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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1943
Page
1
Gasoline restrictions from the Office of Defense Transportation threaten a broad drought affecting taverns beer liquor and soft drinks shipments. Ice cream flowers and soda supplies may be cut in many northeastern states as DDT enforces a 40 percent reduction for commercial vehicle mileage.
The next coffee ration will be the largest yet with Stamp No 24 valid from May 31 to June 30 for one pound. Stamp No 23 remains good for a pound through May 31. Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown says green coffee supply may allow a future increase though not guaranteed. OPA notes sugar receipts at Gulf ports are ahead of estimates.
Washington reports that Prentiss M. Brown, Price Administrator, will outline a stronger OPA policy before Congress this week as he seeks funds for the next fiscal year. The plan aims to reduce internal dissension and curb outside criticism, with the unquotable note that Deputy Administrator J. K. Galbraith has capitulated on nationwide price merging of foods.
The Associated Press reports that last night work stoppages in U S war plants dwindled as strikers at Michigan's Chrysler plants and the General Tire and Rubber Co factory in Akron voted to return to work.
Akron unions vote to end a regional work stoppage affecting Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich plants. General Tire workers return after debate and amid Washington talks. Production expected to resume as leaders urge compliance with no strike pledge.
The White House proposed a joint fraternal England visit by AFL President William Green and CIO President Philip Murray. The AFL executive council rejected the plan and resisted broader unity talks, arguing the Green Murray visit would elevate CIO to equal status in international labor relations.
Detroit In two mass meetings marked by acrimony toward one high union official Chrysler Corp strikers agreed to quit their walk out and six war plants were expected to hit top speed again within 24 hours Production at the half dozen Chrysler plants was stopped or reduced as the result of a wave of strikes Thursday eventually causing 24000 men to be idle and the response was scant Saturday to a back to work order from the Regional War Labor Board Members of two locals of the CIO United Auto Workers demanded the removal of Leo LeMotte as director of the union's Chrysler Division because of his statements relative to the strike's cause LeMotte had accused Walter P Reuther of stirring up the strike to his political advantages within the U A W C I O Rueher denied the charge A corporation spokesman said full production could be resumed almost immediately with plants open this morning for returning employees The Reuther LeMotte incident shared attention with the strike itself Dodge Local 3 and Chrysler Local 7 demanded LeMotte's removal Earl Reynolds said LaMotte has tried to make a political football out of this strike The two unions heard shouts of what about LaMotte interrupting R J Thomas speech Reynolds called anyone who says this was a political strike a liar"}
Emma Willard School will hold commencement on Sunday afternoon June 13 for the first time in its history to enable more parents and alumnae to attend. Rev. James T. Cleland of Amherst College will deliver the commencement address, with the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Charles C. Noble of Syracuse on June 6. Cleland, born in Glasgow, holds degrees from Glasgow University and Union Theological Seminary, and joined Amherst faculty in 1931. He was ordained in 1938 and has extensive religious education work with young women. Page Seven continued.
The Treasury plans new taxes as Congress shows resolve on pay as you go. Secretary Morgenthau warns the main fight lies ahead in home finances and says about 45 billion dollars must be raised this year beyond borrowings and existing taxes. A Senate House conference on pay as you go could decide the path forward with Byrd signaling a possible sound tax bill.
British delegation to the United Nations food conference proposed a global food bank to store surpluses and buffer shortages. The plan envisions expanded production, subsidized protective foods, and an international financing body to supply needy populations, while prioritizing urgent postwar needs.
Raymond Gadder, 17, of Albany, drowned in the Hudson River after his canoe capsized while being towed to the Yacht Club Basin by a Coast Guard cutter. Miss Mari Kroll, 19, of Albany, survived. Grappling gear to recover the body to begin the following morning.
Allied air forces pounded Italian and Sicilian targets with heavy losses to Axis planes. American bombers hit Borizzo in Sicily destroying nine on the ground and an enemy aircraft. RAF and Middle East commands claimed multiple bombed airfields, ferry terminals, and rail yards across Sicily and southern Italy, with ships sweeping mines off the Tunisian coast.
A Pennsylvania Reading seashore line passenger train wrecked near Delan New Jersey at 10 08 pm killing four identified victims and injuring more than 38. Fireman H N Becker of New York among the dead. Two priests from St. Cecilia's Pennsauken administered last rites to at least 12 people trapped by wreckage.
The House committee on un-American activities announced that the dissolution of the communist international would allow renewed focus on Nazi, Fascist and Japanese activities in the United States. Secretary Stripling said the panel would publicize findings on Japan within two weeks and that previous years’ emphasis on communism had dominated its work.
Japanese air forces attempted a twin engined raid on U S naval units off Attu in the Aleutians. The strike suggests that once Attu is secured and an airfield built American bombers could reach Paramushiro 630 miles away. Navy notes indicate the attack failed but offered no details on the origin or combat by anti aircraft fire or fighters. Army and Navy reports describe ongoing fighting on Attu with Japanese forces being driven from the hills and a single small unit being mopped up.
General Charles De Gaulle urged meeting in Algiers with General Henri Giraud and opposed ceding public order across France to Allied command. He said national authorities must control sovereignty, while some French forces could be subordinated for operations. De Gaulle’s National Committee favors extending provisional authority over French forces.
Russia said 313 German planes were destroyed last week at the cost of 61 Russian aircraft. Soviet ground forces fortified positions on the Donets river west bank in the Lishansk sector, as a German counterattack failed to dislodge them. Moscow reported total German air losses at 1,613 in three weeks, with Soviet losses about 400.
A tropical rain dampened the Richmond Naval Air Station blimp hangar, with drizzle reported inside the 190 foot high, 1,100 foot long, 340 foot wide hangar. The Navy authorities confirmed the incident as the cloud passed through and over the large facility housing anti submarine patrol blimps.
British war communique says nearly half of a Japanese force of twenty bombers and 11 fighters attacking the Chittagong airfield in India Saturday were destroyed or damaged by Royal Air Force Hurricanes.
British RAF and German forces exchanged heavy air strikes across the southeast coast. A coastal town suffered multiple bomb hits with many casualties including children. rescue squads worked through the ruins hours after the attack. Zeebrugge was hit by Venturas with escorts, while German retaliation hit English shores and northern France targets in broader sweeps.
Allied bombers attacked Kavieng harbor and airfield on New Ireland, scoring a near miss on an 8000 ton enemy cargo ship. Liberator fighters repelled two Japanese interceptors over Gasman and nearby airfields. Night bombing also targeted Koepang, Dili, and Timor coastal areas with observed explosions in dispersal zones.
The Nazi newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter admitted that widespread cattle slaughter in Germany has reduced herd sizes to dangerous levels, threatening the nation’s food position. Strong evidence cites reduced livestock and rising concern over future meat and dairy supplies.
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