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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1945
Page
2
Cropseyville sailor Peter H Stasini of the Naval Air Corps spent the week with his parents in Whidbey Island Washington before being stationed on Staten Island. John J Braslak discharged after 22 months in the Pacific Theater and 28 months total in the service.
Forty students in Troy Evening School construction classes learn by doing. Instructors Rene P. Michel and Frank J. Quinn guide work on scale model houses from blueprints to finished sections. Veterans study for Regents credits while others prepare for carpentry or home repair tasks.
American motorists can expect to roll on synthetic rubber for a long time and synthetic may last as long as natural rubber. Prices show synthetic at about 18 to 19 cents a pound versus 22 cents for natural. imports hindered by Java disturbances, boosting self sufficiency. Major firms forecast synthetic tires equal to natural tires and US labor shortages cap production.
In December 1941 Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz traveled incognito to observe U S naval command after being named Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas He studied secret reports while en route and later met Vice Admiral William Pye amid a battered fleet and demoralized forces The piece notes the impact of his leadership on wartime strategy and the broader rubber industry discussion about natural versus synthetic rubber causing shifts in global supply and price dynamics
Fleet Admiral Nimitz, soon to be COMINCH and CNO, is praised for cool leadership in the Pacific. The article notes his Annapolis start, submarine service, diesel work, and key decisions guiding operations with three viability rules.
The passage asserts that under Nitite’s leadership the Navy will maintain a steady course and avoid past shoals, keeping itself in the highest order of readings the nation permits.
A historical note credits C G Liddy of Watertown with a pre Civil War invention of steel spring bed support. It describes the shift from loose buggy-spring bases to a sturdier system that required less tightening, marking a milestone in mattress comfort.
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