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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
1
Clarifications from the District Office of Price Administration explain the maximum price order affecting apparel and accessories. The guidance covers how to compute averages, prepare charts, and respond to industry questions raised at advisory meetings over the past weeks, with further specifics to be issued as part of the order.
General elections in France are anticipated as President de Gaulle announced plans yesterday. The move signals a pivotal political moment for the nation amid shifting alliances and ongoing domestic debates.
Col Warner, former Watervliet Arsenal works manager, recounts wartime service as ordnance chief for the Ninth Army. He describes the big push against Germany, the corps of officers and men who supplied and maintained ordnance, the crossing, the arrival of M26 Pershing tanks, and the decisive role of explosives experts in road and bridge clearance.
In Rensselaer County Supreme Court Justice Gilbert continues the case of Ross Grant and LeRoy Grant against Troy Fifth Avenue Bus Co Inc. The suit, filed for injuries sustained March 19 when the bus allegedly lurched as Mrs. Grant tried to exit at Swift Street and Sixth Avenue, seeks 2500 damages for Mrs. Grant and 5000 for medical costs and loss of services for her husband. Attorneys Daniel B Prior and Mackrell Hanney represent the plaintiffs and defendant respectively. Trial began yesterday.
Twenty two year old Jean Pappas former temporary resident of Cohees and recently released on probation in Missouri for home violation returns to headlines after a United Press report from Kansas City recounts her Marine husband Nick Pappas vowing to unite their family. The tale centers on alleged extra marital episodes, child stories, and a dramatic hospital bed scene in which Pappas supposedly fell into dirt and sustained a shoulder fracture. The story traces their past, prison records, and hope for a new life in New York as they consider reuniting their two children.
Wick the June term of Rensselaer County Court opens Monday before Judge Hersl E Clinton. District Attorney Earle Wiley says the state will call the trial of George W. Donaldson on Wednesday. Donaldson, a parolee from Clinton Prison, is charged with killing Edward Simp on June 23 1934 at the Pawling Sanitarium where both were employed. Attorney Philip J Cirillo says he will be ready to proceed next week and the defense plans to argue Donaldson is mentally deficient. No commission for sanity examination has been requested yet, though an order earlier allowed defense access to records at the State hospital for the Insane at Poughkeepsie regarding Donaldson’s mother, who died there, indicating a possible defense reliance on mental incapacity.
East Side notices describe Harry A. Van Veiser of the Rensselaer County League of Women Voters addressing Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church Women’s Service Guild about The Purpose and Work of the League. Edna C. Donnen presides as social time follows with refreshments.
A J. Losaw deputy director of Civilian Defense in Pittstown says town trucks will collect tin cans Monday. Alex Mar bot, salvage committee chair, orders cans cleaned with ends removed and placed inside the can before boxing or bagging for pickup by drivers. One day pickup will require three trucks to cover the town. WARRIAGE ANNULLED. Mary A. Birch gains a Supreme Court decree annulling marriage to Warren A. Birch on grounds of fraud. papers filed by Carl DeLucia for the plaintiff.
A War Department letter from Lt Col Foy J Honeywell lauds the USO Lounge at Troy station for its hospitality to soldiers. The Office of the Chief of Chaplains notes appreciation for the service feeding and comforting hungry and lonely servicemen during wartime.
The War Department announced that Army personnel who received the Purple Heart early in the war for extraordinary fidelity or essential service may apply to exchange it for another appropriate decoration. About 180 Purple Hearts were awarded in the Central Pacific area from Dec 7, 1941, to Oct 14, 1942. Exchange is optional and based on a new decoration decision.
The Red Cross Home Service Department reports three messages from Germany for Fred Gossler that could not be delivered. The missives were addressed to him from his family and directed to Pawling care.
The body of Clark F. Vielie, RD 2, Glens Falls, who drowned when a Hudson River boat capsized last Monday, was recovered Wednesday by state police. The incident followed a scare linked to claims about the Red Cross.
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