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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1944
Page
19
The New York State Commander of the Cancer Control Society Mrs Harry Parker Van Wagener of Kingston conferred at the Rensyela ce Thursday to organize a local chapter.
County Commander Mrs James H Donneily forms a Troy branch of Meldarny to educate the public on cancer. The initial welfare program will run in city social organizations next year with appointments for leadership and an executive committee including Mrs Oney P Schhey Mrs Charles Stone Jr Mrs William F Cronin Miss Barbara Irish Mrs James H Damnelly Dr James C Boland Dr Richard P Doody Dr Gustavus L Whiteck Jr Dr Eugene Fo41
Fall registration for Red Cross Nurse Aids begins Wednesday at the Office of Civilian Protection, 3 State Street. Training targets daytime work with each class limited to at least twenty volunteers, as war demands rise. Contacts: WF Leversee welfare commissioner and Mrs Will Oliver of the District Nursing Association. Further committee details to follow.
Eleanor Morehead reports on Simon Manufacturing employing blind women as power sewing machine operators in New York City. The workers, Olga Robinson and Nore Gill, describe pride in sustaining employment and meeting production goals, while U.S. Employment Services weighs training blind workers to industrial standards.
The bulk of German forces in Finland reportedly prepare evacuation after days of preparations. Reports say troops will move from southern Finland with large ships available for transport to the Reich. Evacuation routes likely include Gulf of Bothnia ports and a special train to Turku then ships to Stockholm.
Secretary of Labor Perkins announced a survey of 150 stores in 21 large cities found ongoing shortages in cotton cloth ing, yard goods, and household supplies. She cited acute gaps in men and boys underwear, men's work clothing, infants' clothing, percale yard goods, sheets and pillow cases. The War Production Board and the Office of Price Administration vow special efforts to fix local shortages and boost production.
Robert V. Cadmbs five and Ronald C. Goombds three, sons of wartime workers, were found dead yesterday in the ice box of a vacant house at a Davis County housing project. Justice of the Peace J. 3. Cooley said the children, who disappeared Thursday, suffocated after an all night starch search.
Salt Lake City marked its fifth consecutive day with no rainfall as a dry spell followed Utah’s wettest June on record. June totals reached 3.31 inches, while July remained rain-free through early days, underscoring a sharp shift from heavy June rain.
Premier Hubert Pierlot and cabinet members departed London for Belgium, ending talks as Belgium moves to resume home affairs amid wartime pressures. George Weston, hospitalized in Highland Park General, described lighting a cigarette lighter fluid on a burning match, saying he did it to see what would happen. He suffered burns to his face and neck.
A Troy Presbyterian Church meeting announced a third annual XA A CGPL dinner for Thursday Nov 3 with officer elections December 7. Chair Mrs Charlotte Brown leads plans for a card parity and forum series during regular meetings. Le Mar Perkins NY assistant attorney general is listed for a special program at Seventh Avenue Zion Church reception for Rev J W Findley. Housing committee recommendations were read and endorsed by the Troy Council of Social Agencies.
The Defense Plant Corporation held an initial surplus property auction drawing about 3,000 attendees. Bidders bought items such as iron bedsteads wheelbarrows hand tools welding machines and stoves while some purchases exceeded the articles worth according to critics.
Officers and committee chairmen of the Women of the Moose met at the home of Miss Virginia Bertrand to receive official instructions. Airs. Marion Cunningham of Schenectady delivered the instructions. Initiation of two new candidates is planned for next Friday’s meeting.
About 147 assembly line workers at the Dodge Chicago plant refused to work halting production of BP Superfortress engines. Company spokesmen said the strike was called over a dispute that a man was promoted on merit rather than seniority. The plant supplies engines for bombers.
The Senate passed legislation cutting insured mail charges from ten to three cents for orders up to five dollars, a 67 percent share of business, while reducing COD fees and renewing money order fee increases under a tax bill.
Paris police announce the arrest of a group linked to Vichy authorities in a roundup. Included are two French quislings alleged to have amassed illicit gains of 16 008 000 dollars with the Gestapo, plus Vichy minister Max Bonnainous nicknamed the "starver" and Vichy colonial minister Jules Brevier, with gold caches reportedly buried in a private garden.
American air forces blasted four high priority targets in the Rhineland behind the Siegfried Line. They struck the Ludwigshafen synthetic oil complex for the fourth time in two weeks, the Karlsruhe freight yards, and depots at Mainz outskirts along with a tank plant at Gastsars, as fighters and bombers fought through storms and subzero temperatures.
Tech. Sergi Donald R. Miller twenty one year old son of Mr and Mrs R C Miller of Catskill Avenue Rensselaer was awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial service against the enemy He arrived overseas in Bay and served as radio operator gunner on a B 24 bomber His plane took active part in the D Day invasion of France.
Presidency calls for international agreements to curb cartel practices shaping Britain’s commercial rise. Roosevelt seeks eradication of German cartels such as I G Farben Frust, while plans for a major conference and smaller premeetings unfold with Britain and Russia.
The text suggests a declaration against cartels will be added to the agenda for a meeting between the President and Prime Minister. The gathering coincides with Europe nearing the war's end and the start of a new economic era. An incomplete sentence notes an Arabic death toll in the United States in 193? was about Bo.
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