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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1943
Page
9
The All-Troy Athletic Club will hold a clamsteam on club grounds at 11th Street and Second Avenue the night of September 11. First steam served at 6 pm second from 8 to 10 pm. Chairman Clarence Van derwerken said a committees meeting will be held at 8 pm Thursday at the club.
Card of thanks for sympathy and lists of obituaries and birth notices from a local paper. Names include Catherine Dobert Bridget Pro vost Rosas McLaughlin and many families from Troy Cohoes Waterford and Schaghticoke. Entries cover hospital births 1943 1948 and funeral arrangements with parish church services and interments.
Paul S. Young retires as Lansingburg Boys Club managing director at a testimonial dinner. He will become director of Schenectady Boys Club tomorrow. Board members praise his six years of leadership, amid plans to choose a successor and a committee report on the club’s future direction.
Probate notes reveal Alice M. Hall of Saratoga Springs leaves her entire estate to her son Laurence V. Hall with executor George Tuck. Ballston Spa executrix Letitia C. Doyle and daughter Mary McCarthy of Saratoga Springs receive specified sums and the residual estate, with a request to provide for another daughter Margaret Corning. Catherine Corning of Albany and William Corning of Ballston Spa survive, with real estate not to exceed $2,500.
State Police under Capt Stephen H McGrath searched a pond below Burdens first lake yesteday afternoon to locate an unidentified woman whose clothes were found beside the highway. The search used two rowboats with Lieut J W Wheeler Sergt A C Rasmussen Sergt F J Schoonmaker and Troopers J H Flubacher Thomas Curley and Harry A Scoville taking part. A note said to be by the woman indicated intent to commit self harm. Read clothing included dress slip gloves hat and pocketbook. A Canadian soldier staying at Burden Lake found the clothing and note and placed them in a pile with the pocketbook and note on top. The pocketbook held no identifying mark or letters but contained three pictures of a young woman.
Troy Elks plan material drives to supply slippers for convalescents. Collection stations will open Saturday Sept 11 in firehouses and public venues citywide, with circulars in stores and church notices to maximize participation. Materials include cloth, leather, rugs, canvas and linen to be shipped to Columbus Lodge for processing.
Jerome W. Pitney Saratoga Springs commissioner of accounts announced post primary expenses filed by candidates. Names include Sheridan Wait for Robert Jewett 16143 dollars Patrick Burns for public safety 16 dollars Charles Lynch for accounts 10 dollars William Graut for public works 60 dollars James McNaughton for supervisor 60 dollars.
Nathan Sidman was renamed chairman of the Rensselaer County American Labor Party at an organization meeting at 81 Fourth Street. The group expanded its executive board to gain influence for trade unionists with new officers and members from several unions. The meeting planned a campaign kickoff within a month and discussed Daniel Carhart’s platform on city hall and high school, deferring action to the next gathering.
Members of Company A Second Regiment New York Guard conducted a drill at the Armory with officers guiding a last night exercise. The unit, preparing for maneuvers on September 12 at Saratoga Battlefield, noted four vacancies. A non commissioned officers school was set for Thursday evening, with no drill next Monday for Labor Day.
Scott Downing a 43 year old farmer from near Edinburg disappeared from his home on a Sunday Aug 32. Neighbors and State Police have broadened the search broadcasting his description via teletype. Maek Downing claimed her husband stayed behind at home when she visited relatives and he packed a few belongings before leaving. He is a World War I veteran and the search parties combed local woods.
The Albany tax roll inquiry, to be examined after hours at City Hall, pits McGuiness against Morris over immediate access to the rolls. The probe, seen as Governor Dewey’s bid to shake up upstate Democrats, may presage broader moves as hearings begin with municipal official Richard J. Kinnan testifying on assessment procedures and taxpayer protests.
Fire and explosion caused damage estimated in the hundreds at 70 Division Street. The blaze began on the second floor rear and spread to the first floor. a front window blew out and the west rear wall bulged. Smoke affected the third floor. Firemen used three hydrant lines. Building owned by James Bell. Second building at 2 Division Street also damaged with smoke. owned by Marie Wiegand. Fire directed by Battalion Chief Carl A. Smith. alarm at 3:48 p.m.. report filed at 4:58 p.m.
A light burned in the pawnshop at 157 Fourth Street but police found no one at home during their check. A rear-house resident near Grand Street refused to switch off lights, and the case will be investigated today after a city tour with Acting Commissioner John B. Conroy and Mayor.
A Sunday night blackout in Glens Falls lasted 15 minutes after telephone wires were crossed. Warren County Civil Defense Director Mark Doyle said an observation post in Chestertown called the Albany filter station about 9 pm, while an Army post in New York also called the center. An operator, confused by the two calls on one line, treated it as a red warning and alerted Glens Falls officials, who carried out the blackout per regulations.
Frank J Hogan hailed the blackout test as successful after a surprise city drill tracing routes along Congress Fifteenth Hoosick River Streets. He noted no violations found beyond a river haze while Mayor Hogan attended a dinner. The New York State Director of Civilian Protection ordered the exercise, with Mayor's War Council coordinating from the dispatch room. Council members included James Madden James M McGrath Everett L Ryan and others. McGrath suffered a minor leg injury entering a darkened garage. Arthur Stuart Jr manned the shortwave radio and five radio cars stood by. The council called the alert gratifying and well timed.
The War Department advised the parents of two Saratoga County soldiers that their sons were wounded in action. Pvt. Haviland J Gordon of Victory Mills and Pvt. John Holmes, son of Mrs. John Holmes, are the injured personnel. No condition was provided.
Twenty six types of handicraft work display this week at Manufacturer's National Bank lobby Franklin Square Troy. About 730 articles made by children at playgrounds this summer show felt hats bead jewelry woven mats and more. Special praise goes to 112th and 126th Street playgrounds for quilts and pillows.
A child health conference will be held at Wynantskill warehouse Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. Dr. Edmund Wallner will lead, assisted by Ada M. Fass. Diphtheria toxoid boosters for children ages three months to six years may be given on request. A dental hygienist will examine preschoolers.
The Office of Price Administration investigated nine shoe dealers in Albany and Schenectady for violations of wartime pricing and ration rules. They allegedly sold without stamps and charged above legal prices, with hearings set for Sept. 15 at the Albany County Courthouse. A tenth dealer with stores in two cities will be called to explain an inventory showing 8,000 more shoes than supposed. Retailers could face suspensions. the odd lot sale rule required prices not more than 10 percent above cost or 70 percent of 1943 prices if no records existed. Purchasers’ records were tied to purchases when certain shoes could be bought without stamps.
Members of the Troy Consumers' Problem Committee met at the chairman's home to plan a home front pledge campaign with the Office of Price Administration. The move promotes reporting price ceiling violations and avoiding market gouging to protect consumers and merchants.
John Sweeney reported his 1984 sedan stolen from 174 President Street. The car was found abandoned at Burden Avenue and Welly Street by First Precinct patrolmen William Ryan and Thomas Dolan.
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