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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1943
Page
6
Justice Sidney F. Foster instructed Rensselaer Common Council to direct the Board of Education to issue four checks totaling payment from December 18 to January 1 to Naomi E. Church, secretary to the School Superintendent.
Kenneth MacFarland rescinds a prior directive to halt salary payments as Miss Church faces a show cause order. The Board argues termination could occur with the school year’s end, while Miss Church and officials from Rensselaer Civil Service, the Education Board, and the city counsel counter. The December payroll and holiday funds remain central as arguments unfold. The case involves J Schiebly, Fred Gilbert, LaVerne Orvis, and J E Millen with local officials and counsel.
An 18 year old Troy youth William Mallon pleaded guilty in Troy Police Court to stealing 4 from a church donation box at St Mary’s Church on Dec 1. He admitted also taking clothes valued at 50 from his school earlier. Police investigators Michael Kane and William McGrare presented the case.
Local listings show a morning slate including 10 00 Comedy Caravan O State Door Canteen WA News 13 Joan Brooks Sandifer with several programs from area stations.
The fragment lists radio programming for WTRY Troy with show times and titles across the day. It includes morning news, music blocks, soap operas, and musical programs running from early morning into evening, featuring many named programs and hosts such as Melody Time, Farm Paper, Betty Crocker, Ma Perkins, and Morning Newspaper.
Local Schaghticoke items report district closures for December 23 and residents visiting relatives. Names include Chester Hack Coast Guard at Manhattan Beach and Doris Tullock’s marriage announcement. Also notes furloughs hospital returns 4 H Club party and a Cornell forestry book request by Maj James E Wilson in the South Pacific.
Oriental Temple Nobles hosted Imperial Potentate Moly A Mackenzie of Toronto during a winter ceremonial visit. Illustrious Potentate John Weatherwax presided at the Masonic Temple with a dinner business meeting, a Music Hall reception, a band, floor show, and notable guests including Robert Gordner and past potentate William Thompson.
A monkey named Popeye, rescued by the Coast Artillery from a channel buoy offshore, gave a Nazi salute to Sergeant Joseph T-royce of San Antonio. The tale unfolds amid a ceremony with many guests and a city tour led by Mr. Weatherwax and Troy officers.
Corp Don EB Edwards of Uhricsville Q Pvt Stanley A Marcus Shenandoah Pa and Pvt William Burns of Louisville Ky finally got him ashore and turned him over to the sergeant. They fed him candy and affection in a recovery scene likely from a wartime report highlighting their actions and humanity amid danger.
During a public appearance a man drank from a bottle in a casual fashion and then delivered a flawless Nazi salute, shocking onlookers and drawing attention from the crowd.
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