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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1943
Page
6
The Troy Record Company lists Dwight, Marya as editors and names David Bo Pius president B H Betts vice president Frank L York treasurer and Dwight Marvin secretary. A private branch exchange connects all departments via Troy 6100.
The piece critiques Mr. Ickes remarks on war effort leadership, arguing Roosevelt relied on named industrialists like Knudsen and Hillman, not typical businessmen, while pointing to the BEW and Palace Guard figures Hopkins Rosenman Frankfurter. It questions whether Ickes describes a war program or a medicine show and notes ongoing tensions in executive control of war production.
From Enna the campaign advances toward Catania as German forces resist the British Eighth Army in heavy fighting. The western coast appears cut off while Axis defenses hold the northeastern corner near Mount Etna. German counterattacks are unlikely, and the enemy fights a delaying defensive as the thrust northwestward succeeds.
General MacArthur’s Pacific advance includes a damaging strike near Kolombangara and a 2400 mile bombing raid to Soerabaja Java. A pivotal Paramushiru raid, likely by Army Liberators, hit base installations and ships, bringing the war closer to Japanese shores and easing pressure in the South Pacific.
Allied forces advance rapidly in Sicily as 80 percent of the island falls under control. American and Canadian units ring towns and ports, with Palermo secured after a thrust from Castelvetrano. Enna falls, severing the central rail line and leaving Axis forces with a single remaining corridor as the center operation continues.
The president promised Congress a fall plan to curb living costs but offered no details, calling it a large expense. He favors spending and political gain over a sure ceilings remedy, while Congress asserts itself as the financial body dictating expenditures.
The passage argues that an entrenched power holder has overstepped, and that this fall Congress may reject presidential leverage. It notes Congress' sensitivity to public opinion and hints at voter fatigue with Washington waste, abuses, and improvidence, suggesting Congress might resist the President's plans and spend more cautiously.
A historic Rome church was damaged in a raid by British and American airmen, prompting Pope and church leaders to mourn while critics compare it to Germany’s 4100 English church bombings. The piece condemns the ruthlessness and questions Nazi doctrine and Mussolini's role.
An excerpt recalls Stalin’s disgust at the Mission to Moscow, mistaking it for history and deeming it a travesty. The piece notes UN airmen threat and Italy’s possible retreat as Sicily and Italy come under invasion, with the Boston Globe offering a wartime motto. A father and son tie appears as the son goes to war while the father stays.
New York Sun reports John L Lewis has reached a preliminary contract with the Illinois Coal Operators Association for 30,000 miners. It provides portal-to-portal pay, longer work time with time and a half for the extra hour, and other concessions. Operators have sent the deal to the War Labor Board for approval and seek OPA price increases to cover higher costs. Past attempts at splitting operators’ ranks show fragile gains. Time will tell if this success endures.
A collection of reader questions and editor responses covers anonymous submissions, V Mail explanations, a query about the 35 mile an hour speed limit, a blood plasma inquiry with a stated 12 pints per body, and a farmer lament on dependency and New Deal slogans in Melrose New York.
The piece analyzes how Moscow’s Free Germany move and allied bombing of Rome affect German public fear, Italian morale, and Catholic world views. It notes potential shifts toward peace options, Rome’s open city debate, and the Pope’s restraint amid intensified Allied air strikes. The argument weighs cultural losses against strategic gains and predicts the long term influence on Allied strategy in central Europe.
Washington column notes Vice President Wallace planned a sharp Detroit address before his row with Jesse Jones with President Roosevelt's approval. The piece also reports Cox's nepotistic payroll gains and probes into the FCC, plus Axis distortions about South America and Bolivia Chile port talks.
A speculative column weighs postwar options for Americans to shape a United States of the World. It questions policing by Russia and the aims of Four Freedoms, wonders how zones of influence would be drawn, and whether Italy or Britain gain Africa or votes in a new global body, with continued discussion promised on Page Eleven.
Readers ask about FOYER pronunciation and the origin of ice-capade. Responses cite French and Anglicized forms, discuss phonetic systems, and note that newspapers rarely use IPA. Examples cover BERING sea, HELICOPTER etymology from Greek helix and pteron, with a Denver gossip line about WAACs at Fort Oglethorpe.
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