Army Paper Salvage Drive Nets Millions
Army depots in Hankas City Missouri show massive salvage results as ordnance units recycle waste paper and manuals. Quantities are measured in tons, with February totals reaching over six hundred pounds and January near five hundred thousand. The program uses punched manuals and waste paper to reduce operation costs, with paper flow from bindery floors to mills aiding taxpayers.
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Hankas City
Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
Army Or
Cry Oris
Lntependente
Ste
Waite ‘Pepet
Bayiol and World
Grénsece Sield
Gist
Salvage plan eyed for overseas ordnance packing
Paper mill salvage route eyed for Aber containers used in shipping arms parts. Containers and empty cartridges could be returned separately from overseas to save 45 percent in manpower and turn salvage into profit. Lake City Ordnance officers describe trials to reduce packing costs while keeping salvage viable for export return.
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Ordnante Seid Service
Mlanpower
Rher Eentgipers Guild
Sedtacce
Lake City
Hadley Soldier Killed In Normandy Invasion
A Hadley native, Emerson Baye, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baker, died June 6 during the D day invasion. He leaves a sister Mrs Esther Perkins of Saratoga Springs and a brother Milford Reker of Stony Point. Private Howard G Smith, son of Mrs. Marguerite Smith of Saratoga Springs, was slightly wounded on June 6 while serving in the artillery.
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Normandy
Emerson Baye
Arthur Baker
Hadley
Europe
War Department
Esther
Pacific Battle Update from Saipan In Progress
United States forces claim major advance on Saipan with Nimitz reporting over a mile of shore gained and key peaks seized. Allied losses include 36 planes. Japanese losses cited as one carrier, several carriers damaged, many ships sunk or damaged, with extensive air and sea combat continuing near Marianas.
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Wens Sg
Trent Page
Gortera
Tokyo
Admiral Nimitz
Sfagicienne Bay
Sre
Tapdrehan
Sxfoot Mount
An Nisritz
Marianas
Bonin
Caroline Islands
United States
Althouge Neral
Nimitz
Heer
Mouch
Japan
Duta
Hyataka
Philippines
Midway
Coral Sea
James
Saipan
U. S
Asiito
Hich
Navy Seadees
Aslito
Siena College Abandons Speedup Program
Siena College will abandon the accelerated program started in September 1952 and return to the regular two semester year with a summer session. Rev. Mark Kennedy, O.F.M. president, cited pressure on faculty and students and extracurricular war work as factors affecting educational efficiency.
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Siena
Siena College
Mark Kkennedy
O.F.M
Acu
British Troops and English Host Families Bond Over War Time Life
English families billeted American soldiers in the wake of the Revolution era-like unity. Officers and hosts share meals and chores as norms shift with war. Some soldiers adopt tea and cycling, while English youths greet visitors with treats and gum. Old residents favor small towns, reversing big-city patterns.
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England
Old Town
United’ Kingdom
Ministry of Information
U. S
Wey
James Hoffman
Sioux City
Charles Kidd
Alrs‘ Rigd
United Press
Nox
Army
Stonewall Jackson Warner, Jr
Atlanta
Britain
Mar Lawrence Cox
Holiaston
Mass
Christine
America
Robert Kennedys
Wichita
Kan
Dleting
Pumper Tested By Brunswick Fire Department Volunteers
A test run of a new trailer pumper was conducted yesterday by the Brunswick Fire Department. Chief Thomas J. Gallagher and about twenty volunteers participated in the pumping exhibition at Cooper Pond on Cooper Avenue, with the unit shown in excellent condition.
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Brunswick Fire Department
Cooper Pond
Cooper Avenue
Thomas J. Gallagher
Task Force 58 Drives Japanese Fleet From Bases
Task Force 58 and Task Force 53 struck Truk Palau and other Japanese island bases, destroying ships and planes. Carrier damage was light, with 38s losing 25 planes and 18 crew. In the eastern Philippines battle, 58 sank one carrier and damaged several ships while shooting down 333 Japanese aircraft.
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Rr “Phrea
Midway
Spruance
Guadalcanal
Nable
Thronghout
Pacific
Ares
Truk
Palau
Saricus
Wake
Rbaipan
Tipian
Volcano
Bonin J
Gilbert and
Marshell Island
Hollandia
Douglas A. MacArthur
Marianas
Saipan
Caroline Islands
Philippines
Streyer
Sates
Navy
Josg
Adm
Chester ‘. Nimitz
Malaria Cut 95 Per Cent In New Guinea
U S Army forces in the Far East report dramatic drops in malaria in New Guinea. Brig Gen Guy R Desiit says the rate fell from 62 attacks per 1000 per year in February 1943 to 4 attacks per 4000 per year by April. Hospital stays dropped from 28 to nine days, with only one death per 3,600 cases.
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New Guinea
Mons
Guy R. Desiit
U.S. Army
Far East
Itt
Hartue
Southwear Pacific Command
Lieutenant Nichols Wounded in Normandy Invasion
Lieut John W. Nichols Jr., son of the Saratoga Springs county attorney, was notified by the Navy Department that he has been asked to action. A volunteer demolition crewman, he has been in England for two months and is believed wounded during the Normandy invasion. The telegram was sent to his wife Mrs Frances Fulton Nichols.
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John W. Nichols, Jr
Edsnor
John Wichols
Saratoga Springs
Navy Department
Nichols
England
Normandy
Sts
Frances Fulton
Park Alert Signals Shabby Prewar Style In Yukon Acres
Supervisor HM Davidson of Livingston says Yellowstone to Opes will open this year with limited services. No safeties or hotels, tourist cabins may be available and some snowbound areas will open for travelers with gas.
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Yellowstone
Opes
Mani
arEyi
Fallowstone National Park
HM. Davidson
Livingston
Éafes
Jury Recess in Governor Dewey Inquiry Amid Testimony
The special grand jury investigating state legislative spending recessed yesterday until August 4 after hearing Emile Martin of New York, former president of the Sister Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association, and LoAL Freiberg, New York business manager. The extraordinary term of Supreme Court in Albany County, convened for the crime investigation, was recessed by Justice Parton Switt on July 6.
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Dewey
Emile Martin
New York
Hairdressers and Cos- Metalogists’ Association
Lo AL Freiberg
Supreme Court
Albany County
Parton Switt
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Ume
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Debonois
Durie
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Posner
Broadway—Opticians
Betty Blake-Rogers
Will Rogers
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Brestow’s Mens Shop
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Troy and Cohoes Stores
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