Committees Named By Upstate Board
Washington County supervisors announce standing committees for the year led by Supervisor R Brereton Jones with members named for Equalization and finance and many other panels. The list includes Reynolds Liebig Gib son Carlton Stow Moore Herring ton Reid Dailey Sheldon Carillon and others across county offices health labs and soil conservation from Granville Cambridge Whitehall and Putnam Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Brereton Jones
Granville
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Leland Robertson
Theodore Reynolds
Robin “McGeoch
Percy Carpenter
Byron Harrington
Herman Carlton
Frank A. Moore
A. Vernon
Ston
John Skellie
Herrington
Reynolds
Herman Liebig
McGeech
Laurence Gibson
Oscar A. Bordyn
Harry Datley
Gibson
Carpenter
Stow
Luke Sheldon
Carlton
McGosch
Liebig
Herman Benjamin
Skellie
Moore
Farm Bureau
Sheldon
Carillon
William J. Reid
Benjamin
Towns
Skelile
Dailey
Reid
Dalley
Roy Borrowman
Fort Edward
Walter A. Leonard
Cambridge
A. G. Barrett
M. Waite Hicks
John C. Sheldon
Cuord C. Sheldon
South Hartford
Civil Service
Moora
Borden
Forest Standard
Robert Nedde
Clemens
Carl McArthur
Putnam Station
Aknon Rathbun
Whitehall
Clarence Res
G. Harden Sibson
Smiths Basin
Dewey Confident In Pay-As-You-Go Education Aid Plan
Governor Dewey defends a pay-as-you-go education aid plan as state lawmakers and Regents push a $100 million issue for common schools while debates over allocation rage. Assemblyman Bannigan attacks the proposal as insufficient and late. The budget aims to top $5.9 billion with potential tax hikes in income, gasoline, and corporate franchise taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Board of Regents
Eugene F. Bannigan
Brooklyn
Bannigan
New York
De Gaulle's Party Loses Ground In French Voting
Grenoble voters handed a setback to Charles de Gaulle's rightist rally the French People and boosted the Communists in municipal elections. RPF lost seats while Communist vote surpassed their 1947 total. middle-of-the-road coalition groups held roughly steady amid lingering Cedric opinion effects.
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de Gaulle
Grenoble
Charles de Gaulle
RPF
Grenobie
Nylon snag repair tips for preventing runs
The article explains how a pulled nylon thread causes a run and offers a method to fix it. Pull the snagged thread toward the wrong side and secure all pulled threads with tiny stitches to prevent further damage.
White Russians Uprooted To Samar Island Refuge Camp
6000 White Russians displaced by Communist victories in China head toward a temporary refuge on Samar Island in the Philippines. 492 women and children travel aboard the 98 Hwa Lien awaiting immigration inspection in Manila Bay. They plan to set up a camp with schooling for adults and children and may seek resettlement in Canada the United States Australia or Argentina. The group is led by 64-year-old former Cossack officer Colonel Kluge and includes carpenters electricians doctors priests and engineers. They fear Soviet Russian Communists more than Chinese ones and fear wipeout if they remain.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Samar
Philippines
China
Col
Mopatantin ‘Kluge
Manila Bay
International Refugee Organization
Atar
Kluge
Shanghai
Tientain
North China
Lin Piao
Mrs
Kekuatoff
Quter Mongolia
Lake Batka
Harbin
Manchuria
Aurora University
Samar Island
Canada
United States
Australia
Argentina
ECA Aids Greece In Fish Production Campaign
The Economic Cooperation Administration and Greek ministries are launching a campaign to boost fish production. Work focuses on equipment and sea exploration to expand catches, reducing import needs and increasing overall output for Greece.
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ECA
Greece
Athens
IAR Menn
High School Hosts Equivalency Tests In New York State
A boy suffers burns from hot tar while tests for New York State High School equivalency are held at a Troy area high school. Officials report 17 candidates did not pass and may appeal at the high school’s William Bell Room WR.
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New York State High School
Beron Lewis Chineh
Trey Haigh
Littris J. Chongki
Ond Street
Jair
New York State
Howard Campbell
William Bell Room
Chiang Kai-shek to Release Young Marshal in Nanking Push
reports from Nanking say Li Zongren may raise 90 000 troops to defend Nanking or block cease-fire violations as the Communists press toward the Yangtze River. Chang Hasweh Liang, jailed since 1936 after the Sian incident, is freed and flown toward Nanking in a dramatic move.
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Faye
South
Nanking
Hia
Hankow
Peiping
Marabal
Chang Haveh-Liang
Chiang Kai-shek
Farmness
Chang Haweh-Liang
Sian
Chiang -Kai-shek
Mukden
Li Taung-Jen
Shangai
Kan Chieh-Hou
Democratic League
Sun Yat-Sen
Kan
Shao Li-Tze
Chang Chin-Chung
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Israel Faces UN Bid and Western Pressures
Israel seeks UN membership as Western powers push for stability in the Middle East. France signals recognition with conditions tied to damages to religious sites, while Israel negotiates terms. In Britain, a Commons question touches on whether Czech supplied Spitfires financed by American Jews aided five British plane losses near the Palestine Egypt border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Middle East
Trans-Jordan
I-Nation Security Council
U.N
Tel Aviv
Paris
France
Palestine
Maurice Fischer
House of Commons
Raymond Blackburn
Czechoslovakia
G. R. Strauss
German Pianist Faces Complaints After Page One Debut
Readers note continued coverage of a German pianist who faced complaints following his performance described on page one. The article lists objections raised by several listeners and notes ongoing discussion about the incident and its implications for future concerts.
Britain May Buy Secondhand U.S. Bombers
Congress members protested Gieseking’s visa as Britain negotiates with the United States to purchase 150 to 180 secondhand B-29 Superfortress bombers. The talks aim to boost RAF bomber strength while U.S. bomber output lags. Gieseking arrived in New York on a visitor’s visa. a hearing on his exclusion was deemed likely.
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Eunculle
Congress
Gieseking
London
Britain
Rep. Klein
D-N.y
United States
Genkape
Dolliver
Iese
N.Y
R.A.F
Amer 1
Frumaz
New York
Ian
Germany
Pear
Hitler
Justice Department
Immigration Service
Charles Wagner
Lnd
Giescking
Ellis Island
New York City
Carnegie Hell
President backs plan for Columbia Valley Authority
President Truman urged rapid action on a broad Pacific Northwest development program. He directed five government agencies to draft legislation creating a Columbia Valley Authority to oversee the electric power and resource undertakings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Pacific Northwest
Columbia Valley Authority
Ethiopia Levies Road Use Tax From Automobiles
The Official Gazette announces a road toll levied on automobile users under an Imperial Proclamation. A 25 cent minimum will be charged for each 100 kilometers or less of road traveled. Toll gates are expected soon on major highways.
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Addis Ababa
Ethopia Gpi
Dmane
Columbia
Oregon
Washington
Pacific
Idaho
Montana
Canada
Former Hudson River Ship Carries Jewish Refugees
The former Hudson River steamer De Witt Clinton, renamed the Galilah, sailed for Israel with 100 Jewish refugees interned by the British two years ago after attempting to run the blockade to Palestine. The refugees, all military aged, reached Wallachixs morning. They are among about 12,000 Jews on Cyprus recently released by the British to start the journey. Transportation is provided by Turkish authorities. The Cyprus camp is to be emptied within the weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famagusta
Cyprus
Hudson River
Dewitt Clinson
Galilah
Israel
Palestine
Wallachixs
Jones To Palestine
Teraeli
MacArthur Praises Japanese Election Victory
Gen Douglas MacArthur hailed Japan's Diet election as a mandate for conservative government. He praised the orderly vote and said it reflected a clear decisive mandate at a critical moment in Asian history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Free World
Welfare conference outlines rising costs and caseload
C Randolf Wilson, area director of social welfare, notes welfare costs in 1948 rose from 4900 to 17600 while relief cases in Rensselaer County fell. He cites high food and fuel prices, housing, and medical care as drivers, with patients including aged, chronically ill, and disabled. Douglas Hudson leads the two day conference with James Carpenter presiding and Kenneth Hudson and Hazel Ames speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
C. Randolf Wilson
Douglas Hudson
James Carpenter
Fulton County
Kenneth Hudson
Hazel Ames
Burritt Named Acting Chairman of New York Public Service Commission
The New York State Senate unanimously confirmed Maurice C. Burritt of Hilton as acting chairman of the Public Service Commission. Burritt, a Republican, will serve until Governor Dewey appoints a permanent chairman to succeed Milo R. Maitbin, a New York City Democrat who retired January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
ULPI
State Senate
Maurice C
Burritt
Hilton
Public Service Commission
Burrit
Dewey
Milo R. Maitbin
New York City
Smarty Cat Monthsito Heads Up On Salmon Can
Walt Williams heard a crash in the garage and waited for a burglar. He found only a cat chasing a salmon scent and that cat had jammed its head inside a salmon can during the pursuit.
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Walt Williams
Williams
Moonshining Back in Favor Amid Crackdowns and Sugar Mash Shifts
Government reports show a rising tide of illicit liquor as moonshiners switch to straight sugar mash boosting yields. Task forces aided by Coast Guard spotters chase stills. 6,757 seizures in the year ended June exceed last year’s 6,083.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weny
Bow
Coast Guard
Atille
Congressionallooming on Agriculture and Rent Control
Secretary Brannan proposed withholding 1949 crop counts to curb wheat and cotton plantings, aiming to limit future acreages. Thomas plans legislation to implement the policy and discourage large plantings. Separately rent-control bills seek a two year extension and expanded authority for the housing expediter. Additional measures would restore reciprocal trade act powers and curb filibusters in civil rights debates. Hoffman pushes for stronger presidential reorganization oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brannan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
D.-Okla
Thomas
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Hayden
i-Aziz
Long
D-La
Huey Long
Foreign Ministers Hall Now Used As Movie Theater
The hall once occupied by the Council of Foreign Ministers Session now partially serves as a leading motion picture theater. The building is noted for hosting the ministers meeting place and its historic ties to the Mascox Restaurant before the revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Pew
Council
Judge Bromier Confirmed as Associate Judge in New York Court of Appeals
Bruce Bromier, 55, confirmed by New York State Senate as Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals in Albany. He will succeed Jorge Thomas Thacher, who left the post after signing last November. Brooklyn ties noted in the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
Senate Panatheosie
Bruce Bromier
Brooklyn
Court of Appeals
Bromiey
Jorge Thomas BD. Thacher
Kravchenko Trial Opens in Paris Barrage of Words
Victor Kravchenko opened his 22000 dollar libel trial in a guarded Paris courtroom denouncing the Soviet Union as the enemy of workers and declaring he and other Russian refugees fled with their families. He demanded Russia be tried before a democratic bar of justice and drew cheers and boos as witnesses were readied and the defense argued the article calling him a liar and illiterate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pars
Victor Kravechenke
Ant
Yeaterday
Russia
Kravechenke
I Choose Freedom
Lterary
Anae Las Lattres Francaisen
Kravchenko
Murty Old Palace of Justice
France
Democratic Bar of Justice
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Paris
Fravchenko
Bert Durkheim
Frederic Tolit-Curie
Hravcchenko
Andre Wurmser
Claude Morgan
Past Grands Install Officers in Rebekah District I
The Past Noble Grands Association of Rebekah District I holds its annual installation tonight at Van. Newly elected officers include Viola Tschumi president Dorothy McCabe vice president Florence Wallingford recording secretary Ethal Hughes financial secretary Susan Herbert treasurer Anna Brownell retiring president presides and installs assisted by the staff Appointive officers to be named and installed. A dinner precedes the meeting in the MCA banquet hall with Mrs Tschuml in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands Association
Rebekah District
Van
Viola ‘Tschumi
Dorothy McCabe
Florence Wallingford
Ethal Hughes
Susan Herbert
Anna Brownell
M.C.A
Tschuml
Mother Authorized To Settle Claim For Minor Daughter
Guardian ad litem Mrs Mery Flanigan authorized by Supreme Court Justice William H. Murray to accept a one dollar settlement for Mari Flanigan of 46 Oakwood Avenue in a claim against Quarhart's Laundry Inc and Willi Tufts. The girl was injured November 22 1943 when struck on River Street between Fulton and Grand Street. Attorneys Murphy Aldrich Guy Broderick Simon appeared for Mrs Flanigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mari Flanigan
Oakwood Avenue
Mery Flanigan
Supreme Court
William H. Murray
Cuarhart’s Laundry, Inc
Willi Tufts
Tufts
River Street
Fulton
Grand Street
Murphy
Aldrich
Guy
Broderick Simon
Mrs. Flanigas
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U. S
Aime
Cate
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