Troy Enforces Parking Rules After Months of Laxity
Troy Department of Public Safety launches strict enforcement of city parking laws starting on the first of the month. Officers tag cars in the meter area and secondary streets as motorists rush to seek haven. Tickets require appearance before Judge James F. Byron in Troy Police Court today.
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Troy Department of Public Safety
Troy
James F. Byron
Ames
Department of Public Safety
Harold J. O'Neil
City to strictly enforce old meter parking law
Officials plan a city wide clampdown on parked cars in metered zones and on all night drivers who block secondary streets and double park. The 1928 ordinance bans parking on city streets from 6am in all areas, forcing open air garages to be used off street. City records show meters under-enforced reduced January 1942 and February 1942 revenue versus 1944 readings. Union College professor Burges Johnson retires at 87 after long English tenure, to lecture and write from Schenectady.
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City
James A. Madden
Madden
UNION
Burges Johnson
Union College
Johnson
Schenectady
Jack & Heintz Dinner Targets War Renegotiation Laws
Washington report says Jack and Heintz hosted 80 congressmen at the Mayflower Hotel dinner costing 3.50 a plate. Ralph M. Heintz and William S. Jack urged preserving a 3 percent post tax profit for reconversion, condemning renegotiation laws as a threat to free enterprise. The hosts and guests criticized the five or six man board that can harm a firm under the renegotiation system.
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Washington (Lp
Jack and Heintz
Mayflower
Ralph M. Heintz
William S. Jack
Jack
War Training Courses Offered at Northeastern University
Boston INS reports Northeastern University will sponsor 15 free United States War Training courses for men and women. Dean William C. White announced the program as part of wartime education efforts.
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Boston
INS
Northeastern University
United States
William C., White
Weather Chamber Aids Design Of World Planes
Lima laborator ies of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co develop a climate test chamber that simulates stratospheric and desert conditions to design aircraft electrical systems. Engineers test high power generators, light motors, gyrocompassed piloting aids, and radios for war planes. The chamber reaches 70 000 feet, extreme cold, and near dry air or moist air by controlling cooling and heating.
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Lima Works
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
North African
J. D. Miner
Weather maker test chamber details for high power generator
The article describes a high temperature and humidity test setup using carbon dioxide dry ice and chilled varsol to drive air through a chamber. An aircraft generator is mounted inside and powered from outside, delivering far more power than a typical auto unit, with meters recording input and output power and engineers observing through a thick plate glass window.
Louisiana Democrats Name Davis Governor
Louisiana voters rejected a group backing Longism and chose Jimmie H. Davis for governor. The old regular machine led by Mayor Maestri failed to secure a metropolitan landslide, while Lewis L. Morgan opposed Davis. Unofficial counts from 1367 of 1865 precincts showed Davis 190,474 and Morgan 158,608.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Jimmie H. Davis
Robert 3. Maestri
Zis
Huey Long
Lewis L. Morgan
Davis
Morgan
Vandegrift Says Japan Playing Possum to Lure U S
Marine Commandant Lieut General Alexander A. Vandegrift warns Japan aims to lull America into optimism with a plan to destroy the fleet in a single stroke. He urges Red Cross War Fund support and vows Marines will stay vigilant and ready for action wherever the fleet advances.
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marines
Japan
United States
Vandegrift
Guadalcanal
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross Fund Drive Acknowledges Navy Support
The text references a Red Cross Fund Drive and gratitude toward the American Red Cross for its work. It mentions the burden borne by the armed forces and notes statements from the Secretary of the Navy Knox, though the copy is garbled and many details are unclear.
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Red Cross
Ross
American Red Cross
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