Roy Smith Dead With Bullet Wound in Albany Apartment
Roy S Smith 66, Federal Housing Administrator, found dead in his Albany apartment with a .22 caliber rifle nearby. Coroner withholding verdict pending further investigation. Born Bangor Missouri August 25 1875, survived by brother Dr Ralph Smith of Boston. unmarried.
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Albany
Wands
Roy S Smith
Gistok Smith
Smith
Bangor
Frank Kendrick Smith
Elmira
Ralph Smith
Boston
Smith Widely Known Throughout the State
Roy S. Smith, longtime Albany Chamber of Commerce official and later director of the Albany division of the Federal Housing Administration, earned wide recognition across the state for his defense housing work and ongoing service to commerce.
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Roy S. Smith
Albany
Federal Housing Administration
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Syracuse
Fugitive Nabbed After Police Station Escape Attempt
William H. Gongeau 56 of 502 Niagara Street received a 90 day penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty to public intoxication. He fled from the Niagara Street police station when Turnkey Handwright reached for a telephone book, prompting a pistol shot into the floor during a chase by Patrolmen Gibo and Stevens.
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William H. Gongeau
Niagara Street
Homer W. Walsh
Gongeau
West Willow
North Clinton
Charles Gibo
Jesse Stevens
John O'Con
Leo Handwright
Handwright
Willow Street
Gonyeau
Home Nursing Class Session Postponed
The home nursing class of Sector 16 directed by Mrs. Harry Ward scheduled at 351 Cortland Avenue has been postponed. Members are invited to a motion picture showing by the Onondaga Health Association at 1 30 P M tomorrow at 52 Monroe Street Pioneer Homes.
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Harry Ward
Cortland Avenue
Onondaga Health Association
Monroe Street
Pioneer Homes
Motor Transport Heads Discuss Pooling Effort
Fifteen motor transportation companies attended the Van Transport Terminal in East Water Street to discuss pooling of effort and equipment for tire and gas economy. B. J. Arndt served as temporary chairman. no action was taken pending the State-sponsored conference at the Court House today.
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Motor Transport
van Transport Terminal
East Water Street
B. J. Arndt
Court House
Salesman Thought Dead Safe in Ohio, Relatives Told
Police awaited Lester McKay's return from Ohio after relatives reported him safe. His blood spattered car was found abandoned in a quarry near the Erie Canal, a blood stained wrench inside and a rifled pocketbook left behind. Police had begun a search after the car appeared missing on Sunday during the fishing tackle salesman's voyage home.
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Ohio
Rochester
Lester McKay
Erie Barger Canal
McKay
Bund Headquarters In Chicago Loses Beer License
Chicago June 23 The Haus Vaterland the Bund headquarters in Chicago had its tavern license revoked by Mayor Edward J Kelly. License held in the name of Dr Otto Wilhelmert was canceled leaving the building without beer privileges.
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Bund
Chicago
INS
Haus Vaterland
Onse
Rabbi M. J. Bloom Named as West Point Chaplain
Rabbi Maurice J. Bloom of Newburgh is named Jewish chaplain for the United States Military Academy by the National Jewish Welfare Board. He will oversee spiritual needs of about 100 cadets as West Point’s visiting rabbi and will continue as rabbi of Temple Beth Jacob in Newburgh after his ordination 15 years ago.
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M. J. Bloom
West Point
Maurice J. Bloom
Newbourgh
United States Military Academy
National Jewish Welfare Board
Temple Beth Jacob
Newburgh
Zellar Family Reunion at Jones Point Cross Lake
The Zellar family plans its annual reunion at Jones Point Cross Lake. Activities run 8 to 11:30 A M fishing, a family gathering, dinner at 12:30 P M, a brief business meeting 1:30 to 2 P M, followed by sports events in the afternoon.
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Zellar
Jones’ Point
Cross Lake
Lack of Road Oil May Lead To Damage In Onondaga County
Raymond Travers, highway superintendent, says rationing road oil could damage county highways as oil quotas shrink. He notes limited maintenance with a skeleton staff and no new road building in 1941 or planned for 1942, though snow removal and highway upkeep may continue.
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Ononsdara
Raymond ‘Travers
Travers
Volunteers to Help Shops Post Price Ceiling Lists
Mayors Kennedy and Hilleboe lead regional OPA effort to post and explain federal price ceilings on July 8. About 450 volunteers will canvass 4 000 stores in city and county to educate retailers and customers on cost of living rules, with 21 000 national volunteers and 209 000 retailers involved.
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Thomas E. Kennedy
Paul B. Hilleboe
Office of Price Administration
War Council
Kennedy
Hilleboe
Liverpool
New York City
OPA
Jacob E. Eckel
Civilian Mobilization
Loew Building
Frederick E. Norton
Chamber of Commerce
War Production Board
Syracuse
Carillon Dedicated as Memorial at Central High
Central High School honored Barbara Elkins with a 25 bell carillon dedication by the graduating class. Principal Eaton awarded 195 diplomas while valedictorian Kenneth Niswander and salutatorian Keith Nissen led the ceremony. Barbara Elkins lifelong family donors and a memorial plaque accompanied the event.
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Barbara Chimes
Barbara Elkins
Central High School
Miss Elkins
William Elkins
Whittier Avenue
Clifford W. Walsh
Barbara
St. Mary
H. R. Eaton
Kenneth Nis
Wander
Keith Nissen
Nissen
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute
Bausch-Lomb
Ruth Bailey
Vocational High School Dance Set for Thursday at Hotel Syracuse
The senior class of Vocational High School will hold its annual dance Thursday in the Persian Room at Hotel Syracuse from 7 PM to 1 AM. General chairman Harry Telian and assistants coordinate arrangements while Miss Mary Tompkins chairs the ticket committee with co workers Richard Wojenski and Leo Zarackowicz.
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Vance
Vocational High School
Hotel Syracuse
Harry Telian
Joseph Chilinski
Helen Szczepankiewcz
Irene Spicer
Mary Tompkins
Richard Wojenski
Leo Zarackowicz
Junior Red Cross Bicycle Corps Delivers Library Books
Messengers on bikes from the Junior Red Cross Bicycle Corps volunteer to deliver books to invalids and shut ins for the Syracuse Public Library and branches. Twenty eight members staff the service, replacing former WPA workers, with volunteers stationed at the main library and branches Elmwood Eastwood Beauchamp Mundy Petit and White.
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Red Cross
Junior
Red Cross Bicycle Corps
Syracusé Public Library
WPA
Elmwood
Eastwood
Beauchamp
Mundy
Petit and
White
Townsend Club 33 Pension Club Meeting Tomorrow
A meeting of Townsend Club 33 is scheduled at 566 South Salina Street at 7 45 PM tomorrow. A social program will follow the meeting.
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Pension Club
Townsend Club
South
Salina Street
Miss Grace Dodd and L A Armstrong Wed in Baldwinsville
Grace Dodd and L A Armstrong married at 6 30 P M Saturday in Baldwinsville. The couple reside in Phoenix and are joined by Attendants Mrs Adah Gilbert of Syracuse and Mrs Aller wife of the officiating minister Rev Nathan S Aller. Armstrong works for Loomis Contracting Company for the New York Ordnance at Baldwinsville. Mrs Armstrong is UNF Acee Ne ieuekeuieace unit graduate of Oswego State Teachers College and a former Grant Junior High School teacher in Syracuse.
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Grace Dodd
L. A
Phoenix
Armstrong
Loomis
New York Ordnance
Baldwinsville
Nathan S. Aller
Bald- Winsville
Adah Gilbert
Syracuse
Aller
Police Seek Kin of Warren County Auto Fatality Victim
State police at Cooperstown report a man tentatively identified as Peter Joslen, 53, killed in a Sunday car crash in the Town of Warren Herkimer County. Investigators say he likely has a sister in Syracuse, but her name and address are not known.
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Peter Joslen
Warren
Herkimer County
Cooperstown
Syracuse
Missing Boys Sought After Pond Swim
Two boys William Howard aged 12 of 1119 Almond Street and George Ferris aged 11 of 1036 Almond Street were reported missing by relatives. Detective Jesse Latter of the Police Missing Persons Bureau was arranging a search after they left home to swim in a pond in Dewitty yesterday morning and have not been seen since.
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William Howard
Almond Street
George Ferris
Jesse Latter
Police Missing
Dewitt
Will of Mrs. Helen M. Smith Upheld by Court
Supreme Court, Justice Abram Zoller, upheld the Nov 28 1940 will over contest. The will leaves residuary estate valued over 75 000 dollars to St Josephs Hospital with 34 000 in other bequests, including 13 000 to Catholic institutions.
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Abram Zoller
Supreme
Helen M. Smith Oy
Justice Zoller
Smith
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Margaret L. Ready
Johnson City
Mary E. Hullar
Binghamton
Vann, Tuck
County Relief Load Declines Further in Syracuse Area
Onondaga County welfare commissioner Leon H. Abbott reported a continuing drop in relief caseload. The week ending June 20 showed 2,158 cases, down from 2,198 a week earlier, with seven new cases and 18 recurrences and 11 reopened. Total intake 36 and 76 cases closed. 11 applications rejected at intake.
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Iona
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Leon H. Abbott
Ablbott
Father Toomey Talk To Feature Luncheon
The Rev. Joseph B. Toomey of Catholic Charities in Binghamton will speak at a luncheon hosted by the Council of Social Agencies at Hotel Syracuse tomorrow noon. The event honors the Crime Prevention Bureau established in January 1938 and is open to the public with reservations through the council office.
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Father Toomey
Joseph B. Toomey
Catholic Charities
Binghamton
Hotel
Syracuse
Council of ‘Social Agencies
Crime Prevention Bureau
Council of Social Agencies
LaVoy Appointed Civilian Instructor at Rome Air Depot
DeForest LaVoy, principal of Percy M Hughes School, 317 South Collingwood Avenue, named civilian instructor at the New York State Fair Grounds branch of the Rome Air Depot. Duties include training future instructors for the air depot during summer. a possible leave of absence from his principalship may occur. Mrs. Beryl Digney to lead Camp Goodwill in his absence. This marks LaVoy’s second Army related role in 28 years of teaching, following 1920 Governors Island work.
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DeForest LaVoy
Collingwood Avenue
Percy M. Hughes
New York State Fair Grounds
Rome Air Depot
LaVoy
Air Depot
Beryl Ray Digney
Percy Hughes School
Theft reported at North Side Poultry Market
Frank Rinaldi proprietor of the North Side Poultry Market on Oswego Boulevard reported the theft of a coop containing five chickens to police this morning. Detective Louis McMahon was assigned to investigate.
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Frank Rinaldi
North Side
Oswego Boulevard
Louis McMahon
Investiigate
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Roy S, Smith
Fugitive
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Army
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Marines
Coast Guard
N. Salina
S. Salina
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Westcott
Tompkins
Mohican
Eatir Pork
Mohican Fresh Bohemian
Meadowbrook
Wheaties
Cousins
State Fairground
Bride
Diamond Value
Corner
Salina
East Jefferson
Auburn
Fulton
Oswego
Allen
Stbken
Nurito
S. T. Winnars
Winnars
Chita
Funder Arms
Edwards
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