Not Charity Social Security Gives Aid to Widowed Mothers Cleveland
The Social Security Act, eight years in operation, extends beyond retirement benefits to widows with young children. Survivors insurance supported families, with thousands of widows and children receiving monthly checks. many beneficiaries misunderstand the program, while cases show insurance rather than charity. The piece notes historical mine disaster payouts, unemployment insurance coverage, and proposed expansions to include disability, broader coverage for workers and the self employed, and broader public assistance funded by state and federal dollars.
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Cleveland
Social Security
West Virginia
Social Security Board
A Home Recipe For Gray Hair
A simple at home tinting method offers a Barbo Compound based mix with water to produce a glossy natural color that covers gray hair. The ad promises a uniform non fading result that won’t stain the scalp or affect permanents and calls the recipe economical and easy to maintain.
West Coast Dimout Reveals New Stars in Andromeda
Howard W Blakeslee reports that the Mt Wilson dimout extended exposure to two hours uncovers many faint stars near Andromeda center. The Carnegie findings suggest spiral galaxy centers host dense stellar bunches, supporting the island universe view of Andromeda and the Milky Way.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
West Coast
Mt. Wilson
Los Angeles
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Andromeda
Earth
Milky Way
Teheran declaration contrasted with Axis propaganda and aims
The Teheran war aims frame a democratic victory over tyranny with calls for Axis peoples to join a world family of democracies. The piece contrasts this with Axis rhetoric and cites Pope Pius VII on pursuing peace without stoking hatred while noting Allied liberation efforts including Italy. It notes the manpower needed to move a 15,000 strong infantry division.
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Cairo
Teheran
Axis
Pius VII
Night Hours End at Troy Rationing Board
The Rensselaer County Troy City Rationing Board at The Hotel Troy will close Wednesday night hours from 6:30 to 9. Charles Freihof er announced the weekly turnout did not justify the extended time. The board will now operate 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, closing at 1 p.m. on Saturdays.
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Troy Rationing Board
Rensselaer County-Troy City
Troy
Charles €. Freihofer
Freihofer
Troy Arex
Industrialists Form C. E. D. Two Counties Committee
Chauncey W. Cook and Samuel W. McCochrane led an Columbia and Greene Counties meeting at Catskill to organize the C E D unit. Richard A Dittmar of Universal Atlas Cement Co. of Hudson was named chairman with Howard F. Richline of North American Cement Co. of Catskill as vice chairman. John K Kaennerlen will be research chairman, Henry James editor of the Hudson Daily Star public relations chairman, and Stanley Clark Hudson bank president officers. Theodore L. Seaman Catskill Metal Works chaired manufacturing and W A Dean Columbia County Farm Bureau chaired distribution and service. GE D unit will survey industries and agriculture.
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Chauncey W. Cook
Samuel W. McCochrane
Columbia
Greene Counties
Catskill
Radio Industry Asks Free Hand to Govern Itself
Niles Trammell, head of National Broadcasting Co, urged Congress to pass Wheeler White style legislation to shield radio from FCC control. He argued against government limits on program policies and business practices, saying free enterprise should decide growth versus subservience. He cited FCC antimonopoly rulings as restraining TV network growth and ownership limits.
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Washington
Niles Trammell
National Broadcasting Co
Trammelle
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Trammell
FCC
Supreme Court
Busline Route Change To Be Effective Today
Wartime difficulties force the Troy Mechanicville bus to change its route today. Buses will now travel south in Fifth Avenue to Broadway, east to Troy Union Station, then west in Fulton to Fifth Avenue and north, replacing the prior downtown loop. Service remains hourly from 6 am to midnight.
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Troy-Mechanicville
Troy
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Troy Union Station
Fulton
River
Second Streets
Truckmen Urged to Carry Bill of Sale for Christmas Trees
North Adams driver en route from Vermont into New York was halted for hours when lacking a bill of sale for Christmas trees. Vermont authorities report recent thefts and insist that truckers transporting trees show written proof to verify lawful origin.
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Troy Area
Vermont
New York State
North Adams
Bread spread stocks vary for civilians and war needs
The New York State College of Agriculture reports peanut butter, honey, and margarine will be more plentiful than 1943 while jams jellies and fruit spreads tighten. Civilian supplies through September 1944 will be limited by wartime allocations. homes using home-made spreads may see the greatest variety and supply.
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Ithaca
Durling
New York State College of Agriculture
German Alien Won U S Hero Award
German born Paul Frederick Timm who posed as an American citizen to join the Merchant Marine waited for action on his appeal to stay in the United States. He pleaded guilty to falsely claiming citizenship and was fined one penny while held without half pending appeal of a San Francisco exclusion order. Timm served nearly twenty years in the Merchant Marine and was decorated for heroism after his ship was torpedoed in the South Atlantic. he survived with three companions after hours in an open boat. He said he was born near Essen and came to America in 1911, admitting he lied about being born in Wisconsin to obtain a passport and pursue seafaring.
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Los Angeles
Paul Frederick Timm
Timm
Harrison
San Francisco
Merchant Marine
Admr
Emory
Land
South Atlantic
Essen
Germany
America
Wisconsin
O Neals Casts Farmers as Peacemakers
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told the annual convention that farm people can do more to preserve peace than any other group. He urged farmers to have a voice in international matters and to meet regularly to discuss mutual problems.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
National Salvation Army Head to Retire
National Salvation Army national commander Edward J. Parker will retire at month end after 58 years of service. The 74 year old, born in Elgin Illinois, joined at 16 and led training, preaching and writing across the nation. He succeeded Evangeline Booth in January this year. His wife accompanies him. By mid 1943 over seven thousand workers from Mexico Jamaica and the Bahama Islands had come to the United States for agricultural work.
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New York
Edward J. Parker
Salvation Army
Elgin
Ill
Parker
United Services Organization
Evangeline Booth
Mexico
Jamaica
The
Bahama Islands
U. S
Trade Waste Fats for Red Points Now
Mrs. Kerstin Kowal demonstrates rendering waste fat to produce glycerine used for bullets. Butchers pay 2 red points per pound plus cash. Kowal is widow of Marine Henry Kowal, killed at Guadalcanal, in a wartime effort to boost supplies for the Axis war effort.
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Kerstin Kowal
Marine Corp
Henry Kowal
Guadalcanal
Normal seasonal flu rise described by Public Health Service
A Health Service spokesman called this year's influenza increase a normal seasonal rise after reviewing figures for the week ending November 27. He noted that in 1841 the same period saw five times as many cases with no severe epidemic then, and said there is no evidence of a 1918-scale outbreak now.
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Washington LP
U. S. Public Health Service
London
Britain
Health Service
Thomas Parran
U. S. Publc Health Service
Pearl Harbor
Purse of the People tax guidance for single status
A reader asks about filing status when maintaining a home with no dependents. If $1,000 is entirely wages subject to withholding, no return is needed unless 1943 income falls below 1942. If $100 or more comes from non earned sources, filing is required. The person is not head of household. without dependents, status is single. Contact the Internal Revenue Bureau in Troy for help.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Broadway
Fourth Street
Troy
Expert Warns Beekeepers to Order Supplies Now
Professor E. J. Dyce of the New York State College of Agriculture warns beekeepers that scarce materials for the 1944 honey crop must be ordered immediately. He notes that time and labor may vanish by spring, with most supplies arriving soon, except comb foundation which should be shipped in warm spring weather.
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E. J. Dyce
New York State College of Agriculture
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National Salvation Army
Purse of the People Reg
U. & Pat. Office
Mrs. McC
Hendrick Hudson Hotel
Pillsbury
Warnus
Pillsbury’ Soy
Nepal
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