Two Rescued From Rensselaer Fire and Blast
A three alarm blaze destroyed a three story building at 42 Washington Street Rensselaer and menaced two women on the third floor early yesterday. Joseph DeMartini of East Greenbush caused an explosion while welding a leak in an oil truck stored at Champagne's gas station on the first floor. Fireman from Pumper 1 rescued Mrs Mary Lowe and Mrs Ellen Denahy as flames spread. Damage estimated at 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Rensselaer
Joseph DeMartini
Sherwood Park
East Greenbush
Champagne
DeMartini
Mary Lowe
Ellen Denahy
Pumper 1
Raymond Nally
State Banks Increase Deposits
Albany report shows 1943 banking gains with deposits rising to a new peak. Deposits in banks and trust companies reached 1.85 billion in ten months, savings banks held over 6 billion, while government security holdings grew to 11.301 billion, 59 percent of total assets. Mutual savings banks added 747 million in government securities, totaling 3.082 billion. Resources of savings and loan associations rose to 291.4 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
IIP
New York State
Elliott V. Bell
Mutual Savings Banks
Bell
United States
Savings and Loan Associations
Banking Department
Ball
City Treasurer Names Clerk and Renews Staff
City Treasurer James A. Madden announced the reappointment of the entire city treasurer staff and the appointment of James I. Miller of the Ninth Ward as a clerk. The regular position is funded by this year's budget as tax bills near completion for public release on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Madden
City Treasurers Office
James I. Miller
Ninth Ward
Toomajian Reappointed as Guardian Examiner in Surrogate’s Court
Leo R. Toomajian a Troy attorney was reappointed by Judge Edward J Donohue as examiner of all inventories and accounts of guardians filed in the Surrogate’s Court during 1944 He has held the post for several years.
Star Pork Sausage and Fried Apples Recipe and Affidavits
A vintage editorial blend features Star Pure Pork Sausage with fried apples, detailing preparation, serving suggestions, and nutrition notes. Also included are formal affidavits and financial disclosures from Armour’s Star Park Sausages and affiliates, dated December 1943 to January 1944, referencing Security Safe Deposit Company and Marine Midland Corporation with bank affiliations and ownership stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
Star Park
Armour and Company
UC. S
Security Safe Deport Company of
Trey
Troy
Wnoy
Mannuia National Bank of
National Bank
Centro
Ofhia Corporation
Manufacturera Natane Bank of Troy
Ena
Cee I
Don Welch
Security Safe Deposit Company of Troy
Harold J Klegan
Marine Midland Corporation
Marine Midland Group
Bank
Linc
Parvaiut
Wm. A. Strong
Strong
Franklin A. Cole
Daytime Radio Lineup Across Stations and Programs
A dense schedule of morning to late evening radio and TV time slots lists program names, hosts, and time blocks for WTRY Troy WGY Schenectady and WOKO Albany. It details Morning News, Timekeeper, Breakfast Club, Melody Time, Lone items, serials, chamber music, church services, dramas, and news breaks across multiple outlets with shifting slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet River
Sardi’s
Gil Martyn
Mary Gaynor
Melody Lane
Schenectady
AL M
Eleano
Jenny
Vic and Sade
David Harun
Troy Chapel
Baby Institute
Humbard Family
Sardia
Martyn
Melody Lene
Wildwood
Otis Ard
Eleanor
Otis
Big Sister
Lora Lawton
Star Parade
Road of Life
Brave Tomorrow
Gurleys Stall Indicator For Airplanes
Waker up device developed by W. Gurley and the Civil Aeronautics Administration warns pilots when stall is imminent. A wing leading edge vane pushes a button as airflow rises, triggering a horn. A second device from Wayne University uses a pressure diaphragm to push a button, both simple and inexpensive, aiming to reduce stall fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. & Jie E. Gurley
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Department of Commerce
CAA
L. E. Gurley
Wayne University of Detroit
Plans Completed For Ward Dinner
The First Ward Republican victory dinner closes reservations with 200 signups at The Hendrick Hudson. The event honors new supervisor Lews Rizzo and alderman Joseph W. Graham, with County Atty Herbert D. Hamm as temporary chair and Edward J. Poland as MC. Speakers include Mayor John J. Ahern Rep Dean P. Taylor and Donald S. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrick Hudson
John J. Griffa
First Ward
Lews Rizzo
Joseph W. Graham
Herbert D. Hamm
Fddward J. Poland
Rensselaer
Guardian Halts $2000 Claim For Daughter In Auto Injury
Mathias J. Erschen guardian of his minor daughter Ethel Marie Erschen was authorized by Judge Ed ward J. Donohue to settle a $2,000 claim against James Hearn. The deal includes an extra $1,000 for medical expenses from a July 10 auto accident in the city where Ethel Marie was struck by a vehicle driven by O Hearn on Sixth Avenue near Douw Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias J. Erschen
Sixth Avenue
Ethel Marie Erschen
Edward J. Donohue
Surrogate’s Court
James Hearn
Harold W. Turner
Merchants’ Mutual Casualty Co
O’hearn
Douw Street
Trooper Reinstated and Transferred to Troy
State Police Superintendent John A. Gaffney disclosed that Trooper Russell Coons, suspended last July for using a state vehicle for private business, has been reinstated and moved from Troop C Sidney to Troop G Troy. The sustained charge involved use of a state car in private real estate operations and the transfer was described as for the good of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Coons
Sidney
Troy
John A. Gaffney
Gaffney
Coons
Van Eich Takes Over Capitol Cigar Stand
Legislators returning to Albany yesterday found a new face behind the cigar stand in the capitol. The partially blind Norman F. Van Eich, 43, of Buffalo, took the job under the Bureau of Services for the Blind. He previously managed cigar stands in Buffalo city and county buildings and war plants with his sightless bride of six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Capitol
Norman F. van Eich
Buffalo
van Eich
Bureau of Services For the Blind
State Welfare Department
Community notices from Pittstown and nearby
Sergt Randall Brust has returned to California and Pvt Kenneth Dearstyne is home on an eight day furlough. Mrs Harald Lewis will entertain the Geleete Rule Class Monday. The W C S will meet at Mrs Harold Lewis's home Jan 12. Holy Communion will be administered Sunday at the Methodist Church. The Children's Missionary Society will meet Saturday afternoon with Betty Ann Requate. Pte Nelson Reinhart of California recently spent a few days with Mr and Mrs Charles Reinhart. A Men's Community Club will be organized Jan 14 in the church hall. an oyster supper will be served. Vivian Weeden has returned to Oneonta after Christmas with her mother Mrs Otto Klotz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Brust
California
Kenneth Dearstyne
Harald Lewis
Harold Lewis
Children’s Missionary Society
Betty Ann Requate
Nelson Reinhart
Joseph Fielding Dies at 93 A Beloved Brother Friend to Sitting Bull
In Loretto Pennsylvania St Francis College mourns Joseph Fielding 93 year old Christian Brother longtime missionary to Native Americans and a personal friend of Sitting Bull his death ends a storied life of service and memory to the college and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitting Bull
Loretto
UINS
St. Francis College
Joseph Fielding
Christian
Wiley Lists Cases For Term In Rensselaer County Court
The January term will open Monday under Judge Harry Clin. The 81 civil cases include long-ago matters going back to 1939 to 1943. The district attorney released the criminal calendar with Edwin R. Anthony leading seven indictments for felonious assault and morals charges, followed by multiple cases of larceny, forgery, burglary, and other offenses involving several named defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Harry E. Clintom
Dist
Earle J. Wiley
Edwin R. Anthony
Troy
Stanley J. Rawlins
Richard Wi O
Aurel Hug
Francis Delamater
James Spadolato
Francis Magnotta
Harry I. Klein
Arthur A. DeBigare
Frank J. Sullivan
Daniel 8. Grenier
Fred Bombard
Nicholas Macigowski
Michael McCloskey
Robert E. Payne
George N. Marcelle
Augustine T. Fucci
Stillwater Scout Drive for Paper and More
A Stillwater Troop 35 meeting at the High School gym planned a Saturday village paper drive to fund a movie projector for the Saratoga District Bay Scouts. Scoutmaster Eugene Smith and Assistant Scoutmaster Harold Lane led the discussion and preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater Boy Scouts
Eugene Smith
Harold Lane
Lake Street
Hudson Avenue
Saratoga District
Bay Scouts
Petty Officer Stasiak on Seven Day Leave
Cropseyville John J. Stasiak a petty officer third class stationed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in the ship repair unit is spending a seven day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Stasiak at their Cropseyville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cropseyville
John J. Stasiak
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mrs
Paul Stasiak
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Alan
Ladd
Eg Oma Wines
Taga Book Shop
Fourth St. Troy
Star’ 'Uality
Wspaper Aaleive
Farm Bureau
Weettenay Lime
Bankhage
Kay Moser
Evelyn Smail
Mystery Chef
Morton Downey
Hop Harrigan
Dick Tracy
Jack Armstrong
Captain Midnigt
Terry and
Pita
Roy Shudt
Bob Crosby
St O—Fighting Coast
Earl Godwin
Lum
Abner
Carmen Cavalier
Raym'd Gramps
Wgy
Fred Waring
John W. Wander
Bob Burns
Aldrich
Davis
Hak
Abbott and Cos
Herkness
Sacred Heart Pam
Viste Grande
Isabel Newson
Kitty Foyle
Forrest Willis
Amanda
Louise Benny
Helen Trent
Ma Perkins
Bernadine Flynn
the Goltbergs
Dr. Malone
Joycy Jordan
Perry Mason
Major Eliot
Harry James
Mr. Keen
Bill Benny
Major Bowes
Dinah Shore
Dick Haymes
Joan Brooks
Abe Lyman
WTRXY
Texas
Balon_ Orchestra
Evelyn Small
Carey Longmire
Guiding Light
Sacred Heart Penn
Isabell Hewson
Forreat Wills
Gurley
Capitol Cigar Stand
Pittstown
Wiley
Stillwater
Herbert L. Cossey
William HB. Cossey
Navy
Chief Cossey
Bemis Heights Grange
Grange Hall
National Grange
Ruth Cowin
Albert Barbett
Rolleall
William Eaton
State Grange
Syracuse
Clifford Holmes
Spencer Kellogg
Charles Cowin, Jr
William Watson
Harry Hale
Bemis Heights
Pomona
Wilton Grange Hall
Raymond Nelson
Tennessee
Thomas Peterson
Leonard Hospital
Don Newman
William F. Moore
Frank Brett
Ozark
Ala
Ruth Talman
Spring Valley
Lyman A. Talman
Cynthia Holmes
Bennington Hospital
Bell-ans
Adyv
Sard An
U.S
Lawson
Davenport
Armstrong
Tax Tawell
Uaircoairder
Axminster
Sarl
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