Troy Memorial Day Parade Brings Large Turnout to Streets
Troy marks its first Memorial Day without Civil War veterans, honoring fallen war heroes. The parade began at 9 45 am from First and Ferry Streets led by the Mounted Division under Louis Lietgheb, with Brig Gen A G Gillespie and Mayor Joan J Ahern as honorary grand marshals. The Catholic War Veterans Rev Edward P Dalton Post led by Raymond J Hayes organized the observance at Sage Park after the parade.
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Troy
Sage Park
Rensselaer County
Waterviller Arsenal
Joan J. Ahern
Ine
Rensselaer
Henry A. Horton
East Greenbush
John Hays
Brookview
Edward P. Dalton
Raymond J. Hayes
North and South meet at Gettysburg title pledge
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania governors from both sides of the Mason Dixon line joined a Memorial Day tribute at the battlefield. They affirmed Lincoln’s pledge that these dead shall not have died in vain and spoke of national unity as the blue and gray soldiers are now serving side by side worldwide.
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Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Pennsylvania
J. Méhville Breighton
North Carolina
Gov. Leverett Saitonstall
Massachusetts
Roosevelt Suggests War Name Change
President Roosevelt proposed naming the current conflict a war of liberation rather than invasion. He said the term was suggested to him weeks ago and he liked it, aligning with a Post editorial influence.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Washington’ Post
Europe
Scoring Totals From The National and International Leagues
A compact scoreboard rundown lists results from National and International leagues including New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis with multiple matchups. Eastern League results feature Albany, Hartford, Wilkes Barre, Scranton, Binghamton, Utica, Elmira, Williamsport, and Rochester against Toronto and Jersey City.
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Chicago
Boston
SE Louis
St. Lois
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Brocklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Detroit
Heston
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
TS Louis
International Joterney City
Newark
Jersey City
Rochester II
Toronto
Albany
Hartford
Witkes-Barre
Scranton
Utier
Binghamton
Elmira
Williamsport
Wiliamsport
Stepson of General Marshall Killed in Anzio Drive
Lieut Aten Tupper Brown, 24, a tank officer and step son of General George C. Marshall, was killed near Campoleone west of Rome during the Anzio drive. The War Department released only brief notice of his death, confirming he died Monday as Allied forces pushed toward the city.
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Washington
United States
Amy
Aten
Tupper Brown
George C. Marshall
Lam
Anzio
Rome
Campoléone
Mary
War Department
Brown
Simplified Income Tax Bill Signed by President
Washingtea as President Froosevelt Signed into date yesterday the bill relieving 30,000,000 taxpayers of any further tax computations and simplifying procedures. The measure, passed unanimously by Congress, repeals the wartime tax and reshuffles the normal and surtax interpretations, halting most individual burdens where they were. The vote was described as unmatched in memory by lawmakers. The law revises the withholding levy against wages and salaries beginning next January 1 to deduct the full tax liability.
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Washingtea
Froosevelt
Congress
Allies in Burma Cut Jap Supply
Allied forces in Burma disrupted Japanese supply lines in the upper Mo gaung valley by severing the Kamaing to Mogaung road. Air strikes targeted roads and rails feeding reinforcements through the Irrawaddy valleys, imperiling Japanese positions near Kamaing and Myitkyina.
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Burma
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Cesson
Kamaing
Mogaung
Mogaung Valley
Irrawaddy Vakies
Myitkyina
Allies Receive 11 Million Tons of American Food
The War Food Administration reported that more than 11 million tons of American food have been turned over to the Allies since the first supply reached Great Britain three years ago. The initial shipment arrived at London aboard the Egyptian Prince, a British freighter, and consisted of 210 tons of eggs and cheese.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Great Britain
Lontios
Clark Honors Fifth Army Dead In Rites On Rome Threshold
General Mark W. Clark spoke at memorial services in Ruscio Italy honoring Fifth Army dead near Rome. He urged troops not to mourn but to draw inspiration from fallen soldiers buried in battlefield plots at Anzio and Salerno as they push toward Rome with God’s help.
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Fifth Army
Rome’s
Ruszio
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Rome
Star of David
Anzio
Thig ‘Battlefield Cemetery
Salerno
Naples
Volturno
Army Rules In Ecuador After Bloody Coup
General Luis Larrea Alba assumed leadership of Ecuador’s provisional government after a Monday coup in Guayaquil forced President Carlos Arroyo del Rio to resign. The regime aims to strengthen international ties and press anti-Nazi fascist action while awaiting exiled former president Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra to return. Velasco Ibarra reportedly crossed into Venezuela and Antonio prepared to depart for Colombia as the upheaval left about forty dead and thirty wounded in ten hours of fighting.
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Ecuador
Luis Larrea Alba
Guayaquil
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Colmpable
Borja
General Alba
United Nations
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Colombia
Velasco [Barra
Benedor
Atonyo
Haverr
Els
Pacific
Alianza Democratic Group
Velasco Barra
President Opposes Cotton Tied Price Ceiling Amendment
President Roosevelt rejected a Senate amendment to the Price Control Act. The proposal would require the Office of Price Administration to adjust textile ceilings every sixty days based on raw cotton market prices. The OPA warned the change could cost consumers up to 350 million annually.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Navy Promotes Shark Survival Guide For Aviators
The Navy releases a booklet titled Shark Sense advising downed aviators to swim away from the line of a shark, grab a pectoral fin, and ride with it while conserving breath. The guide notes sharks may become more vicious as a person tires.
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New York
Navy
Tim
Jonz
Jose
Germans Prepared for Early Fall of Rome
Berlin broadcast warns that Rome may fall early as Allied leapfrog landings threaten southern Italian positions. Field Marshal Albert Seetius’s forces are described as under pressure with Rome reportedly “at the gates,” signaling potential German setbacks in the Italian theater.
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London
Rome
Albert Seetius
Berlin
Body Found Four Miles From Place of Drowning
Irene Richie 4, whose twin brother perished earlier, was recovered by Coast Guards in a picket boat four miles from the drowning spot under the Manhattan Bridge. The brother Richard was found May 18 after the children fell into the East River as their mother Helen Richiz identified the girl.
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New Fork
Irene Richie
Manhattan Bridge
Richard
East River
Helen Richiz
Allied Drive Near Rome Presses Nazis In Italian Front
Allied troops push toward Rome with heavy fighting in the Alban foothills and along the Via Casilina as Nazi resistance concentrates on Valmontone. German forces reinforce the Hitler Line and vow that everything is at stake as the battle for the Italian capital intensifies.
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Naples
Rome
Alban
Albert Resselbiig
Via Casilina
Hitler Line
Hesselring Tela
Herman Goering
Valmontone
New Lest Ditch
Via Castlina
Lirt Valiey
Japs Lose Tank Battle on Biak
Allied forces clash with Japanese armored units on Biak in the Schouten Islands. American tanks defeat Japanese medium tanks in a seesaw engagement as forces advance toward Mokmer airfield in Dutch New Guinea. Japanese armor suffers heavy losses. Biak forces approach Mokmer.
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New Guinea
Biak
Schouten Islands
Mokmer
Douglas MacArthur
Schout
Geel‘vink Bay
Mokmier Airfield
Ightnemy
Gas Fails But Death by Own Action Via Revolver
John Beck, 37, in Los Angeles sent a funeral money order, told police he turned on the gas and slept, woke after two hours, and called it an act of God. His body was found at a friend's Santa Monica home with a pistol beside him. A note read I want to finish what I started it is my birthday Ive had of this life.
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Los Angeles
John Beck
Beck
Santa Monica
E. L. Hicks
President Munn Denies Navy Gift to Russia Reports
President Roosevelt declined to confirm or deny reports that the United States transferred a Navy cruiser to Russia. Senator Bridges questioned the move in a Senate speech, while Forrestal cited military security in blocking information.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Bridges
R-N_ FL
Senate
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Secur ‘Iiy
France to train civil servants in post liberation era
The French Committee of National Liberation proposes colleges to train civil servants and municipal administrators who will take over after France is liberated. Radio France at Algiers reported yesterday.
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Lendoh Upi
Committee of National Liberation
France
Radio France
Algiers
Promise of Work Ends Brewster Plant Sit In
New York two day sit in ends as Navy contracts for Brewster Aeronautics are canceled. Government officials including James Byrnes and President Roosevelt seek alternate work for the plant while workers cheer and disperse after the decision.
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New York
Brewster Aeronautics
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
Roar
Eraere
Roosevelt
Washington
Navy
Richard T. Frankensteen
CLO. Anonionite Workers Union
President Seeks Peace Talks Free From Political Strife
President Roosevelt urged dividing postwar planning from politics as Allies mounted a massive air assault on Germany and occupied targets across Europe. About 3,200 Allied planes, including 1,000 heavy bombers, attacked Linz and Wiener Neustadt in Austria, Zagreb in Yugoslavia, and rail yards in France and Belgium, with enemy losses reported but not yet tallied. Roosevelt discussed a proposed international peace organization, stressing nonpartisan support and U.S. sovereignty.
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London
Britain
Germany
U.S
Linzland
Messerschmitt
Wiener Neustadt
Austeria
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Italy
Memorial Day Death Toll Tops Three Hundred
Sudden Death toll rises during the holiday to 319 with 97 traffic fatalities and 95 drownings. Warm weather spurs beach and water activity while plane crashes, shootings, and other violent causes push totals higher across states including California and New York.
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National Safety Council
California
Florida
Tennessee
New York
Illinois
Massachusetts
Indiana
Tire Quota Expanded for Civilians in June
Washington official Bradies Dewey announced 7.5 million new passenger tires allocated for civilians in June, up 0.6 million from March. The increase reflects expanded supply for vehicle use nationwide.
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Washington
Upi
Bradies Dewey
Pasaenger
Opposed Alabama Candidate Falls as Manasco Maintains Lead
Rep. John Newsome lost in Alabama as the C S O opposed committee-backed bid failed in the ninth district to Luther Patrick. Carter Manasco held to a lead in the Democratic runoff in the seventh district as late returns favored J H Deason.
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John Newsome
C. S
Newsome
Luther Patrick
Manasco
J. H Deason
Texan Dieppe Veteran Led Beachhead Troops at Anzio
The report notes Texas-born Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott commanded Allied forces on the Anzio beachhead after Feb as Gen Marx W Clark arrived to direct the offensive. The unit mix included the Gisnere Division led by Truscott through Sicily and Italy, with Sixth Corps of the Fifth Army and a British division landing at Anzio under separate command.
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Marx W. Clark
Anzio
Lucian
Truscott
Sicily
Roosevelts Comment on Spain and Churchill Attitudes
President Roosevelt said Spain’s shipments to Germany remain insufficiently reduced, while Mrs. Roosevelt believed Churchill’s stance on the Franco government will not hinder policy. She noted Churchill’s long-held views and that UN policy requires broad agreement before any action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Spain
Germany
Churchill
Presbyterians Urge World Peace Union and Labor Support
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States advocated an early general international peace organization, backed organized labor and a Christian world economy, urged government participation, opposed poll taxes, and supported the President’s Fair Employment Practice Committee with legislative sanction. It warned against anti semitism and favored organized labor and collective bargaining as remedies to labor issues.
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Chicago
GPI
General International Organization
For Peace
Presbyterian Church
United States
World Organization
Fair Employment Practice Committee
ic@ustria
German Attack Dents Red Lines in Romania
Moscow reports that German forces struck in Romania with large tank and infantry forces creating a significant wedge into Soviet defenses. The broadcast claimed heavy losses on both sides and described the assault as a notable break in the front, with warnings of further action ahead.
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London
Lasin
Moscow
Kiaski
Dentine
Red Army
Marlior
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