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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1943
Page
15
Chicago and the eastern states face limited turkey supplies this Thanksgiving as wartime factors redirect production. The 1943 crop reached 33,069,000 birds with about 36 million pounds consigned to armed forces. Chickens remain plentiful and ducks geese supply is fair. metro areas risk higher prices while local producers serve nearby markets.
Lester W. Herzog, director of the Albany District Office of Price Administration, advised yesterday that institutional and industrial users who closed ration book accounts by Nov 1, 1943 and hold unused credits may petition for recovery. The district office is authorized to act, issue certificates of ration coupons equal in value, notify banks, and request cancellation of balances. Petitions on Form 8 315 require a bank statement showing the balance.
Sen Murray of Montana told the Monroe County Medical Society that only compulsory medical care insurance can provide adequate nationwide coverage. He co sponsors a bill with Sen Wagner for an expanded social security system including medical and hospital benefits. He argued voluntary plans fail to meet needs and that the measure preserves free doctor choice and does not force government handouts.
Home experts advise reducing heat loss through windows doors and cracks. Storm windows heavy draperies sash insulation weather stripping and drapes across stairs help. Use attic insulation newspaper under rugs and moisture from kettle or plants to maintain air comfort.
The State Conservation Department records a second deer hunting fatality of the 1943 season. Alfred F. Colclough, 35, of Kingston, died in Gouverneur Hospital after being wounded near Harrisville by fellow hunters. His brother in law, Glen Cole of Gouverneur, was wounded and returned home after treatment. The note adds a regional population fact about Hunan and Hunpeh in China.
Rensselaer County Troy City Rationing Board announced that individuals receiving baskets at Thanksgiving Christmas or New Year must surrender ration points for each rationed item inside the free basket. The district OPA sent two communications to the board. Organizations planning to give baskets must register with their local rationing board as retailers.
Vice President Wallace envisions a peacetime world where U S initiative and dollars create millions of jobs abroad and warns against private interests pressuring Congress to raise tariffs after the war. He urges government planning and international trade realism to prevent postwar tariff increases.
A Seattle boy named Patrick Huey finally gets an electric train promised years earlier after his mother died decorating the tree and his naval father was killed in action. Grandparents hunted for a train, a department store ran full page ads seeking a gift from families and others offering trains from homes with surplus or overseas service.
Washington reports that the Office of Defense Transportation ordered motor transport districts to deny extra gasoline to truck operators hauling Christmas trees. It clarifies there is no outright ban, permitting use of trucks with sufficient regular gasoline. The Association of American Railroads will limit rail shipments to rough box cars.
Officials said the compromise bill placing fathers at the bottom of the draft pool would likely have little impact on induction policy. They noted uncertainty over delegated policy authority to Maj. Gen. Hershey and questioned the bill’s effect on non-deferable jobs designated by McNutt. Some feared drafting of single 18-year-olds could stall overall induction rates.
Parents ask how children should handle scrap paper after collecting it. Paper should be sold to waste paper dealers or given to the Salvation Army. A dealer makes regular city wide collections including Watervliet and Green Island. The Chamber of Commerce offers to help by giving sale information. telephone Troy 276.
Chicago UP) Victory gardeners supplied 42 percent of all vegetables grown in 1943 and over half the fresh produce for civilians. National Garden Bureau director James H. Burdett reported total vegetable output estimated at 18,775,000 tons from large producers local market gardeners victory gardens on farms and non farm plots. He named beans carrots tomatoes lettuce and corn as favored crops.
The OPA fixes ceiling prices for dressed turkeys by weight and age class for November and December. Prices include under 16 lb young at 0.632 per pound, 16–20 lb at 0.591, 20 lb up at 0.567, with old turkeys at 0.603 0.567 and 0.538 respectively. Live weights and regional notes follow, plus a note on rotenone insecticide once called fish poison by Indigenous peoples.
The draft reform bill centralizes occupational deferment appeals under the President and assigns a medical board to review Army and Navy physical standards. It allows restricted preinduction physicals, and asserts that most single men are already in service, with no delay for fathers. Nondeferrables would enter service in their regular order.
Mrs Frances Beele of Watervliet visited her daughter Mrs Sherman Herrington and family. Mrs Harry Culhane returned from Little Rock Ark after two weeks with her husband in camp. Mr and Mrs Charles Welling hosted a dinner party with out of town guest Mr and Mrs Lewis H Cushing of South Weymouth Mass. A new Flag was donated to the honor rail board by Mr and Mrs John Furlong who have two sons in service. Lieut William Furlong is at Louchbourne Army Air Base Ohio and Carp. John Furlong serves in England after 17 months abroad.
Washington expects extended rationing of sugar as income rises and consumption grows, with per person use ranging from 24 pounds annually under rationing to 54 pounds in 1935 36 uncapped. A Agriculture Dept survey shows regional and income based differences, noting jams and candies rise with income and urging careful control to prevent shortages. A separate note discusses plans to reuse old appliances for war stamp campaigns and the shift to new red and blue ration tokens next year.
Mr and Mrs William F Griffith of Nassau as guardians for their daughter Leona Griffith were authorized by Supreme Court Justice William H Murray to compromise a claim with Dora E Williams of Niverville for 250 Papers meeting the action have been filed in the County Clerk s office by Ralph M Cooper attorney for the guardians The papers state that Miss Griffith was injured Aug 26 when riding in an automobile with her father in Hast Greenbush and the car was struck by a machine operated by the Niverville woman.
Averill Park seniors stage a three act mystery called Tige House tomorrow at 8 p.m. Cast includes Jean Link Eleanor Volker Janice Platt Barbara Waldron Nancy Waldron Bob Lindberg Donald Oliver Charles Knapp James Hellum and Murry Raphel. Directed by Miss Katherine Sullivan. Refreshments will be served. Chewing gum first appeared in the United States circa 1855.
Public health style ad warns parents that pin worm infection may cause scratching at the base of the spine restless sleep and loss of appetite. It promotes P-W tablets by Dr D Jayne Son as a new treatment and offers a free metal polishing cloth as a promotional gift with mail-in form.
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