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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1943
Page
8
A discussion notes that wartime shifts in advertising show firms prioritizing national needs over profits. Railroads, newspapers, and utilities urge conservation and reduced usage to boost war production, portraying corporate patriotism. The author contrasts this with labor groups' strikes, praising unselfish stances that support the country’s war effort.
The Finnish government signals desire for peace with Russia and Britain, via Premier Linkomies, aiming to restore pre-1939 independence and borders. A Finnish-Russian settlement could shorten the eastern front, allow Soviet forces to aid the struggle against Germany, and settle the Finnish boundary question amid doubts Russia will concede the 1939 line.
The text argues for securing the ancient capital’s safety while preserving Finnish independence and boundaries that include most Finns. It notes Russia border concerns and suggests the issue requires statesmanship to avoid friction between Moscow and the western powers.
The piece critiques Representative Hatton W. Sumners of Texas for proposed constitutional amendments to curb presidential power. It notes veto use rising since Lincoln and Roosevelt, warns against eroding executive capacity, and argues against barring Congress members from executive posts. It cautions about losing capable officials and the value of vetoes to curb pork-barrel legislation.
General Eisenhower's command confirms the British Eighth Army links with the Fifth Army at Salerno, praising Clark's troops for holding ground under fierce German counterattacks. The victory cements control of a large part of central Italy, though fighting continues as Germans retreat northward. The piece urges steady resolve and cautions against over-optimism and unreliable enemy broadcasts.
The President briefed Congress on the war effort pledging that Allied forces are turning back Nazi fascist forces while noting that victory is still distant in major theaters. He highlighted Clark's Fifth Army advances from Salerno and Italian gains shaping Indian Ocean access and pressure on Japan, with Pacific successes under MacArthur and secure air bases reducing threats to New Zealand and Australia. Victory remains ahead, and Americans are on the march.
A survey of famous hoaxes from Arthur and Ossian to the Great Moon Hoax and Orson Welles. It argues most stories are fiction and questions the Mussolini rescue tale, urging verification by Italian radio before belief. It notes Goebbels and others spreading falsehoods and publicist dissent with Ickes.
Readers debate letter privacy in publishing, marriage age laws in Vermont, and wartime metal conservation. A Schenectady letter from 1943 questions anonymity for signed communications, lists Vermont marriage age rules with and without parental consent, and critiques tin and metal recycling waste and fuel use amid a newsprint shortage.
New York draft director Arthur V. Mel Dermott has begun proceedings to cancel deferment for Joe Curran president of the National Maritime Union. Curran 37 has long held exemptions and is now aboard a merchant vessel bound for Europe on a so-called vacation voyage. Curran’s union publication lauds him while a state department passport delay is blamed for the shipboard absence, amid accusations the union seeks control of the American Merchant Marine and faces opposition from real sailors and officials. Curran’s draft board chair Rev Francis Shepherd calls him essential to the war effort, a claim critics dispute amid alleged Communist influence and political maneuvering within maritime agencies.
Washington observers profile Adolf Berle Jr as a brilliant but controversial State Department figure whose progressive stance and close ties to elites shaped US policy toward Russia and Europe. The piece traces his early rise, family background, and actions from blocking oil refinery shipments to Russia in 1941 to engaging with Hungarian Italian allied figures, amid shifting views on how to handle the Soviet threat.
Mayor La Guardia calls the Selective Service direction unimaginative and warns we face a hopeless OPA-like future. The piece notes overlapping agencies and unclear authority between War Manpower Commission head Paul McNutt and Selective Service head General Hershey, with industry manpower issues and wartime contract demands highlighted as the core crisis.
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