Troy housing plan stalled by city delay amid housing authority push
A long stalled Troy housing plan moves forward as the mayor names five citizens to form a housing authority. The panel will study needs, draft development plans for large apartments or multiple units, and present findings to the Common Council, aiming to create 300 to 350 low priced units without city funding.
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Troy
Gebare
Council of Social Agencies
Tre
Common Council
All Roads Lead To San Francisco War Conference Outlook
Delegates from nations at war with Germany and Japan travel to San Francisco to craft a peace framework. The effort seeks to create durable peace machinery, avoid preemptive terms for the defeated, and preserve international ties while maintaining major powers’ control. The piece argues perseverance, disarmament of enemies, and national readiness as essential.
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MacArthur
War Department
House of Representatives
Carlos P. Rumula
Philippe
Washington
Japan
Germany
San Francisco
United States
Asan Saip
Great Britain
Russia
France
China
New League
Colonies and Naval Bases and the Question of Empire
The piece critiques historic colonialism and foreign interference, arguing against forced empires and overseas control. It cites Belgian Congo and the Dutch East Indies as enslaving models, notes Britain spread civilization yet prompts paternalism doubts, and questions U.S. treatment of Puerto Rico, Philippines, Cuba, and Alaska. It questions who governs whom and recalls Wilson era independence debates.
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Belgian Congo
Dutch East Indies
Britain
India
China
Hongkong
Bacao
Kwangchowan
Formosa
Manchuria
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Woodrow Wilson
Cuba
Alaska
Debate on colonialism and Pacific bases in U S policy
The piece argues for retaining Pacific and Atlantic bases as strategic protections rather than new colonies. It contrasts colonialism with basing rights, cites Japan and Russia as threats, and urges a clear line between imperialism and necessary military facilities. It criticizes overreach and emphasizes defense and stability.
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Pacific
American Virgin Islands
Britain
Bur
Wadsworth Bow
United States
Pacific Islands
Japan
Great Britain
Atlantic
Greenland
South America
Pacife
Hongkong
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
Russia
Port Arthur
Dardanelles
Preparing for New Automobiles
War Production Board authorized $35.6 million for plant additions and $40 million for rehabilitation of machinery and equipment. Resumption will not be immediate, but delays will be reduced. ten weeks to restart lines and months to reach a 2,000,000 vehicle annual level. Cars, once a luxury, are now a necessity shaping rural and suburban life and national transportation needs.
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Tae
War Production Board
Brookings Institution
Hassa
Pilots Clothing and Navy Gear Highlight Letter Responses
Readers discuss heated flying suits F-3 type E-1 gear and related naval service questions. An Army fighter pilot note from Watervliet Hoosick Falls details porosity and cooling features. A Navy enlistment query asks about work rights before joining, answered: no law restricts working while awaiting call.
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Pulse of the
PHT
PSS
Eighth
Ninth Army
England
Italy
North Africa
Navy
U. S
C. B_fisland
New York
N. Y
Debate on Security Bases and Trusteeships After Yalta
The author compares Soviet and American territorial demands postwar, arguing that Russia’s annexations and America’s demand for Pacific bases raise the same issue of security versus expansion. He cites Poland, Iwo Jima, and Bonin Islands, noting the Atlantic Charter’s restraint and calls for a trusteeship approach, urging symmetry in postwar arrangements.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Poland
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Bonin Islands
Japan
America
San Francisco
Yalta
Gome
Curzon Line
Equator
Sta
Hannegan: The St. Louis Boss Who Helped Truman Rise
Washington columnist Drew Pearson profiles Bob Hannegan, St. Louis city boss and later IRS commissioner, detailing how his political maneuvers and loyalty to Truman shifted the 1944 nomination. The piece traces Hannegan’s rise from ward organizer to federal tax chief, highlighting clashes with press and party bosses and his late struggle to leave politics.
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Chicago
Wallace
Bob Hannegan
Truman
Saigraly
Ward
St. Louis
Bob Hannegen
Hannegan
St Louis
St. Louis University
Missouri
Harry Truman
Hanne
Ban
Franklig
Roosevelt
PLD
Heeneran Arst
Knen
Sen
Bennett Clark
Clark
Han Regan
Imperial Revenue
Graying
Asif
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Treasury
Senate
Senster Truman
Werke
Hennegan
Do Not Take My Word on Pronunciation Confusions
A reader column debates pronunciation of words and names such as laundered versus launcried, embroideried, camellia origins, and Manchukuo. It cites Jesuit Kamel, Linnaeus, and etymology notes, with guidance from dictionaries and a serviceman overseas addressing format.
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Salem
Los Angeles
Josef Turbi
S. ER
Lexington
Josef Kamel
Philippines
Linnaeus
Kamel
Russia
Prussia
Hans von Keltenborn
Manchukuo
Dr. B
Church Point
G. BF
John Smith
242Nd Infantry
P.O
New York
Truman Eager to Don Uniform
A historical sketch recounts Harry S. Truman seeking to serve in World War I, his rapid rise from private to captain, and his later push to become vice president. It notes his wartime actions, early Kansas City ties to Boss Tom Pendergast, and marriage to Roosevelt policy stances while praising his integrity amid machine politics.
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Caswell Adadses
Washington
INS
United States
Japan
Germany
Harry Truman
Missouri
George Marshall
George
Harry
Truman
National Bank of Commerce
Union National Bank
Kansas City
Missouri National Guard Artillery
Second Missouri Field Artillery
America
Camp Doniohan
Oiseboma
129Th Field Artillery
Mr. Truman
Brest
Vosges Mountains
Alsace
St. Mihiel
Hereneville
Roosevelt
Heutenant
Chicago
Jimmy Byrnas
Henry Wallace
Tye
United States Senate
Eays
Franklin Delano Rougevelt
Trumans
Tom Pendergast
Jim Reed
Pendergast
Attorney General's Office
Hesch
Frank Murphy
Attomey
Supreme Court
Trueman
Mr. Trutean
Alfred EL Smith
New
Yori
al Smith
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