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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
5
Draft officials explain that pre medical and pre dental students may be deferred if they will complete courses and enter medical or dental college by July 1 and have been accepted by the school. Full time students in recognized medical and dental colleges in good standing may complete training.
The Local 30 United Auto Workers will hold its annual Easter dinner at the Annex Restaurant Sunday afternoon. Motion pictures on airplane and tank production will be shown. Public invited. Mayor John J. Ahern Regional Director William Blakely and John McDermott will address attendees. Harold C. Wilcox chairs.
A medicinal advertisement promises rapid relief from burning and painful feet. Two to three applications of Moone's Emerald Oil reportedly ease pain within 15 minutes and ongoing use leads to foot comfort. The ad guarantees satisfaction or money back and notes wide pharmacist availability.
The Rensselaer County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association will hold its annual meeting Friday April 28 at 12 15 pm in the Troy Y W C A. Guest speaker Dr J C Boland of Binghamton will discuss Public Health Problems of War Time and reservations can be made by calling Troy 5061.
The Rensselaer Common Council directed the city engineer to start sewer and street work. New sewers will be laid for two blocks in First Avenue and in Aiken Avenue and Columbia Street to relieve flood conditions. Several streets will also be resurfaced.
The State Education Department will award eight thousand dollars in war orphan scholarships this year to forty winners. Each winner will receive one hundred dollars per year for tuition and another hundred dollars for maintenance at any approved college, junior college, university, or state teachers college in the state. Eligibility requires state residency and being a child of a deceased service member, an honorably-discharged veteran who was a state resident and citizen at death, or an honorably-discharged disabled veteran. Selection is based on Regents exams in English, history, and one science or language.
The Office of Price Administration announced that rationing of all used typewriters and rental certificates will end tomorrow. New machines remain controlled by the War Production Board. OPA chief Chester Bowles cites inventory analysis and board activity as justification for lifting restrictions.
Lieut Mary L Sander and three non commissioned officers of the Transportation Corps visit The Hendrix Hudson all week to answer questions and recruit women for service at the New York Port of Embarkation. Women in the Transportation Corps will handle sending troops overseas and supplying front line troops. WOODSIDE CLUB A meeting of the Woodside Fellowship Club will be held today at 5 pm in the chapel of the Woodside Presbyterian Church. Anyone wishing to join may attend.
Chief of Police Frank B. Kendall and eight Troy officers, including Captains Morine Burkhardt Abbott Eaton and detectives Connery Shields, Bills and Markham, attended a police school sponsored by the FBI yesterday in Albany at the New York Power and Light Building.
Rabbi Alan H. Green will address Temple B'rith Sholom on postwar Judaism and what religion will satisfy soldiers returning from the war. The service at Third Street begins today at 8 p.m.
An informational meeting on housing will be held Thursday April 27 at 8 p.m. in The Hendrick Hudson under the joint sponsorship of the Council of Social Agencies and the League of Women Voters. Marcus L. Filey, chairman of the Housing Committee, will be principal speaker. Mrs Cobden said invitations were sent to interested persons and noted Hastings Zimmer bill passage.
The Council and the League of Women Voters urge public familiarity with a municipal housing commission. Mrs. Cobden says the council does not view a Housing Authority as a cure but as a prudent postwar step with health and welfare merit.
Alfred S Bussing and Frank Coniff of Saratoga Springs reach a settlement against William H Teal of East Greenbush over a June 6 183 auto collision at Couses Corners East Greenbush when a truck pulled from a side road into an ambulance.
The Troy Area Council Boy Scouts of America will hold the Court of Honor Friday evening April 28, with certificates of award to a large group of Scouts who earned honors through several months of work in various scouting phases.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Pvt. William Smith of Livingston home at Blue Stores Tuesday night, hours after his arrival from Orlando Florida. Private and Mrs. Smith escaped unharmed but most personal and household belongings perished.
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