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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
10
The Allied leaders Roosevelt and Churchill discuss next moves for Europe. The talks emphasize staff and technical coordination, aiming for a unified plan with confidence that invasion will precede a broader Eastern campaign.
Senator Walter F. George urged private enterprise during a Chamber of Commerce dinner outlining the dilemma of providing power to 35.9 to 56 million people. He warned that if government taxation continues to drain profits, key industries like aircraft and shipbuilding face collapse when postwar orders end, challenging venture capital and reserves. He pressed for dependable postwar planning in business.
The piece argues that high taxes and over regulation threaten private industry, warning that government partnership in business could become state socialism. It cites fear of destroying private enterprise, cites John Marshall and Sir Edward Coke, and notes the postwar need to create reserves under favorable tax terms. It laments financiers losing dividends and workers losing jobs during downturns.
Opening the annual session of the American Neurological Society in New York City, Dr. Ernest Sachs urged screening out mentally abnormal or emotionally unstable men for induction. Statistics show 27 per 1,000 soldiers hospitalized for mental trouble, with mental illness second only to wounds and malaria in combat zones. New Jersey plans a screening program with social workers aiding psychiatrists and draft boards to pre assess stability, aiming to reduce casualties before induction.
The Record editorial lauds a major Allied victory in Tunisia, noting 150,000+ German prisoners and Von Arnim in Allied hands. Cap Bon is surrounded, coastal plains secured, and remaining Tunisia largely won as German troops abandon resistance. The piece contrasts German retreat with earlier Polish campaigns.
Dunkirk survivors recall German troops packing up before taking hits as Allied advances rake through Cap Bon pockets and German and Italian units surrender. Berlin is stunned, Goebbels downplays numbers, while fighters seek safety as the war nears an end. The campaign shows a turning tide with continued American advantages and prisoner gains anticipated across Europe.
The piece argues that Republican opposition to renewing the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act is misguided and harmful to the party. It notes the act, supported since 1935, has lowered duties on many articles, and stresses the need for Congress to retain tariff powers while supporting sensible reciprocal trade to boost postwar economic health. It cites McKinley’s defense of reciprocity and urges backing the principle.
The article says the Burma China theater gains priority in the Allied plan. Wavell and associates accompany Churchill to Washington and command British forces in China from which divisions will be drawn to reconquer Burma and aid China. Somerville heads naval forces from Ceylon to clear the Indian Ocean, while Peirse supports air decisions. The Washington council may deploy extra forces ahead of schedule to confront Japan in southeastern Asia, including a possible Bay of Bengal push to Rangoon.
The Supreme Court upheld government censorship power over radio in peacetime deepening FCC scrutiny. The piece criticizes five Roosevelt appointees and Justice Frankfurter for enabling federal control, arguing licenses hinge on “public interest” and threaten free speech. It warns radio could become a tool of dictatorship and questions the station owners' autonomy under five-year network contracts.
A reader from New Jersey writes to The Record praising editorials and noting how anonymity could be preserved if writers sign their amtat. The writer describes a Maine relative distributing clipped editorials among mill workers and plane spotters, asserting about 25 people read them and urging balanced viewpoints amid New Deal coverage.
A reader questions the use of the future implied by tomorrow is Sunday noting that the present tense can convey future meaning. The piece cites Thomas Lounsbury defending the idiom and offers a vocabulary pamphlet to grow word usage.
The quotation argues that since newspaper space is finite, free speech is already abridged. It suggests a court could use this to deny the First Amendment and justify regulating the press and other communication means.
An ANNOYED TROJAN of North Troy writes that constant dog barking disrupts war workers and the sick, despite licenses costing 2.25. He urges the City of Troy to pass an ordinance prohibiting chaining and limit barking, noting complaints to Humane Society Police and Health Department with no action.
First Lieut. Robert W. Freihofer 24 son of Charles C Freihofer 864 Second Avenue and the late Mrs Emily Freihofer was reported missing in action over Europe some weeks ago by the War Department. He has been awarded the air medal for valor and exceptional performance in action by the War Department. He attended Manlius School and was a sophomore at Colgate University when he enlisted and was attached to the Eighth Army Air Force in England.
Washington agencies report a record 53 daily news releases from the Office of War Information with one urging conservation of paper. The series highlights policy and public guidance during wartime.
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