Fuel Rationing Tightens Across Nation Amid Shortages
The War Production Board plans a priority list to allocate scarce gasoline after a 40 percent cut. Delivery routes must be rearranged to avoid duplication. Private cars aren’t restricted yet, but Washington sees few stations and curtailed transit. WPB officials warn the 49 percent cap remains an emergency measure, not a temporary fix.
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ODT
War Production Board
Washington
Washington Arena
American Automobile Association
DDT
Beto
WPB
William ¥. Eliott
Price Boss Denies Mass Resignations
Price Boss Denies Mass Resignations as OPA faces opposition from food industry witnesses before Congress. Charles W. Holman of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation attacks OPA plans to centralize price controls and subsidies, urging transfer to the War Food Administration. He calls the subsidy proposal a costly mistake and warns of government dependence. House Small Business Committee hears Dr. Paul Nostrom of the Limited Price Variety Stores Association accuse OPA of issuing numerous orders through May 12 that are hard to track, with many stores violating them.
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OPA
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Agriculture Committee
War Food Administration
Small Business Committee
Paul Nestrom
Limited Price Variety Stores Association of America
Mrs. Dora Arnold's Will Probated in Washington County
The will of Dora E. Arnold of Salem widow of J Wilbur Arnold an undersheriff is probated and recorded at the Washington County Clerk's office in Hudson Falls. She leaves to her brother Samuel Armstrong of Hartford lifetime use of half her property and names Miss Jennie Arnold Sarah L Copeland Eunice McDonald Amy E McCarty Grace Smailey and May Gibbs as beneficiaries with Miss Copeland named executrix.
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Dora E. Arnold
Salem
J. Wilbur Arnold
Washington County
Hudson Falls
Second Jap Raid on Attu Is Futile
Fierce fighting raged as a second Japanese raid on Attu failed. Two American fighters were lost, one shot down and one missing, with one pilot rescued. Possible sources of the bombers included Para Mushiro in the Kuriles or carriers behind fog banks in the North Pacific. Naval officials said Japanese resistance on Attu was crumbling and some enemy pockets were liquidated. Tokyo claimed submarines and aircraft hit US ships, including sunk destroyer and damaged cruiser and battleship, with seven ships affected.
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Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
North Pacific
Asia
America
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
United States
Bobcat Shot by Hunter Near Duanesburg
A 30 pound bobcat, first in the area in years, was shot Sunday by hunter Diones Stankavich near Duanesburg to protect his domestic cat. Police and a game warden confirmed the animal as a bobcat, noting no prior county reports in over thirty years. Wildlife experts warn bobcats roam Helderbergs Catskills and Adirondacks and may prey on small livestock.
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Duanesburg
Diones Stankavich
Stankavich
Tin Farm
New York
Schenectady
Wilder
Helderbergs
Catskills
Adirondacks
Allies bombard Italian isle in daylight raids
Allied air forces pounded Sardinia with Lightning fighters and bombers damaging a zinc works near Vigl eas, hitting a 200 foot ship at Carloforte harbor and sinking three small vessels. Bombings also hit a factory, barracks, gun emplacement and radio office. Heavy bombers struck San Giovanni and Pantelleria with rail sidings, docks, and warehouses set ablaze.
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Northwest Africas
Sardinia
Carloforte
Viglesias
Reuters
Middle East
San Giovanni
Aegean Sea
Greece
Pantelleria
State Guard Prepares for Memorial Day Parade
The Second Regiment New York Guard made final Memorial Day parade preparations at the Armory. Captains Birkby and Prout led drills for Headquarters, Service, and Company A with indoor rifle practice, shelter tent pitching, grenades instruction, and typhoid inoculations. Sergeant Wilson, a Hackettstown NCO school graduate, supervised, as enlistment applications and a June 3 smoker were planned. A noncommissioned officer's school is set for Thursday, with weather permitting an outdoor maneuver slated for June 6.
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New York Guard
William Birkby
John B. Prout
Lester J. Hustace
Dril
John Corcoran
Franklin H. Wilson
Sergent Wilson
Hackettstown
N. J
State Guard
John T. McClure
Stephen H.C. Curtie
Camp Smith
Prout
Theodore J. Piche
Seelye and Sherman Named Chairs by 1943 Legislature
Three upstate Republicans were named chairmen by lawmakers in Albany. Senator Gilbert T. Seelye of Saratoga County heads the committee to study chiropractic medicine, Assemblyman Richard J. Sherman of Saratoga County chairs the Lake George water studies, and Assemblyman Harry A. Reoux of Warren County leads the reapportionment panel.
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Saratoga
Warren County
Albany
Gilbert T. Seelye
Saratoga County
Richard J. Sherman
Lake George
Harry A. Reoux
Marine Shoots Japs Indian Style at Guadalcanal Story
U S Marine Corporal Aarend Doornebos 22 of Kalamazoo Mich recalls wounding Japanese soldiers at Guadalcanal using rock and boulder ambush tactics. He was later treated at Great Lakes Naval Hospital for leg and foot wounds from a grenade blast. Doorsnebos mentions his parents Mr and Mrs Mike Doornebos at 918 Boerman Avenue Kalamazoo.
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Great Lakes
Doornehos
Guadalcanal
Doornebos
Mike Doornebos
Boerman Avenue
Kalamazoo
Mich
Promotion on furlough for Kay C Masher in Air Corps
Kay C Masher, Corp, spent a furlough at 194 Fourth Street. He will leave Thursday to resume duties in the Air Corps at Goldsboro, North Carolina. A telegram from the camp announced his promotion while at home. Masher has served 11 months.
Methodist conference to be hosted by West Sand Lake church
Mrs Susan Jane Miller of Harrisburg Pa visits her son Jay Warren Miller in West Sand Lake. Tomorrow at 6 30 pm the Official Board of the Methodist Church hosts out of town officials for the first quarterly conference. The Woman's Society serves supper. Rev C J Miller district superintendent presides with several speakers.
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Susan Jane Miller
Harrisburg
Jay Warren Miller
The
Methodist Church
Woman's Society
C. J. Miller
Wage Increase Granted for 10,683 Telephone Workers
The regional War Labor Board approved a general wage increase for 10 683 New York Telephone Co employees. About 8 194 are in upstate division with Albany headquarters. The raise averages $2 weekly, retroactive to Sept 6 1942, totaling over $1 000 000 this year. Workers in traffic plant commercial accounting engineering treasury and executive departments are affected.
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New York Telephone Co
Upstate
Regional War Labor Board
New York
Albany
WLB
Treasury
Seek to Bring Honor Roll Up to Date
Members of the Hot Stove League met at the Tea Elks Club to push updating Troy’s citywide honor roll adjacent to the old City Hall site. The Memorial service is set for Sunday at 3 pm, with 4,500 names on file not reflecting all Troy servicemen. Citizens may mail additions to Hot Stove League, Troy, NY. entries received by tomorrow night will be inscribed.
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Old City Hall
Hot Stove League
Tea Elks Club
Teague
League
Troy
Armed Services
N.Y
Philp D. Kovitz
Joan F. Jackson
Timothy J. Mahoney
James F. O’crowley
Arthur H. Stevens
O'Crowley
C. Frey Schwarz
Blood donors receive silver buttons at church drive
Red Cross officials reported 123 of 180 registered donors at the mobile blood bank in the First Baptist Church rooms qualified for plasma processing. More than 700 Watervliet Arsenal office workers registered to donate in June, with operations to avoid disrupting war production. John W. Kennedy, committee chairman, praised the arsenal turnout as a key advance in securing donors for local service members.
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Red Cross
Mobile Blood Bank
First Baptist Church
Rensselaer County
The
Proctor
Blood Donors Committee
Watervliet Arsenal
Waterviiet Arsenal
John W. Kennedy
Schuylerville Names New Principal Francia W. Stanton
Schuylerville will replace retiring 7 R Townley with Francia W Stanton who moves from vice principal and science teacher to principal. Stanton a Lake Luzerne native, Hadley Luzerne High School graduate, Springfield College alum and former Luzerne science and physical education teacher has led the district physical education program this year and served as Old Saratoga Club president.
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R. Townley
Schuylerville School
Francia W. Stanton
Stanton
Mr. Stanton
Lake Luzerne
Hadley- Luzerne High School
Springfield College
New York State College
Albany
University of Maine
Schuylerville
Luzerne
Old Saratoga Club
Predict Chaos in Transport Forecasts 40 Percent Cut
A transportation leader notes plans for service curtailments of 10, 20, or 30 percent, but a 40 percent reduction is a surprise. Expert says 40 percent could remove slack time and still force rush-hour cuts due to jammed roads and increased patronage after a pleasure driving ban. The firm lacks equipment and manpower to handle a heavier load. Abram V. Louer remarks for Schenectady Railway Co. is also referenced.
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ODT
Persons
Abram V. Louer
Schenectady Railway Co
Inter State Bus Schedules Cut Sparks Jam Fears
The passage notes that halving non-essential service could shrink inter-state line runs to 50 percent, risking a continuous traffic jam. It also mentions Sauri gum, a New Zealand fossilized resin, being classified as a mineral.
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Mediatte
New Zealand
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