Marine hero married in New Hampshire ceremony
Baltimore district marine Rene Arthur Gagnon, 23, one of the four Marines who raised the U S flag over Iwo Jima, wed Saturday to Beaulah Paul Harnois of Hooksett New Hampshire. The ceremony was conducted by Rt Rev Joseph Mapns.
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Rene Arthur Gagnon
Manchester
U. S
Mt. ‘Subivachi
Jims
Paul’ We Harnois
Hooksett, Nhl
Joseph Mapns
Engel Charges Army Wastes Public’s Money
Representative Engel, an unofficial watchdog on Army spending, claimed the War Department has wasted billions of tax dollars on unaccounted projects. He noted Army appropriations since 191,000 exceeded by substantial sums and criticized perceived waste and misallocation in wartime expenditures.
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Appropriations Committee
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War Costs and Inflation Outlined in Public Debate
A critic lambasts wartime spending as wasteful and inflated. He cites Army costs for 600,000 troops as quadruple the expense of a smaller force in the previous war and urges cuts in the War Department to protect tax dollars.
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Engel
Fifth Army to be broken up in Italy by next February
The Fifth Army in Caserta faces redeployment home as five of seven divisions and two regimental combat teams are sent back by February. The Bath Division begins moving in August and will be deactivated after return home, with divisions such as the 92nd, 42nd, and 473rd Regiment scheduled to depart the theater in coming months. The First Armored and Tenth Mountain divisions remain in occupation roles in Europe.
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Germany
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Trieste
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Argentina Promised Free Election Set for November
President Farrell pledged a free presidential election in November with the people choosing the “man selected by the people” as head of government. He denied manufacturing successors and said the exact date would follow an electoral census after discussions with the military and Peron spoke against foreign criticism of the regime.
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Perom
J .Forrest
Buckner Receives Posthumous Distinguished Service Cross
Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. who led the American Tenth Army in Okinawa was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. The medal will be presented to his family in the United States after he was killed by a Japanese shell while directing an assault from an advanced post about 300 yards from the front lines.
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Ear Harbor
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Okinawa
United States
Detroit Man Confession Ties to Former Model Killing
Detroit Police say Leo Pascatella confessed to killing Mre Ethel Beridge a former nightclub entertainer in a Detroit rooming house after a quarrel over going out with other men. He claimed to have known Mrs Beridge for several months.
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Leo Pascatella
Mre- Ethel Beavers
Berridge
Pascatella Adimi
Mer Model
Mrs. Betfidge
President and Byrnes To Travel Separately
The White House announced that President and Secretary of State Byrnes will travel separately on forthcoming trips. Officials stress continuity of presidential succession and safety, noting the line of succession if the President dies or Byrnes is unable to serve.
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Ree
Bertin
White House
Europe
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Secretary of the Treasury
King Michael Receives Red Order of Victory
Soviet Tass reports Romania's King Michael awarded the Red Order of Victory for breaking with Germany and joining the United Nations as World War II shifted. Moscow radio quoted the citation noting a famed action that aided the Allied cause at a critical moment.
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New York
MNS
Tass Agencs
Russia
Romania
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Tthe Plc.c
United Nations
Germany
Head of Nazi Espionage Arrested in Germany
Reports describe the seizure and arrest of top Nazi espionage figures tied to Farb ente in Frankfurt and the Farbenindustrie network. Investigations by FL and Army authorities focus on the wartime activities of major agents and the organization’s leaders in occupied Germany.
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Amey Feutre
Edwin S Pinadaie
Industrie
Lyner
Aiden Ei Duast
Marquis Sentenced as Friend of Nazis in Paris Case
A Paris court sentenced the Marquis of Devitetranche, a member of a prominent family, to six months in prison for associations with Blige 18 during the German occupation. He was acquitted on other counts amid a wartime corruption and collaboration probe.
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Paris
Frasece
Verenilles
Blige
Meruds
Ges & T
Marquis Chateau Leaks Amid Rumors of Allied Leaders
Fragmentary OCR indicates a historical mention of a Marquis Chateau at Villaraaiud with references to leaders such as Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal Erwin Von Witele, plus scattered proper names suggesting a wartime context. The text is incomplete and unclear.
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Friel Mareskhal- Kar
Metsha
Erwin Rommel
Erwin von Witeleben
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