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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1945
Page
18
New York reports a former precision radar and radio parts maker pivots to gadget production after wartime slow patenting. He patents a can opener and a potato peeler to keep his plant busy while exploring items from a dog ear cooler to a pie divider and a frankfurter baking machine.
Frost swept New England with temperatures from frost level in southern sections to six degrees below freezing in northern Maine. Farms and gardens suffered as only areas along the southern coast escaped. The Weather Bureau logged a low of 26 degrees in Humford Maine, marking the coldest in six state records. An early American venture shipped ice from New England to the tropics using white pine sawdust. Ships magazine notes how ice cream and ice drinks were demonstrated to buyers.
Reconversion Director John W. Bnyder notes exemptions for dependents while Vinson urges postwar tax relief. He highlights repeal of the normal tax and a six month end to emergency excises, estimating large revenue changes and urging targeted relief for lower and middle income groups amid lingering wartime expenditures and reconversion needs.
Vinson urged Congress to limit tax reductions to under 5 billion dollars and warned the Treasury loss could reach about 8 billion. He favored writing the transition tax into law by November and said forthcoming revisions would be broader, with more time next year to refine revenue plans. He did not estimate the 1937 budget, which others predicted around 25.05 billion.
Proceedings in the Dewey era inquiry into alleged Albany County Democratic crimes resume with cross examination of witnesses. Ritz mart in charge admits no arrests or stolen property found in junk yards since 1937. Gould testifies no principals named in current trial and finds no brass at Capital Metal plant. Morrissey notes Hamilton did not name Kilmartin Boyle or Snopkowski during arrest discussion.
Louisville area contractor David C. Bathe, prominent for decades in the mason industry during F D Roosevelt’s era, quits construction to become a traveling preacher. He recounts a rise from builder to minister, notes a life shaped by his mother’s faith, and narrates a near-death elevator accident before his calling. Bathe now runs a church in Baltimore with weekly radio sermons and has formed ties to Presidents and notable figures including John L. Lewis.
Miners in Kentucky West Virginia and Ohio halted production as stoppages spread. Major coal and oil unions warned of wider work stoppages while Kelsey-Hayes wheel workers returned after a 40 day strike. Detroit refinery workers gained wage boosts and a broader eight state refinery strike continued.
A fragmentary note portrays a chicken named Ohio Chicken, described as the 31 year old pet of an owner, with quirky details about its farm life and owner Bett werid. The readable text hints at a strange, humorous livestock vignette on a local farm.
Fragmentary report notes changes in soldiers and weights but lacks clear names, places, or dates. The text references wartime calculations and measurements without coherent details.
Amsterdam based news agency Algemeen Mether legdsch Perebureau adopts airplanes to collect and distribute news, expanding reach amid reduced commissions and changing transmission costs.
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