Windsors to Visit Bahaman Workers Camp in Lewes
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan a visit to a Bahaman labor camp near Lewes Delaware on August 3. Walter W. Becker, camp manager, says the royal pair, governors of the Bahamas, are touring the United States and wished to see a camp housing workers who came to aid the war effort. Felix du Pont’s home is offered as their headquarters.
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Bahamas
Bahaman
Lewes
Walter W. Becker
Duke and Duchess
United States
America
Felix du Pont
Federal funds cut 175 New York layoffs hit Albany
Federal funds allocated to New York State Division of Placement and Unemployment Insurance were slashed by 788 158, prompting discharge of about 175 temporary workers. Director Milton Loysen noted the division received 4 286 087, short of the requested 5 142 766 after salary increments. Congress trimmed unemployment office appropriations by 5 million dollars. roughly 90 percent of the affected NY staff were based in Albany.
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Qosine
N.Y
Albany
Milton Loysen
Congress
New York
Underground Shoots Nazis In Warsaw
Polish underground fighters clashed with German troops across Warsaw as Soviet forces advance east of the Vistula. Communique says battles raged from Ogrod Laski to Zoliborz and Praga with Gen Bors coordinating with Soviet commanders for ammunition and anti tank weapons.
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London
Warsaw
Vistula River
Ibys
Iit
Praga
Ogrod ‘Laski
Ochtota
Polny Mokodow
Zoliborz
High Command
Bors
Warsaw Underground
Vistula
Increase in substitute soled shoes boosts output
Footwear production shows 8,000,000 more pairs with rubber and composition soles than in 1943. Substitute material soles rise by over 36,000,000 pairs through June 1. Half of substitute soled shoes are for women, about 33 percent of this year's women's shoes, up from 3 percent last year.
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Deciais
Cat Bequest in Will Reduced from 100000 to 40000
Norfolk clerk reports executor interpreted the will as leaving Buster the cat in care of Rand’s former housekeeper Thompson. The windfall was reduced from 100000 to 40000 after codicil and corrections by Rand, a Boston lawyer, amid estate proceedings.
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Norfolk
Buster
Rogerson
Marget. ‘Tie Thompson
Boston
Sonn
Brookline
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