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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1944
Page
7
Card of thanks from the family of the late William M. Kenna expresses sincere appreciation for the many tokens of sympathy shown during their recent bereavement.
Testimony in the Edwin R. Anthony Jr. felonious assault case in Rensselaer County Court concludes today with closing defense evidence near. Judge Harry E. Clinton warned of a possible night session if needed and ruled on a mistrial motion, allowing evidence of associations with the two girls solely to show opportunity.
Fletcher E. Basi Fletcher was installed as commodore of the Troy Yacht Club at the annual dinner meeting in Sunset Inn. Officers inducted included Elmer M. Rasmussen as vice commodore and William Fielding as president with others serving as vice presidents recording and financial secretaries and treasurer. Rasmussen acted as installing officer and toastmaster. speakers included Tri City Yacht Club and Coast Guard Auxiliary members. A floor show and dancing followed. arrangements were led by Rasmussen Moore Strunk Eggers Lehmut and Clark.
Donors at the Red Cross Mobile Blood Bank in the First Baptist Church set a new high by giving 225 pints, 25 above the weekly quota, aided by area industrial groups. Registrations reached 248 donors. 82 repeats, 23 plasma donors, and 14 fourth time givers. Miss Gertrude Moore thanked volunteers and noted the bank will visit Troy again Monday and focus on naval personnel at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the following week. Ford Motor Co employees, 78 strong, responded to an earlier appeal, signing up 45 volunteers Sunday and boosting turnout to a total of 78 by yesterday.
Vincent Ferrara, 23, of Watervliet, served as a bomber crewman dropping 500 pound anti personnel bombs on a Jap naval base 1,200 miles north of Tokyo. AP correspondent Normal Bell describes Ferrara in the Catalina raid that began after midnight Friday Japanese time. Ferrara enlisted in 1942 and left for overseas in 1943. he lives at 1607 Third Avenue.
The Business and Professional Women's Club heard a USO report on Sunday night meals at the USO clubhouse in the Masonic Temple for about 225 servicemen. Leona Waite chaired in Miss Cronin’s absence, with a menu of baked ham, scalloped potatoes, rolls, relish, coffee, milk and ice cream. Members on the committee included Catherine Gray, Little Shepherd, Sally and May Patterson, Lois Voted, Edna Donnan, Jessie Leselles, Marion Way, Edna Ingalls, Louise Miske, Mabel Milhan, Janet Smyth and Clara Carrison. Miske, president, announced plans to attend a state board meeting in New York, and Louise Gerry of the State Civil Service Commission will speak at the next meeting on February 7 at the State Street Methodist Church.
State troopers rushed penicillin from Rensselaer to Oneida City Hospital in a 95 mile relay but a 47 year old man James Clark died of spinal meningitis. The drug released by federal authorities arrived three hours and 54 minutes after request.
Two guard units conducted close order drill interior guard duty and rifle practice at the Armory. Company A and Headquarters and Service Company trained under Lieutenants Corcoran Burkhart Eustace and Capt Prout Birkby with several promotions announced and rifle teams planned for Thursday night. An inspection of Company G in Amsterdam was led by Col Higbee and Lt Col Lamb.
Albany police pursued Frank Mohalski known as Frank Mechowski a 55 year old East Schodack farm hand identified by fingerprints after a Sunday morning hit run on Columbia Turnpike Rensselaer. He died at Memorial Hospital Albany from internal injuries. a Charlies Eiseetberg United Traction Co driver found him near South Street in Rennselaer. The victim worked for a nearby farmer and police sought his brother on Third Street Albany who had not yet been located.
Members of Bethlehem Star Chapter O E 8 will meet tomorrow at 8 p m in the Troy Masonic Temple. Mrs Edna Willetts worthy patron and Oliver E Anderson will preside. A penny social will follow with Mrs Florence Pieper chairing the committee.
James H. Lenden, Troy education and employment official, presents wartime labor trends. He notes declines in 1942 to 1943 in working papers, shifts from wholesale and retail to manufacturing, and high school dropout patterns, with detailed age and gender breakdowns guiding papers and work hours.
A buck deer weighing about 150 pounds was found with two broken forelegs in a Glenwood ravine after entering the Troy Boiler Works at 2800 Seventh Avenue. Police destroyed the injured animal after authorities were notified. The deer earlier caused a disturbance at the shop, forcing entry through a window and escaping toward Eighth Street before being tranquilized and killed.
H P Smith of the State Salvage Division told a rally that paper scrap tin fats and scrap metal are vital for war needs. He urged schoolchildren to join as the third front, explaining mills are closing due to material shortages and outlining how salvage from households and industry can boost supplies for ammunition containers and ration packs.
The USS Rensselaer will launch at the Troy Y M C A as a social center for naval air cadets V-12 students and Navy men. Robert W. Ames directs renovation with a Navy room dance buffet and games on the second floor. A strict no stag rule applies and decorations will feature a blue and gold naval theme.
A former Trojan, Col. Tacomas F. Farrell, has been recommended by the President for promotion to brigadier general. Farrell, previously chief engineer of Army forces in the India Burma China theater with headquarters in Delhi, served in the last war with the First Division earning the DSC Croix de Guerre and Purple Heart. He later led river and harbor construction with U.S. Engineers before joining the state waterways department.
The speaker urged audience to support the scrap program by reclaiming all four scrap types. The meeting opened with two motion pictures, one on the invasion of Sicily and a War Department Report to the Nation, showing scrap uses. Hereford Smith, superintendent of schools, presented displays including items captured from a Japanese helmet and other battlefield debris.
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