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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
2
Fragmentary report traces the Great Rift Valley from the Jordan and Palestine toward the earth's surface, linking corridors through the Red Sea and Abyssinia to East Africa and Lake Nyasa. Geographers note a broad geological belt crossing multiple regions.
Washington report recounts a somber mood as the Senate wraps up for summer. The correspondent riffs on Sib bo, Burlesque Theater, and foreign affairs protests while noting colleagues' jokes about bonds, chairs, and the theater of politics.
Fragmentary text mentions greetings to a stadium and a hydraulic rock, references to Glen H. Taylor of Idaho, a te e crooning cow, and a call for snowman ship loudspeakers and a ceremony. Mentions snuff boxes, Robie, Wayne Kenyon, and two weeks in camp.
New York Democrat O Dwyer resigns as Brooklyn District Attorney to devote time to his mayoral campaign. Governor Dewey will appoint a temporary replacement until December 31 when the term would have expired, and parties may nominate candidates for the full term starting next year.
The item lists military postings and homefront updates including Poewnal Floyd Woodcock at Camp Gordon Georgia and Staff Sergeant Charles Buck among arrivals from Europe. It covers residents visiting relatives North Adams Troy and North Pownal with church events, vacation Bible school, and a memorial notice for Herman Burdick Jr. who died in a prison camp after serving near Manila.
Several families and individuals are noted in weekend travels and gatherings. Paul Chagnon of New York plans a two week vacation at his home here while Mrs. Mark Kenyon hosts bridge. Others, including the McLenithans, Knapps, Orcutt and Ryan families, spend time in Hartford, Albany, and at local sites such as Lake Lauderdale and the First Presbyterian Church anniversary service.
A Wendish National Committee led by Joseph Worly advocates a new Slavic nation named Wend to emerge in Europe from a movement to carve a Wend state from old Germany. The plan cites historic use of the term Wend for Slavonic peoples and locates roots in Lusatania and Saxony with about sixty thousand in Lusatania.
Cramped extract notes Saxony using Wand as a label for a Lavonic speaking group in the skins region. Mentions towns Cottbus and Spremberg and names Worly associated with a British arrival in 31540. Quoted line claims loyalty to political ideas and two Stanchester nurses.
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