Probe of Woman Death Reaches Plymouth Mass
State Police investigators in Plymouth Massachusetts questioned relatives of Albany resident Hertha Shimmelbush as part of a widening inquiry into her Aug 4 death. Officials said two men were reviewing all angles while Troop BCIs Sergt. John J. McNamee and Corp. Harry A. Scoville oversaw the probe.
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Hertha Shimmelbush
Albany
Plymouth
Mass
E. O. Hageman
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Troy
John J. McNamee
Corp
Harry A. Scoville
Theft from Diner Brings Sentence
A man charged with petty larceny for stealing $40 from the Waterford Diner where he worked was sentenced to thirty days in Saratoga County Jail after arraignment before Justice E. J. Burgess in Waterford. Police arrested Donald Brackley at his home on the complaint of diner operator Mrs Helen Mohan.
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Waterford
Donald Brackley
Second Avenue
Lansingburz
Saratoga County
Ballston Spa
E. J. Burgess
Fourth Precinct
Helen Mohan
Mallery Tops Jewett In Saratoga Springs Primary
Mayor Addison Mallery of Saratoga Springs led in yesterday's primary with 1 395 votes amid about 2 600 expected voters. Jewett trailed with 1 040, while other incumbents and write ins drew varying totals in this sparsely contested city election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Mallery
Saratoga Springs
Robert J. Jewett
Charles J. Lynch
Jerome V. Pitney
James J. McNaughton
Edward R. Henning
McNaughton
Mary A. Mulqueen
Finance
A. J. Leonard
Public Safety
Patrick R. Burns
Nellie Ainsworth
Army to Retire Officers on Age Limit August Thirty-First
The War Department announced that over 1,000 Army officers will be retired in coming days due to age limits. Colonels 60 and older, brigadier generals 62+, and majors 64+ must leave, to be replaced by younger officers. many fields require under-35 officers, and civilian entry is limited.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington
Troy-Albany- Schenectady
War Department
Father to Sue Over Daughter Injury in Crash
Supreme Court Justice John Alexander appoints Harold Morrison guardian for 16 year old Dolores Morrison after a July 2 Saratoga Lake crash near Ballston Spa that left one dead and several injured. An action to recover damages will be brought for her injuries.
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Supreme Court
John Alexander
Ballston Spa
Harold A. Morrison
Delores
Saratoga Lake
Edward Stevens
Arthur Stevens
George W. Closson
John A. Begnal
Helen Donohue
Dolores Morrison
Elizabeth J. Smith
Thomas Holland
Woman Amnesia Victims Carried 30,000 in Bonds
A seventy year old amnesia victim named Mrs. Isabelle Bangs Henry was found on 317 State Street Albany with 30000 in negotiable securities and 384 in cash. She is hospitalized at Albany Hospital where police seek clues to her identity and possible relatives. A label from the Garde Hotel Hartford and a slip reading High Street Hartford point to Hartford connections. Circulars with her description have been sent to New England cities.
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Isabelle” Bangs Henry
Albany
State Street
Fred Feldman
Polie
the Garde Hotel
Hartford
Conn
High Street
New England
Fathers Draft Muddle Mirrors Gas Rationing Confusion
The article traces chaos in Washington over drafting fathers before Pearl Harbor, noting mixed policy from Manpower Commissioner McNutt and Gen Hershey. It cites millions registered, planned additions to armed forces and munition work, and looming Senate actions to clarify or delay father inductions.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington
Selective Service
Senators
House
Congress
Selective Service Bureau
Paul V. McNutt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selectives Service
McNutt
Stimson
London
Army
General Hershey
Wheeler
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Marcu Wins in Primary Amid Light County Voting
In the Rensselaer County primary no major contests occurred besides the Democratic lone race. Nominations for county offices and Troy city posts followed party lines with numerous ward supervisors and aldermen listed as Republican or Democrat, detailing candidates and endorsements. The piece also critiques McNutt’s use of manpower controls to push fathers into factory jobs to dodge the draft, noting ongoing congressional scrutiny.
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Der
Rensselaer
John S. Finch
Schodack
American Labor Party
Charles A. Cassidy
Troy
Earle J. Wiley
City of Troy
John J. Ahern
Daniel W. Carhart
Common Council
Thomas H. Brown
John EH
Burke
Robert T. Murray
Edward J. Ronan
Joseph F. McLoughlin
James
Charles A. Richardson
Eugene H. Lyons
Louis Rinn
William J. Brown
Theodore Morsello
Leo Doran
John J. Burke
Clyde Warren
Colin Willetts
Patrick Costello
George EB. Cundiff
Fancis Eb, Popp
William P. Murray
John Smith
James J. Miggins
Daniel J. Michel
Jerry Cronin
William H. Sullivan
Howard Farrell
Howard J. Donnelly
Angelo Corino
James Wisk
L. Frank Mitter
Ninth
J. Charles Sklaryk
John J. Berrigan
Terence F. Cox
Edward J. Mulcahy
Tenth
Willard E. Bonesteel
Alonzo D. Case
Charles Marterer
Walter J. Shea
Pleventh
Arthur Ambuhl
Joseph Cioffi
Cyril Neville
Edward Cahill
Twelfth
Joseph J. Woodka
Thomas Burke
John A. Kelly
Catherine Powers
David J. Jones
Charles McCarthy
Thomas E. Dee
Thomas F. Finnen
Charles P. Duncan
Frederick S Miller
James F. Cox
Frank E. Glasheen
Edwin F. Henry
Harold A. Sheldon
Louis A. Dagle
Charles Newman
Fred A. Beck
Jesse J. Smith
Teresa Farley
Alexis Roberts
Albert F. Marcou
Henry E. Smith
Davis
W. m BD. Dowd
Community Night at 112th Street Playground
More than 500 residents gathered at 112th Street playground for a community night program featuring songs dances and a boxing match. Miss Marie Matteson directed the event cited by Edward A. Wachter as one of the city’s most successful of its type. A handicraft exhibit and planned pet and hobby shows followed the program ending at 8 30 p m.
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112Th Street Playground
122Th Street Playground
Marie Matteson
Edward A. Wachter
Troy
Frank Milanese
Mia
Mary Weaver
Colin Nadeay
Joe Sheen
Arthur Dee
Miss Matteson
Pop Martin
Carolyn
Doris
Grace DeFreest
Little Sisters
Rita LaRose
Joan Costello
Sheila Allard
Jerry Smith
Lola Smith
Cynthia Francis
Margaret Manutella
George Archambeault
George Cushine
Mickey Conners
Jackie Sheen
George Jones
112Th Street Park
County W C T U to Elect Officers September 14
Rensselaer County W C T U will meet at the YWCA on Tuesday September 14 for an afternoon session at 3 o clock with reports from nine department heads and an evening musical program directed by Mrs Cora Lund. Elections will conclude the gathering with Harriet S Doyle of Albany presiding.
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Rensselaer County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
YW. C. A
Cora Lund
Harriet Is Doyle
Albany
Rensselaer County
Frank Bishop
H. L. Bookmiller
Dr. Baker Heads to Naval Course at Columbia University
Dr. Ray Palmer Baker, assistant director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will attend a naval administration course at Columbia University on Monday and Tuesday. The program targets executives in charge of college students in naval college training programs and includes inspections of Navy yards and schools along the East Coast to Quantico Virginia.
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Ray Palmer Baker
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Naval Administration
Columbia University
Naval College Training Pogram
Quantico
Boy Injures Toe While Running at Frear Park
An 11 year old boy, Robert Pitcher of 5 Ingalls Avenue, injured his right toe while running near Frear Park pool. He suffered near complete severing of his right little toe and deep lacerations to his third toe. He was taken to Troy Hospital by park attendant Daniel Sullivan and discharged after treatment by Dr. Joseph Padalino.
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Frear Park
Robert Pitcher
Ingalls Avenue
Troy Hospital
Daniel Sullivan
Joseph Padalino
County's The Quota Cut for August Tires
Rensselaer County will see strict tire quota curtailment in August with certificates issued only in extreme cases. County rationing director Charles C. Frethofer warns of ongoing declines in tire rations until synthetic rubber production offsets shortages. He notes worsening conditions, predicts no extra stock, and projects increased use of grade 3 recycled tires as shortages deepen.
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Rensselaer County
Charles C. Frethofer
Mr. Freihofer
Rensselaer
Blue Ration Stamp Points Reduced In Eight Week Period
The regional OPA announces a temporary cut from 96 to 80 blue ration stamps for August to September to simplify pricing changes. All households receive 48 monthly points. the two month total drops to 40. Stamps R S T are valid Aug 1 to Sept 20. U V to Sept 1 to Oct 20.
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Walter C. Bryant
OPA
Bryant
Ji 13
Clifton Park Man Fills Ration Post
Henry J. Kinns of Clifton Park was named to Saratoga County War Price and Rationing Board. Announcement by F. Ray Williams shows Kinns succeeds Albert M. Garrison as former chairman and joins Clarence McElwain and Frank Winney on the board.
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Henry J. Kinns
Caufton Park
Saratoga County War Price and Rationing Board
F. Ray Willliams
Saratoga County War Council
Kinns
Board of Supervisors
Albert M. Garrison
Saratogs 'County Civil Service Commission
Garrison
World War I veteran K E A Hurley dies at 19 Winster St
Edward A Hurley a Rainbow Division veteran and early Purple Heart recipient from Troy dies at home after three weeks illness. He was a contractor formerly with the State Department of Labor and survived by wife Curran and family. Funeral set for Friday with requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church and interment at St Joseph’s Cemetery.
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Bullets
A. Dorothy Richards
C. Howard Bullett
Clayton H. Bul Jett
Laura Mildred Bultett
Bleeker Avenue
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Oakwood
Cemete Collins
Wus City
James J. Collins
Mary Kenna
John Collins
Arthur BE. O'Brien
Lawrence M. Dunn
Vincent F. Pielo
Joseph J
Michael F
Down M. Fenna
U. S. Navy
James J. Clinton
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Donnelly
Waterford
William H. Donnelly
Frederick Diehl
Helen Greene
George Donnelly
Margaret Smith
Thomas Donnelly
Cohoes
Quandt Funeral
Broad St. Waterford
St. Mary's Church
Doyle
Ogdensburg
Veronica Doyle
Albert, Doyle
Thomas Hunt
Fonda Funeral Home
River 5 St
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
Hurley
Edward A. Hurley
Husaband
Mary
Curran
Thomas Hurley
Mary Greeley
Henry McDonough
Sylvester Hurley
The
Seabees
Walter Gardner
Catherine O'Brien
William Normandin
Pleasantdale
Ruth Johnson
Kay Mandeville
Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary
Moulton
Latham
William Moulton
Fonda
River Street
New Mt. Ida
Neely
Old Lyme
Conn
Jean Neely
B. Ogden Ross
Willam Neely Ross
Nyack
Orden J. Ross
Troy
Pawling Avenue
Norton
Louis J. Norton
Grace Osborne
Robert J. Norton
U.S. M.C
Omaha
Neb
Harry A. Norten
Oriskany Falls
N.Y
Putnam St. Syeanay
Asmuson
Joan FE. Sherlock
Joseph BE. Sherlnck
Emniy Blarkburn
Patricia
Joel Shrrlock
Almira Sherlock
Parker Bros
Broadway
M. Bhilomena
St. Mary's Hospital
Amsterdam
St. Joseph's Seminary
Walsh
John W. Walsh
Margaret Fitzgerald
Mra
Nelhe Rifer
Albany
Mira
Catherine Sheshan
Detroit
Mich
James F. Millett
River St
St. Patrick’s
South End
Winster Street
State Department of Labor
Mary Greeley Hurley
Rainbow Division
Trojan Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Sacred Heart Church
Curran Hurley
R Joseph's Cemetery
Social Security Registrations Surge in Troy
Social Security registrations rise sharply in Troy as war industry influx boosts weekly filings by about 50 percent from a year earlier. Office manager Nicholas A. Stockman notes the increase reflects new workers, while staff continue processing old age and survivor claims and benefit records. The Troy office now handles over 7000 accounts from Troy and surrounding areas. it opened on November 21, 1959.
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Troy
Social Security Board
Nicholas A. Stockman
Linckman
Army civilian releases barely dent local production
The War Department announced 105000 civilian job cuts at arsenals and Army service installations, but Norman F. Miller says local centers show little impact. In Watervliet most workers stayed, Sche nectady saw about 20 released, Albany and Voorheesville about 100, with many transfers or reassignments among centers.
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War Department
Norman F. Miller
Federal Civil Service
Miller
Watervliet
Schen
United States
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
United Ration Boards Open Monday
Merged staffs of the Troy and Rensselaer County War Price and Rationing Boards will begin functions as a single unit Monday morning at The Hotel Troy. Charles G. Freihofer will become chairman of the united offices. The hotel will serve as the rationing headquarters for Troy and rural areas, with complete merger of staffs and unified panels across services such as gasoline and fuel oil. Geographic city county divisions will be eliminated where possible.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Charles G. Freihofer
United Offices
Rensselaer County Court House
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer
Freihofer
United Effort
Frinhofst
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