Low Flying Cited After New York Disaster
A Troy Record analysis views last week’s New York crash as caused by low altitude and pilot misjudgment. It argues instruments and firing fog limits could have prevented the Empire State Building collision, urges stricter airfield enforcement and discipline for stunt pilots over cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor Ciy
Wheever
le Guardia
Empire State Building
East
Hudson
Newark
E. J. Hannan
Fifth Avene
Troy
St. John’s Lutheran Church
New York
UNRRA Faces New Aid Demands After Russian Request
UNRRA top officials warn that Russia asked for 760 million dollars in aid and China planned at 645 million, disrupting financial planning and prompting calls for even more funds in 1948. The council meets August 7 to discuss the evolving relief strategy and Russia’s cooperation, with policy shifts affecting distribution and lend-lease status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Betiefend Rehabilitation Administration
Russia
UNRRA
China
Roy P. Hendrickson
Herbert H. Leitman
Lenin
Cleer
Balkans
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Greece
Focal
Siberia
Europe
Aid to Russia Through UNRRA And Tend Lease Shift
The text notes a shift of aid and funds from the United States to UNRRA and Russia. It suggests continued broad aid to Russia despite Tend Lease curtailment as Joint Chiefs authorize transfers totaling 250 million dollars through UNRRA or similar channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
UNRRA
De Gaulle urged compromise for a stable France after referendum push
The piece critiques Charles de Gaulle’s push for a new constitution and plebiscites while soldiers remain in Germany. It argues for consultation, cooperative leadership, and a lasting parliamentary framework to restore France’s standing and peace, urging steady ministerial governance and alliance alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Uermany
Giraud
France
Syria
Consultative Assembly
Tals Rebum
War Poetry Dims as Soldiers Face Modern Realities
The piece argues poetry faded from World War II as soldiers confront a brutal, unglamorous war. It questions why poets like Seeger and Brooke wrote little about battle and suggests the era’s grim reality silences elegiac verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Seegers
Rupert Brookes
Seeger
Brooke
England
Germany
Twe Clima
Time runs out on Japan as bombings widen
United Nations forces press a broader air and naval campaign with Gen LeMay forecasting attacks on major Japanese centers. Six cities have faced strikes over the weekend as ships like Haruna Ise Aoba Oyodo suffer crippling damage. The WPB reports more socks produced for war bonds amid manpower strains as civilians fear evacuation and production disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMay
Japan
Pacific
Generel LaMar
United Nations
Haruna
Hesched
Ise
Aoba
Oyeds
Uncle Sem
Philippines
Collapse of Liberalism Marks Election By Liberal Party
The piece argues Liberalism waned after World War I as Labor rose, noting Liberal disarray in the recent election with only eleven Liberal MPs of 627 seats. It warns that Liberals abandoned core free enterprise principles, leaving the United States as a rare proven defender of liberal economics and limited government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Attlee
Labor
Churchill
Great Britain
Livaral
MacDonald
William Beveridge
Liberal Party
England
United States
Calvert Hall College query confounds records in Troy
Readers in Troy question the existence and status of Calvert Hall College. The letter-writers seek clarity on whether it is a real coed college and where it is located, noting it is not listed in standard reference works or education directories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert Hall College
Troy
United States Office of Education
Record Office
Editor Letter on OFA and PA Costs
A Record editor dismisses the PA as a costly failure and laments its complexity. The writer notes public dissatisfaction with congressmen and editors backing the PA and hints at deeper inefficiencies requiring many experts to untangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OFA
the Record
Kitchen Fats and Cooperation Letter to The Record
Letters to The Record discuss waste fat disposal and tin can requirements for transport. A reader asks for cooperation and notes neighbors could donate cans. A mother thanks Congressman Taylor for efforts to bring home soldiers of the 105th Infantry after four years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sands
the Record
Rep
Times
105Th Infantry
Congressman Taylor
Troy
Why the United Nations Charter Passed by Senate
Analysis of the 1945 Senate vote on the United Nations Charter contrasts with 1919 League of Nations omitted passage. It argues stance shifted by Roosevelt and Truman, the Article Ten reservations, and the balance between executive and congressional war powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Senate
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Tramar
Congress
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mr. “ Roosevel
Truman gardener irving warns of quits and wages
The Independence Missouri gardener Harrison Irving, long employed by the Truman family, contemplates resignation over pay and duties including sidewalk weed removal and basement whitewashing. He cites low wages and safety concerns with traffic near the estate. He plans to quit and find new work while seeking fairer pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison
Irving
West Mill Ave
Independence
Truman Lawn
Harrison Irving
West van Horn Road
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Britain
Labor Party
Churchill
Democratic Party
Tunney Pushes Sailor Uniform Reform in Navy History
Historical column notes Gene Tunney then lieutenant commander in the Navy suggesting a costume rethink for sailors. He targets ill fitting pants and the flat hat, arguing improvements would boost physical fitness, posture, and morale, while Congress must authorize any funding or program. He cites vintage images and an old sailor Arthur Palmer in Long Beach supporting masculine, modern dress for health and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gene Tunney
Stamfore
Conn
Gordons
Tunney Conten
Tunney
Eyany
Seilorg
Arthur LL Palmer
Long Beach
Cab
Bob Evana
Wordplay and historical language critique in reader letters
Readers discuss place names starting with S in Virginia and neighboring states, a clip about a Bendix plant and wartime airfields, questions about the Lord’s Prayer wording and archaic King James English, a placard misreading about stationary sales, and a request for a pamphlet on the national anthem with a self addressed envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesville
Samme
Virginie
P. Mf
Walla
Hera
Bendis
Elixirs
Bendix
Colorado
Springs
Houston
Dow
Teilly
Bern
Frank Colby
Also Mentioned on This Page
WPB
Arkansas
Boston
Echo
By Denys Wortman
Ae Workman
Reg DB
Pat
Record
By David LA
Lin & Treaty
Matiter Fox Bolt Houses
Sears
Tromat
Potsdam
Friends of the Charter
International Organization
United. Nations
The
White House
Clement Sittiee
Sean Puffs
Ramsey MacDonald
Giddie
Speare
Herbert Morrison
Ernest Bevin
Morrison
Bevin
Bevin Hsad
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Pearl Herbor
Bevincumade
London
Waterloo Bridge
Moore
Ernie Bevini
Transport Workers
Ike John Ie Lewis
Fair
Westbrook Pegler
Navy
Beate
By Frank Colby
Readers’ Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!