Troy Record subscription terms and circulation note
The Troy Record lists subscription rates for both morning and evening editions with carrier delivery and mail options. It details prices for in state and out of state periods, plus a May 1943 circulation figure and note of Audit Bureau of Circulations membership.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Intolerable? It's Damnable! President seeks draft up to 65
A reader denounces the Presidents plan to seek authority to draft men up to age 65 for noncombat service as intolerable and damning. The piece argues the move would extend power, target critics, and threaten wartime efforts while accusing the President of leveraging labor disputes with Lewis to seize private property. The writer condemns the administration’s handling of strikes and calls for action against wartime obstruction.
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Congress
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Gant Lewis
German Evacuations Mount As Allied Bombing Intensifies
The German government reportedly orders the evacuation of about 3,000,000 residents from the Ruhr valley as Allied bombings target key industrial centers. Western cities are emptied with official refugee transport plans signaling perceived weakness and the need for safety amid unrelenting air raids.
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Nazi High Command
Ruhr
Reich
Germany
Reichsmarshal
Goering
Evacuation Demand as War Talks Spread through Germany
The piece notes Hitler's publication urging mass relocation to safety in the countryside, claiming five months to erect emergency housing in Essen and shelter thousands around the Krupp works. It contrasts with Britain’s experience during the Battle of Britain and cites Churchill praising bombing as worth trying, while acknowledging uncertain outcomes.
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Essen
Krupp
Hitler
Britain
Winston Churchill
Ruhr and Russia Under Bombing Rumors and Realities
The piece weighs the implausibility of evacuating 3,000,000 from the Ruhr versus Russia’s strategic withdrawal of mills eastward. It contrasts German dependence on fixed heavy industry with Russia’s mobile factories, argues bombing is starving German production, and warns that sustained air raids threaten Germany’s defeat without a decisive counter.
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Germany
Ruhr
Hixter
Russia
Teutons
Czechoslovakia
Atlantic Seaboard
Hitler
Britain
Our Nation's Weakness- Gutless Politicians
A Detroit Free Press critique argues that city officials fear enforcing the law and police with kid gloves. It contends weak political leadership fuels race riot risk, urging firm action to uphold law and public morale amid unrest and troops in town.
The Law, Order, and Courage in Wartime Cities
A blistering editorial condemns mob violence while praising firm action by Chicago and other cities. It argues rioters, criminals, and gangsters fear lawful force, lauds Mayor Kelley for enforcing order, contrasts Detroit with harsher wartime responses, and calls for unwavering courage and principle across states from Washington to Albany.
Current Comment on Race Riots Across Cities
The Buffalo News discusses the long history of race riots in America and notes recent unrest starting in Los Angeles and spreading to Detroit. It links riots to wartime social stress, demographic shifts, and economic change, urging tactful, nationwide effort and shared responsibility to address underlying issues.
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Buffalo News
United States
East St. Louis
Los Angeles
Detroit
Weather and war: no connection in spring patterns
The Baltimore Sun notes that unusual spring weather, including heavy rain, is not caused by wartime activity. Meteorologists show no link between bombs or gunfire and weather, citing studies from the last two wars. Volcanoes and natural forces keep producing unstable seasons regardless of conflict.
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New York Weather Bureau
Pulse Of The People letter defends service members and wartime unity
A reader urges publishable anonymity in The Record while praising soldiers and veterans. He recounts service in the Apple Knocker outfit and the 105th, emphasizes duty during wartime, and condemns strikes that hinder the war effort, calling on public officials to act.
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Pulse of the People
U. S. Pat
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Washington Merry Go Round amid wartime hoax calls
Cabinet member Claude Wickard, not the real Wickard, deceived Congressman Brent Spence with hoax calls about a meeting in the Roosevelt Hotel. Spence learned later it was Wickard's impersonator, sparking questions about trust and access at the Capitol. Senator George of Georgia joked by clipping a predicting article and declining Roosevelt's 1944 vice presidential nomination. Vinson defends price controls before Senate Agriculture, citing corn shortages for war needs and farm hoarding hindering dairy and feed supplies.
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Washington
Congress
Donald Nelson
Anti- Saloon League
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Claude Wickard
Spence
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt Hotel
Wickard
Congressman Spence
Marvin Jones
Agriculture Committee of the House
Jones
Brent
Secretary of Agriculture
George
Georgia
Senate
Roosevelt
Wallace
George Note
Fred M. Vinson
Capitol Hill
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tonga
U.S. Court of Appeals
Office of War Mobilization
Vinson
J. B. Hutson
Commodity Credit
John Bankhead
Alabama
George Aiken
Vermont
Walter George Georgia
Aiken
The Coin Corner coin values and historical notes
The Coin Corner discusses collecting US cents from 1793 to 1909 including rare 1793 1799 and 1804 examples. It explains foreign coins’ use in early exchange, the 1856 white cent trial, 1857 1858 minting, and 1859 Indian Head cents. Questions to the editor reveal Civil War tokens valued at one to five cents and a 1916 quarter variation.
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United States
Mexico
Revolutionary Cays
Tolugnes
The President and the Draft Fight in War Time
The article rails at President Roosevelt for misjudging public sentiment on strikes and draft policy amid war. It argues that indicting workers with military service as punishment is un-American and harmful, questions a possible veto of the Smith Connally bill, and urges Congress to act against such measures. It calls out lawmakers and unions, and asks what the President will say to soldiers and sailors if such penalties proceed.
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Hite Jerin
Hig
Lewis
Mrr
War Labor Board
Detroit
John Smith
United States Army
Kelley
Chicago
Jeffries
National Guard
Fort McClellan
105Th
Troy
South
Texas
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Dodger
Brooklyn
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Armed Services
Congress
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Names In the News Italian Islands and Cities Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation guidance for Italian locations including Pantelleria Lampione Linosa and Reggio Calabria, plus Sicilian towns Comiso Castelvetrano Milo Bocca di Falco and Marzamini. The text also criticizes Congress and the armed forces for foreign policy, urging public opinion to respond within 24 to 48 hours. It notes the President's statement and calls for family voices to speak on military concerns.
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Mediterranean
Lampione
Lampedusa
Linosa
Reggio Calabria
South
Italy
Comiso
Castelvetrano
Milo
Bocca DI Falco
Marzamini
Congress
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