Troy Record Ad Seeks Readers for Local Private Exchange
An advertisement from The Troy Record Company outlines a private branch exchange service linking departments. Dwight Marvin is listed as editor and treasurer, with company officers David B Plum and Frank L. Fork in key roles. The notice emphasizes a connected, internal communications system.
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Dwight Marvin
The
Troy Recore Company
David B Plum
Foo. Betts
Frank L. Fork
Morgenthau Sees Nothing Clearly
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr criticizes proposed amendments to the wartime contract renegotiation law linked to the tax bill. He warns they could enable contractors to reap vast profits, calling it a potential national scandal. He argues for balanced taxation and warns against inflationary effects, urging a government policy that facilitates private investment and smooth reconversion.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Ohio
Supreme Court
Office of War Mobilization and Economic Stabilization
Christmas Packages For Hitler
The article notes that Allied air power will not end the war by Christmas and that German cities have suffered heavy bombing. It highlights Frankfurt joining Berlin Hamburg Cologne and Kassel in bombed targets, with bombers sweeping over Bremen Augsburg Innsbruck and Sofa. Allied losses are high but German damage is incalculable and repair impossible. The piece concludes that Allied air fleets will continue to strengthen.
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Germany
Bethlehem
United States Army Air Forces
Sterling
Royal Air Force
Frankfurt
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Kassel
Bremen
Augsburg
Innsbruck
Sofa
de Seversky
Allied airmen target war effort with Christmas package drops
Forced to live in target areas will welcome invasion and occupation as an alternative to continued bombing. Bombing alone may not be sufficient to knock Germany out of the war. But the Allied airmen have not spared their efforts, braving adverse weather, barrages of flak and enemy planes to reach their targets. The Christmas packages they have delivered to Hitler this month may not end the war, but they will surely shorten it.
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Germany
Hitler
Ideological gymnastics in a Carnegie Hall speech
The speech in Carnegie Hall organized by Communists marks the Reichstag fire trial ten year anniversary. Earl Browder urges a united front of communists, progressives and democrats, while the piece critiques shifting party lines and contrasts democracy with Russia. It notes Yugoslavia under Marshal Broz, Partisans, and Chetniks, and lauds limited aid to hinder German occupation despite political disagreements.
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Carnegie Hall
New York City
Germany
Earl Browder
Communist Party In America
George Dimitsof
Communist International
Josef Stalin
Hitler
Browder
Russia
Communist Party
America
Stalin
Britain
Peter
Mihailovich
Marshal Broz
Yugoslavia
Balkan Slavic Struggle Deepens as Yugoslavia Splits
News outlines Yugoslavia’s internal conflict as Marshal Tito and the Partisans clash with Mihailovic’s Chetniks and Ustasha Croats while the German occupation persists. It notes Serbs Croats and Slovenes identities, looming fragmentation, and three armed factions battling internally and against the invader.
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Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
National Council of Liberation
Peter
Ustashis
Chetniks
Mihailovich
Tito
Morning in Minneapolis Inspires Gracious Dawn Observations
A Minneapolis morning at Lake Harriet is described with lyrical detail by a female reporter. The scene captures muskrat activity, baby ducks, Lover’s Lane, and a pink dawn over Penn Avenue. The piece contrasts city dawns with harsher places like Troy and notes the Seattle airplane lights near the lake.
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Minneapolis
Lake Harriet
Harriet
Lover’s Lane
Troy
Lover's Lane
Albrecht Durer
Penn Ave
Aurora
Seattle
Castor
Pollux
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Minnesota man sues for divorce over money driven affection
A Minnesota husband petitions for divorce claiming his wife only kissed him when she sought money. He argues the motive behind affection was financial gain, a pattern he says would predominate in their marriage. The odd note also contrasts a Christmas message to Hitler with turkey imagery and warns gifts become debts.
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Minnesota
Current Comment Softening Up Marshalls
The piece notes two weeks of daily air raids by U S bombers and carrier planes on the Japanese held Marshall Islands. It highlights shipping losses, the attrition strategy against Japan, and the anticipated combined sea air and land offensive to seize the Marshalls. It cites prior actions at Guadalcanal and subsequent campaigns to Bougainville and the Gilberts as preparation.
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Marshall Islands
Japan
Marshalls
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Bougainville
New Britain
Gilberts
Landlord Woes and War Ration Talk From Troy Letters
The Record prints reader letters from 1943 addressing anonymity in communications, rent costs, and war rationing. A landlord argues repairs and prices squeeze tenants while comparing heat and insulation issues. A second letter supports Governor Dewey’s probe, calling it a righteous investigation and urging accountability.
The Case Against Tips in Hotels and Restaurants
A Westbrook Pegler column argues tipping is a lingering superstition that shifts wages to employers through reduced base pay. He criticizes customers for subsidizing labor costs and urges hotels, restaurants, and Pullman services to abolish tipping, replace it with fair wages, and adjust prices accordingly. He notes workers and managers alike bear the consequences of the current system.
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New York
Pullman
Pulliman
Roosevelt Returns to White House Amid Welcoming Party
President Roosevelt returns from travel to a warmer welcome in the Oval Room. He jokes about an Elks card unlocking the entrance as he meets Cordell Hull Alben Barkley Sam Rayburn John McCormack and Joe Martin and notes he wore an Army shirt with a non reg tie. He plans to brief Congress on his talks with Allied leaders and expects a subdued reception from reporters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oval Room
White House
Cordell Hull
Senate
Alben Barkley
Sam Rayburn
House
John McCormack
Joe Mar
Joe Martin
Elks
Martin
G.O.P
Secret Service
Francis Maloney
Connecticut
Maroney
Treasury
Morgenthau
Henry
Stalin
Churchill
Chiang Kaij Shek
Rayburn
Congressional
Congress
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Mrs. Roosevelt
The Coin Corner Collecting Hobby and History
The piece extols coin collecting as a path to travel imagination and world knowledge, noting coins reveal history and rulers, while hoards show ancient practice. It mentions banks and museums, growing US interest since 1840, local clubs, national groups, and guides for collecting diverse sets such as Lincoln cents, with a closing question about coin values.
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Julius Ceasar
Napoleon
United States
Marshall Office Mission To South Pacific And Hawaii
General Marshall travels to the South Pacific and Hawaii to brief American commanders in key theaters. He aims to convey decisions made by the President and allied leaders, including Chiang Kai-shek and Stalin, to MacArthur and other commanders, reflecting a policy set by the U.S. joint Chiefs of Staff. The visit marks a rare in-person meeting with MacArthur, highlighting trust between the two former World War I colleagues.
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Washington
General Marshall
South Pacific
Hawaii
General MacArthur
Admiral Nimeitz
U. S. Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kai-shek
Marshal Stalin
MacArthur
The
Philippines
Genergil Marshall
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