Water Main Break Floods Cellars on Congress Street
A water main break on Congress Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues flooded cellars and first floors of businesses after frost locked crews from locating the fault. The incident, discovered at 3 am, forced shutting off water for about half a block while investigators used a listener and drilled through three feet of frost to reach the rupture.』
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Troy
Congress Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Water Bureau
William F. Luby
Public Works
Thomas J. Landrigan
Water Works Bureau
C. H. Peach
Hugh Read Chambers
Fisher’s Grill
Weiner
Chambers
Enrollment Figures Drafted for County
The staff of clerks at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections is tabulating voter enrollment figures. Saratoga County has already announced totals, but Rensselaer County will not disclose its full enrollment until February 15. Troy and Rensselaer figures are done. towns are in progress.
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Rensselaer
This Neckpiece Bears Watching in Knoxville
Rufus Wells draws crowds downtown as a South American honey bear clings to his shoulders and snacks on candy. The bear was acquired in Venezuela when it was two days old.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Rufus Wells
Wells
Venezuela
Ocean Rescue Becomes Routine for RAF Flight Service
An RAF pilot on return from leave was shot down over the North Sea and rescued by an air-sea rescue service. A Spitfire dropped a self-inflating dinghy with supplies, a Walrus rescue plane was summoned if needed, and a fast surface boat could be used. Gadgets like the coffee grinder radio, Mae West flares, and dye markers aid signaling.
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London
North Sea
Jack
Batvalies Army
United States
Pacific
ASRS
Spitfire
Wendell T Moore Commissioned Second Lieutenant
Lansingburg native Wendell T Moore son of Mrs Douglas C May 36 Third Avenue was commissioned a second lieutenant in the field artillery while at Camp Pickett Virginia He attended Officer Candidate School Fort Sill Oklahoma Now at Fort Bragg North Carolina Moore who enlisted in March 1941 attended Lansingburg High School Lieutenant Moore earned his commission after training at Camp Pickett and Fort Sill Camp Fire Girls Elect Sally Burke president at Orgin Camp Fire Group vice president Barbara Dippo secretary Sally DiDomenico treasurer Royanne Degner also elected
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Wendell T. Moore
Douglas C. May
Third Avenue
Field Artillery
Camp Pickett
Fort Sill
Oklo
Moore
Fort Bragg
N. C
Lansingburg
Camp Fire
Sally Burke
Okgin Camp Fire Group
Patricia Blanchard
Sixth Avenue
Barbara Dippo
Sally DiDomenico
Royanne Degner
Lookouts Save Stranded Airmen With Quick Reflexes
An account notes how rescue craft crews and volunteers across the channel maintain a wary vigil. A ground lookout spotted a dinghy from a pubkeepers light test, prompting a lifeboat launch that saved five exhausted police airmen.
British Curiosity Grows About American Life Through Mead Tour
London reports Dr Margaret Mead found Britons shift from viewing America as a land of gangsters to seeking lessons for education and daily life. Questions focus on cross cultural understanding, American literacy, and how Americans manage homes, with Americans’ child precocity and labor saving devices highlighted.
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London
Britain
America
Europe
United States
Margaret Mead
Miss .Mead
Miss Mead
The
United Press
Galsworthy
John Steinbeck
Tyneside
Clydeside
Ministry of Information
British wives Rebel at Court Ruling
London women led by Dr. Edith Summerskill vow to repeal the 1856 law upheld by a London court that savings from housekeeping belong to husbands. They demand fair sharing of household savings amid wider campaign against discriminatory acts and wartime inequalities affecting wives.
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London
High Court of Appeals
Edith Summerskill
Summerskill
United Press
Matfied Women’s Association of Britain
Dorothy Blackwell
Oxford
Court of Appeals
Married Women's Association
Triumph Rebekah Lodge Initiates Three Members in Pawling Ave
East Side Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall Pawling Avenue three candidates Mrs Lillian Engner Mrs Ruth Barnum and Mrs Theresa Barnap were initiated with Mrs H Marbara Osterhout acting noble grand and Mrs Catherine Munton vice grand in charge Mrs Mae Degen served as degree mistras The ritual was led by Mrs Marion Quandt and Mrs Huth VanBuren A buffet supper followed socials to resume at 7 36 pm Sundays at Second Baptist Church with Miss Doris Gibson leading devotions and the Friendship Club of Albia Lodge Odd Fellows organizing sessions
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Odd Fellows Hall
Pawling Avenue
Triumph Rebekah Lodge
Lillian Engner
Ruth Barnum
Theresa Barnap
H. Marbara Osterhout
Noble Grand
Catherine Munton
Millard Lee
Mae Degen
Marion Quandt
Huth VanBuren
VanBuren
Jane Young
Loretta Miller
Evelyn Evans
Sarah Barber
Second Baptist Church
Doris Gibson
War Industry Labor Shifts Highlight Troy Area Survey
The United States Employment Service report shows 14 companies added 2,023 workers while 16 lost 2,990, with 14 adding 1,385 women and 7 losing 738. Men declined by 1,514 due to Selective Service. only 67 women replaced them, and lack of services, transportation, and childcare hindered women’s reentry to work. Local efforts placed veterans and handicapped workers, and many youths entered heavy industry. Housing existed but was often not modern.
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Troy
Jannave
United States Employment Service
Gwynn Ross
Troy Uses
Ross
Adrion
Bureau
British Seek Domination of Toy Market
London reports British toy manufacturers aim to dominate the world market long held by Germany. War plant conversions could switch from munitions to toys, with plans to feed global demand and a postwar boom anticipated, especially in mechanical toys where British and American firms lead. Germans lag in moving dolls eyes and face coloring, with water quality rumored to influence doll realism.
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London
Germany
Britain
America
RAF
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Thomas Landrigan
Peter Staletto
James Redden
R.A.F
SAS
A—Srs
Bunker Hill
Great Britain
East Side
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Friendship Club
Albia Lodge of Odd Fellows
Sgt
Edwin Stevens
Mountain Lake
N. J
Italy
Ans
National City Bank OF Troy
Third Street
State
Chesterfield
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