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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1945
Page
10
Ditford DeLong, 74, yesterday in Rensselaer County Court pleaded guilty to attempted felonious assault on two 15 year old youths. Judge Harry E. Clines sentenced him to serve from two and a half to five years.
In Clinton Prison, two indictments against DeLong were reduced. Hammond received a suspended sentence with probation for one year after a prior six month county jail term. Aransky and Swedick faces grand larceny charges were dismissed and they were taken into custody on parole warrants to be returned to prison. Walsh was arraigned as counsel for Claude Byrdwell, an indicted burglar, who lacks funds for private counsel.
Raymont Oscar LaBrie aged 16 of Bennington Vermont was fatally injured and several teens injured when a car left the Hearith Falls North Hoosick Road and struck three trees. Driver Roy Spafford 17 and four other passengers aged 15 to 37 were treated for cuts and bruises. The car, owned by Spafford and driven toward Hoosick Falls, overturned after crossing the pavement. Dr. J Robertson treated the injured at Mary MacClellan Hospital, Cambridge. Mrs. Lester Brewer, mother of Daniel Brewer, died later of a cerebral hemorrhage at home. she was born May 27, 1892 in Cu y city and survived by a sister and several brothers and nieces.
Senator James Mead calls for an immediate survey of iron ore deposits in New York State. He urges state and federal agencies to assess options including Washington County and Adirondack regions. He notes no comprehensive exploration has been done and highlights ore's importance to the steel industry.
Tax Commissioner Rollin Browne reported a record total of 1,843,859 returns with payments received by April 18. Payments totaled 93,995,063 dollars, averaging 50 98 per return, compared with 1,637,993 returns and 79,445,663 dollars the prior year. Browne noted 360,000 returns in 1941 and the million mark first reached in 1942. FIETY DEE Iv WRECK Tehran Iran GP Over 50 persons were killed yesterday when a train jumped the track in south Persia near Andimeshg.
Williams informal commencement Sunday marked the sixth wartime graduating class receiving degrees from President James P Baxter in Faculty House. He urged colleges to guide peacemaking and reconversion after VJ Day, noting veterans and civilians must fuse into a common effort through teaching, administration, and research.
U S senators recently returned from Europe described American soldiers in love with German women noting the fraternization ban is unenforceable and should be lifted. Senator Homer Capehart warned against strict policing while others predicted a surge of marriages as the ban loosens. The senators cited German women as handsome and Montgomery was quoted about the temptations, highlighting the tension between policy and human nature.
Nicholas Promiscue a 22 year old taxi driver from Albany pleaded guilty in Troy Police Court yesterday to reckless driving. He was arrested on Second Avenue for speeding fifty miles an hour between 111th and 11th Streets by officers Hett Lyons and Noonan. Promiscue admitted arranging a furlough visit for a fellow service man and was sentenced by Judge Byron, with a fine of fifty dollars or fifty days in jail.
An exhibit of watercolors and drawings by six Cuban painters including Amelia Pelaez opens at Williams College Lawrence Art Museum. On loan from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the show features abstract works, portraits and tropical landscapes and runs through July 16 with viewing hours 9 am to 1 pm, 2 to 4 pm on weekdays and Sundays 2 to 5 pm.
A one year old Schenectady girl Joan Clark who swallowed a straight pin during sewing class May 23 was discharged Sunday from Temple University Hospital Philadelphia after bronchoscopy. She will return in a month for further examination to decide if pin removal is needed.
Christina Hoff man Wells, 103, died yesterday at her home. She enjoyed a Sunday ride and remained active despite age. Death was due to heart failure from advanced age. She was born in Pavilion Auz, 7, 3981.
The funeral for Anne Helene Werner four year old daughter of former Cohoes counsel and RPI graduate will be held in Cohoes today. She died in Akron Ohio after being struck by a car near her home while playing with other children. The driver was Carl M Arnold twenty three of Akron. Services will begin at 8:30 a.m. at A G Boivin Sons Funeral Parlors and continue at St Josephs Church with interment at St Josephs Cemetery Waterford.
The Surrogates Court disclosed an appraisal of Ametia C. Cooper’s estate showing a gross value of 43 403 64 with a net estate of 22 383 59 divided among Mildred Kaye 31 99613 and D Griffith Kaye 3632 04 and Lizzie Rice as heirs. Executors Duncan B. Kaye and Ina M. Burke receive equal commissions amounting to 79270.
The Soljon Keiyet Corps will meet tomorrow night at Danish Brother Hood Hal 112th Street for a brief business meeting followed by a social party directed by Mrs Mabel Baker and Mrs Gertrude VanArnum. The Past Presidents Association meets Thursday evening at Mrs Carrie Giroever’s home 486 Sixth Avenue.
Gasoline sales in New York state reached their highest level of the war period for the first four months of 1945, totaling about 63 percent of prewar output. Sales exceeded 1944 figures by six million gallons and surpassed 1942 totals by 88 million gallons, with taxable highway fuel sold at lower levels due to reduced federal purchases. April 1945 showed the largest month-to-month increase, and tax receipts for the four months reached $23,718,209 compared with $15,165,881 the year before.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander, returned to Washington after homecoming celebrations in New York Kansas City and Abilene Kansas. He planned a quiet day with his wife Mamie Eisenhower to rest after the homecoming tour.
An aide described a visit involving Secretary of War Stine as more of a social call. Details of the general’s plans beyond yesterday were not released. The report oddly notes Canada’s forests covering a fraction of land and references broad forest areas in the Dominion.
John Mora at Persona Finance Co promises to say yes to requests for money. The note claims the manager often agrees, offering loans with a hopeful pitch for future favors and repeat business. It lists a contact on the 2nd Floor of Tunes Building and a 15% rate.
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