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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1943
Page
10
Wartime conditions raise the need for home deliveries when hospitals are crowded. Mothers should prepare a well lit clean room near a bathroom and gather essential equipment such as rubber sheeting, enamel basins, sanitary pads, absorbent cotton, soap, alcohol, boric acid, and safety pins for use before the doctor arrives. The physician supplies additional gear.
Officials remind ration stamp validity through August and July expirations. Red Stamps P Q R and M and N. blue food stamps and fuel stamps show dates and quantities. Individuals may request extra rations up to 13 pounds of sugar or 1 1/2 gallons A gas weekly limits at local rationing boards.
Automobiles wanted for Hartford war workers to transport to and from work. Offers cash and food price. Requesting year, make, body style, and price. Contact Einer Mortensen 36 Pearl St Hartford Conn. Convertible coupe wanted. Also seeking 1952 Cadillac models. State exact year make body style and asking price.
Representative Charles M. LaFollette and Congressman Walter G. Andrews advocate postwar growth for the Upper Hudson District. They cite natural resources, skilled labor, and a proposed NY State Barge Canal expansion to ship Troy products east. LaFollette sees peacetime uses for wartime labor and urges local authorities to attract industry and retain workers amid postwar needs.
The Troy Industrial Salvage Committee continued its record of scrap collected for munitions, forwarding a report to Washington. Since formation fourteen months ago the committee has logged 19,266,052 pounds of scrap, with today’s total including iron and steel, zinc, lead, rubber, and 246,242 pounds of paper and waste. firms reporting span multiple Troy manufacturers and presses.
Peter Edson reports Washington’s wartime crowding fuels a growing dirt and crime crisis. A congressional probe finds substandard housing, overflowing privies, rat infestations, and widespread slum conditions affecting about half the District’s population. The city also faces a rising crime wave with thousands of 1942 crimes and many unsolved cases.
Gardeners face blossom drop in tomatoes peppers and lima beans due to heat drought shading and excessive nitrogen. Light and moisture are crucial for proper set. avoid heavy manure or chemical fertilizer beyond recommended levels and limit Bordeaux sprays.
In a mass meeting the Atlantic Fishermen's Union voted 157 to 76 to end a weeklong strike. They will petition the War Labor Board and the OPA for a readjustment of ex-vessel ceiling prices on fresh fish. Leaders McHugh and Cavin then departed for a Boston area mass meeting, as about 1,500 fishermen across New England ports protested by leaving their vessels.
A historical report depicts Washington's dire crime trends with 700 plus convictions daily and juvenile delinquency at 450 cases per day. It notes 2300 burglaries 1000 robberies 542 assaults and rampant prostitution, venereal disease infections among service members at 2000 yearly, revealing a stark underbelly visitors miss.
Two people were injured by falls during a Berkshire blackout in Pittsfield and Adams. City official Peter YT McGovern remained hospitalized with a fractured skull after tumbling at home. A child received facial cuts. a Berkshire mill fire was caused by a switched off power. A correctional trusty fled during the outage, and Coast Guard terminology is noted.
Edward E Faulkner a former county agent turned plant experimenter preaches soil saving by avoiding the plow He uses a disk harrow and surface debris to feed roots and retain moisture His tomato patch experiment drew neighbors praise and prompted him to publish Plowmans Folly with University of Oklahoma Press His method aims to healthier crops and less erosion over time.
Washington reports that the removal of coffee from the ration list is imminent with a final date pending. An OPA announcement is expected in a few days after recommendations were sent to OPA and War Food Administration officials. Coffee stocks totaled about 450 million pounds, above the normal 300 million, with imports exceeding consumption. Sugar rationing is expected to continue for war needs, as large raw sugar use goes to industrial alcohol.
A Syracuse conference led to a twelve point plan from New York state school superintendents to Dr George D Stoddard advocating school released work permits for non graduates up to age 18 with declarations of intent and personal parental appearances. The measures include part time work school balance arrangements and stricter follow ups to ensure continued education amid wartime needs. The plan stresses keeping youths in school while allowing war work and calls for cooperation between state and local groups. In Tucson Arizona restaurant owners agree to two meatless days Tuesday and Thursday to support patriotism. More than 100 operators urged housewives to join the effort.
A Washington spokesman for the Office of Price Administration warned of a forthcoming critical egg shortage by next December, with the worst in the nation’s history and a strong black market. No midwinter rationing plan is considered as production peaks in spring and summer decline toward winter. Cold storage eggs will go to the armed forces and 30 percent of production will be dried eggs for government use, affecting bakers and consumers alike.
The Army announces the wedding of Corp. Tech. Violet Grobsky of Long Island New York and Corp. Tech. Henry Foster of Boston both serving as Army cooks. The ceremony linked two Army personnel at Fort Devens Massachusetts.
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