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Newspaper

Troy Record

Location

Troy, New York, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1944

Page

16

Watervliet and Albany Council Officers Host Investiture

Watervliet Wyoma Council and Royal Arcanum hosts last night in Knights of Columbus Hall with Daniel J. Gill grand regent Robert W. Quiz grand regent and Edmond A. Hnoepple supreme Orator as guests of honor A fifty year pin given to Robert Laurie of Watervliet Members earning 25 year pins include Frank B Kment Frank Knight Dr Chester Gardener and Edward H Nutting The Fort Orange Council of Albany installed a class of candidates The note lists church services and meetings across multiple Watervliet area churches with prayers peace and welfare observances along with scout activities and promotions including Pfc James A Maimey Jr to corporal in Abilene Texas.

Wyoma Council Royal Arcanum Knights of Columbus Hall Daniel J. Gill Robert W. Quiz Edmond A. Hnoepple Robert Laurie Watervliet Frankb. Kment Frank Knight Chester Gardener Edward H. Nutting Fort Orange Council of Albany

Watervliet Elks Initiate Class of 17

Seventeen candidates of the Watervliet Lodge of Elks were initiated in the lodge rooms. Judge Daniel H. Prior of Albany spoke on Americanism and Elkdom. The ushering program was led by Joseph W. Reis and a slate of past exalted rulers.

Watervliet Lodge of Elks Daniel H. Prior Albany Joseph W. Reis George J. Halpin Charles L. Roberts Edward J. Bulger James Guilmore Charles 5. Christianson John H. Looby

Green Island Council To Confer Degrees At Waterford Meeting

Green Island Council and K of C members will travel to Waterford Council rooms tonight at 7 15 pm for first and second degree conferrals. Delegations from 38th and 39th district will direct the ceremonies. Sunday afternoon the third degree will be conferred in Troy Council rooms. Reservations through Grand Knight Walter J. Kane Jr at the Electric Light Building.

Green Island Council K. of C Waterford Watervliet Council Troy Walter J. Kane, Jr Electric Light

Multiple obituaries mark Green Island and surrounding towns

A string of obituaries and funeral notices from Green Island to Ballston Spa recount deaths of Mrs. Agnes Walsh Nugent and several locals. Services for Joseph T. Smith, Mrs. Ruth Barber, Mrs. Elizabeth Logie, Mrs. Elizabeth Winters Ryan, and William Walsh are described with church rites, cremations, and interments at St. Josephs, St. Marys, Oakwood, and other local cemeteries.

World Day of Prayer Observed at Methodist Church

This week there will be no prayer service at the Methodist Church. Mrs. Alice Hunter is receiving treatment at Samaritan Hospital. Michael Lyons, former church sexton, was hospitalized after attending Sunday services. Miss Mayme Band and Miss Irene Miller visit in Montreal with the Winship family. The Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at president Mrs. D C Gutbrodt’s home Friday at 2 30 p m with a World Day of Prayer program led by Mrs. Harry Hearrington and a special offering collected. Dime card returns follow during the session.

Methodist Church Alice Hunter Samaritan Hospital Charles Hollis Mayme Band Irene Miller Ralph Winship Montreal Canada Michael Lyons Woman's Society of Christian Service The D. c. Gutbrodt Harry Hearrington

Red Cross unit Schedule Change and Local Services

The Waterford Red Cross surgical dressing unit will meet Thursday from 1 to 9 30 p m at the John House Memorial of the First Presbyterian Church for two weeks. Ash Wednesday services are at Grace Episcopal Church with a 10 a m service and later evening rites. Funeral notices for Mrs Florence Blanchard and Mrs Mary Jane Keating list service details and interment at local cemeteries.

Red Cross John House Memorial First Presbyterian Church B. Emerson Devitt Florence Blanchard Waterford R.D Leonard Hospital Quandt Funeral Home Broad Street Hev John M. Mitchell Crescent Methodist Church Clifton Park Cemetery Frederick Kenneth Blanden William Steenburgh LeRoy Maynor George Charboneau Mary Jane Keating Stephen H. Keating Margaret Holton St. Mary's Cemetery Father Simpson Thomas Higgins Lloyd J. Bull James H. Glavin J. Harold Wood Frank Whiting James , French

Former college athletes join raid on Japanese ships

Lieutenant John A. Leahy of Hudson Falls NY and teammates from Syracuse Harvard Tennessee and more carried a 2000 pound bomb on a carrier raid against Japanese shipping near Rabaul. The squadron hit 12 ships including a freighter. brigades targeted warships while damage was confirmed by commanders and crew reports.

South Pacific Rabaul's Harbor J.z John A. Leahy Hudson Falls N. Y Syracuse University Leary New Britain J.g Robert L. Regan Cambridge Mass Harvard Bruce C. Bishop Lookout Mountain Tenn University of Tennessee Oklahoma Boston College Southern California Gordon D. Marston Stoneham Charles E. Brunton Pasadena Cal H. T. Leake New York City

Couple Killed by Monoxide Fumes in Car

The Broome County acting coroner's office ruled the deaths of Beth Skinner 20 of Binghamton and Metro Stanchak 19 of Thompson, Pa as accidental. The pair were found in a car near a visiting girl's home after attending a Friday dance, likely from carbon monoxide seeping in due to an inadequate exhaust pipe while the engine ran to keep warm.

Binghamton John J. Breivis Broome County Beth Skinner Metro G. Stanchak Thompson

Freedom from Bank and Political Pomp in 1944 Campaign

Column critiques wartime politics noting calls for freedom from fear want and hokum, cites speeches by Wallace Bricker Willkie Landon Kelland Spangler and Dewey, mocks demagoguery, references Abraham Lincoln and the 1944 campaign landscape.

Henry Wallace Dewey Willkie Bricker Dirksen Landon Bud Kelland Joe Martin Harrison Spangler Seattle Wall Street John W. Bricker Ohio Washington America Wendell Willkie Portland Alf. M. Landon Kansas Nashville National Socialistic New Dealer Thomas E. Dewey New York Abraham Lincoln

Plot to Kill King Peter Rocks Yugoslavia Crisis

Moscow radio quoted Tass dispatch saying a plot to assassinate King Peter of Yugoslavia failed. Four guards were arrested as Tito forces gain ground. The U S Britain and Russia reportedly back Tito, while Gen Dusan Simovic voiced support for Tito, signaling waning Cairo government support.

London Moscow Radio Tass Peter Yugoslavia Dispatch Josip Broz Tito Cairo Puric Bozhidar Puric Alexandria Novo Mesto Slovenia Iona Minor United States Britain Russia British Broadcasting Company Dusan Simovic Simovic Axis

Politicians Embrace Hyperbole and Emotional Appeals

The piece notes that politicians rely on hyperbole twisted reasoning glittering generalities and name calling in speeches. It argues the American people are smarter than their leaders and can see through illogical utterance like an X-ray exposing a rat tail in baloney.

German General Killed in Cherkassi Sector Action

The German DNB News Agency admitted that artillery General Wilhelm Stemmermann, commander of ten Nazi divisions trapped by the Red Army in the Cherkassi sector, has been killed in action.

London DNB Wilhelm Stemmermann Red Army Cherkasi

Raid Traps Unlicensed Doctor Performing Abortion in Brooklyn

An unlicensed physician, Samuel Solomon, reportedly performed about 200 illegal abortions on kitchen tables in Brooklyn. Police raided Elsie Cohen’s apartment, detaining Solomon, Cohen, Harry Isaacson and John Del Vecchia. The young patient was hospitalized in fair condition.

New York Brooklyn Elsie Cohen Samuel Solomon Mrs. Cohen

Berlin Claims Eleven Allied Destroyers Sunk

The Berlin radio reported that German submarines had sunk 11 Allied escort destroyers in the Atlantic in the past few days, a claim unconfirmed. London also reported via Vichy radio that an American transport may have been sunk between Taranto and Brindisi by a hidden bomb, with no independent verification.

London Berlin Atlantic Vichy Taranto Brindisi Italy

Also Mentioned on This Page

Council St. Bridget's Anthony of St. Patrick’s Church Harry N. van Antwerp Beacon Light Mission Charles A. Dayton Wesleyan Methodist Church Ladies’ Aid Society Swedish Congregational Church Agnes Gustafsen Chestnut Street Cohoes the Service League Jerome Haynes Seventh Avenue John Suter James Jackson John Pursell Twenty-fourth Street Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Chapel Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute Louis’ E. Barker First Avenue Methodist Church Max O. McCamley American Legion Broadway C. Malden Wells Florence Knipple Harry Hudson Benjamin Franklin McCamiler St. Patrick's Church Joseph A. Chemiliski Eileen Bleau Joan Boland Irene Brennan Doris Chura Sally Ann Colpert Joan Conlen Ruth Deratzian Joyce Direati Doris Fitzgerald Joan Fos Anna Fromeil Margate Gilchrist Shirley Golon Mary Conn Norma Connors Theresa de Theresa Febi Mary Anne Fitzgerald Flanagan Lorraine Hess Hourigan Lily Maguire Jozn Mary O'Brien Ann Marie Riley Ellen Sabol St. Patrick’s School Edwin R. van Kleeck van Kleeck Albany County Council Girl Scouts of America Pfc James A. Maimey, Jr Abilene Air Field Abilene Tex James A. Maloney Ninth Avenue Watervliet Elks William Richmond Michael Spiek William Madarash Mr. Spink John Urban Joseph Rozenbyger Nicholas Dzewecki Lee Zavinsky Alex Spink Steve Chakowski Nicholas Smerek William Wowchuk William F. Parker Sardinia Sicily Bari Catanzaro Cosenza Lesce Matera Potenza Reggio Calabria Salerno Tarento Women’s Auxiliary Maplewood Fire Department St. Basil's Parish Hall Olga Barna Polonia Orchestra Green Island Court St. Joseph C. D Mee Ryan Clara Gaynor St. Mark's Episcopal Church Women's Society of Christian Service John T. McGinnty Pame Streex Ore World Walham Githert Rad Py Anuszkiewicz Club Watervliet Arsenal Edward P. King Daniel Broderick Richard Walsh Raymond Sturges Thomas Whaley Frank Miller George Moreland Wiliam F. Nugent Agnes Walsh Nugent William F. Nugent Paine Street Ireland Froy St. Joseph's Church Nugent St. Joseph’s Church Rosary Society George Plunkett John W. Peer Trenton N. J Charles Peer Whitehall J. Gregory Nealon Fourth Avenue St. Agnes Cemetery Jesse J. Vickery Ballston Spa Wheeler Jesse 5. Greene Vickery Odd Fellowz Ballston- Stillwater Knitting Co Carl Hanson Wesley George Baiiston Spa Wallace Brainard Station William T. Smith Cluett, Peabody & Co Cypress Street Ida Hill St. Francis de Sales’ Church Delia Burke Smith Edward J. Davenport Thomas Conway Buffalo George A. Phillips New Rochelle Wiliam E. Phillips Henry A. Fox Ruth Barber Alfred Barber White Creek Lund White Creek Methodist Church Chester Simmons Maurice Perry Rosewood Cemetery Simmons A. Flack J. G. Flack Third Avennue C. V. Kling Trinity Episcopal Church Byron KK. Isaac Clifford C. Flack Reymond B Shemman John Inskit John Amams Oakwood Cemetery Elizabeth Logie van Vranken Avenue Schenectady Scotland John Logie Corp Richard Pvt William Campbell S Army Ivan E. Lescum Smith Mrs. Ryan Elizabeth Winters Ryan Martin P. Ryan James J. Clinton Bros Fourth Street St. Mary's Church Leonard A. Hicks Agnes C. Sheeran Thomas F. Conroy Joseph A. Clifford Joseph Moore Frank P. Pizanello Father Hicks Mr. Walsh William Walsh J. W. Burns’ Sons, Inc Fifth Avenue Edmund J. Burns James E. O'Neil Gerald F. Millett Julia L. Walsh Mother of Christ James I. Miller Elmer VanDenburgh William J. Crowley John H. Cregan A. A. MecCullum Archa A. McCullum Coila Grace Belle Fuller Lous T Jeannette Steele Fuller McCullum Harrisville Oxford Campridge Colla Victor Miller Frank Timothy Alaria George Schumaker Forest Park Cemetery Himes Ford Avenue Charles J. Cote Sarah J. Vanderzee Joseph Himes George Andrews Delia Cook Marjoret Vaughn Ilenry Bo Leng H. Louise Boner Vanderheyden Hall William A. Toohey Second Avenue Augustine’s Church John A. Daley Emil Catmcala Panis Angelicus Timothy J James N William A John D. Fogarty Thomas J. Kelly O.S.A Ogdensburg Eagle Mills Grace Eipiscopal James T Kerr Donald Duddert William Law Clark Memorial Robert van Steenburg Waterford Methodist Church Chauncey Waterbury First Street Rabaul Reds Limerick Optometrists - Opticians Stannished River Street Union National Bank Union National ZO Proys Oldest Commercial Bank
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