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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
5
This community of about 200 people endured about 50000 in damage when twin tornadoes ripped through the town Monday. No casualties were reported. Several small buildings were destroyed.
A quoted reaction from Mrs. M. Coughtry praising No-Rinse Surf on washday. She admits initial skepticism but reports saving half the time and effort, noting clothes dried after air exposure. The claim highlights a U.S. Testing Co. endorsement for no rinsing.
Stillwater celebrated Children’s Day with a program drawn from the year’s Sunday School material. James Morley of Stillwater-Mechanicville Road is improving at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after weeks in hospital from second degree burns sustained at West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. Mechanicville. Mrs. Elling Doughty of Lake Street visits East Orange New Jersey as guest of Katherine and Eunice Grace, Chittumry. Exeria Jolly, wife of Wilfred Jolly, died suddenly at home on Stillwater Center Road. Born in Canada 54 years ago, she had lived there 34 years. She belonged to St. Peter’s Church, Stillwater. Survived by husband, three daughters Mrs. Geo. Bull of Round Lake, Mrs. Aten Rathbun of Mechanicville, Mrs. Leo Lefebvre of Stillwater Center Road. three sons William and Theodore Jolly of Bennington Vermont, Alfred Jolly of Hammond Indiana. two sisters Mrs. Julia Juneau and Mrs. Emma Marbon of Cohoes. three brothers Peter and Jerry Toberta of Cohoes and Octave Roberts of Adame, Mage. Fifteen grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Former U S representative J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey has applied for parole from the federal correctional institution where he serves six to eight months for defrauding the government. The parole request was disclosed yesterday after his December sentencing.
The convicted official became parole eligible June 6 after a conspiracy conviction. He failed to seek immediate parole and sought clemency from President Truman to commute his sentence and accept salary kickbacks from a payroll scheme, with a 910,000 fine imposed on employees.
The American Newspaper Guild led a strike at the New York World Telegram and Sun, halting production as about 400 picketers blocked access to the paper’s four plants. AFL unions refused to cross picket lines, delaying printing and signaling the first major New York newspaper strike since 1937. The guild sought wage increases and benefits, while the paper offered raises, shorter hours, holiday pay, and arbitration.
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