Freak Storm Strikes Area Causing Fires And Damage
A freak storm damaged several businesses along River Street with blown windows at the Commodore cleaners and dyers 380 River Street Edelstein ladies shop 482 River Street and a large plate glass at J M Warren store Broadway and River Street Wires were down across multiple avenues and streets including Highland Avenues Tibbits Avenue Hutton and Sixteenth Streets near School 17 Eagle Street between Eighth and Ninth Street Middleburg and River Streets Fourteenth Street.
Wind Causes Tree Damage and Property Risk Across City
Reports from police and state troopers detail wind damage at multiple locations including Avene and Jacob Street intersections, Spring Avenue, Fifth Avenue, Eighth Street, Highland Avenue, Brunswick Avenue, and Route 9 south of Boght Corners. Apple trees uprooted, a billboard knocked askew, several windows broken at the Lounded Inn, and partial damage to homes noted near River Street and Rensselaer Street.
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110Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
State Street
Washington and
Third Streets
River Street
Rensselaer Street
Central Station
Newtonville
Chartier
Emerick
Route 9
Boght Corners
Loudon Inn
Rich
Longest Days Start Summer With 15 Hours of Light in Troy
The article notes the longest days of the year in Troy with 15 hours 1 minute of daylight from today through Thursday. Sunrise and sunset times are given, official summer arrives at 3.13 am EWT tomorrow, and daylight changes are described as days progress through mid August.
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Troy
Storm Rips Through Mohawk Valley Blows Roofs and Power Lines
A Mohawk Valley storm toppled trees and snapped power lines causing three hours of outages. Wind damaged a transmission line at WTRY and shut the Watervliet plant off air from 5:08 to 8:25 p.m. Public Works crews cleared debris as thirty truckloads of limbs were removed. A barn near Colonie measuring forty by sixty feet was demolished with minor farm damage elsewhere.
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Ard Rowley
London Road
Bight Corners
Eight Corners
Mohawk Valley
Cahoes Falls
Debria
Watervliet
Seventh Avenue
Behr-Manning Corp
Green Island
Troy
Public Works Department
Raymond Waterbury
Colonie
Proposes Poll On NYA Value
Washington (UP) National Youth Administration head Aubrey Williams urged polling war plant executives on NYA training value and said he would ask a Congress ally to abolish the agency if opposed. He cited educators and industrialists opposing the House vote to abolish NYA and predicted a Senate fight to restore NYA funds. He claimed industrialists support it and would be the strongest answer against opponents.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
NYA
Congress
Williams
House
Senate
Knickerbocker Junior High To Award 115 Certificates
Ninety ninth grade students at Knickerbocker Junior High will receive certificates promoting them to senior high at 10 30 am today. Rev. Ernest F Tripp and Rev Alfred A Dence will give invocations and benedictions. Arthur A Burch will present awards for excellence in English and public speaking to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders. the promotion list names many ninth grade students including George E Allen Irwin Appal and Beulah T Aube.
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Knickerbocker
Ernest F. Tripp
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Alfred A. Dence
Millis Memorial Baptist Church
Arthur A. Burch
Lansingburg Board of Education
Clinton Winne
Elaine Hansen
Neale Mucklow
Marilyn Miter
Lloyd Hayner
Beryl Clements
Donald Zellner
William Doyle
Betty Jensen
Fred Loeble
Kathleen Camfield
Troy Home Receives 500 Bequest From McCann Estate
The Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Troy gets 500 from the estate of Julia E. McCann of Glens Falls who died February 22. A Warren County transfer tax appraisal shows gross estate 56,290.03 and net 351,129.08. Henry Haley of Mechanicville, a nephew, receives 1,000. Many other bequests go to relatives across the United States.
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Little Sisters of the Poor
Troy
Julia E. McCann
Glens
Warren County
Glens Falls
Henry , Haley
Mechanicville
United States
More U Boats Sunk in Battle
British air and naval units guarding Atlantic convoys report sinking two to five U boats during a five day running battle with Hitler's submarines. The action, described as one of the fiercest and most sustained offensives ever mounted by U boats, likely damaged additional submarines as well.
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London
The Political Stage Today and Labor Strife
The piece argues public mood against strikes during wartime and criticizes labor unions for coal strikes and opposition to the Smith Connally Bill. It notes union violations, administration bungling, and predicts a strike-centered postwar campaign if the bill is vetoed.
School 16 to Graduate 44 at Commencement
Robert T. Murray assistant district attorney will deliver the principal address at School 16 commencement today at 10 30 a m in the school auditorium. Miss Mary Frances Fitzgerald principal will preside and present 44 pupils their diplomas. The program opens with a processional and greetings by the principal.
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Robert T. Murray
Mary Frances Fitzgerald
Mary A. Ryan
America
St Michael's Women's Club Plans Election Meeting
A special meeting of St Michael's Women's Club was called for Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the school hall. Acting president Mrs Mary Murray Ryan said officers will be elected and plans discussed for the banquet and entertainment after installation. The club had voted to hold elections at season end rather than start.
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St. Michael's Women’s Club
Mary Murray Ryan
Guide Protests Gas Rationing at Cape Vincent
Cape Vincent guide William E. Stanley, in his 44th year of guiding, informed President Roosevelt by telegraph that he lacked gasoline while watching a Canadian tanker carry American gas to Canada. He protested the OPA policy as inconsistent and discriminatory against American guides and appealed for gasoline allocation to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River guides.
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Cape Vincent
William E. Stanley
Roosevelt
Canada
OPA
Stanley
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence River
No More Hudson River Excursions Banned In Wartime
The Hudson River excursion is halted by OPA official Frank C. Russell as wartime fuel limits tighten. Pleasure boats may operate only if they provide train or bus connections, affecting two navigation firms and other leisure craft dependent on scarce fuel.
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New York
INS
Hudson River
Hudson
Frank C. Russell
OPA
De Gaulle May Go to Beirut Or Brazzaville If Reform Fails
Political intimates of Gen Charles De Gaulle said he was prepared to leave Algiers for Beirut or Brazzaville if his military reform program is not adopted by the French Committee of National Liberation in ongoing discussions. De Gaullists fear Gen Henri Giraud might sustain the status quo with unexpected support.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Beirut
Brazzaville
French
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaullists
Henri Giraud
Help Invaders Advises Prince Help Invaders Advises Prince
London Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands said in a radio address that final invasion decisions were known only at the top. He urged Dutch people to be ready to aid the invasion and to show faith and collaboration when the moment is indicated.
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London
Bernhard
Netherlands
Air base bomber crash kills seven in Great Falls
Seven men are dead and four injured after a four engine Army bomber crashed near the runway of the Great Falls Montana air base on Saturday. Maj Ellis E Eno of the Rapid City Army air base announced the toll yesterday.
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Rapid City
S. D. Ups
Great Falls
Mont
Ellis E. Eno
Rapid City Army Air Base
Wartime labor migration creates new turnover challenge
Wartime labor migration, led by Pacific coast workers, causes high quit rates and job terminations exceeding hirings. Appley reports roam of workers from shipyards and airplane plants while housing and transport improve. Local controls curb cross plant moves, urging regional stabilization and worker commitment to one wartime job.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Lawrence A. Appley
War Manpower Commission
Mr. Appley
Pacific Coast
West Coast
Southern
California
Northwest
San Diego
San Francisco
Congress
Miss VanHorn Enlists in WAAC from Round Lake
Miss Rachel E VanHorn of Round Lake and Saratoga County has enlisted in the WAAC and expects to be called for active duty within a week. A native of Mechanicville she spent most of her life in Round Lake where she attended high school chaired the Round Lake Home Bureau for four years and is active in local civic and church groups. She already served as assistant first aid instructor in Malta since civilian defense began and is known for hunting and fishing. A welcome party at Mrs. Richard Gorsline home in Round Lake presented her with gifts and money from the Town War Council protection units for her first aid work.
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Rachel BE VanHorn
Round Lake
Saratoga County
WAAC
Miss VanHorn
Mechanicville
VanHorn
Malta
Richard Gorsline
Poletti links stir nerves over New Deal ties and Europe
The piece accuses Thomas Poletti of European influence in the New Deal, alleging ties to labor factions and political figures. It traces his rise from jail release to a War Department post, suggesting backroom favors from Sid ney Hillman and questioning White House involvement. The rhetoric frames Poletti as a symbol of alleged conspiracies in labor and politics.
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Poletti
Hoffman
Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
Ocket
New Deal
Washington
Henry L Stimson
White House
Mr. Poletti
Hillman
War Department
Secretary of War
Honor Roll Dedicated At Speigletown
About 200 people attended the Speigletown dedication of a plaque honoring those who took part in airplane observation work and now serve in the armed forces. The ceremony at the observation post HQ on Justus W. Wetsel property featured Rev. Torrance Keller, MC Robert L. Rickerson, and attendees from the American Legion, Red Cross, and United States Army representatives Capt. James M. Veal and Lieut. John Franson.
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Speigletown
Justus W. Wetsel
Wetsel
Torrance Keller
Lutheran Church of
Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
Clyde W. Heer
Otto Krauss
Herbert C. Blake
American Legion
Blake
First Fighter Command
James M. Veal
John Franson
Albany Air Defense Region
United States Army
Methodists Plan Loyalty Campaign in Troy Churches
Several pastors and lay leaders from Troy Methodist churches met at St Mark's to promote the Dr Black loyalty campaign for all Troy Conference churches in September. The meeting was directed by C. W. Burrows of Albany, with James Ris singing presiding.
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Troy
Snake Invades Sixth Avenue Apartment in Brooklyn
A grass snake about three feet long invaded the apartment house at 3126 Sixth Avenue and was found in a bathroom early that night. Patrolmen William Cunningham and William Van Steenburgh from Central Police Station radio patrol smoked it out from behind a sink and removed it from the premises.
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Sixth Avenue
William Cunningham
William van Steenberg
Central
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