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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1944
Page
2
Price Panel of the Rensselaer County Troy City Rationing Board announced new poultry prices effective immediately after a District OPA list. Prices apply to consumers, not hotels or restaurants, with live weight and dressed rates for broilers fryers roasters capons fowl stags geese and other categories set.
The Lord Leake and Poestenkill PTA will meet Monday March 6 at Averill Park Central School for an informal round table on allowances for school children. Parents and senior students will discuss whether allowances should be earned or given, how much buying leeway children should have, and compensation for outside work without harming studies.
Science Service notes three planets Mars Saturn and Jupiter visible in March evenings as spring begins at 1 49 p m EWT on March 20. Mars overtakes Saturn March 7 and Jupiter shines brightest near Regulus in Leo with other bright stars like Sirius Rigel Aldebaran Pollux Arcturus and Spica forming a rich sky map.
A quaint monthly list notes lunar phases and planetary events for March including first and last quarters, full moon, new moon, and key passes of Mars Saturn Jupiter Venus Neptune and Mercury. It also mentions equinox, spring start, and time zone adjustments for CWT MWT and PWT.
The region shows a payroll rise of 8.8 percent in January year over year with employment up 0.9 percent, while state totals rise 13 percent and 1.4 percent respectively. Troy area factory employment climbs 15 percent from December but remains 6.4 percent below January last year. In area, 12,780 workers earned a total payroll of 446,900 dollars and Troy city employed 5,332 workers with a 166,022 dollar payroll.
Cropseyville Mrs. Roy Wheeler has been discharged and returned home after a brief hospital stay.
Army Ordnance units under Gen Mark Clark's Fifth Army travel hundreds of miles daily to repair and outfit vehicles on the Italian front. Brig Gen A G Gillespie says mobile truck hospitals fix tires, condensers, carburetors and more under fire, keeping convoys moving and supply lines intact.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced three appointments to state institution visitor boards. Carlton A. Cleveland of Binghamton is named to the Binghamton State Hospital board for seven years, replacing Renna Spaulding. Mrs. Stephen K Pollard of Rochester joins Albion State Training School board for seven years, replacing Anna Mae Rush. Mrs. John J. Finigan of Rochester joins Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital at Helmuth board for seven years, replacing Mrs. John D. Tierney.
County records show two certificates to conduct business under trade names. George A Soper Jr of Ghent and Joseph A Dippold of Northern Drive form a Troy Heat Treating Co partnership at 357 First Street. George H Hayford of Aiken Avenue and Albert N Carman of Riverside Avenue report Hayford & Carman at 4 Aiken Avenue.
About a thousand residents of Troy and nearby communities will vote next Monday and Tuesday at the Schenectady plant in a United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Local 301 union election. The contest follows a voided election two weeks earlier and pits two factions within the local led by Edward Wallingford and Leo Jandreau against Vincent Maloney and S. Wattis, both from Schenectady.
La Salle Institute prepares an honor roll booklet listing former students now in military service. Over 1,000 names gathered with eight gold stars awarded to those killed in action. Brothers urge remaining entries to include La Salle men serving worldwide.
Atlantic City reporting on a wartime note about a booklet honoring servicemen. It details the Institute's request for information on former students in service. The piece includes Lieut Russell C Williams recounting fishing with German grenades in Tunisia to stun fish for dinner.
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