Troy Record Fragments Detail Cremation Costs
A partially legible notice from the Troy Record lists cremation pricing and averages. It mentions per pall costs and combined morning and evening data, indicating a pricing summary from August 1948.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
7
A partially legible notice from the Troy Record lists cremation pricing and averages. It mentions per pall costs and combined morning and evening data, indicating a pricing summary from August 1948.
The Troy Record urges support for Senator Dulles over Governor Lehman in New York's Senate race. It praises Dulles as a premier foreign policy voice and criticizes Lehman for following Roosevelt and the New Deal. The piece frames the St Lawrence power debate as central to policy and warns of statism under Lehman.
The piece weighs devaluation’s political effects on Labour policy and Sir Stafford Cripps’s Commons speech. It argues higher dividend taxes curb investment, risking reduced production, higher costs, and limited devaluation gains while unions press for pay increases. Cripps aims to mollify voters but may damage export expansion.
An opinion on the Leopold and Loeb case recalls Chicago’s 1920s murder and the public cynicism it sparked. It notes their wealth and intellect, mentions Clarence Darrow, commutations, parole prospects, and the role of the governor and parole board in shaping the outcome.
Chinese delegates at the United Nations press to bring the China crisis before the General Assembly. They urge action against Soviet backed Communist advances, warning that a wider war endangers world peace and stability beyond any one nation or continent.
The United States backing Yugoslavia for a UN Security Council seat risks undermining peace prospects. The move widens the rift with Moscow while Yugoslavia opposes the Soviet candidate, raising questions about moral propriety and the impact on international harmony.
The Newark Evening News discusses Princeton's "magic room" or horror house a one room installation used by psychologists to study visual perception. The exhibit distorts size and space making objects appear near or far while people shift from giants to dwarfs with the audience as the missing fourth wall. It asks whether our sense of reality is an assumptive form created by the brain.
A reader asks The Record to publish letters without names while preserving anonymity and editorials note records may be edited. The page includes various letters about Napoleon, Napoleon II, and Napoleon’s coffin, plus inquiries about Fred Snodgrass and Austrian rulers.
A fragmented 1940s style report discusses shale oil reserves in Western Colorado and their potential to alter petroleum supply, affecting U S policy, foreign dependence, and relations with British and Dutch oil interests. It notes government hesitation, industry stakes, and possible policy shifts amid a global energy shift.
The piece discusses debates over increasing old age pensions tied to steel industry tensions. It notes Dr Townswad's movement, union considerations, and potential pension funding from royalties tied to Social Security, with a focus on how unskilled and nonunion workers may fare. It also touches Trygve Lie English usage, judicial appointments, and policy questions on granaries and feed reserves.
Frank Colby surveys pronunciation debates in a humorously dense column. He discusses accepted versus disputed forms for forrid forebed centrifugal and fallacy, noting popular misreadings and the French origins of facade while presenting phonetic guidance.
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