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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1947
Page
11
New York reports a diaper shortage persists in large cities. George Garland, secretary of the National Institute of Diaper Service, urges mothers to avoid dangerous handling and to return used diapers promptly to local centers to prevent further shortages.
In Kansas City a 17 year old, Jack Davidson, killed his friend Theodore Schroeder, 26, after discovering Schroeder dated Frances Tarrel as a threesome. Davidson admitted shooting Schroeder in the leg and thigh before Schroeder died. The two drove in a car where the shooting occurred. the body was dumped in the street. Frances Tarrel, now in custody, said she favored Schroeder and believed Davidson was too young.
Bakersfield authorities report Sorrel president of conference of studio minds was found badly beaten with wounds to hand and foot on a highway. He said three men in a black sedan abducted him Sunday night on a San Fernando street. One wore a poker officer’s uniform and another Los Angeles police badge. He claimed they handcuffed him bound with rope and dumped him ninety miles north and east of Bakersfield before driving off. His group has been on strike since last September.
Hundreds of war veterans from two hospitals clashed with police near the Unchi mingle Palace, firing and clubbing as they protested alleged inadequate medical treatment. Ten people were slightly injured in the confrontation.
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London reports factories resume production as electricity returns, with hundreds of thousands of workers back after three weeks idle. Despite near normalcy, some plants faced load shedding of 45 minutes, cutting power by 18 percent in southwest England, 10 percent in the southeast and central areas, and 5 percent in the Midlands.
The Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry informed U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith that 36 American reporters with permits will cover the Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference, up from the 20 originally authorized. A Sunday note said 16 more visas were issued, due to housing shortages that limited initial access.
Fitchburg Massachusetts firefighters answered an alarm on Kilroy Street yesterday to find a nine year old boy waiting by the box. The boy claimed he saw someone push snow to reach the handle and admitted he pulled it himself and caused the false alarm.
Albany III More people become alcoholics during a depression than during prosperity. Women are unlikely to end up in a mental institution for alcoholics while men are. More bachelors than married men are drinkers. There is less alcoholism during a war than in peacetime, says Dr. Benjamin Malzberg, statistics director of the State Mental Hygiene Department, based on NY state hospital admissions over forty years. The business cycle appears as a major factor in driving heavy drinking, with summer spikes, and less educated people more prone to drink. Alcoholism declined during World War I and World War II, though prep aration for and conduct of war temporarily reduced drinking.
Albany reports Governor Dewey named Charles We U Shead of Newburg to the Appointee Division. The decision, dated December 31, sets Raymond EB Aldrich as the second deputy.
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