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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1947
Page
11
Cleveland government outlines a plan for a new lakefront airport close to downtown in coming years. The project aims to boost air access and regional growth, with initial zoning and site studies already underway.
Engineers plan to channel 500000 cubic yards of silt from the Cuyahoga River into the lake to keep the waterway navigable. Crews will dredge the river bottom to maintain depth for river traffic and freight vessels. Observers remark on a couple celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary with hopeful remarks for the future.
Stillwater officers were elected at a Wednesday meeting of the Women’s Association of the Schoonmaker Memorial Presbyterian Church. Officers include Mrs Edward Gilgallon and Mrs Floyd Mravis as council. vice president Hurly Hayner. secretary Leahy Ransome. treasurer William Sanders. historian J Harlan Anthony. Donations to the Red Cross and aid to a Holland pastor were announced. Albert Hervick leaves Leonard Hospital for home with daughter. Obituary: William I Burritt of Roxbury buried at Stillwater Union Cemetery. former Hudson Valley Railway Co. employee. Also noted: Pure diphtheria toxoid isolated at Western Reserve University. tetanus and botulism toxins recently isolated by US Army chemists.
Joel Matte, son of Mr and Mrs John Matte, Saunders Street, is a patient at Moses Luddington hospital in Ticonderoga undergoing treatment. Miss Mattis Aubli, of Elizabeth Street, at Green Falls Hospital, continues to improve after a fall fractured her left thigh. Miss Norma Harper of Boardman Street and Miss Mary Hillen Kanaley of Maple Street, student nurses at St Peter’s Hospital in Albany, spent the weekend with their parents. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen auxiliary held a banquet Tuesday at the New Arlington Hotel marking the organization’s 41st anniversary. Mrs Ada Waters of Watervliet, a forty-year member, attended. Mrs Homer Knott was the guest. Card playing followed with refreshments. committee included Mr Iva Adams, Miss Estelle Wheelock, and Mrs George Adams.
Prunes are slit and pitted then filled with chopped blanched almonds. Stuffed prunes sit in a pastry shell. A sauce of prune liquid cornstarch sugar salt and orange rind is cooked and poured over. Egg whites beaten with sugar form a glossy eye topping. Bake at 300 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool before slicing.
Chief William Fitzgerald of the Seattle fire department recalls how pants prove bravery under blaze. He notes men panic and cling to propriety while women stay calm and practical, aiding rescues. A vivid hotel fire anecdote features a nearly nude survivor with a hat and bird cage, highlighting quirky courage under pressure.
A man entered a Portland, Oregon grocery, drew a three foot sword, demanded money, and fled after sheath-ing the blade, taking £30. Witness Mrs Henry Hil reported the incident to police describing the calm approach of the assailant.
Poland faces a horse shortage on farms with 1.42 million horses in the country and only about 1 million used in agriculture. Experts project farmland at 82 million acres with spring and summer outputs, arguing at least 2 million horses are needed to fully utilize the land and boost food production.
A historical note estimates that about 40 percent of total U.S. railroad traffic in 1944 consisted of military personnel and their families moving nationwide, reflecting wartime troop and family mobility.
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