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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1949
Page
4
Jonse, 8, of River tines was taken to MM. Marys Hep yesterday from the Trey Warehouse Co. at Adams and River Street after he became ill while at work. Patrolmen took the sick boy to the hospital for observation.
Vatican sources say more than 1000 Catholic priests have been arrested disappeared or executed behind the iron curtain since World War III. The conservative church spokesman cited Hungary Czechoslovakia Albania and other Soviet dominated eastern European states as targets of persecution. Archbishop Josef Beran is described as the first chapter in a long series of church suppression.
A compiled report cites widespread church crackdown. In Poland and Hungary many priests jailed or silenced. Romania reports scarce hierarchies as bishops and priests vanish. Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and the Baltic states show arrests, deportations, or killings of clergy with limited verifiable data.
L M Surdam born in Hoosick Falls dies at Ellis Hospital Schenectady after ten days illness. He worked as an electrician at General Electric Co and lived in Schenectady two years. Survived by widow Helen Wright Surdam, and a brother and sister. Funeral tomorrow at 1 pm Baxter Funeral Home Rev Francis Trimmer officiating. Interment in Hoosick Falls.
Hudson Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows will elect officers for the new term at a meeting this evening at Odd Fellows Hall on 112th Street. New officers will be installed in a ceremony July 19 at the hall with Harold N. Turner district deputy grand master of the Rensselaer T00.F. District and staff officiating.
Two year old Steven H. Gow ing son of Mr and Mrs John Gow ing of Brownville was killed yesterday after being struck by a automobile in Watertown. Authorities reported the pedestrian accident occurred on a local road and the child died at the scene.
Promotion exercises awarded prizes for scholarship and citizenship. About 14 percent of ninth graders were promoted to tenth grade at Lansingburg High School. Speaker was David A Vermilyea from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Principal Allen Hawkins presented banner recipients amid music from the junior high orchestra.
The South End branch of the Trey Public Library opened April 29 and will stay open during the summer months. Librarian Miss Fanny C Howe said the closure of School 12 will not affect access set Fridays 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. The branch now holds 610 books, plus 1,200 from the main library and East Side branch, with last month’s circulation at 277 volumes including 245 children’s books. The branch serves all southern city residents, with best sellers on hand and interlibrary transfers from the main library on request. Librarians Mrs Annette Daley, Mrs Dorothy Beattie, and Miss Marion Gillette oversee the branch.
Premier Tsaldaris faced a postponed swearing in of a 100 man Fourist cabinet as Liberal Party requests a new viewpoint emerged. Venizelos wavered between supporting a single party government before finally signaling backing, potentially granting Tsaldaris an eight vote parliamentary majority if discipline holds.
The Troy Y.M.C.A. announces its Home Vacation Camp opens today with registration. Directors include Jack McCumber Robert A Broking Cole Lyons Joseph Farrail Robert Kellogg and others. Planned activities cover swimming softball games singing crafts and story hour with weekly trips to Crystal Lake Indian Ladder and the State Education Building.
National Chairman Hugh D Scott Jr said the country is in the first stages of a Truman depression as Republicans plan to capitalize on growing unemployment in the 1950 congressional elections. He spoke in Boston to New England leaders ahead of a two day Hartford conference. A separate note lists a Methodist Church School picnic planned for July 30 at Crooked Lake with Harold Foster Emory Weeks and Mrs Edward Duran on the committee.
Government data show India recovered more than six thousand hectares of land during the previous year through demarcation settlements and public land adjustments. Officials say the move aims to restore rightful ownership and boost rural development.
Jehneeuville Club will sponsor a week at the Mate Conserve camp for six Johnsonville boys aged 11 to 16. A hilltop meeting named a committee led by William Maunders to select attendees by lottery, with the Conservation Department providing instructors and counselors. The camp, new this year, aims to promote conservation and wildlife awareness in the area.
Two certificates to operate businesses were filed with the county clerk. Anthony Stackrow of Averill Park reports a Troy Sash & Door Co business at 524 Second Street. Paul L. Dencask of Valley Falls files for a business named NoVak Flux in the Cannon Building.
Nine judges including four in the South are approved by Washington to fill federal circuit and district seats. In Japan, two thousand prisoners in Matsuru returned after nearly four years as Russian war captives, marking the first major repatriation since suspicions last winter.
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