Dewey to push civilian defense program in New York
Governor Dewey will urge the Legislature to establish a formal civilian defense system in New York with civil control over a state program run in cooperation with the Army and Air Force. A seven member commission and a salaried director would organize local cadres, and a $100000 appropriation is proposed to start the program immediately.
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Albany
Dewey
New York
Army
Air Force
Joint Legislative Committee
Senha
Frank J. Becker
Lyonbrook Republican
Bertram L. Tallamy
Public Works Department
Herman E. Hilleboe
Frederick McCurdy
Thomas J. Ryan
Division of Safety
Karl A. Hausauer
Staf
New York National Guard
Week of Prayer and church activities in Waterford and Troy
Waterford Baptist hosts Week of Prayer with Rev. Fred B. Jones at 7 30 pm tomorrow. Ladies Aid meets in chapel Friday at 7 30 pm. Troy YMCA basketball today 2 30 pm and 7 pm YMCA events. Pancake supper 6 to 7 pm by Boy Scouts Troop 31 at the church. Union service for Week of Prayer with Rev. Jones tomorrow at 2 30 pm. Presbyterian plans Weekday School of Religion today 2 30 pm and Women’s Missionary Society meeting at John House Memorial with Mrs Irving Walters at 7 pm. Wesleyan Methodist Northside prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 pm. St Mary’s confessions Thursday 4 30 to 5 30 pm and 7 to 8 pm. Mr and Mrs Raymond Warren of 92 Broad Street left yesterday.
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Fred B. Jones
Troy Y.mca
Troy Church
W.3.c
Mra. Spry
Second Street
Boy Scouts
Presbyterian
Women's Missionary Society
John House Memorial
Mrx Jirving Walters
Wesleyan Methodist
Northside
St. Mary's
Daniel 5 Kavanaugh obituary in Cohoes
Daniel 5 Kavanaugh husband of the former Miss Mary A Butler died yesterday morning in St Marys Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Hydeville VI but had resided in Cohoes since childhood. He was a communicant of St Agnes Church Cohoes. For 25 years he worked at the Schenectady General Electric plant retiring several years ago. Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Walter Timmeran of Westport Conn two sons Dr Mantel B Kavanaugh of Newark NJ and Norman V Kavanaugh of Cohoes and grandchildren Daniel Robert Kavanaugh Newark Mary Ann Michael and Walter Timmeran Westport and Norman D John and Paul Kavanaugh Cohoes. The funeral will be from the home Thursday at 9 am and at 9 30 am from St Agnes Church Cohoes where a solemn requiem Mass will be sung. Interment will be in St Agnes Cemetery Cohoes.
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Daniel
Kavanaugh
Mary A. Butler
St Mary's Hospital
Hydeville Vi
Cohoet
St. Agnes’ Church
Cohoas
Schenectady
Conn
Mantel B. Kavanaugh
Newark
N. J
Norman V. Kavanaugh
Cohoes
Robert Kavanaugh
Mary Ann
Michael
Walter Timmeran
Westport
Norman D
John
Paul Kavanaugh
St Agnes* Cemetery
Coboes
Uncle Sam Seeks Giants Apples From Northwest Orchards
The U S Department of Agriculture asks Pacific Northwest orchardists and even small tree owners to report plant sports in the 1949 crop. Giants, twice as large as normal apples of the same variety and flatter in shape, should be sent to Dr George Darrow at the USDA Plant Industry Station in Beltsville Maryland.
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Sam
Portland
Ore
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pacific Northwest
George Darrow
Usda Plant Industry Station
Beltsville, Md
Darrow
Amish Seek Taxicab Service as Alternative to Buggies
Amish in Lancaster County urge the public utility commission to allow taxi service in rural areas. They cannot own cars due to church rules, needing transport to weddings funerals and visits in the countryside. One speaker Amos Esh cites dangerous highway conditions and recent auto carriage accidents on Lincoln Highway.
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Lancaster, Pa
Upi
Lancaster County
Lancaster Proper
Theeountry
Lincoln Highway
Amos Esh
Fire Chief's car bursts into flames during inspection
Fire Chief John Hicks radioed for help after his department vehicle caught fire during a routine inspection trip through Carterville. No injuries reported as firefighters responded to the incident.
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Carterville
Sto»N
John Hicks
Rationing Still With Great Britain by Geraldine Hill
London United Press staff correspondent notes Britain remains the only western nation with general wartime rationing after nearly a decade. The piece details weekly allocations for sugar meat butter and other staples, price changes since 1940, and the lingering challenges for households budgeting meals under rationing.
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Geraldine Hill
United Press
London
Britain
Iron Curtain
Food Ministry
CBS
Assault Allegation in Savannah Over Dog Food Incident
Robert Green, 22, was arrested in Savannah, charged with assault for hitting Dot, Gilyard, and Toeepy Wimberly with a can of dog food. The incident involved use of a food can as a weapon.
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Savannan, Ga
Robert Green
Dot, Gilyard
Toeepy
Britain Keeps Coffee Ration Free as Other Staples Are Limited
The report notes that coffee has never been rationed in Britain, with a plentiful supply through wartime and postwar periods. It details rationing for sweets, biscuits, certain tinned foods, and milk, while game remains costly but untaxed by rationing. A chicken for four costs about 45 shillings, and de rationing of sweets earlier caused long queues before rationing returned after two months.
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Britain
Whales Increase Off West Coast Count Rises In Migration
West Coast whale populations appear to be growing per Scripps Institute biologist Dr. Carl Hobbs who notes more whales migrating south early this season than last. Pilot William P. Sloan of Ryan Aeronautical cites unusually large numbers, counting 11 whales in one pass ranging 20 to 30 feet.
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An Jolla
Cal
WPI
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Carl Hobbs
California
William P. Sloan
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Wynantskill School District reopens after ten day layoff
Wynantskill School District No 4 returns to classes this morning after a ten day vacation break. Mrs Nellie Windover attended a dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Lewis on Maple Avenue in Troy Thursday. Mrs Clara Lansing spent Christmas with her son Howard Lansing in Newtonville. Mrs Sanford Ketchum visited Mr and Mrs Eugene Ketchum in Gulmar for the holiday.
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Wynantskill
Nellie Windover
Charles Lewis
Maple Avenue
Troy
Clara Lansing
Howard Lansing
Newtonville
Sanford Ketchum
Eugene Ketchum
Gulmar
Science to Use New Method to Study Earth
Sir Harold Spencer Jones told the Cleveland Astronomical Society that the time system tied to Earth's rotation will be abandoned. He noted pendulum clocks under recall and the quartz crystal clock outpacing Earth's rotation in accuracy for months, signaling a shift in global timekeeping.
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Cleveland
Sns
Harold Spencer Jones
Greenwich Observatory
Cleveland Astronomical Society
Harold
New 1950 Philco TV sets offered at Smith Electric Co
The New 1950 Philco television sets are ready for immediate delivery at Smith Electric Co Inc 100 Remsen Street Cohoes phone CE 7-3210. Picture quality is 12 by 9.75 inches for $199.50 with limited quantities on a first come first served basis. Factory trained installation and service available and major appliances may be bought on Smiths easy payment plan.
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Philco
Smith Electric Co, Inc
Remsen Street
Smith's
Smith
Zagy
Palm Beach Weekend Notes Highlight Local Literary Figure
A Palm Beach visit by William Mott, an educator from Watertown, features a writerly weekend with Mrs. Wellington Jones of the UG College of Medicina. The literary pursuits include a novel, a biography, and four plays, one of which reached Broadway.
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Palm Beach
Florida
Min
William Mott Oiter
Watertown
Wellington Jones
UG College of Medicina
Mita First Street
Broadway
Mice Roaches Aid Professor in Cincinnati Research
Dr. Gus tav Eckstein, physiology professor at the University of Cincinnati, gains recognition for studying social habits of mice and insects. His method relies on observation rather than dissection, using mobs of mice, cockroaches, and other creatures in his lab to study behavior and responses.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
INS
Gustav Eckstein
University of Cincinnati
Science Ilustrated
Hekstein
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