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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1949
Page
3
Two small pleasure craft were driven ashore by high winds and rough seas near the Los Angeles area. Winds reached up to 60 mph and snow covered the ridge about 900 miles north of here, creating hazardous conditions on highways and coast.
In Utica Massenga and Sattola argued over snow removal on a curbside sidewalk. A double barreled shotgun fired by Sattola wounded Massenga, who died later at a hospital. Sattola and Parson Massenga’s associate were questioned by police.
Cyr 19 of Mediasirvius reported that after stopping to let a passing car on New Year’s morning his auto stalled on the Delaware and Hudson tracks on Short Street. A northbound D H train from Montreal struck the vehicle, tearing off fenders and parts. Cyr escaped moments before impact. no injuries were reported. The locomotive and car were damaged and towed for repairs as slow emergency response followed the wreck. Hundreds gathered at the scene to assist in collecting debris.
Two air force pilots received Distinguished Flying Crosses for rescuing 12 marooned airmen from a Greenland ice cap last Tuesday. Lt Col Emil G Beaudry of Manchester New Hampshire and Lt Charles H Blackwell of San Antonio Texas flew a C47 to pluck the stranded flyers. Three glider pilots who crashed on the cap in earlier attempts earned air medals.
Two Bennington residents Bert Stratton and Edward J Boutner, both 19, received ninety day suspended sentences in Troy Police Court yesterday. They were ordered to leave Troy promptly after being arrested early today by Patrolmen James F. Doherty and John Oderhout at a parking lot at Broadway and Fifth Avenue on charges of disorderly conduct. They pled guilty before Justice Thomas J. OConnor.
Latham Kiwanis Clay wil Meet Thursday at 6 30 pm at the Cross Roads Mrs William Williams Latham Heights is confined to her home by Winere The senior choir of Calvary Methodist Church will hold a rehearsal today at 7 30 pm in the Sunday School rooms. Wr and Mrs Wiliam Peters and family spent the hondays with their daughter and family Mar and Mr Russell Sutton at Coxsackle. Theodore Rickenbaugh of Chicago is a guest of his parents Howard and Mrs Rickenbaugh of Lindburgh Drive. Eszi Turner gr stationed with the Navy at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in a guest of his parents at Stop 36 The WSCS of Calvary Methodist Church will hold its first meeting of the new year Thursday at the church. A covered dish lunch will be served at 12 noon. Mire Elaine Mansfield daughter of George and Mrs Mansfield Old London Road. Mrs Evelyn Weber daughter of William and Mrs Willam Webster First Street students nurses at Samaritan Hospital were guests of their parents for the holidays.
Senator Robert F. Wagner called on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to investigate the imprisonment of Cardinal Mindszenty by Hungary's Communist regime. He urged a special subcommittee to assess actions the U.S. can take directly or via the United Nations. Archbishop O Boyle called the case an outrage and warned of a treasonous frame up against a church leader.
Albany buzz centers on Gov Dewey naming two replacements for the State Public Service Commission following Maltbie’s retirement request and Brewster’s pending exit. Possible successors include Spencer Eddy of Saratoga Springs and Glen R Bedenkapp of the Republican Committee. Brewster, born 1879 in Weedsport, served as internal revenue collector and Syracuse comptroller before joining the PSC in 1927 with a term to 1947.
Kenneth Walker addresses the East Side WLSCS at the January meeting in the church at 7 pm with Mrs. Donald G. Snyder presiding. New WLCS program to be discussed with May elections and presentations. Choir rehearsal follows dinner. Adam Decker named new choir director. Teron James Parrow recent appendectomy at Troy Hospital noted. Further Lights Society meeting set for today at 5 pm with Mrs. Frederick Hanlon president. Hour of Power scheduled for tomorrow at 7:45 am. Sel Peck Group meeting postponed to January 12.
In Hudson a 21 year old James Yale Kendall died from a fractured skull after his car skidded into a sand truck on Route 9. The incident occurred Friday evening amid icy conditions that snarled travel along New York’s Hudson flood zone.
Reeves has returned home after seven weeks at Mary McClellan Hospital. The First Presbyterian Church of Cambridge votes on three trustees at today’s chapel meeting. Recent visitors include Bishop and Mrs Harrington Littell and Mr and Mrs Thomas Carpenter with two children from Port Leyden, Rev Ed.
A flood and storm left five power stations and several transmission lines to New York Power A Light system out of service. The Troy division reports major facilities plus numerous smaller plants inoperative or requiring drying out before production can resume. Outages stretch from Greenbush to Armyvocart Falls and Ballston to Charlton, with lines from Charleton to Amsterdam and Amsterdam to Johnstown affected.
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