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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
2
District OPA director Lester W. Herzog announced that all rationing boards will receive a form to reveal each member’s business connections. The goal is to complete records and avoid panels dominated by political religious or racial groups while political and religious questions remain voluntary.
The Record reports the U S Department of Labor forecasts 1 413 900 New York job needs after the war. Of these, 913 800 are returning veterans and 500 100 come from the peacetime shift to industry.
George N Briggs indicted on forgery false pretense and use of the mails to defraud in the Hopkins letter episode. He will be arraigned at 10 a.m. Monday before Chief Justice Edward Hicker in Federal District Court. Briggs, former aide to Interior Secretary Ickes, is free on $3000 bond.
The February table reduces points for many canned vegetables including asparagus beans spinach tomatoes corn greens peas and ketchup while mushrooms and soybeans are off the list. Tomato paste rises as do peaches and fruit cocktail while figs apricots plums and pears shift downward.
Watervliet Arsenal and other Army depots in the United States rush vast numbers of spare parts to 76 invasion fronts with A-1 priority. Stores hold up to 350 000 item types and millions of pieces. depots know exact bin locations and ship in weather proofed parcels. Codes protect overseas addresses and port destinations. In New Guinea, ordnance jeeps tanks and guns traverse rough trails under extreme heat as parts wear out quickly.
Mrs Christian M Schmidt, head of the federal jury that convicted Herbert K F Bahr, has asked Elizabeth New Jersey police for protection after reporting a threatening call claiming Gestapo involvement The call warned of death within three days and warned against contacting police Bahr is serving a 30 year term at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and was a former Troy student and Watervliet native
Washington AP reports Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Carmen Delia of Syracuse was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism during the Gavutu invasion in the Solomon Islands. Delia single handedly attacked a dugout, killing eight Japanese despite heavy fire and his own serious bullet and bayonet wounds, after which he had already earned the Purple Heart.
The Troy Chamber of Commerce board urges Governor Dewey and state lawmakers to adopt merit rating for employer unemployment insurance taxes. They argue New York trails seven states, risking competitive disadvantage, with an $600 million reserve risk of federalization. If adopted, the rate could drop from 2.7 to about 1.7 percent, saving area employers about $210,000. Local residents are asked to express views. DIES IN AUTO COLLISION. Niagara Falls (Pi-Frank Covatta, 24, was killed yesterday in an automobile collision.
In the Commons today Independent Tom Dry teazed an Eden statement on U boat recruitment claiming political groups in Spain aid Nazis to obtain crews. He urged sanctions and asked if Franco would be warned that continued neutrality breaches could cut Spain off oil and other supplies.
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