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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1944
Page
12
A North Africa correspondent describes Algiers sugar black market practices. He pays five francs for a newspaper and receives two sugar lumps as change. Officials peg sugar at 80 cents per pound while the black market price runs about 60 cents, with 180 pieces per pound claimed as value.
In a restaurant at night the narrator notes admiration for a so called good value while observing shortages. He explains civilians cannot obtain gasoline through official channels due to red tape. Rich Arabs and Frenchmen nevertheless drive as before using black market gasoline from French Army allowances for trucks convoys and military cars.
A wartime diary excerpt describes a North Africa black market under occupation. It notes a luxury meal for seven pounds, scarce goods like soap and milk with ration limits, and illicit trades in cigarettes and pepper, painting a vivid view of daily survival and underground commerce amid war.
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP special counsel, said outsiders trying to bar Negroes from Texas primaries will be taken to federal court. He warned such acts violate the Supreme Court ruling opening Texas Democratic primaries to Black voters and equated them with illegal election-judge actions.
Western Pennsylvanians set up pickup points at Etna and McKeesport to help servicemen avoid hitchhiking. Signs and blue lights lure motorists to offer lifts. a cigarette diversion racket profits the most from stolen stock through beggars and a Fagin figure. An observer notes a French contact selling 70 cent packs at 20 packs per bundle, earning about 30 dollars daily.
Lew Haven Connecticut reports John McGrail, known as Billion-Bullet, retires after 84 years of life and a career shaping ammunition production in three wars. He helped at Winchester Repeating Arms Co. from World War I through Pearl Harbor era and mentored workers, including women joining war plants. His eight grandchildren and many children carry on his legacy.
A wartime note salutes John McGrail nicknamed Billion Bullet for his service on the fighting front in Italy. The message wishes him rest and happiness after his return, praising his efforts and addressing his fellow mates.
New York author and lecturer Cary A. Countryman argues he is the only American capable of defeating the President. He asserts his unique qualifications and confidence in a bold political stance, framing himself as a solitary viable challenger amid national debates.
The draft presidential hopeful reportedly told supporters that if he won the Republican nomination his slogan would be Countryman for countrymen and his countrymen for Countryman signaling a populist appeal.
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