Deigat Marvin Leads Troy Record Company and Staff
Deigat Marvin editor and Das'd B. Pluow president head The Troy Record Company with H Betis vice president Frank L. York treasurer and Dwinh Marvin secretary. Private branch exchanges connect departments as The Troy Record prints AP news and local dispatches. Subscription terms list prices for daily and mail delivery in New York counties and surrounding regions.
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Deigat Marvin
Ine Troy Record Company
Das'd B. Pluow
H Betis
Frank L. York
Dwinh' Marvin
Troy
Associated Press
Troy Record
Tunes
Carrer
Mai
Albany
Rensselaer
Saratoga
Washington
New State
Reasrington
Vance
RTS
Sanas
Audi
Bureau of
A Unique Record of Arthur B Cobden in Banking and Community
A note on Arthur B Cobden of Tiny who died while vacationing in the Adirondacks. He began work at age 12 with a local bank and retired at eighty after seven decades with the bank or its successors. Cobden lived 83 years in Troy, contributing to industry, philanthropy, church, and fraternal life, while also serving his community and family.
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Tiny
Adirondacks
Ayeut
Arthur B. Cobden
Cobden
Mr. Cobden
Troy
Stop This Thing Now Aims To Label Graded Foods
The piece argues opponents of a new OPA plan to label and grade foods and possibly standardize brands. It warns that grade labeling would remove brand names and force a three tier system A B C affecting foods and other goods, enabling government graders to redefine quality and erase familiar trademarks. The article urges clear understanding of the proposal and cautions against bureaucratic control.
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OPA
Geass
Housewile
Ingredien
Aencid
Opposition to brand standardization in free market
The text argues against allowing unbranded goods to enter the market on equal footing with globally branded products. It warns that grade leveling would start a broad standardization movement and urges Congress to oppose such measures as un-American, protecting consumer benefits and free enterprise from OPA encroachments.
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Congress
OPA
Allied forces cross Strait of Messina into Southern Italy
The report notes British Eighth Army under General Montgomery has established a bridgehead at Scilla and Reggio Calabria after crossing from Sicily. Allied air and artillery support are aiding the invasion, with German resistance and supply lines as the unknowns as the campaign advances inland.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Italy
Scilla
Reggio Catsoria
United Nations
Hitler
Europa
Europe
Asis
Messina
Axis leaders flee with vast wealth as Allies vow punishment
Axis officials including Galeazzo Ciano and Joachim von Ribbentrop are reported to have hidden billions in safe havens such as Germany Switzerland and other nations. The United Nations promise to recover looted assets and return property to conquered peoples while pursuing war criminals wherever they seek asylum.
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Badoglio
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Ciano
Dicttater
Bustolini
Germany
Goering
Reich
Fuehrer
Red
Switzerland
Joachim von Rinhentrop
Werland
Sila
Lucerne
Im & S Sm
Cium
Europe
Agat
United Nations
Administrative Jitter Overshadows Butter and Meat Policy
The War Food Administration and Office of Price Administration have issued a new ration schedule, promising more meat while butter remains below estimates. The backlogs, now reaching 210 million pounds, plus constant policy shifts leave citizens confused and business and domestic planning nearly impossible. The piece criticizes federal agencies for inefficiency and inconsistent guidance, urging coordination and steadier administration.
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Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
DPA
WFA
AMGOT controversy highlights democracy irony in Allied rule
A column lampoons the AMGOT label used by Allied military governments in occupied territories. It argues the name caused offense in Near Eastern languages and among Russians, suggesting AMG would be a better mark. The piece also mocks various political quips and social anecdotes from the era.
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Near East
World Brotherhood of the Common Man
AMG
Russia
Sicily
Fussia
AMGOT
Questions and letters to The Record on law and licenses
A collection of reader inquiries and editor responses on topics including anonymity in publication, exchanging 16 B gas ration coupons for new ones, applying for marriage licenses and divorce records, French possessions in the Western Hemisphere, book expiration for new type coupons, alien draft eligibility, and rules governing bigamous marriages in Delaware.
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Troy
St. Piere
Miquelon
New Foundland
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Lesser Antilles
French Guiana
South America
Clipperton Island
the Record
Delaware
Pope Pius XII urges peace talks over unconditional surrender
The pope urges a peace process that respects nations right to live and honor. He cautions against swashbuckling calls for unconditional surrender and urges Allies to offer concrete terms and a hopeful peace to win over conquered peoples rather than inflame hatred. He cites Wilsons postwar approach and warns that victors behavior can seed future conflict.
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Washington
Pius XII
Hitler
Fascism
Mussolini
Italy
Hiller
Wilson
Europe
Germany
Britain
France
Government Needs More Stenographers In Washington
Washington asks for thousands of stenographers as Civil Service agents recruit nationwide. Women arrive for romance of the capital only to find long hours, crowded housing, poor meals, and shrinking pay due to taxes and retirement deductions. Some return home to defense plants. Leon Henderson fails to secure new tires due to rubber shortages, signaling the start of a tires and synthetic rubber gap.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Venad
Morgenthau
Leon
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Henderson
Jeffers
Teffers
Jesse Jones
Correction on a WWI naval incident record in New York press
In 1917 a United Press report from Queenstown claimed an American destroyer rammed and sank a U‑boat, possibly finishing it with a depth charge. The story, approved by U S and British censors, faced later scrutiny about accuracy and sources in Washington press circles.
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New York
Roosevelt
Hull
Deew Pearson
Pearson
Backstairs
Washington
Cives
United Press
United States
Queenstown
Ireland
Adm
William S. Sims
Saturday Word Quia 4 Word Origins Q and Answers
A reader column discusses orthoepist pronunciation and historical t heory of sword, Viet Kid leather trademark, minister address etiquette, and a tongue in cheek network comment. It closes with a promo for Curious Word Origins by Frank Colby.
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Los Angeles
Bloomfield
Jackson
L. RF
Charlotte
Jones
Doctor Jones
John Jones
Washington
Frank Colby
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