Burnt Hills Man Heir to Estate
The will of Benjamin H. Baker of Lake Luzerne who died in June was admitted to probate in Warren County Surrogate's Court with letters testamentary issued to the Manhattan Co. The estate is valued at over $5,000 in real property and more than $10,000 in personal property. Bequests of $1,000 are left to Violet Baker of Richmond Virginia and St Marys Episcopal Church Lake Luzerne, with residuary to Ashley B. Baker of Burnt Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Baker
Lake Luzerne
Warren County
Manhattan Co. New York
Cael Tors
Violet Baker
Richmond
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Mr. Baker
Ashley B. Baker
Burnt Hills
Yaki Driver Fined For Taxi Larceny
Herbert H. Cole of Saratoga Springs was fined $10 and given a suspended six month jail term after pleading guilty to larceny. He allegedly took $50 from a passenger while driving a taxi from Gansevoort to Fort Edward, in Northumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. Cole
Saratoga, Springs
Northumberland
In Memoriam and Birth Notices Chronicle
In memoriam for Victoria Malek dated Aug 6 1930 and multiple birth and death notices. Names include George F Breen family from Lansingburg to Troy, Cirracione, Minahan, Wallingford, Baloian, Bishop, Brackley, Colangione, Gips, Hayes, Kelly, Lanzing, Mandeville, McGowan, Preston, Smith. Includes funeral times and church references, with addresses in Watervliet Troy Schenectady Colonie and Albany region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balolan
Watervliet
Manyog Baloian
Karekin Baloian
Rose Balowan
Parker Brothers’ Memorial
Broadway
St. Peter’s Apostolic_Armenien
Troy
Troy Hospital
Edward F. Bishop
Caroline Robinson Bishop
Edward F. Bishop, Jr
George Trei
This City
Frederick Haber
Scranton
George F. McLoughlin & Sona
6Th Ave
St. Patrick's Church
Brackley
Veterans’ Hospital
Bronx
James F. Brackley
Mary A. Ryan
Pvt
James F. Brackley, Jr
S. M. Co
Cornell University
Ithaca
George F
Napanoch
Joseph BE
Andrew J
A. Leo Brackley
Cohoes
Amity Street
St. Bernard's Church
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
Colangione
Catherine
Ralph Co-langione
Gaetana Murabelian
St. Mary's Cemetery
Gips
Philadelphia
Mary Laub Gips
Morris Gips
Albany
Albany Beth Emeth
Ollock
Hayes
Seventh Avenue
North
Catherine Hayes
Matthew T. Nial
Elizabeth
Agnes A. Hayes
St. Peter's Cemetery
Kelly
Robert F. Kelly
St. Ambrose’s Church
Latham
Lanzing
Philomena Tubello
Frank Lanzillo
Patrick
Theresa Lanzillo
George R_ Pratt
Louis DeMaria
Jerry Esposito
James Testo
Anthony Tubello
Josephine Rosett
Schenectady
Fourth Street
St. Anthony's Church
St. Alary's Cemetery
Mandeville
Cape Lookout
Ore
Paul W. Mandeville
Alfred D. Mandeville
Catherine O'Brien
William Normandin
St. Mary's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Wreston
Colonie
Sarah Preston
Richard W. Preston
Elizabeth Brook
Harriet
Susan Preston
Colonie, N. J
John Guy
Weehawken
N. J
Spring Street Road
Smith
Edward Posmith
Thomas Leonard
Thomas Smith
Bertha G. Guenette
Catherine T. Smith
Troy Draft Boards to Induct Fathers in November
State Selective Service head Brig. Gen. Ames T. Brown announced that Troy draft boards will begin inducting fathers in November after surveying 260 boards. Some boards may start calling fathers in October, with very tight deferment rules and order to review 4-F registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
State Selective Service
Ames T. Brown
Selective Service
Brown
New York City
Paul V. McNutt
Watervliet Stores to Get Price Lists
The Watervliet Price Panel Board under Cotter Nash issued new ceiling price lists covering all foods and fresh vegetables. Mrs. Alameda Sears and Frank M. May praised volunteers for organization. Green Island absent, Watervliet board lacking local representation. Housewife pledge stickers distributed to enforce ceiling prices and rationing with coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet Price Panel Board
Cotter Nash
Alameda Sears
Frank M. May
OPA
Watervliet
Edward Phalen
Green Island
Legion Post Initiates 20 Members
Twenty new members were initiated by Noble-Callahan Post American Legion at 14 First Street last night. Commander Joseph F. Carey presided with Merrit A. Waterman and Joseph A. Quinan as vice commanders, and other officers assisting. The post now reaches its highest membership in nine years, exceeding this year’s quota. Bugle and drum corps plan rehearsals today at 7 p.m and Sunday at 1:30 p.m in preparation for the Sminth Ward honor roll dedication at 3 p.m. Louis Wapies will direct the corps. A buffet luncheon followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble-Callahan Post
American Legion
First Street
Joseph F. Carey
Carey
Merrit A. Waterman
Joseph A. Quinan
Thomas F. Jackson
Benjamin F. Jerske
Sminth Ward
Louis Wapies
Cohoes Veteran Wins Divorce From World War I Bride
Daniel Keefe of 41 McElwain Avenue Cohoes won a legal separation from his wife Marion Keefe in Albany Supreme Court Judge Pierce H Russell heard that they married February 23 1918 in Cohoes while World War I raged and lived together only until late 1919 after his Army service. He testified they had trivial quarrels and she walked out on him and her last known address was New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Daniel Keefe
McElwain Avenue
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Albany
Marion Keefe
Keefes
Keefe
New York City
Park Pool Pageant Open To Public
Tomorrow Prospect Park Pool will host a water safety pageant titled Swimming for Safety and Victory as the Learn to Swim program ends its seventh year. Over 100 youths receive diplomas and Red Cross certificates with 300 participants overall, under the Troy Recreation Department and Record Newspapers. The event features four acts on water safety, diving and formation swimming, with a finale to God Bless America. free swimming follows from 10 to 11 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Park Pool
Record Newspapers-Troy Recreational Department
Red Cross
Edward A. Wachter
Joseph Hormats
Troy
America
Marilyn
Dot
Elfenbein
Red Cross Junior Land
Soldier Taft Receives Purple Heart in North Africa
Corporal Henry Taft of Ford Edward, wounded in the big show, has been awarded the Order of the Purple Heart at a North Africa base hospital. A Red Cross nurse notes he is unable to use his hands but expects he will be as good as new soon. Taft, a ten year veteran, served at Plattsburg before the North Africa invasion last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Henry Taft
Ford Edward
North Africa
Broadway
Red Cross
Taft
Holt
Plattsburg
Woman Stricken At Work At Lion Brand Shirt Co
Mrs. Mary Adams a 43 year old resident of 514 Eighth Street was stricken yesterday at the Lion Brand Shirt and Collar Co 750 Second Avenue and taken to Leonard Hospital where doctors described her condition as slightly improved Patrolmen Charles Burkhardt John Hofbauer and John J Noonan of the Fourth Precinct answered the call to the emergency incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion Brand Shirt and Collar Co
Second Avenue
Mary Adams
Eighth Street
Leonard Hospital
Charles Burkhardt
John Hofbauer
John J. Noonan
Fourth Precinct
Fish Price Ceilings Announced In Troy Area
Temporary retail ceiling prices for fresh fish in Troy and nearby areas were issued by the regional OPA with permanent schedules in development. Prices vary by supply source from direct fishers to wholesalers, with Haddock 15-16 cents per pound and Salmon 47-50 cents. Meat shortages caused local confusion as beef and lamb shipments arrived unexpectedly and buyers remained uncertain how long supplies would last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
OPA
F. Paul Riley
Riley
Haddock
Cool Weather Follows Rains After Heat Span
After two and a half days of rain and near ninety degrees the region enjoyed a cool spell. The temperature peaked at 73 and is expected to fall to the low sixties. The Weather Bureau forecast today brings generally fair skies and noticeable drop in warmth. Coats replaced shirtsleeves as residents felt the abrupt change in temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Ice Shortage Hits Fort Edward Board action
A severe ice shortage in Fort Edward prompted a village meeting where the town board discussed prioritizing buyers. Ice dealer William Kimont announced no deliveries while essential customers must visit the ice house to cart away supplies. The board also appointed a Postwar Planning Commission with members including Washington County Judge Wyman and James Maloney among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Edward
William Kimont
Washington County
Wyman, Bascom
James Maloney
Wiliam H. Bil
John L. Sullivan
John FP. Burke
Harold Johnson
Joseph del Lignore
James Dunn
Daniel Sullivan
LeRoy Borrowman
Troian Fighter Pilot Hormats Stars In War Report
Four year veteran Lieut Malcolm Hormats of Troy is praised as a highly decorated fighter pilot with British and American honors. He survived major campaigns from the Battle of Britain to Sicily, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with seven clusters, and credited with downing several enemy aircraft. His parents hear of his exploits through War Department notices as Hormats continues serving, now with his squadron after an earlier night dive in Tunis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Snyder
United States Army Air Corps
Malcolm Hormats
Troy
Britain
North Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Joseph Hoeimats
Burdett Avenue
War Department
Hormais
Tunis
King George
Dieppe
United States
Hormats
Mementa
Air Corps
Focke-Wolfe
Royal Canadian Air Force
Loki
Hitler
W2qfe
Troy High School
Montreal
England
English Channel
Servicemen to Receive 5244 Decks Through Voiture Campaign
Rensselaer County Voiture Forty and Eight Society shipped 5244 decks of cards to aid overseas servicemen and 800 decks of used cards to training camps. A deck costs 400 and funds support new card purchases at nine cents per deck, with distribution coordinated from Indianapolis. The effort, led by Joseph E. Abbott and committee members, runs countywide with coin boxes and used-card cartons placed publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rensselaer
U. S. Army
American Legion
Ecard
Yunty
Joseph E. Abbott
Edward L. Ryan
Bernard J. Dooley
Gerrit Roozeboom
Seventeen Men From Greenwich Draft Board Accepted
Seventeen men from the Greenwich draft board were accepted for military service this week at the Albany induction center. The contingent listed includes Army draftees Paul Doriski Easton Gordon L Getty Stephen C Davis Donald E Hazelton Norman GS Wrigley Fort Edward Paul H Coffinger Donald W Forbes Greenwich Charles W Smith Salem Marines Lewis A Cooley Fort Navy John T Sayles Wilted G Dumas Gordon J Clark Jr Harold L Miles Leland M Church Fort Edward Paul Quinn Greenwich StanleyB Shields Jackson Kenneth H Phelps transferred from Lowvile now living in Argyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich Draft Board
Albany
Armed Forces
Army
Paul Doriski
Easton
Gordon L. Getty
Stephen C. Davis
Donald E. Hazelton
Norman GS. Wrigley
Fort Edward
Paul H. Coffinger
Donald W. Forbes
Greenwich
Charles W. Smith
Salem
Lewis A. Cooley
Navy
John T. Sayles
Wilted
G. Dumas
Gordon J. Clark
Harold L. Miles
Leland M. Church
Paul Quinn
Stanleyb. Shields
Jackson
Kenneth H. Phelps
Lowvile
Argyle
Battle of Britain pilot joins US Air Corps in Sicily
A British fighter pilot, after serving as a marauder and bomber escort in Europe, transfers to the United States Air Corps in October 1942 and joins Doohite's air umbrella in North Africa. Parents report only four official credits so far, with several probable sightings awaiting official confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United States Air Corps
Doohite
North Africa
Sicily
Mediterranean
War Department
Malcolm
Court allocates D and H bond payments under plan
Federal court approves Delaware and Hudson Railroad plan for adjusting its 47.8 million bond maturity. Cash distribution of 4.5 million expected, with 10 percent of outstanding bonds paid promptly if no appeal. Remaining 43 million reamortized at 4 percent for twenty years. Securities liquidation of 3.532 million by May 1 1936 funds sinking measures to retire debt to 25 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Trojan Enlists in Seabees Navy program today
Lawrence Towney Hallis son of Mr and Mrs Walter H Hallis of Broadway has enlisted in the Navy Seabees and will join the electrical school at Calin Perry Virginia today prior to enlistment he worked for Indendent Lock Co Fitchburg Mass A farewell party Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Bente Bennington Vermont honored Mr Mallis with a purse of money the Bentes are Rita A Bente Hallis parents-in-law
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Towney Hallis
Walter H. Hallis
Broadway
Navy Seabees
Calin Perry
Halis
Indendent Lock Co
Fitchburg
Mass
Mallis
Fred Bente
Bennington
Bente
Rita A Bente
Hallis
Kiwanis Shown Storm Pictures in Troy Meeting
Kiwanis members at The Hendrick Hudson heard New York Power and Light Corp. films showing the severe ice and snow storm damage. J. H. Van Aernam and L. C. Garrison presented footage of the utility war setup tested during the storm, with Gloversville hardest hit and crews rushing to restore service. Birthdays for several members were noted and Herbert Blake welcomed as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Kiwanis
Hendrick Hudson
New York Power and Light Corp
Kiwanians
J. H. van Aernam
L. C. Garrison
Gloversville
Troy
Edward Dahlke
W. Russell Bird
Albert Snyder
Arthur Stuarts
Alexander Allan
Herbert Blake
A R. Trego
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Troy Record
Troy, N. Y
Yaki
Malek
Victoria Malek
Breen
the Leonard Hospital
George F. Breen
George F., Jr
Jane Walker
Lansingburg
Cirrincione
St. Josephs Maternity Hospital
Salvatore Cirracione
Joann
Mary 5. Hanner
Minahare
St. Joseph's Maternity Hospital
Michael PF. Minahan
Thomas Patrick
Minahan
Selina Casey
Legion Post
Morris
Scoville
James R. Morris
Francis L. Hutton
Harry A Scoville
John A. Warner
Morrig
Fonda
B.C
Walter F. Reilly
Hawthorne
John A Gaffney
Harold C. Herrick
Troop B
Malone
Daniel E. Fox
Herrick
Fox
Troop C
Sidney
New York
Edward W. Scully
Attormey Gener
Trojan
Seabees
Mereon
Ferry
Troy Igit
Reliable Cash Dept
Congress St
Arkansas
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