Australian Laughing King Fisher As Alarm Clock
The Australian laughing king fisher wakes sleepers with loud laughing like calls an hour before sunrise. The birds perch and create a jarring chorus of whoops and shouts that rouses even deep sleepers.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1944
Page
4
Two Hitchhikers Hurt In Troy Road Tanker Crash
Two youths hitch hiking to Albany were injured when an empty tanker skidded into a ditch on the Troy Hoosick Falls Road two miles north of Raymertown. Richard Hollister age 17 from Rye and Robert Irwin age 18 from Newark, N J, suffered head lacerations and shin bruises respectively. Both treated at Samaritan Hospital. The tanker owned by RFR E Guerin Worcester Mass and operated by Earl Carr Peru. Vehicle traveled south down a grade around a curve. tanker damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Gil
Troy- Hoosick Falls
Raymertown
Richard P. Hollister
Oakwood Avenue
Rye
Robert P. Irwin
Chadwick Avenue
Newark
N. J
Samaritan Hospital
RFR. E. Guerin
Worcester
Mass
Earl Carr
Peru
Lepke Loses in Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals denied a motion for reargument in the first degree murder conviction of Louis Buchalter and two Murder, Inc. henchmen Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone. They face execution in Sing Sing on March 2 after multiple postponements and prior governor clemency appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Court of Appeals
Louis (Lepke Buchalter
Inc
Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss
Louis Capone
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
King’s County
Franklin Taylor
Dewey
High Court
Irving Lehman
Buchalter
Boston Finds Uses For Old Yule Trees
Christmas trees abandoned by households and dealers are repurposed in Boston this winter. William P. Long of the Park Commission uses them to construct fences around a Jamacia Pond ice soft spot in 52 feet of water to deter skaters. The Metropolitan District Commission builds snow fences around expensive shrubs and plants. The City Public Works Commission burned 3000 to keep city workers on road jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
INS
William P. Long
The
Park Commission
Jamacia Pond
Metropolitan District
City Public Works Commission
Wounded son of Hoosick Falls family in Italy receives Purple Heart
Ed Archer of 8 Armory Avenue reports Pfc. James H. Archer wounded in action in Italy, in a letter noting he is in a hospital there and receiving good care. He also says he earned the Purple Heart and is sending it home for safekeeping. Other items note church services, a food sale, veterans’ mustering-out blanks, a second birthday celebration, Red Cross shifts, local visits, Kiwanis talks, a D A party, and the town’s March of Dimes total of 235 dollars with half to remain in Rensselaer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
James H. Archer
Italy
Edward Archer
Armory Avenue
Archer
Court St. Mary
Lurie
Loretta Braham
Frank, O'Brien
Hoosick Post
No. 40
American Legion
Kiwanis
Bertram P. Kavanagh
Troy
Hoosiex
Kiwanis Club
Washington
Kavanagh
George Washington
Marvin B. Loveys
C. E. Ripley
General Electric Co
K. of
Court St Mary
Catholic Daughters of America
Katherine Reilly
Katherine Millett
Phyllis White
Cachre
Anna Stanton
John McLean
5 Congress Street
Citizens’ Party
Spencer McMartin
Martin O'Malley
James McLucas
John P. Murphy
Hoosick
William Broderick
Rensselaer County
St Mary’s Auxiliary Raises Funds for March of Dimes
In a village drive during the fight against infantile paralysis 185 dollars were raised by St Mary’s Auxiliary. An additional 50 from a Bar-B-Q Recreation bowling match boosted total receipts, surpassing all years since the March of Dimes began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Foundation
St. Mary's Auxiliary
Bar-B-Q
Local furloughs and measles epidemic noted
Greenwich Sergt. Robert Tefft of Fort Benning Georgia is home on furlough. Pfe Edmund Ferguson of Pampa Texas spends a furlough with his parents on Gray Avenue. An epidemic of measles at the local high school reduces attendance. over 100 pupils were absent last week. Pfe William J. Lyttle Jr left for Seymour Johnson Field North Carolina after a furlough with his parents. Private Lyttie had been stationed at Greenville Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tefft
Fort Benning
Louise Roberson
Helen Roberson
Albany
Pfe
Edmund Ferguson
Pampa
Tex
Harry Ferguson
Gray Avenue
William J. Lyttle, Jr
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Lyttie
Greenville
Miss
Hay bill spurs Berwyn town upset over horses
Berwyn aldermen, who two months ago rejected a $1,200 offer for 14 horses from the village public works unit, accepted a later bid of $900 after facing a two month hay and oat bill totaling $1,300. The dispute centers on a costly maintenance bill and the decision to sell the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwyn
Tink
Heifetz Performs Amid Jungle Posts in Panama
Violinist Jascha Heifetz entertained about 200 jungle soldiers in Panama deep in the rainforest near the canal. He played Bach and Saint Saens, with Capt. Philip Lampkin noting the show’s strong reception and the artist’s rapport with service members during his Caribbean tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jascha Heifetz
Panama Canal
Heifetz
Saint Saeénes
Rondo Capriccso
Philip Lampkin
Captain Lampkin
Capital Theater
Washington
Col
B. B. Millenthal
Heifetz Tour Brings Concert to Army and Navy Audiences
Violinist Heifetz performs at advanced positions for enlisted men, hauling his instrument by truck and occasionally using a folding organ when Army trucks fail. He replies to weather delays with humor and often plays requests like Flight of the Bumblebee and Ave Maria, while soldiers show him weapons handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
Heifetz
Rimsky-Korsakof
Schubert
Army
Navy
Heifert
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Gin Lden As
Red Cross
Lepke
Ton Mar
LRANG
Carstairs
White
OTION
Cermaies Bros. Distilling Co, Inc
Baltimore
Mad
Hoosick Falls
Church of the Immaculate Convention
Richard Forrest Danforth
Forrest Danforth
Willis G. Myers
Fiske Street
Richard
St. Mark’s
Joseph McGarvin
Honsac Chanter
Benjamin Albowhcz
Sophie Skorupski
Corp
Leo J. al Jibowicz
West Palm Beach
Greenwich
Hay Bill
Panama
Garnegie Hall
Coast Artillery
TOUR
Saturn
Dresszs
Shortee
Paul Sachs
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