The Troy Record Company Ownership and AP Note
The Troy Record Company lists David B. Plum as President Me HE Betts as Vice President Frank L. York as Treasurer Dwight Marvin as Secretary and a private branch exchange linking all departments. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with rights reserved for AP dispatches and local news.
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The
Troy Record Company
David B. Plum
Me HE Betts
Frank L. York
Dwight Marvin
Troy
Associated Press
The Danes Scuttle Their Fleet
The Danes scuttled a large portion of their navy, signaling resistance to German rule. The article argues nationalist pride made collaboration untenable, contrasting Danish actions with German plans in France and Norway and noting the Danish move as proof of popular desire for freedom against foreign tyranny.
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Europe
Poland
Herrenvolk
France
Vichy
Germany
Laval
Quisling
Norway
Denmark
Copenhagen
Warsaw
Lemberg
Toulon
War outlook from a wartime perspective
The piece argues that victory is distant and the war will continue for years. It notes recent UN advances in North Africa, Russia, Sicily, and the Pacific as hard-fought fringes that do not signal a collapse of German defenses. It highlights Russia's gains but cautions that vast Nazi-held territory remains and Berlin’s borders may take three more years to reach.
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Europe
United Nations
North
Africa
Russia
Sicily
Pacific
Germany
Boris
Bulgaria
Sinal Balkan
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
Berlin
Balkan
Mussolini
Hungary
Romania
Italy
Bogdan Philoff
Philoff
War outlook from the front lines in Europe
The piece notes distant front-line distances from the Russian theater to the German border and the Kerch-Novorossisk sector, mentions Sicily as fallen, and states the United Nations have begun continental Europe occupation. It stresses Italy’s potential fall, Alps as a major barrier, and that the war will be slow, hard, and measured rather than rapid. It urges realism over home-front optimism and cautions leaders against wishful thinking.
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Velikie Luki
Kerch-Novorossisk
Black Sea
United Nations
Sicily
Italy
Germany
Alps
America
Cleveland Bans Migrant Workers
A 60 day ban on in migration of war workers in Cleveland is debated as a move to ease housing and food pressures while pressuring local residents to fill war industry jobs. The Regional Manpower Commission says the measure aims to meet local labor needs and protect residents from overcrowding. Clevelanders are urged to join war work to keep industries operating.
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Cleveland
Regional
Man- Power Commission
WMC
Manpower Commission
Take Off That False Face The New Deal Subsidy Plan
The War Food Administration tests Congress reaction to a device that disguises a subsidy as a storage loan for potatoes. The plan shifts price support via stored potatoes with a government loan and later release to growers. It hides subsidy wording, hinges on voluntary but could become compulsory, shifting risk to the taxpayer.
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War Food Administration
Congress
New Deal
Oppose Potatoes Loan Plan as Government Control Drive
The writer condemns a proposed government potato loan scheme as a subsidy in disguise that would nationalize agriculture. It argues the plan mirrors collective farming, erodes farmer independence, and misleads the public to appease Congress and bureaucrats. It warns Congress to expose the scheme and its authors.
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Washington
WFA
Congress
Balkan Nightmare and Bulgaria’s Tumult After Boris Death
A critical look at Bulgaria after King Boris's death outlines possible power struggles and anti-German sentiment. It notes Boris as a puppet under Philoff, Bulgaria's cautious stance toward Russia, and the risk of revolts in the Balkans impacting Hitler. The piece also touches on home-front humor and wartime thrift.
Public Letters and Household Questions in The Record
A reader column includes anonymous letters about preserving author anonymity, landlord tenant repairs and rent deductions, blue signal blackout rules for industrial plants, and a request for the Washington Farm purchase address. It also prints a lengthy wartime letter from Nicolino Detommasi of Watervliet dated Aug 27, 1943, debating postwar policy and European fate.
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the Record
Washington
Labor Factions Clash Over Smith Connally Law Provisions
The A F of L and CIO push to defeat Congress members who backed the Smith Connally act while Roosevelt indicated support for the measure if confined to its first seven sections. The dispute centers on union dues for political purposes and 30 day strike notices, raising questions about union funding and anti strike pledges. The piece argues public opinion hinges on how unions spend workers money and how leaders handle strike notices.
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Washington
A. F. of L
C.I.0
Congress
Roosevelt
C.I. O
Reign of Terror at State Department Targets Liberals
Inside the State Department a purge of liberal diplomats follows Summer Welles ousting. The drive targets those aligned with Loyalist Spain or sympathetic to De Gaulle, with transfers or resignations urged amid rumors of personal scandal. Adjustments echo Kellogg era politics while policy aims at wartime unity.
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Washington
State Department
Summer Welles
Spain
France
de Gaulle
Talenhauer
Haan
Sumner Welles
Hull
Frank B. Kellogg
Oateer Clique
Kellogg
Department
Capital Chaff and Political Winds Stir Washington
Inside the Army backlash grows over a new age retirement rule forcing the ouster of seasoned 60 year olds. Elmer Davis and Bob Sherwood urged the President to be kinder to OWL after OWI’s notorious broadcast. California figures Downey Tenney Kenny Costello Sheppard Patterson emerge as possible 1940s contenders. Interior Secretary Ickes slammed dollar a year men, provoking White House complaints from William Jeffers over morale and war production.
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White House
Jeffers
Watson
Bernie Baruch
Baruch
Bill
Jaffers
Ickes
G.co.p
Elmer Davis
Bob Sherwood
OWI
OWL
Sheridan Downey
California
Byron N. Scott
War Production Board
Jack Tenney
Los Angeles
Bob Kenny
Jean M. Costello
Hollywood
Harry R. Sheppard
Ellis Patterson
Harold Ickes
New York
Tekes
Fair Enough on Magazine Graft and Gall
A New York column-rasp critiques Ladies' Home Journal writers and PR pranks. Graeme Lorimer arranged a bout between James Carey and me, but the page mix removed the main event. The piece mocks magazine arrogance and self-importance, noting Carey’s waning clash and Lorimer’s boastful note.
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New York
Ladies’ Home Journal
Journal
Graeme Lorimer
James Carey
The
C. LO
Carey
Phil Murray
Lorimer
Curious Word Origins Pamphlet Offer
An advertisement explains pronunciation rules for gantlet gauntlet epitome and orgy, contrasts carousal and carrousel, and invites readers to send a stamped self addressed envelope for a pamphlet by Frank Colby.
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Bacchus
Frank Colby
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