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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
10
Citizens urged to register and vote in Troy area local election for mayor and county officers. Calls for careful scrutiny of candidates beyond party labels, notes registration windows today October 15 and October 16, and mentions lieutenant governor race amid alleged nationwide political significance.
The Dodecanese have long served as football for Italy and Turkey but are inhabited mainly by Greeks who desire independence or union with Greece. As final peace settlements approach, it is hoped their wishes will be consulted and Italy's retention of the islands deemed unthinkable.
The Troy Record weighs reader questions on Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt's South Pacific voyage. Critics call the trip ostentatious and politically opportunistic, noting public expense and use of gas, film, and bomber time for a personal agenda. They question integrity and motives behind her column and film.
The editorial argues against War Treasury overreach, urging Congress to adopt Representative Taber’s economy plan and a retail sales tax as the only safe path to fund the war without crippling the nation or overburdening future generations. It condemns Secretary Morgenthau’s approach as excessive.
In wartime outrage, a captured diary claims two Japanese officers beheaded an American airman near Salamaua New Guinea. The piece lists Sublieutenant Komai and Lieutenant Commander Tsukioka as the perpetrators, arguing for justice and recalling promises of punishment for such barbarity.
German claims that Cos, the Dodecanese island, fell to their forces after two days of fighting British troops there have not yet been confirmed by the Allies. The island’s possession would give the Germans a strategic base in the Eastern Mediterranean, though the outcome remains unverified.
The piece argues for cutting federal spending by 4.153 billion and adopting a sales tax as an alternative to the Treasury tax program. It criticizes wartime waste under Roosevelt, calls for speed and results in mobilizing resources, and asserts excess federal payroll and agency spending from Depression years are now being squandered. It ends with a quip about winter and summer.
Boston Clobe warns fires start at home and kill or injure many. It cites bed time smoking by all ages, faulty wiring, and dangerous oil rag storage as common causes. It urges households to survey premises and prevent fires by removing ignition sources and keeping fireproof containers for oily rags.
Readers discuss anonymity in columns gas rationing and work, comic papers for soldiers, and union dues during maneuvers. Letters from Wiynantskill Fort Eustis Virginia and a reader in Africa describe wartime concerns and support for soldiers overseas with civilians sending comics and urging consistency in publication.
A humorous ad by a self described worry consultant offers prompt, neat attention from an expert with ten years in the business. He lists topics from Soviet and taxation concerns to Singapore, income tax proposals, and shortages, promising batch handling and no guaranteed results. Grants ten scholarships in Mexico City accompany the piece.
Washington reports that Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson personally reversed Army chiefs and barred major league baseball teams from entertaining troops abroad. He argued healthy players in uniform could hurt morale and that many players are exempt for physical infirmities. The veto mirrors his prior refusal to let Joe Louis box for troops.
A reader asks about zone numbers in addresses, reassurance meaning, as though versus as if, open punctuation in addresses, and Latin letter abbreviations. Frank Colby explains usage, cites authorities, and offers a free pamphlet on modern business letters.
Washington editorial argues that a ten billion dollar wartime tax rise should be nonpartisan yet is hindered by Treasury secrecy, weak congressional tax drafting, and mutual distrust. It criticizes Morgenthau and calls for cooperation to avoid political football and maximize revenue. Continued on page sixteen.
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