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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
1
War Labor Board gains restricted power to raise wages beyond the 15 percent Little Steel formula and to correct substandard conditions. Byrnes directs wage adjustments to aid war effort or fix gross inequities, with limits that adjustments not trigger price increases or block price reductions. Page Seventeen continues.
The War Production Board ordered a halt to virtually all new war plant construction not completable by October 1 and directed a-wide conversion of machine tool plants to produce urgently needed goods. Existing plants will be redirected to support the war program, with some unemployment expected in ammunition industries. The agency emphasized no easing in demand for critical materials and a national capacity to maximize resources.
Rep. Pehr G Holmes introduced a bill to authorize building a pipeline from Albany to Worcester to connect with New England lines. The plan would enable summer barge shipments, access Albany storage, and convey oil to Boston and other cities. Holmes aims to push immediate House action and seeks powers to condemn property if needed.
A refrigerator described in The Record News classified ad sold within 24 hours, with the item moving fast as buyers acted promptly after the listing appeared.
Troy mobs observed a second blackout drill in six days under Army orders with one arrest in Brunswick for driving during the total blackout. Signals worked, but street lights failed to resume for about 15 minutes due to substation equipment.
Washington senators clash over a Finance Committee plan to abate a full year of taxes in 1942. Senator Connally denounces the measure as inflationary while Senator Vandenberg defends it as equal treatment for taxpayers, noting large earners would gain more.
A Senate military subcommittee called for a new super czar above Byrnes and Nelson to unify wartime production. The plan would create a 12 member board headed by a president appointed chair, including Byrnes, Nelson, McNutt, War and Navy secretaries, and other top officials to streamline authority and boost output.
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill plan new blows against Japan and the European Axis partners. Military leaders visiting Washington include Field Marshal Archibald Wavell, Admiral Sir James Somerville, and Air Chief Marshal Richard Peirse, with Indian theater command roles clarified.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill will broadcast to Britain from Washington tomorrow night at 9 p m Eastern War Time. The discussions in quarters hint at high level Allied plans for campaigns against Japan, and review of invasion efforts in Europe as Africa’s victory and Mediterranean access shift Allied shipping and strategy.
At Rusgzell Sage College annual meeting, Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth of Montclair New Jersey was elected an honorary alumna and to the board, joining Alfred Whittaker Thompson and Rev. A Abbott Hastings. President Helen McKinstry reported on progress and the community engagement of faculty, with emphasis on educational broadcasting and nationwide testing results.
The German Catholic hierarchy issued a protest against Nazi measures aimed at the church and Christianity. Bishops meeting at Fulda in 1942 voiced concerns over violations in Germany and occupied territories including Poland, Alsace Lorraine, Yugoslavia, and Luxembourg, and criticized interference with religious freedom.
Holland's 400000 ex servicemen were instructed by the Dutch exile government in London to defy a German registration order and defend themselves against arrests. The order marks the exile government's first call to violence in resistance as Hitler's regime faces Allied victories and invasion threats discussed in Washington. Five more Dutchmen were executed, bringing deaths since May 1 to 43, including men from Eindhove, after German martial law courts convicted them.
A military communique says Axis resistance in Tunisia ceased at 8:15 p.m. after the capture of German commander Col. Gen. von Arnim and 11 generals. About 150000 enemy troops were taken prisoner, with pockets of resistance still active. Captured were Maj. Gen. Graf von Sponeck and Maj. Gen. P. Reich. Von Arnim and much staff were seized on Cap Bon Peninsula by British forces.
Allied escort ships and planes fought eight days against as many as 25 U boats attacking an Atlantic convoy. Four submarines were sunk and two more probably destroyed, with most merchantmen reaching port. Ships Rammed, depth charged, and air support helped end the hunt.
Albert Stoessel, famed choral and symphony conductor, collapsed on stage and died during a New York Philharmonic Symphony Society performance at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences auditorium. Walter Damrosch's Dunkirk was being conducted.
British bombers attacked Germany last night in the first night raid on the Reich since the Dortmund assault on May 4. The British announced the operation amid ongoing bombing campaigns.
The Red Army pushed German armor back on the Donets front between Kharkov and Rostov, Moscow said. Heavy Russian guns battered lines northeast of Novorossisk, while aerial strikes damaged over fifty German communications hubs in four days. In Lishchansk near Slavyansk, Russians claimed gains and reported over 600 German casualties as prisoners were captured amid advancing positions.
William L. Worden recounts a World War II dispatch from Amchitka Island in the western Aleutians, describing a staged air patrol to mislead Japanese observers. He notes the new American base, the similarity of seas to the Pacific, and the dummy routine that lured enemy fighters into a bait.
Allied victory in Tunisia ends six months of fighting in the hills as Italian forces under Gen Giovanni Mease sustain resistance. Axis losses include 400,000 prisoners since Africa operations began, with 11 German and 26 Italian divisions captured. French reports also note two German generals captured, Yelich and Pfeiffer, amid the surrender of Italian and German remnants.
The 7,500 ton French cruiser Georges Leygues based at Dakar returned to action against Germany by sinking a submarine supply ship and taking ninety prisoners. The engagement occurred near the Equator in the South Atlantic early April 13 during patrols that kept the ship away from Dakar for 18 days. News was delayed a month until the Axis learned of the loss after failing to reach Japan.
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