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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1943
Page
10
Health writer Dr Thomas Masters explains how summer heat, fabric shortages, and limited cleaning facilities raise sweat losses and dehydration risks for workers. Sweat increases with temperature and activity, salt balance can falter, and aluminum chloride antiperspirants offer relief though must be applied to dry skin and washed off before wearing clothes.
Fred H. Sexauer, president of the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, warns rationing of milk may be necessary in coming months or voluntary steps may suffice. He faults planners and says proper planning could fix the situation by next year.
Gardeners should pick beans every two to three days while pods are smooth and young. Harvest squash at six to eight inches, cucumbers while green, and leave tomatoes to fully ripen on the vine for sweetness and nutrition. Some crops like peppers stay edible longer. peppers and eggplants may be picked later, especially for pickling. Tomato leaf curl is widespread but not caused by disease or insects, with pruning and deep cultivation worsening symptoms and variation by variety and season.
Farmers across eight Eastern Montana counties adopt a pay is no consideration slogan to secure labor for a 180000 acre wheat harvest, warning a potential loss of 4500000 dollars without help within 15 days. County agents appeal to Nepra and South Dakota farm workers due to upcoming harvest.
Gov Earl Warren signed a legislative bill granting trailer camps and public camping grounds the same voting privileges as permanent homes. The measure, approved by the Legislature, aims to clarify voter status for trailer and auto camp residents in crowded industrial centers amid wartime worker influx and housing shortages.
Home Front notices explain current rationing dates for red stamps P to EV covering meat, cheese, butter, fats, and sugar limits. It lists validity dates through August and October, with adjustments for fuel oil and A stamps. blue stamps N to T apply to canned foods, and shoe stamp 18 remains valid through October.
General Electric officials in Schenectady announced mass production of the bazooka, an anti tank weapon supplied to United Nations forces. Maj. Gen. Campbell said a lone American soldier used the weapon to force a fort surrender in Africa, highlighting its simple yet powerful capability against tanks.
A Troy area group of aviation enthusiasts has formed the Troy Squadron Flying Club Inc to foster Civil Air Patrol interest and support the war effort. Five directors include Harry M. Simmons Glenmont Eleanor E Marshall and others with incorporators listed and Lyman D. Brandon as counsel.
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division adopts metal stitching to assemble parts faster, using a thin wire punched through steel and clinched beneath. The method saves about 28 hours weekly, easing riveting and spot-welding. It handles materials like fiber and plywood, enhancing airplane construction efficiency.
A Chiasso dispatch to the Weile Zuericher Zeitung reports that crowds in Milan severely harmed a statue of Mussolini in the Piazza Littorio on Thursday.
Chester Bowles arrives as senior deputy administrator of the Office of Price Administration in Washington. He projects a mild, unassuming style and vows to build trusted teams, decentralize, and educate the public, aiming real progress in six weeks while balancing subsidies and regulation amid a wary national mood.
The American Journal of Public Health reports tuberculosis as the leading death cause for ages 15 to 34, with young women at greater risk than men. Dr. Lewis J. Moorman notes hazards for women entering industry and advocates instruction on diet and working conditions to counteract the disease. The Journal adds that while deaths peak after 65, tuberculosis kills more people in the most productive years than any other disease.
Averill Park Corp William Porter Jr of West Palm Beach Fla has been the guest of the Lambert family The new observatory post building will be dedicated with a program Sunday Aug 15 at 3 pm Lawrence Barnum of Sampson recently visited his parents Rev and Mrs Robert B Russell and family The Home Bureau unit will hold a picnic for Mrs Earl B Covert at Crystal Deke Tuesday at 6 30 p m Mr and Mrs Wesley Mordfelt and son of North Greenbush were guests of Mrs Louise Robertson and family Richard Lay was taken ill with a heart attack Wednesday evening and was moved to Leonard Hospital Troy for treatment
John F. Kraft, a hotel clerk in Los Angeles, says he was robbed three times by the same bandit. In the latest incident the thief produced a revolver and stole 183 dollars and 7 cents. The bandit left with the quip that he likes it there and would even take the 7 cents for carfare.
The National Housing Agency announced a plan to build 150 permanent housing units for employees of Watervliet Arsenal Ludlow Valve Corp and Adirondack Foundries on the Ward estate along the Troy Albany highway between Watervliet and Menands. Schuyler Heights Inc of White Plains owns Wardhaven. Architect is Walter R F Pember Albany. Rental initially set at 25 to 40 dollars a month later raised to 40 50 dollars as contractors show interest with federal funds and material priorities to be provided by the New York regional office of the agency.
Tolischus analyzes Nazi economics detailing profit controls, industry quotas, wage freezes, and suppression of unions while wartime rationing and price controls hurt living standards. He notes farmers receive favorable terms, and urges Mr. Wallace and critics to read his book, linking fascism with wartime policy debates.
The USO floating club on the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg opened July 3 under Gov Edward Martin. In peacetime the lighted commercial dance boat carried more than 600 people and offered worship, dances and entertainments for service members during summer nights.
The second in a series outlines tuition-free evening courses opening in August at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Twenty weeks, two evenings weekly, train men and women civilians from the Tri-city Area for essential war work, with several math chemistry and drafting offerings under the U.S. Office of Education program.
Professor Stanic Wiltse rector of war training at Rensselaer Institute plans his first vacation in 30 years. He will stay at a Spring Lake camp between Taborton and Berlin for a week while managing logistics for seven civilian war workers and provisions amid gas rationing.
Open until August 11. Courses extend mathematical training for students lacking high school math and offer refreshers. Prerequisites include high school graduation and one year of math. Classes cover algebra geometry trigonometry analytic geometry and introduction to calculus. Drafting and two chemistry courses prepare workers for war industries with plastics and industrial chemistry topics. One course targets women with high school diplomas.
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