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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
1
Philadelphia preacher Michael Walsh will present a four day Bible program at Sixt Avenue Baptist Church starting yesterday at 1:45 pm. He will conduct evening exercises Friday and Sunday with songs and public access to events as part of his North American mission.
A Workmen’s Compensation hearing awarded a lump sum of 3330 for a Hudson Valley Fuel Corp. worker injured as left leg loss of use. Other awards ranged from 1440 to 562.50 for various injuries at Ludlow Valve, Albany Coke, Republic Steel and more, with several workers receiving percentages of loss to body parts. Named firms include Allegheny Ludlum Steel, Adirondack, Ludlow Valve, and W. & T. Gurley.
The Office of Price Administration announced a better supply of top grade beef and pork for housewives starting 14 November with a slight overall meat shortage. It also links two minor point value changes in meats dairy products and processed foods for the five week period beginning Sunday. The October weekly supply averaged lower than expected though the first three grades of beef steaks and roasts are set at 34 520 000 pounds per week for the new period versus 27 770 000 in October.
A tablet honoring militant suffragette Susan B. Anthony is unveiled in Rochester near the house she lived in for forty years until her death in 1906. Two women who knew her, including her sister Mary, participated in the ceremony.
Acting on the New York State Federation of Labor request, the Troy Central Federation of Labor voted to run an educational campaign to urge peak manpower in war production plants. A War Manpower Commission pamphlet shows declines as workers move to nonessential jobs. The drive, to run through the ranks of labor, stresses community duty to sustain peak employment for war industry alongside service members. Seymour Scott led the session with three delegates from the International Ladies Garment Workers Union joining the central body. The Labor Temple Trustees meeting was postponed to Wednesday, Nov. 8.
Two Troy youths faced petit larceny charges after being caught stealing quart bottles of soda from a Par-B-Pak Beverage Co. truck on River Street near Middleburg Street. They were arrested by Detective Bureau plainclothesman Michael J. Kane and held at Central Police Station awaiting arraignment in Police Court.
OPA regional administrator Daniel P. Wooley announced price reductions for Thanksgiving in Warren and Washington Counties. Retail turkey ceilings drop to 45 to 53 1/2 cents per pound for November, down two cents from October, with trimming and cranberries also cheaper, down to 42 cents per pound for cranberries.
Reported plans indicate Prime Minister Churchill will demand a definite British position on Franco. Paris sources claim France and Spain may resume normal diplomatic relations despite ideological rifts and frontier clashes. Madrid reports say Republicans in Navarra largely wiped out while Germans flee into Spain and seek aid to South America.
The district OPA office in Albany announces price adjustments effective today for several items in Trov Co hoes Green Island Watervliet Albany Rensselaer and Schenectady. Yellow onions three pounds for 15 cents down four, Spanish onions three pounds for 21 cents down four, white potatoes five pounds for 21 cents down four, sweet potatoes two pounds for 17 cents down four. All sizes of Grade A eggs up one cent per dozen, ceiling 71 cents for extra large to 5 cents per dozen for the smallest. Grade B eggs also up one cent. All other items unchanged.
A wild boar owned by J. P. Morgan escaped during a hunt in Chariton. Citizens staged a chase through the hamlet before Morgan killed the animal with a rifle bullet as he grew tired of pursuing it.
The Troy Y M C A launches a month long membership drive from Nov eight to Nov twenty three led by executive secretary Robert W. Ames. Marena L. Filey named chairman with team captains chosen. Goals include 300 new members or renewals and scoring based on membership value and collections. Privilege cards to view facilities and open house events will introduce the program.
An 11 year old boy fell from a hay wagon on Fifteenth Street north of the State Armory and suffered a head wound, slight concussion, and possible skull fracture. He was taken to Samaritan Hospital by radio car after being warned by the wagon driver Abram VanVranken of Watervliet.
Inductees scheduled to leave for service on Election Day will have a chance to vote before departure. The board authorized shipment delays and polls open as 20 aldermen gain ballots. The text references the New York World's Fair and a State Selective Service read covering 1216 acres.
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