Anything Can Happen In Chicago River Incident
A Chicago River episode saw engineers reverse flow to Lake Michigan for three hours. The freighter Thomas Britt ran aground by Michigan Avenue, then freed as locks at Lockport closed and the river resumed its course toward the lake. Nearby reports noted land turtle sales in Jerseyville, a meat shortage related restaurant shutdown in Jefferson City, a child choking incident a marbles cost a cent with a $15 medical bill, and various lighthearted notes from across the country.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Sut
Thomas Britt
Michigan Avenue Bridge
Lockport
Jerseyville
Ill
Hoosick Falls Debates Contracts For Water Works And Street Lighting
Hoosick Falls village officials hear contracts for water works and street lighting after New York Power and Light Corp acquisition. Water works deal reduces payments by 742.6K annually. street lighting terms raise 326. July meeting set for action. Also discussed taxi stand, police rides, two week paid vacations, and village finances.
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Nathan E Bierwirth
Hoosick Falls
New York Power and Light Corp
Twin State Gag and Electric Co
Village Board of Trustees
Twin State
John B. Weller
Police Department
Martin O'Malley
Edward B McEvoy
Weller
McEvoy
John P. Murphy
McLucas
O'Malley
Milton C. DuRoss
Wartime luck in a family on the streetcar line
A 1943 view of a typical war era family home shows a coal furnace, large victory garden, fryers, and a stocked basement. An adult avoids coffee, another buys few shoes, and a bicycle rests in a modest home. Relatives near a farm and a high school girl help, while Pop’s salary keeps pace with inflation.
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Pop
Mom
Designer Wears Novel Headgear With Mink Shawl and Hood
A famous designer debuts a two part headgear at a supper club. The look combines a one-skin mink scarf tied in a knot under a fur hood that sits atop the forehead, with a jersey triangle forming the hood. She departs with the scarf secured under her chin and fur knot on top.
First band concert opens season at Wood Memorial Park
Brevities note the season’s first band concert tonight at Wood Memorial Park. Pack No 2 Cub Scouts of America will receive its charter at 7:15 pm at Hoosick Falls High School. All boys and their parents invited to join. Hoosac Red Cross has a request from national HQ.
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Wood Memorial Park
Pack No
Cub Scouts of America
Hoosick Falls
Camp Kiwana Aquatic School Seeks 17 Year Old Swimmer
A notice invites a 17 year old strong swimmer to attend the Aquatic School at Camp Kiwana in South Hanson Maas for a ten day training program from June 16 to June 26. All expenses will be paid. Interested boys should contact Elwin Bentley or Mrs George E Smith, chairmen, Hoosse Chapter and First Aid committee. Miss Lucy Domeika, whose engagement to Corp Bernard LaPorte is set for June 26, was guest of honor at a tea party hosted by Miss Lucille Brazell with Miss Madelon Reinfurt and Miss Olga Alenavic. About twenty guests attended. games and luncheon followed, and gifts were given to Miss Domeika.
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Camp Kiwana
South Hanson
Maas
Elwin
Bentley
Hoosse
George E. Smith
Lucy Domeika
Corp
Bernard LaPorte
Lucille Brazell
Madelon Reinfurt
Olga Alenavic
Miss Brazell
Miss Domeika
Local Church and Community Notes Highlight Area Life
The report covers a series of social and church activities across Ballston Spa Round Lake and Clifton Park. Ray Parker hosts the church treasurer’s meeting while Rev Elza Duffield’s daughter Mrs Lewis Waldo returns home from her mother’s visit. Phillip Henry and daughter Phyllis come back from Whitehall with relatives, and Mrs Richard Read returns from Montreal with guest Edith Read. Mrs Fred G Selch, county president, is due to speak at the WCTU gathering at Mrs Jesse Greene’s Ballston Spa home. The funeral for Mrs Edmund Adsit was held at the Clifton Park Methodist Church with burial at Clifton Park Cemetery. Bearers included Kenneth Parkhurst and Walter Engle-W Merritt Goddard visited New York. Round Lake’s All Saints Episcopal Children’s Day program featured songs, readings, prayers, and infant baptisms led by Rev Chester A Frnch. The Women’s Society of Christian Service executive committee met, planning a covered-dish lunch and program led by Mrs Stephen E Merritt, with devotions by Miss Mabel Woodruff. Sgt. Harold Blakeslee, a Marine veteran, visited his sister-in-law and brother-in-law during a thirty-day furlough after nine years in service, having been away seven years and a former high school student.
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Pal Church
Ray Parker
Lewis Waldo
Elza Duffield
Mt. Vernon
Phillip Henry
Phyllis
Whitehall
Richard Read
Montreal
Edith Read
Read
Fred G. Selch
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Jesse S. Greene
Ballston Spa
Edmund Adsit
Methodist Church
Clifton Park
George Folsom
Clifton Park Cemetery
Kenneth Parkhurst
Walter Engle
Merritt Goddard
Wiliam Martin
Fred Pierce
New York
Roy Heyner
Merl Meyer
All Sains’ Episcoe
The
William M. Lighthall
Fred G. Seleh
Chester A Frnch
Church Bible
Women's Society of Christian Service
Stephen E Merritt
Mabel Woodruff
Harold Blakeslee
Earle Manderville
Manderville
Derrick B Knight
Pilots Slang Becomes Official Aviation Terminology
A Newark dispatch explains that aviation slang, once cryptic to lay readers, is now officially recognized by the air ministries. Terms like biolly for parachute and dustbin for the underside turret are cited, with phrases such as driving the train and scream downhill illustrating pilot language and its graded moods from browned off to cheesed.
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Britieh Air Ministry
Biolly
Community Mass Meeting Honors Local Service Members
A Malta Grange event was held Sunday evening in the Auditorium as a tribute to local men and women in service. Rev Chester A. Finch led the service, with Miss Emma Lane directing songs. Cubs and Girl Scouts led the Pledge of Allegiance and Miss Florence B. Turner read names of service members from the area.
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Malta Grange
Chester A. Finch
Emma Lane
Cubs
Florence B. Turner
Albany Academy Grad Herbert Weltman Joins Syracuse University
Herbert Richard Weltman son of Mr and Mrs Weltman of 189 Second Street graduates from Albany Academy. He served as a sergeant in Company D and played varsity football and basketball as well as joining the Gates Literary Society. He has been accepted to Syracuse University.
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Jefferson City
Herman McKinney
McKinney
East Lake City
David Hartwell
Los Angeles
James L .Walsh
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Philadelphia
Albert Kamens
Merchant Marine
Sign OF the Times
New Brunswick
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U.S Route 1
William Schmoldt
Schmoldt
Zanesville, O
Ohio
Harry Bealmear
Bealmear
Camp Wheeler
L. Clark
Company C
18Th
ITB
Clark
Bauer & Flack
Goldie
Little Rock
Ark
State Revenue Department
Statehouse
Water Department
Victory Tax Trust
Round Lake
Assen Jordanoff
Montgomery Ward
U. S
Wac Ode
Billers
Montgomery
Broadway
Menands, N. Y
Albany-Troy
North Pearl St
Albany
North Broadway
Menands
Miss Veal
M. Veal
Broadway Menards, N. Y
Social Security
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