Taft objects to War Department vote outreach to troops
Senator Taft criticizes a War Department program that would aid soldiers in obtaining ballots and voting information. He says personal solicitation by officers oversteps and warns against government control of troops news sources, amid House action on amendments expanding political material to troops.
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Taft
Ohio
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Tle
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War Department
Hitler
House
Rep
Rankin
Miss
Elections Committee
Central Invasion Landing On Unopposed Beach
The central landing of invasion units on the French coast proceeded without significant resistance. Troops moved inland into the hills beyond the beaches while ships and vehicles filled the water. Reports describe a calm sea, orderly landings, and surprisingly light enemy fire as American forces established a foothold.
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Francé
Soo
French Riviera
Greenville
Tenn
Europe
Gans
Joseph Finley
Pontiac
Finley
Hlasset
Brick hurled into district attorney home window
A brick was tossed through the living room window of Sarle J. Wiley the Troy district attorney between 3 and 4 yesterday at 5 Eaton Road. Five to six other bricks missed the mark and lay on the lawn. Wiley said only two windows were broken and no other damage occurred. Police offered no public comment.
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Sarle J. Wiley
Eaton Road
Wiley
Troy
Iass
British Poles Advance Against Germans in Italy
British Eighth Army cleared the last German resistance west of Empoli and prepared a northward drive toward the Arno loop between Empoli and Florence. Polish patrols pushed two miles west of Frontone while Bar Poli faced heavy mine and blast damage. American artillery fought near San Giovanni Alla Vena as civilians crowd relief efforts in Florence intensified with food and water deliveries.
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Eighth Army
Empol
Florence
Frontone
Empoli
Barpoli
Fifth Arrs
San Giovanni Alla Vena
Aro
Arho
Arne
Mugnone Canal
Invasion Day Shout From Landing Craft
An unidentified American soldier aboard a landing craft on invasion day cried to Laval, “Laval we have come,” signaling arrival in southern France. The moment captures early Allied push inland during Operation Overlord.
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France
Laval
Navy Seizes Strikers Gas Privileges and Deferments
In San Francisco the Navy imposes severe sanctions to force machinists back to work in five shops. Induction of male employees refusing orders, denial of further employment, and withdrawal of gasoline privileges are implemented. Rear Admiral G Brown leads the shutdown per presidential order. Union officials could not comment immediately.
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Navy
Ladh
Philadelphia
G. Brown
Lodge 68
The
Mechanists’ Union
A. F. of L
Student Admits Slaying Friend Near Hudson River
Lucien Carr a Columbia University student from St Louis confessed Tuesday to stabbing his friend David Kammerer 33 and throwing the body into the Hudson River after a Monday quarrel on the river bank near the campus. District Attorney’s office identified Carr as admitting the killing. Kammerer’s body was found yesterday weighted with rocks.
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New York
St. Louis
Hudson River
Columbia University
Jacob
Grumet
David Karmmerer
Lucien Carr
Kammerer
Carr
Two Troy men fined in Green Island Police Court
Frank Pettis of 35 Hoosick Street was fined $2 for passing a red light. Eugene McDuff of 356 Second Avenue was fined $35 for driving without a license and $2 for passing a red light. Webster-Bailey Auxiliary Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War to hold sobi in Cohoes G A B rooms tonight. Vagabond Club to meet at 8 50 pm with John Cietek presiding. Clam Steam features horse shoe pitching and boces. Reardon family notes vacation returns from Buffalo and Rochester. Patrolman Reinoehl and Chief Freeman news, Withett Moore leaves for Camp Shelby.
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Green Island
Frank Pettis
Hoosick Street
Eugene McDuff
Second Avenue
Webster-Bailey
Sons of Union
Cohoes G. A. B
John Cietek
Stazor
John J. Reardon
George Street
Buffalo
Nonie al Curtis
Rita Reardon
Rochester
George F. Reinoehi
William H. Freeman
Withett M. Moore
Camp Shelby
Miss
Hudson Avenue
Philip Finley Dies In Police Radio Car
Philip Finley aged 51 of 207 Liteky Street died yesterday in a police wagon en route to Troy Hospital after sudden illness at Ferry and Fourth Streets. Present were Patrolmen John Adams Thomas Carey and Raymond Hogan. He is survived by three daughters Helen Mary and Bertha and two sons Philip Vic 17 in the Navy at Pensacola Fla and John at home.
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Liteky Street
Troy Hospital
Ferry
Fourth Streets
John Adams
Thomas Carey
Raymond Hogan
Air
Finley
Nellie Hotaling
Helen
Mary
Bertha Rose Filey
Philip
Vic
Pensacola
Fla
John
OPA Sets Higher Ceiling on Cured Fish Prices
The Office of Price Administration in Washington announces a revised ceiling price schedule for cured and smoked fish. Average increases of about 1 cent per pound at the processor level take effect August 21 and will reach retail shortly after. Species listed include smoked mild cured salmon, smoked sableish and whitefish, and smoked kippered salmon.
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Office of Price Administration
Washington
Industrialist Who Taunted Hitler Caught
New York reports the arrest of Karl Goerdeler, former mayor of Leipzig, on charges tied to acts against the Nazi regime. Goerdeler, once an industrial financier, faced pursuit after bomb plot links surfaced and Nazi authorities offered a large reward for his capture.
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Aaid
Karl Goerediér
Pris
San Industriatis
Tord
Mayer
Leibzig
Tage
Federal Communications Con
Qeecie Hitler
Goendeler
Hitler Juiv
Tern
Scwerdeier
Russians Push to Break German Warsaw Hold in Praga Battle
Soviet and Polish forces tightened ring around Praga on the Vistula as Rokossovsky’s army group pressed to push back a German advance aimed at Warsaw. Reports say 32 German tanks and self propelled guns were destroyed with about 800 Germans killed, while Red Army units fortified positions and struck toward the city’s heart.
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Ter Milles
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Rokossovski
Vistula
Honstantin K. Rokossovsky
Bialystok
Bokossovs
French Patriots Seize Haute Savoie in Allied Reprisal
Rebels in Haute Savoie rose against the Nazis with guns and ammunition supplied by Allied air drops. After midnight fires were seen on Mount Saleve as German troops retreated from key towns. Reports claim a series of supply drops and airborne reinforcements reached the French Jura region as the occupation neared its end.
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Haute Savoie
Mount Saleve de Geneva
Willie la Grande
State reports big rise in car thefts in New York
State Correction Commissioner John Lyons announced a 67.4 percent increase in automobile thefts in New York for the first six months, while overall crime fell by 1.5 percent. Robbery burglary pocket-picking and grand and petty larceny rose, with declines in driving while intoxicated, rape and sex offenses.
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New York
John 3. Lyons
Eeony
Toxtion
MacAffer Faces State Probe In Albany Grand Jury
Albany county Republican chairmen appeared before a state grand jury in Albany as Governor Dewey ordered a probe into legislative spending. MacAffer testified regarding Rise position as chief counsel to the Rapp-Couders Joint committee. Also named were eight committee employees from Albany and Ossining.
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Kenseth Sr. MacAffer
Albany
Dewey
MacAfer
Rise
Rapp-Couders
Absove
Lawrence T. Casey
Tami
Spesial
Biram C. Todd
Edward Hermance
James M. Jen
Flel Dailey
Robert M. Score
Albsay
Wiime Comstable
Darien Center
Arch Wagar
Albert Krakes
Port He
Alice Morse
Ossining
Albany figures tied to Sesquicentennial causes
Fred Anker, Albany Senate document clerk, and Bernard El lendogen, Albany attorney, have historic ties to the Sesquicentennial communities.
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Wers
Fred Anker
Albany
Senate
Bernard Ellendogen
Fist sulfuric acid claim traced to ancient chemist Aral Cheedebe
Historical note questions early production of sulfuric acid with a claim that Aral Cheedebe created the compound centuries ago. The fragment suggests a debated origin story without corroborating records.
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