09 Apr 1947
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1947
Page
1
The Deren Society meeting at St. Pelo's Church has been postponed from tomorrow night to Thursday night April 11 as announced by PS. Peyanory, president. Attendees should note the delay and prepare accordingly.
Confirmation rites were held across Atlantic City churches with hundreds of candidates. Bishop William A. Sealy conferred the sacrament at Our Lady of Victory and St Patrick’s, with Rev. Cale B. Vaughan Rev. William C. Martin and others assisting. The final class at Sacred Heart numbered nearly 100, with uniforms in navy blue red and white and a procession from the rectory to Head Park. A luncheon followed at Our Lady of Victory Clubhouse and dinner at the school dining hall.
A series of alarm calls kept Troy firefighters rushing to blazes across the city. Early incidents included a garbage fire on Wisit Street and Fith Avenue, followed by smaller fires on Hutton Street Seventeenth, Hursick Ninth, and Marvin Avenue Cottage Street. The departments responded with pump units and squad wagon as the night wore on.
An advertisement touts Pepan MANGAN as a life sustaining tonic for blond hair and general vigor. It presents iron fortification and a pleasant tasting liquid, urging readers to use the product with claims of rebuilding strength and energy.
William A. Dunne will preside at Siena College Critics’ Format in Albany on Monday at 8 30 pm in Chancellors’ Hall. Rev Daniel F Hogan former St Joseph’s assistant pastor reviews Small Town by Grate ville Hicks. Father Morgan familiar with Hicks from priestly assignments.
Federal arbitration awards a 20 cent per hour wage increase for Utility Employees in multiple Columbia County townships retroactive to last December. The 11 locals of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers sought 30 cents plus 10 cents premium for high voltage work, but arbitrator John B. Dwyer ruled a 20 cent rise to July 1, 1948, to remedy an inequity with the regional average. Wages for the company now total 1.15 dollars per hour plus the 20 cent uplift.
Veteran postman C Filmer died Saturday. Funeral conducted yesterday at 2 from the Chipal with Rev. D officiating assisted by Rev. E H Bue Cunningham and Olivet Presbyterian leaders. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Postal employees attended in full.
A woman reports a police officer refused to change her tire on Monday. The account mentions a local chief and a claimed duty dispute amidst confusing, garbled names and phrases.
A government summary issued during Army Week marks the thirtieth anniversary of U.S. entry into World War I and presents war costs and troop totals for past conflicts. It lists Mexican War 104,284 troops with 4,846 killed at a cost of 130,600,208 dollars. Spanish American War 408,491 troops with 6,172 dead at 902,180, at 810. World War I 3,605,000 troops with 195,063 dead at 2,850,000,000. World War II 10,200,000 troops with 314,000 dead at 340,000,000,000. Projections to 1972 estimate total costs at 700,000,000,000.
Three defendants convicted in a sugar rationing conspiracy were freed yesterday in New York on $5,000 bail each pending appeal. Harold Gottfried, former president of Pure Rock Mineral Springs Corp. William Stanton, former OPA investigator. Joseph Forman, Ulster County official and former Kings County corporation counsel. were granted bail. Gottfried and Stanton received prison terms. Forman got one year and $5,000 bail. the third defendant faced related sentencing.
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