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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1944
Page
18
The wholesale ceiling price on cabbage has been suspended until after September 3 according to an announcement by the District OPA office. The action was deemed necessary and effective yesterday.
The OPA cites substantial cabbage crop damage along the Middle Atlantic coast from drought. Retail cabbage prices will reflect wholesale pricing plus a 49 percent allowable markup, as determined by the OPA Price Division.
The 11 mile wide hurricane skirted Maine causing nearly 100 million dollars in damage across New England and New Jersey. Atlantic City sustained about 4 million, with total regional losses approaching 200 million. New York City, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts faced heavy fruit-tree losses and disrupted communications. The storm’s center moved northeastward past Rhode Island and into the Atlantic, leaving wires down and trees uprooted with minor city damage in Boston and Philadelphia.
A malfunctioning hurricane centered near Long Island battered coastal states. Coast Guard records note a car plate misplacement, high seas, and debris scattering across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. Power lines fell in Brooklyn leading to multiple electrocutions, while numerous communities faced flooding and crop losses inland to forty miles.
The Troy Post Office reports a stricter Christmas parcel post drive for troops overseas. Soldiers must use sturdy boxes, weigh no more than five pounds, fit within fifteen by thirty eight inches total girth, and have addresses on inner and outer wrappings. Packages must be wrapped in heavy paper and marked Christmas Mail.
Four were killed and many injured when a large ammunition explosion rocked the Hastings Naval Ordnance Depot in Hastings Nebraska. The Hastings Daily Tribune cited reliable authorities and noted 21 people injured. A crater 555 feet long and 25 feet deep formed in the penet eration area. windows on Hastings main street shattered. Ambulances, fire crews, and police aided at the scene. The previous April 6 explosion at the same depot killed eight and left five missing.
A 16 year old Troy boy accused of burglary in the third degree and larceny waived for action by the Rensselaer County Grand Jury when arraigned yesterday before Police Justice James F. Byron. He is charged with entering the Liberty Garage on Liberty Street and Fifth Avenue on July 2 and stealing $2.75 in cash, twenty gallons of gasoline, a cage of gasoline coupons, and automobile parts.
Dean Warnock of Penn State urges returning veterans to pace readjustment after war. He cites three steps: delay marriage, build a home, and pursue job or college. Warnock notes many students paused careers for service and face changes in environment and peers. Football coach Ferd? Bezugel recalls World War I veterans adapting to play, with veterans and greens eventually meshing on the team.
Washington officials say 50,000 tons of steel will be repurposed for civilian goods as war supplies wind down. WPB acting chair J A Krag notes reconversion plans assume Germany could collapse earlier than surrender, allowing earlier production of washing machines refrigerators and sewing machines. A total of 195,000 tons of steel is planned for civilian items over three months, plus large copper and aluminum allocations.
The rebuilt French fleet returned to Toulon, historic Mediterranean port, with the Lorraine leading a long line of ships as planes droned overhead. Vice Admiral Hewitt watched from his flagship, while the cruiser Philadelphia under Captain Angell represented the United States. Thousands of rain soaked residents welcomed the French sailors.
Seventeen trainees have enrolled for a new electricity class at the New York State Technical Institute. The program offers defect-free courses and accepts further enrollments until September 21. Other courses under the vocations training program include machine shop, radio mathematics, broadcast radio, safety management, and grafting.
Allied heavy bombers from Italy attacked three Athens area airfields Eleusis Tatol and Kalamaki killing German transport planes evacuations and military traffic. Fortresses and Liberators dropped fragmentation bombs on Salamis submarine pens and Piraeus nearby targets in a second straight night raid.
Storm winds on the Eastern Seaboard damaged Dutchess County apple crops with losses estimated at 300 909 dollars. Theodore Cryss of the New York State Horticultural Society reported two percent of the apple yield destroyed, with Macintosh apples bearing the heaviest toll at about 250 000 bushels. Orchard owners plan to petition to lift the 3.25 dollar ceiling price on Macintosh apples.
New York City reports indicate the Order of Foresters, including Pride of the Hudsons, will hold an executive council meeting soon with court officers attending. The Durian meeting schedule is listed as Saturday with Raszer presiding. details remain sparse in the readable text.
Navy motor machinist's mate second class John Abrams son of Hany Abrams of 34 Fourth Street is listed as wounded. Marine Private Kenneth Morehouse, Breverve, son of Mrs Pauline Morehouse of Glens Hels, credited for action, also listed in latest casualty roll.
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