Germany Italy Draw Closer Amid Propaganda Push
Reports from Bern Milan and Rome say Germany and Italy grew closer with signs of peace desire yet intensified propaganda. German troops reportedly moved from the Spanish frontier and through the Brenner Pass. Italian press attacks Allied raids while a Stalin order is claimed by Badoglio supporters.
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Bern
Italy
Germany
Joseph Stan
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Us- Bia
Berlin
Rowe
Milan
Die Tat
Zurich
Die Tatwie
Brenner Pass
Stalin
Russia
Badoglio
Rome
Turin
Genoa
Mussolini
President Roosevelt Meets Pacific War Council at White House
President Roosevelt summoned members of the Pacific war council to a noon White House meeting to discuss recent and forthcoming Pacific events and plan a broader world strategy for the Roosevelt Churchill conference. China is a leading member, with United States Great Britain Canada Australia the Netherlands and New Zealand also represented. The Soviet Union and China will not be represented, but the strategy is expected to be world wide in scope and reach the postwar era.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Pacific War Council
White House
Council
Pacific
Churchill
Europe
Far East
China
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Soviet Union
Spirit of '42 Girls' Club heads to Miami Beach picnic
Speigletown Mrs Harvey L Reed and Mrs William Nelson Perkins co led the Spirit of 42 Girls Club taking members to Miami Beach for an all day picnic. Each member brought her own lunch.
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Harvey L. Reed
William Nelson Perkins
Spirit of ‘42 Girls’ Club
Miami Beach
Flyer Adrift Improvised To Survive Guadalcanal
Navy flyer Lieut. George H. Smith, 25, Elmhurst, was rescued after 22 days adrift on a rubber raft near Japanese bases. He survived by an improvised method to obtain drinking water and by fishing and bird catching. Rescued by Lieut. R. L. Hamblin and his crew after a crash near the Russell Islands. Smith logged his experiences on a rubber patch, described salvaging meat from albatross, and noted salt intake managed with careful intake. He landed July 14 and was rescued in August near Vella Lavella Island.
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Guadalcanal
Ayer
J G
George H. Smith
Elmhurst
R. L. Hamblin
Syracuse
Russell Islands
Solomons
Smith
Vella Lavella Island
New Georgia Island
Hamblin
Mechanicville City primaries show Eckerson leading renomination bid
Mechanicville Mayor Homer E Eckerson and officials seek renomination with commanding leads over ballots listed candidates. Eckerson seeks a third consecutive mayoral term since 1915 under the new charter. Other offices show Moore 549 for Accounts, DeCrescente 408 for Public Works, Cassidy 503 for Public Safety, Reilly 524 for City Judge, Holland 518 for Supervisor, with top two vote-getters advancing. Schools reopen Sept 7 at 9 am, Blakeman Library returns August closure, under Melvin Livingston and Miss Patricia Golden. Clamston plans clam steam event by Tenandano Fish and Game Club in early September amid wartime ammo shortages.
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John Callahan
George W. Tilly
Riverside Park
Joseph McGovern
Round Pond
Glens Falls Hospital
Elizabeth Street
Cassedy
Spencer D. Cassedy
Halfmoon
William Uber
Crescent
Theresa Newton
Carlton J. Sommer
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
Roy Hayner
Earl Groat
Earl Hatlee
Charles Pollock
Tacerne Shafer
Henry Kinns
Clifton Park
Hawkey B. Harvey
War Council
Schenectady
Harvey
Homer E. Eckerson
Eckerson
Homer Eckerson
John B. Foster
John §. Moore
Joseph Gilheany
Angelo DeCrescente
Daniel Izzo
Frank C. Poucher
Mrs
Mary Cassidy
Josephine Sheehan
Howard J. Reilly
James Heffernan
Edward P. Holland
Daniel Carr
Melvin C. Livingston
JL. B. Blakeman
Patricia Golden
Clamston
Tenandano Fish and Games Club
Banze
Pruyn's Terrace
Remembering many wars in Stroud Oklahoma
William Gaylor 105 recalls several wars including the Civil War. He says he served under General Robert E. Lee until the war’s end and aims to live as long as his grandfather who died at 112.
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Stroud, Okla
William Gaylor
Gaylor
Robert E. Lee
Meat shortage hits bears at Rancho Amigos zoo
The meat shortage affects two old bears, Red and Spot, longtime city pets. They were brought from National Sequoia Park twelve years ago for the zoo and, after the zoo's abandonment, turned over to the county farm at Hondo. One mate died after being released in the mountains.
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Los Angeles
Rancho Amigos
Hondo
Inmates Return to County Jail Amid Farm Food Shortages
A fragmented report notes inmates returning to the county jail as meat coupons and farm food shortages affect supplies. The text mentions scarce meat and community ties, with references to tomatoes and shortfalls impacting inmates and neighbors.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Fred H. Clark Post
American Legion
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Hudson View Cemetery
Pierce Bolton
Howard Button
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Edward DeCelle
Harry Wever
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Greenberg
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Grand Lodge of the Domain of New York
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James E. Phinney
21St Pythian
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