Transfer of State B C I Protested in Troy
Trojans petition Governor Dewey to suspend the removal order of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Police School from The Hotel Troy to Albany. Local leaders warn the move would end 18 years of Troy based state police training and services benefiting dozens of departments and the state budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Gaffney
Dewey
State Police
Albany
Division of
Capitol
Albert B. Moore
Chester T. McLaughlin
Taylor
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Bureau
Police School
New York State Police School
Moore
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
State Capitol
Trojan Cited For African Campaign
Pvt Edwin K Dudwoire of Troy earned a citation with other members of his platoon for outstanding and meritorious service during the landing on the shores of French Morocco. Major General M S Eddy signed the commendation praising initiative courage and devotion to duty. Dudwoire re-enlisted December 29 1941 and later went overseas with the 105th Infantry. He is one of three Dudwoire brothers in service. brothers Earl and Joseph are in training camps in the U S, relatives of Mrs Bert Reynolds of 42 Thirteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin K. Pdudwoire
Troy
Africa
M. S. Eddy
French
Morocco
Eddy
Dudwoire
Corp
Earl Dudwoire
Joseph Dudwoire
Bert Reynolds
Thirteenth Street
In Memoriam Le Doux Delia Le Doux remembered on anniversary
Memorial note for Delia Le Doux who died three years ago on July 11. Children and grandchildren recall her peaceful, faithful life and the family expresses love and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledoux
Delia LeDoux
Officials Silent On State Police Move From Troy to Albany
Reaction from Mayor Frank J. Hogan, Democratic County Leader Cornelius A. Casey and Samuel W. McCochrane was unavailable for comment as the sudden order directed the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation to relocate from Troy to Albany. An editorial analysis accompanies the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Hogan
Democratic
Cornelius A. Casey
Samuel W. McCochrane
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Troy
Albany
State Police Captain Subpoenaed In Bribe Inquiry
State Police Captain Daniel Fox, recently moved from Sidney to Malone, was served a subpoena and will be questioned tomorrow by special assistant Edward W. Scully as part of Governor Dewey ordered probes into bribe taking and irregularities in the force. Fox filed for retirement amid controversy over the transfer. six troopers have since resigned from the Sidney barracks as Maj. John A. Warner defends the move for the service.
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Daniel Fox
Sidney
Malone State
Dewey
Captain Fox
Edward W. Scully
Force
Sergt
David Soule
Amsterdam
William 8. Hill
Bronx County
John A. Warner
State Police
Speeding Car Sought in Latham Death
Investigators probe a speeding car that eluded police in a North Albany chase and may connect to the death of Bertha Shimmelbush, 45, found dying near the Latham traffic circle. Police believe a man and woman rode in the car from a grill area near Broadway and Clinton Avenue. The victim’s body was shipped to Plymouth, Massachusetts, for funeral services after removal from Burns Funeral Home and Campon Sons parlors.
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North
Albany
Bertha Shimmelbush
Pearl Street
Latham
Broadway
Clinton Avenue
Francis J. Burns
Albany County
Ten Broeck Street
Livingston Avenue
Northern Boulevard
Plymouth
Mass
Burns
Watervliet
Campion Sons
Bus Firms Get Mileage Increase in Troy Rush Hours
The Office of Defense Transportation restored bus mileage to two Troy firms, United Traction Co and Troy Fifth Avenue Bus Co, granting temporary increases of 3 and 10 percent respectively to ease overcrowding. The relief, effective for three months, follows reports of overload and inadequate service, with schedules to be studied and likely operation began Monday.
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Troy
Office of Defense Transportation
United Traction Co
Troy Fifth Avenue Bus Co., Inc
Niles
Joseph E. Fettig
Fifth Avenue
Traction Co
Lawrence McDonald
Albany
ODT
Persons
Seaman Hurt Says He Fell From Train
Indrikis Praulins, a 32 year old Latvian seaman on a merchant ship, was brought to Cohoes Hospital with a compound fracture of the left wrist and facial bruises after a reported fall from a train. He told State Police that he fell while en route from Canada to New York City, with investigators seeking full details of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indrikis Praulins
Latvia
Cohoes Hospital
Newtonville
G. E. Greene Dies at Home Former Hoosick Falls attorney and leader
G E Greene longtime Hoosick Falls attorney and community leader died at his home survived by wife Elizabeth Raycroft daughter and son. He served as village attorney for Hoosick Falls led rail and legislation efforts including Hoosick Valley Railway and New Lebanon Railway and chaired WWI war bond drives. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church Hoosick Falls with burial at Woodlands Cemetery Cambridge.
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Eighth St
Watervliet
St Bridget’s Church
Urady
Ruth Cuippo Brady
St. Patrick’s Church
Connolly
Anna Connelly
Skb River Street
Edward J. Connelly
Nellie Connelly
St. Peter's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Greene
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
George E. Greene
Elizabeth Haycraft
Roger A. Greene
Pottsville
Albion Greene Streeter
Berlin
W. H
Emma Greene
Paul Vosburg
Philadelphia
Charles C. Gibson
Abbott St. Hoosick Falls
Woodlands Cemetery
Cambridge
Bamm
Minoie Luelle Lappeus
Nathan W. Hamm
Wilbur H. Harm
Elizabeth Esmond
Ida Gleason
Pawling Avenue
Korkemas
Mary Korkemas
St Ann's Church
Mahoney
Trammel
J. Bert Mahoney
Waterford
Read
Samaritan Hospital
Marie Holcomb
Frank H. Read
Guy &B. Skinner
Leslie Candee
Hattie Burwell
Webster Burwell
South Butler
Warner
East Nassau
Cassaline Jones
Henry Warner
Flora Sirger
Lester Aldridge
Leo Olmstead
Earl Knapp
Chester Warner
Mutterer
Nassau
Walter A. Wood
Hoosick Valley
Walroomsac
North Hennington
Bennington
New York
Vermont
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County Bar Association
William Floyd
Sons of the Revolution
Tray Club
First Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Raycroft
Chicago
Albion Streeter
N. H
Walter D. Kring
First Presbyterian Church, Hoosick Falls
Schuyler Mansion Goes to State From Local Ownership
The Schuyler Mansion on the Schuylerville Coveville highway, once hosting Washington and Hamilton, was sold to the state. Built in 1777 by Gen. Phillip Schuyler, it had recently been occupied by George53 Lober and his sister Mrs. Jesse Marshall, who retain lifetime rights. The gift becomes part of the Saratoga National Historical Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler
Schuylerville-Coveville Highway
General Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Lafayette
Phillip Schuyler
George 53
Lober
Jesse Marshall
Saratoga National Historical Park
Butter Price Violators Warned
Regional OPA officials warned of strict enforcement of ceiling prices as a butter shortage looms. Walter C. Bryant urged housewives to report violations promptly to curb black market activity and ensure equitable distribution of scarce butter and prevent inflated consumer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Walter C. Bryant
Bryant
Plead Innocent in Butter Price Case in Delaware Court
Mortimer Herman and Irving J. Chuckrow of Troy pled innocent today in U S District Court in Wilmington Delaware to charges of violating OPA price ceilings. The indictment, returned weeks ago, charged a group of dealers with price gouging butter as shortages loom. OPA officials pledged rapid investigation and store checks to enforce ceilings while monitoring fresh berry prices amid complaints that raspberries and blackberries exceed limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Herman
Irving J. Chuckrow
Troy
Joseph Chuckrows Sons, Inc
U. S. District Court
Wilmington
Del
OPA
Lightning strikes scorch kitchen in Schuylerville home
A storm yesterday sent a belt of lightning through a house owned by George Nardelli in Schuylerville. Lightning traveled along wires to the kitchen while telephone service was disrupted in the community for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nardelli
Schuylerville
Nardellii
Playgrounds Open Basketball League Schedule Next Week
Playgrounds set opening basketball games Wednesday at 7 pm with Rye Field versus Van Every at Rye Field Kinloch versus Prospect at Prospect Beman versus Frear at Frear and 126th Street versus 112th Street at 112th Street Thursday features Van Every at School 12 Kinloch at Betan Frear at Prospect and Rye Field at 112th Street Kinloch Park boys and girls form volleyball teams this week for an upcoming tournament.
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Troy
Rye Field
van Every
Kinloch
van Every Park
Sally Manning
126Th Street
Prospect Park
Prospect
Frear Park
Beman Park
Fifth Street
Drowning Death of Irving Waterbury at Frear Park Reservoir
The body of 12 year old Irving Waterbury, son of Mr and Mrs Harold J Waterbury, was recovered at Frear Park Reservoir around 3 25 p m after drowning during an attempted swim. Coroner Charles J Cate ruled accidental drowning. Police, fire and public works aided in the search with grappling hooks while witnesses said Waterbury could not swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Waterbury
Harold J. Waterbury
Ninth Street
Frear Park
Richard Fitzgerald
Oakwood Avenue
Philip Bohrer
Twelfth Street
Charles J. Cate
Alexander C. Dewar
Cate
Fitzgerald
Bohrer
Fremen
Thomas F. FitzGerald
Public War
Michael J. McElligott
John Wante
Central Fire Station
Young Waterb
Raymond Lebell
381 Ninth Street
Park Weding Pool
Lebell
Freddie Robinson
Waterbury
Edward Houlihanana
Frank Dippo
Young Waterbury
John Moore
Florence Wadington
Joan Doyle
Department of Public Works
Evelyn Erickson
Purple Heart Awarded Late Marine
The Purple Heart awarded posthumously to Pvt. Joseph P. Glogowski of the First Marine Division was accepted by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Glogowski, 618 Fourth Street, for the fallen Marine who died in action on Guadalcanal September 27, 1942. The award included the Presidential Unit Citation, American Defense Service Medal, and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. Glogowski previously worked for Montgomery Ward and Kreemflake Baking Co. in Watervliet, attended School 12, and belonged to Holy Trinity Church.
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Geath
Michael Glogowski
Fourth Street
Ttheir Son
Joseph P. Glogowski
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal Island
Glosgowski
Solomons
First Marine Division
Tulag
Gavutu
Tanampoza
Florida
Guadalcanal
British Solomon Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Glogowski
Montgomery Ward and Co
Kreemflake Baking Co
Struck by Truck Near Albany Market Injures Two Women
A runaway truck believed released by a boy who climbed into the driver's seat struck two women near the Beaver Street market in Albany. The injured are Mrs Lucy Tomaszick, 32, 119 Washington Street, and Carmela Cerbera, 1045 Washington Street. Both were treated for cuts and bruises.
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Beaver Street
Albany
Lucy Tomaszick
Washington Street
Carmela Cerbera
Two Girls Drowned in Normanskill
Albany reports two young cousins Majorie Lennon thirteen and Jean Ann Koontz nine drowned Saturday afternoon in 15 feet of Normanskill Creek near Nodmandy Beach south of Delaware Avenue. Lennon daughter of William J. Lennon and Koontz daughter of Mae Koontz. Rescue squads and a trooper aided. Dr. Browne deemed accidental death.
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Albany
Nodmandy
Normanskill
Delaware Avenue
Majorie Lennon
Jean Ann Koonz
First Street
Koonz Gil
Lennon
Delmar
Mae Hoonz
John J. Phelan
Harry J. Wands
Youth Drowns After Saving Companion
David Inness, 18, of Boxboro Mass, drowned in the Metowee River near West Pawlet Vt after pushing his companion Nancy Love of Littleton Mass to safety during a whirlpool swim. Love escaped. Inness was swept under. Welson Cramer, a nearby road worker, pulled Inness from the water after 15 minutes. Poultney firemen treated him with an inhalator for three hours. Both vacationed at Lake St. Catherine.
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David Inness
Boxhoro
Mass
Metowee
West Pawlet
Nancy Love
Littleton
Miss Love
Inness
Welson Cramer
Innes
Poultney
Wera
Lake St. Catherine
Democrats Defer Court Order on Lieutenant Governor Seat
The Democratic Party deferred seeking a court order to force an election for lieutenant governor after Thomas W. Wallace’s death. Chairman William O'Shea said the party will await Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein's opinion, while Senator Joe R. Hanley serves as acting lieutenant governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Joe R. Haneley
Republcan
Senate
Rensselaer Candidate Resigns Post
At a Stevens Republican Club meeting in Rensselaer James F Stevens the Republican candidate for mayor announced he would resign as general chairman of the New York Central Eastern Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to devote time to the campaign District Attorney Eazie J Wiley candidate for reelection spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Republican Club
Rensselaer
James F. Stevens
New York Central Eastern Division
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Stevens
Eazie J. Wiley
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B.C. I
Trojan
Born Flanigan
St. Joseph's Maternity Hospital
Harry Joseph Flanigan
Harry Joseph
Flanigan
Alice Louise Barrows
McGuire
Harold J. McGuirk
Harold J
McGuirk
Josephine Carrell Rondeau
the Leonard Hospital
Seaman Hurt
G. E. Greene
Bar
F. Paul Riley
Riley
the Record
Troy Recreation Department
Manny Elfenbein
Prospect Park Swimming Pool
Troy Motor Sales
Grand Street
Tm Federal
City Treasurers Office
John F. Shannon
Hhchivees
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