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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
4
Report on postwar Europe showing displaced populations seeking contact with relatives. Americans with kin ask about conditions and needs as relief networks and communications gradually restore links. Cable and air mail services resume to many countries, with some exceptions and regional gaps amid ongoing rebuilding.
The article outlines postage limits to Belgium France Luxembourg Denmark Norway and Switzerland with rates for air and sea delivery. It describes mail delays, parcel restrictions to France Rome Naples and Vatican, and weight limits for letters and parcels. It notes OPA controls and urged applicants to send receipts and data. It reports the Central Location Index for contact, describes 250000 names and 9,000 US citizens notified, and stresses age birth and prewar addresses in letters. It surveys relief needs in Holland Norway Denmark Czechoslovakia France Belgium Greece and the Netherlands, with details on food fuel clothing and medical shortages and ongoing aid missions led by relief organizations and notable figures.
Seventeen police officers eleven regulars and six specials began summer patrols in Troy parks in shifts from 3 am to 7 pm Prospect Freer Beman Barker Powers Parks and the Public Market area. Troy Commissioner of Public Safety Frank Ames announced the new detail led by Patrolman Charles W Page with prior Traffic Bureau service. Norman Mailot 42 of Schenectady was injured Wednesday falling from scaffolding while removing an eaves gutter on Verrobat Avenue and was taken to Elis Hospital.
Europeans are described as fatigued both physically and mentally and in need of milk fats meat soups and other supplementary foods. Returning prisoners former slave laborers and war victims are moving back to their homelands and require medical care clothing and feeding programs.
An OPA district official Charles A. Oliver declared the local black market the worst in the county. He spoke at a Citizens' Unity Committee assembly in Schenectady, noting enforcement penalties hurt honest merchants while unscrupulous dealers evade controls.
The report notes that while most advocates favored the OPA and price program, there is clear dissatisfaction with how ceilings were set, raised, and enforced, sparking debate over policy implementation and fairness.
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