Meat Shortage Persists as Deliveries Expected Today or Tomorrow
Troy retailers and wholesalers report shipments arriving or due soon amid meat shortages. Households may still find enough meat through careful shopping, but beef and lamb remain hard to obtain. Managers note a pattern of varied items, with frankfurters and Bologna common, and prices and supply constrained by supply and demand controls. A rancher analogy and packer pricing remarks reflect the ongoing tension over fair sales and market freedom.
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Troy
Tim
New Shoes for War Plant Women Introduced
Wartime designers under War Department safety leadership create Army russet shoes with manganese steel toecaps for women workers. Built like Blucher walking shoes, they balance protection and comfort, weigh about 27 ounces per pair, cost $4 to $5, and will be distributed via factory commissaries and ration tickets. National and regional manufacturers cooperate under the American Standards Association.
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New York
War Department
Momen
Tne
East
Middle West
Maj
E. R. Grannis
American Standards Association
Smoke Fog Proves Success in North Africa
Schenectady dispatch reports the M-1 smoke generator screens military objectives by creating dense artificial fog. Brng. Gen. Alden H. Waitt notes its impact on precision bombing, claiming fifty to hundred times more smoke with lower cost and effort.
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Schenectady
Sns
Brng
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
Popular Science Monthly
Waitt
North Africa
General Windris Research Laboratory
Gas shortage boosts local park use and youth recreation
Ed ward A Wachter commissioner of recreation notes transportation problems push groups toward home recreation. Three church groups picnicked at Frear Park and used the facilities including the wading pool and courts while attendants supervise play. He says organized play attracts children more than spontaneous games and parks provide ready equipment. Largest of all flying birds the condor does not learn to fly until almost a year old.
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Edward A. Wachter
Second Baptist Church
Church of the Ascension
Salvation Army
Frear Park
Wachter
Vacation at Home Games for All Ages in Backyard
Home Front writers present simple at home games for families and neighbors to enjoy in warm evenings. Prizes include old favorites like Prisoner’s Base and Leap Frog, with tips on safety and inclusive play for adults and children, plus ideas for neighborhood Olympics and group classics.
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Mary Breen
Arthur Lawson
NEA Service
Pop
Haley
Seek to Peg State School Aid In War Industrial Areas
Albany fearful of heavy increases in school taxes in war industrial districts like Troy District educators plan to press for pegged state aid next Legislature. Attendance drops 12.5 percent in five wartime cities, risking large cuts in aid and higher local taxes. Labor industry and education leaders meet in Syracuse to discuss the exodus as schools dismiss staff and curtail services.
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Albany
Troy
Lewis A. Wilison
Rochester
Utica
Buffalo
Elmira
Niagara Falls
Syracuse
Wilson
Schoo
Span ish-American War Veterans Convene in Saranac Lake
The annual three day state convention of Spanish American War Veterans opened in Saranac Lake and will end with officer elections tomorrow. The report notes a curious line about young crows consuming large amounts of food daily.
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Saranac Lake
Health Eliminate Dangers of Swimming
Thomas D Masters writes on safe swimming practices. He notes that swimming, while popular and healthy, carries risks from currents, undertows, germs, and sun exposure. Precautions include avoiding diving for allergic swimmers, using protective ear coverage, and waiting two hours after meals before swimming.
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Thomas D. Masters
NEA
Breathing Tube Seen as Gas Mask Aid
Corvallis Oregon reports Lieutenant Colonel William E. Caldwell of the Chemical Warfare School has invented a breathing tube to protect people from gas for a short while when gas masks are unavailable. The device could aid civilians in peacetime and assist fire fighters, with Caldwell noting its use for temporary protection against acid fumes. The item is one of over 2,000 articles plated with chromium.
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Corvallla
Liieut
William E. Caldwell
Chemical Warfare School
Oregon State College
Col
Caldwell
U. S
Vacation Gas Applications Delayed to July Fourteen
Officials from the Troy Rationing Board and Rensselaer County Board announced that vacation gas forms will not be received before July 14. Many Troy area drivers have sought forms. offices will not act on applications until July 14. Applicants must show an A gasoline ration book with enough coupons to cover the trip. Forms were received Friday. vacation driving becomes effective July 15 after approval.
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Troy Rationing Board
Rensselaer County Board
Troy Area
Hudson teacher mourns as brother killed in action
Lieut. Martin J. Healy, 26, of Hudson has been killed in action in the European theater. Miss Margaret Healy, his sister and a Hudson school teacher, received word of the loss.
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Martin J. Healy
Hudson
Margaret Healy
Gurley Firm Wins Second Army Navy Production Award
Gurley firm W w and L E Gurley makers of precision instruments for the armed forces, wins a second Army Navy Production Award for meritorious service on the production front. The White Star emblem is added to their flag, as announced to president Charles Day by Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson.
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L. EB. Gurley
Charles L Day
W. & L. E Gurley
Army-Navy
Tamed Wildcat Becomes Family Pet in Myrtle Point
In Myrtle Point Oregon a 22 pound wild cat nicknamed Stubby roams a local home. The creature sits on shoulders and accepts being carried but enforces its will on favorites, proving its domesticated wildcat status.
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Myrtle Point
Ore
Stubby
Army cuts loot to one duffle bag for overseas bound soldiers
The Army Quartermasters Depot simplified gear for Doughboys heading to New Guinea Algiers or Liverpool. Soldiers now carry a single duffle bag about one third larger than the old version and similar to Marine Corps luggage.
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Jersey City
Ums
Army Quartermasters Depot
Bes
New Guinea
Algiers
Liverpool
Marine Corps
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Home Front
No Man's Land
No Man’s Land
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Chicago
Victory Gardens
DH. Masters
Precisio Instruments
Max. E. Rubin
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