To Hudson Home Day Committee
Andrew Molmar secretary of the Clifton Park Volunteer Fire Department is named committeeman on the Hudson Home Day Committee of the Hudson Mohawk Volunteer Firemen Association. Earl Groat of Co and Hawley Chemical Co is named to the law committee. Casimer Adler and Walter Celenski elected to membership. firehouse meeting approves improvement and redecorating plans. Next meeting Monday October 2.
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Andrew 3. Molmar
Cliftton Park
Hudson-Mohawk Volunteer Firemen's Association
Harry,Kaxter
Clifton Park
Earl Groat
Co. & Hawley Chemical Company
Allmoon
Casimer Adler
Walter Celenski
Former Troy Man Stricken at Work
Funeral services for Willem F. Graffunder 42 Albany son of Albert T Graffunder of Troy will be held at Morris Funeral Home Troy at 2 30 p m Monday Rev George Taylor of St Pauls Ep Church Albany will officiate burial in Oakwood Cemetery Born in Green Island on Sept 48 1901 a resident of 22 Elm St Albany Mr Graffunder died suddenly while on the job at American Locomotive Co Schenectady He is survived by brothers Edward H Albert C and Carl Graffunder all of Troy and two sisters including Mrs Charlotte Walker of Troy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willem F. Graffunder
Albany
Albert T. Graffunder
Troy
Morris Funeral Home
Fifth Avenue
George Taylor
St. Pauls Eristopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Green Island
Elm Street
Graffunder
American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
Edward H. Graffunder
Albert C. Graffunder
Carl Graffunder
Charlotte Walker
Brunswick Bureau Exhibit to Feature Fruit and Vegetables
A Brunswick Home Bureau exhibit will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the United Presbyterian Church Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Arthur Van Dervoort chairs the event inviting public participation and viewing the display. Mrs. Walter Dock will discuss making bags from scrap material and attends a Home Bureau training class this week. Memberships will be renewed and Mrs. Harold Hirst extends invitations to join with Mrs. Byron Eillig in charge of dues.
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Brunswick Home Bureau
United Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
Arthur van Dervoort
Walter Dock
Home Bureau
Harold Hirst
Byron ‘ Eillig
Cohoes Nurses Hear Talk On Traditions
The Cohoes Hospital Nurses Association met at Var Sehaick with Isabel Cameron guest of honor and Miss Rees honorary member. Speakers stressed hospital traditions amid wartime nurse shortages as the group paid tribute to active and deceased members and planned future programs.
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Cohoes Hospital
Absnae “Association
Var Sehaick
Madze. Rees
Exis
Cohoes
Isabel Cameron
Mienden
Prucence ‘Crawford
Twass
Miss Rees
Adis Martare
Haley
Alunmae
Hss Dees
Hair ‘Avan
Banque
Afis
Agiasie Gillen
Mfrs
Jabes Ryan
Mes
Crawford
Marion Fletcher
Margaret Sickles
Cohoes Corporal Wins Distinguished Unit Badge
Corporal Nazarka of the 43rd Tank Battalion earned the Distinguished Unit Badge for leading a Normandy assault. The Cohoes soldier, who enlisted two years ago, served alongside brother Myron in France as the unit fought 16 hours under heavy fire.
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Michael Nazario
Afr
Nicholas Nazgarka
Vitet Boulevard
Nazarka
T43rd
Normandy
Myron Xnazarko
Cohoes
France
Wounded Cohoes Soldier recalls Saipan battle with 27th Division
Private Frank Stancarski of Cohoes describes Saipan fighting with the 27th Division, noting Japanese cave defenses and surprise by U S troops. He details fierce ground fighting, rocky terrain, and extensive injuries before his wounding near the end of the campaign and transfer to Walter Reed.
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Cohoes
Saipan
Fainas
Frank Stancarski
Mair Street
Walter Reed
Washington
Netton
Basza
Siandarski
Jepz
Insi
Cohees Soldier Wounded to Action in France
Private Sieve A. Zarnick of 28 Church Street was seriously wounded in France on August 23, per a War Department notice to his parents. He served over a year and has been overseas for several months, prior to enlistment working as a machinist for Geier & Bluhm in Troy.
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J. Lieyd
Caswell
Troy
France
Ella Caswell
Schenectady
England
Behr-Manning Corp
Watervlie
A. Zarnick
Church Street
War Department
Zarnick
Geier & Bluhm ‘Machine Shep. Troy
Three Cohoes Men Fight In Italy
Three Cohoes men serve in Italy with United States forces during World War II. The fragment mentions soldiers in the Buzz Regiment and notes their participation in combat actions and duties overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Cohees
Gery Buzz Regiment
Cohoes Legion Auxiliary Elects January Leader
In Cohoes the Legion Auxiliary has elected a new leader, with the event witnessed by local members and community supporters. Details indicate a formal installation planned for upcoming meetings and continued civic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes Legion Auxiliary
Cohoes Draft Board Reclassifies 19 Men
Cohoes draft officials announce the reclassification of 19 men to different categories. William Maisonnette is placed in 1-A with others including Morton Vatley and Donald O'Brien among the reclassifications. Further names listed include John Lennon and Lawrence Forget with several others typed in by the board.
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Cohoes
OL Big Sroup
Ore Mas
Willian Maisonnette
F. Morton Vatley
Donald O'Brien
John Lennon
Laurence J. Forget
Donald J. Steaul
Peter Sherred
LaForest
Walter P. Dor
Gheswel Page
Alfred Foils
Roger Tarte
A—Ciodomir Therien
AL Henry Eighmer
Rday Ay Seles
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Westbrook Fegler
Army and Navy
Remsen St., Coho
Just
Woolrich Clothes
W. L. Douglas Shoes
Tucson
Army and Navy Store
Remsen St. Cohoes
Benoit
Farnhand
Jobs
Witl
Eader
Pic
George LeMay
Laurette Lussier
St. Joseph's Church
LeMay
Canada
Court St. Margaret
Brunswick Bureau
Deitcher’s
Cohoes Paint Headquarters
Missionary Society
Mert
James Sanborn
Youngiore Avenue
Kwajiein
Hawaii
California
Port McCiellar
Frank Standarskl
Josie
Umead
Ben Katz
5Th Ave
Hollywood
Fifth Ave
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