Slaughter Beef Shortage Eases for Pork and Potatoes
Washington says civilian meat supplies will differ this fall as pork and potatoes remain available while beef remains tight. War Food Administration notes record pork slaughter and heavy cattle marketing, with total meat production at a record 230 billion pounds but civilian allotments not rising much. Poultry may improve this fall though demand will still outpace supply, with chicken consumption around 18 pounds per person.
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Washington
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
Turkey
Victory Garden
Health Disorder of Stomach May Be Serious
Dr Thomas D Masters analyzes the rise of stomach disorders linked to nerves and modern living. He argues that chronic gastro intestinal upset can worsen with stress and poor habits, urging steadier meals, calmer environments, and moderation of alcohol to prevent genuine organ changes.
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Thomas D. Masters
NEA
America
United States
Masters
England
Pasadena Preserves Label Sparks Confusion
Congressman Carl Hinshaw, home on vacation in Pasadena, chose a jar labeled Pasadena Preserves and told the store owner he lives there. He later noticed a second label on the back stating Pasadena Preserves Made in England.
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Pasadena
Cal
Carl Hinshaw
England
Housewives Ban Black Market Pledge Drive Reaches Nation
More than one million recruits in a home front army pledged to fight black markets. The Office of Price Administration said volunteers, in 25 states, will extend the drive nationwide by mid September. Columbus Georgia launched the effort August 2 with a mass meeting. Signers promise to follow legal prices and use ration stamps. merchants may pledge to abstain from overcharging and stamp loss. Window stickers in red white and blue are issued to signers.
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Washington LLP
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Columbus
Stove Ration Rules Issued By Rationing Board
The Rationing Board announced eligibility rules for purchasing rationed stoves and noted applications are available at the Hotel Troy office. Those without any heating or cooking equipment may qualify, with priority given to essential needs. Oil stoves for cooking may be issued if no other heat source is available, while heating oil stoves await official guidance from OPA.
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Troy
OPA
Rensselaer County
July payrolls show mixed gains in area factories
In July area factories employ 13,307 workers with total payrolls of 452,516 dollars. City factories employ 5,498 with payrolls of 167,608 dollars. Area employment up 10 percent from July 1942 and 1 percent from June. city payrolls down 3 percent from a year ago and 3 percent from June.
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Senlormne
Men in Nonessential Jobs Must Register in Troy
Aloysius J. McGinty, area director of the War Manpower Commission, urged Troy men aged 18 to 43 in non-deferrable jobs to register with the U S Employment Office by October 12. He warned fathers not in essential industry face induction by Selective Service Boards if unregistered and said many in nonmedical jobs have yet to register. He plans to address the Cohoes Rotary Club on the local manpower situation.
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Troy
U. S
Aloysius J. McGinty
War Manpower Commission
McGinty
U. & Employment Office
WMC
Cohoes
Welfare Bureau Victory Gardens Yield Big Crops
Troy Department of Welfare Victory Gardeners report bumper yields of tomatoes cucumbers and cabbage under supervisor William D McMurray The program sponsored about 100 gardeners citywide with plots about 100 feet square Children eagerly participate mornings and after supper The gardens keep youths off streets and away from the river providing food and lessons in agriculture.
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Troy Department of Welfare Victory
Wiliam D. McMurray
Mr. McMurray
Welfare Department
Victory
Gardners Benefit From 4H Club Support and Bulletins
Mr. McMurray thanked Samuel B. Dorrance, Rensselaer County 4H Club agent, for assistance in the garden program. Dorrance has added the gardeners to the mailing list for Federal agricultural bulletins, which he called highly helpful.
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Mr. McMurray
Samuel B. Dorrance
Rensselaer County
Mrr. Dorrance
30 Hospitals and Schools to Train Cadet Nurses
More than fifty New York hospital and collegiate nursing schools will train United States Cadet Nurse Corps students this fall in a thirty month course. Eligible women 18 to 35 receive free tuition maintenance uniforms and a monthly allowance funded by the Public Health Service. In return they agree to provide essential war nursing services for the duration.
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Albany GP
New York Hospital
United States Cadet Nurse Corps
Emily Creevey
State Nursing Council For War Service
United States Public Health Service
Creevey
Arsenal Issues Call For Workers At Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet Arsenal advertises immediate openings for mechanic learners and laborers. No experience required for learners. pay 50 and 72 cents per hour respectively. After training, learners may become junior machine operators at 56 cents, rising to 39, 62, 65, and 68 cents with experience, then 72 cents as full machine operator. Applicants over 16 invited. draft status and current war work exclude some. Apply to Norman R. Miller at the main gate.
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Watervliet Arsenal
Norman R. Miller
Civil Service Commission
Population Rise in Tri City Area During War Years
The Troy Albany Schenectady area grew from 441,043 to 456,500 between April 1 1940 and March 1943 despite many men joining the armed forces. America’s civilian metro population rose about 2.5 percent in that period based on 137 areas with 54 showing declines. Estimates drew on War Ration Book No 2 registrations.
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Troy-Albany-Schenectady
America
Post War WPA urged as aid to private industry
Buffalo UP reports Federal Public Works Administrator Philip B Fleming urged that after the war the nation must rely chiefly on government planning for full employment. He spoke to the NY AFL convention, arguing public works should accompany private enterprise to sustain high activity and wage levels without delay.
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WPA
Buffalo
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
New York State
American Federation of Labor
Hallinan Named Gas Officer For County Protection Body
Francis J. Hallinan of West Stephentown a 1922 RPI graduate and current junior chemist for the State Health Department has been named gas officer in the Rensselaer County Office of Civilian Protection. He will plan civilian gas defense and supervise instruction courses while attending town unit meetings. The announcement also notes nine emergency casualty stations countywide, with two added at Pawling Sanitarium and Poestenkill, and ongoing home nursing courses led by Mrs. W. H. Oliver.
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Francis J. Hallinan
West Stephentown
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
State Health Department
Rensselaer County
L. V. Griffin
Hallinan
Griffin
Civilian Protection Organization
W. H. Oliver
Falma Ferraro
R.N
the Leonard Hospital
Government Attitude on Food Shortages Draws Dairy Protest
Ernest C. Stroback criticizes U S government food policy at a Granville meeting of about 200 dairy farmers from New York and Vermont. He cites over optimism in war food planning, cites butter price rollbacks harming small producers, and argues production must be allowed to rise with fair prices to meet consumer needs.
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War Food Administration
New York City
Ernest C. Stroback
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
Granville
U. S
Rensselaer
Washington
Saratoga
New York
Addison
Rutland
Vermont
Strobeck
Macedon
Dairymen’s League
Uise
Jesse H. Jones
Butter sales not required by OPA rules say grocers can refuse
The Hationing Board reports that grocers may refuse to sell butter if they choose. Retailers limit sales to regular customers to curb shopping around, while bans on premium sales apply. It remains illegal to force buyers to purchase other groceries to obtain butter. Gasoline stations with coupons must sell gasoline. such sales are covered by OPA rules against discrimination.
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OPA
Hationing Board
Scarcity policy criticized over price rollback program
In a critical statement, 3fr. Strobeck charges thirty four million dollars have been squandered, arguing the price rollback scheme misleads about cheap food while imposing future tax burdens on taxpayers and children. He says it fails to boost farmer confidence and sustains scarcity, reducing available foods for consumers.
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3Fr
Strobeck
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