Army Plans Release of Two Million Troops After Germany Victory
Army to discharge 7.0 million men beginning with those with shorter service and longest records while 6.0 million picked troops face for Japan. The plan relies on a point system weighting dependents combat service overseas and length of service. About 3200,000 in the Army now. 2.09 million to stay abroad Germany. 2.0 million to be discharged within two years post V-E Day. Air Transport Command aims to move 50,000 monthly after surrender using converted freighters. Plans are tentative, based on Japan’s manpower and ship availability.
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Washingtes
Germany
House Miltary Committee
Gury
Betel
Pacific
Army
Air Transport Command
Europe
Japan
Jepan
Italian Patriots Warned by Clark
North Healy patriots receive a sharp warning from General Mark W. Clark via Brilan radio to stop reprisals against German troops, or undo past gains. Italian army chief General Cadorna orders immediate cessation of hostilities, noting attacks undermine surrender terms and impeded disarmament.
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Rome
Healy
Gem
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Brilen Radio
Fanhy
Guerrila
Raffaele Cadorna
Star
Caderne
Clare
Proclamation and tax and license notices from Troy County
Legal notice records a 1955 county court proclamation and recognizance demands for tax and examination duties in the city of Troy New York. It lists Sheriffs proclamations and duties for Justices of the Peace coroners and others to respond. Also notes a beer license revocation or renewal notice for 565 Congress St Troy NY and a named official Thomas Fox at 365 Congress Bn Troy NY.
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Sherif
Tres
Wade
Sra
Coutts
Eliyar Troy
Philete Craver
Gheritt
Reissejact
Casnix
New York
Potatoes Won't Produce In Clay
Agricultural guidance on potato cultivation stresses soil acidity and humus, seed quality, and spacing. Use certified disease free seed, plant pieces four inches deep, and space rows 71 to 28 inches apart. Follow careful soil preparation, timely planting, and cautious seed treatment to avoid scab blight and harmful residues.
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Henry 1
NEA
President and Family Take Sunday Cruise on Potomac
President Truman and family enjoyed a wartime respite with a Sunday cruise on the Potomac aboard the presidential yacht Potomac. They left Blair House at 9 50 am and returned at 4 45 pm with Mrs Truman daughter Margaret and officials including John W Snyder and Miss Reather Odum. Press secretary Jonathan Daniels said the President simply went down the river for Sunday exercise.
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Washington
Truman
Potomac River
Destruction of Ruhr Halted Nazi War Effort, Patterson Says
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson stated on a Saturday press conference that the destruction of the Ruhr industrial region crippled Germany’s ability to continue fighting. He praised American armor as pivotal in advancing through the Rhineland and said his overseas trip was for firsthand views of the European conflict, not a special mission or tied to any planned VJ Day events.
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Robert Patterson
Copeshafen
Sher
Copenhagen
Vertes Srogada
Iseioehena
RPO
Agd
Dagmarcus
Gesirpo
Denmark
Odense
Fynne
Yugoslav Papers Clash Over Trieste Fate
Slav Press reports a growing dispute with Trieste at stake as Yugoslavs claim the Venezia Giulia area including Trieste remains theirs under postwar boundaries. Polinska quotes Yugoslavia asserting the region should stay with Yugoslavia despite Italy’s postwar gains.
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Trieste
Belgrade
Polintka
Yugoslavia
Venevia Giulia
Italy
Hitler's Doctor Rules Out Stroke Death Theory
An Associated Press report states Maj. Erwin Giesing, a brain ear nose and throat specialist who treated Adolf Hitler, ruled out cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of Hitler's death. Giesing noted Hitler’s blood pressure and lungs were normal, ears damaged by the explosion, and that his other injuries were superficial.
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Associated Press
Autimore Sunpapers
U. S. Third Army
Erwin Giesing
Adolf Hitler
Fuhrer
Giesing
Wuernburg
Hitler
Fuehrer
Amazed Nazi Troops Salute Doughboys at Italian Front
Colie Iserco of Pi-Troops in Italy reports Seventh Army units advanced eight miles and linked with the American Fifth Army. An armored column roared into the Brenderess line with lights ablaze as German guards saluted, while Mr. John Rhea of Corpus Christi, Texas led tanks and jeeps and praised the sight as the damnedest thing you ever saw.
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Colie Iserco
Italy
T.S. Seventh Army
Fifth Army
Brenderess
Mrj
John Rhea
Corpus Caristi
Tex
Otiles
Tarakan City Falls as Australian Dutch Drive In
Australian and Dutch forces captured Tarakan City on Tarakan Island near Borneo using tanks and flame throwers to take the center and seize the air field. Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported ongoing Japanese casualties and prisoner counts in the Philippines, with American losses detailed for the past week.
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Manila
Australan
Tarakan
Taraken Island
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Oz Mindanso
Bollippines
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Daveo
Conthe Air Programs From Local Stations
Radio guide lists a dense schedule of programs across multiple stations with titles such as Voice of the Army, This Is France, The Better Hat, Timekeeper, Morning Moves, Noon News, and Market Basket. It records show lists, time slots, and host or character names, reflecting a broad lineup of entertainment, news, music, and public interest segments across the day. The entries include various program names, host credits, and time stamps, painting a snapshot of a busy broadcasting day with many options for listeners.
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Eddie Stone
Ioee Morand
George Berney Wilch
Raymont Scott Tis
Sit OF
Untitled schedule snippet with mixed times and names
Fragmented OCR schedule lists many time stamps and names such as Troy Hess and Jack Bites, with programs like Morning Newspaper and News segments. The text is garbled, containing stray symbols and unclear events, offering only a rough timetable without coherent story or outcome.
Pound the American Poet Captured by Allied Forces
Rome says Ezra Pound American poet and Axis propagandist has been captured by Fifth Army command. Indicted for treason in 1943, Pound had lived in Europe since 1908 after teaching at Wabash College and studying at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Rome
U. S. Fifth Army
Ezra Pound
Tresson
Pound
U.S
General Braun Buried By Nazis With Honors
Brig. Gen. Gustav Braun, assistant commander of the 31st Infantry Division, killed in action March 17, 1945, was found buried in a marked German grave near Bologna. The grave bore a large wooden cross with the 31st Division emblem and read Brig. Gen. Gustav Braun, staff of the 31st Infantry Division, died March 17, 1945.
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Bologna
Gustav JS. Braun
Braun
Colia Sciramaggiore
Sull
Gustav Braun
Congregational Meeting and Society Gatherings Report
Eagle Mills sees a congregational business meeting at the Church of Christ with Thomas Miller presiding. Aliss Gertrude Bradt of Schaghticoke visited local friends. Christian missionary and service society meetings are noted at various churches with devotional leadership and hostesses. An all day Loyal Women's Class gathering included sewing for the fair and a luncheon.
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Church of Chiret
Thomas &. Miller
Aliss Gertrude Bradt
Schaghticoke
Forrest
Patric
Women’s Christian Missionary Society of the‘Caurch of Christ
Frank Ferguson
Brunswick Road
Mirs Henry Cranston
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Charles
Trumble
Stella Buison
Sirs
Leslie AL Clum
Forrest HL Patrie
Eastern Star visit tops Hoosick Falls page
Friday night Louisa c Hardstock and Fred M Bennington led a district East ern Star meeting in Hoosick Falls with a large class initiated and reps from many district chapters. Alumni planningHop sith Falls High School reunion prep noted. Methodist church groups and Home Bureau events listed with social and civic activities. Bride to be honored as Noble Wood party and tea noted among local social items.
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van ‘Rensselaer
Order of the Eastern Star
Louisa c. Hardstock
Schenectady
Fred M. Bennington
Stolla
Gread
Albany-Schenectad
Elke
Alumni Association of
Hopsith Fails High School
Fidelis
Methodist !Church
Grace Chapman
Marr. Scott
Josephine Beaumont
Office Force of
Noble & Wood Machine Co
North Hoosick
John Carpenter
Elfrieda Rasch
Alice Dewey
Carpenter
Elwin Stevens
Munsell Street
Doenitz Warns Fleet Against Scuttling Ships
Nazi leader Doenitz urges crews of German ships to scuttle vessels or render them unusable to deny Allied sieges in harbors and waters. Broadcasts say crews should remain aboard, with Flensburg-linked signals questioned by BBC and London officials.
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London
UPA
Gresd
Kay Doenitz
Cress
Meerchantmen
Br. Cegse
Cazsa
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Time Out
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Doenitz
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Ministry of Information
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Terry Billus
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Tel Reece
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Gregory Peck
Alan
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Dancing Masters
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Saratoga Road
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Constance Moore
Morton Gould
Joel Gail McCrea
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Kelly
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Judy Cisrk
Guinn
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Sy Aldrich
Ann Shirley
EAP
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Heren Ather Totrange
Evplyn Reyex
al Doal
Ote Gang
Mary Ed
Qypsy Wildgat
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Jon Hale
Sise
Tie Ree — Meche
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Jack Cates
Justice
Hiandled Harbor
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Big Cony
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Sonny Tatts
Kitty Otiay
Dean Parker
Petre Cookson
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