Truman Says Army Bungled Camp Probes
General George Starskail urged a new division to oversee Army procurement and construction during national defense. A Senate report shows a $515 million program for 229 camps cost $825 million, with probes deemed inadequate. The Wolf Creek Ordinance Plant review criticized incomplete investigations, while some officers praised IG efforts as thorough, though unpublished.
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George ©. Starskail
Ger
Penrow
Revere
Senate
Wolf Creek
Millen
Tenn
War Department
Office of the Inspector General
Truman
Inspector Generals
Inspector General probes raise doubts on wartime procurement
The text outlines concerns about the Inspector General's handling of investigations into wartime procurement. It notes limited staff, reliance on a referral agency model, and transfers of findings to the Justice Department for prosecution. It questions whether the system could handle a vast multi billion dollar program and criticizes congressional disclosures and perceived incompetence.
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Canada
Asia
Pentagon J
Eeriv
Inspector General
Othen
Leo J. Ancers
P. and
Otig
Wénerel
Wer
Department of Justice
Local Notes on Visits and Cancer Society Efforts
Potentat and Lauriston Wilcox return from New York and Connecticut visits. Benjamin Amadon and Donald Farnum of Bennington joined Loren Fowler at Carpenter Hill. Mrs. Philip Pratt plans a Denton Beach trip for Anne Pratt’s Seabreeze High graduation June 6. Mrs. Clifford Hewitt promotes the Society for the Control of Cancer and a free Bennington clinic every Wednesday at 3 pm. Donations are being sought and literature shared by Mrs. Hewitt’s volunteers.
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Lauriston Wilcox
New York
Connecticut
Benjamin Amadon
Donald Farnum
Bennington
Loren i Fowler
Carpenter Hill
Philip G. Pratt
Dentona Beach
Flo
Seabreeze High School
Anne Pathbua Pratt
Clifford Hewitt
Society For the. Control of Cancer
Hew
Ames Bisson
B. Green Brimmer
Charles Kokeras
Stillwater PTA and 4H Club Stage Evening Program
The Stillwater High School district hosts a PTA and 4H Club program with flag salute led by Margaret Holmes. dances include Looby Loo and Pop Goes the Weasel. Edward Lane plays a cornet solo, and Vera Ashley directs with Bertha Chase. Officers elected for PTA include Mrs. Harold B. Lane as president and Mrs. S. Ryan as treasurer.
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Hudson Haven
Stillwater Parent Teacher Association
Margaret Holmes
Edward Lane
Joan Marmello
Ann Case
Tenette Aldrich
Anni Dyer
Florence Ryan
Maria Lane
Shirley Brewster
Beens
Bar‘ley Grow
Patricia Baldwin
Marilyn Cowin
Germaine LaVertue
Velma Bryan
Priscilla Alarien
Lorraine Lowell
Patricia Connor
Rose Mary Lake
Barbara Cobbert
Goe$ the Weasel
Lilian Crandell
Marie Goida
Shirley Dobberit
Mary Byer
Carolyn McClements
Anc
Joan ‘Travis
Ruth Jones
Mary Joyce
Alice White
Andrea Winter
Rose
Mary Winter
Vera Ashley
Bertha
Chase
Miss Ashley
Douglas Cy. Duel
Harold E. Lane
Harold B. Lane
Brs
Eugene Smith
Edtward Whitman
Bertha Chase
S. Ryan
Chester Hayner
Mechanicvile
Carlton Abel
Frank Joyce
Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Reconstruction
Fragmentary crossword clues listing many garbled entries. The readable parts hint at numbers and partial words such as 1 through 32 clues with mismatched spellings and stray letters. The legible items include references like Pisces, Mexical, Toes, Charged particle, Pineaus, ConfIess, and sale palas, indicating a puzzle fill with corrupted text.
Axtser to Precious Tassle Axtser to Precious Tassle A
Aztser to Precious Tassle Axtser to Precious Tassle A remains unclear from the fragment with unreadable details.
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Axster
Tassle
Marine Corps Leader Opposes Consolidation
Marine commandant Lieutenant General George C. Weedegrift told the House Postwar Military Policy Committee he sees no gain from consolidating the armed services. He urged careful study after the war, arguing the Marine Corps’ tradition and spirit would be harmed. He noted postwar planning should focus on best organization and results. A separate item reports Tokyo forming a Greater East Asia Crime Strip Society to boost civilian morale with comic strips as propaganda.
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Washington
Navy
A. A. Weedegrift
House
Marine Corps
Vandegrift
Nets York
INS
U. S
Greater East Asia
Tokyo
Anzio Beachhead Hit by Heavier Shelling and Air Raids
Allied reports say the Anzio beachhead endured a heavy shelling night with about £,000 shells in an hour and German air raids that yielded no major damage. The Eighth Army advanced inland as German forces withdrew to shorten lines in the mountains, while American patrols captured prisoners and Italian Liberation troops expanded in Monte Lungo and Monte Marrone areas.
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Allied
Naples
Sal
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Germany
Américas
Cisterra
Sondh
Cisterma
Italan Corps of Liberation
Italy
Bes Beer
Firet
Monte Lungo
Monte Marrone
New PTA Officers to Be Installed at School 43 Meeting
East Side Mrs Freak 4 Dunn, former president of the Troy Council of Parents and Teachers, will install the new PTA officers at the regular monthly meeting and election of School 43. The event is scheduled for 3 PM with hostesses listed as Mrs.
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Freak
Dunn
Troy Council of Parents and Teachers
Parent- Teacher Association of School
Luncheon at Mrs Lester Bonesteel Home
Mrs Lester Bonesteel entertained guests Wednesday at her home for a luncheon. Tables were decorated in yellow and white with a bouquè of blossoms as a centerpiece surrounding by yellow canties.
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Addie Bloomingdale
Leonard Hospital
Mary Agnes Hayes
Catherine Hiland
Hoosick Falls
Bridge Club
John Hammond
W. EB. Deyoe
Leroy Talmadge
David Drer
William Cisler
Lester
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CUM Laude
Emma Willard School
Josephine Hastings
Winston Holliday
Anne Williams
Barbara McClelland
Ellen Jane. Ingraham
Joza
Congress
Saye Truman
Weneral
Fleischwann
Potenat
Stillwater
Anzio
East Side
Frederick Scott, Bina, Matthew Sweet and
Mra
Stephen W, Youngs
Bute
Mia
John Ferre
J. Ke Lowe
Siren
Car
St Joseph
Ot Adels
Troy
Hartigans
Troy's Reliable Cash Department Store
Congress Street
Poe
Imeem
U.S
Deinty Havering
Mother
Tor
Luxuy
Broadway
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