President Praises OPA Boards Fourth Anniversary
President Truman and Admiral Nimitz lauded OPA price control boards on their fourth anniversary. Truman credited volunteers in over five thousand boards for keeping inflation in check and rationing effective, while Nimitz urged protection for service families and others on limited incomes as postwar price pressures persist.
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Washington
Truman
Adottral Nimitz
Opas
OPA
Onehalf
United States
America
Nimitz
Group Opposed to Buying Water Co in Rensselaer
A special committee in Rensselaer voted against city acquisition of the Henseelaer Water Co. holdings. They urged the city to pursue the 1942 Public Service Commission program to develop Green Brook Watershed with reservoirs and purification systems, noting $75 000 sale price and similar costs for improvements. Alderman Walter Pratt chaired the meeting attended by Laverne West and Thomas F McDermott.
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Rensselaer
City of
Henseelaer Water Co
Common Council
Public Service Commission
Tus Green Brook
Walter Pratt
Laverne West
Thomas F. McDermott
Forming Railroad Auxiliary to Discuss Meetings
Organization of a Ladies Auxiliary of Trojan Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to form a local chapter will be discussed at two meetings today and tomorrow at 8 pm in Odd Fellows Hall Green Island. Miss Margaret I Toole Jamaica Pains organizer will outline opening requirements. Mrs Charlotte Bailey is temporary secretary. all Troy area women eligible are invited.
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Trojan Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
At & Pm
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Green Island
Margaret I, Toole
Jamaica Pains
Charlotte Bailey
Troy Area
East Side church events and community notices
Religious and social notices listed for East Side groups include an annual communion breakfast at Sacred Heart School led by Rev. Benjamin Kulm with reservations via Mrs Stephen Lebentritt. weekday religious instruction at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church. midweek prayer. youth choir rehearsal under Miss Effie Roghen. kitchen shower drive for Mount Ide Memorial Presbyterian Church. Hilltop Waue program resuming at Second Baptist Church. Ann Judson Guild meeting with Africa talk. and weekly Bible study sessions.
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Benjamin Kulm
OFM
Signa College
Women's Club
Sacred Heart School
Hendrick Hudson
Itery
Sacred Heart Church
Carl W. Miller
George A. Geiger
Stephen Lebentritt
Plum Avenue
Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Effle Roghen
Kittehen
Mount Ide Memorial Presbyterian Church
Women's Service Guild
At & P.m
Frank A. Stork
E. O. Stone
Cochairman
Second Baptist Church
Joseph J. Armstrong
Westing
Ann Judson Guild
Rodmond P. Fox
Thirteenth Street
Milas Jones Beckner
Africa
Korean Crackdown in Postwar Split Korea
Reports from Seoul describe the divided Korean factions arming followers and clashing after Japan’s rule ended. The Moscow trusteeship plan for five years under Soviet and American sponsorship faces resistance as Americans disarm rival groups including the so-called Boy Scouts while efforts to form a provisional government stall amid ongoing rioting and political tensions.
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San Francisco
Korea
Japan
Kor
Boy Scouts
Moscow
Horea
Seoul
Russia
U.S
Britain
Cina
Miain
Kim Koa
Chungking
Bis
Soviet Union
East Asia
Troy Post Plans For Commanders Dinner March 11
Troy Post agrees to host its annual Commanders Dinner on March 11 at the post rooms with an entertainment program. Speaker Merritt Synth will address the gathering. dance acts from Blanche Congdon Studio and music by Marty Romeris accompany the evening. The post also expands welfare programs during visits to Mount McGregor Hospital and local children's institutions.
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Troy Fest
American Legion
Mount McGregor Veteran’ Hospital
Saratoga Springs
Children's Institutiona
Merritt Synth
Aman
Blanche Congdon
Elsie Snner
Marty Romerls
Mayer Murray
Congdon
Vanderheyden Hall
Troy Post
Charles LeHail
Mount McGregor Hospital
Maurice Filson
G. E. to Help Design Atomic Era Navy
The General Steetrie Co at Schenectady joins many industrial groups under Navy contracts to shape an atomic era Navy. Harold Bowen head of the Office of Research and Inventions says engineers and civilians work on pens and plans that could transform naval power in ten years. The Office will study science industry links to Navy striking power including electronics nuclear physics chemistry mathematics and guided missiles.
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General Steetrie Co
Schenectady
Navy
Army
Harold Bowen
Office of Research and Inventions
Pin Boys Strike Over Wages at Local Alleys
Pin boys, aged 17 to 19, joined strikers at Alpha Recreation alleys amid a wage dispute. They demand a flat eight cent per game rate for league and open bowling, up from six cents. radio police were sent twice to quell intimidation reported by alley operators.
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Inbor
Tmne
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Buying Water Co
East Side
Yokohama
Yeaterday
Sendai
Targent_ stich
Sendai Railroad Co
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Mawaii Inken
John R Hodge
Troy
G. E
Denby‘s
Sandler
Boston
River Street
Red Fox
Denby
Denby’s
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