Father Keefe Named Assistant Exec Director in Albany Diocese
Rev. John W. Keefe born in Troy has been named assistant executive director of the Albany Diocese Resettlement Bureau by Bishop Edmund F. Gibbons. He leads the bureau during Rev. Joseph Koonz illness and oversees a conference of resettlement directors from more than 28 eastern dioceses in Albany. Keefe has over 400 families offering homes and work for displaced persons. forty have already been placed locally. He was ordained in 1902 and has served in local parishes and Rochester Diocese, later becoming chaplain at the Convent of the Sacred Heart Kenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Keefe
Troy
Albany Catholic Diocese
Edmund F. Gibbons
Joseph Koonz
Father Keefe
Albany
Abbons
Hee
Thin
Rochester
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Kenwood
Couples Club Begins Job of Cleaning Church
The Couples Club of St. John's Episcopal Church undertook a thorough cleaning of the parish church chan cel led by parish engineer William Harrison. About twenty couples cleaned ground level brass and started wall cleaning while men worked on ladders. Work continues next week with Mr and Mrs Wellington Gray as president. refreshments served at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Episcopal Church
William Harrison
Wellington Gray
Lawsuit Against School Settled in Averill Park
A suit brought by Lucien O Keefe guardian for his minor son George O Keefe against Averill Park Central School District over a 1948 basketball injury was settled for 350 dollars. Attorney filings show the county clerk's office noting the compromise, with approval by Supreme Court Justice William H K Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burden Lake Road
Averill Park Central School
Mackrel & Ranney
Lucien O'Keefe
F.D
Averill Park
George O'Keefe
Okeef
Supreme Court
William HK Murray
Reactionary China regime labeled as betraying people
Mao Zedong denounced Chiang Kai-shek's government as a bogus regime that betrayed national rights and allied with the United States to wage civil war. He accused Beijing leaders of seeking peace on terms that sustain reactionary armies and warned Communist soldiers to continue the fight until the Nanking regime accepts terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Karshek
China
X Government
Ment
United States
Mao
Chiang
Nanking
Man Overcome By Luminating Gas Dies At Home
Selbel, 81, of 801 Tenth Street, found overcome by illuminating gas in his kitchen and died at Trey Hospital at 1:10 a.m. Police and fire units responded. A collie dog was found dead in the parlor from the fumes. Coroner notified. detectives investigated the accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sele
Tenth Street
Trey Hospital
Pelbel
John Duan
Walter Woodka
Radio Patrol
Seibel
Sra
Nicholsa Pnesy
Charles Itotson
Central Fire Station
Frank J. Hahn
Dunn
Woodka
William McGrane
John J. Noonan
Detective Bureau
Export Agency Hunts Leak On Cargo Figures
Washington reports the Agriculture Department hunted for a leak after announcing an extra export allocation of foods fats and oils for the January March quarter. Officials said 109000000 pounds of tobacco cottonseed oil soybeans soybeans and peanuts were approved for overseas shipments, 11 above regular allocations, while investigators sought the source of last week’s traders tip about a 1070000 pound supplement. Prices of fats and oils rose briefly in response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Confirmation Classes To Start Tomorrow At St John’s
The annual Confirmation service at St John’s Episcopal Church will be held on Sunday February 20. The rector announced that the first preparatory classes start tomorrow in the parish hall. Rev Bradford H Burnham leads adult classes and Rev John F Davidson directs the adolescent group. The Young Men meet at 4 pm and the adult group at 3 pm tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John’s Episcopal Church
Bradford H. Burnham
John F. Davidson
Tamarrow
Green Island Red and Gas Club plans contest and church notices
Green Island Red and Gas Club committees meet at Herbert Quinn home to plan a coming season contest. Also listed are church services at First Presbyterian, St Joseph, Hudson Ave Methodist, and St Mark's Episcopal with sermon topics and Sunday school times. A K of C bowling league banquet will honor leaders. Mrs Thomas E Fisk recovering after Albany Hospital operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieland
CHI Uch News
First Presbyterian Church
Henry D. Smith
Donald Martin
Woman’s Industrial Society
Foster Hutchinson
George St
M. Joseph's Church
William J. Martin
Court St
Church School
John McGinity
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Chauncey Kling of
Troy
Howlers
Green Island Council
K. of C
Arthur Johnson
John O'Brien
Guards
Eugene O'Connor
William T. Martin
John O’brien
Hugh Castle
Zersonal
Thomas E. Fisk
Hudson Avenue
Albany Hospital
Two Ill Persons Taken To Hospitals By Police
Two ill persons were taken to area hospitals by police last night. Patrick Martin, 79, of 728 Federal Street, was removed to Samaritan Hospital in the ambulance by Driver Frank J. Hahn and Patrolmen Herman Gusty and August Rokjer after he was found at his home. He remained at the hospital. Albert Klapper, 28, of 121 Ninth Street, was taken to Troy Hospital in a police car by Patrolmen Gusty and Rokjer from 2218 Fifth Avenue where he was taken suddenly. He was not held at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Martin
Federal Street
Samarian Hospital
Frank J. Hahn
Herman Gusty
August Rokjer
Albert Klapper
Ninth Street
Troy Hospital
Gusty
Rokjer
Fifth Avenue
Albany Man Injured When Struck By Auto
Clifford White, 64, of 12 Booth Street Albany, suffered fractures to his right leg and arm about 7 30 pm yesterday when hit by a car owned and operated by Frank Groff, 45, of 1518 Rugby Road Schenectady at Stop H4 Albany Schenectady Road. He was taken to Albany Hospital. State Police said the car traveling east, White stepped off the curb into its path. The accident was investigated by Troopers A F Van Biarcum and R A Strath of the Colonie outpost, Troop G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford White
Booth Street
Albany
Frank Groff
Rugby Road
Schenectady
Albany Schenectady
White
A. F. van Biarcum
R. A. Srath
Colonie
Adjournment Taken In Police Court Case
Salvadore Savino of 393 Ninth Street Steel faced assault charges after a district neighborhood dispute. In Troy Police Court yesterday the arraignment adjourned to Friday as Savino is accused of assaulting John Farvone of 208 Namtsire Streets with a dagger after a dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feh. Ui
Troy
Salvadore Savino
Steel
Quarrying event opening by Rucinese Gale Club at JW
The Rucinese Gale Club of the WWCA will open today at JW from 9 to 1 pm for a quarrying event. The Nashedack Mountaineers will play for the jWancing and Rube Merchant will reveal.
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Rucinese Gale Club
WWCA
Nashedack Mountaineers Il
jWancing
Rube Merchant
Lodge To Meet Duarernd Reg Lodge oT con
WOMEN OF HOOXE HHART Tro. Chapte Waren 4s the Moors held a meeting of women Elle Prime: Woeterviiet recentiv Plate fer fate events Bere Recueeed or retrechmentt "ere Mrved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooxe Hhart
Inhalator Aids Man Ill From Gas Fumes
Fire department rushed to 100 Fifth Avenue to aid John Colby about 8 after coal gas fumes from a clogged chimney made him ill in the cellar. Lt John Wallace and Hoseman William Burke Jr. applied the inhalator at 7:07 PM. Pumper 4 responded later to a rubbish fire at Middleburg Street and Seventh Avenue and flames were extinguished at other locations on Sixth Avenue and Ingalls Avenue.
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John Colby
Hey
Fifth Avenue
Adorena
Pam
Middleburg Street
Seventh Avenue
Ingalla
Sixth Avenue
Douw Street
Ingalls Avenue
Dverill Park notices and church events update
Dverill Park and area residents prepare for winter plans as Nicholas Buckholtz returns to work Monday after a recent auto accident. Mrs. Bethmann and Charles Bethmann head to Miami for the winter. A Home Bureau kitchen conference is set for January 24 at 10 a.m. at Mrs Gordon Baxter’s Burden Lake home. Various church services, Sunday School sessions, youth fellowships, and upcoming meetings across Sand Lake, Hoag’s Corners, and surrounding churches are announced with dates, times, and leaders. Community officers are elected for the Sand Lake Democratic Social Club. Band Lake Baptist Church events include sermons on The Forward Look and The Lord’s Prayer with choir and special music commitments. A midweek service is noted as potentially unsafe to prosecute certain offenses due to lapse of time, and a packed schedule of cantata practice and Easter music planning is listed for church parishes. The Trustees, Sessions, and Auxiliary groups announce dinners, budget reviews, and the annual congregational meeting. The Tr-M Cites club and Methodist, Presbyterian, and Westminster Guilds outline programs, Bible study, and youth activities through January and February, culminating with a viewing of The Rich Young Ruler.
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Nicholas Buckholtz
Edward Bethmann
Charles Bethmann
Miami
Fla
Home Bureau
Gordon Baxter
Burden Lake
Chester Nash
Samavitan Hospital
John J. O'Connor
St. Henry's Guarch
Albert Flaxmyer
Gertrude Basiak
Hoag's Cotbers Methodist Church
Robert Weaser
Democratic Social Club
Sand Lake
American Legion Hall
Mellows
Benjamin Gauch
Edward Gruber
Medelyn Hellum
Jon Coffee
Lucien O'Keefe
Margaret Coffey
Morris Bermas
Band Lake Baptist Church
Stephen Adams
Holy City
Maurice Carpenter
Leslie
Baptist Youth Fellowship
J. A. M.miller
Imade
Paul Conrad Club
Hauenstein
Presbyterian Church
Smolenoff
God
Supt
Russell McCaw
Thomas McKean
Apollo Commandery
Clark Hill
Troy
McKay
Westminster Guild
Betty Sibncn
Atfa
Edmund Warner
Anne Johann
Minam Watkinston
Methoddiet
Naster
John Gundrum
Methodist Youth Fellowship Ti
Touth
China
Carola: Olver
Troug Afl
Tr- M
Methodist Church
Lawrence Barnum
Harvey Ury
Merton Redbeck
George Trethaway
Csndert
Alvinon
Albany
Saetigen
Federation of Churches
Fim
Waterford group invited to sea hunt and church notices
The Waterford group invites participants to a sea hunt tomorrow meeting at Division and Eighth Streets with specific shotgun rules for populated areas. Also listed are church notices across Baptist, Grace Episcopal, Methodist, St. Mary's, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist services, meetings, and elections, plus Army enlistment of Thomas F. Gilman from 42 Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford
Cies
The
Presbyterian Church
John House Memorial
Thomas McKeon
Anton Hansen
Harrian Waller
Terris
George Gardner
Joseph Willetts
Harald Grout
Harry, Seifert. Sr
James B Wright
Nists
Thomas F. Gilman
Catherine Gilman
Front Street
United States Army
Fort Knox, Hy
Espionage Law Debate Intensifies After State Docs Leak
The Attorney General urges strengthening peacetime vigilance and recommends changes to the statute of limitations amid a congressional probe into leaks from the State Department. The inquiry follows the House Un-American Activities Committee 1948 spy hunt and the disappearance of confidential documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General
House
Uo-American Activities Committee
State Department
Hiss Indicted on Perjury Charge Not On Spying Claim
Alger Hiss, former State Department official, faced a perjury indictment after a Grand Jury appearance in New York. The case arose from a long dispute between the Justice Department and a House committee, with each side accusing the other of lax prosecutorial effort. The charge centers on whether he lied about passing documents to a Communist spy ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger Hiss
State Department
New York
Hiss
Justice Department
House, Committee
Department
Committee
Wartime Security Provisions Reinstated for Naval and Defense Grounds
The act reenacts penalties for foreign agents and espionage with no statute of limitations for failure to register. It imposes a 35000 dollar fine and up to one year in prison for violations of Navy safeguards at harbors, wharves, and waterfront facilities and similar penalties for Defense Department rules protecting aircraft and airfields. Clark supports the move as essential to extend protection against sabotage and banking threats to vital facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Weels
Secretary of Defense
Clark
Ioth
Mrs F D R Vows No Compromise With Reds
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt said she will never compromise in the United Nations to win Soviet support. She warned the United States must meet Soviet attacks and American policy should adapt to stakes, noting no Russian regime is perfect. The UN and State Department officials commented on the stance as evidence of firmness.
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Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Roussell
Qmiision
State Department
Preston Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Troy Parish 25th Anniversary Celebration Planned
Parishioners of the Church of Our Lady of Victory will mark the Silver Jubilee with a dance party and fashion show at the Heidelch Hudson ballroom on Monday evening January 31. Honorary chairmen are Joseph W. Heenan and Rev. John F. Collins. General chairs include Mrs Edward W. O'Brien and Mrs John J. Rainey. Multiple committees led by parish members were announced, covering tickets prizes publicity and various event roles.
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Our Lady of Victory
Heidelch Hudson
Joseph W. Heenan
John F. Collins
Edward W. O'Brien
John J. Rainey
Father Heenan
Father
Charles J. Ranney
Walter A. Cantwell
William C. Reinhardt
George T. Abern
Johnl. Brownson
James F. Ryan
Joseph J. Horan
John J. Kellett
James L. Cronin
James H. Lenden
Michael J. Gaynor
Douglas Beattie
John A. Keegan
James J.mccauley
Joseph EB. Walsh
Harry EB. Clinton, Jr
Obituary notices from Troy area residents
A string of obituaries from Troy and nearby areas reports deaths of James Tarviglieme, Mea Kidestia, and others after brief illnesses or residence changes. The notices list survivors, church affiliations, and funeral details including times, locations, and interment at local cemeteries. Names include Kinestia, Reardon, Walsh, OBrien, Eckes, and Rich with services held at St Marys St Francis Trinity churches and local funeral homes.
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Dames Tarviglie
James Turrigis
Proprio Mea
Michael i Kidestia
Mth
Mickie
Kinestia
of & Gresery
Bovihrevtanday
Troy
Fourta- Siresi
Southers
Mt. Marz’s
Lsxe
Oreda Island
Trey
Cho Es
the Forr
Serene Como
Lone Tadéco
Roest
Frank
Samypat Turrighe
Ieriane
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Troy Man Suffers Eye Injury After Street Fall
Ernest Haag aged 43 of 514 Grand Street was treated at Troy Hospital for a cut over the right eye after a fall at Fifth Avenue and Federel Street. He was transported by Patrolmen Li ton Hems and Paul McMeel and released after treatment. John Hansen, 56 of 713 Fifth Avenue, a city employee, injured his right ankle when he slipped from a ladder at Congress and First Streets while fixing a traffic light and was taken home by Patrolmen Cunningham and Woodka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Haag
Grand Street
Troy Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Federel Street
Liton Hems
Paul McMeel
John Hansen
Congress
First Streets
Hansen
W. L Cunningham
Walter Woodka
Stillwater PTA hosts Fathers Night and Founders Day events
Stillwater Monthly PTA meeting included Fathers Night observations and a Founders Day banquet planned for February 9 at the Wederered Church dimming room with Mrs. Haro Lane as general chair. A memoriam resolution for Mrs. Charles Lake was adopted, and Edna Baker won the second grade book award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilbwater
Parent-Teacher Association
Mizaton
Haro Lane
Lane
Charles Lake
Edna Baker
Benjamin Bentley
Lawrence Ferris
Women Basketball Officials To Meet At Russell Sage College
The District Board of Women Officials, a unit of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, met at Russell Sage College gym on Tuesday January 18 at 8 pm. The event outlined official rules for women’s basketball and included a technique demonstration. It offered guidance for women seeking official status and mentioned future opportunities to take the national examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Board of Women
Russel Sage College
Ahern Urges Troy To Aid March of Dimes Drive
Mayor John J. Ahern issued a proclamation urging every Troy resident to join the 1949 March of Dimes drive running through January 31. He noted polio cases totaling over 109,000 in six years and said the National Foundation exhausted its emergency aid fund during last summer’s outbreaks. The mayor stressed the drive supports patients and ongoing research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
John J. Ahern
National Foundation of
Epidanc
The
Nations Foundation
Trey
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Aterford
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Christ
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St. Mary's
Westminster Fellowship
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Troy Parish
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Bleecker Avenue
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Fred H Kornetzki
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Jacob Class
Orritt Ireson, Jr
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Johnsonville
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Clementine Milanese de Chiro
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Division Street
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Third Order of St. Francis
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St. Anthony's Church
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Northern Drive
Hagaman & Co
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114Th Street
Second Avenue
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Emile Catricaia
Hagatan’s Bakery
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John J. Sulivan
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OSA
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Catherine Kelly
William Reardon
Leonard Hospital
Reardon
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Order of Moose and Railroad Vm.c.a
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Margaret Reardon
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John E. Walsh
Russell Place
Waterviet
Scho]halle
Walsh
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Schoharie
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Troy Man
Stillwater
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Sts Bridge Club
South Hudson Avenue
W. ©. Devos
Leroy Talmadge
Lawrence McDonald
Republican Club
At & Pm
Yellow Meeting House
Fttzes
Stanley W. Chapman
Willow Glen
Stillwater Boy Scout
William Banks
Jona Anderson
Pat Capec
Elling Doughty
Charles Peacock
Richard Rathburn
James Thomas
Jean Travis
Robert Welch
Albert Wolfe
Frederick Clark
Ahern
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