War land disposal bill bogged by Senate House clash
Washington report notes the Senate and House struggle over war acquired land sales with a proposed $15.6 billion disposal plan stalled by policy battles. Senator O’Mahoney pushes to prioritize former homeowners and veterans, while Clayton favors value-based sales through normal channels. A Senate board proposal replaces a single administrator, signaling delayed action and continued negotiations. A memorial wreath honors Pvt. Harry Whitney, and local notices recount birthdays and visits among residents.
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Washington
Senate
George
States
House
George Bill
Billy
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Gard
William L. Claston
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Toledo Man Seeks Fourth Divorce From Jane Kalinoff
Toledo 4 Sam Kalinoff seeks a fourth divorce from wife Jane Kalinoff. The couple have been married four times and divorced three times, first divorcing in 140.
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Toledo
Sam Kalinoff
Hed Auit
Tis
Jane
Allied push near Paris and coast advance reported
Paris turmoil and fires as Allied forces press toward liberation. De Gaulle and Koejnig meet Eisenhower for a brief conference amid speculation on paths to move on Paris. Laval and embassy staff flee Paris while Patton’s forces position to strike north or south. Canadian and Polish units push toward Falaise and Arras as German defenses flag.
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Paris
Guy
Charles
de Gaulle
Joseph Pierre Koejnig
Patton
Seine
Pas de Calais
Laval
Otto Abetz
Berlin
Petain
Vichy
Wilhelmstrasse
Normandy
Cabourg
Houlgate
Orne River
la Vie River
Caen
Deauville
Seine Estuary
le Havre
Trun
Chambois
Falaise
Falsise
Lisieux
Missing Flyver Now Back At Base
Sergeant Santo N Pensabene, aerial gunner, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Pensabene of 653 Second Avenue, is back at Healy air base with his Liberator bomber crew after being reported missing in action over Yugoslavia on June 6. The War Department had earlier hinted he might have bailed out, but he reports returning safely after about four months overseas. He graduated from Lansingburg High School and worked at Watervliet Arsenal before service. His brother Pvt Paul Pensabene is at Camp Grant, and he is related to Mrs Rita Kosty and Mrs Catherine McCallum of Troy.
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Siam
Santo N. Penssvens
Pensabereé
Lansingburg High Schoo
Watervliet. Arsenal
Pvt
Paul Pensabene
Grant
Rita Kosty
Catherine McCallum
Trov
Allied push tightens grip as Germans mass near Seine
Allied forces press the Normandy pocket northward toward the Seine after Patton’s breakout. The new Canadian First Army reached Cabourg as 40 000 to 100 000 Germans strive to escape northwest amid a chaotic retreat. Allies include American British Canadian Polish Dutch Belgian troops and German forces struggle to regroup near Dreux and Argentan. The offensive shifts the balance toward securing northern France and completing the battle of France.
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Normandy
Seine
Patton
Paris
First Army
Cabourg
Dives-sir- Mer
Caen
le Havre
Supreme Command
Iadin
Third Army
Argentan
Dreux
Seventh Army
von Kruce
15Th Army
France
Uptown Driver Faces Traffic Charges
Robert Rokjer, 21, of Fourth Avenue, was arrested by patrolmen Clarence Lenhen and Edward S. Kirkpatrick on charges of driving a motor vehicle without an operator license and reckless driving. He is to be arraigned in Police Court this morning. Officers observed Rokjer traveling north on Fourth Avenue past the intersection at rapid speed near 116th Street between Beth Street and Mid Street.
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Robert Rokjer
Fifth Avenue
Clarence Lenhen
Edward S. Kirkpatrick
Fourth Precinct
Fourth Avenue
116Th Street
Rokjer
Marseille Action Pushes German Forces In Southern France
Allied reports describe Seventh Army advances to seize Rians near Aix and Marseille, with over 12,000 German prisoners captured in five days. French and American units push toward the Rhone, while Marseille faces a siege threat as Maquis raids free prisoners and German defenses withdraw. Port-Cros and Levant islands fall to a special U.S.-Canadian unit.
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France
Allied
Tacos L. Devers
Mediterranean
Ira C. Esker
Aled
John EK. Cannon
U.S
Twelfth Air Force
Seventh Army
Rians
Aix
Marseille
Battle Front
Maquis
Vichy
Meena
Pisin
Rhone
Dwight Disenhower
Paris
Warla
Lap Benat
Toulon
Strasbourg
Port-Cros
Levant
Italy
Sainte Marguerite
Saint Honorat
Cannes
338Th Torentry
Richard 8. Smith
Berie
Meade Park
Neshville
Tenn
Mitchell
Frank J. Jolskow
Fickz
Thunderbolt
Earl Bates
Winnetka
Central Florence Freed of Snipers
Italian front remained quiet with snipers cleared from central Florence and sporadic fighting along the Arno. Allied patrols conducted deep reconnaissance in the upper Arno Valley and Adriatic sector as heavy rains hampered operations. Forces prepared to breach the Gothic Line with Kesselring facing possible retreat and winter in the Alps amid Allied landings.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Arné Valhey
Adriatic
Italy
Albert Kesselring
France
New
Alps
Vienna
War ballot request form wording in military service notice
The text presents a war ballot request indicating the writer’s military service and intent to receive a war ballot. It includes a home address line placeholder and reflects standard military electoral procedures for absentee voting. The fragment implies completion of a form to obtain a ballot for service members.
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United States
Wartime ballot request form for servicemen and elections
This item explains a serviceman may fill a ballot application to vote. It directs submission to the Board of Elections of his home county or to the New York State War Ballot Commission in Albany. The text notes clipping and sending the blank to the serviceman.
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Board of Elections
New York State War Ballot Commission
Albany
N. J
Battle over probe of C I O groups and campaign costs
Washington UPI reports a dispute between the Dies Committee and the House group probing campaign expenditures. Hearings open, with Egress invited behind closed doors to discuss PAC activities. Both committees expect possible clashes as they pursue alleged violations of the Hatch Act and corrupt practices acts, citing telephone records and subversive election activity.
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Washington
UPI
Dies Committee
House
Cenitree
Anderson
Anderton
Wilquir
Sidney Hillman
Nega Ott
Political Action Committee
Baldwin
C. E O
Representative Thomas
R-N. J
Dies
D-Texas
Staines
He. Heads
Eighth Avenue Boy Struck by Auto
William E. O Neil reported to police that a westbound auto struck George Pincher at East Park Place on Ui Stee Street near the bar. Pincher, 3, of 1o Eighth Avenue, was taken to Leonard Hospital with bruises to the left leg and head.
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William E. O'Neil
Park Avenue
Ui Stee Street
Easte Park
Placghel v
George Pincher
Eighth Avenue
Mr. O'Neil
Leonard Hospital
52nd Fighter Group Cited by Fifteenth Air Force
The veteran 52nd Fighter Group, among the first U S air units in Europe combat, was cited for unit distinction yesterday by Maj. Gen. Nathan Twining at a Stalin fighter base in Rome.
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Rome
52Nd
Europe
Nathan Twining
U.S
Fifteenth Air Force
Stalin
Motorcycle Blaze At Alten Burdick's Garage
A motorcycle owned by Alten Burdick RD Johnsonville Liftle Street west of Secl and Avenue caught fire in a garage from a backfire as it started. Box 586 alarm sounded at 6 25 p m Saturday.
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Alten Burdick
Johnsonville
Liftle Street
Secland Avenue
Allied Bombers Make Jap Base Too Hot For Use
General MacArthur announced that Japanese air forces are withdrawing westward from key bases in New Guinea and the Philippines. He said Allied air attacks have rendered several enemy air fields unable to operate, including Hatmshera and other strongholds, and that large garrisons are effectively impotent. Celedas and Borneo remain main western targets with many airstrips still vulnerable to bombing.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas
Arthur
Estland
Hetmakera
New Guinea
Rsky
Haimahera
Celedas
Borneo
Jap Bases in South Pacific Under Attack
Washington reported aerial softening of Japanese held islands in the southwest Pacific. Nauru Island was bombed twice, while MiH and Wotje in the Marshalls and Kota and Pagan in the Marianas were attacked by Army, Navy, and Marine air units. Antiaircraft fire ranged from meagre to moderate and all U S planes returned.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
Nauru Island
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Mih
Wotje Islands
Kota
Pagan Islands
Marianas
United States
Allies United Maquis More Than A Year Ago
The report states Allied forces and French staff maintained regular air and parachute links with Maquis patrols in Southern France for over a year before the invasion. Since September 1943 Gen. Henri Giraud’s staff established interior routes, dropping French officers to organize Maquis cells and delivering large British parcels by air in the final weeks before the Riviera landings.
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France
French Riviera
Andy
Wenris Giraud
Soldier Missing Pvt Leonard Ketter Reported Missing in Action
A War Department letter to Mr and Mrs Louis D Keeler of Indian Lake confirms Private Leonard B Keeler has been missing in action in France since July 81. He attended Fort Edward High School before moving to Indian Lake and enlisting in October. His brother Wesley resides at 3 Culver Street Glens Falls and another brother Rene, a Fort Edward High School graduate, works in Colves.
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Leonard B. Ketter
France
Louis D. Keeler
Indian Lake
War Department
Keeler
Fact Edward Methodist Church
Fort Edward High School
Keelers
Wesley
Culver Street
Glens? Falls
Rene
Colves
Fort Edwards High School
Cohoes Public School Repairs Planned After Survey
After surveying Cohoes public schools, the Board of Education plans repairs to School 1om Menor Avenue roof and front steps, School 5 om Master Avenue windows railing and east wall, and School on Street roof and pointing. High school coping blocks fire walls and windows, heating system overhaul. fall term opens September 8.
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Menor Avenue
Master Avenue
Behool & On
Street
Lincoln Avenue
James Marra
School Board
Pastpansd
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William Whitney
Ford Avenue
Troy Farn Co
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Pawling Avenue
Frank P. Tesh
Diane
Winter Street
Maine
C. M. Cornell
New York City
Gordon B. Brand
Schuyler Court
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Cornell
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Second Army
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Flyver
McTics
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Peterson & Packer Coal CO
Fulton
Tel
Troy
By Paul Ford
Jupse Rosenman
Seias Etal
Fmree Cinemas
Pivesti
Romania
Yugoslavia
R.af
Balkan Air Force
H. E. Hewitt
Eighth Avenue Boy
U. S. Air Group
South Pacific
Joseph, Dynan
Cohoes
Cohoes Mill
Ea Dahlké
Pawling Yarn Co
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Erey Plank
Army
Navy
Richard Gaston
Joseph Gaston
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Salvation Army
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Tela
Priday
P.m Society
Women's Society of Christian Service
Charles Spengler
Simmons Avenue
Edith Halney
The
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Woolworth's
Rose EL Calswell
Mae Maxwell
Louise Corbeil
Louise Sipre
Health Department
Harold “W. ‘Carvill
California
Ida Carvill
White Street
National Distillers
New York
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