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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1944
Page
5
The council discusses the annual estimate for 1543 including expenditures for city operations and debt service. Aldermen consider adopting an ordinance approving the budget after hearings and a public bearing, with votes recorded on the appropriation totals and tax assessments.
A London clipping described as a real old fashioned American football genre cites 60,000 fans, Army and Navy cheerleaders, and a brutal center of play with crashes and tackles. It notes down before each play a huddle, a bootleg of self preservation, and violent clashes, while also listing veterans and service members cited in the same era.
The letter lists U S senators from New York Robert F Wagner and James M Mead and local representatives Dean P Taylor Willian T Byrne and Bernard W Kearney with contact details at the Senate and House Office Buildings Washington D C. It notes petitions can effectively convey citizens wishes, especially when signed by many.
Regional War Production Board director Waelker Mason warned at a labor conference that the Navy expects about five more years of war to defeat Japan. He said European victory will not ease U.S. arms needs and cited plans to surge production with new plants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to meet manpower shortages and frontline demands.
New Delhi reports Gen Frank Merrill named to lead in Burma as part of Allied reorganization. In North Burma Saturday deputy U S forces shift under Lieut Gen Daniel Sukas with Col Deen Rusk and observers noting U S theater officers and coaches, including Robert Nerviand of Tennessee, connected to regional units and homes in Greenville Texas.
Washington Attorney General Francis Biddle told a Senate committee he would support a clean handling of his testimony and denied firing Norman Littell for rules violations. He called Littell’s remarks vicious and personal but refused to detail them. The feud involved Biddle and Littell, tied to the Lands Division and a wartime inquiry.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smythe mark their 63rd wedding anniversary. They were married December 9, 3579, in Roscommon, Michigan, where Smythe served as county clerk and probate judge. The couple offer advice that marriage is a shared responsibility.
An explosion at the Hercules Powder Co plant in Hercules California killed at least two workers and injured many others. The blast shattered windows in nearby towns and sent a blast jet as far as 12 miles away.
The piece describes a Pacific theater mishap where ships failed to unload heavy munitions due to heat and logistics, plus a banking note on War Bond sales and Treasury bookkeeping. It mentions Marines and Seabees handling plows and railcar parts, and a fact about Secretary Morgenthau barred from buying War Bonds.
Buffalo taxi driver Pi Jake Williams facing felony charges for harboring and concealing a WAC deserter. He is held in Erie County Jail on $31000 bail pending December 3 arraignment before LS Commissioner Sorce. Irene Way a Bradley Field technician is held as material witness on $5000 bail and committed to detention. FBI notes the incident involved WAC members seeking escape from Williams.
The F. BI. alleged that Williams owed her from camp to camp and enticed her to desert. They were apprehended by the police subversive squad and the FLB.L. after aba had been AWOL for seven months.
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