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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1944
Page
3
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The Troy Record reviews City of Troy and county budgets noting reduced deficits, declining interest charges, and a shift to businesslike budgeting. It cautions past waste and promises progress as new fiscal practices take hold and tax rates show small declines. The piece urges readers to judge future outcomes by the fresh budgeting approach.
The Norden bombsight, long shrouded in secrecy, is on public view at the Navy aviation exhibit in the Museum of Science and Industry, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, with free lobby viewing at Bank of Manhattan, 40 Wall Street, during the War Bond drive. Experts note it is used today only by the United States air forces and contrast daylight precision bombing with British night raids and Russian tactics.
General Eisenhower notes shortages include small ammunition for rifles and machine guns. Henry Kaiser reports thousands of workers deserting shipyards for peacetime jobs. Somervell warns of a need for supreme effort to meet the crisis. Krug cites 40 percent of monthly production behind schedule. Presidents and leaders urge all Americans to stand firm, pressure production, and keep workers at their posts until victory. Rensselaer County leads in War Bond purchases but area production lags risk weakening the war effort.
Leaders emphasize precision bombing and exclusive use of the bomb sight developed by Norden and Captain Entwhistle. They credit the device with highly accurate bombing over enemy territory and call for gratitude from the American people and all United Nations supporters.
The piece argues cats resent authority in royal spaces while dogs serve as compliant courtiers. It asserts two cats in the White House were not born in Buckingham Palace, but in its stables, highlighting feline independence versus canine ease in exalted households.
The war accelerates the rise of psychomatic medicine, stressing the mind body connection in diagnosis and treatment. It suggests peacetime science will differ as mind induced physical symptoms and responsive outcomes become central. Doctors may soon integrate mental factors as core to medical study and care.
A compilation of reader letters from The Record discusses postal workers seeking ten holidays a year in the wartime era, Armistice Day observations, and critiques of price control enforcement. Contributors cite long routes, fatigue, and wage issues while urging stiffer penalties for overcharges and respect for voting rights.
A spring 1940 commentary argues the United States has become the greatest military power in the world, with the potential to shape future peace. It weighs the risks of a permanent wartime posture, conscription, and the dangers of wielding unmatched strength, urging a shift toward peace and stability.
Lieutenant Commander Vadim Victorevich Gigoff, son of Russian naval hero Lieut Comdr Victor Utzon, earns top Navy recognition with the Black Cats. He and a Catalina squadron crew sank six Japanese ships in the Pacific and made pioneering patrols from the Philippines to New Guinea. His legacy traces to a Russian baroness mother and a Coast Guard father killed in a 1930 plane crash.
Drew Pearson highlights the ousting of Dr. H. H. Kung as Chinese minister of finance as a foreign policy win for the Soong-Chiang clique. The column sketches family ties among Chiang Kai-shek’s inner circle, tension between Soong and Chiang, and allied notes on Churchill, Roosevelt, and postwar strategy, with frontline war updates and labor and defense matters woven through the broad commentary.
The piece argues Roosevelt may ignore minority demands to reshuffle his cabinet citing political realities. It weighs experience against change, notes Roosevelt’s control over appointments, and discusses potential picks like Sidney Hillman for Labor while suggesting Republicans fear further anti New Deal grievances.
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