Branch libraries open in Southern Rensselaer County
Branches of the State Traveling Library Association begin in East Greenbush and nearby hamlets under Columbia Community Council sponsorship. Open Tue 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Readable titles include Shannon's Way and The Bishop's Mantle. local donations support collections.
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State Traveling Library Association
The
Columbia Community Coun “Eh
East Greenbunch
Howard L. Goft
East Greenbush
Find
Marie Story
James Waters
Koster
Schodack Center
Kaiser-Frazer
North Greenbuan
Robert Towse
Thomas Young
Stanley Crocker
North Greenboal
Murray Nelson
Cleve Kilmer
Roger Quick
Willa McCullough
Wiliam Maat
Prudence Gratt
William Murphy
Hepinstell
Luther Community House
Couse
G. A. Frederick
Robert Donahue
George McCall
Sam Bowen
Luther
Hubert Colling
James Bailey
Ernest Johnson
A. J. Cronin
Turnball
Frances P. Keyes
Joseph Belser
Library Service Committee
Columbia Community Council
Eastern Star Groups Plan Event in East Greenbush
The Jennie M. Lord Associate Matrona Club hosts a gathering for the new Conductresses Club in East Greenbush at the Reformed Church. Mrs. Minna Groenbeck of Troy serves as Social Guide as officers are elected for both the Associate Matrons and Conductresses clubs. Special guests include Mrs. Jennie M. Lord of Honeoye Falls and other state and district East Star leaders.
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Jennie M. Lord
Mailman Wounded By Own Revolver At Eagle Bridge
Aaron Preston aged 27 of Castle town Vermont was wounded when the cylinder of his trapper model revolver exploded after he dropped it at the Eagle Bridge Railroad Station. He underwent surgery at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge to remove two .22 caliber bullets and was transported by Charles McNally. State Police Investigator William A. Weinstein led the scene watch as mail distribution resumed with a substitute messenger.
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Aaron Preston
Casadetown
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Preston
Eagle Bridge
Clayton Oestriecher
Charles McNally
Hoosick Falls
William A. Weinstein
State Police
Rutland
Mer Eagle Bridge
Greek peace bid dismissed as propaganda by Athens officials
Greek officials rejected a guerrilla broadcast from Markos Vafiadis offering talks at the Communists’ terms. Foreign and war ministries called the appeal part of guerrilla tactics and not a real peace proposal. They said Greece will not cut American aid or bow to a new pro-Communist government.
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Athens
Markos Vafiades
Foreign Ministry
Ministry of War
Greece
War Ministry
United States
Dense Fog Halts English Shipping and Travel
Dense fog paralyzed England disrupting ships and trains across the country. Air traffic in and out of London ceased while Thames shipping halted. In parts of London conductors walked before buses to guide drivers as the Cunard liner Aquitania halted near Cowes Road off the Isle of Wight.
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London
England
Weather Bureau
Thames
Lendon
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cowes Road
Isle of Wight
Recall Horses For Deputies To Patrol Pike's Peak Area
In Colorado Springs a councilor argues for using horses again for deputy patrols around Pike's Peak. He claims a horse mounted unit would enhance mobility and deter lawbreaking, despite prior debates on policing methods.
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Colorada Springs
Nirman W. Short
el Paso Couns
Howe
Tonmiy Peace cMeer
Dake
Pike's Peak
Regents Clash Over SUNY Leadership Title Dispute
Regents and trustees clashed over the naming of SUNY leadership and budget requests. The trustees released a June report to the Legislature and Governor, urging a $12 million increase in education funding and detailing requests for medical centers colleges and community colleges. Meanwhile Alvin Eurich was approved as president with the title debated as confusing and misleading amid changes from the State Civil Service Department and the governor's support for legislative amendments to the SUNY law.
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Regents’ Committee
State University
Alvin &. Eurich
State University of New York
University of the State of New York
Commissionerm of Education
Regents Land Trustees
Euvich
State Civil Service Department
Uhr
Eurich
Stanford Universty
Argents
William J Wastin
IMR State University
Y W C A Bridge Class Finishes Ten Lessons
The YWCA bridge class completed ten lessons with an informal party at the YW. Thursday night. Mr Henry W W Kumpf Jr served cake and coffee. An eight lesson course for intermediates begins February 17 at the YW, announced Miss Bernice Odd, director of the young adult department.
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Henry WW Kumpf
EL Bernice
Young Adull Department
Fire Wrecks Grpsum Plant At Boston
A blaze damaged the Grpsum Plant at Mystic Boston injuring workers and halting operations. Fire crews fought the flames as authorities investigated the cause of the warehouse fire at the site.
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Grpsum
Boston
Ing Board
Grrsum
Mystic
Training Docks and Firemen Amid Erratic Debris Incident
Fragmented OCR story reports training near Parris Island South Carolina with firemen responding to debris and a patrol led by officials including J J Toohey. The chaotic scene involves Seventh Avenue address and unspecified amounts and actions.
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Chatlectema
Jon Fl
Joss
Lrws
J. Toohey
Amor
Fred J. Trohey
Dias
Seventh Avenue
Parris Island
South Carolina
Seventeen New Books Added At Troy Library
Troy Public Library announces new acquisitions including non fiction titles such as Shake Well Before Using and Automotive Fundamentals and fiction works like Born 1925 and Gay Pursuit. Other titles include Land of the Crooked ires and Mill on Mad River.
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Troy Public Library
B. A. Cerf
Irving Frazee
Ernest Venk
UL P. Medrick
Codman Hislop
E. A. Johnston
J. de “Morrison
R. P. (Crawford) Seeger
J. B. Simpson
D. M. Taylor
Chaim Weizmann
Man Called White
W. F. White
Piccolo
Meredith Willson
W. M. Brittain
Eliza
Beth Cadell
Howard Clark
T. B. Costain
Stefan Heym
Paul Winterton
Pravda Attacks Red Critics in Bitter Blast
Pravda denounces a group of critics as anti patriotic parasites and cosmopolitan traitors. The Soviet party paper accuses them of eroding art and calls for their removal from the field while noting critics who object that Soviet heroes are seldom pictured and that classics are contrasted with contemporary drama.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Stolen Auto Recovered At Pittstown Lights Police Notice
Thomas Biggs of Bennington regained possession of his 1935 Oldsmobile after two villagers John Lauzon and Raymond Perety spotted Vermont plates at Pittstown and alerted him. The car had been abandoned and towed after showing signs of heavy motor damage from high speed driving.
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Thomas Biggs
Bennington
Union Street
John Lauzon
Raymond Perety
Troy
Vermont
Pittstown
Mr. Biggs
Charleston Man Recovers Keepsake Bill From Old Bank
A Charleston man named Pringle recovered a keepsake bill issued by the First National Bank of Charleston in 1585. The item, presented on a transparent case with his Harvard Business School Alumni Association membership card, was carried during a New York sidewalk display. A. Abbott Rown of Chicago, linked to the Anti-Defamation League, sent it to the Harvard association’s office, which returned it to Pringle.
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Charleston
S.C
New York
First National Bank of
Ashmead
Pringle. Gr
Harvard Business School
A. Abbott Rown
Chicago
Ant-Defamation League
Bai Frith
Har Sard Association
Pringle
Book Borrowed 127 Years Ago Returns to Town
The granddaughter of a man who borrowed a book in 1872 returned it this Thursday to President Samuel S. Strate to right an ancient wrong. The volume titled Letters From An Older to a Younger Brother was the item involved in Middlbbury Vermont.
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Samuel S. Strate
Big Jim Folsom Spurs Alabama Debate in Public View
Alabama Governor Jim Folsom dominates local talk as he travels the state with his populist appeal. Supporters hail his plainspoken style and anti elite stance while critics label him a demagogue. He rejects race-baiting tactics and promotes a new form of state leadership and broader education.
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Mal Botie Montgomery
Ala
Confederacy
Rip
Alabama
Big Jin Folsom
Sona
Zomo
Fair Abbaton
Andy Jackson
Sam Tha
Western European unity advances with consultative body plan
Europe moves toward a genuine parliament as five powers back a consultative chamber for European democracies. The body will have limited debate rights while the ministerial council holds final say, and Britain concedes notably to reach agreement after years of hesitation.
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Britain
European “Council of Ministers
Brussels
iParis
European ‘Union
Assembly
France
French National Assembly
Consultative Assembly
Ministerial Council
Coyne
Europe
Five Forsion Gamblets
Brasade Alliance
Eight Area Men Pass State Insurance Tests
Eight area residents were announced by the State Insurance Department as having passed examinations for licenses as accident and health insurance agents. Named are John P. Donohue of Troy, Alfred F. La Marche Jr. of Cohoes, Sylvester E. Meak of Cohoes, George W. Pickett of Watervliet, Walter E. Bell of Ballstone Lake, Mort Edward, Joseph W. Hrancher of Naseau, John E Callaghan of Waterford, and Witham W. Ean of Ballstone Lake.
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Ight
Lcenses
State Insurance Department
John P. Donohue
Tenth Street
Troy
Alfred F. la Marche
Congress Street
Cohota
Sylvester E. Meak
Main Avenue
Cohoes
George W. Pickett
IMG
Fourth Avenue Waterview
Walter E. Bell
May Street
Mort Edward
Joseph W. Hrancher
Chatham Street
Naseau
John E Callaghan
Rod
Waterford
Witham
Ean
Ballstone Lake
Postpone Hearings On Labor Law Repeal Delays
Washington Senate Labor Committee hearings on the Taft Hartley labor law repeal were postponed for final last minute adjustments in the administration’s labor talks. Letters from labor groups and witnesses were expected but the timetable shifted as the administration prepared a compromise bill and labor secretary testimony was delayed.
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Washington
Senate
Laber
Lather Maorce J. Thin
Irannea
Father Permitted To Settle Claim For Son
An application by Jacob Myers of SH Sand Creek Road Colonie to settle a claim for his three year old son Lor DO against A M Confes sione Co Inn in New York City was approved by Albany County Janse Gatlin. Myer suffered throat inflammation and mouth scratches from a wire embedded in a lollipop eaten July 15, 147. The Colonie man was represented by Louis Carneviadty.
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Jacob Myers
Sand Creek Road
Colonie
A. & M. Confessione Co
New York City
Albany County
Janse Gatlin
Myer
Itd
Colonie Man
Louis Carneviadty
Well Dressed Woman class discussed by Cornell specialist
A training class on The Well Dressed Woman will be led by Rensselaer County Home Bureau in Troy at 1 30 p.m. Mrs Helen Powell Smith of Cornell University will cover designs and colors for women with models illustrating examples. Public welcome.
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Rensselaer County Home Bureau
Troy
Helen Powell Smith
Cornell University
Three Trees
Mason House
Hoosick
Leon Bootley
Grafton
Wus
Brunswick
Calis
Formia
James Gemmil
Pam
Canton Heights
Northern
Pacific States
East Schodack
Wilil
New England
Vincent le
Southeast
Gulf States
Pulse of the People on discrimination against renting to families
A reader urges The Record to crusade against landlords who refuse to rent to parents with children and argues rising costs and maintenance push owners to limit tenancy. A Cohoes letter by Simon Legree defends property owners citing taxes repairs and eviction difficulties.
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Lamloni
Tex
Simon Legree
Dr Baker Re elected Vice President of Blue Cross
Dr Ray Palner Baker was reelected vice president of the Associated Hospital Service Blue Cross at the Albany annual meeting. Sister Ann named new director. Trojans reelected on the board include Dr Baker and Dr John J Quinlan. Brind named president. executives named to roles with Baker. 258,924 subscribers reported with a 39.9% year rise and hospital benefits paid for 126,015 persons totaling 57,892,000.
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Ray Palner Baker
Associated Hospital Service
The
Blue Cross
Albany
Ann
Troy Hospital
Trojans
Baker
John J. Quinlan
Charles A. Brind, Jr
William XN. Bissell
James E. Fish
James E. Glavin
Edward.s. Poole
Andrew B. Davidson
Lorne A. Davis
Robert S. Cunningham
John G. Hart
Clif Sford C. Shorn
Glavin
Snowbound stock and storm relief across western states
Aerial feeding by Air Force crews planned to aid 1,200,000 sheep and cattle trapped by snow in Utah the drought’s cataclysmic area. Temperatures rose aiding ranchers as food supplies were trucked to stranded herds. BLM seeks snow removal equipment across Nevada and Arizona while sleet storms threaten roads and power outages linger in Michigan and Dallas.
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Utah
Bureau of Land Management
Nevada
Arizona
Michigan
Bell Telephone Go
Dallas
Texs
Five State
New England
Atlantic
Ohio
Cincinnati
Illinois
Radical or Reactionary Ideology in Western History
James Marlow critiques the label radical as backward looking and contrasts Western democratic ideals of individual freedom with the 1917 Russian Revolution. He argues the Bolshevik rule suppresses mass liberty, uses secret police, and questions whether communism represents progress or a return to tyranny.
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James Marlow
Washington
Deas Acheson
Russia
Communist Party
Siberia
Dean Acheson
Compromise Settles Patterson Will Case in Washington
A surprise out of court settlement ends litigation over the estate of Eleanor M Patterson late publisher of the Washington Times-Herald. Terms were not announced but described as a compromise with details to appear in the official court records.
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Washington
Eleanor M
Gissy
P Patterson
Washington Times-Herald
Reds to Get Tougher in Germany Says Communist Bloc
The Soviet Unity Party ends its four day convention with a pledge for stricter discipline and a stronger police force in Eastern Germany. It charges Western allies plan Western Germany as a base for war.
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Reds
Germany
Behn Oh
Harriman criticizes Soviet council amid Burma fighting
Amb Ass W Averell Harriman denounces Soviet council amid reports rebels close to Rangoon Burma as Western Allied forces press in. Dispatches claim Karen rebels seize Bawein about 100 miles from Rangoon while efforts to dominate eastern coast continue.
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Rangoon
Burma
Rebdel
Washington
Marshell
W. Averill Harriman
Mandalay
Gered
Coumel
Russia
White
Karen Rebela
Bawein
Israveddy Dole
Giens Falls Plans Auction of City Airport Property
City of Giens Falls to sell its 106 acre airport parcel and 70 acre county portion at public auction on April 1. Officials say both parcels must be available together to serve airport purposes. sale slated at City Hall.
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Giens Falls
Glens
Four Killed In Panay Quake Landslide Disaster
A series of earthquakes hit Panay and nearby towns on the island killing a family of four and injuring ten. High tremors were felt, with fatalities reported from a landslide in the Madras Mountain area of Antique Province, 300 miles away.
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Manila
Toile
Panay
Madras
Antique
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Rensselaer County
Edward V. Pope
W.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Red
Folson
Big Jim
Andrew Jackson
Andy
Harvard
Folsom
Hailish
Bevin
Country Assembly
Tracy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Dama
Thei
Fog Jim
Jim
Rensselaer County Motor Vehicle Bureau
Court House
Troy Twc
Dr. Baker
Patterson
Harriman
Soviet Council
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