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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1944
Page
7
The Weather Bureau notes August was hotter than normal with average daily temperatures reaching high marks. Eleven days hit 100 degrees or more, breaking records set in 1583 and 1953, while the first half showed extreme heat and cooler streaks later in the month.
United Traction Co faces delays in receiving thirty new busses for the Troy Albany line due to power and material shortages. General manager Niles says assembly cannot begin and an observer was canceled. Each bus seats forty and provides twenty standing spots. The fleet now totals 248 busses and 38 trofiers.
The Buffalo American Car and Foundry plant resumed heavy shell production for the Army and Navy after a walkout by 2,000 workers ended. About 1,200 idle workers were affected as union leaders and company officials met. Col. Frank A. Atwood attended the conference and Evans said differences have been settled.
Washington report by a War Department spokesman says Col John Hay Whitney known as Jock Whitney has been captured by German forces. Whitney, noted horse racing and pole vault enthusiast, hails from a wealthy family and is married to Betsy Cushing, former wife of James Roosevelt. Details remain unavailable.
Romanian armistice delegates said Carol the second is finished in political life and will not return to Romania to reclaim the throne. George Popp of the National Peasant Party called Carol through in the ring and in business forever.
Postwar aims show Britons planning sightseeing trips soon after victory. Travel agencies report many inquiries to visit France Germany North Africa Russia and the United States with partners seeking graves of fallen relatives and beaches like Dunkirk. A Center of Public Opinion poll finds 23 percent favoring the United States and seven percent planning to tour Britain.
After 21 months in a Nazi prison camp, Pic. Max A Hauser escaped and came home to find his family moved away with eight forwarding addresses. He learned his wife was in Naugatuck Connecticut and that her admirer had gone astray. they were eventually reunited.
Former Senator George W Norris remains in fragile condition as Dr. EB Singer reports his temperature has begun to rise once more. The veteran lawmaker, nicknamed Not Good, is under careful monitoring amid ongoing health concerns.
Reports from informed sources say Finland is considering breaking relations with Germany as a step toward armistice negotiations with Russia. Finnish radio broadcasts mention government statements and a move to receive Nazi diplomats in Helsinki. Shipping notices say Finnish ships in the Baltic were ordered to return to Finnish or Swedish harbors.
A 15 year old boy, X William Chamberlain, suffered a crushed left foot after a Northbound ice truck struck a parked car on Second Avenue north of West Street. Chamberlain was riding on the truck step when he was thrown off as the wheel ran over his foot. He was taken to Leonard Hospital.Driver Daniel Gunther, 59, River Street, told police he drove the ice truck. The Parked car owner was Kenneth Hazzard of 48 Second Avenue. Police Sergi Joseph Schule and Petrolman William Donovan assisted.
Acting War Production Board chairman Krug told 150 agency leaders that no personnel shakeup is planned and urged them to stay on the job. He said as war load cases rise they must ease strain on civilian production with delicate steps and remove bottlenecks.
A War Labor Board tripartite panel ruled a $3 weekly wage increase for about 12,000 New York Telephone Co employees in Manhattan the Bronx Long Island and Westchester and Rockland Counties. The new scale ranges from 20 to 34 dollars weekly and will be implemented within a month. One industry panel member dissented.
Two men discuss Dallas liquor option election on a Dallas–Fort Worth local page. They debate outcomes with slang about Nip and Tex as the election nears, signaling community interest.
The Duchess of Windsor is reported in very good condition after an operation to remove her appendix performed Thursday. She was taken to Roosevelt Hospital where doctors conducted the procedure and reported her condition as very good yesterday.
Gov John W Bricker Republican vice presidential nominee will speak before the American Legion national convention in Chicago on September 16 he announced today The auxiliary units Mollie E B Titcomb Army and Navy Union USA will meet Tuesday at 8 pm in Spanish War Memorial Hall
Allied bombers based in China attacked Formosa and the China coast in a large operation. The campaign targeted Japanese defenses from the Equator to Paramushiro with forces including Liberators and Mitchells. Attacks also pounded the southern Philippines and Dutch Celebes as part of a broader Pacific air offensive.
The United States announced plans for a Japanese mercy ship to Vladivostok for 1560 tons of relief supplies for Allied prisoners and internees held by Japan. The U S government will cover transport costs and may distribute Japanese relief to Americans in custody. The arrangement covers one ship with safe conduct and may lead to further overland shipments via the Soviet Union Korea or Manchuria if Vladivostok port use is refused.
In Bucharest on the day King Michael proclaimed an armistice Russian troops entered the city and freed Allied airmen held since a prior bombing campaign. About 22 of the liberated are British and the rest American. The prisoners were in camps near Brasov and in a stockade at Sucharest. The gates opened within minutes of the armistice.
Leaders of the supervisory workers coal union announce that strikers at ten government seized mines will return to work Monday. They warn other pits will stay closed until operators recognize the union or government takes over properties. About 4,200 workers are employed at the ten mines under government control since Thursday. Over 3,000 workers are estimated to be out at other properties. Strike votes are planned at about sixty mines across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky under the National Labor Relations Board during the Wet Labor Disputes Act period.
Townsend Club No. 3 hosted a reception for newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Ankin at Diamond Rock Hell last night. Members from Clubs 1 and 2 attended as Lee Gessier presided and the couple was escorted in as the wedding march played.
Ralph C Langford, summer pastor at Quaker Hill Church attended by Thomas E. Dewey, returns to a polio ban on public gatherings. Langford plans a 15 minute radio sermon tomorrow from his winter charge at First Presbyterian. Dewey, the Republican nominee, engages radio sermon time.
In Malta Montana Sheriff R J Campden reports rustlers moving across the Bear Paw range between the Milk and Missouri rivers. Cattlemen say organized gangs brand and steal cattle and unbranded horses as many owners are away with the armed forces. Tensions rise as warnings spread among ranchers.
FBI announces arrest of Charles Margolis head of a purchasing mission at the Foreign Economic Administration on bribery charges. He allegedly demanded nine thousand dollars after accepting a cash laden package in New York City. An unnamed Bogota exporter connected with the bark used in quinine aided the inquiry. Margolis’s residence and career details span Orlando, Cleveland, New York, and Passaic with Bogota as his base since 192? to 143.
The Agriculture Department warned a sharp fall in civilian butter per capita is likely in the last quarter of 1944 due to seasonal decline and military demand. Overall dairy output may be similar to late 1943, with smaller supplies of condensed and other dairy products while fresh fruits and vegetables stay plentiful.
Putts bothered Nelson on the eve of the $20 000 Nashville invitational. G-Laurd Byrom leads a field opening today for a three day run at Richlesd Club with Pros like Harold Mecpaden and Dutch Harrison posting sub par 67s. Bulls rebounds for a 79 as competition shows depth.
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