Mechanicville Soldier Wins Oak Leaves and Silver Star
Mechanicville soldier Felix Lesson, Medical Corps, stationed near Tunis, North Africa, earns the Silver Star and an Oak Leaf Cluster for rescuing a lieutenant under fire. In his letter to Hugh R. Haddleton, he recounts splinting fractures and dressing wounds while risking his own safety.
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Felix Lesson
Mechanicville
Tunis
North Africa
Medical Corps
Hugh R.haddleton
Mechanicville Optometrist
Obituary notices and funeral details from Albany area
Deaths listed include Ellen Bodles Allen at 398 Fourth Ave North with funeral at Mason Chapel and interment Oakwood Cemetery. Charles F Audette in Schenectady. James G Beale in the Bronx with private funeral. Herbert S Brokaw in Jacksonville Florida. Emil Chopie at Troy Hospital with requiem mass. Michelina Cocco first anniversary mass at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Weservliet. Phoebe A Jameson in Cohoes. Magnus Jensen in Troy with Mason Chapel service. Anna Magov ern in this city with 9 am mass and St Marys Cemetery. James Pollock in Albany with Mt Ida interment. Edward Tracey in Glens Falls. Richard Wood first month mind mass in Albany.
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Charles J. Audette
Pvt
Laurence F. Audette
Emma Audetts
Watervliet
Walham
Audette
Troy
Bronx
New York City
James G. Beale
Ada Shaver
Vera
Mary
John Beale
Frank Brust
A. R. Fox & Son
Thirteenth Street
Elywood Hill
Brokaw
Jacksonvile
Fla
Herbert
Cocco
Michelina Cocco
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Weservliet
Jameson
Cohoes
Phoebe A
St. Mary's Cemetery
Pollock
James Pollock
Brunswick Avenue
Cora E. Marquette Murphy
J. W. Burns’ Sonz, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Mt. Ida
Tracey
Glens Tl Noy
Vik
Edward Traces
James Tracey
Schenectady
Margaret
John
Leo
William
Frances
Merrill Bothwell
Joseph O'Brien
Wooood
Richard M. ‘Ood
Our Lady Help of Christians
Ted
Albany
A.m
Uly
Ays
City's Two Bus Services Appeal ODT Mileage Cut
Troy's two bus transportation firms the Troy Fifth Avenue Bus Co Inc and the United Traction Co filed appeals with the Office of Defense Transportation seeking dis continuation of a recent order cutting service by at least 20 percent. Representatives said appeals are before the ODT awaiting action.
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Appeal Odt
Troy
Troy Fifth Avenue Bus Co., Inc
United Traction Co
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
My Pee Lees
Joseph E. Fertig
mana_ger
Fifth Avenue
Niles Persons
Troy-Albany
Albany
Fettig
Public Service Commission
Traction Company
Karlsfeld
Hurstville
Five Injured As Car Strikes Freight Train
Five persons were injured, two seriously, when a car crashed into a freight train at Best Crossing, one half mile east of Whitehall Sunday night. Victims include LeRoy Manning and his wife of Fairhaven, Frank Reed of Fairhaven, Pvt. William McMann of Hydeville, and DeWitt Perry of Fairhaven. They received treatment from Dr. Lester A. White. Mrs Reed and Pvt. McMann were taken to Rutland Hospital in fair condition.
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Best Crossing
Whitehall
LeRoy Manning
Fairhaven
Frank Reed
William McMann
Hydeville
DeWitt Perry
Lester A. White
Ford Plant Union Takes First Women Members
Ford Motor Co Green Island plant workers voted to admit women to Local 930 of the United Automobile Workers. Forty five women received membership cards and were inducted after production jobs were opened to women. The event followed a policy change at the plant and included an educational session on union contract terms and duties.
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United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Co
Green Island
George Street
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Vincent T. Powers
Labor Trouble Over Restoration of United Traction Service
Restoration of complete service on United Traction Co lines, sought in an ODT appeal, would end seven week Tabor disruptions. Full operation would bring operators back to their former runs and end disputes over shortened hours and pay, reducing strike threats.
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United Traction Co
ODT
Soldier's Wife Wins Stay Of Eviction In Albany
Mrs Helen Fritsch faced eviction after nonpayment of July rent for 116 Ten Broeck Street Albany. Her husband recently inducted into service left $13 and no government allotment yet. Legal Aid argued the case should not proceed. Justice DeStefano adjourned for a month awaiting government aid to cover rent.
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Helen Fritsch
City Court of
Albany
William H. Kelly
Theodore Fritsch
Ten Broeck Street
Arthur Harvey
Legal Aid Society
Kelly
Burden Family Member Dies in New York Home
William P. Burden, 67, longtime member of the Troy Burden family that founded and ran Burden Iron Co., died yesterday at his New York residence where he lived since youth. Born in Troy to James Abercrombie Burden, once Burden Iron Co. president, he graduated from Harvard in 1899 and stayed active in prominent social circles. He belonged to the Pilgrims and Knickerbocker Club with homes in New York and Newport, Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Burden
Troy
Burden Iron Co
New York
James Abercrombie Burden
The
Burden
Harvard
Pilgrims
Knickerbocker Club
Newport
R. I
Lerner Resigns From Williams College Trustees Accept
Max Lerner, longtime political science professor at Williams College since 1938 and chief editorial writer for PM since February, resigned accepted Saturday at a trustees meeting. The college announced several new faculty appointments across physics and other departments, plus staff in mechanical drawing and mathematics.
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Max Lerner
Williams College
Hans H. Reinheimer
Germany
South America
Boston College
Ferdinand Beet
France
Geneva
Paris
Beers
Goddard College
Plainfield
University of Kansas
Harold Ziegler
Naval Flight Preparatory School
Cleveland Institute of Aviation
Northwestern University
Lee BH. Holt
Henry Schwartz
Marvin A. Eger
Donald M. Gay
David Immerman
Naval
Max Flowers
Helena G. Homer
Arthur F. Smullyan
Edward Morris Collings
Learn to Swim campaign seeks area clubs in Troy
The Record News Troy Recreation Dept launches a second period of the Learn to Swim campaign at Prospect Park pool starting Monday. Ed ward A. Wachter invites clubs and institutions to send members. A 20 hour junior and senior Red Cross lifesaving course began yesterday with certificates awarded.
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Troy
Record Newspapers
Troy Recreational Department
Prospect Park Swimming Pool
Edward A. Wachter
Red Cross
Prospect Park
Wachter
Y. I. Ca
Lansing-burg and
St. Joseph’s St. Vincent's
van der Heyden Hall
Gide
Barbers Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary of Local 150
A hundred forty five journeyman barbers of Local 150 of the International Barbers Union, many Americans of Italian descent, cheered a resolution praising Mussolini's downfall at their Crystal Bar commemoration. Officials included Mayor Hogan and VP Reagan. charter members Barbeau and Cashman were honored.
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International Barbers’ Union
Mussolini
Crystal Bar
Frank J. Milanese
America
Old Federation Hall
Joseph Barbeau
Thomas Cashman
Frank J. Hogan
Patrick J. Reagan
Milanese
Italy
Charles J. LaHalt
Hogan
Sang & Igia
Failure to Buy Use Stamp To Cost $5
Beginning this week motorists failing to obtain their 1H3 federal auto use tax stamps will face a $5 compromise settlement in place of the $25 penalty. Harry 31 Hickey, IRS collector, said in Albany. Field agents have issued thousands of summonses as they check parked cars. about 25 percent have not complied. Continued neglect will bring stricter action. Settlements occur when motorists respond to summons and buy the stamp.
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Harry
Hickey
Lab Internal Revenue
Albany
Taw
Revenue Bureau
Fort Edward Warns on Lawn Sprinkling Amid Water Shortage
Water shortage tightens in Fort Edward as Commissioner James G. Young warns residents that lawn sprinkling is not tolerated and promises stern measures against violators during the ongoing shortage.
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James G. Young
Fort Edward
OPA orders posted ceiling prices for Troy eateries
OPA freezes food prices in Troy hotels and restaurants at April 4-10 levels and requires price posting on menus or clearly visible notices. The August 2 deadline mandates statements that all prices are ceilings based on April 4-10, 1943. A grace period precedes field enforcement and potential rollbacks for inflationary charges.
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Troy
OPA
Cluett Worker Wins 1552 Award in Compensation Court
Vina Brunelle of Cohoes received 1552.00 for left hand and 1152.00 for left leg permanent losses from a compensation case heard in the county courthouse before referee Lyman Kilburn. Other awards included George Beebe 647.14 for 15 percent right leg loss and Eugene Hunter 3748.80 for 10 percent left leg loss along with several smaller settlements from various employers.
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Vina Brunelle
Breslin Avenue
Cohoes
Lyman A. Kilburn
Troy
Chuett, Peabody & Co
George H. Beebe
Marshall Eclipse Division
Bendix Aviation Corp
Eugene T. Hunter
American Locomotive Co
Joseph Stoelowicz
the Monople Co
Frank Kilian
Republic Steel
Samuel Skau
National Automotive Fibres
Michael Mlinarik
Marshall Eclipse
Gertrude E. Shacklady
Northern Hotel Management, Inc
Car-sharing plan two-thirds failure at eastern New York plants
Walter C. Bryant reports only 100 of 300 war plants in 15 eastern New York counties qualify for extra gasoline after ride sharing checks. Plants must meet 100 workers and 3.5 riders per car. failures blamed on nearby workers driving alone. Effective ride sharing reduces absenteeism and lateness.
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New York
OPA
Walter C. Bryant
Bryant
jStamps
Noperson
Amntntser Th Ont Rupetestes Ees
Professor Heads Aerial Photography Study Seminar
H Oakley Sharp of RPI, acting head of civil engineering, is chosen to chair a Michigan State College seminar on photogrammetry next month. He authored a widely praised textbook on aerial photography and map making, seen as a pioneer work useful to surveying education and military map reliance.
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R.P
H. Oakley Sharp
Civil Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sharp
Bats 'Church
Syracuse University
H. C. Sharp
Mulholland Heads Parley Committee for Buff alo Convention
The New York State Volunteer Firemen's Association will hold its state convention in Buffalo on August 16 17 and 18. President Thomas E Rainey of the Troy Exempt Firemen's Association has appointed State Trustee Joseph B Mulholland as local committee chairman. The local committee meets at the Elks Club Thursday at 7 30 pm to finalize travel plans. Delegates will travel by train due to gasoline shortage. 17 companies in Rensselaer County are expected to send delegates. All Troy Exempt Firemen’s Association members interested in the convention are urged to attend.
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New York
Firemen’s Association
Buffalo
Thomas E. Rainey
Troy Exempt Firemen's Association
Joseph B. Mulholland
Elks’ Chubr
Troy
Rensselaer County
Troy Exempt Firemen’s Association
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Charles J. Lant
Jessamine Lant Ryan
Caufield
Delia Cau Beld
Finn
Bessie J. Finn
Thomas Finn
Coonrad
the Samaritan Hospital
Robert S. Coonrad
Cynthia Joyce
Charlotte Ott
Ken
the Leonard Hospital
John A. Kein
William Joseph
Francis James
Kehn
Margaret O Brien
Kathleen
Narhnes
Hiarlsfeld
Elsmere
Ford Plant Union
W. P. Burden
Troy Family
Illiams
Wachte
the Record
Troy Recreation Department
Barbers
Duce
Union
Albert Catone
William Mertens
Bardeau
International Union
Cornelius F. Burns
Cluett
United States Employment Service
Broadway
N. Y
Adirondack Foundries & Steel, Inc
Watervliet, N.Y
Michigan State College
Mulholland Heads Parley ‘Committee
Troybles Socials
National City Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
the National City Bank OF Troy
Third Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
United States
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