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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1943
Page
8
The piece argues the reported Mussolini rescue from a Spanish island is a Nazi fabrication. It notes no confirmation and warns the story is likely false, with Mussolini reportedly held near Rome rather than Allied hands.
The Allied capture of most Italian warships after Badoglio's surrender opens the Mediterranean to Allied merchant shipping and frees naval forces for other fronts. Direct routes to the Near and Far East replace the long Cape voyage, aiding ships bound for Russia India and China. The move strengthens U S and British naval power in the Indian Ocean and Pacific theaters and signals a shift in war momentum with Italian vessels potentially offering more bite under capable leadership.
A wartime briefing notes that several submarines and smaller ships likely fell into German hands and could target Allied shipping from northern Italy and the Balkans. The passage warns the threat may endure if the invasion of the Japanese mainland proceeds, though it emphasizes cautious optimism.
Congress resumes in Washington after a lengthy recess to confront presidential powers during the war. The piece argues Congress must check executive overreach, defend democracy, and set time-limited war powers while supporting the war effort and civilian agencies. It frames Congress as the last democratic bulwark against autocratic tendencies and calls for restraint and deliberate reform.
The piece critiques Secretary Hulls wartime and postwar foreign policy outline, calling it pale and legalistic. It notes lacked novel ideas, warned it needed concrete action plans, and praises some points on international cooperation, peaceful enforcement, and national self-determination while cautioning against promoting specific government forms.
The remarks praise Hull's overall stance and call for his clearer push on policy. It notes the opportunity for the nation to take a leading role in creating and maintaining a peaceful, orderly world with major powers cooperating against aggressors, while wishing for stronger elaboration on specifics.
An analysis of the Balkan peninsula as a strategic front in World War II. It notes shifting power in Bulgaria Greece and Yugoslavia and the allied and resistance movements. It highlights Stalin’s Orthodox Church moves and Allied covert support to Greek guerrillas and Chetniks. The piece frames the region as central to Germany’s plan and to Allied counter moves.
A naive Trojan, fond of mystery novels, spends two long September nights on his tax return. The Ales warn neutrals to shun Axis gangsters, leaving Fas Goering with nowhere to hide. He is prepared for the consequences.
The Third theme urges all Americans to back a major Allied push into Western Europe. Allies have invaded Europe and Italy falls may speed plans for a Western Front. The drive emphasizes vast costs and calls on the home front to fund war through bonds and production.
Letters to The Record discuss anonymity in columns and publication, age limits for Air Forces pilots, Clark Gable's role, socialism concerns, locating a brother in Argentina, cadet nurse training in Albany, and Italy’s World War I stance with Russia’s exclusion from Quebec talks.
Westbrook Pegler reports on Francis K Shepherd chairman of the draft board granting successive half year deferments to Joe Curran venerated by Communist front in the National Maritime Union Curran’s latest deferment keeps him in the immune age bracket ready to urge a second front in France while other draftees go to war Pegler questions editorial authority of selective service and calls for Shepherd's removal from the chair while noting union pressure and press censorship tensions.
Washington editor Drew Pearson laments Congress under public scorn over pay, missions, and a Cox led probe of the FCC. He warns that one sided hearings and payroll perks corrode trust in government, urges self scrutiny and restraint while noting farm machinery rationing relief plans for farmers.
British visitors express private amazement at civilian restrictions and expanded military power compared with civil rights withdrawal. The piece notes concern over war policies and the long term danger, blaming Congress as the chief instrument of democratic erosion while urging voters to back four freedoms defenders in upcoming primaries and conventions.
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