GermanWomen Visiting Area For Weekend Discussion In Columbia
Three German women arrived in East Greenbush for a week long vigil sponsored by the New York State Citizens Council. They will join a Columbia Community Council discussion at Columbia Central School on The Future of Germany with Siena College leaders Dr Egon Pinger and Rev Ermin Klaus. The visitors are Mrs Agnes Beck Mrs Erdmutha Falkenberg and Mrs Margot Faust, all connected to Heidelberg Wiesbaden and German civic and youth programs. They will also vote on a constitutional amendment and elect a board member.
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East Greenbach
New
United States
Columbia Community Council
Columbia Central School
Germany
Egon Pinger
IL. D
Siena College
Ermin Klaus
Agnes Beck
Heidelberg
Erdmutha Falkenberg
Birs
Margot Faust
Wiesbaden
Falkenberg
Heidelberg University Law Library
Faust
Pledges Aid To Veterans Families In Castleton Auxiliary
Mrs Carrie Breadowe is elected president of the Castleton unit of the American Legion Auxiliary and pledges aid to veterans families and the community. Officers installed at the Village Inn include Lillian Shorteleeves as first vice president and Marie Lamberson as second vice president. Retiring president Ruth Roozeboom was praised for service. banquet followed, with Ethel Van Buren as guest of honor. Three unit officials attend the Third District conference in Cairo on June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Carrie Breadowe
Castleton
American Legion Auxiliary
Breadows
Village Inn
Frederica Haley
Lillian Shorteleeves
Marie Lamberson
Harriet Ennis
Rika van Nederynen
Hazel Corson
Ruth Roogeboom
Ethel van Buren Rengselaer
Bleadowe
Roozeboom
Cairo
Van de Wal Support Grows Over TV for Hospital Vet
Van de Wal, a hospitalized veteran confined to a cast for months, gains backing from Castleton on Hudson officials and local politicians. Efforts aim to lift a Veterans Administration ban on hospital TV sets, with state party figures and Rep. Taylor seeking presidential intervention. Hospital officials cite space and noise concerns amid multiple requests.
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Cantleton
Les van de Wal
van de Wal
John F. Shannon
Rensselaer County
Democratic Party
Wald
Henjamin Wetztar
New York State Democratic Committee
Vettrans
Paul Hanreedtr
Castleton-on- Hudson
Les
Shannon
Wetzler
Paul Fitzpatrick
New York
Veterans Administration
Hanreeder
Castleton
Dean P. Taylor
Troy
Irving M. Ives
Devoe
Veterans Administration Hospital &1
Bronx
Catienta
New York City
Columbia Man Wins 220 Yard Dash at Sectional Meet
Columbia Central School athlete Peter Ashby of East Greenlough won the 220 yard event at the sectional meet with a time of 23.1 seconds. He narrowly missed winning the 100 yard dash, missing the top prize by a small margin.
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Peter Ashby
Columbia Central School
East Grcenlough
Ashby
Castleton Child Health Clinic Slated For Tomorrow
A child health consultation clinic will run from 1 to 3 pm at East Greenbush Community Udall. Dr Joseph Belner, health officer, will examine children ages three months to six years, assisted by Mia Sabina Keays and Renseulaer County public health nurse. Defects found will be reported to the family physician. Vaccinations for whooping cough toxoid diphtheria and smallpox will be offered on request, with dental hygiene help from Miss Marie Hafner.
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East Greenbush
Udall
Joseph Belner
Own
Mia
Sabina C. Keays
Renseulaer County
Marie Hafner
Child Health Clinic Tomorrow At Greenbush
The monthly Child Health Consultation Clinic will be held Thursday from 1 to 8 pm at the Village Hall in Castleton. Dr Sidney J. Himeholt health officer of Schodack to examine children aged three months to six years. Mrs Rita Vielkind will examine. Serum for whooping cough diphtheria toxoid and smallpox vaccination offered to U.S. parents. Miss Matie Hafner will assist at the clinic.
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Castleton
Sidney
Jhimeholt
Schodack
Rita B. Vielkind
Rensselaer County
Matie Hafner
Levants Hygremist
Wall
Reserve Commission for Lincoln F Stock Jr in Naval Reserve
Lincoln F Stock Jr of Rea Mil Road has received a lieutenant commander’s commission in the U S Naval Reserve. Former Royal Canadian Air Force flyer and later Navy air force pilot in the war, he currently serves with the Civil Aeronautics Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln F. Stock, Jr
Rea Mil Road
U. S. Naval Reserve
Mr. Stock
Royal Canadian Air Force
Jlver
Navy ‘Air Force
Civil Aero Nmautics Board
Kiwanis Kapers Planned at Castleton Union School
The first Kiwanis Kapers event is scheduled for Thursday at Castleton Union School. Castleton Kiwanis Club hosts a burlesque radio giveaway show with quiz programs sponsored by local merchants Ray Klimer and others. Castleton baseball standout Living and Fort Orange Paper Co. support, while a Paper Queen and Steel King are named by sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton Union School
Castleton Kiwanis Club
Ray Klimer
Castleton
Fort
Orange Paper Co
Charles Collins
Fines Upheld in Contempt Conviction for 1948 Walkout
Justice Prettyman ruled the miners and union were not convicted of causing the walkout but for defying a court order aimed at health and safety. He noted the walkout was concerted and the fines, though doubled from a prior Supreme Court ruling, were not excessive.
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E. Barrett Prettyman
Freuyyman
Lewis
Prettyman
U.mav
Supreme Court
Union
Fin Dretivman
Bar
Hampton Manor group discusses water system upgrade and costs
The Hampton Manor Improvement Association met at Clinton Heights School with Kenneth Frazer of Wheeler Engineering discussing water softening options. They found installation too costly at about 12 dollars per family yearly. New officers were elected for a one year term including William Murray president and Elmer Westfall treasurer. An executive committee of eleven was chosen and guest Philip Hagerty spoke on community council work. social hour followed.
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Hampton Manor
West
Philip Hagerty
Columbia Community Council
Sai
Guarats
Community Congregational Church
Clinton Heights
Eadmuthe Faltenberg
Herdeldege
Germany
Ghey
Spain
iSines Mia Falkenberg
Thomas Warheld
Selby Summers
Oof Congregational Church
Melvin Rode
Chintes Heights
Domorren
Apin Am
Epring
Adeline Adame
Metin Roads
American Legion
Clinton Hoghts
Wemnorrox At & P.m
Tom Rainey
Legion
Bishop criticizes Soviet policy in Germany in Whitsunday letter
Berlin church leader Otto Dibelius denounces Soviet backed rule in eastern Germany. He accuses the regime of political force over law, cites disappearances and a recreated police state, and questions the fairness of recent elections.
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Berlin
Nesis
Hiller
Otto Dibellna
German Protestant Council of Churches
Beaudenburg
Germany
Sald
Dieybelius
People's Congress
Security probes threaten Argonne access and safety lapses
The Joint Congressional Committee pressed for AEC witness Lilienthal and Argonne officials over security breaches. An AEC manager cited a locked key cabinet failure and guards policing access, while lawmakers grilled about third party entry and top secret materials.
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McMahon
Joint Congressional Committee
Lilienthal
AEC
Argonne
Carrol Wilson
Jocksmith
Argonné
Aing
Cieellud
Vandenberg
Germany
Wilson
Lst
N Ep
Grzgebirge
Bornt Elected President Of Local Methodist Association
C L Bornt was elected president of the board of trustees of the Methodist Sunday School Association of Trey and vicinity at the annual meeting last night at TMA The group operates a Methodist Farm at Crooked Lake with J T McGinity of Green Island as secretary and Harry May as treasurer The main business was planning extensive improvement work at the camp including a new bath house and pavilion upgrades J Wealey Wood, retiring president, presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Bornt
Methodist Sunday School Association of
Trey and Vicinity
TMA
Crooked Lake
Chow J.T. McGinity
Green
Harry May
J. Wealey Wood
To Complete Course Peter Harvie Graduation
Peter Harvie son of Mrs PLL Harie of Glen Firet Farm Tama hac will graduate Saturday from the Tat i School at Watertown Cogn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Harvie
Pll
Harie
Glen Firet Farm
Tamahac
Tati
Watertown
Cogn
Lawmakers Clash Over Open Hearings On Atomic Security
The hearing room debated how to handle a report labeled the hottest document, with Hickenlooper insisting on open inquiry into atomic security while Holifield and Lilienthal warned against public identification of individuals. McMahon pressed for recess or closed sessions to avoid damaging disclosures.
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Hickenlooper
McMahon
Holifield
D.-Cal
Molifeld
Joint Committee
Lilienthal
Luch
Sriter
Lilleethal
Hickinlooper
City Board Amends Charter and Sets Public Hearing
A legal notice reports charter amendments proposed by Troy city authorities including adding sections to the charter. The document cites deadlines for legal action, outlines committee actions, and references the mayor and city council with dates and procedural details for a public hearing and related filings. The notice lists officials and departments involved in the amendment process.
Czech Prelate Denounces Communists Over Church Stand
Archbishop Josef Beran addressed thousands at Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague denouncing the Communist government for plans to establish a state controlled Catholic church. He warned that a true Catholic Church requires the pope and hierarchy, andited opposition to state seizure of church schools and assets. The government banned collections, but worshippers still donated coins and notes at the cathedral. The Vatican interference charge and press attacks accompanied the dispute.
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Prague
Cuechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Cuechootovakia
At. Vitus
Vatican
Communist Congress
Vaclav Kopecky
Council of Bishops
Berantate Tsat
Alfred W Gale Renamed Head of Rail Board
Alfred W. Gale was reelected president of the Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad board of directors after the annual stockholders meeting at the Troy Savings Bank. Nine directors were renamed in a one hour ballot, including Gale and William Warren. William LeRoy Shields was elected vice president and Mr. Vise secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred W. Gale
Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad Board of Directors
Troy Savings Bank
Mr. Gale
Willam Warren
Sanford L. Clustt
William LeRoy Shields
Andrew P. McKean
Frederick A. Thiessen
Ansel D.garpenter
Ogden J. Rose
W. F. Leversee
Gale
Fey
Shields
Vise
Tressurer. S
Lansingburg School Club Annual Dinner Highlights
The Business Club of Lansingburg High welcomed over fifty members including last year’s graduates for a dinner hosted by retiring president Jarry Selth. Entertainment featured Milase Kilgallon Audrey Merne a tap dance and piano pieces by Jamce Quest and Jean Williams. Corsages and perfume gifts were given to seniors while retiring officers Beith Ives Nancy Doyle and Pat Owens were announced with sophomores and juniors led by Miss Lattle Shepherd arranging details.
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Lansingburg
Echeel Bell
Ity
Bialhene
Jarry Selth
Milase Kilgallon
Audrey Merne
Sally Burke
Jamce Quest
Jean Williams
Beith
Jane Ives
Nancy Doyle
Pat Owens
Treaurer
Misa Lattle Shepherd
Senate approves first anti lynching bill in Truman civil rights drive
The Senate judiciary committee favored a Ferguson bill imposing penalties up to 19000 dollars and 20 years prison for conspiracy to lynch. It allows civil damages by victims’ next of kin and extends federal kidnapping rules to interstate lynching transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Perssons
Annulment Granted to Mrs Margaret L Thon of Prospect Heights
A decree signed by Supreme Court Justice Donald S. Taylor grants an annulment to Mrs. Margaret L. Thon of Prospect Heights against Harry J. Thon. The couple, married in 1833 in Canaan Connecticut, shares custody of their three children as part of the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Donald S. Taylor
Margaret L. Thon
Prospect Heights
Harry J. Thon
Canaan
Conn
Thon
Roosevelt Jr asks Ben Gurion on Israel visit
Congress man-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr met in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion foreign Minister Moshe Sharett and Rabbi Meir Lewin during his Israel visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
David Ben-Gurion
Moshe Sharett
Meir Lewin
Air Force Promotion for Mechanicville Veteran
Alexander Filkins veteran of 43 months service in the US Army was promoted to staff sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa Florida. He is the son of Mrs. Anna Filkins of Mechanicville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Alexander Filkins
Anna Filkins
Mechanicville
US Army
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Draft Boards Seek Data On Enrollees In Rensselaer County
Two Selective Service boards in Rensselaer County continue mailing questionnaires to men born in 1925 and younger veterans as part of postwar enrollment checks. John J. Dougherty, chairman of the Troy Board, says notices are being sent with state memoranda explaining the need for full veteran classifications under the Selective Training and Service Act. The boards meet biweekly to classify registrants and request more information beyond registration cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belective Service Boards
Rensselaer County
Troy
Nnte
John J. Dougherty
Selective Service
Cim
Mondver
Athcs
Court Rules Jury Request Not Binding
The Supreme Court upheld a judge's right to sentence murderer Samuel Titto Williams to death despite a jury recommendation for mercy. By 7-2 the court refused to interfere, saying the judge may seek out-of-court information and that punishment should fit the offender, not just the crime. Justices Murphy and Rutledge dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Samuel Titto Williams
New York
Louis Goldstein
Willians
William
High Court
Goldstein
Willams
Murphy and
Rutledgss
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