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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1943
Page
3
A mock inter department memo lampoons procurement chaos in a factory. It traces the nut shortage ordeal from engineering blueprints to shop orders, requisitions, and bid busts, showing misfiled papers, duplicated copies, and coordinators chasing solutions while vendors endure pressure and delays.
Notice under Election Law lists polling places by ward and district for Troy and Rensselaer cities for a primary election on August 10, 1913, with locations including schools, stores, garages, and public buildings, and names of ward halls and streets where voters will cast ballots. The notice is signed by EDWARD SEHILL, President, and HARRY C. WERGER, Secretary.
Eyewitness reports a light American task force sinking one cruiser and two destroyers in Vella Gulf near Kolombangara and Vella Lavella during the Aug 6 7 battle. The flagship led the attack with torpedoes and shells, no U S losses, and several near misses. Lt Comdr Clifton Iverson from Houston marked his 35th birthday amid the action.
A fragmented shipboard message describes a crate shipped to British South Africa awaiting an American engineer to explain its function. The writer erupts in frustration, declaring the nuts order must be canceled and lamenting the impracticality of issuing the cancellation.
Miss Joyce Mason of Petersburg returned after a visit with Mrs Frances Andrews. Miss Elizabeth Conway spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Delarey at Pittstown. Misses Irene Arlene and Blanche Sherman returned from a visit with their aunt Mrs. Clifford McBurch at Cambridge.
A humorous mix of wartime shortages, coupon frugality, and oddities from American life. A yarn shortage threatens long underwear for winter, a boy refuses a savings coupon, desert soldiers honor a mother of ten, Pvt Alonzo Dickens risks his life to save a wounded man, and a jailed mule disrupts a Richmond street.
The polling site for the second district of the Second Ward moves from the Lynd House at 162 Congress Street to 159 Congress Street. City Clerk's office announced yesterday. Balloting in today's primaries will be at the new location.
A mule freed from its harness wandered through busy traffic after steering its mount to the precinct stockup. Authorities have not yet determined how the animal became free in the bustling area.
A British antiaircraft battery visiting Camp Davis, North Carolina, encounters bootblacks gambling. A Lance Corporal asks who is Little Joe from Kokomo, and the bootblack answers with a sharp tease that Little Joe is the hardest man to find, even harder than Mussolini.
A child health consultation will be held at the Schaghticoke municipal building today from 2 to 4 pm Dr Henry Kenyon will supervise with Rosina Morath Rensselaer County public health nurse Assisting Children aged 3 months to 6 years will be examined Toxoid vaccination offered to interested parents for diphtheria prevention
A man misses weeks of work after a day off, diagnosed with nuitrifienel anemia by his doctor. Gude’s Pepto Mangan is advertised as a treatment to rebuild blood, restore strength, and improve color, claiming decades of proven benefits and wide availability.
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