French Coast Zone Ordered Evacuated
Vichy government ordered evacuation of non essential personnel from the Mediterranean coast of France. Residents in the coastal strip urged to move inland at once. Evacuees may live with relatives but cannot move to other coast areas or towns over 20 000 population. Corsica reports Allied forces within 100 miles of Southeastern France.
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London
Vichy
France
Europe
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Pyrenees
Alps-Hautes Alpes
Isere
Drome
Ardeche
Haute-Loir
Canjal
Tarn
Aniege
Corsica
Legion Officers Meet in Capital Washington
More than 200 top American Legion officers led by National Commander Warren H Atherton began a series of meetings in Washington to push veterans legislation and plan postwar activities. Discussions covered national defense naval affairs civil defense and national legislation with emphasis on an omnibus bill to consolidate veterans affairs in the Veterans Administration. Meetings include a national rehabilitation conference and the Legion labor relations committee with sessions through Friday and Saturday.
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Washington
American Legion
Warren H. Atherton
Maurice F Devine
Manchester
N. H
Legion
Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans Administration
House
Senate
Légion
Commission On Postwar America
Louis ‘Johnson
Governors and aviation leader named in regional ties
Govs Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts Dwight Griswold of Nebraska and Prentice Cooper of Tennessee plus Pan American Airways president Juan Tuppe are identified in a Washington diplomatic tour report highlighting cross state and corporate connections.
Local notes from Brook lyn and area visitors
Shushan Peter Tikhann visits his son Leonard in Brooklyn. Freemont Cramer of Springfield VI spends weekend with family here. Allen Center of Glens Falls visits mother Miss S Center. Mr and Mrs Eric Shanden return from Hartford Conn. Congregational meeting and supper set for Friday at the Methodist parish house at 7. Quarterly conference led by Frank W Bevin of Giens Falls will meet at the Methodist Church Monday. Jerome B Rice, seed rooms proprietor, has been in Mary Mc Clellan Hospital for a week. Elisa Wilbur of Glens Falls stayed with aunt Mrs William Donnan at the Wrights. Pvt Frederick Fowl of the Medical Detachment on a seven day furlough with father Frederick Fowl Sr and sister Jean Fowl, returns to New York Saturday.
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Freemont Cramer
Springfield
Allen Center
Glens Falls
S Center
Eric Shanden
Hartford
Mary McClellan
Elisa Wilbur
William Donnan
Clark Wright
Frederick Fowl
Jean Fowl
New York
Nassau Veteran Walter A Martin Receives Honorable Discharge
Walter A Martin of East Nassau, a Pacific veteran who went ashore with the first wave of Marine Raiders at Tulagi, is home with an honorable medical discharge from service. An aid ailment, concealed at enlistment, prompted the discharge.
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Pie
Walter A Martin
East Nassau
Atj Tulagi
War veteran Martin honored for combat service and medals
An 18 year old corps member who served at Tulagi and Guadalcanal endured two malaria attacks and tough battles yet survived unscathed. He earned a presidential unit citation and a campaign ribbon with four battle stars for major engagements.
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Martin
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Claim State Faces Heavy Tax Losses
Rollin Browne, president of the State Tax Commission, said New York will lose an estimated 15 million dollars in corporation franchise tax revenue and local governments may lose 5 million because the federal government has not allowed credits for state taxes on renegotiated war contracts. He noted a 20 million credit/refund provision for the coming fiscal year and warned local shares would shrink accordingly.
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New York
Rollin Browne
State Tax Commission
Browne
Washington
New York State
Local tax receipts rise for 1943 distribution to localities
The corporation franchise tax fed local governments with 23,333,870 in 1943, a gain of over 4.6 million from the prior year. The official stated this development marked a notable increase in funds distributed to localities.
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Com
Municipal fiscal problems eyed by Commissioner Browne
Commissioner Browne notes timely focus on solving municipal fiscal problems and urges facing the situation as efforts continue.
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Conway
Ark
Robert
Allison
Sardinia
Berlin
Dr. Caldwell
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 38
The
Sacred Heart of Mary Church
Watervliet
Shushan
Peter Tikhann
Son
Leonard Tikhann
Brooklyn
Savines & Loan Assn
Grand ST
Franklin Square
Banking Department of the
State of New York
Nassau
OPA
Oxfords
Arch Shoes
War Bond
United States
New York Central
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