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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
12
Washington street bulletin reports new measures to ease meat shortages. Price Chief Chester Bowles directs slaughterers to maintain the proportion of urban shipments based on the first three months of 1941, aiming for fairer distribution though not guaranteeing equal allotments for every city or county despite maldistribution concerns.
The OPA administrator says faulty meat distribution stems from slaughterers altering their usual geographic patterns. Some have withdrawn from areas they served and others have irregularly changed the flow of available supplies, affecting each region's current proportional share from area slaughterers in the first quarter.
Oswego residents appeal to President and Congress for urgent action to improve war refugee living conditions at Fort Ontario shelter. They urge refugees be allowed private housing, relieved of camp costs, permitted to work, and eligible for U.S. citizenship. A congressional inquiry is slated for June.
Hoosic Falls adjourned annual meeting of Hoosac Chapter American Red Cross set for 7:30 p.m. at Municipal Building to elect officers and conduct business. Also local notices include Methodist Church classes meeting this evening with listed hostesses, T C Class meeting Monday at Spio home, tax bills mailed by Village Clerk Rita Doyle with levy of 55800 and 5 percent after July 1 plus 0.5 percent monthly until sale, essay contest for Troy sponsor Mrs Delmer Runkle with prizes 10, 4 and honorable mention, and notes on residents Harold Clements visiting family, the McDermotts buying a Kingsley Ave home, and Donald W Jones released from Stalag Luft 1 Barth Germany with Air Medal and Presidential Citation Ribbon.
Round Lake Sgt Hillis Morris has left for service overseas. Mrs Earte Castie underwent an operation Saturday at Albany Hospital. Sta Sgt Donald Gorshre is in a hospital in England, seeking word received here. Mrs Charles EL Akerley of Sara spelled unclear in text.
A scrambled 4 890 entry from Troy area includes 6 45 top of morning segment with a breakfast feature and mime story. The fragment mentions sas bastion and ads at 1220R, signal of a local broadcast mix.
An account describes low level strafing tactics by Mitchell bombers, noting altitude, speed, and risk. Crews discuss staying on deck, accuracy at 100 to 200 feet, and dangers to trees, buildings, and ships. The piece recounts strafing Formosan targets, encounters with gunfire, and a destroyer escort sinking by Morton.
A desolate war briefing describes repetitive bursts from heavy fires around Japanese positions. Mitchell crews note concentrated gunnery and Japanese gunners ducking as Allied fighters close to two thousand yards. Morten reports from the Fifth Air Force unit.
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