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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
8
Adolf Hitler marked his 55th birthday amid bombed ruins as Allied armies push on three fronts threatening his regime. Once he paraded 40,000 troops at Bern for peace time shows. now Berlin has far fewer soldiers and Germany's borders shrink under advancing Allies.
Propaganda Minister Goebbels and Reich Marshal Goering defended Hitler as a wartime leader in a pre birthday message urging Germans to support him to the end. Goebbels praised Hitler yet acknowledged German reverses, noting that “great men and women” face oscillations of fortune in war. He spoke for about thirty minutes at the State Opera House with no applause from the audience.
A House naval affairs subcommittee report proposes keeping key Caribbean and Atlantic bases in U S control for 16 perpetuity. It calls for cutting back presence in the Caribbean, leasing surplus ships to friendly South American nations, and replacing Brazil personnel with civilians where possible while criticizing Roosevelt Roads graving dock overbuild.
A wartime item reports from Dec 17 1943 to Feb 27 1944 show 837 Japanese planes destroyed to 162 Allied planes lost. The piece highlights pilots Capt. Fred Gutt Lieut. Bill White and others, plus rescue boats and Navy crews aiding downed airmen, with various colorful notes from Bougainville and Rabaul campaigns.
The Army plans to ship over a million gross carbonated beverage bottles overseas in 1944, about 62 million bottles, under the Quartermaster Corps. A national campaign seeks 500 million reusable bottles, endorsed by the War Production Board and sponsored by beverage and beer interests. Cooperate to return bottles at purchase points to support fighters overseas.
Passengers in Paris subway cars slept through the night due to a government order to suspend operations at 8 p.m. to save electricity. Heated cars and station meals were promised, and a German controlled press broadcast cited by U.S. monitors reported food service at stations overnight.
Washington observers predict the 1944 Republican ticket will be Thomas E. Dewey for president and John W. Bricker for vice president. Earl Warren reportedly rules himself out as running mate by accepting a keynote role at the convention.
A political analysis outlines Bricker as a potential running mate for Dewey amid contest rumors. It notes possible upsets, dark horse candidates, and contenders like MacArthur Siassen Griswold and party dynamics favoring eastern strength to win.
The speaker has never criticized Dewey in campaign speeches. He could accept the vice presidential nomination on a Dewey ticket. His selection would heal any rift between followers of the two governors.
New Delhi reports American capital is being sought for a $10,000,000 ammonium plant in Travancore to supply machinery, with two-thirds to be purchased in the United States if dollar exchange is obtained. The plant aims to produce fertilizing chemicals for Indian agriculture.
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