More Troops Arrive at U S Ports Amid War Drawdown
The Associated Press reports nearly 25,000 veterans and troops disembarked at west coast ports with ships carrying Marines and sailors. Additional ships arrived on the east coast bringing thousands more to New York and Newport News. The flow includes the 132nd Armored Ordnance Battalion and the 172nd Medical Detachment among Army and Navy personnel.
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Associated Press
Pariie
Yeser
Twe
New York
Ishner
Antwerp
Tiss Terth Armored Division
172Nd
Henry W. Beecher
Newport News
132Nd Armored Ordnance Medium Battalion
Stillwater social notices and mixed military roster fragment
Stillwater residents report a dessert bridge gathering at Mary Smith's home with two table contract play and an upcoming meeting at Mrs Job McNany's residence. The long list of military units and personnel appears as garbled era text detailing Army Navy and transport movements with various ships and destinations.
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Aire
Mary Smith
George Stavin
Job McNany
Compromise Reached in Auto Accident Case
Supreme Court Justice Justine William H Murray signed an order for guardian Mario DiVirgue to compromise a claim for Anthony Di Virgilio against George J Doane for $750. The settlement concerns a June 8, 19 5 automobile collision on Second Avenue between 11th and 2nd Streets in Cohoes.
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Supreme Court
William H. Murray
Mario DiVirgue
Anthony DE. Vir
George J. Doane
Harold W. McDonald
Cohoes
Guardian
di Virgilio
Doane
Second Avenue
11St
2Nd Streets
Reunited Malayan Refugees Honored in Colombo Aid
Mrs. Joy L. Donald dubbed the Angel of Colombo spearheads a government backed effort uniting British wartime agencies, Red Cross and Malayan groups to reconnect families separated by the Malaya invasion. The information service aids liberated prisoners and their relatives as reunions occur at a Colombo center. About 30 couples reportedly reunited on site with hundreds more sought word of kin, while daily logs were kept to trace movements of refugees drifting through Ceylon.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Malaya
Joy L. Donald
Peninsula
Donald
Armed Services
The
Red Cross
Ceylon Evacuees Committee
Afrs
Donald's Information Service
Singapore
England
Bis
Australia
Sach
Diany
Thay
Majaya
George Donald
2 Colombe Engineering
Yanks Barred from Tokyo Restaurants
Tokyo authorities bar American visitors from all eateries and drinking places after finding unsanitary conditions. The ban, issued by military police, remains until proprietors clean up to US sanitary standards.
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Tokyo
United States
Veterans Renew Driving Licenses for Returning Servicemen
County Clerk Lawrence J. Collins reports many discharged servicemen visit the local office for license renewals at the Court House. Veterans must show discharge papers and may need birth dates for verification of lost licenses. They have sixty days after discharge to renew before extensions apply until September 30.
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Rence J. Collins
Bureen
Mr. Collins
Troy Area Services
Armed Services
Corsi Urges State Control of Employment Service
Industrial Commissioner Edward Corsi argued it is possible to run unemployment insurance functions efficiently only if the public employment service returns to state management now that the war emergency has ended. He sent a telegram to New York State House members urging passage of a bill to restore state control.
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Edward Corsi
New York State
House of Representatives
Corsi
LaSalle Unit to Sponsor Harvest Shower
The Mothers' Club of LaSalle Institute plans a harvest shower on Wednesday at 3 pm in the gymnasium. Elizabeth Tanner chairs, with Mrs. Robert Cowen as cochairman and assistance from several committee members. The program includes the Rogers Sisters, Gloria Gage, and the LaSalle Band. gifts of canned fruits and vegetables will be collected for storage.
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Christian Roth
Tre
Cymnasion
Elizabeth Tanner
Robert Cowen
Cochairmen
Siem
Thomas J. Sheerat
Arthur P. Hunt
James E. Buntace
Thearts
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Frank J Hanrahan
Thomas
Granby
Prank J. Byam
James J. Fotey
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Rogers Sisters
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William J. Broderick
Presi
Prague Coach Hanged by People’s Court in Prison Yard
Jan Brefla, a coach, was executed by hanging in the Pankrap Prison yard yesterday after a conviction by the People's Court. The case ties him to collaboration with the Gestapo.
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Prague
Jan Brefla
People's Court of Counttrymen
Gestapo
Pankrap
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