War Ballots May Delay Vote Counting
War ballots and absentee ballots may slow final election returns in Rensselaer County. Officials warn tabulation of service members outlays could delay results by hours in some districts. Local boards will deliver ballots on Election Day and seal containers until counted.
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Rensselaer County
Tale County
Luwe
Election Board
Onigiats Sur
Uci
Board of Elections
Spector
Funeral for Lieut Williams From 105th Attended by Veterans
A requiem high mass for Lieut William Perry Williams 28 son of Mr and Mrs Emerson A Williams West Sand Lake will be held at St Henrys Averill Park. Former 105th Infantry and Second Regiment State Guard members attend. Williams was killed in action in New Guinea on August 6 with attendees including Averill Park Central School students and his father a WWI veteran.
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Sawrday
St. Henry's
Averill Park
William Perry Williams
Emerson A. Wiliams
West Sand Lake
New Guinea
John 3. Gaffigan
5Th Infantry
State Guard
Williams
105Th
Fueultr
Averill Park Central School
Willams
105Th Infantry
Council Notes Increase In U S Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council reports U S traffic deaths for the first seven months rose about 9 percent from 11 630 to 12 620. The July total marks higher fatalities than last year though 1944 remains 35 percent below the 1941 seven month total of 20 317.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Methodists Plan Session At Placid
The Troy Methodist Conference plans its first fall session at Lake Placid October 22. The event features more than ten addresses and religious services with Bishop Oxnam and other church leaders as speakers. Business will be conducted next spring in Saratoga Springs.
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Troy
Lake Placid
Seratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs
Whiteface Inn
Pestis
Disras
B. Bromley Oxnam
New York
Alexander P. Shaw
Baltimore Parca
William €. Bowers
Meritus
Chicago University Divinity School
Mark Depp
Pas Lor
Christ
Methodist Church
Pittsburg
J. Betty Lee
Pavenees
Newak
Robert W. Searle
New York Federation of Churches
Troy Conference
Lawrence Larrowe
Springfield
Fred MacKenzie
David Reid
Burlington
Mark Kelley
Frank W. Bevan
Glens Falls
Leon M
Albany Child Killed in Fall Tragedy
Six year old Mary Ellen Vona died after falling forty feet down an elevator shaft in a Colonie Street warehouse. Police report she and playmate Louis Belgonte were in the building with two painters Russell Smith and Harri Robillard who did not see them until the fall. The accident occurred about 8:30 p.m. as the girl's mother cared for a newborn at home.
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Mary Ellen Vona_ 6
Cahonie Street
Albany
Memorial Hospital
River Reer
Troy
Vona
Smith
Robillard
Yona
William Clifton
Whitehall Sailor Dies from Crane Accident in California
Chief Storekeeper Bernard Case, 26, of Whitehall and son of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Case, died in Coronado Naval Hospital, San Diego, from injuries after a loading crane struck him last Friday. He had been in the Navy six years and survived the torpedoing of the transport ship Joh. Te. He was a Whitehall High School graduate and a local athletics standout. his parents are the only survivors.
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Bernard Case
A.B. Case
Whitehall
Naval Hospital
Coronado
San Diego
Cal
Case
War Department
Cambridge Flyer Receives Air Medal in War Service
Lieut. Russell M. Herrington, stationed in the Southwest Pacific, is awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in flights against the enemy. A letter to his Cambridge wife, Mrs. Suzanne Hitchcock Herrington, from Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney details interceptions of fighters and bombers contributing to Allied successes.
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Russel M. Herrington
Southwest Pacific
Suzanne Hitchcock Herrington
Avenue A
Cambridge
Herrington
George .C. Kenney
Herrintgon
Arly i
Crossword Puzzle Clue Scrambled Amid Missing Letters
A cryptic crossword snippet hints at a puzzle clue with scattered letters forming a serpent myth and a reference to pest in a playful headline. The fragment suggests a playful cryptic style typical of puzzle columns in vintage papers.
Whalen Testifies In State Inquiry Involving Fee Return
Whalen, attorney for Senator Peoy Williamson, testified before a special grand jury in the state inquiry into legislative spending. He recalled returning a $4,683 fee for legal services connected with defending a law’s validity, saying there was no impropriety. Prosecutor Hiram C. Todd called the fee return a by product of the investigation and noted the matter had been studied previously.
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Senate
Hiram C.todd
Dewey
Thomas J. Whalen
New York
Peoy Williamson
Whalen
State Senate
Court of Appeals
Fighe- Win Hamson
Grange Groups Name Committees In Three Communities
Committeemen for the G. L. F. organization were elected in Stephentown Eagle Bridge and Buskirk at the annual meeting. Stephentown reelected Oliver A Hyat of Cherry Plain and Henry A Pose to the local committee while holdovers include Arthur Pease Rickard Tyde and Fred E. Fanes. Eagle Bridge elected C Francis Andrew and Paul B. Musetey with Wales Grown as substitute. holdovers William Plyne Walter Nichols and Clyde Baker. Buskirk elected Clyde Baker and Walter Forsythe with Hoosick Falls residents reappointed. 85 farmers attended. Holdovers Slanton Abbott Charles Hus Earl Sherman and Sidney M Brownell named.
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G. LF
Stephentown
Eagle Bridse
Buskirk Ag
Oliver A Hyat
Cherry Plain
Henry A. Pose
Stephentowe
Kel
Arthur Pease
Rickad Tyde
Fred EL Fanes
Sephentown
Walter Nichols
Berlin
Eagle Bridge
C. Francis Andrew
Paul &. Musetey
Peele
Annwal
C. Francis Andrey Geede Wales
Bridge
Wiliam Piyne
North Bensington
Buskirk
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Mrs. Kathry & Curtins
Boots
Bate
Graces
Londonderry
France
Srmctomath
Bell-cas
Saip
Frank Carelli
Firat Sergi
Joby W. Carelli
Saipan
Carellis
Frank J. Hooley
Broadway
Mildred
Lois
Beauty Salon
Liggetts
Methodists
Placid
Navy
California
Atgwsk Te Psea
Pest
Fis
Boss
Bright Ties
Wells & Coverly's Boys' Shop
River St
Wells & Coverly
Aie
Talay’ Srt
Suny
Peiteing
Husky
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