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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1944
Page
5
The Troy Area Council USO sponsors a Friday dinner at The Hendrick Hudson to observe the third anniversary of USO founding as part of a nationwide open house. Charles J. Ranney chairs the event.
An advertisement claims sufferers of stomach distress including ulcer pains indigestion gas and heartburn should try Odes tablets. It offers a wide box from druggists with a money back guarantee double your money back if the first dose does not convince.
Troy Area Council notes USO now runs nearly 3000 clubs and services in the hemisphere, including more than 1000 hometown USOs. The local dinner next Friday at 6:30 p.m. invites public participation with tickets from the USO Lounge at Troy Depot, members, or Mrs Blake or Miss Wilson. reservations cap at 400 and close today.
Pensacola marks thirty years since the U S S Mississippi docked in 1914 bringing eight seaplanes to the Pensacola Navy Yard. The station grew from tents to a major training center with 25 000 personnel and a storied list of aviation leaders who earned their wings there.
Local groups schedule events and gatherings across Halfmoon. Details include hospital convalescence for Mrs. Paul Sabourin, and socials at Fire House and community halls on February 11 15 18. Meetings of church auxiliaries and the Crescent Methodist Young Ladies are planned with hostesses named.
A public card party sponsored by St. Peter's Church will be held next Tuesday evening at p.m. in the Moosehead Inn. Euchre five hundred pinochle progressives and bridge will be played. Miss Mary Hiland chairs the party and Miss Bertha Sullivan the ticket committee. Several local residents are noted visiting or returning from elsewhere. A separate social note recounts a couple entertaining and a recent wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mahar with a silver and white decor and a glassware gift.
A compact puzzle clue list includes items like a trait for crosswords, Globe as a clue, Russian money, Near in Prov Eng, relate as a verb, rodent, Bristie as a name, hire part, more abrupt, hollow out, rabid, balance tabler, act of holding, more inquisitive, tiny groots, angry, rear, compass direction.
Fragmentary crossword style clue set lists entries such as Rabbit, God of Docks, Sheep's Cry and Arabian leader. Pairs with numbers hint at a themed puzzle, likely covering varied topics from mythology to common nouns, awaiting solution.
The Parent-Teacher Association will mark Founder's Day with a dinner at the Reformed Church on Feb. 3. Sponsored by the Ladies' Aid Society, the event features a supper committee listing several local residents and a program arranged by Mrs. Chamberlain. Proceeds support Association activities.
The Adak airfield crew under Capt. Douglas Symington kept two wrecked Liberator bombers flying with scarce parts and tools during winter. Crews worked under harsh conditions with no hangars, lashing planes to sand-filled drums, while rationing time and enduring long shifts to return aircraft for missions. The 11th Air Force unit, known for the Flying Elephant insignia, arrived in September and pressed on despite the setbacks.
After midnight the crew slept on tundra and tents. By dawn they moved toward Kiska to attack with Liberators in a historic deck level strike. Back to a muddy, flooded runway under darkness they worked through impossible conditions. A single jeep lit the way as rain soaked gear and crews struggled in the cold.
The Treasury Department approved corsages made with feathers from game birds combined with war savings stamps. The note comments on the new fad as women react with enthusiasm. The scene shifts to a Seattle report describing damp tents and soldiers drying clothes on their bodies.
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