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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1945
Page
8
Fragmented OCR presents a messy note about surplus item disposal and governmental proceedings. It mentions the House Appropriations Committee and a sense of disappointment at inaction. Names and dates are unclear due to transcription errors.
The piece discusses how wartime surplus disbursements and policy moves under Symington and SPB shape industrial output. It notes fears over purges, the pace of selling surplus assets, and the federal plan to direct handling through a Defense Plan covering consumer goods, lands, mining, and construction finance.
A jumble of village notices reports new appointments and unpaid taxes. Dr Robert E Maderer was appointed to an office succeeding Dr George E Smith while Beier Seward is honored at a party. Tax details outline unpaid items incurring fees. town bonds and war loan totals are announced with local obituaries and a Columbus night memorial. A separate item notes Washington stores installing sirens to deter liquor theft.
Senators grilled Acheson Lehman and others on lend lease terms and postwar aid to Europe. Lehman warned UNRRA must buy Canadian machinery, risking Canadian competition and Europe market influence. Debate covered price controls, exchange rates, and ownership of ships and collateral, with unclear answers from Acheson, Cleyton, Somers, and the FEA.
Falley Falls Mr and Mrs Esii Burch are at Cossatuna Lake for a week. Miss Shi Grogan has been a guest of her sister in Melrose. J Bladen is at Camp Winape Teston WI. Ernest Hailfeigh of Little Falls is spending two weeks vacation at home. Mrs Sam Swinnerton of Orlando visiting base. C W Lohnes and Mrs Lawrence Hansen Aloany were recently with Hansen's mother. Richard Meloughlin returned home after Leohard Hospital. Mrs Margerd AmNA Walsh hosts guests. Mrs Pauline Morgan returns from Petersburg guest visit. Mrs Stephen Carknard Jr left for Poston MA with seaman 1/C. Anna Mae Speanburgh of Mechanicville spending week at grandmother Mrs George Speanburgh. Mrs Earl Walker and children back home for summer from Rensselaer school term. Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs Herrick Osterhout included Mae Osterhout Terry Daley and George Osterhout. Mr and Mrs Frederick Fisk and children vacationing with Fisk’s sister in Pocono Mountains. Miss Marguerite Pheland returned to Washington DC to work this week.
Waterford and St Rogers Busha, son of Mr and Mrs A, arrived on a thirty day leave from the Eighth Air Force in England after two years overseas. A July church close notice from EBaptist Church announces closure for the month and a congregational meeting this Wednesday at 9 am to plan August reopening and future pews. The Young Women's Club hosts a dinner Tuesday at 4 pm with Waterford parish events and rehearsal outlines for St Marys Corps of J Grady Post 235 American Legion, meeting today and tomorrow at 7 pm in St Marys Hall, with plans for a Delmar competition. Youth activities include a gathering at Gideon Putnam Hotel and field trips, buses departing at 2 am and returning by 7 pm, escorted by Rev Francis E O’Bryan and others.
IE reports a new Fredoni class of twenty students entering its second year. The cohort includes six women with diverse origins from 13 states and nine foreign countries. Notables include Miss Conklin Waterford studying biology, Miss Cummings aeronautical engineering, and Miss Thomas Schenectady pursuing electrical engineering.
Four occupants of a car were injured when it overturned on Tongue Mountain two and a half miles south of Silver Bay Lake George. Driver Charles Wettering 55 Forest Hills said brakes failed while descending. Passengers Beile McKee Hills and Alice Bentley 77 New York were hospitalized at Moses Ludington Titonda roga with good conditions reported.
Summer months bring visitors to Kendall Field Panama City as McGraw returns from furlough with his wife and daughter Catherine. The Crums and the Roberts family enjoy holidays at Newcomb while visiting Robert Clin. Parent-Teacher Association will meet at Community Hall Friday at 8 pm with Mrs Raymond Erlegs as newly elected president. Also noted are visits by the Smiths from New York at Poughkeepsie and summering near Vassar College, and Sunday guests at Rev and Mrs Chatterton’s home including the Allens from Hastings Nebraska, Mrs Wilson and Clifford, the Wallaces of Hamden, and the Stoddards of Gloversville.
Y W C A issues a summer swim program under director Mrs Francis W Sherow with Miss Beny Stanley assisting. Beginners to advanced classes run through August with multiple sessions weekly for juniors and seniors including tiny tots and ungraded swimmers. A medical exam is required for pool users.
Green Island Church holds 11 am Sunday services at St Marks Episcopal during the summer with Rev. Sumner Brown of Holy Cross Church as guest rector. A joint summer service with Methodist and Presbyterian Churches is at Presbyterian Church Sunday at 10 36 am with Rev. Fred C Bennett delivering a sermon on Religion That Works. The Presbyterian Sunday School plans an annual boat trip to Kingston with members meeting at the church Saturday at 7 am.
The Second Baptist Church hosts a two week closing program at 7 pm featuring class handiwork, songs, and Bible parables. Enrollment this year reached sixty, with exhibitions from primary to high school groups under direction of Mrs. Leonard Cropsey, Mrs. L. T. Reed, and others.
A column blending coin and stamp lore covers old copper cents, Revolutionary era losses, and hidden savings in local stores. It notes thefts from bank collectors, shifts in stamp news, and upcoming Roosevelt and Army Navy issues with dates and locations across Georgia and New York.
Governor James H. Davis of Louisiana, famed as the singing governor, helped boost a seven hundred bond drive in Memphis with a rendition of Buy a Bond Today. Mayor Chandier attended, promising more singing as stamp collectors seek the new five cent stamp still available. next Friday features What Stamp Collectors Want Today.
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