Blood Bank Postponed To Next Week
The Red Cross mobile unit from Schenectady was delayed by sleet and highway closures. Blood donors from Wassau Pittstown and Stephen town could not reach Troy. Blood banks will be at the First Baptist Church Mondays 11 30 am to 3 36 pm with registration available daily by calling Troy 730.
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Red Cross
Navy
Schenectady
Wassau
Pittstown
Stephentown
Troy
First Baptist Church
Army
Rensselaer County
the Red Cross
Gertrude Moore
State Executioner Earnings Show Drop
Joseph France, Sing Sing's official executioner from Cairo, N Y, earned $1 800 for 12 executions in the year. In 1942 he earned $2 700 for 18 executions at $150 each. Sing Sing prison population has declined 43 percent in four years, now housing 1 775 offenders.
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Ossining GP
New York State
Sing Sing Prison
Joseph France
Cairo
N. Y
Sing Sing
Glens Falls Man Proposes Reform Of History Teaching
A Glens Falls protest highlights a call to overhaul college history courses. A report from the American Historical Association and partners tests 2000 individuals and urges a basic precollege program with 34 dates and 91 people as core content to reduce duplication and improve historical understanding.
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Syracuse
State Council of Social Studies
Columbus
Glens Falls
American Historical Association
National Council For Social Studies
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
America
Long
New York Times
U. S
Magellan
Champlain
Benjamin Franklin
Robert E. Lee
Samuel Gorpers
Andrew Jackson
OPA Announces Flat Whisky Prices Across Domestic Brands
The Office of Price Administration set maximum processor level prices for all domestic distillled spirits to curb retail costs. Effective January 6, 1944, tables list F.O.B. prices for bottled in bond and straight whiskies by age and proof. Typical 5th gallon prices for new whisky brands include 100 proof 4 years old at 4.00, 84 proof 2 years old at 2.65, and 9 proof blend at 2.95 with a 3½ year average age.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bond
Three Generations of Martins Pilots Reach Capitol
Washington dispatch reports A I Martin of Montour Falls New York his son Wellington and grandson Star Andrew Martin arriving for the Civil Aeronautics Administration sky roads exhibit. Each holds a private pilots license and the elder learned to fly at 79. the youngest is a Marine Corps private on furlough to join the flight.
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Washington (P
A. I. Martin
Montour Falls
Wellington
Andrew Martin
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Martin
Martins
National
Charles I. Stanton
CAA
Marine Corps
Cherry Point
N. C
Seaman Gillen Reported Missing by Navy Department
An official Navy Department announcement confirms that Seaman Frederick Earl Gillen Jr. is missing in action. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Earl Gillen Sr of 7 Frear Avenue.
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Troy
Navy Department
Frederick Earl Gillen, Jr
Frederick Earl Gillen
Frear Avenue
Holiday Accident Death Toll 266
Accidents and violence claimed at least 266 lives during the long Christmas holiday weekend, a United Press survey showed yesterday. New York led with 39 deaths, California followed with 30, and traffic accidents totaled 147 with California at 22. Ohio had 14, Illinois and Michigan 13 each, and New York also reported 13. Fire claimed 52 lives, including 18 in a New York rooming house and three in a Minneapolis rooming house.
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United Press
New York
California
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Minneapolis
Germans Expect Allied Invasion Blow This Week
Berlin military commentators warned the Allied invasion could strike soon, citing intensified air hammering on Channel coast fortifications. They said Germany prepared for new operations but suffered a serious setback with the loss of the battleship Scharnhorst to the British fleet.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Europe
Sweden
Channel
Germany
Scharnhorst
Child Care Deductions Expanded by Federal and State rulings
War workers support groups may deduct contributions to child care centers on federal and state tax returns. Treasury and State Tax Commission rulings cover personal, corporate, state income, and franchise taxes. Currently 4,598 children are cared for in 141 centers statewide.
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U. S. Treasury Department
State Tax Commission
State War Council
Treasury Department
Plaque Honors Dr Samuel Crumbine In Topeka State House
An elderly crusader for banning the common drinking cup, Dr Samuel J Crumbine, is honored with a plaster plaque in the Kansas State House Topeka. Sculptor Olive Kooken created the relief and plans call for bronzing after postwar days.
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America
State House
Topeka
Kans
Samuel J. Crumbine
Kansas
Olive Kooken
Fire Chief Overcome By Smoke In Early Morning Blaze
Green Island fire chief John B. Berghamer was overcome by smoke and injured a hip while battling an early morning fire at 13 High Street. The incident, investigated as possibly due to defective wiring, caused water damage and tore out partitions as crews worked from 3 to 6:45 am. Berghamer, treated by Dr. Ferdinand Haverly, was sent home after collapsing on the fire truck running board.
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John B. Berghamer
High Street
Ferdinand Haverly
Robert A. Bagley
Berghamer
Gas Coupon Price Ceiling Question In Pittsburg
A caller asked an OPA office for the price ceiling on gasoline coupons. Some offers ranged from 8 to 10 cents per coupon, but the inquirer said they did not want to violate laws by paying above the ceiling. An OPA official stated that the agency does not fix black market prices.
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Pittsburg
OPA
Soldiers Wives Benefit From Maternity Care Program
Wives of service members in New York State use a government maternity and infant care program. The Children's Bureau reports 11,283 cases either received or receiving care, with a simple application process via physicians or state health departments.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D. C
New York State
Children’s Bureau
The
Labor Department
Empire State
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Ochiig
State Health Department
Red Cross
Yule Tree Profits Go Up in Smoke
Chicago traders recount a disastrous Christmas tree season with hundreds of trees left unsold across eight lots. Arthur Bailey of New Orleans lost over $3,000 after 17,000 trees dwindled to 5,000 amid a volatile market. Owners blamed the glut and rising costs, with many burning stock. Newbould estimated total city losses near $100,000 as eager dealers overexpanded.
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Chicago
Arthur Bailey
New Orleans
Standard Oil and
Commonwealth Edison Companies
Standard
Edison Co
William G. Newbould
Newbould
Prominent Scientist Dies at New Haven
Dr. Russell Henry Chittenden, 87, retired director of Yale's Sheffield Scientific School and a pioneering scientist who first linked glycocell and glycogen in scallops to the discovery of protein, died at New Haven Hospital after months of illness. A New Haven native, he graduated in 1875 and later led multiple national scientific societies.
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New Haven
Conn
Russell Henry Chittenden
Yale
Sheffield Scientific School
New Haven Hospital
Chittenden
American Society of Naturalists
American Physiological Society
American Society of Biological Chemists
Urge Food Trend To Milk and Eggs
New York State’s 1944 food production goals from the U S Department of Agriculture emphasize a national shift from meat and table fowl to milk and eggs. The program calls for more corn oats wheat vegetables milk eggs and sheep and less barley tame hay cattle calves sows farrow turkeys and chickens raised for the Sunday table with encouragement for soybean and cover crop plantings.
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New York State
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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