Leap Year Birthday Party Marks Real First for Troy Girl
In Troy two Leap Year babies shared a spotlight: Patricia Burke, age 5, crippled by infantile paralysis, and 21 year old paperhanger Charles Flanigan celebrated birthday milestones. Patricia, finally able to attend a party after years of illness, was feted with friends, relatives, and cake while Molly, her sister, joined in.
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Troy
Paperhanger
Troy Yesteray
Patricia Burke
Monroe Street
Charles van Rensselaer Flanigan
Patricia
Francis Burke
Clarinda
Molly
Fatricia
Haverstraw
Sister Kenny
Chidren
Patricia Weers
Wih Haverstraw
Frances
Thomasine
Wilma
Busman
Seventh Avenue
Flanigan
Meat Demonstration Planned at Russell Sage College
Mrs. Marie Dougherty regional home economist from the National Live Stock Meat Board will lead a demonstration on choosing and preparing meat cuts at the School of Home Economics, Russell Sage College. The event starts at 10 30 a m in the college food laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dougherty
National Live Stock Meat Board
School of Homes Economics
Russell Sage College
Two Troy Youths Admit Auto Theft
Two Troy youths pled guilty to petit larceny in Troy Police Court after boasting about stealing a ten year old car on River Street. Judge James F Byron postponed sentencing to Friday and jail was ordered pending. The 1934 model car was stolen about 9 pm Friday and a long police chase followed before they abandoned the vehicle in Watervliet. Arrests were made by Capt. Michael Mouine and Patrolmen Edward Maloney and Michael Minehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
James F. Byron
River Street
Fulton Street
Watervliet
First Precinct
Lewis Wikinson
Roar
William Walse
Second Street
Michael Mouine
Edward Maloney
Michael Minehan
Dewey Signs Bills Expanding County Purchasing and Deputies
Gov. Thomas E Dewey signed the Hastings Bill allowing Rensselaer County to establish a county purchasing agency. He also approved the Sherman Bill extending the appointment of additional deputy sheriffs in counties for wartime emergencies for another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E Dewey
Hastings
Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
Dewey
Parole Board to Honor Veteran Parolees in NY
New York upper house passed a bill letting the State Parole Board discharge from parole supervision any prisoner who has served in the armed forces since Dec. 7 1941 and received an honorable discharge. The measure, by Sen William H. Hampton, heads to the Assembly with companion bills pending in both houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Parole Board
William H. Hampton
Uticn
Joint Legislative Committee
New York State
Hampton
Assm
William KE. Brady
Coxsackie Republican
Joint Committee
Cadets Commissioned as Ensigns at Rensselaer Institute
The 25 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were commissioned as ensigns last week and assigned to destroyers and submarines. Community leaders praised their preparation as drills concluded and ceremonies noted 13 more cadets commissioned within days.
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Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Livingston W. Houston
Institute
Elwin ¥. Stevens
Hoosick Falls
Schenectady
Edward J. Scanion
Daniel 4
H. Ruddy
Vernon L. Hartley
William A. Miller
Pittsburg
Philip W. Clarke
Watertown
Richard J. Benson
New York
Richard D. Ahlquist
Worcester
Mass
Richard H. Gebelein
Hastings-on-Hudson
Robert L. Humphreys
Baltimore
Richard E. Nickerson
Edge
Rensselaer
On the Air Radio Programs From Local Stations
Local 1,600 WTRY Troy lists a full day of repeating shows and host segments. Sprinkled programs include Morning Melodies News Timekeeper Sunrise breaks and a long roster of dramas and talk segments featuring actors and hosts such as Evelyn Johnson Gil Martyn Terry and Paul Neason.
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Troy
Moring
Timekeeper
Rise ‘N’ Shina
Sweet River
Troy Chapel Service
Baby Institute
Sardi's
Sardi
Gil Martyn
Bluebird
Terxas
Jim Lewis
Baukhare
Evelyn Johnson
Morton Downey
Hop Harrigan
Dick Tracy
Jack Armstrong
Captain Midnight
Terry and Pirates
Rob Shudt
Henry Tayior
Connie Boswell
Paul Neason
Lum
Abner
Mor Rest Gittx
Dunninger
Sardi’s
Fort Fisher attack cited by naval records and academy praise
The account notes three officers who launched a steamer loaded with gunpowder under Fort Fisher’s defenses and ignited it, observed by sentries. Navy records praise the officer for duty and readiness to volunteer. Dean Matthew A. Hunter offers faculty congratulations as Capt Mark C. Bowman administers the oath of allegiance and commissions.
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Ray Palmer Baker
RA. P. I
Henry W. Merton
Anthony Ten Eyck Mullin
Merian
Army of the Potomac
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Weehawken
Atlanta
Fort Sumter
Institute
Fort Fisher
KR. P. I
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States Navy
Matthew A. Hunter
Mark C. Bowman
Patrick Malone Named Building Supervisor
Patrick Malone of Fourth Street was named supervisor of maintenance of buildings in the Department of Public Works by Commissioner William F. Liby. He succeeds David Dorr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Malone
Fourth Street
Department of Public Works
William F. Liby
David Dorr
Senate Adopts Social Welfare Study Measure
The New York Senate approved a resolution directing a study by the Committee on Interstate Cooperation to examine social welfare agencies. The plan would expand the committee with welfare leaders and officials to represent counties and cities, aiming to streamline a patchwork system Dewey calls inefficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Guv
Thomas E Dewey
New York State
State Department of Social Welfare
South End Contingent Leaves Today for Army and Navy
Thirty three selectees from Board 330 depart from the USO Lounge at Union Station for Army training at Camp Dix. Twenty seven more head to Navy training. A second group will go tomorrow for induction center physicals. Names listed include Walter P. McDonald and George Cody among Army enlistees.
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Selective Service Board
Rensselaer County Court House
USO
Union Station
Camp Dix
Camp Upton
Navy
Walter P. McDonald
George Cody
Comp Dix
Charles Davie
Carl Urack
Joseph Adamiszyn
F. J. Bagarose
Manuel Bress
Kenneth Walker
Eugene Adams
John H. Pendell
Robert J. Lear
Philp M. Hennessey
Chester H. Meisner
Francis W. Christopher
Frank J. Renna
Abraham I. Gordon
John J. Murray
Frank J. Ives
Frank S Kahski
John Mullinio
John A. Countes
David J. Chuckrow
Dominick Tarenzo
Frank A. Krolak
Francisco T. Scorsone
George J. Angley
Edward A. Blake
John Gallagher
Joseph W. Gilbert
John T. White
Walter L. Waters
Jack Newman
Ambrose Wilcox
Lous F. Pasinella
Ralph J. Renna
Edward R. Eagle
Burton Weathers
William F. Purtell
Joseph J. Kennedy
Thomas J. Carr
Thomas L. Klein
Lawrence K. von Frick
Local Services Grow Without Plan Amid Costly Inconsistencies
The article argues that service development occurred without a cohesive plan, shifting costs to localities while the state remains a maze of inconsistent approaches and policies. It highlights confusion and uneven burdens across jurisdictions.
Masses Dies Suddenly At Troy Hospital
C Edward Masse of 215 Hoosick Street former St Peter's Lyceum president and Fitzgerald Bros. carpenter died suddenly yesterday at Troy Hospital after extended illness. He was born in Troy to Julius Masse and Anna LaSone lived here all his life. Survived by widow Mary. brother Wilfred Masse sister Joan Ray and nephew Kenneth Ray. Funeral Friday from his residence to St Paul the Apostle Church a solemn requiem mass then burial in St Peter's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Edward Masse
Hoosick Street
St Peter's Lyceum
Fitzgerald Bros. Brewing Co
Troy Hospital
Mr. Masse
Troy
Julius and
Anna Tilda LaSone Masse
Boman Park
St. Paul the Apostle’s Church
St. Peter's Church
Troy Lodge of Elks
Charles Collins Lumber Co
Carpenters and Brewery Workers’ Union
Mary Sheehan Masse
Wilfred Masse
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