240,209 More GIs Arrive Home
Large transport convoys and shore detachments return home as 24,209 U S troops are aided by 17,840 more arriving from 46 transports at West Coast ports and New Orleans. The report lists numerous units and personnel including Headquarters and Headquarters Company Seventh Armored Division, 356th Quartermaster, 88th Ordnance Depot, and others with a mix of infantry, artillery, engineers, and maintenance units. Additional fragments mention ships such as the American Victory and New World Victory with named individuals arriving from Antwerp, Calcuta, and Le Havre.
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Wear
New Orlin
Stipy
Walle Aedvlags
New Yue — Rushville Vietory
Murseilly
JON Ordnanad
Mudleil
Azird
William Willing
Marseille
Lhe geBd
Huck HM Victory
le ‘Muyen
Dist Field Artillery
AO Infantry
St. Albis Victory
Marwolth
Waxinver Group
Hnginver Dunip
AoSh
Ordnance Heavy Automotive
Engineer
Sodred
Ordnance Meili
Sonia Ramberger
Antwerp
Rovert Hunter
William Semumant
Calcutha
Caleutti
New World Victory
Calculla
Dvi
Alexander Tallington
Vilan
Cateu
Port Said and U S personnel records flash names and numbers
A string of scattered troop and personnel listings shows ports like Port Said and Seattle with counts and units. The entries name ships, locations such as Bremen Karachi Manila Yokohama and Pearl Harbor, plus numbers for civilians and military personnel across Army Navy and Marines.
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Port Said
Edward Logit
Bremen
Norfolk--Tomey Ahurman
AL New Orleans
U. S
Cuba
Seattle
A. W. Greeley
Karachi
Ammyyyphoon
Okinawa
Army
Los Angeles
W. C. Langsitt
Manila
KwWujilein Fron Yaipan
San Francisco
Dervle
Navy
Goucher
Yokohama
Santa Crux
Kwajalein
Priday
Garteret
San Jacinto
Harrison
Saipan
Columbia
Pearl Harbor
Tadfawan
China Gets U S Boats Amid Navy Shuffle
Shanghai reports that the United States Navy has transferred one submarine and will soon deliver thirty more as Chow Shi-chang, head of the Chinese naval department, announced at a Saturday press conference.
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China
U. S
Shanghai
Soo Aum
Chow Shi-chang
Ubinese Navy Department
Saturda
Government Has Book On Taxes Reader taunts tax tale satire
Washington dispatch describes a satirical IRS publication titled Your Federal Income Tax. The piece mocks the reader as a lone taxpayer pursued by a government figure, with comedic exaggeration about filing taxes and the system. Described scenes parody a moral struggle ending bleakly as the hero limps away.
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Washington
U.P
Gurenv Haa
Individund
Butl
Horatio Alger, Jr
Charlie Chaplin
Waters
U.S. Government
Wallace Beery
Bia Savis
Hin
Weel
Lillie Telian Brightons
J.P. Casmucket
Wall Street
Weil
German Bishop Sentenced At Danzig
German Bishop Karl Maria Splett was sentenced by a Danzig court to ten years in prison for collaborating with the Germans during occupation. The court also ordered confiscation of his property as he testified he acted under Gestapo pressure, with charges including forcing Polish priests to concentration camps and banning Polish in Catholic services. The move influenced Poland’s severing of the Vatican concordat last year.
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New York
Waradw
Danzig
Karl Maria Splett
Poand
Eplett
Chelmno
Vatican
Britis
NBG
Radio Waranw
Local Social Notes Highlight Bacon Hill Visitors and Birthdays
Bacon Hill residents hosted visitors including Patis and daughter Porgy in Hudson Palla. Kenneth Withuma at Saratoga Springs stayed with Douging Bean. John Rourke of Gansevoart visited his mother Mrs Alla Williams. Audrey Moak visited Mr and Mrs D W Borris in South Glens Falls. Ray Greenwalt on Navy leave visited his sibling Samuel Greenwalt. Mrs Hoyt Van Denworker entertained a Sunday School class for boys at an indoor athletic meet. Shirley Lynn Peroha, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Peroha, celebrated her second birthday with a party and gifts. The Women's Missionary Society meeting, led by Mrs Hilger King with devotional by Mrs Clifford Rugg on Race Relationships, was followed by refreshments.
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Bacon Hill
Patis
Porgy
Hudson Palla
Kennetht Withuma
Saratoga Springs
Douging Bean
John Rourke
Gansevoart
Alla Willams
Ray Greenwalt
Thomson
Jeave
Navy
Samual Greenwalt
Hoyt van Denworker
Shirley Lynn Peroha
John Peroha
Charles Platner
Hilger King
Clifford Rugg
Deputy Sheriff Encounters His Gal Hidden In Powder Room
San Luis Obispo Cal Deputy Sheriff Morris Harvey waited six hours while Ger Giding Peters 30 dodged into a women's powder room to escape duty. Peters had been given a suspended sentence on an intoxication charge with county departure conditions. She emerged to find him still waiting, an unusual hiding place resulting from the order.
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San Luie Obispo
Cal
Ger Giding Peters
Duuty Sherif Morris Harvey
Miss Peters
Harvey
Russia to Maintain Big Army and Communist Victory Bid
The Communist Party in Moscow endorses a nationwide appeal to strengthen armed forces and the Soviet elite. The appeal urges voters to back Communist candidates, noting wartime gains in Sakhalin and the Kuriles and a new frontier with Poland.
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Moscow
Centra Committee
Movcow
Soviet Union
Ueying Mindo
Boloshevik
Southier
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Far East
Poland
Postwar Enlistee Usually City Bred
A Chicago reader profile describes a postwar enlistee as city bred and educated. The Army survey notes height around 6 feet and weight near 160 pounds, with a youthful outlook favoring travel and education over immediate deployment. About one third come from rural areas. many have prior service and two thirds see the Army as a career.
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Chicago
Rey
President Accepted In Quartet Organization
New York pianist and vocalist Harry Truman has joined the Garber Slop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. announced by Geoffrey O'Hera, composer and Manhattan Chapter chairman. The national group, eight years old, lists over 10,000 harmonizers across 205 chapters with the core qualification being a desire to sing.
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New York
Harry & Truman
Pats
United States
Ha Lotiely
Garber Slop Quartet
Singing In America, Inc
Lha
Ceoffrey O'Hera
Manhattan
Canada
Delano Resigns from National Capital Park Body
Tru man of Washington weir accepts the resignation of Willam Adams Delano of New York as the architectural member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
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Washington Weir
Truman
Willam Adams Delano
New York
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
General Clark Awarded U S Navy Medal
General Clark received the United States Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his conduct during the Salerno and Anzio landings. The commendation lauds his decisive defense of a vulnerable pavilion, tactical skill, and steadfast perseverance under constant enemy observation. His leadership and valor are described as pivotal to the operations.
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Vienna
Mule Wy Lati
Salerno
Anau
Ane
Mia
Clark
Saturna Tower Legend Sparks Army Navy Officer Talk
Fragmentary report notes a strange tale about a Saturna tower under names like Wolurmingdandlaggevawndve. Adie HD 1 and Howitt engage in a debated claim about a favored action that allegedly influenced Atrazio, with implications for numerous Army and Navy officers.
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Howitt
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Troy, M
Audrey Moak
D. W. Borris
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Russia
IPL
Delano
Gen. Clark
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