Mail and Parcels Free to Prisoners of War Rules
Post Office instructions outline free mail and postage free parcels to prisoners of war and civilian internees. Addresses should include rank, name, POW or internee number, service, camp, country, and “Via New York.” Parcels limited to 11 pounds and 18 by 42 inches, with forbidden contents listed, and labels for Far East shipments pending completion.
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Post Office Department
Frank M Collins
Prisoners of War Information
Far East
Tia
New York
United States
Italy
Troy Postoffice Holiday Schedule Notice
The Troy Postoffice will observe a holiday with limited service. General delivery windows open 8 to 10 am, other windows closed, usual box service maintained, special delivery handled, and afternoon holiday collection as usual.
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Troy
Frank M Collins
Postoffice
Trojan Named Song Leader at Sacandaga Bible Conference
Wilford P Fowler pastor at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church will lead music at the eighth annual Sacandaga Bible Conference near Broadalbin from today through July 1. Dr Stephen W Paine president of Poughton College will be the principal speaker for the week, with the program focusing on a young peoples conference for ages 13 to 21.
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Wilford P Fowler
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
Broadaib
Stephen W. Paine
Poughton College
Crossword Puzzle 6 Commit ACROSS and DOWN Clues
Puzzle grid errors and garbled clues mix across and down entries about punctuation marks Indian tribes and measurements. Names such as Mark, Lao and Persian terms appear with misread fonts, forcing interpretation of numbers and letters to reconstruct a plausible crossword solution.
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Goodby
Russia
Siento Ai
Wes
Palm Gore
King
U & Revolu
Toan
Oslahoms
Angers Ar Ian
Orental
Four Troy Girls Enlist in Marines
Four privates in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve from Troy await active duty after enlisting at the Albany Recruiting Office and taking oath in New York City. The group includes Pvt Low Alexander, Pvt Bernardine M Cioffi, Pvt Ann LaHut, and Pvt Carmella M Mele. They head to Camp Lejeune, New River, NC for training. Sergt Ann Gustafson notes the aim to prepare auxiliaries to free Marines for combat duty. LaHut is the second Troy girl in service. her brother Adam J LaHut serves in the Pacific with the Army.
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Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Troy
Albany
New York City
Low Alexander
Hamiston Avenue
Bernardine M Cioffi
Oakwood Avenue
Ann LaHut
Montgomery Street
Carmella M
Fifrth Avenue
Camp Lejeune
New River
N C
Marine Corps
Sergt
Ann Gustafson
LaHut
Adam J LaHut
Pacific
Troy High School
Alvan Business College
Mildred Buckley Named Colonie Health Nurse
Miss Mildred Buckle appointed by the Town of Colonie to public health nurse. A 1922 graduate of Ellis Hospital Training School and post graduate work at Syracuse University, Buckley has six years of public health nursing in the state. Employed by the Town of Colonie, she will lead a full time program. Kathryn Taylor of Wassau, supervising nurse for counties around Albany, was formerly nurse for the area.
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Mildred Buckle
Colonie
Puolic Health
Tus Ellis Hospital
Heath
Sracuse Vari
Spe Ai
Colone
Kathryn Taylor
Wassmel
New York State Health Department
Athans
Tamarac Farmer Dies Suddenly
Cyrus Bulson died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday in Brunswick. He was 62 years old and had farmed all his life. Survived by wife Edith Carner and three daughters, funeral set for 2 pm tomorrow at the Lutheran Church Poestenkill officiating. Burial in Brick Church Cemetery Brunswick.
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Cyrus Bulson
Tamerac
Brunswick
Edith Carner
Lloyd Hayner
Charlotte Bulson
John A Hilaire
Albany
Robert van Deusen
Lutheran Church
Poestenkill
Butia
Pleasant Word Class Luncheon At Newtonville Church
Newtonville The Pleasant Word Class will hold a covered dish luncheon tomorrow at 12 30 pm in the church dining room. Mrs J G Hills teaches the class. A Mizpah Class garden party for members husbands and guests was a huge success with forty five enjoying music and games hosted by Mrs Wailiam Romaine and Mrs William Jeram.
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J. G. Hills
Wailiam Romaine
William Jeram
Former R P I Football Star Wins Distinguished Flying Cross
Lieut George E i Shake Jr of Watervliet has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and recommended for the Silver Star and another decoration. He served in the Army Air Corps in New Guinea and has been mentioned in dispatches for Pacific combat. In May he was promoted to first lieutenant, and his unit faced a Jap attack and a tropical hurricane during a recent flight back to base. He is the husband of Mrs Rose Patricia Shaho of Watervliet and was a 1940 RP I graduate, previously employed by Behr Manning in Watervliet.
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George E.i Shake, Jr
Sixth Avenue
Watervliet
Army Air Corps
New Guinea
Pacific War Zone
Shaho
Rose Patricia Shaho
Watervhlet
R. P I
Behr-Manning Corp
Albert Marcou Files Petition For Supervisor
Albert Marcou of 88 Fifth Avenue filed a designating petition at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections on Saturday to seek the Republican nomination for supervisor of the Seventh Ward. Also noted is Eugene Edward Goodrich of Newtonville, who received a suspended Federal Court sentence after pleading guilty to failure to notify his draft board of a change of address and was placed on probation.
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Rensselaer Courty Board of Elections
Albert Marcou
Fifth Avenue
Seventh Ward
Eugene Edward Goodrich
Newtonville
Armed Forces
Annual Wage Proposed for Builders
Robert H. Armstrong urged the New York State Association of Real Estate Boards to study an annual wage for house building laborers as part of postwar planning. He said unions should be examined for their impact on prefabricated materials and urged bold labor policy positions to boost housing, land-use reform, taxes, and city renovation.
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New York State Association of Real Estate Boards
Robert H. Armstrong
Association
Bolton Landing
Armstrong
Realmos
New York
Amendment to Rulings on Furnished Houses
An amendment to the housing rent regulation allows owners who convert unfurnished properties to fully furnished after July 1943 to set their own rents, subject to Area Rent Director review. Owners must register within 30 days of initial furnished rental. charges may be lowered to match comparable rents at the maximum rent date, and failure to register could require refund of excess rent.
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Albany
Monkey's Tour Ends in Albany Police Cell
A monkey from Rensselaer wandered through downtown Albany on a three hour spree before ending in a police cell. Hast ing Jones reported it missing at 7 am. Ex owner f4auno Kotiranto said the monkey hopped onto his shoulder on Clinton Avenue and followed him to the station. Sergeant John Kohenstein placed the animal in a cell while Jones reclaimed it. The animal reportedly crossed the Hudson River via Dunn Memorial Bridge.
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Rensselaer
Albany
Hasting Jones Jones
John J Kohenstein
Only One Stolen Car Unrecovered During May
Police report for Troy shows May thefts hit 32 cars worth $20,810 with only one unrecovered. Chief John B. Conroy notes the quarter total 52 vehicles stolen in May and June valued at $34,600, with 51 recovered. April 12 and June 8 further theft counts are listed. Fourteen stolen items valued at $1,000 or more. In first thirty weeks of 1936 Alberta market hogs count 658,189.
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Troy
John B. Conroy
Danny Apil
Scholarship Open for Publishing and Printing Training
The Record Newspapers offer a year long scholarship for tuition totaling $250 in Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute's publishing and printing department for 1943-44. High school graduates are eligible with preference to those unlikely to be drafted soon.
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Record
Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics’ Institute
New York State Publishers’ Association
Rochester Institute
Just for the Kids New Pumper Will Have Fire Bell
Fire Chief C A Casey insists a fire apparatus needs a bell. Troy's new pumper will sport a bell after he salvaged one from derelict Pumper 4. Sirens are on the others since no bells are being manufactured today.
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C. A. Casey
Troy
Casey
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Gilbert’s
Congress & 13Th ST
N. OG
Angus Optician
T. F. Grattan
Optometrint
Rupli
Marines
Mildred Buckley
Tamarac
TOS
Ouly
SAPAN
TOSOS
Tokio
Monkey
By Paul Ford
India
Field MarShal
S/R
Archibald P. Wavell
KE Ivan
Alberta
Canada
Central Fire Station
River Street
Coats
I. A
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