No Mystery in the Little Red Book Says Prosecutor
Special Prosecutor Hiram Codd described the so called little red book as two volumes not a single item. The Albany inquiry paused until Tuesday after 17 legislature staff were summoned while secrecy deepened over alleged county crimes.
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Hiram Codd
Todd
Dewey
Albany County
George P Monaghan
Fire Department
Monaghan
John T Delaney
Moore
Morris B Tremaine
Delaney
Ulysses H. Boyden
Assembly
Boyden
Supreme Court
Parton W Swift
Hines Heads Bureau For Job Conversion
President Roosevelt created the Retraining and Reemployment Administration led by Brig Gen Frank T Hines to place war workers and veterans into peacetime jobs as they leave military service. James F Byrnes announced the plan aligning with the Baruch Hancock readjustment program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank T Hines
War Services
James F Byrnes
War Mobilization
General Hines
Baruch-Hancock
Averill Park Man Hurt When Truck Overturns
Edward Winters age 32 of Averill Park suffered a fracture to his left thumb and facial bruises when a tractor and trailer he drove skidded and overturned on the Troy Averill Park Road in Sand Lake village. The unit, owned by McBride Trucking Co of Goshen, was being used by Fitzgerald Brothers Brewing Co and was traveling west at the time of the crash.
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Edward Winters
Averill Park
Troy Averill Park
Sand Lake
McBride Trucking Co
Goshen
Fitzgerald Brothers Brewing Co
Women Legislators Urge Funds for Child Care
Six women lawmakers urged Congress to increase child care funding to enable more women to take war jobs. They submitted a statement to Chairman Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee, stressing that child health and safety and the nation’s production goals depend on speedy funding.
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Washinngton
Uging
Congress
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Plumber Finds Human Bones in Brooklyn Cellar
A Brooklyn plumber while excavating a vacant cellar uncovered human bones including two leg bones and a pelvic bone. He notified police and investigators retrieved additional smaller bones from the site. The bones are under police examination to determine origin and cause.
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New York
Broonlyn Weller
Thomas LeGelia
Grange Meeting Updates and March Events
West Stephentown Taconic Valley Grange held a Monday session with Master Jack Hale presiding Harvey Pease reported on a Troy Hendrick Hudson gathering about farm food production State Chaplain Rich to show sound pictures in the focal hall March 2 Eugene Vosburg of Hancock Grange installed Mary Perkins as chaplain A penny supper net $51.20 and a covered dish supper brought $1.362 Pomona Grange to meet Taconic Valley on March 15 A new kitchen sink installed and Eton Hanks of the Home Bureau to speak next.
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Taconic Valley Grange
Jack Hale
Harvey Pease
Troy
Hendrick Hudson
Rich
Focal Hall
Eugene Vosburg
Hancock Grange
Mary Perkins
Pomona Grange
Eton Hanks of the Home
Bureau
Food Boss Rebuts Emily Post Rules As Unpatriotic
Washington up Sop up the roan consent ary That appeal came yesterday from Judge Marin Jones War Food Administrator who argues wartime duty requires cutting waste. He says up to 20 percent of national food may be wasted and urges Americans to use every bite and scoop to save resources.
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Food Boss
Emily Post
Marin Jones
Jones
100 Captured in Chile Spy Ring
Information from Chile reports police arrested about one hundred Anis agents in recent days. An official source said the spy ring centered at the German embassy in Argentina and involved Axis espionage in Latin America. Guillermo Runsemuller was arrested February 13 and admitted operating a clandestine radio for the German cause. General killed in Berlin. Fritz Kuehn, German armored commander, died in an elevator during an Allied raid on Berlin February 16.
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Washington
Chile
Anis
Che
Argentina
Axis Espionate
Ame Cs
Guilermo Runsemuller
Pelce
Berlin
Stockholm
Fritz Kuehn
Ailonbladets
County Clerk Reports Receipts Totaling 683836.31 for 1943
Lawrence J Collins bounty clerk presents the annual receipts at the County Court House to the Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors. The report lists amounts from searches deeds mortgages and various papers with no expenses or charges for services. notes salaries cover county work.
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Lawrence J Collins
Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
Spirit of 76 Class Initiated by Elks
Five candidates joined the Spirit of 76 Class at the Troy Lodge of Elks in a lodge room ceremony. New members were Arthur H. Lofgren Vernon G Clute Fred T Hussey William A Sullivan and William H Barbour. Carl Langermann received a life membership at the pre ceremony meeting and Leo Guern was honored for a recent Army discharge.
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Troy Lodge of Elks
Arthur H. Lofgren
Vernon G Clute
Fred T Hussey
William A Sullivan
William H Barbour
Imtravon
Carl Langermann
Organmizalon
Leo Guern
Kinloch Avenue Man Hit by Car In Hospital
Thomas Trotter a 41 year old resident of 31 Kinloch Avenue lies in Troy Hospital after a Tuesday night automobile collision at Fulton and River Streets. He suffered a fractured skull and facial abrasions with condition listed as fair.
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Kinloch Avenue
Thomas Trotter
Troy
Fulton and
River Streets
Central
Trotter
John McDonald
Lincoln Avenue
James Gillard
Ninth Avenue
Watervliet
River Street
Fulton Street
McDonald’s
McDonald
Fawerd Howard
John Trotter, Jr
B-29 Superfortress Rated as World's Largest Plane
Official Army Air Forces notes describe the B-29 Superfortress as the world’s largest bomber with four engines totaling about 800 horsepower each, roughly doubling B-17 power. It uses 2000 hp Cyclone radial engines and four-bladed Hamilton Standard propellers, with the engines and propellers being the only specifics released.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Stripper Vickie Welles Acquitted in Boston Court
A Suffolk superior court jury acquitted red haired dancer Vickie Welles also known as Dorothy Hersh after less than two hours of deliberation. The 23 year old performer appeared in casino theater shows and had been sentenced to three months in a lower court.
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Boston
Suffolk
Brotherhood Dinner Praised by Dewey and Hoover
A joint dinner of a German Protestant church men and a Jewish synagogue drew praise from Governor Dewey and FBI Director J Edgar Hoover. Rabbi Abraham Feldbin read messages at the event held at B’nai Israel to promote Christian Jewish fellowship.
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Auburn CP
Dewey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J Edgar Hoover
Tie.fietph
Pestar
St. Luke's Evangelical Church
Bnar Israel
Abraham Feldbin
Dewey Renews Income Tax Reduction Bill
Governor Dewey signed into law yesterday a measure extending for another year the 26 percent reduction in the state personal income tax. The Assembly approved the bill along with the budget measure, and the Senate, backing Republican Senator Pliny W Williamson of Westchester, approved it early in the session.
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Albany
Dewey
Assembly
Senate
Pliny W Williamson
Westchester
Former Albany County Coroner Dies at 89
Walter F. Van Guysling longtime Albany County coroner under the Republican era and ex superintendent of Union Station died Wednesday at Albany Hospital after a long illness. A Schenectady native and lifelong Albany resident he worked 58 years for the New York Central before retiring.
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Walter F. van Guysling
Albany County
Union Station
Albany Hospital
Schenectady
Albany
van Guysling
New York Central
Union Station's First Superintendent Remembered in Obituary
The long time Union Station superintendent who retired years ago is remembered for his Masonic leadership as a 32nd degree Mason. He was married to the late Rose Hunter Van Guysling. Surviving relatives include daughter Mrs. Fred J. Fivey Jr of Albany two grandsons Sergi Walmer H Van Guysling in Iceland Perry H Van Guysling of Albany Mrs Henry Nolette of New Orleans two brothers George E Van Guysling of Los Angeles and Rev Maynardt.
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Union Station
Rose Hunter van Guysling
Fred J. Fivey, Jr
Albany
Sergi Walmer H. van Guysling
Army
Iceland
Perry H. van Guysling
Henry Nolette
New Orleans
George E. van Guysling
Los Angeles
Rev
Maynardt
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