Troy Record subscription rates and staff details 1943
The Troy Record lists staff including David B Plum as Publisher and Dwight Marvin as Editor with listed officers H Betts Vice President Treasurer and Dwight Marvin Secretary. It details subscription terms for The Troy Record and The Times Record, rates for local and out of area delivery, and a September 1943 circulation figure of 40,534.
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Spe
Troy Record Company
H Betts
Dwight Marvin
Troy
David B. Plum
Frank L. York
No Sales Tax? Presidents urged new luxury taxes proposal
The piece argues for a broad sales tax as a fair funding source amid plans to raise 10.5 billion in revenue and lift income tax, withholding to possibly 30 percent. It condemns political considerations delaying a general sales tax and urges courage from the President, Treasury, and Congress to adopt it while adjusting other levies.
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Congress
Treasury Department
German Threat on Cos Island Foreshadows Balkan Stakes
German paratroop and sea-borne assault on Cos in the Dodecanese near Asia Minor draws attention to strategic aims against Greece and Crete. The island’s value as a potential air base for raids and morale-boosting propaganda is noted, though experts doubt a decisive Mediterranean shift from this action.
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Cos
Dodecanese
Asia Minor
Crete
Greece
Rhodes
Balkans
Goebbels
Mediterranean
Aerial Operations Against the Balkan Mainland Evidence of German Craft
The passage notes that air attacks on Cos are a minor incident within the broader conflict yet reveal that the German forces remain crafty and powerful. It stresses not underestimating the enemy or assuming they are demoralized or near collapse amid the ongoing war.
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Balkan
Cos
Finschhafen Falls To MacArthur
The article lauds General MacArthur for directing Allied advances in New Guinea major bases including Finschhafen. It credits his leadership, air-sea teamwork, and insistence on aggressive strategy despite island-hopping debates, noting successes at Bismarck Sea and ongoing push toward Tokyo.
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New Guinea
Salamaua
Lae
Finschhafen
MacArthur
New Britain
Solomons
Huon Gulf
Iueck
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific War
Japan
Tokyo
Pacific
Bataan
Australia
Bismarck Sea
Washington
Allied High Command
South
Southwest
Archbishop Spellman Says Rome Must Not Be Destroyed
Archbishop Francis Spellman voices relief that Allied bombing aimed at military targets only and not the Eternal City. He denounces Adolf Hitler and the Nazi threat as godless fiends, stressing the war’s stakes for liberty and the cleansing of evil, while urging restraint to spare Rome’s sacred heritage.
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Rome
Francis J. Spellman
Christendom
Mussolini
Archbishop Spellman
Adolf Hitler
Housewives' Contribution To Victory
A nostalgic piece honors housewives for their wartime labor in home canning and storage. It highlights canning methods, garden harvests, family meals, and the pride in preparing preserves and victuals, noting women helped feed a hungry world and support victory.
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Small Sister
Farmers Bulletin
Home Bureau
Harriman Chosen as Ambassador to Soviet Russia
The appointment of W Averell Harriman as ambassador to Moscow is seen as timely and beneficial. A veteran diplomat and successful industrialist, Harriman is expected to ease Soviet relations, support wartime diplomacy, and serve as a key negotiator in Moscow for the three powered conference. Roosevelt’s choice is praised as right for the moment.
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W. Averell Harrimann
Soviet Russia
United States
Moscow
Harriman
Russia
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Byrd presidential campaign stirs Southern Democrats
A New Orleans meeting launched a plan to back Senator Byrd of Virginia for the Democratic nomination next year. The Byrd platform opposes bureaucrats and tyrants, while Roosevelt is favored by Southern Democrats if he seeks the nomination. The split reflects differing views of government between Byrd and Roosevelt.
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Byrd
Springfield
New Orleans
Senator Byrd
Virginia
Mr. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Short-Snorters and Turkish diplomacy debated in 1943 letters
The Record prints reader notes on anonymity, flight tradition called short-snorter, and a critical view of Turkey's wartime stance. CHAS ISHKANIAN of Troy argues Turkish diplomacy is duplicity, references Nazi methods toward minorities, and cites Cyrus Sulzberger's New York Times dispatch from September 5, 1943 for context.
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Turkey
Nicolini di Tommasi
Allah
di Tommasi
Munich
Syria
Thrace
Iiraq
Lausanne
Tammasi
Cyrus Sulzburger
New York Times
Publicity piece lists Arthur M. Huddell among Liberty ship honorees
A U S Maritime Commission release names Arthur M. Huddell late president of the International Union of Operating Engineers among eminent labor figures assigned to new Merchant Marine Liberty ships. It recounts his 1921 Washington death after a restaurant shooting, notes rivalries, mob ties, and reactions by Morgan Maloney and Joe Fay, and questions commemorating him with the SS Arthur M. Huddell amid broader union corruption.
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New York
United States Maritime Commission
Arthur M. Huddell
International Union of Operating Engineers
Huddell
Sibley Hospital
Washington, D. C
Frank Langdon
Langdon
Jonn Fpossens
William E. Maloney
Chicago
Miami Beach
Posseh
Maloney
Joe Fay
New Jersey
Fay
Possehl
Washington Police Department
United States
Washington
Brother Maloney
Ed Kelly
Party of Humanity
Brother Fay
Frank Hague
Dennis Bruce Zeigler
Brother Maroney
United States Treasury
Zeigler
Treasury
Willian Green
American Federation of Labor
Brothers Green
Scrap drive risks amid steel industry apathy
The War Production Board warns that iron and steel scrap collection may stall as the industry, once funding advertising and events, now withholds support. Scrap demand rises while ore shipments drop, threatening open hearth mills, unless the drive gains real industry cooperation. Capitol news covers insurance lobby tactics, legislative maneuvering, and Senator Mead’s Pacific tour with MacArthur focusing on hospital facilities.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPS
Great Lakes
War and Navy
Pronunciation notes on helicopter and Belshazzar story
Frank Colby explains the correct HEL-la-KOP-ter pronunciation of helicopter and contrasts with helio-. He recounts the Belshazzar handwriting prophecy and its Daniel interpretation, then promotes a pamphlet identifying phobias and requests stamps and self addressed envelopes.
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Frank Colby
Prime Minister Churchill Press Stirs U Sublicity Debate
The American press weighs Churchill’s Commons address revealing ten sensational items long held back by wartime censorship. Items include U boats, Eisenhower moves, Mussolini escape, Soviet talks, Corsica seizure, and new aerial bombs. The speech complicates press handling and space constraints.
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Churchill
America
British Information Ministry
House of Commons
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
United Nations
Sardinia
Eisenhower
Rome
Badoglio
Mussolini
Stalin
Corsica
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