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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1945
Page
9
Watervliet City Council approves two permanent appointments to fill city posts. Frenk T Mahar and George FL Rami named to govem four permanent positions as recommended. Recent protest actions noted and the council ordered action on April 28.
Mass schedule listings for multiple churches and priests with varied times. Rev. John C Carey at St Patrick’s has Masses. St Brucers with Rev James P F. Nichols church with Rev Andraw P Chivetem low mass. Our Lady of Mt Carmel with Rev Jerome G Scorzgeo. Church of the Immaculate Conception with Rev Boleslaus M Wacreba. Seeered Heart of Mary with Rev A Nap La Paimé. St Ambrose Latham with Rev Daniel F Cresin.
Watervliet Willing Workers Society of North Reformed Church elects Mrs Hugh McCarney president at a meeting held at Mrs Frank Drake home 1500 Sixth Avenue Marian Swanson named treasurer Theodore Heiser secretary. Nettie Chadp guest of honor and recipient of a gift. Next meeting Feb 2 at Mrs He A Bigelmen 1334 Third Avenue. Regular meeting postponed to January end and next year. Obituary notes Martin J Silvin funeral held yesterday at St Patrick high mass by Rev Thomas A Curler. Agnes Taundan attended. survivors listed.
Weekly church notices list sermons and services at Third Avenue Methodist and other Watervliet churches. Rev. Louis Barker and Rev. Max O. McCo with guest preachers highlight a week of worship, Holy Communion, youth meetings, and united prayers. Fire outbreak note and Laurel Lodge announcements conclude the item.
Police in Watervliet say four young youths were arrested in two theft cases at different stores on January 3. They recovered cigars, fountain pens, clothing and other goods, with tips leading to the arrests. The youths were taken to Albany County Jail after custody officers aided in the case.
Watervliet High School seeks a substitute teacher to cover a three month leave. Applicants must be qualified to teach Freshman English. All applications go to William Richmond, Superintendent, at the high school. Mid winter exams later this month.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Albany and nearby towns. Mary Molloy aged 97 died at Albany Hospital after two brief illnesses, with survivors including daughters and a grandson. Albert T. Weber of Newton Road Waterloo and Mrs. Cioffi Comitali Ciom, among others, had funeral rites at local churches with interments at area cemeteries. The notices name church services, officiants, and pallbearers across several communities.
Moscow announces recognition of the Provisional National Government of Poland as the Polish republic. The move signals aid to democratic Poland and paves the way for ambassador exchanges with the Soviet Union. The London and Lublin factions remain at odds over governance and graves reported in Semotensk forests.
Mrs Arthur J Scott of New Orleans keeps in touch with 100 former students now on the front via weekly air mail letters. She mails clips photos and special reports, tracks birthdays with packages and serves as a communications hub. She avoids war news or casualties in her notes.
Portland Indiana reports a community page with church and school notices. The Pynantskill deacon and a teachers association meeting are mentioned alongside a birthday box and treasury details. A Portland paper notes a former teacher and oil operator who carried a money sack found to contain large bills and a will directing charity bequests.
Melrose residents entertained friends from Perry and Glendale families on New Year’s Day hosted by Mrs Edward Pinkham. RCFA card club met at St Caro home to celebrate Mrs Sharies Connolly’s birthday with gifts. The Women’s Society of Christ on Service met at Mrs Arnold Nichte’s home as Rev Calis C Bhinstalled officers for the coming year.
A Boeing Flying Fortress named Five Grand thrilled Third Division at its Znz land base as Seattle workers celebrated the 5600th Fort since Pearl Harbor by signing the hull. Ground crew and officers crowded the craft, noting many signatures and the plane’s bold past over Germany. Maj Ormonde D. Hatcher credited its maiden German run while praising the Fort as the Easter Egg or Shortsnorter for the Third Bombardment.
Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, Connecticut Congresswoman and military affairs committee member, will recuperate in South Carolina after a strenuous overseas trip and campaign season. She plans a pause before resuming legislative duties following the European theater assignments and campaign activities.
Mrs Emily Bogart of Denver Colorado state commander of the Women’s Field Army of the National Cancer Society warned at a meeting that cancer is increasing in the United States and threatens the country more than Japan. She cited cancer took 163 000 American lives in 1943.
Maj Gen Jobo J Masigan commander of the New York Guard First Brigade named substitute member of the Regional War Labor Board following his guard inactivity. Masigan, 39, joined the National Guard in 1926, served at the Mexican border and in World War II, then reentered in 1935 as lieutenant colonel of the Witch Field Artillery, later led Fires Brigade, and was placed on inactive guard duty in a recent organizational revision along with several other officers.
correspondent Henry Shapiro reports from Warsaw and Praga across the Vistula as Soviet and Polish forces halt a German holdout. ruins, shelling, and mass evacuations describe a city transformed into rubble with thousands killed or taken to Germany. only about 120,000 Poles remain in Praga.
New York bank system shows a record total deposits surge with savings banks up by 758 509 in ten months. Elliott V. Bell announced changes to banking laws to broaden veteran loan latitude while submitting the annual report to Governor Dewey and the Legislature. Total deposits across banks and trust companies rose 1 275 009 000, with savings banks at a record 6 93L0W OP 23 of Oct 31 and a prior year rise of 434 900 000.
Abilene residents discuss a dispute involving Mrs Steakluy who has been dubbed the pin-up girl of a fighter unit. The uproar centers on a claim her likeness was used without consent as a painted head on a nose of a Viene aircraft. The incident connects to a broader stir in local circles.
The United Press reports Supreme Allied Headquarters announced that Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery now commands all allied ground forces on the northern German salient area including the First and Ninth Armies. Omar Bradley remains in charge of Twelfth Army Group and Fourth Army elements on the southern side. President Roosevelt said the shift is a regular operation and not permanent, with Eisenhower retaining overall command. The change follows German offensives cutting Bradley off from SHAEF.
Mrs. Bean Snipes, once spared the electric chair for a baby’s birth, will be released as Governor Johnston commutes her life sentence to 32 years and three months. Snipes was charged in the rural policeman shooting case of July 17, 1932, and the baby’s birth followed the sentence commutation. The infant and Snipes’ child were placed with families through the Children's Bureau. records of that closure.
In Portland Indiana a 2nd birthday marked a life moment as Barry Bonifas met his father, Capt. LE. Senitas, for the first time. Sapale Bonifas has served in the Haw Seventh Air Force for 28 months.
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