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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1946
Page
15
A local report describes a surplus of eggs in Troy markets driving prices down. The text notes heavy economic strains, with buyers facing lower values and producers debating market stability amid fluctuating supply.
An OCR fragment lists various fruits and vegetables with notes on unusually low prices this week. It mentions items like cabbage, lettuce, carrots, broccoli, onions, bananas, apples, oranges, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and other common produce, suggesting a broad discount period at groceries. The text is garbled but indicates market activity and price reductions.
The Troy Y M C A opens a skill institute designed to develop white of tumbling, basketball, boxing and wrestling for boys. Merrill W. Pinu is boys secretary, with Robert O. Naighbours and Kenneth Phaljes directing physical education. Sessions include skills, game activities and swimming over several weeks through March and April.
Final phases of the Institute include wrestling classes from April 18 to May 4 with holds and breaks taught. Programs divide into three age groups from 12 to 18, plus junior divisions. Instruction also covers swimming under the guidance of Richard Bollon.
An audience of about two thousand at Proctor's Theatre fled after a cry of fire during a cartoon matinee. Manager Milton Schobergh said a overheated insulation and exhaust fan caused a burning odor. no injuries occurred. He signaled for house lights and used the PA system to calm patrons as exits were cleared.
The Helenic Orthodox Association of St. Basil's Church marked the Greek holiday of letters with an evening at Spanish-American Hall. Children performed poems and dances to honor Sts Basil Gregory and Chrysediomag whose feast days fall on Jan 31. Participants included John Finitkes Ernest Chalaikis Socrates Frinnstafi leu William Goustantukas Catherine Tryoutaitet Emillias Jamatlis Feosso Katamatis Bodoz Toiru and Casta Vinia Bev Anestatis Tattikas, with the church’s treasurer in charge. Refreshments and traditional music followed.
A goat entered a Sheffield pub and drank about a half pint of beer before the keeper called the owner. Onlookers watched as the animal licked the bar while the owner arrived to take the pet home.
About 1,000 officers and men of the U S carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt attended a special mass yesterday at Canstelaria Church in Rio de Janeiro. The service was conducted by Lt Commander Joseph T. O Callatlan, Chaplain of the Franklin.
Sen Cranes Ve Kyilpnent valued ah or any four billion dol lars, rapidly deteriorating on Pacific Islands due to lack of planning in Wash Orslem. Meddell Rivers and eight members of his House subcommittee on surplus property just returned from an 18,000 minute flying inspection of Pacific base. Supplies range from construction equipment to prefabricated huts. Committee cites failures in planning and UN recommendations as reasons for the surplus property mixup and delays in disposing of items already declared surplus.
In Bismayel North Dakota Oliver County State's Attorney Burton Wilcox touts a 17 year period without major crime. He notes only minor offenses, with offenders pleading guilty or requesting bench trials. He admits limited jury trial opportunities for sharpening his prosecutorial skills.
One woman was killed and five others injured, three seriously, when a taxi carrying three passengers was struck by a bar and crashed into a dry cleaning store at Albany intersection. The deceased was Mrs. Jagouline Pulis of Albany. Her daughter Alice Vl, Miss Rose Mastriani and driver Charles Kuenz were hurt, while Francis Van Alstyne of Selkirk and Charles Northrup of Ravena sustained lacerations.
Mrs. Frank Bushey of Brazil Indiana sent a quilt to a veteran at a hospital. The quilt was made from 185 tobacco-bag panels saved over 30 years as a result of an unusual smoking habit and a textile shortage.
Parlahioners of Emmeamiel and Dr Ish Lutheran leaders hosted a special reception for Thorvald Hansen of 420 Seventh Avenue at Troy Church. Hansen, a Lansingburg High School graduate and recent Luther Seminary alum, will be ordained in Des Moines this June while serving as a student pastor in Alden, Minnesota.
Dr. Robert Hayden Upyien of 86 Court Street Saratoga Springs after Yon terminal leave following long overseas service was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Medical Corps. He trained at Langon General Hospital Atlanta Ga and served with the 27th Station Hospital Noumea New Caledonia and Camp Grant Illinois. He practiced in Saratoga Springs before enlistment in 1912 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Hayden. His wife Mary Powers is the former Miss Myra Powers and the couple has three children.
Barbara Smidh, student at Lensingburg High School, was named Snow Queen at the Winter Fantasy Dance hosted by the YWCA. The event, held Saturday evening, aimed to raise funds for Te-Y delegates to a regional summer conference in Jung, with the gym decorated in blue and white and a grand march led by Herb Pickett's orchestra.
A Saturday flash fire at Jennings Hall Catholic home for the aged in suburban Garfield Heights raised deaths to 13 with 81 year old resident John B Waters dying of burns. Seven other residents remained in hospitals with one in critical condition as investigators probe the undetermined cause amid many residents ill, bedridden, or disabled.
Weymouth town selects to waive a large mosquito control assessment after reporting an excess charge. Officials note no job assessment will be levied this summer as the Massachusetts Reclamation Roan facility situation prompts relief.
A local report notes parole jurisdiction shifts after Albany and New York association actions last night. Former inmates who were honorably discharged from the armed forces are affected. A mortgage tied to a local rail line and a Lonshing citizen receiving wine with shares and coupons are mentioned as context.
Banlago reports the new cabinet seeks to avert a nationwide 6 am strike and potential dissolution of the Tumberstone and Marpaccha nitrate unions. Police clashes on Jan 24 left six people employed and over eighty wounded as Alfredo Duhalde forms a unity government amid Radical Party tensions.
A couple from Glens Malls, identified as residents of Seaville, died when their vehicle crashed after a collision with a Vermont-bound bus. Officials labeled the incident fatal with several injuries. bystanders aided, and investigators examined the site.
The Presbyterian Union of the Watervliet vicinity will elect a vice president at the Flesh Presbyterian Church session. Rev. Arthia M. Adams will address the meeting while Rev. Here bert C. Willenberg assists. Tahert MacAulry, president of the presseriation, will preside. Dinner by the Service Lawn under Mrs Thorn Birkby. Bev. William J. Clark serves as master.
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