Firemen's Six Horse Hitch Remembered in Troy
Old Troy residents recall Trojan Hook and Ladder Co No 3 in Franklin Square once pulling its heavy truck up hills with a six horse hitch. Volunteers formed the core of Troy’s fire protection. today motorized pumps and trucks travel faster, ending the era of double hauling and red shirts.
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Troy
Trojan Hook and Ladder Co
Franklin Square
Lansingburg
Hill
Albia
Old Washington Volunteer Steamer Co
Division
Third Streets
Ferry Street
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
Hugh Rankin Steamer Co
Federal Street
Grand Street
Eleventh Street
Hills of
Old Troy Hospital
Catholic Central High School
Billy Sims
Ranken Steamer Co
Hill District
Whitehall News Briefs From Furloughs To Fund Drives
Local items note Joseph Lyons returning to duty at Sampson and George Fialkovich visiting family in Whitehall on furlough. A social at the Hicks Club raises funds for infantile paralysis with Anna St Claire chairing. Masonic visits planned in Phoenix Lodge. Wardcontributions for war bonds and stamps shown at Capitol Theater. Skenesborough Home Bureau hosts a meeting with color in the kitchen topic and plans for a Cornell led training school on clothing food and homemaking.
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Joseph Lyons
Navy
Sampson
George Fialkovich
Camp Bowie
Tez
Granville Road
Adanore Rodd
Hiks
Anna St. Claire
Capitol Theater
Harold Loomis
Loomis
Skenesborough Home Bureau
John Brevette
Fenton Eana
Sara Kerr
Fort Edward
Home Bureau
Cornell
Byron Jackett
Baptist Church
Trustees elected at Memorial Church House
Robert Brown returns home on furlough from Sampson for a few days. Trustees chosen to fill unexpired terms include Uphoff and Patton, with Bryce, Carlie, and Haber reelected for three years. Sycamore 4H Club named books, elected delegates Arlene Lewis and Patricia Czarnic, and planned a peanut party and cookie notebook cover projects at Miss Campbell's home.
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Robert Brown
Sampson
Percy Brown
Wayne Street
Eremorial Church House
John Aird
Thomas Duke Leslie Uphoff
William Patton
Wallace Bryce
Millard Carlie
Edward Haber
Sycamore
Helen Campbel
W. C
Good Neighbors Report On Mexican Arrivals
Business Week notes about 85 000 Mexican nationals arrived in the United States since last May under a non discrimination accord. They take common labor roles in agriculture and railroad track maintenance jobs.
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New York
INS
Business Week
United States
Aviation education boosts teachers as pupils push questions
Washington reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration plans to aid grade schools with aeronautics background courses for teachers. Dr. Bruce Uthus notes teachers face countless questions about bombers and flying wings and cites pilot license prep in high schools while urging expansion to elementary grades. The plan relies on colleges and local schools without federal subsidy.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bruce Uthus
CAA Aviation Education Service
CAA
Uthus
CVAA
Whitehall Man Dies Day After Mother's Funeral
William J. Doren a 67 year old Whitehall resident died of a heart attack early yesterday a day after his mother Mrs George Doren 88 died following a brief illness She had died Monday in Adailsville at Scripter Nursing Home Friends and authorities searched for him as the home door remained locked He was found unconscious by Whitehall Police Chief Edgar Whalen and died at the town building Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Whitehall Presbyterian Church with burial in Whitehall He is survived by a nephew G Doren Winchell of Hartford Conn.
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William J. Doren
Whitehall
George Doren
Buckley’s Canadiol Cough Mixture Promises Fast Relief
Buckley’s Canadiol cough mixture claims rapid relief from bronchial irritation due to colds. It is an all medication, no syrup product, marketed as gentle for children and effective for adults, with wide international sales and noted pharmacy availability.
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Buckley
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Daffner, Brannigan and
Rizzo Pharmacies
Connally Drug
Boxer'a
Carroll
Chungking official urges foreign capital for postwar reconstruction
A Chungking minister proposes a program to invite and utilize foreign capital for national reconstruction. He argues currency stabilization should be maintained after the war and outlines a plan for postwar financing and stabilization to support rebuilding.
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Chungking
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