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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1944
Page
1
A Halloween party for the congregation’s children is set for this evening at He Deamer Lutheran Church on 74 Third Avenue. Sunday School Superintendent Hunt Sohett and officers and teachers organize games and refreshments for attendees.
A wartime report by the Surgeon General's Genetics Division finds modern draftees average height about 5 feet 8 inches and weight near 166 pounds, about six inches taller and twelve pounds heavier than World War I inductees. WWII draftees are slightly shorter and heavier than their 1917 counterparts, suggesting improved physiques despite rejection rates.
Statements from Gen Paul R Hawley and Col John Gordon link improved soldier recovery to better infant nutrition and preventive medicine. They credit surgery advances, plasma and sulfas, and civilian health programs for stronger men in the European theater of operations.
The Friendly Circle Class of Center Brunswick Methodist Church will present a musical variety show titled Moonlight Serenade. It runs tomorrow and Friday evenings in Grange Hall with performers including Robert Mandeville, Mrs. Merril Lee, Mrs. George Barkley, Art Gould, George Barkley, and many others under the direction of Ray Stephen Sidebottom. Robert Mandeville chairs the committee overseeing staging and lights, talent, props, and costumes.
Washington data show fewer marriages in large cities in September. Census Bureau noted 4,200 licenses issued in September, versus 4,309 a year earlier. For the first nine months, 280,799 licenses were issued, down from 424,237 the prior year, a noticeable decline.
Washington United Press International report says a Dies subcommittee branded the National Civic Political Action Committee and related groups as Communist fronts. It accuses Sidney Hillman of steering the PAC and LABOR front to influence party machinery, coercion of union members, and evasion of campaign laws while Attorney General Biddle is said to have given a clean bill on political activities.
Second Lieutenant Edavin L Harris, 20, B-17 navigator in Italy, credits silver wings for saving his life after a piece of debris struck his plane over Odertal Germany. The blast tore into his side but his wings absorbed the impact and he remained unhurt. He wrote to his parents Roy E Harris and Mrs Harris in Chicago describing the incident.
Dr. Martin Williams of the University of Alabama notes in Chemical and Engineering News that New York leads per capita paper use, two times meat. In 1841 paper consumption reached 300 pounds with various subtypes, and kraft pulp capacity is rising toward 7,008,000 tons by 1950, signaling growing economic importance of the kraft paper industry.
A South region historically dependent on cotton and lumber sees a notable rise in kraft paper production, marking the most significant business expansion in years despite a broad economic downturn and lingering low mood.
Topeka Kansas residents of the Women's Army Corps stationed at the air field have named Bob Hope The Wacs No Wack. The joke notes the comedian’s popularity with service members and his visits to military groups during wartime morale efforts.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts condemned Army censorship of war reports. She argued service newspapers like Stars and Stripes lack adequate home-front coverage due to restrictive measures by Army agencies. She urged free access to news from United Press Associated Press and International News Service.
An interview note quotes a serviceman’s remark on wisdom abroad and a commentator’s view that censoring or reviewing efforts delay delivering essential news to readers overseas. The fragment reflects tensions between information accuracy and timely reporting.
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