Christmas Seal Booth Opens Tomorrow in Troy
A Christmas Seal booth will open tomorrow at the Troy Post Office to sell seals and provide gift wrapping through December 22. Volunteers from Catholic service groups, PTA chapters, Mothers' Clubs, and 4H clubs will staff the booth, with the Troy Post Office again sponsoring the annual campaign to raise funds for tuberculosis and public health work.
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Renseelaar County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Troy
Catholic Service League
The
Catholic Daughters of America
Parent Teachers Associations of Schools
Haskell, Powers and Whipple
Mothers’ Clubs
St Patrick's
St. Augustine’s
Troy Post Office
Booth
Tortion
Church Society Holds Annual Tea at St. John's
The Roses and Flax Society of St. John's Lutheran Church hosted its third annual tea in the church Friendship room. Miss Mabel Meyer spoke on her India mission. music was by Clayton Coons. vocalists included Ruth and Elsbeth Jordan and others. Future plans note visits to the Lutheran Home in Albany and Bethesda Hotel with officer elections and a Christmas party planned.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
Mabel Meyer
India
Clayton Coons
Ruth
Elsbeth Jordan
Dorothy Demgen
Burnett Niles
Gustav Helmbold
Harold Turner
Jessie Philpott
Demgen
Nellie Philpott
Silss Irene Mason
Albany
Bethesda Hote
Niles
William Dunker
Minnie Gimbet
Winter Roundup Dance at Troy High School
Troy High School will host a dance titled The Winter Roundup on Tuesday December 20 in the school auditorium. Richard Claydon announces the event with Ray Horn and his band providing music and aquaré dancing featured by the committee chaired by Joyce Phoenix Norma Hunter Donald Fearnley Theresa Zampogna and Richard Claydon handling tickets publicity orchestra refreshments and checkroom duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy High High School
Richard Claydon
Troy High Commercial Club
Ray Horn
Joyce Phoenix
Norma Hunter
Donald Fearnley
Theresa Zampogna
Sacred Shiprock Then and Now
Shiprock in New Mexico is described as sacred to the Navajo people with legend saying ancestors arrived in a rock formation. An old ad offers a free book on arthritis and rheumatism from The Ball Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri, promising a free enlarged volume without obligation if readers write for it today.
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New Mexico
Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Missouri
Adv
Death Obituary Listings From Local Newspapers
Death notices report James Winning a Balem farmer dies after long illness at sister’s home in Lake Lauderdale. Elbert J. Herrington dies of heart attack in Cambridge aged retiree with church and fraternal ties. Catherine Donohue service held in Pleasantdale with Gold Star Mothers rites. Lizzie Watson funeral at Himes Home and St John’s Church. Antonio Parrella buried after Requiem Mass at St Anthony’s. Joseph F Kempf dies at Hoosick Falls residence. Edward J Cook funeral in Renesselaer. George W Hornstead former Waterford official memorial at Waterford Rural Cemetery.
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Jemies Whalling
James Winning
Rered Belem
Margaret Cooper
Lake Lauderdale
Borso Balam
James
Mary Winning
Matilda Brady
Balem
Cooper
Albert Cooper
Eton Funeral Home
Salem
Harvey Phillije
Balem Ualted Presbyterian Church
Evere Green Cemetery
Edbert J. Herrington
Elbert J. Herrington
Cambridge
Embury Methodist Church
Cambridge Valley Grange
Cambridge Valley Lodge
A. M
Gertrude Herrington
Millard Servis
Hudson Falls
Stewart Herrington
Saratoga Springs
Floyd Burrows
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gordon Galusha
Greenfield
Mass
Monroe Waite
Greenwich
Rena Remington
Schuylerville
Leo
Morris Herrington
Albany
Otis Herrington
Harry Herrington
Clyde Herrington
Frs
Fred R. Brown
Woodland Cemetery
Donohue
Catherine Donohue
Pleasantdale
William A. Toohey
114Th Street
Second Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Thomas A. Kelly
Emile Catricala
Domine Jean Christe
Edward L. Ryan
Charles D. Monk
Thomas D. Madsen
John E. Bowman
Anthony J. Carroll
Thomas A. Mohan
Gold Star Mothers
Rensselaer County
Donchue
Fannie Murray
Harriet Daly
Mary Moran
Nellie Goyset
I Patrick J. Dundon
Lizzie Clark Watson
Himes
Fifth Avenue
St John's Episcopal Church
Bradford H. Burnham
Richard Tweedy
Dudley
P van Arham
William R. Harrison
Harold B. Britton
Edward C. Picken
Clinton E. Rose
Clarence E. Wilson
Donald F. Wallace
C. Wellington Gray
Oakwood Cemetery
Burnham
Parrella
Antonio Parrella
Frank Milanese
Nicholas Te~ Tly
Anthony Abrunza
Marciello Taddeo
Thomas Valenti
John Abrunza
Patrick Case
St. Mary's Cemetery
Father Marchese
Joseph F. Kempf
Joseph F.kempf,jr
Wilder Avenue
Hoosick Falls
Germany
Hoosick
Ann Stiegerwald
New York
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Hoosik Falls
Bt. Marys Cemetery
Edward J. Cook
Cathérina Street
Reneselast
St. Joseph's Church
William P
Edward J. Jr
Cornelius F
James V
Joseph P. Cook
Rensserger
Frank
Joseph Cook
George W. Homstead
George W. Hornstead
Waterford Village
Leonard Hospital
iNnens
Third Street
G. J. Knetka
Waterford Baptist Church
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Miss Burns Heads A. D. McConihe Auxiliary Officers
Col. A. D. McConihe Auxiliary election held at Anchor Hall on River Street. Elected: Celia Burns president, Margaret Kane vice president, Ellen Kane trustee, Mattie Hohn trustee, Helen Hohn trustee, Eleanor Debbel treasurer, Bessie Counteis secretary, Esther Ebertson patriotic instructor, Emma Condon chaplain, Mina Wickware guide, Mildred Wescott assistant guide, Iva Pearson first color guard, Mildred Moore second color guard, Mary Merical inside color guard, Jane Smith outside color guard, Margaret Kane press correspondent. Secret pal Christmas party set for December 19, announced by Ellen Kane.
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A. D. McConihe
Heidelberg and Union Plan Student Exchange
Union College in Schenectady and the University of Heidelberg Germany announced a student exchange plan to begin next September. Each school would send one student for one year with tuition room and board paid. Negotiations were led by Hans Walther Held and approved by Union President Cartler Davidson.
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Union College
Schenectady
University of Heidelberg
Germany
Hans Walther Held
Union
Cartier Davidson
Wolfgang Kunkel
Heidelberg
Corsi urges revision of New York wage law
Edward Corsi state industrial commissioner urged sweeping changes to New York minimum wage law. The plan would affect about 1.6 million workers including 20 000 domestics not covered by federal rules and include extending unemployment insurance to 500 000 small business employees. He named license requirements for labor suppliers and tighter child labor statutes.
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New York
Child injured after hand caught by fallen door
Barbara Smith aged 3 of 153 Ferry Street was taken to St Mary's Hospital yesterday afternoon by police officers Hourigan and Murray in a radio car. She suffered an laceration to the right hand index finger when a door fell on it. She was treated and returned home.
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Barbara Smith
Ferry Street
St Mary's Hospital
John Hourigan
William Murray
Rth
Secret export licenses for uranium to Russia reveal conflicts
Wartime records show four export licenses issued in 1943 for uranium compounds and heavy water bound for the Soviet Union. The State Department notes interagency consultations but limited direct war department communications, while public figures dispute who overrode General Groves’s objections.
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Russia
Forsign Economic Administration
State Department
House
Lend-Lease Administration
War Department
FEA
Lend-Lease
Lewis
Groves
House Un-American Activities Committee
Wallace
Washington
General Groves
United States
Bureau of Economic Warfare
Bfr
Henry Agard Wallace
Insurance Case Reopens In Court Over Soviet Shipment
Jordan testifies about Soviet shipments of atomic material found in suitcases at a Great Falls base. He describes notes on White House stationery and a reference to General Groves. Hopkins family denies involvement as House committee cites licenses and uranium transfers amid renewed trial proceedings.
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Lewis
State Department
Russia
Mr. X
Mr. Y
Major Jordan
Jor
Dan
Jordan
Radin
House Committee
James F. Byrnes
Wood
D-Gnr
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tele
Bam
Great Falla
Mont
Fie
Montana
Wateway
Alaska
Bolin
Oak Ridge
Tenn
F.B I
White House
HLH
Groves
Army
Manhattan
H. H
Mikoyen
Hopkins
Los Angeles
David Hopkins
Young Hopkins
America
Germany
Russell
John McDowell
Pennsylvania
House
Frank Tavennier
McDowel
Manhattan Engineering District
Leslie Groves
United States
Jordans
Trans
Lend-Lease Administration
Foreign Economic Administration
Burach
Australia Compiles Flight Safety Record
The Civil Aviation Department reports 1943 travel safety in Australia shows 1.79 fatalities per 100 million passenger miles, odds of 136,664 to 1 against a crash, and one fatality per 167,857 flights, reflecting a high level of air travel safety.
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Sydney
Civil Aviation Department
Kinney suit seeks 1300 policy. premiums disputed in revival
The State Court of Appeals ordered a new trial after a dispute over a $1300 life insurance policy. Mrs. Kinney contends the agent failed to arrive on time for premium collection, while the insurer argues the policy lapsed for nonpayment. Charles Kinney died during reinstatement. Mrs. Kinney testified as the sole witness. LaVerne Orvis represents Mrs. Kinney and Lester T. Hubbard represents the defendant. The December term opened with Justice William H. Murray presiding. a negligence claim by Ralph G Champagne against Samuel Dralsin was announced as settled.
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State Court of Appeals
Kinney
Charles Kinney
Skeletons Mystery Solved in New Zealand Skeletons Solved
Auckland AP reports the mystery of tall skeletons on Ruapuke Beach may be solved. Experts attribute the remains to Masia who died in an epidemic after the Maori Wars with British settlers in the mid 19th century. Dr. R. A. Falla of the New Zealand Museum identifies the bones as Maori.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Masia
Ruapuke
North Island
R. A. Falla
New Zealand Museum
Wellington
Joint Commerce Leaders Denounce Burma Sales Tax Plan
Rangoon four major chambers of commerce the Burmese Burmese British Indian Chinese and Muslim unite to condemn the governments sales tax proposal. U Tha Tun Aung president warns of 64 percent compound taxation at each stage with price rises of 60 percent or more for the public.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Tha Tun Aung
Atomic rumors cascade from bases to Russia fro Great Falls to Alaska
Testimony sketches alleged wartime shipments of atomic material via Great Falls Montana and Alaska to Russia. Cambridge expert Vannevar Bush questions the A bomb as sole weapon, stating it is part of a larger armament seen by many. Britain halts a large atom pile amid fears of near future developments. quotes note overstated beliefs about the bomb’s deadly power.
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Great Falls
Mont
Fairbanks
Alaska
Russia
Russell
Jordan
McDowell
Cambridge
Mass
Vannevar Bush
Russa
Bush
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Ins
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kremdin
Great Britain
United States
Britain
John Cockrof
Lemann
Isviatt
U.S
Abo
Londo
Broth Howe
J. Chuter
Royal Air
Sled accident injures Hampton Manor Bay boy
Hampton Manor Bay seven suffered head injury and possible skull fracture when a sled hit the rear of Edward Becor's eastbound truck on Summit Avenue. He was taken to Memorial Hospital Albany. George Stark, rider on the sled, was not hurt. State Police investigated. condition described as critical.
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Teowans Lodge
Hampinom Manor
Edward Becor
East Greenbush
George Stark
Paver
Ale
Hampton Manor
D. F. MelSweensy
Aged Driver Urges Public To Be Alert
Charles L. Davis, 93, longtime motorist from Newburyport Mana, urges the public to be alert while driving. He notes women drivers can be careful but some do not know how to drive, and he believes many young drivers are overly confident. Davis drives daily to his drug store and travels year round, winter or not, reminding readers to know their surroundings and who is ahead or behind.
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Newburyport
Mana
Charles L. Davis
Davie
Coral
Davis
Six Jurors Accepted In Minister's Murder Trial
Rochester report says six jurors were accepted for the first degree murder trial of Rev. George P. Hetenyi a 40 year old Episcopal supply minister accused of shooting his wife Jean Gaels 26 of Oakland Cal Her body found along the Genesee River shore on April 23 authorities believe she was shot the previous night Hetenyi wore a prayer book and waited quietly in the courtroom as the case opened
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Rochester
George P. Hetenyi
Episcopal Supply
Hetenyi
Holy Year Committee Announces 1980 Congresses
The Holy Year Central Committees released an initial list of 15 international religious congresses and four non religious events for the 1980 Jubilee. Notable religious meetings include the Third International Congress of Catholic Journalists from Feb 16 to 18 and the Adherents to the Hospitality for Our Lady of Lourdes from March 7. Non religious gatherings in Rome feature the International Chambers of Commerce set for April 23 to 24.
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Vatican City
International Congress of
International Union | of the Catholic Press
Our Lady of Lourdes
Rome
International Chambers of Commerce
Postmaster Missing Months Surrenders in Batavia Case
Joseph J. Schmitt 42, former acting postmaster in Batavia, surrendered to Inspector William E. ONeill after six months away. He pleaded innocent to a $2443.24 postal funds conversion indict ment and was released on $5000 bail. U.S. Attorney George Grobe said Schmitt had been traveling and working as a surveyor’s assistant.
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Buffalo
Joseph J. Schmitt
Batavia
Schmitt
Postofice
William E. O'Neil
Reverend and Mrs Gaylord Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Reverend J. Howard Gaylord and his wife observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home in West Brockford Massachusetts. The pair married shortly after his ordination in the Congregational ministry and have served congregations in Saratoga Springs New Braintree Brantford and West Bronxfield before his retirement.
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J. Howard Gaylord
Saratoga Springs
West Brockford
Mase
Gaylord
Saratoxa Springs
New Braintree
Mars
Brantford
Syracuse Editor Dwight Perrin Leads State Press Group
Dwight 8. Perrin executive editor of the Syracuse Herald Journal was elected president of the New York State Associated Press Editors yesterday in Albany. The gathering of about 75 editors and publishers also elected John C. Hadley vice president and re elected W. Norris Paxton secretary treasurer. Gov. Dewey spoke at the dinner closing the one day session.
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Dwight 8. Perrin
Syracuse Herald-Journal
New York State Associated
Albany
Joseph T. Adams
Rochester Times 'Union
John C. Hadley
Mica Press
W. Norris Paxton
Albany Associated Press
Baureau
Treaasurer
Thurman KE. Dewey
Associated Press
Truss device offers free trial with gift in Kansas City
Kansas City advertisement promotes a new rupture truss that is inconspicuous and beltless. It claims easy wear and comfort, inviting readers to a 30 day trial with a $3.50 gift truss offered for reporting. Free descriptive circular available from Physician's Appliance Company.
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Physician's Appliance Company
Koch’ Bidg
Main
Kansas City & Missouri
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