Jamaicans Arrive To Work In Troy
Jamaicans arrive in Troy to fill wartime labor needs. Sixty six men from Jamaica, recruited to ease manpower shortages, are set to start three month contracts in local plants. They will be housed temporarily in the old Comet Hotel on Fulton Street and Sixth Avenue as work begins and quarters are prepared. Continued on Page Seven JAMAICANS.
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Troy Y. Mon. AW
Uhere
Fulton Street
Sixth Avenue
United States
U. S. Employment Service
Sowee
Hudson Valley
Adirondack Steal Corp
Buchman Comfort Products Co
Mohawk Pager Co
Cohoes
De Gaulle Cracks Down On Maquis
De Gaulle issues a decree disarming all save the regular army and police. The National Resistance Council challenges the move, seeking legal status for the patriotic milice, a largely Communist anti Vichy guerrilla group. The interior ministry cites armed bands outside police and army as causing unease, while the decree aims to restore order and integrate resistance elements.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
National Resistance Council
Patriotic Milice
Interior Ministry
Charles de Gaulle
Marseil
Toulouse
of the Interior
Franc Tireur Partigans
FFI
Battle for Kweilin Intensifies on Front Lines
Chungking reports the Kweilin battle is sharpening as Japanese forces push toward the city. Chinese high command says they will defend to the death. Japanese troops along the Hunan Kwangsi railway press toward Lingchwan, with forces 13 miles north of Kweilin and 10 miles from Kweilin’s east.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Lingchwan
Kweitin
Clothing Collection Exceeds Estimates in Europe Aid
The emergency clothing drive for liberated Europe will surpass 18 600 000 pounds. UNRRA Director General Herbert Lehman said garment collection by churches palaces and synagogues is proceeding rapidly.
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Washington
Europe
Herbert H. Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Nimitz Claims Japan Losses in Philippines at 58 Ships
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Admiral Nimitz announcing the second Philippine Sea engagement left 58 ships from Japan either sunk or damaged across three actions. He notes 24 ships sunk including four carriers and two battleships, with 21 more damaged, while American losses were only six vessels. The communique says only two Japanese ships likely escaped.
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Philippines
Saipan
Martakas
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Pacific
Nimliz’ Communiqte
Legislature Acts Today On Voting Hours
Albany New York's Legislature meets in a special session this month to consider extending voting hours for the November 7 election and pro rata increases for election officers. Governor Dewey agrees to voting hours extension and officer pay rises, but omits extended deadlines for war ballots or soldier voting.
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Albany
New York
Dewey
Democratic
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Political Action Committee
Capitol
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
New York City
National Gallery Receives Kress Art Donation Several Masterworks
The National Gallery of Art received a major bequest from Samuel H. Kress of New York. The gift includes 71 paintings and 24 pieces of sculpture. Notable works listed include Raphael's Saint John the Baptist and a Desiderio da Settignano bust. The collection spans Renaissance to later Italian masterworks and enriches the museum's holdings.
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Washington
National Gallery of Art
Samuel H. Kress
New York
Bindo Altaviti
Iran Crisis Deepens as Moscow Press Favors Iran Change
Tass dispatch from Tehran quotes Sergei Kavtaradze accusing Tran Holding Out On Oil, Reds Charge Tran of disloyalty while Tehran press conferences predict removing obstacles to Russian oil development in Iran. The London Observer cites danger to Iran’s government under Moscow pressure and a Russian‑backed freedom front. Moscow radio claims mass Tehran and provincial demonstrations demanding PM Saed’s resignation.
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Teheran
Tass
Sergei Kavteradze
Mohammed Saeg
Soviet Union
Russia
Kavtaradze
Iran
London Sunday Observer
Britain
United States
Freedom Front
Moscow Radio
London
Saed
Poles Occupy Verano De Costa Birthplace of Mussolini
Allied forces report Polish troops of the Eighth Army occupy Predapple near Mussolini birthplace Predappio as a cold wind sweeps the northern Italian battlefront. The area, once hosting fascist monuments and a tourist trade from Bologna and Rimini, lies six miles south of Forti on the Bologna Rimini highway.
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Rome
Predappio
Bolozna
Rimini
Ti Dute
British Attack To Spring Holland Trap On Germans
British and American forces widened their gains on Leyte and Samar in a bold drive described as virtually completing the liberation of a million people. MacArthur announced two thirds of Leyte and the Leyte Valley area were under American control with Dagami captured and resistance eliminated. Northern advances reached four miles toward the island's northwest coast while guerrilla units seized the southern third of Leyte and a land neck was severed to create segments. The United States now held an uninterrupted 212 mile stretch of coast from Caraga to Panaoan while coastal outposts were liquidated. Continued on page ten.
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Philippines
Leyte
Samar
Douglas Macarthur
Manila
Sinal
Lerte Valley
Dagami
New Gah
21St Infantry
Abuyog
Cara
Panaoan Island
Beamy
Astal
Leyte Valley
108Th
Garapan
Tra
No-Man’s Land
U S Bombers Rally in Lapland Support Reds in Finland
Britain and the United States sent heavy bomber forces across Sweden toward northern Finland to aid Russian and Finnish troops against the German Twentieth Army. London claimed Lancasters conducted a 2406 mile round trip and struck the Tirpitz, while Mosquitoes bombed Celeste in the Rhine area. A British bomber reportedly landed at Porjus, as Allied planes reportedly sank two German ships in a north Norwegian fjord amid uncertain landing plans.
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Lenton
Sweden
Finland
Stockholm
Thamsg
Norway
Bergen
Rhineland
Celeste
Sill
Lap
Porjus
Russia
Finnland
BBL
Alled
Dewey Adds Three Bay State Talks on Campaign Trail
Governor Thomas E. Dewey announced three Massachusetts appearances as part of his presidential drive. He will speak on the rear platform of his special train at Pittsfield Springfield and Worcester with possible open air stops. An NBC broadcast will carry the 9 to 9:30 PM eastern time address from Buffalo.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Massachusetts
Republica
New York
New England
Lin
Buffalo
NBC
Boston
Pittfield
Springfield
Worcester
Mass
Paul Lockwood
Dewey
Pittsfield
Rochester
Connecticut
New Jersey
Madison Square
Garden
New York City
Dewey Vere
Bombs Hit England As Luftwaffe Strikes London Area
After an eighty hour lull German bombs fell on Southern England including London. Casualties and damage were reported while several bombs were shot down by a heavy anti aircraft unit. The attack followed intense German air action over southern England yesterday.
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London
England
Earl
Stilwell Ousted To Save Chiang's Face
Washington reports that General Stilwell’s recall amid China desk tensions aims to preserve Chiang Kai-shek’s prestige. U S officials discuss whether removing Stilwell serves Chiang’s face, while MacArthur may return to the Philippines. The United States has not conveyed complaints to Chiang, and Hurley and Nelson’s Chungking mission gains new significance.
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Chiang
Washington
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
Stilwell
Doe
MacArthur
Philippines
United States
Donald
Nelson
Patrick 3
Hurley
Chungking
Roosevelt
Reds Cut Nazi Rail Escape In Hungary
Soviet and Romanian troops pressed into eastern Slovakia and western Latvia amid river crossings and rail junction seizures. Berlin reported operations aimed at cutting German escape routes, with Soviet forces pushing from Poland through the Carpathians to reach the Hungarian plain and free Ruthenia, while other units advanced near Liepaja and Priekule.
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Hungary
London
iPi
Ivan Petrow
Fourth
Ukraine
Great
Hungarian Plain
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Ruthenia
Slovakia
Saipan battle tale of a last stand on July dawn
William L Worden describes the Saipan counterattack by a compact Japanese force, amid American rifle and artillery positions near Garapan and Mount Tapochau. The clash highlights the Japanese death drive and the American defensive posture as dawn broke on July 7.
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Wiliam J. Worden
Associated Press
Saipan
Worden
William L. Worden
Garapan
Mount Tapotthau
Plan to Sell Homeless Veterans Raises Howls
New York Associated Press reports protests by dog lovers against a War Department plan to auction 7,600 veterans now homeless. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, led by president Alexander Webb, says the plan would expose veterans to mistreatment or abandonment by new owners.
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New York
Strike Continues at Republic Steel Plant
About 1900 employees at Republic Steel Corp Buffalo plants refused to end a four day work stoppage that began Tuesday. A meeting was adjourned to Wednesday. Superintendent Burreh Tr. Dye says the strike has cut daily output by about 2000 tons of steel ingots for rifles and shells. The dispute centers on extra help for the rolling crew.
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Rufalo Fo
Republica Steels Corps
Buffalo
Burreh Tr. Dye
Nazi Retreat Across Meuse and Holland Bridgehead
Allied forces struck across southern Holland last night trying to halt a German withdrawal toward Rotterdam with about 40 000 Germans thought to be moving toward the Maas. Polish troops under Canadian command linked with the British at Goes and Tilburg while American units joined the advance covering Breda and Gergen Op Zoom. Canadian forces seized Breda and South Beveland divisions pushed toward the Maas as Allied bombers battered retreating columns and Schelde defenses crumbled on the way to Antwerp.
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Holland
Seling
Hollandsch ‘Dies
Tie Maas
Meuse
Rotterdam
Atrategic
Sreda
Roosen- Gaal
Tilburg
Beveland
Goes
Eurose
Loon Op Zand
Maas
Gergen Op Zoom
Breda
Hellen
Antwerp
Germany
Breds-Roosendsal
Arta
Schelde
Beveland Island
New York Sets Sixth War Loan Target At 4.296 Billion
Frederick W. Gebite, state War Finance chairman, announced New York State’s Sixth War Loan allotment of 4.296 billion dollars, over 30 percent of the national 14 billion goal. Campaign runs November 20 to December 16 with savings bond sales counted from November 1 through year end. New York City area expected share 3.6575 billion, with individual requests totaling 597.5 million including 181.4 million in E Bonds.
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New York State
Frederick W. Gehite
War Finance Committee
Gebite
AFL
Save
Greater New York Gats
Reporter Dispatch From New York GPe China Censor Cuts Text
An Associated Press filing from its chief correspondent in Asia arrives with heavy edits by American and Chinese censors. The report notes substantial word removal, leaving only fragments and unclear context about Chiang. The text hints at formal censor action affecting content and attribution.
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Associated Press
Spencer Moose
Chiang
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