Truman Signs Three Major Postwar Economic Measures
President Truman approved three key acts to aid postwar reconstruction and global trade. The Bretton Woods package establishes an international bank and stabilization fund to bolster exchange rates, while expanding the export import bank’s lending authority to back European reconstruction. The United Nations food program and a private trading measure also move forward, reflecting a broader push to stabilize economies and spur international investment through 65 percent fund ratification and early operating timelines.
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Washington
United Nations
White House
United States
Monetary Fund
Toana
China
TVA
Brazil
England
Congress
House
Senate
Bretton Woods
World Bank
Europe
Hot Springs
Nine Area Residents Get Army Discharges
Nine Troy area residents are honorably discharged from Fort Dix separation center. Names listed include First Lt Robert E. McMiller of 1819 Seventh Avenue and Sgt Harler L. Alderson of 1807 Seventh Avenue, with several others from Troy Glens Falls and Mechanicville.
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Troy
United States Army
Fort Dix
Robert E. McMiller
Seventh Avenue
Harler L. Alderson
John T. Fitzgerain
Liberte. Breet
Walter M. Gercin
Wallace E. Hertick
Second Avenue
Arthur 3. Jones
Corliss Park
Murray
Glens Fall
Kenneth G. Quantock
Hoosick
Woodrow W. Burbridge
Vilie
Superforts and Mustang Raid Rampage Across Japan
Allied air forces claim heavy damage across Honshu Kyushu and Shikoku regions. Superfortress and Mustang raids destroy and damage planes locomotives trucks railway yards and factories. US commanders report strikes on Nishinomiya Mikage Maebashi and other targets with multiple ships and war materials hit.
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Ime-bari
Shikoku Island
Sage
Honshu
Nishinomiya- Mikage
Kobe
Maebishi
Hirohito
Tokyo
Ise Bay
Shantung Province
China
Kuvile Islands
Waterford church urges food donations for USC drive
Waterford Women of the Waterford Methodist Church are urged to bring food to the home of Mrs Harold Fane at 92 Third Street before 2 p.m. Sundays for a USC aid drive.
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Waterford Methodist Church
USC
Harold Fane
Third Street
Averill Park Visitors and Local Guests Gather
Averill Park Miss Marilyn Perrault visits relatives in WatervHet. Mrs Manton Spaulding and son James of East Greenbush are retreat guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Edwin Herrington. Mr and Mrs Forest Mosher and family moved into the Sitter house. My and Mr. Fred Fitzgerald and Mr. and Mrs Charles BP Jacques of Arlington Mass. are guests of Mr. and Mrs James B Harriman.
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Averill Park
Marilyn Perrault
WatervHet
Manton Spaulding
James
East Greenbush
Edwin Herrington
Forest Mosher
Fred Fitzgerald
Charles BP
Jacques
Arlingtoen
Mass
James B. Harriman
Common Mispronunciations Colby Guide Promotes Grammar
A printed pamphlet by Frank Colby, distributed via this paper, critiques widespread mispronunciations in American English. It highlights errors in final-syllable vowels and offers guidance to pronounce words like arrow and window with the proper oh sound, urging readers to curb slurred speech.
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FM. H
the Plains
Virginia
Haough
Poe
Akin
Waguahara
Frank Colby
Community updates from Eagle Mills and surrounding areas
Local residents report visits and returns from trips to Revere Beach Plymouth Boston Lake George and Arlington with families from Troy East Aurora Waterford and Schenectady. A meeting of the Eagle Mills Fire Company is set for today at 3 p.m. at the Crapseyville Brunswick Sports Club rooms with Kenneth Carteon W Richmond Robb and Roy M Hulett as refreshment committee.
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W. Yourt
Sweet
Billy
Lake George
George Keyser
Settenectady
Edna Simpson
Troy
Margaret Buchanan
James Buchanan
Anna LaFay
Waterford
William C. Millard
Bernard Whitney
Richard
D. C. Guthrodt
East Northfield Mass
Donald Guthrodt
Eagle Mills Fire Company
Brunswick Sportemate Club
Crapseyville
Kenneth Carteon
W. Richrmond Robb
Roy M. Hulett
Townsend Club Members Host Demonstration and Picnic
Mrs Rene Wolfe entertains relatives from New Jersey at Lake George. Lt John Kazutow on furlough visits from the South Pacific. Townsend Club Ladies Auxiliary members plan a demonstration and musical program at Wingover Home for charity. Meetings set at Mrs George Butler’s home and a Coonradt family picnic on August 38. Home Bureau plans, lamp shade project, and a March tea. A Snyder’s Lake yard party includes a frankfurter roast with table prizes.
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Rene Wolfe
Marjorie
New Jersey
Gerrie Austin
Cartton- Austin
Carole
Lake George
John Kazutow
Samaritan Hospital
John ‘Kazatew
South Pacific
Afty
Ladies’Auxiliary
Townsend Club
Wingover
Zor
George] Butler
Summit Avenue
Lovenan Coonradt
Charles Smith
Fiord Pierson
John Shillinger
Herman Schneider
Snyder's Lake
Trustee Nelson Betts resigns from Hoosac Valley School Board
Nelson B. Betts, trustee of the Hoosac Valley Central School for nearly 18 years, tendered his resignation at a meeting last week citing personal reasons. He had served ten years as board president before declining reelection to that post in 1944.
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Nelson B. Betts
Hoosac Valley
Stillwater Social Notes Week Highlights
A shower given for Mrs Henry Casgier Fit at home by Mrs Pact Bu and Mrs Louis Granger included cards dancing and refreshments. Twenty friends attended and gifts were exchanged. Funeral services for John P. McGuire, who died Thursday in Boston Spa, will be held today at 9 am from A F L Petty Funeral Home and 9 30 am from St Peter's Church with Rev Lawrence P. Kelly officiating and interment in St Peter's Cemetery. Elizabeth Powers of Elm nsst has been guest of Mrs Mary Morrissey and family. Miss Jane Longstar cadet nurse at Hinghamton spending three weeks' vacation at home. Mrs Minnie Rece returned home after a week with Mr and Mrs Elmer Gostine of Philipsmont. Miss Shirley Brewster, guest of Mr and Mrs Melvin Mich, has returned home. Mrs Harold Meagher and daughter Margaret of Stingerlands spending the weekend with Mr and Mrs Michael Meagher and family.
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Henry Casgier
Pact Bu
Louis Granger
John P. McGuire
Batston Spa
Elizabeth Powers
Margaret
Stingerlands
Arr
Michael Meagher
Cash Drawer Looted in Fruit Store and Two Break-ins
A fruit store at 3 King Street operated by William Dean was looted of 100 dollars from the cash drawer. Glass was broken in the door and a storeroom break-in at 4 Oakwood Avenue owned by Duncan and Cahill reported. a saddle and bridle valued at 70 dollars disappeared from Mrs. Francis Keeley’s Campbell Avenue home. Patrolmen Degen Ersnen Brearton and Purcell, and detectives Noonan and O Neil investigated.
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King, Street
William Dean
Summitt Avenue
Donald Degen
John Ersnen
Radio Petrol
Frank Brearton
James Purcell
Radio Patrol
Oakwood Avenue
Duncan
Cahill
Mra
Francis Keeley
Campbell's Avenue
John J. Noonan
Harold 3. O'Neil
Detective ‘Bureau
Night Squad
College official dies in Albany
Clarence 9 Vero secretary and treasurer of the State College for Teachers Albany died Friday at St Peters Hospital. Funeral services will be held today at 47 Maple Ridge Avenue and later at St James Church with requiem mass. Interment will be in an abbey.
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Clarence
Vero
State College For Teachers
Albany
St. Petér's Hospital
Troops Arrive in U. S. From Europe on Navy Transport
A large convoy of Army units arrived in the United States from Europe aboard ships including the Santa Margarita and Edward Bellamy. Units listed include Quartermaster, Engineer, Medical, Air Service, and Field Artillery detachments, with formations at Boston New York and Charleston. Officers and ratings from diverse branches carried in a major reorganization and demobilization movement.
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Army One
Camba
Phowa
Sea
Skek
Bry
U.S. Navy
Edward Bellamy
Boston
John Milledge
Sfth Air Engineer Squadron
403D Air Service
Marine Robin
Benes
Helen Hunt Jackson
Pittoon
Pierre i
Enfent
Charteston
3. C
Jncolm Steffens
Jncolm Steffens? Entire 781Th Field Artillery
Eahation
Bist
Beth
Msih
New York
Santa Margarita
Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
Stillwater Men Reelected to Grange League Committee
Stillwater residents William R. Putnam and Frank F. Wilbur were reelected to the Grange League Federation Exchange Patrons' Committee at Wednesday's annual meeting. About 70 farmers attended. holdover members include A. N. Baker Melvin R Thomas William S. Wil and Robert F. Healy.
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Stillwater
G.L.F
Stillwater Cooperaive Grange League Federation Exchange Patrons
William R. Putnam
Frank F Wibur
A. N. Baker
Melvin R
Thomas
William S. Wil
Robert F. Healy
President Truman Eyes Bigger National Guard Plan
President Truman may propose a larger active National Guard to supplement a peacetime draft. Congress returns in October as lawmakers debate postwar military policy with opposition to compulsory training and support from Senators Johnson and Taft for expanding the Guard, including high school and college units and ROTC.
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Truman
Noday
Esié
Nations Organization
Stimson
George C. Marehall
Ernest J. King
House
Congress
Butter
Johnson
D-Colo
Taft
Rohio
National Guard
Eleven Troy and Cohoes Soldiers Return from Europe
Soldiers arrived in New York over the weekend from overseas aboard the India Victory and General Bliss. The roster lists Sg. Thomas E. Derby Cpi. Raymond Shter Cp. Joseph F R 136 Sixth mne Trey and more, with several men from Troy and Cohoes named at 872 Second Avenue 369 Tenth Street 445 Third Street 265 Fourth Street 26 M e Avenue 5 Olmstead Avenue and 1 Tahoes.
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Troy and Cohoes
Europe
Troy
Xo Cohoes
New York
Bliss
Caffora Helly
Second Avenue
Kyron C
Tenth Street
Harold Kuentzel
Third Street
Helen M. Groesbeck
Fourth Street
Joseph Segal
M. E Avenue
Pfc
William Kojef Troy
Edward Koniowka, Jr
Olmstead Avenua
Tahoes
India Victory
Sg. Thomas
Derby
Cpi
Raymond Shter
N Avenue
Joseph
Trey
John J. Maurras
Cohoes
Ballston Spa Couple In Hospital After Collision
A Ballston Spa couple remained hospitalized after a late Saturday collision on state highways near Cold Springs in Saratoga County. The motorcycle rider suffered a fractured right leg, with the passenger also sustaining a leg fracture. The other vehicle involved was a motorbus operated by Mrs. Marie Clanéx of Middle Grove.
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Cold Springs
Owiside
Saratoga Barings
Warm McCann
Ballston Benedict
Hosiage
Martha Mor
Sarsson
Bital
Lee
Marie Clanéx
Middle Grove
Clancy Wes
Publicity Lead Named for Chimney Corner Play
Miss Evelyn Salkin of Grafton will supervise publicity for The Chimney Corner by BE Atkinson. The production is set for Wednesday at 1 pm at the Latele Theater in Boston.
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Evelyn Salkin
Grafton
Reason U
BE. Atkinson
Latele Theater
Boston
Mrs Brown Dies Wife Of Methodist Minister
Mrs Brown wife of Rev Edgar Brown of Schaghticoke died yesterday after a lingering illness at their home. She and her husband served in Troy and in nearby communities, teaching music and supporting church work. Born October 3 1862 in Schaghticoke she studied music after high school and taught musicianship in the region. She returned home three weeks ago after hospital stays following a broken leg while caring for her injured husband. Survivors include her husband two sons Rev Frederick R Brown of Fonda and Rev Edgar H Brown of Fall River Massachusetts four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm from the residence.
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Sirs, Srawa
Edgar
Schaghtivoke
Brown
Sherehe
Troy
Eben Fort Plain
Frey's Algary
Aden
Latham
Schaghticoke
Schaghticoke High School
Grafton Library Opens Wednesday Under Community League
The Grafton Free Library sponsored by the Grafton Community League will open Wednesday afternoon with a 3 to 5 pm reception. Halley P. Cooper presides. Mrs. Ethel Simmons will be introduced as the new librarian. The collection includes about 650 volumes of fiction juvenile and nonfiction, a nucleus from the late Frank S. Hicks.
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Grafton
Grafton Community League
Halley P. Cooper
L Lbrariga
Ethel Simmons
Frank S. Hicks
Hig Wicow
Menands Child Gives First Piano Recital
Patricia Mullady ten year old Menands pianist presented in her first recital yesterday at Convent of Mercy Albany by instructor Edwin P Walsh of Watervliet She played difficult pieces after only a little more than three years of instruction Pieces included Durands First Waltz the Flight of the Bumble Bee Rimsky Korsakov Lachs Waltz Arabesque Beethovens Moonlight Sonata Brahms Hungarian Dance Ardites Ti Bacio Lichners On the Meadow Poldinis Waltzing Der Bach Saifeggiello Beethovens Minuet in G Brahms Waltz in A Griegs Anitra s Dance Offenbachs Pacarolle Sidelines Romance Sinding s Rustles of Spring and Chopins Minute Waltz
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Patricia Mullady
Menands
Convent of Mercy
Albany
Edwin P. Walsh
Wetervliet
Durand
Rimsky-Korsakos
Ryukyu Islands Brought Under MacArthur Command Invasion Plan
General MacArthur announced that the Ryukyus would become a base for future operations against Japan. The move places Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Air Forces under his authority, consolidating air strikes from Luzon to Okinawa and Formosa, with naval air units and carrier planes in support.
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Macarchur
Tha Ba
Ryukyu
Japan
Gsinekeas
Miguiy
Cape Ocee
Mace Takara
Ox Tieedz
Usintwa
Smell
Ace of Okinawa
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Indies
War Sens
Ryukyus
Fifth
Sevestn
Gen. George
Kanney
Bruks
MacArthur
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James
Twentieth Air Forces
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Okinawa
Nimits
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Formosa
China
Seventh Fleet
Western
Pacific
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Aleutians
Loth and Sith
Joint Chiefs of Star
Japestesa Islands
Ching Coast
Nimitz
Rryukyus
Luzon
Veteran William Siddons Collapses After Nerve Injury
William Siddons, 19, of 39% Tenth Street, collapsed and was found unconscious on 11%h Street near Third and Fourth Avenues. He was treated at Leonard Hospital by Dr Joseph Gallo, then sent home. Police say a nerve condition in the leg, from wartime service, caused the episode after overexertion. He was transported to the hospital by Ser Joseph Coffey and Paiveiman Thomas Winelm in a polite radio car.
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William Siddons
Tenth Street
the Leonard Hospital
Psiroinga
Frank McTiernan
H Street
Joseph Gallo
Polite
Conthe
Ser Joseph Coffey
Paiveiman Thomas Winelm
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By Frank Colby
Eagle Mills
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