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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1944
Page
1
Chicago article recounts Montgomery Ward chairman Sewell Avery being removed by soldiers after refusing to yield control to government agents. He denounces government coercion of unions, describes his removal from the office, and criticizes boards as disguises for a dictatorship.
Joint announcements from Southwest and Central Pacific HQs reveal Gen Douglas MacArthur and Adm Chester Nimitz have integrated war plans for the Pacific. The move signals stronger operations against Japanese forces in New Guinea New Britain and the Northern Solomons and may erase the long held boundaries between the two commands and the South Pacific command under Adm Hasey.
Washington LP The illness of defendant James True, 66, prompted a federal court adjournment of the sedition conspiracy trial of thirty defendants. Chief Justice Edward Eicher sent deputy coroner Dr. Christopher J. Murphy to examine True, who then anticipated a Monday appearance and the judge postponed the proceedings.
Secretary of War Stimson said American forces may make longer jumps toward the heart of Japan’s defenses, following Gen MacArthur’s 500 mile advance along the New Guinea coast to Hollandia. He compared allied moves to Civil War reunification and noted declines in Allied plane losses despite heavy opposition from German and Japanese forces.
An enlisted sailor aboard near Humboldt Bay confronted a three star admiral and a two star general during a Japanese bombing run. The admiral ordered moving seaward, the general urged a return to shore, and the helmsman refused to choose, saying Make up your minds as flames lit the beach and the Navy and Army coordinated to set a course.
Philadelphia WP!-Marshal Pietro Badoglio applied for readmission of Italy to the International Labour Office in a letter to ILO chairman Carter Goodrich dated March 31. Italy had dropped its membership in 1939.
Allied troops on the Adriatic sector of the Italian front report repelling two small-scale thrusts, one south of Cansa and another in the O1ona area, 11 percent as announced yesterday.
War hero Private Truttenen, blinded by a mine, and his British bride Thuth Curtis faced pre invasion travel bans. An Army transport with an official attendant, his wife, enabled their reunion and fresh start after rehabilitation at St Dunstan's Hospital.
New York governor Thomas E Dewey told members of the American Newspaper Publishers Association that the United States Britain China and Russia must maintain solid relations to solve postwar problems. He warned against punitive measures toward Germany and Japan unless tied to durable cohesion with Britain and the other powers. Continued on Page Twenty six.
Washington reports a Senate labor subcommittee urged the War Labor Board to lift wage controls for incomes up to 200 dollars monthly for family heads and 150 dollars for single workers. The interim report notes inflation has begun for about 20 million people in low income groups and calls for an immediate policy to raise substandard wages.
Torrential rains push the Mississippi and Missouri to new crests as floodwaters threaten cropland and property. Damages mount along riverbanks with authorities warning of further inundation and ongoing cleanup efforts by local responders.
The scorebox lists Boston beating Brooklyn 2 0 and St Louis 5 1 over Cleveland while Detroit falls to Chicago 9 12 innings. New York hosts Philadelphia while Chicago Pittsburg and Boston Washington games are postponed due to rain and cold.
Federal Judge William H. Holly issued a temporary injunction against Montgomery Ward and Co and Sewell Avery restraining interference with government operation of Chicago stores. The order followed Avery being forcibly ejected from the north side plant by soldiers amid rapid, dramatic developments and a late petition by Attorney General Francis Biddle.
Assistant Attorney General Ugo Carusi revealed that Sewell Avery was ejected from Montgomery Ward and Co. as he implored with Francis Biddle to enjoin the company from interfering with government operation and to compel access to corporate records for government director Wayne Chatfield Taylor. A Ward director Silas Strawn signaled injunctions within days, signaling a broader legal battle likely to reach the Supreme Court to define government powers.
A proxy statement filed with the SEC shows Sewell L. Avery was paid 100 600 as chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co during the last fiscal year. He is one of 13 directors seeking reelection at the annual meeting in Chicago. The report says officers and directors earned 561 688, up 78 663 from the prior year, and 33 non officer employees earned salaries totaling 851 565, between 20 000 and 50 000 each.
Joseph Sweat of the National Maritime Union announced that union seamen would march in New York to demand simplified war ballots for service members, Red Cross workers, and Merchant Marines. He said state law requires in person absentee ballot requests, barring seamen at sea from November voting rights.
The Italian government led by Badoglio revived May Day as a labor day despite wartime strain. The cabinet urged workers in occupied territories to use the day for the country’s liberation struggle while avoiding disruption to war production.
Allied forces closed the Hollandia campaign in six days capturing the final airfield and overrunning 350 square miles of Dutch New Guinea. MacArthur announced the end of organized Japanese resistance as U S and Australian units pressed toward Alexishafen Tadji and other airfields in the Hollandia area.
Moscow said the eastern front remained steady with no major changes after six days of fighting while Germany claimed continued Soviet attacks in northern Romania and the Carpathians. The Soviet report noted German losses and limited Soviet gains in the Carpathians southeast of Stanislawow as shelling persisted around Sevastopol.
Chinese military authorities announced yesterday that Japanese forces occupied the strategic railway junction of Chenghsien in northern Henan Province as part of a push to clear the Peiping Hankow line. The enemy entered the city in the morning of April 22.
The Troy Council of Social Agencies and the Rensselaer County League of Women Voters backed creating a city housing authority to pursue a state housing project for Troy. Marcus L. Filley outlined the plan at The Hendrick Hudson meeting, noting Troy’s lack of funds to begin such a project and the struggle to stay financially afloat. Private enterprise could fund slum clearance and housing, but is not currently available.
At the Norfolk Navy Yard a fire in the hold of a ship under repair killed fifteen civilian workers and left at least twenty others overcome by smoke. The incident occurred about 6 20 p m last night as crews battled flames and responders evacuated victims to the yard dispensary for artificial respiration.
Nineteen bodies recovered from a bomb wreckage in a south coast town air raid shelter. Seventy eight trapped. several rescued later died in hospitals. Other bombs hit a tenement district, destroying a mission hall and taverns. German radio claimed Portsmouth as target.
Leonora Larren and Air Cadet Kirmit S. Midthun wed at Bainbridge Army Air Field chapel after a brief long-distance courtship. The ceremony occurred between military formations as Midthun received a two-hour leave. they had met in Montevideo while both worked at the U.S. Embassy.
Rev. John J. Kilduff a native Trojan and pastor of Sacred Heart Church Lake George and St. Celestia's Warrensburg died yesterday at Lake George. Born January 16 1880 he was educated at La Salle Manhattan College and St Joseph's Seminary. Ordained June 9 1906 he served at St Peter's Troy St Patrick's Cohoes and St Ann's Albany. In 1914 he became pastor at Sacred Heart Lake George under Bishop Cusack and oversaw church redecorations and notable stained glass depictions of St Isaac Jogues.
Chinese reports last night said northern Henan battle lines widen as Japanese seize Mihsien while a counter-offensive claims gains of six to eight miles easing the threat to Loyang. In nine days of the Henan drive Japan overran about 1 800 square miles in famine scarred central China below the Yellow River.
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