West Zone Church Denounces Propaganda in Schools
The Evangelical Church in the Russian zone accuses teachers of promoting atheism and denying Christ as Communist pressure rises since the National Front’s setup. Cardinal Otto Dibelius-led Berlin church protests to publicize the complaint after failed talks with East German authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Evangelical
Yeserday
Evangelical Church
National Front
Church Council
Otto Dibelius
Otto Grotewohl
Dwight Young Heads Newspaper Editors Evacuation (Continued From Page One)
Dwight Young of the Dayton Journal Herald was elected president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors at its Washington convention. He succeeds B. M. Meckelway. Other officers for 1950 include First VP Alexander F. Jones, Second VP Wright Bryan, Secretary Kenneth Mac Donald, and Treasurer J. R. Blanchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Dwight Young
Dayton Journal Herald
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Young
B. M. Meckelway
Washington Star
Alexander F. Jones
Syracuse Herald Journal
Wright Bryan
Atlanta Journal
Kenneth MacDonald
Des Moines Register and Tribune
J. R. Blanchard
Gannett Newspapers
Legal notice details on city bonds and water project costs
A City of Troy ordinance authorizes bonds for water system improvements including new mains and equipment in Madison and Dunham streets, with projected costs up to 27,500 plus 7,000 additional work and 7,000 federal funds. It sets bond terms under Local Finance Law, outlines tax assessments on city real property, and names officials and meeting timings. The notice references penalties, sale provisions, and procedural steps for bond issuance and repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
State of
New York
Bern
Trex
Abanitassien
Alia
Tray
Berche
Arsavoentiy
Dunstan McDermott
O.F.M
Cig
Anthony
Hudson
Rensselaer
Columbus
Bottow
Toun- Preisenee
Iornance
Fraternities At RPI Hold Campus Sing
Several hundred people attended a ring fest and campus sing sponsored by the RPI inter fraternity council at 87 Gymnasium. Delta Kappa Epsilon won first prize under Robert Wasung, a senior, who has led the group to two firsts and a second in prior contests. Theta Chi took second, Pi Kappa Alpha third, with Della Tau Delta and the Rensselaer Society of Engineers earning honorable mention. Jurors included Bertram Hayes of Skidmore and Robert Campbell of Union College. Joel Dalven served as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RPL Inter-Fraternity Council
Schoral
Delta Kappa Epallon Fraternity
Robert Wassung
Wasaung
Theta Chi Fraternity
Pi Kappa Alpha
Della Tau Delta
Rensselaer Society of Engineers
Bertram Hayes
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
Robert Campbell
Union College
Schenectady
Joel Dalven
Rup.l
Pleasant Valley Bureau Elects Officers At Meeting
Pleasant Valley Bureau unit elects Mra James O'Donnell as chairman of the Pleasant Valley home demonstration group. Other officers named include secretary Mra T J Kaschak and treasurer Mrs Myron Cobrengrr. Plans focus on a May 2 exhibit at Odd Fellows Hall and a May 23 demonstration at Mrs Millard W Lich's home. The next meeting is May 11 at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
James O'Donnell
Tirasant Yat Jer
John F. “Karsella
Essie Mille
Wew
Orlin Buleon Wee
Mon Tinse Durham
T. J. Kaschak
Araetani Rerepetaty
Myron Cobrengrr
Treksurer
Jance
National Home
Isiane
Odd Fellows Hall
Worine Hager
Oseleant
iRanserlaer County
Inundone Pyeenn
Millard W. Lich
Acheson Defends Loyalty Push Amid Senate Probe
In a speech, Acheson criticizes methods likening them to alarm bells and recalls the 1947 loyalty plan. Senator Tydings says Senate findings will be sent to the FBI for action, noting the FBI could have done the job sooner. The discussion centers on State Department loyalties and suspected Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Acheson
Aereson
Camden
N. J
Willi
Acheson
Marshall
State Department
United States
United States of America
Tydings
McCarthy
R—Wis
Department
FBI
Schuylerville To Note Burgoyne Surrender Parade
Several area communities will celebrate Burgoyne’s 1777 surrender with a parade in Schuylerville on October 14. Participating towns include Hudson Falls Green Stilkeater Fort Edward Whitehall Ticonderoga Crown Point Fort Ann and Bennington. A program with events and a speaker plan will be published. funds are to be raised by the ways and means committee. Mrs Harold Allen and Miss Mary Cudahy will meet Schuyler Village Board to arrange an information booth this summer and beautification of the Revolutionary Cemetery on North Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgoyne
Schuylerville
Hudson Falls
Ways and Means Committee
Harold Allen
Mary,Cudahy
Village Board of
Schuyler
North Broad Street
Operator Quits Signal Station In Troy
A former Rensselaer County deputy sheriff resigned after seven weeks as an operator at the Troy Police and Fire Signal Station to take a state job. Henry Goodwin will become a machine operator in Albany on May 1, and Herbert Curtin begins training. Both passed civil service exams for permanent operator roles. Goodwin’s resignation should affect the probationary operators William Ney or Richard Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
Troy
Henry Goodwin
Hoosick
Fourteenth Streste
State
Albany
Herbert Curtin
Plum Avenue
Curtin
Goodwin
William Ney
Richard Ryan
Pastor Dies After Attending Services at St Mark's Church
Pastor Fishbeck died after suffering a heart attack while at a church service. He had been recuperating at the parsonage since Thanksgiving following a October attack and was said to feel well before returning to duty. Born October 1901 near Rochester, he was ordained in 1931 and served multiple communities including Schenectady and Lan singburg. He leaves a widow LeNita Greene, a daughter Janet, a son Royal Jr., his mother Eva, and two Rochester sisters. Funeral arrangements were incomplete, and St Mark's Church activities were canceled in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishbeck
Semaritar Hospital
St Mark's Methodist Church
Lansingburg
Broadway
Schenectady
Mendon
Rochester
Carthage Methodist Church
Cazenovia Suminary
Hartwick College
Hartwick Theological Seminary
Troy
Diefendorf
East Hamilton
Cherry Lyalley
St. Johnsville
Clayton
Mr. Fisnbeck
Former Hotel Operator Dies At Schuylerville
Harry H. Milleit long time Gates Hotel proprietor in Schuylerville died at his home after years of illness. Born in County Mayo Ireland he came to the United States in 184? and entered Schuylerville hotel business in 1881. Funeral services will be held with visitation at Schuylerville. Other details describe fire and related damage to a residence on Hoosick Street and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Milleit
Gates Hotel
Schuylerville
County Mare
Ireland
United States
Bualnese
Gatex
J. Harold Mulett
Josephine Hays
Harold Young
Port Chester
John J. Early
Athany
Ae Srne
Tenth Street
St. Marys
Clers Schusterville
Lemeke
Loni Ferdytte
Ill person taken to hospital after incident at Congress and Fourth Streets
An ill man was removed by ambulance to St Mary's Hospital yesterday after an incident at Congress and Fourth Streets. He was held for observation. Assistance came from Batrel men Bloomer and Millington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Featon
St. Mary's Hopital
Congress
Fourth Streets
Bloomer
Millington
Freight Derailment Blocks D H Track Near Creon Penn
A Delaware and Hiera Railroad freight derailed yesterday near Creon Penn, blocking the D and H track with six cars derailed and ten feet of the main line damaged. Patrolman Matthes Kelly reported two cars crested and one journal error blamed for the incident, with traffic resumed later that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Hiera Railroad
Creon Penn
Matthes Kelly
DAH
Crete
Tratfi
Kelly
Lansingburg School Voters Register for Board Election
Lansingburg voters registered for the school board election show a decline from prior years. Three trustee seats on the Lansingburg Board of Education will be filled at the May 3 election at Lansingburg High School. Beck and Mason seek reelection, while Lindsay aims to fill Mackrell’s vacant term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansingbury
Mise Liltien M. van Zandt
Lansingburg
Asme Alta
Tred A. Beck
Charles H. ‘Mason, Jr
County Official's Mother Dies in Troy
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie M. Le Forestier, mother of Wilford A. LeForestier, Republican member of the Rensselaer County Board of Elections, will be held Wednesday. She died Saturday night at her home on Eighth Street. The service will begin at 9 am at Burna' Sons Fifth Avenue Chapel and continue at 9 30 am at St Peter's Church with a requiem mass. Interment will be in St Joseph's Cemetery. A lifelong Troy resident, she was a communicant of St Peter's Church and survived by her son, a daughter Helen A. LeForestier, and three grandchildren Diane, David, and Wilford A. LeForestier Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie M. LeForestier
Wilford A. LeForestier
Rensselaer County Board of Elections
St Joseph's Cemetery
Troy
LeForestier
St. Peter's Church
Michael and
Mary Dwyer Quigley
Helen A. LeForestier
Diane, David
Wilford A. LeForestier, Jr
John
Eider
Robert N. Nowkm
Fussre
Robert N. Newton
Jenia Fibnet
John Z Eider
Lake
Veteran's
Third Street
Watervliet
Coral Gables
Fla
Newton
Ella & Robinson
Behr-jaon
Manning Corp
Round Lake
Louis Payne Ohn
Quebec
Ville
George David Robinson
Maltaville
Milo Robetor
Watervilet
D. Harold Robinson
Rockville
Conn
Walter J
Arnold W. Robinson
Marvin M. Robinson
Comstock
Pan
Jack Cooper
Flist Presbyterian Church
Albany Rural Cemetery
Stafford Hidgensy
Stafford Russell Ridgeway
Stafford WF. Ridgeway
Parkview ‘Court
Rugene Ridgeway
Charles McManus
Joseph Ridgeway
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Margaret C. McDonough
Michael F. McDonough, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Margaret C. Smith
St. Augustine’s Church
Rose McGratus
Daniel J. Dolan
John J
S J. Augustine's Church
St Peter's Cemetery
Catherine Foley
241 Spring Avenue
John J. Foley
Ireland
Haat Side
Sacred Heart Church
William J. Foley
Brooklyn
Mary A
Veronica M. Foley
Frank E. ‘Quinlan
Paul
Frank Quinlan
St.Mary's Cemetery
Legnenbauer
Ethel
Ives Corners
Homer L. George
East Poestenkill Baptist Church
Darwin Verden
Harry Adr
Fred Gentner
Nils Smeland
Brookside Cemetery
Poestenkill
Jacob Kramer
Fifteenth Street
Prudential Insurance Co
St. Mary's Hospital
Co. B
105Th
Trojan Post
Veterans of Foreign
David Chodikoff
New York City
Tro
Frances M. Farrell
Presbyterian Home
First Street
Second Presbyterian Church
George Borthwick
Oakwood Cemetery
Sara Perkins
Bethesda
Secoad Avenue
First Presbyterian Church of
Lansingburg
Tomorow
Egan
Lawrence J. Egan
Purcell Brothers
Jackson and
Third Streets
St. Joseph’s Church
Leo P. Brady
Joe L. Walsh
Charles Bleau
Theodore Hil
James Burke
James Costello
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Philip A. Grady
Mr. Pacelli
Louis P. Pacelli
Washington Park
Julian Marchese
O.F.M
Ubaldus DiPrizio
Edmund Ansaloni
Anthony Viola
Jes
Frank J. Milanese
Mother of Christ
Christpher
James Smith
Charles Spoda
Peter Blezarro
St. Mary's Cemetery
Father Marchese
Doucza
Victor Doucza
F. A
Thomas F. Culnane
Thomas F. Culnans
Johnsonville
Leonard Hospital
Michael
Ann Fenney Culnane
Charles Culnane
Daniel Carr
Mechanicville
Harry
John Culnane
Charles Culhane
St Monica's Church
St. John's Cemetery
Schaghticoke
Kefauver probes organized crime in law enforcement oversight
Senator Kefauver urged a Senate probe into how organized crime corrupts law enforcement officials. He said the investigation would examine the extent of criminal influence and officers who look the other way. The Senate has passed a bill to outlaw interstate shipment of slot machines to states banning them, with support from the Thoroughbred Racing Association of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lrime
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
New York
Thoroughbred Racing Association of the United States, Inc
Nations
Scottish Rite Bodies Confer Three Degrees
Three Scottish Rite Masonic degrees were worked on a slate of thirty candidates from Queens, Lake George, and Warrensburg Saturday at the Troy Masonic Temple. LeRoy W. Browne directed the fifth degree with Paul G. Hickey leading the degree work. Delta Council conferred the 13th degree with Browne and Hickey again in charge. A supper followed. The 28th degree was worked on the same group by Delta Chapter. Edward B. Barton directed Rose Croix with Hickey overseeing the degree team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giens Falls
Lake George
Warrensburg
Troy Masonic Temple
Delia Lodge
LeRoy W. Browne
Paul G. Hickey
Delta Counsil
Princess of Jerusalem
Browne
Hickey
Delta Chapter
Rose Croix
Edward B . Barton
Directyea
Mgr
Rites Planned Today For J. P. Bittner
Funeral services for Joseph P. Bittner, former Troy millinery shop operator, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Cobleskill. Rev. James T. Kerr of Grace Episcopal Church will officiate. Bittner, born in Germany, came to the United States and Troy, later opened his own shop, and retired to Cobleskill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josph P. Bittner
Troy
Cobleskill
James T. Kerr
Grace Episcopal Church
Wattsford
Tatermen
Wilhelm Cobleskill
Bittner
Germany
United States
Codleskit
Oil Cars Jump Track Near Poplarvine Mass
AP reports eighteen cars of a Southern Railway freight train derailed while crossing near Poplarvine. The incident damaged track, blocked the line for hours, and required emergency response from Towss. Estimated damage set at 20.40 pounds in the report, with turnout for a membership meeting noted and Ex-Eisenhower slated as luncheon speaker elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplarvine
Mass
S Southern Railway
Adllesdal
Varst
Faraz
Nex
Tom
Obituary notices from Troy area deaths and services
Obituary items list Mrs John Eider, Mrs Ella Robinson Newton, Mrs Catherine Foley, Mrs Margaret McDonough, Mrs Ethel Legnenbauer, Mr Jacob Kramer, Miss Frances Farrell, Miss Sara Perkins, Lawrence J Egan, Louis Pacelli, Victor Doucza, and Thomas Culnane. Details include birthplaces, survivals, funeral times, churches, and cemeteries across Troy Watervliet and Poestenkill with interments at Albany Rural, St Josephs, St Mary’s, Oakwood, and St Monica’s Cemeteries. services conducted by local pastors.
Sforza Confident Allies Will Return Trieste
Rome broadcasts quote Italian Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza telling the Chamber of Deputies that the United States France and Britain will keep their pledge to return Trieste to Italy. He cited Soviet opposition and student protests as the debate grew, while he voiced confidence in the tripartite decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Carlo Sforza
Chamber of Deputies
United States
France
Britain
Trieste
Italy
Sforza
Soviet Union
Russia
Ulraiai Youth Group Meets In Troy
The Ulraiai Youth Group of Ukrainian descent in Upper New York held its second general meeting at St Nicholas Usraisias Mall on Second Street. Michael Donawich and a former Utica attorney praised the group and urged continued community work. Plans discussed to enter St Nicholas choir in the Ukrainian Choral and Cultural Congress state competition in October and a scholarship fund for a Ukrainian descent student. Amelia Katchmar of Troy is president of the Upper New York State League. The third convention is slated for Oct 7 in Utica. About 250 members attended Saturday night’s dance with Toby Middlebrook’s orchestra. Antoinette Korin of Albany, a group member, was honored after a fatal automobile accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
New York
Wis
Nicholas Usraisias Mall
Second Street
Michael Donawich
Utica
St. Nicholas
Mumle
Dencing
Toby Middley Brook
Assiatin Migs Katchmar
Migs
Mary Wansovich
Anna Mucka
Joseph Katchmar
Rose Paslowski
Manu Bomba
Kaye C. Rehonts
Man
Herrick
Alexander Petrick
Antoinette Korin
Albany
Seismograph Demonstration Slated At State Bureau
A new seismograph that photographs earth shock waves will be demonstrated at 1 p.m. today at the State Bureau of Boil Mechanics Grounds in Latham. Rev Daniel Linehan from Weston Observatory will lead the event with company reps describing the instrument. Attendees include seismologists geologists engineers from universities New York State Science Service US Geological Survey and highway departments. If it meets expectations it could aid underground exploration on the state highway system. The device records readings along 12 survey points versus the three of current gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau of
Boil Mechanica Frounds
Latham
Daniel Linehan
Weaton Observatory
Weston
Mase
New York State Science Service
United States Geo Survey
Bertram D. Tallamy
P Jworks
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West Zone
Hainan
Chinmae Bay
Hoihow
Nationalista
Holow Civillans
Hobhow
Nationaliat
Communist
Pei- Ping
San Francisco
Associated Preps
Sieep
Trenton
X. J
Father McDermott
Trenton Catholic Boys High
St. Francis Seminary
Cone
Catholic University
Father
Bond
Pirine
Einhorn
Terry
Ste Rath Vem
Son
Bricham, Om
CLUS
Saturday Club of
Cohoes
Troy Club
Henry 5. Bigoimey
Emilie Jacobson
Henry Ketchum
W. Frankeblines
R.P.I
Troy K
Pleasant Valley
Lansingburg School Voters
J. P. Bittner
End
National
Florida
Jacob Kramer, Na Esen
Ulraiai
OLD Line Mutual
Insurance
Trego
Amer
Lumbennen
Manuel Casualty Co
Rice
Trey, N.Y
Grand Union Super Market
Grand Union Hoosick Street
N. Y
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