Grievances Heard Before Troy Board On Assessments
Fifty residents appeared before the Troy Grievance Board on grievance day at Troy High School auditorium to challenge overassessed properties. After hearings the board meets privately to adjust valuations and forward corrected assessments to the city treasurer and comptroller. Board members include City Treasurer James A. Madden and Corporation Counsel E Stewart Jones.
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Trox Grievance Board
Troy High School
Cis
James A. Madten
Troy
Board of Assessors
Ann Quinn
William F. Darby
Corporation Counsel's Office
Edward J.fingersld
Frank E Myers
James A. Madden
Monthly report due on processed foods as of July 24
Processors and distributors of processed foods must file their usual monthly reports by close of business July 24, the last day of the July rationing period. No changes in reporting periods. Reports provide vital data on supplies and movement rates of processed foods.
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Boy Rescued for Third Time in Month
Albany 16 year old Walter Wagar was rescued from drowning for the third time in a month. He was knocked unconscious in Lincoln Park pool by a diver’s strike and rescued by nearby swimmers. His father previously saved him at Sacandaga reservoir and Indian Lake. His mother then restricted his swimming to the bathtub.
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Walter Wagar
Albany
Lincoln Park
Life Beards
Sacandaga Reservoir
Albert Wagur
Allen Street
Indian Lake
105th Technicians Turn to Saipan Jap Slaying Effort
The 105th Headquarters Company under Captain John C. Baker engaged Japanese forces near Saipan on July 7. Technicians, cooks, clerks, and KPs grabbed weapons and grenades, broke through enemy lines, and held a firing line that repelled an estimated 5,000 attackers, with two sergeants earning praise for valor and a temporary frontline transformation of the unit.
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Jephillers
John C. Bakes
Saipan
Sring
Baker
Seipan Serch
Tanapag
Lawrence J. Whalen
Whitehall
Joan Garteld Stunt
Howard D.ladien
Trev
Reconnassaance
LaDieu
Milton A. Lauter
Wewcomb Bould
New Orleans
Sergi
John C. Nolan
Troy
Femgin
Ehey
Mother Compromises Claim For Young Son
Mrs. Ann M. Alger of 308 Eighth Street was authorized by Judge Edward J. Donahue to compromise a $175 claim against Stephen J. and Mabel Butler of 124 Elsworth Avenue Mechanicville for injuries to her 1-year-old son Robert Alger. The injury occurred May 18 when the boy bicycling on River Street near Bond Street was struck by a car owned by Mr. Butler and driven by his wife Eugene Cox. Cox, nearing 91, farms a 20 acre lot in Wildcat Valley Chittenden and remains in good health after several accidents. he is one of the earliest American Indians.
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Ann M. Alger
Eighth Street
Robert Alger
Edward J. Donahue
Suerogate’s Cour
Stephen J
Mabel Butler
Elsworth Avenue
Mechanicville
Joseph F. Purcell
Ettorney
Brrs
Alger
River Street
Bond Street
Butler
Eugene Cox
Potter Bill
Wildcat Vallex
Chittenden
Cox
Ten Youths Assigned To Sampson
Ten Troy Ares youths, recently enlisted at the local Navy recruiting station, were accepted for ice and assigned to Sampson for training. Chief Gunner's Mate Joseph Subli Van said a steady three week rise in enlistments among 17 to 18 year olds at the courthouse station reflected Navy aims for larger naval recruits. Names of the latest recruits accepted last week: Troy Thomas J. Ryan, 415 Tenth Street. George L. MacCubbdin, 2273 Sixth Avenue. Alfred F. Kehn, 25 Atlantic Avenue. Francis Donald, RD 2. Donald J. O'Brien, 283 Ninth Street. Conces William Beddow, 65 Congress Street. Waterford William E. Gilman, 32 Front Street. Wetervlier Raymond J. Zerwick, Gil Twenty-third Street. Jounsenville Harold J. Heffay, RD Belle.
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Troy Ares
Navy
Ice
Sampson
Joseph Subli- van
Court House
Navy Department
AT Focal
Subhivan
Troy
Thomas J. Ryan
Tenth Street
George L. MacCubbdin
Sixth Avenue
Alfred F. Kehn
Atlantic Avenue
Francis Donald
Donald J. O'Brien
Ninth Street
Wiliam Beddow
Congress Street
Waterford
William E. Gilman
Front Street
Front Street Wetervlier
Raymond J. Zerwick
Gil
Twenty-third Street
Jounsenville
Harold 3. Heffay, R,dbel
New ODT Form 653 Streamlines Auto Truck Purchases
The focal ODT office received the simplified ODT-653 form to speed acquiring new commercial vehicles and reduce data from operators. The old form remains usable until September, with the new form preferred. Applicants for trucks under 16,000 pounds GVW no longer need maker or model on applications. gross vehicle weight suffices. Trailer applications omit maker or model except tank trailers, but require carrying capacity. Transfer certificates for light or medium trucks apply to any make. trailers over 16,000 pounds require specific make details beyond weight.
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ODT
Albany Rotary hears call for more teen canteens
At the Albany Rotary Club talk by Horton of Hendrick Hudson, the demand for teen canteens is urged. He cites the Jungle Room in Troy as inspiration and argues youths need gatherings to dance chat and play games with safe atmospheres near home. He notes 50 60 percent like to dance 25 percent sit and chat and 25 percent play games. He advocates soft lighting a drink bar and neighborhood focus to curb mischief and keep youths engaged.
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Troy
Robert W. Ames
Unis Arex
J. Sorten
Boye and Girls
Arbary Kiwanis Club
Hovs'e
Albany YM
OC. A
Yesters
Hendrick Hudson
Horton
Albany
Troys
Teéensee Wyre
Mr. Horton
Ike
Ames
Powers Named to WPB Committee in Albany District
Leo Powers has been appointed to the WPB Modified Area Production Urgency Committee covering 17 counties in the local district. He will handle manpower problems for food processing in the area, expanding his authority as area supervisor for the War Food Administration.
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Leo FL Powers
F. F. Hotmaz
Powers
War Food Administration
State Street
Albany
Albany Mapac
War Manpower Commission
Detective Connery Goes to Baltimore to Recover Two Girls
Detective Frank J. Conners of the Troy-Detective Bureau departed for Baltimore, Maryland, to retrieve two girls who escaped from the House of Good Shepherd on Monday. The two, aged 13 and 45, were reported apprehended by Baltimore police yesterday.
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Frank J. Conners
Troy-Detective Bureau
Baltimore
House of Good Shepherd
AAA to Issue Farm Lumber Permits for Farmers
Farmers needing lumber for land repair and farm maintenance must file with the AAA in the Cannon Building to obtain a certificate allowing purchase. Certificates are limited to immediate needs. mills above 100,000 board feet require AAA approval, while smaller mills may not. Excess lumber must be sold to trade.
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AAA
George Mesick
Focal Aaa
Mesick
Minor Change in OPA Shoe Rules
The Office of Price Administration announced a minor change in shoe ration regulations requiring distributors to keep ration records at the establishment's location. The update aims to standardize record keeping for chain stores and manufacturers, clarifying that factories and distributing agencies owned by a single manufacturer may be treated as one establishment. London dispatch notes broad upheaval in Japan with 18 of 48 provinces having new governors signaling changes in local and subnational governance.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Tiaveries
London
Berlin
Japan
Regulations on Canning Sugar Revised
The Balbany District Office of Price Administration announced new canning sugar rules for Ferm wives and fruit processors. Home processors may request extra sugar up to 250 pounds for resale and must use it only to produce items with a blue point value on the consumer table.
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Balbany District
Hawthorne Avenue Man Wins Air Medal
Sergeant Howard D. Clayton Jr., of 27 Hawthorne Avenue, was awarded the Air Medal for bombing missions in occupied Europe. A B 24 Liberator turret gunner on Hell's Belle, he trained at Tyndall Field after leaving Cluett Peabody & Co. He joined the service in May 1942 and is a Troy High School and Ohio State University alumnus.
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Howard D. Clayton
Howard Dlayton
Hawthorne Avenue
Chation
Hinself
United States
Europe
Clayton
Troy High School
Ohio State University
Tyndall Field
Fla
Funeral of Captain Shea Conducted in City Service
The funeral of Michael Bi Shea former captain in the Trop. Pattee Department was held yesterday from James Cinton Bros. Paper and at 4 AM from St Mary's Church where a solemn requiem mass was celebrated by Lieut. Joseph AL Hayes with Rev. Thomas J. Meehan as deacon and Rev. Joseph P. Kelly as subdeacon. City officials led by James F. Byron attended. Interment was in St Mary's Cemetery with Lt Hayes officiating.
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Michael Bi Shea
Trop. Pattee
James 2
Frank B Kendall
Jobe Fl Lynch
Michae
Mforime
First
Enoch’ Eaton
Central
William S.J. Cleary
Police Department
Sergi
James T. Dwyer
John J. Hynes
Arthur M. Fitegerald
Edwerad
Glasheen
James F Cassin
King
Peter A. Keating
St Mary’s Cemetery
Lieutenant Hayes
Br. Kelly
Father Cleary
Edward A. McManus
Peters ‘Church
Father Meehan
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