This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1949
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR yields scattered names and notes including York, Funnahas, Marin, Beier and Teer. Content irregular with garbled punctuation and missing context. Not enough readable facts to determine a coherent event. summarize as stray line items from a Troy record page.
The piece discusses political maneuvering around labor, the Hoover Commission, and expectations for France's economic stance, then analyzes President Truman's steel fact finding board. It notes the board lacks binding power, views pensions as preferable to wage hikes, and warns that eight cents an hour pension cost could raise prices, influencing the broader economy. It also mentions John L Lewis and coal negotiations in context.
The Gold Rush Agriculture Department reports extremely large harvests with corn up 27 percent above average. Factors include parity price supports and minimal acreage controls. Analysts warn high supports may drive storage or destruction, while flexible parity could ease the burden. The Brannan Plan faces political risk, but large crops may curb 90 percent supports and prompt crop controls if needed.
The piece weighs Justice Rutledge as sincere and likable but argues he lacked a practical legal mind and failed to meet the standards of a last resort judge. It portrays him as a New Dealer with ideological bias and a temperament that distorted constitutional interpretation.
The article notes signs of recovery in France across political and economic fields as Premier Queuille marks a year in office. It credits stability to the Marshall Plan and avoids cabinet churn, while highlighting Queuille’s perceived diplomatic skill and the era’s weakened party fragmentation.
Shirley May France, a seventeen year old Massachusetts schoolgirl, stunned spectators as her attempt to swim the English Channel faltered near Dover. The crowd noted delays and hazards, yet praised her courage and the stamina she showed during the fraught crossing attempt.
A jumble of letters to The Record discusses anonymity in submissions, nepotism and employment in Troy, and a contention about Trojan locals versus out-of-state workers. An editor explains letter editing rules while readers push for local hiring and questions about a predator control and bounty program in Pennsylvania.
Washington reports a possible 1952 Democratic plan to form an anti Truman alliance with prominent Southern Democrats. The scheme contemplates nominating General Eisenhower as a Constitutional Democrat if liberal foes push for Roosevelt-style shifts, while Truman’s leadership faces opposition from wings within the party and calls for fresh ideas in national politics.
Analyzed narrative outlines Truman's clashes with Baruch over ambassadorial posts in Holland and party intrigue around the Baruch family. Congress faces a stalemate as Senate prioritizes four major bills while air trips and investigations loom. Public uproar, internecine feuds, and curious anecdotes color a tense Washington scene with staffing shifts and political theater.
Frank Colby argues against ending the greeting hello on residential phones, noting it is deeply established and likely to persist despite business usage campaigns. He defines hello as a personal connection, like a welcome message signaling the line is connected, and examines cultural and historical reactions to replacing it.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.