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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1945
Page
8
A Watervliet physician reported a memorial donation in the March of Dimes campaign after the death of a president figure. J. Cummings, a local chessman organizer, received a ceremonial check for zero dollars to aid paralysis efforts. The item reflects a community tribute tied to the late leader and the campaign's goals.
Mrs. Thomas Trores was elected president of the Ladies Auxiliary of Watervliet Elks. Mrs. Martin Schanz was reelected treasurer and Mert J. James named vice president. Mrs. Howard Thorn secretary and Mrs. George Hipware Arkey to assist. Installation planned May 1 with a social, luncheon, and music under Mrs. William Whalen and Mrs. William Whales.
A thirty voice choir from Cohoes will join Water liet Council Knights of Columbus for the first degree to be conferred tonight. The degree will be exemplified by a team led by Joseph Hite pin grand knight with council officers. A Cohoes delegation will accompany the choir as Joseph BR Doran district deputy and Louis Fonda district warden attend as guests. William Trod j Bley grand night will read the Cohoes delegation.
The Watervliet American Legion, Lt Gen John A Patten Post, sponsors a charity film event to raise money for a reception fund honoring local servicemen. Two showings at 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. feature a projector run by Alfred Van Buren with John Butler as committee chair and other volunteers assisting.
Church notices list prayers for peace and armed forces welfare at St Bridget and other services. Various groups plan midweek prayers at First Presbyterian and Third Avenue Methodist, with Scouts and Girl Scouts meeting in gymnasiums. Funerals for Joat King and John Docherty noted, plus a Waterstviet chorus rehear ses and an April Women’s Society entertainment at Third Avenue Methodist.
Pi Reports from Paris state American troops had reached Potsdam outskirts but withdrew after a request. US Ninth Army and units near the Elbe reportedly faced orders that no Americans had penetrated toward Potsdam's western gate.
Two polar bear cubs donated by Troop Mann, a Troy Army lieutenant, reach Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn. Robert Moses, NYC parks commissioner, accepts the gift noting the zoo needs another pair. Central Park already has bears and the cubs would have their own pen. Army Air Forces reports 200,000 wounded Allied patients transported in the past 2.5 years.
Union College hosts a two day pre medical education conference where Dr. G Canby Robinson predicts postwar medical care will be organized under legislative action. He cites public awareness through agencies like industrial workers health services and the medical corps. He criticizes the American Medical Society for resisting change in favor of free enterprise and a universal public care plan.
George Quint explains cucumbers need space but can be trained as a vine up strings walls or fences. They bear well in upright positions, using tendrils for climbing, and can even use corn stalks as supports on a porch or edge of a patch. Use light soil and ample plant food, pinch back long main shoots, and pick the first cucumber early to boost others.
Paris reporters recount a Nazi era tale of Princess Matal da of Oesse, wife of Prince Philip of Hesse, wounded in an Allied bombing and dying days later in a Buchenwald camp brothel used for German civilian prisoners. They estimate 150,000 to 200,000 died there. other details remain uncertain.
Seymour Reisler 15 disappeared Oct 2 while en route to visit his grandmother in New York City. He was located at Camp Pendleton California after enlisting Nov 14 under the name Jack Lawrence. His mother Mrs Frances Heller of 82 Ormont Street Providence said he had appeared older due to his height and build.
Alexander Dana Noyes, 82, longtime financial editor of the New York Times, died yesterday at Lennox Hill Hospital. His career spanned decades in journalism and finance, shaping coverage of markets and business. Public notices mourn the loss of a distinguished editor and correspondent.
Greenwich resident John W. Thomas dies after illness at Mary McGlellan Hospital in Cambridge. Survivors include wife Mary J. Thomas and multiple siblings. Funeral at Corliss Avenue residence with Rev. Edgington officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery Troy.
The Treaimube meeting at the White House drew every Democratic senator, with Senator Hill of Alabama noting full party backing. An acting majority leader stood in for Barkley as he toured Europe investigating German atrocities, and Missouri officials met with President Truman in a courtesy call. no business occurred.
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