OPA Declares Pork Chop Dividend Good Until Jan. 2
The Office of Price Administration announced a temporary pork chop dividend effective at midnight. Spare ration stamp No 1 from book 4 gains five extra points for pork purchases through January 2. Aimed at moving surplus hogs and meat to housewives, the measure may let a family of five buy about twenty pounds weekly of pork and up to forty pounds of cheaper cuts.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Ease Butter Meat Ration Reform Urged by GOP Group
Washington INS Republican Congressional Food Study Committee urged OPA to ease the meat cheese and butter fats and oils rationing. Rep Jenkins said 16 points per week for all these items leaves no points for other foods, urging separate classifications and stamps per group to improve distribution and diet.
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Washington
INS
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
OPA
Chester Bowles
Jenkins
G. GO. P. Food Group
Bowles
Near
Order Busses for Schenectady Run
Public Service Commission hearing in Schenectady heard complaints about buses on the Troy to Schenectady run. An attorney for Schenectady Railway Co. said new buses have been ordered and may take months to deliver and enter service.
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Troy- Schenectady
Public Service Commission
Schenectady
William Maynard
Civil Air Lines Helped War Effort Despite Shortage
The Office of War Information reports that the nations civil air lines carried more cargo and air mail than in peacetime while half their planes and a third of their personnel were in the armed forces. Domestic and international lines played a highly strategic war role, aiding rapid troop and equipment movement. They earned nearly 32 million in the year ended Aug 31, with fewer accidents than the prior two years. Fatalities rose in 1942 but total 30 from 26 November through 26 November 1943 as flights stayed heavily booked.
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Washington
United States
Office of War Information
Aleutian Islands
OWT
OWI
New York
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Pelena
Mont
Farmers Accept Army Maneuvers in Central Oregon
Central Oregon farmers take the Army maneuvers in stride as tanks rumble across pastures. One rancher jokes about repairing a fence after a tank tear through, asking only for more tanks to pass by and a visit to see them. Another writer claims no damages after a tank goes berserk, noting they rebuilt the fence and had fun watching the tanks. A man offers to sell eight goats and requests a supply sergeant.
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Caship Abbott
Ore
Oregon
Beserk
Tussle Over Turkey Price Heads to Court
An Albany based price ceiling dispute pits a group of Saratoga County turkey raisers against the Office of Price Administration. George Heckman is ordered to show cause why he should not be restrained from selling turkeys above ceiling prices 65 cents a pound is alleged. A hearing for Heckman is set for 3 pm before Justice Sidney F. Foster in Albany.
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Office of Price Administration
Albany
OPA
Albany District Office
Federal Agency
State Supreme Court
Francis Bergan
George Heckman
Bailston Lake
Heckman
Saratoga County
Lester W. Herzog
Walter S. Mason
Albany County Farm Bureau
Albany County
Herzog
Mason
Sidney F. Foster
Ready-to-Serve Soup Rules Defined by OPA
The District OPA defined ready-to-serve soups as those needing no added liquid and carrying no ration points, while concentrated soups still require points. The agency also exempted certain items from rationing, including raisins in clusters and specific pre 1944 ballet slippers and evening slippers with particular materials and finishes.
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OPA
Tme
Stores Report Record Christmas Gift Sales
The United Press notes department stores report Christmas sales up 10 to 25 percent from last year as four shopping days remain. Dun & Bradstreet confirms 10 to 15 percent lift in holiday merchandise with peak buying in late November.
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United Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Garageman Suspended For Gas Ration Violation
Frank Toomey of Toomey’s Garage in Schenectady had operation suspended for three days starting January 3 for violating gasoline and ration rules. He accepted counterfeit and unendorsed coupons from customers, the district OPA said. Malta Doctors Get Grants. The Nuffield Foundation funds six Maltese physicians for specialized training in England to become orthopedic surgeon radiologist tuberculosis officer prison medical officer and two infant welfare officers. They will receive 1600 a year single 2400 married for up to two years and must return to Malta after training.
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Frank Toomey
Toomey
Guilderland
Currie Road
Schenectady
OPA
Malta
London
Nuffield Foundation
England
Albany to distribute lapel buttons for veterans
Veterans in Albany and Troy will receive lapel pins identifying honorably discharged soldiers. Troy residents must travel to Albany’s Army Recruiting Station to obtain buttons from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, bringing discharge papers. Inactive officers need two copies of orders. Buttons cover Army personnel released since Sept 9, 1929 and will also be distributed at the State Armory Selective Service induction station after Jan 2.
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Troy
Albany
Army Recruiting
Federal Building
Army
State Armory
Christmas Trees Flood Local Market
Christmas tree stands spread across Troy and nearby areas with hundreds of stands offering a wide range of varieties and sizes. Prices mostly sit between 1 and 3 dollars, with some smaller spruces under a dollar and larger trees reaching 4 dollars. District Ranger Charles N. Traver noted fewer trees were cut in Rensselaer County and most local stock is spruce, often imported balsam from Vermont or northern New York is sold here.
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Troy
Charles N. Traver
Sand Lake
Rensselaer County
Vermont
New York
Brunswick Grange Meeting Postponed to January 13
The regular Bruns wick Grange meeting slated for tomorrow is postponed due to member illness and fuel shortage. The Christmas program will be presented at the rescheduled meeting on January 13.
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Brunswick
Red Cross Unit Expands Space In Proctor Building
The Red Cross Rensselaer County Home Service Department has outgrown its offices, taking over space in the Proctor Building and renting another large office for volunteer work. The department, led by Mrs Marie Collins Spain, handles welfare cases for servicemen and families and recently completed a home service course for volunteers who now assist.
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Home Service Department
Rensselaer County
Red Cross
Proctor
Mra
Marie Collins
Spain
Teen Age Laundresses Mix Hot Music and Hot Water
Buffalo hotel laundry turns to teen workers to ease bottlenecks after a spring emergency. High school age youths work after school, averaging two and a half hours daily, earning up to nine dollars weekly. The operation blends Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington tunes with brisk washing and ironing.
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Buffalo
Benny Goodman
Statler Hotel
Theodore Krueger
Edward L. Lynch
Lynch
Krueger
Goodman
Ellington
Glenn Miller
Harry James
Political Stage Continued on Page Fourteen
Roosevelt remains committed to unconditional surrender and the 1944 election may reshape strategy. The piece argues a unified foreign policy by Republicans and Democrats is essential to dent Nazi hopes that US voters will abandon Roosevelt’s terms. It warns anti Willkie factions risk helping Roosevelt seek a fourth term.
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Roosevelt
United States
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Roosevelt-Hull
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