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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1944
Page
1
The Agencies Council elected C J Ranney as president and Charles J Ranney as director to lead the Troy agency group. James C Turner executive secretary said the council seeks local support for baskets and aid programs, with measures to avoid duplication and preserve records.
The body of 3 year old Patrick Joslin was recovered yesterday from Onondaga Creek in downtown Syracuse. He had disappeared from his home late Thursday. Police Lieutenant Barry Harrington said snow prints indicated he slid down a yard embankment to the creek bank and fell into the water after unsuccessful attempts to climb the twenty foot slope.
Edward Risedorph prominent bottling company president and manager dies at 63. He led Rise Ta garph Bolt Works in Look and founded Risedorph Distributing Co, an independent firm. He was son of Ssreh Van Loan Risedorph.
Harry Corrigan, 1 year old son of famed aviator Bong Jas Corrigan, briefly drank poison again but was saved by prompt intervention. The incident echoes his father's risky travels from New York to Ireland and back toward California.
Six Freesselzer County Extension Service agents will attend the New York State Extension Service conference in Syracuse. Sessions cover farming policies extension methods and leadership. speakers include Charles E Potter and Mabel Reemerstrian with others from Home Bureau 4-H and the Farm Bureau.
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities will investigate passenger service on the Boston and Asbury line between Pittsfield and Boston. The probe follows complaints about trains not opening doors for long stretches. officials say the issue has been corrected.
Telegram from the War Department reports Private First Class Nicholas A Engier wounded in Germany. He graduated from the Bethe Institute and Notre Dame before enlisting in October 1942. Engier, 23, is the son of Mr and Mrs Richelas A Engter of Sepuyler Heights Apartments Merands. He served nine months at Camp Brethrenridge and later trained at Ohio State College before being sent overseas in September 1944.
Nine year old Maythew Dutton of Portland is gifted a bicycle sent by Lieutenant Comer Warren. The bike bears a bullies hole in the left handlebar. A Japanese aide’s raid left a marine wounded and two killed, one by a jeep where the doctor salvaged the bicycle handlebar.
The U S House Military Affairs Committee met with Pope Pius XII in the Vatican. Rep John Costello California Democrat conveyed greetings to President Roosevelt. The pope offered a blessing for peace based on justice and charity and urged legislators to work toward a worldwide peace. The delegation met in the papal library with military police present. Rep Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut noted remarks by women in the group.
The audience received medals and rosaries during the ceremony with the pope presenting autographed pictures and rosaries to mourners. The event featured religious items in colors white and black for Mrs Luce and the men respectively.
City Treasurer James A Madden said pension checks for police and fire departments will be ready more than a week early due to Christmas. The funds will be distributed next Thursday.
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