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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1944
Page
14
Guidelines for home potato growing from seed selection to planting, spacing, and care. Notes cover suitable varieties, soil and moisture needs, timing in April, cutting seed pieces, callusing, furrow fertilization, planting depth, weed control, vine growth, and seed potato treatment to prevent black scurf. Warns against using treated leftovers for cooking due to toxicity.
Mrs Mary Milne a Czechoslovakian born widow received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for her son Nicholas Milne a 44 year old regular army infantryman awarded for a one man charge in Tunisia bayoneting ten Germans capturing two machine guns and continuing his assault until fatally wounded Major General Alvan C. Giem Jr delivered the medal on behalf of President Roosevelt at Fort Dupont DeL. In a separate note Peoria Illinois reports a divorce suit as Mrs Florence C Meyers objects to a monkey and trained dog dining at the table with them in the family home.
The Meashington three man United States War Ballot Commission was organized yesterday with Secretary of War Stimson as chairman to run the service vote machinery. Secretary Knox is vice chairman and Rear Adm Emory Land is the third member. Governors and secretaries of state were asked to provide primary, special and general election dates. Harvard reports civilian enrollment at 1550, about 2,000 below WWI peaks, with peacetime averages around 8,000.
News dispatch details Marine Captain Harry O Lee and a mixed crew of volunteers directing amphibian Buffaloes in the Arawe operation on New Britain. The six Marines and one soldier manning the vehicles pressed through heavy machine gun fire, two Buffaloes briefly acting as tanks, as infantry moved forward. Thirty six Japanese were counted dead in the field the assault followed a December 15 landing on Cape Merkus. The piece identifies several Massachusetts and New York area service members including Corporal Alfred A Amarault of North Weymouth Corporal Rickiel Ciccone of Somerville and Sergeant H Ricciuti of Providence along with other relatives serving in Army Navy and Marine units.
Mrs. Harry G Edmunds of 215 Sixth Avenue is to succeed Mrs Nellie Kraus as court matron in the Supreme Court and Rensselaer County Court. Kraus resigns to take a clerk post in the Board of Supervisors, replacing the late Henry St Onge. The matron salary is 99 dollars yearly and Kraus’s clerical pay is not fixed yet.
Alps Otto Hanson left for Bermuda. Mrs Jane Crosswaite hosted a guest from Troy. Peggy Hanson entertains a guest from New York Kenneth Cummings will leave for service next Friday. 4H Girls meet at 2 pm at Mrs Lalian Gries. Pvt Henry Gile from Texas visited his parents. Mr and Mrs Harold Calkins of West Stephentown were guests of Mr and Mrs Edward Palmer. Mr and Mrs Joseph Gross and son of Ticonderoga and Mr and Mrs Thomas Harrison of Water whete are Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cummings. The Sunday School of the Ains Poast Church plans an Easter entertainment on Easter Sunday at 7:30 pm. All are welcome.
A Missouri farm woman faced tax return troubles when her trusted lawyer disappeared into the armed forces and soon died after confessing illness. Separately, Private Raymond Lebeau, a medical soldier aboard an Army transport ship, spent eight months at sea and four on land, adopting sailor’s lingo.
Representative Adolph J. Sabath charges that about 30,000 Army officers are idle in civilian life, kept on the rolls without assignments while West Point graduates with decades of service are retired. He questions how such commissions are obtained and plans an investigation after the Easter recess as Congress and the War Department seek extra manpower for armed forces and industry.
City offices will close at noon Friday in observance of Good Friday per Major John J Ahern. Notices went to all department heads and the regular Saturday noon closing remains in effect.
Lincoln Park Zoo faces a shortage of snakes for its snake house as war drawing workers away. Director Floyd Young notes snakes previously supplied by South American Indians are now replaced by Indian workers in war industries, leaving no volunteers to fill the gap.
In Norwalk Connecticut AP report Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Frank Lattanzi faced selling 60,000 quarts of liquor valued at $552,000 to satisfy a treasury claim against Winslow Warren Co for unpaid taxes. The auction would attract about 300 bidders per bottle all at the same price and bidders cannot exceed ceiling prices, leaving Lattanzi puzzled over allocation.
Two New York emergency food commissioners predict a severe farm labor shortage this summer and urge farmers to quickly arrange for imported help. L. R. Simons of Cornell and T. N. Hurd say federal and state agencies will cooperate and expect to provide more workers including war prisoners Jamaicans and Bahamians to supplement local labor.
The article explains why vegetable seeds should be treated before planting to prevent damping off and seed rot. It lists fungicidal dusts, how to apply them to small and large seeds, and names products like Atasan Seme san Svergon Cuprocide and zinc oxide. It also notes that many New York seed firms treat seeds and that treated seeds should be relabeled and reapplied by gardeners for seed-borne disease control.
Washington reports that the Office of Price Administration will permit price increases on some oleomargarine brands where producers operate at a loss. Retail prices will reflect these hikes, but ceilings will not exceed the general level for similar products, and the plan aims to keep production and keep lower-priced brands on the market.
Brig Gen J E Barzynski, commanding general of the Chicago Quartermaster depot, announced that all socks purchased by the Quartermaster Corps will be pre shrunk to prevent binding the toes of G I soldiers.
Green Island residents discuss the perils of double decker beds among soldiers with upper bunks causing sleep disruption. Police Chief Freeman leads a local campaign to curb speeding with three traffic violations noted. Red Cross drive reaches $7,100.65 toward a $10,000 goal, with ongoing collection through April 15 at the village clerk’s office.
Fort Smith Ark UP reports since February 1942 Mrs Dora James heads the Camp Chaffee post exchange concession. Soldiers have eaten 1 425 200 sandwiches to date with ham the most popular. Fridays see the heaviest eating while an average day yields 2040 sandwiches or about 276 pounds of bread.
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