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Following closely the large purchases in recent weeks of vacant properties in various sections of Long Island by operators and developers for home improvement projects when building activity can ...
PASADENA, Calif. EVEN in the most artistic theatrical circles the postman who takes a walk on his day off is not without his counterpart.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 9.-- Showing the way over practically the entire mile and one-quarter of muddy going, Hoop Jr. today won the seventy-first and richest of all Kentucky Derbies so easily it appeared his fifteen rival 3-year-olds were in another race.
Calling attention to the postwar Federal highway program, a warning is sounded by Irving W. Clark, chairman of the residential committee of the Producers Council, that officials of many metropolitan areas in the country would ...
1945Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.[†]
The Second Australian Imperial Force was the volunteer expeditionary force of the Australian Army in the Second World War. It was formed following the declaration of war on Nazi Germany, with an initial strength of one infantry division and related auxiliary components. After considerable expansion of this force, three divisions were sent to the Middle East and North Africa, while the 8th Division was sent to garrison British Malaya and Singapore.