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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1945
Page
3
Capt. Meurrth Baimsey, 38, freed after three years, sought to see his wife and 1 year old daughter through a window as his two day quarantine leave neared. He had been reported missing after his wife and child fled Corregidor in 1942. he served as a prisoner of war handled by Russians in Manila.
Tokyo reports indicate 13 Nazi agents were arrested in Japan by U S Eighth Army counter intelligence. The group had long been under surveillance and included Gestapo members and a ring leader. Names and exact roles remain partly unclear amid wartime censorship.
Osaka article reports American troops seizing over a million in gold silver and other items in a Mitsukoshi Department Store gate raid. A 98th Division search of key Osaka buildings followed a tip from Osaka Princes aiding the effort. Local personnel Lt Col John P Jones Lt Robert M Salmons and Tech Sgt Rosendo Cuttle cited in the seizure.
Associated Press reports surge of American personnel landing at multiple east and west coast ports. Units include 37th Medical Battalion and Field Artillery groups with medical attendants. Troop totals per port range from dozens to near two thousand, with ships from Le Havre Marseille and Antwerp.
A Tokyo nurse recounts Japanese army retreating through Mania and Northern areas. She says troops poured oil on native houses and drove civilians into mountains. Civilians, including service members, were starved with no rice. Repatriated from the Philippines, officers asked if they had died yet as illness and starvation claimed many along the roads.
The dispatch lists arrivals and shipments at San Diego Tacoma San Fran New York Seattle Portland Newport News and Seattle area ports with units including 2 71 troops 875 passengers and 2103 troops plus naval ships transports destroyers and engineers. It notes personnel from Hollandia Cairo Marseilles Le Havre and Le Havre in transit and discharge details for various battalions squadrons and engineers.
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, 39, head of the Eighth Army in Yokohama, is described as the most adventurous and least bored general. He regularly visits units, questions subordinates directly, and shares enthusiasm with enlisted men, earning affection without fatherly airs. He treks in his rebuilt Miss Em bomber to inspect troops and keeps desk life from dulling his edge.
Washington Representative Gearhart proposed inviting Iceland to become the ninth state and urged negotiations with Denmark Great Britain France and other nations for defense necessary islands along the Atlantic coast Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea to secure the Panamanian Canal Zone and the Philippines. The resolutions contemplate acquisition of Pacific islands then controlled by Japan at no cost.
In a pleased technician tone the piece admires Eicheberger, a Philippine campaign general who visited front line outfits on 72 of 80 days, noting his proximity to danger. It highlights his devoted Asheville wife, 34 years married, and his daily letters from the front. He advocates that everyone should have married parents to reduce trouble.
Ripon officials claim top victory status in quota drives as they prepare for the Fifth Sixth and Seventh War Loan campaigns. City leaders cite progress and set a 3:30 schedule for the community action, with earlier times noted in planning updates.
Clarence Carr aged 33 of Prospect Tennessee was charged with the Ardiy rite staying of his wife Rebecca. She lay sleeping in a rooming house when shot twice through the head. Carr quoted as saying I did it.
In a formal commission transcript police say Carr confessed to the murder for matrimonial reasons after learning a key fact. Carr and his wife were childhood sweethearts from Prospect and wed in Salem in 1903. They moved north two years ago with Carr joining the Army. His wife then worked for General Electric near Fort Dawes.
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