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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1944
Page
2
Mayor John J. Ahern announced a plan to aid World War II veterans launching a city program. He will invite Troy veterans group commanders to form a general committee to design a broad rehabilitation and job assistance effort for returning servicemen with a first meeting aimed next week.
Gypsy Rose Lee, the entertainer, was recovering in the Post Hospital Fort Bragg North Carolina yesterday after being stricken with influenza upon her arrival Sunday to perform for the troops. Public relations said she was “doing fine.”
Five Danish organizations met and mapped long range plans to aid Denmark’s liberation. They will pool efforts with the National America Denmark Association led by president Jean Hersholdt. A February mass meeting here is planned with Yale’s Prof. Harold Ingholt speaking on Nazi occupation and 8,000 Danish refugees who fled to neutral Sweden last August. Local officers include Jens Olsen president and Fev Lund secretary. groups include Danish Brotherhood Sisterhood Folk Society and Immanuel and Our Saviors churches.
Local merchants report growing demand at The Peoples Store as community shoppers flock to discount lines and new inventory. Store leaders pursue extended hours and promotions to boost weekend sales and support neighborhood resilience.
A federal grand jury will investigate a forged letter that supposedly links Harry L Hopkins to Wendell Willkie. The probe will seek possible District of Columbia forgery offenses and will question Hopkins Sparks and Lee, with Sparks offered to furnish the original letter for expert analysis.
More than 3 060 unionized employees of Philadelphia's Department of Public Works walked out to press for a ten cent an hour wage increase. The action involves street cleaning, highways and water bureau locals of the AFSCME. The strike vote occurred at Turners' Hall on Wednesday, creating a fresh challenge for Mayor Bernard Samuel two days after his inauguration.
The Board of Education announced Thomas Houlihan as engineer at Troy High School to replace Thomas F. Moore who retired last December. Houlihan, an engineer in the public schools since 1926, will begin Jan 1 and supervise at the high school while remaining duties at School 12 until a successor is chosen. The Troy post pays $2000 annually.
The Latham Community Association will elect officers at 8 pm at the 8S. W. Pitts Hose Company building. Plans for the season and a permanent postwar community hall are on the agenda as the group, chaired by Samuel H. Hinsdale, describes growth and continued fundraising through dances and events.
Kenneth B. McClellan of Buskirk has received the Air Medal for heroic action in attacks on the Gilbert Islands. He was cited by Maj. Gen. Willis Hale of the Seventh Army Air Force, announced from Central Pacific headquarters. McClellan was one of five New York State officers and men to receive the award.
The Record reports in Washington that HL RB. 1616 removes caps on SPAR officers across grades and enables Lt Commander Dorothy Stratton, head of the Coast Guard Women's Reserve, to be appointed.
The legislation promotes SPARS to captain and extends to their dependents the benefits afforded to male Coast Guard reserve members. The law bans duty beyond U S territory. The measure aligns SPARS with established reserve personnel benefits while restricting overseas assignments.
The U S Weather Bureau reports December was unusually cold and very dry. Temperatures stayed near or below freezing, with a high of 45 and a low of eight below zero on Christmas Eve. Precipitation and snow were far below normal, winds mostly southerly then northwest gusts, and 9 clear, 5 partly cloudy, 17 cloudy days.
Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren ruled that the missing persons act of March 7 1942 authorizes payment of allowances to an armed forces member held prisoner or in missing status if at the start of the status he was entitled to the allowances, even if not received.
The Forty and Eight Society held its regular promenade at Noble-Callahan Post home in Albany with Jacob Kromer presiding. Plans were announced for a March Wreck and six or more candidates will be admitted. A delegation will attend the Legion Mid-year Conference in Albany January 25. The Voiture will read its yearly activities and attend the Legion oratorical finals January 14 at Knickerbocker Junior High School open to the public.
The War Production Board opened an investigation into charges that New York City government agencies burned 211 tons of waste paper vital to the war effort. Agencies cited include OWI OPA and the Federal Works Administration, spanning six months. Edwin Friendly urged prompt action on the matter.
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