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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
19
Philadelphia report describes salt’s corrosive effect on weapon parts and Col. H. B. Ely of the Ordnance Depot at Stanford Arsenal ordering strict overseas shipment packing standards. He warns production must not override proper preservation of equipment for overseas delivery.
The text describes an early corrosion protection method called Ord nance Method No. 2. Instruments are placed in a moisture absorbing container before wrapping with a water repellant greaseproof paper named Ordnance Wrap to prevent salt water vapors from entering the package.
Pvt. Helen Van Coutren, a WAC student at Arkansas State Teachers College, is the tenth sibling to serve. Two sisters are in the WACs, one in North Africa. Seven brothers serve, six in the Navy and one in the Army. two more expected to be inducted. Children of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Van Coutren of St. Louis, Missouri.
A secret federal indictment in Seattle charges Moore McCormack Lines and three officers including President Albert W Moore with conspiring to defraud the government by obtaining rebates from the port of Seattle and delaying Lend Lease shipments to Russia. The firm denies the charges. maximum penalty is a $10 000 fine and two years imprisonment.
A nine month old died from starvation prompting a probe into conditions on Buffalo’s outskirts. Autopsy found no fat, in a two room cottage near another child’s recent food poisoning death. Occupants include the mother Alice Cook 21 aunt Catherine Magyar and Magyar's three children. Authorities note lack of beds and minimal food and will seek Mayor Kelly’s personal involvement.
Representative Charles L. Gifford of Massachusetts remained in critical condition in a Washington hospital after being struck by a street car near his home on Wednesday night. Doctors said he suffered possible skull fractures and facial lacerations and was rushed by rescue squad ambulance.
The United States plans to freeze economic and monetary transactions with Argentina, a move supported by 2000 Navy V-5 and V-12 students in Troy. The report notes U S investments in Argentina and Argentine holdings in the United States, with the Treasury detailing balances and bond holdings.
Army tests at Lehigh University found the average physical efficiency of men in the student training program over 12 weeks was 21 percent higher than those in the regular college program. Trainees also led in muscular strength and endurance.
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