Mechanicville City Council reviews budget and taxes
The Mechanicville City Council set the 2.44 per 100 valuation tax rate for the current year, estimating a total budget of 246 467.65 with 64 670.75 expected revenues and 432 496.90 to be raised by taxation, reflecting cost increases across departments and new items like 5000 toward the swimming pool reserve and 8500 for the arterial highway fund. A patrol report noted no prowlers after a Peeping Tom incident near Warsaw Avenue, and gasoline thefts were linked to punctured vehicles at a South Central Avenue garage. Obituaries note the deaths of Charles Harrington at 75, Minnie Wicks Rotondo, and Daniel Driscoll with services announced in Gloversville and Fort Plain.
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Bureau of Folica
Fire Department
Bureau of Fire
Hudson River
Charles Harrington
Pruyn's Hill
Hel
Gansevoort
Mary Josephine Richards
Walter Robison
Broadabhin
Joseph Reynolds
Esther’ Dagnan
Dorothy Andrest
Gloversville
Mya
Ethel Davis
Dobbs Ferry
Sodr
Walter
Earl
Fort Plain
Elmer
Chauncey
Weston
Minnie Wicks Rotondo
T. L. Cassidy
North Second Avenue
Earl D. Wooddell
Pasetor
Memorial Baptist Church
Claude Tucker
William and Edward D'Avignon
Willard Parry
Hudson View Cemetery
Girl Convicted In Murder Case
An all male Texas jury convicted 18 year old Sandra Peterson of murder in Brady. She faced life imprisonment after being found guilty of murder with malice aforethought in the August roadside shooting of Lewis Patterson. Lorette Mozingo testified she fired the gun. Patterson’s death sparked a dramatic courtroom scene and debate over the death penalty.
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Brady
Tex
INSI
Texas
Sandra Peterson
A. O. Newman
Somerville
Sandra
Lewis Patterson
Ealate Anlesman
Patterson
Lorette Fae Mozingo
Charles Anageros
Bostort
Ralston O. Haun
West Texas
Mian Mozingo
Loretta. Fae
Miss Mozinga
Haun
Police Net Catches Teens With Guns
Police dragnet following a Boston robbery netted two Williamstown teenagers. Benjamin Larabee, 19, and a Cambridge youth, 16, were found armed with revolvers after a routine stop in Coy a cord Mask. Larabee, previously jailed for burglary, is held on a $10,000 bond for illegal possession of a weapon.
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Boston
Wiliamstown
Benjamin Larabee
Laraher
Cambridge, Maas
Wllamstown
U S Steel Board Seeks Pensions Costs Run High
U S Steel's board asks for millions to cover pension costs. The action aims to boost insurance and pension expenses for the company. Officials say the figure exceeds prior estimates and reflects higher long term obligations.
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U.S. Steel Board
Rail Strike Ends At Pittsburg Plant
Unclear fragment notes a rail strike ending at the Pittsburg plant. Mentions street names and a weathered date reference, with vague details about workers and a leadership figure. Reads as damaged OCR with missing events and concrete facts.
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Pittsburg
Bill Would Reward Good Drivers in State Legislature
A bill proposed in the state legislature would reward careful drivers with a distinctive license plate tag. Democratic Assembly members William Danrad and William Wallane, both from Queens, drafted the measure. The plates would bear a safety emblem and require compliance with road and motor vehicle regulations.
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Bill
Read
Mounier
Athan Yeaterday
Wen
Williiam
Danrad
William Wllane
Queens Democrat
Prices Firm in Day's Stock Deals on New York Exchange
Prices held steady on the New York Stock Exchange amid moderately active trading after an initial decline. Investors favored high priced issues mid session, with leadership from chemical stocks and notable gains for Al lied Chemical, Dow Chemical, and J. I. Case. Steel and auto shares showed mixed moves while utilities and several rail and oil stocks posted modest gains or declines.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Truman
J. I. Cane
Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical 2Nd
Mia Mathison Chemical
J. I. Case
Young Spring & Wire
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Proctor & Gamble
Standard Oi! Co
N. J
iGeneral Foods
Chrysler
General Motors
American Telephone
Sessex
Alleghany
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Chicago Great Western
Wlinon Central
Union Pacific
American Gas & Electric
People’s Gas
Houston Lighting de
Superior Oil
California
Lawyers Guild Attacks FBI Wiretapping Practices
The Nation al Lawyers Guild condemned FBI wiretapping and related methods as violating laws infringing liberties and threatening democracy. President Clifford J. Durr urged Truman to appoint a citizen committee to review FBI activities and asked Attorney General McGrath to order the FBI to cease practices violating federal law.
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Washington
IAP
National Lawyers Guild
FBI
Clifford J. Durr
Guild
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
McGrath
French Deny Invasion of Indo China By Reds
Saigon officials rebut a Central Chinese News Agency report that 30,000 Chinese Communists invaded Tokin Province in French Indo China. They say the claim aims to inflame local sentiment, while noting rising orders from nationalist forces trained in Chominh.
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Indo-China
Saigon
Alan Hale Dies in Hollywood Hospital After Illness
Actor Alan Hale died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital from liver ailment complicated by a virus infection. He had just returned from Montana where he attended a premiere of the film Montana and appeared at a show before falling ill with worsening weather and illness.
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Hollywood
Gps
Alan Hale
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Hale
Mont
Montana
Teold
Troy Rotary Speaker Bev H Broan Appears at Meeting
Bev H Broan former Supreme Court official and pastor spoke at Troy Rotary outlining community service and lodge affiliations in New York. The program highlighted laymen’s charity work and local partnerships with Bestard, Pet & Fuller and Tony He& y Prreent staff.
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Troy Rotary
Bev H Broan
Supreme Cost Wistice
Masame
New York State
Reve
Bestard
Pet & Fuller
Uta
Brown
Ana
Tony He& Y
New York
Charerés
Prices At Menands Produce Markets Amid Debts Alleged
In Menands creditors list several claims including Denby s 43, Frent s 504, Hope s 648, McLaughan 65, Troy Hebrew Credit Union 370, Walla Cavaliy 104, and Gregory Nealon of Watervliet 60. Petition filed by George J. Hart Jr. Albany attorney notes Watervliet resident owed 41 million. Also mentions Berlin bans jazz as West Berlin Telegraf reports.
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Forgierty
Watervilet
Bes
Not Missing Anything Vandenberg May Quit Atomic Committee
The article notes that Vandenberg may resign from the Senate’s atomic energy committee due to health issues. A reporter quotes him as having discussed the matter but not making a definite decision. The piece references direct comment by Vandenberg and includes unrelated animal observations by Al Vermeer.
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Waeeblegion
Bemater Vandenberg
Rw Mich
Benate House Atomic Energy Committee
Vandenberg
Martin Sweeny Noted Hotelman Dies in New York
Martin J. Sweeny 66 operated the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs and led New York hotel interests as chairman of the Hotel Commodore board. A friend of Mayor James J. O Dwyer, he died in New York after a stroke, survived by his wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Sweeny
New York
Martin J. Sweeny
Saratoga Springs
Sweeny
Commodore
Farme
Berkshire and Chatham
Whitehail
Pain Beach
Fla
Comme Lcratic Park Curiee
Oc of
Commundate
St Lukes Hospital
Wormse
Pediatric tricks target infant hunger in feeding debates
Dr Fred T. Cavanaugh says infant hunger cues guide feeding, urging parents to respond promptly. He notes a shift away from fixed schedules toward responsive care as pediatrics evolves in infant and preschool nutrition.
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Crandfothers
Fred T. Cavanaugh
Thetrict Narang Association
Afl
Stamiond Urtil
Tre Caransagh
Bandit Wake Error in Old Town Robbery Report
A garbled early 20th century item describes a jailbreak attempt or assault outside a lodging house. The brief notes a pair of suspects, a planned getaway, and a watchful bystander who alerted authorities. Details are fragmentary but indicate an attempted crime near a street corner.
Troy Woman Files Bankruptcy Plea In Court
A Troy resident, John Gallagher, a 41 year old carpenter of 417 Broadway in Rensselaer, files a petition in bankruptcy seeking discharge from debts totaling 91,500 with assets listed at 6,300. The filing cites attorney Joseph F. Bosley of Albany and names multiple creditors across Utica Cobleskill Troy area, including Thorpe Electrical Co and Georges Mollan.
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Tlan
Clarence | Immense
Troy
John 5. Gallagher
Broadway
Rensselaer
Taylor Court
Atty
Joseph F. Bosley
Albany
Wederall
Kenneth Gordon
Utica
Thorpe Electrical Co
Delasaet Julio & Bonn
Georges Mollan
Abram Miner
Darin
Warren
Hudson
Peti
Priciila
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Mechanicville
George Cowan
Josph Ryan Friday
Warsaw Avenue
Emerson Eb, Hibbard
South Central Avenue
Daniel Driscoll
Bertha Driscoll
North
Third Avenue
Ryan
St Paul's Church
St. Paul's Cemetery
Minnehaha Rebekah Lodge
Willy
Odd Fallows Hall
Can Park 4
den Mather
Joseph Wrlpe
Saratoza Avenue
Mechanlevisia Lodge
B.ploe
Aimbross Beatty
Cuhoea Lodge
William H. Holloran
Sasser Ataged
Aervea
Treanar l
Memmtink Baptist Church Pariore
Mia
C. J. Lesson Way
Arthur J. Smith
Lasnne
Fred Muir
Robert Bartlett
Robert Sarl
George Emmett
Fletcher Leach
Judson Club
Migs Beatrice Denton
Senatte Outrander
F. G. Shriver
Alfred Wendel
Youth Fellowship
College Cleaners
Ase
Cntgreae
T-Corporaion
United Statrs
Sie Corp
Int Insurance
Ponmans
Teburga
Laughlin
Pinvean
Hfenson Earl
Prat Tole
Piha
Joseph RB. Mascaro
Army Medical Corps
St. Mary's Hospital
Anne
Mascaro
Georgetown University
School of Medicine
Bronx Veterans
Lawyers Guild
Menands
Appien
Doe
Atomic Committee
By al Vermeer
Otti
Joe
R. & Fuller
Oaky Dosis
Aselcome
Princess Pomona
Aen
Russell
Ugh
Eno
Lil Abner
Dr. Shnook
Fearless Fosdick
Hara Fisher
V. T. Hamlin
By al Capp
Cory
Ploge
Tad
By Frank King
Barnaby
Farry
By Jack Morley
C. J
Mr. O'Malley
Pop
By Max
Rives
Ateck
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