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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1945
Page
9
The article recalls how Britain turned to orchard heaters and fogging oils to create large scale smoke screens from 1920 to 1942. It notes farmers lent orchard equipment for defense, the shift to industrial smoke tactics, and civilian impact including gas masks and clothing staining.
A wartime piece portrays Honolulu streets as chaotic with pedestrians and soldiers crowding roadways. It notes police, diverse communities, and lingering prewar norms that protected pedestrians while motorists face erratic crossing, creating a tense urban scene.
A machine named Cyclone creates a high velocity wind and dust spray to combat bats and insects attacking crops. It uses a belt fed gust of chemical dust under heavy charge to thoroughly dust fruit trees and foliage, capable of treating about 400 acres per day.
New Orleans UPA total of 733 ESTs omitted and commissioned during the war cost more than the United States government receipts for any year in history up to 1918.
In a heavy downpour in Honolulu pedestrians and drivers collide as cars jam intersections. Police patrols, bored officers, and a chorus of horns slow motion traffic into a midstreet standstill while a convertible and a stubborn jalopy spark a short collision. Prolonged congestion ends with tickets and warnings as the rain-soaked city reels.
German civilians and soldiers scavenge discarded American cigarettes as shortages bite. Observers report Germans buy and hoard butts for reassembly and resale, with some soldiers and workers paying high prices while hotel staff profit from ashtray collections. The trend spreads from Munich to Berlin as shortages alter daily habits.
Canberra plans to import 100,000,000 feet of lumber from East Siberia in 1946 to boost local timber stocks. The Australian cabinet will request Soviet cooperation to arrange the deal. Earlier shipments involved pine and hardwood, with Manchurian oak arriving from the Amur River valley.
State veterinarians warned farmers to watch livestock closely this summer for rabies signs. Sudden, unexplained behavior marks infected animals. horses may kick or ram, cattle may bellow and stamp, and bites or gnawing at bite sites are noted.
Opinion piece criticizing American pronunciation snobbery and the faux European gravitas in language. It argues for pride in American speech while denouncing pretentious trends. Notable lines condemn pompous accents and urge embracing correct American usage.
An American born barber, Harry Firth, 60, formerly of Philadelphia and Vancouver, operates a tiny one chair shop in Stratford on Avon England. He recalls crossing the frozen Delaware in 1887 with his father and mother teetotalers owning the biggest pub in Bradford. His father invented a buttonholing machine, later sold for $150, then bought land in Atlantic City and lost it for tax nonpayment. Harry notes a Christian Science church now stands where the land lay. Harry’s family stories include Jimmy, the youngest pilot to leave Canada, killed in Mosquito intruder service, and Douglas, a Canadian naval lieutenant in Vancouver.
In Chattanooga Tennessee Seaman Marvin O Sp Clair of Chattanooga is claimed to be 18 on his missing anniversary after serving without a birthday record. The vessel crossed the international dateline on the eve of his anniversary automatically removing the date from the ship log. The ship's legal officer certified that St Clair actually had become 18 on the missing date.
The Foreign Economics Administrator directs farming on Guam Saipan Tinian and. soil cleared areas grow crops with American equipment. Native and GI labor guides the fields while Japanese civilians assist on Saipan and Tinian. Native Guadalcanal workers are seen on an American tractor.
Harrisburg, Ti reports wooden barrel stave mills rebound as four mills run full time to supply barrels for national and international trade. The southern Mississippi region once housed many mills, but by 1939 only two remained as land shifted to agriculture.
Sxmouth England Bill Salter, born without a right hand, volunteered after RAF rejection and served as an aircraft identity expert aboard the Empire Broadsword. The ship ferried troops to Normandy and retrieved the wounded. Salter has been listed as missing since the Empire Broadsword struck a mine and sank.
Detroit reports the nation's auto industry delivered nearly 29.9 billion dollars in war products to the United States and allies. Aircraft, military vehicles, tanks, guns, ammunition and other components were produced, with vehicles totaling 2.6 million and 839,031 jeeps. The note highlights mass production lowering costs, citing the standard caliber 50 machine gun price drop from 987 to 396 then 200.
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