New Sage College Alumnae House Opens on First Street Landmark
A year-old three story brownstone at 09 Furst Street in Troy, long a Thompson family landmark, will become Russell Sage College Alumnae House. The building is being renovated with a memorial lounge funded by Mrs Michael J Leo of Pelham and furnishings for an alumnae trustee’s bedroom. Plans include a tea room on the first floor and possible dormitory space in the future.
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Furst Street
Troy
Thompson
Russell Sage College
Mass Marjone E. Wales
Helen E. Welch
Michael J Leo
Phelham
Leo
Francs E. Haag
Robert Thompson
College
Harvey Denison Cowee
Alumnae Association
Welch
Francis E. Haag
Pelham
C. Stewart Ferguson
Marjorie HE. Wales
Carolyn C. Keller
John Schnurr
R. W. Schmelzer
Lawrence G. Peterson
Schenectady
Howard J. Donnelly
Albany
Sarah K. Flynn
Alex MacCabe
R. GC. Reynolds and Co
Russell
First Treet
Edgar H. Betts
The
Colon
Marjorie E. Wales
Sociation
Richard W. Schmelzer
Miss Wales
Schmelzer
Francis C. Haag
Association
London Bus Strikers Return After Protest Walkout
About 1300 London bus drivers and conductors who walked out in protest against a new summer schedule resumed work. The stoppage followed Britain’s new no strike decree with five years imprisonment and a $2000 fine for strike leaders, though no arrests were reported.
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London
Britain
Swimming Classes Open At Troy YMCA This Week
The Troy YMCA launches a series of life saving swimming courses directed by Leo Heeter new physical director. Programs cover junior life saving beginners and advanced swimming with age based sessions and YMCA emblems as awards. Group swimming also available by appointment.
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Troy Y MC. A
Leo Heeter
Thase
Heeter
Tomorow
M C. A
M. C.A
Spring Wreck of Rensselaer County Voiture Initiation
The Forty and Eight Society of the American Legion held a recent initiation at Noble-Callahan Post in Troy. Comdr Joseph Habanski Thomas Rainey and Joseph Carey joined, with Jacob Kromer Oliver Ryan and others forming the Wrecking Team. A dinner followed under Frank and Mrs Person.
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Rensselaer County
la Societe Des Quarante Hommes Et Huit Chevaux
The
Forty and Eight Society of the American Legion
Noble-Callahan Post
First Street
Joseph Habanski
Melvin Roads
Clinton Heights
Thomas B. Rainey
Troy
Joseph F. Carey
Benjamin Chuckrow
Noble-Callahen Post
Jacob Kromer
Ernest J. Heyman
Harold Farrar
Frank Person
Voiture
Mrs. Person
Cost Accountants Meet Tomorrow at Albany Ten Eyck
A U S Department of Labor representative will address the Albany Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants on Wage Stabilization and Procedures at 7 45 pm tomorrow at the Ten Eyck Hotel. A directors meeting will follow the session with the nominating committee presenting candidates for officers and directors for the coming year. Dinner will be served at 6 pm.
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United States Department of Labor
Albany
National Association of Cost Accountants
Ten Eyck
Arsenal Workers Award Long Service at Watervliet Arsenal
Brig Gen A G Gillespie awarded 119 employees with ten or more years of service ribbons at Watervliet Arsenal. He noted the growth from 450 to thousands and credited loyal staff for the plant’s cannon production record. Maj George E Kendall read names. outdoor ceremony between shifts. Arsenal band played.
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A. G. Gillespie
Watervhet Arsenal
Gillespie
Arsenal
War Department
Somervell
Army Service Forces
George E Kendall
Cambridge Fair Discontinued After 52 Years in Cambridge
The Washington County Cambridge fair, held for 52 years, will not occur this year and likely never again. The fair grounds were sold to Russell M Dock of Cambridge and will be used as a breeding site for thoroughbred horses. The former track will be enlarged with more improvements planned.
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Washington County
Cambridge
Russell M Dock
Harry Griffin
Edward D. Hathaway
Schuylerville
Philip J. Houlton
Hoosick Falls
Colonie Couple Patents Precision Micrometer Dial Tool
Mr and Mrs Otto Calow of Colonie patented a tool linking a micrometer face to a plunger dial reading in 1 100000 inch steps to eliminate readings variation from hand pressure. The device, born during the 1929 stock market crash, aims to show exact oversize or undersize quickly.
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Otto Calow
Colonie
Theo
Calow
General Electrc Co
Berlin
Germany
Crossword Puzzle Across Clues From a Historic Page
Readable crossword clues list includes practical joker prize Indian weight born forces levels womanly female voices adjoin consuming bow erode permit graft etc. The fragment shows multiple across entries with garbled letters and mis-spellings, indicating a damaged OCR puzzle segment with scattered word pieces and partial entries.
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ll—Adams
Puzzle Word Ladder Clues and Answers Draft
A cryptic style puzzle listing numbered clues and partial answers. Includes entries such as Largest part 20 Lake 21 Weathercock 22 Dark 23 Glimpsed 15 Cheery looking at Inside 27 Display signs and others like Jewels 20 Saifply and River bi Engen 1. It appears to be a mixed cloze and wordplay grid with publication notes.
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Weathercock
Talop
Rolore
Old-Time Umpire William Van Dyke Dies in Ballston Spa
William Van Dyke 85 longtime area baseball umpire died Thursday at his son’s Ballston Spa home. He officiated for the Jeffersonians and Dorpians from Schenectady area. Surviving sons Walter Charles William Bernard and two daughters Mary Douvilla and Lorena Franly. Funeral at 9 am from residence and 9 30 am at St. Mary’s Church.
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William van Dyke
William J. van Dyke
Saratoga Avenue
Ballston Spa
Mr. van Dyke
Jeffersonians
Dorpians
Schenectady
Walter M van Dyke
Charles L. van Dyke
Ozone Park
L I
Bernard J van Dyke
Mary Douvilla
Lorena Franly
St. Mary's Church
Monaghan Reveals Election Forgeries In Albany
Special Prosecutor George P. Monaghan said his grand jury probe found obvious forgeries in election signatures. He cited forged signatures from more than twenty patients at the Albany Home for Incurables as the investigation at the hospital continued. In Norwich, Harry Maycumber, 30, died from wounds deemed an accidental discharge by a younger brother, per District Attorney Lynn Peterson.
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George P. Monaghan
Albany
Monaghan
Robert J. Keegan, Jr
Timothy Ryan
Norwich
Harry Maycumber
Lynn Peterson
Amendment Aimed at Safeguarding Press Freedom
Washington editor Lawrence urged a new constitutional amendment to shield press freedom from narrow court interpretations of the First Amendment. Speaking at the American Society of Newspaper Editors, he argued Congress now wields broad commerce and postal powers that could curtail printing, radio, and TV content unless limited by a formal amendment.
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Washington
WUP
David Lawrence
Lawrence
American Society of Newspaper Editors
America
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Native Troy Man Fatally Injured In Plane Crash
Second victim Francis Coughlin an aviation school instructor at Decateur Field Maryland died Saturday at a Bath hospital from injuries from a crash Friday night. His aunt Mrs William T Burgess Lansing Avenue was notified. Lieutenant Coughlin son of Mrs William M Coughlin Oswego and Chief Petty Officer Coughlin Navy. Born in Troy he attended St Patrick's School then moved to Oswego. Survivors include his brother Daniel Coughlin of Oswego and his widow Dolores Parker of Fulton.
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Francis Coughlin
Decateur Field
Bath
William T. Burgess
Lansing Avenue
Coughlin
Willian M. Coughlin
Oswego
Troy
Navy
St. Patrick’s School
Delores Parker
Fulton
Daniel Coughlin
Troy Women Join Marine Reserves
Evelyn Purcell and Helen Seibert along with Mary Ruth Bateman enlist in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. Purcell, Seibert, and Bateman come from Troy area families and will begin recruit training at Camp LeJeune after swearing in. Tech. Sgt. Richard J. Bateman serves in the South Pacific. Benny Pignanelli named a meter service man in the Department of Public Safety.
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Evelyn Purcell
Patrick Purcell
Seventh Avenue
Helen E. Seibert
Henry Seibert
Fourth Avenue
Mary Ruth Bateman
Richard J. Bateman
Fifth Avenue
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Purcell
Lansingburg High School
New York State College For
Department of Audit and Control
New York State
New York
Marie
Camp LeJeune
New River
N.C
Seibert
Bateman
Women’s Reserve
Waterford High
New York Telephone Co
Batesman
Troy Business College
NEW Metor
Benny Pignanelli
State Street
Department of Public Safety
Episcopal Bells to Ring For Invasion
Episcopal bishops in the Albany diocese and nationwide plan bells to ring at invasion start to summon parishioners to prayer for Allied forces. The call extends to Catholic churches in Buffalo as bishops urge open doors and prayers for guidance, victory, and peace.
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George Ashton Oldham
Albany Episcopal Diocese
Oldham
Henry St. George Tucker
Episcopal Church
Tucker
Buffalo
John A. Duffy
Duffy
Household Finance offers small loans with fixed plans
Household Finance advertises loans from 25 to 300 dollars with no guarantor needed. It promises quick private borrowing at 234 percent monthly rate and shows example payments for 75 to 100 dollar loans across three to six monthly installments.
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Household Finance
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FIN
Burdett Building
River Street
Troy Albany
6Th Ft
Nat's Savings Bank
State St
Shell
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