Givney Sidman Lead Local Draft Contingent in Troy
With John J. Givney and Nathan B. Sidman at the helm, a 28 man Army contingent and 17 Navy recruits from Troy depart for Fort Dix and Albany induction. USO workers offer coffee and news to draftees. Volunteers include Robert E Hebert Wilton Roberts and many others. some left earlier for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Givney
Troy
Nathan B Sidman
American Labor Party
Rensselaer County
Selective Service Board
Navy
John F. Gemmill
George N. Ramroth, Jr
Army
USC
Troy Union Depot
USO
Fort Dix
Albany
Robert £. Hebert
von Ralph B. Brown
Charles H
Robert F. Flanagan
Francis
Fitch
Donald Birkmayer
James F. Fitzgerald
Joseph W. Steward
Edward J. Jannicelli
Richard L. Groome
Lewis E. Walker
William M. Mallon
Joseph F. Daly
Morris Tye
James F. Walsh, Jr
William C. Jones
Edward Lagendorf
Frank J. Lewis
Kenneth J. Lindeman
Robert E. Batchelder
John W. Greaves
John A. Keegan
Daniel A. Carrozza
Robert W. Dean
John J. LeMay
George E. Meyer
John J. Doyte
Richard Pulenskey
Volunt
Louis G. Messier
Montgomery T. Lege
Paper collection in Sand Lake area announces drive
The scrap paper drive will occur today between 2 20 and 6 pm in Glass Lake Sand Lake and Averill Park. Town of Sand Lake trucks will stop at all homes in these villages. Boy Scouts of Troop 26 will collect the paper and the proceeds go to the troop treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glass Lake
Sand Lake
Averill Park
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 26
Hope Abandoned For Missing Rensselaer Sailor
Radioman Third Class Jack A Cairns of Rensselaer who was reported missing in action February 7 1943 in the mid Atlantic is presumed dead. The Navy informed his wife and parents that no word could be obtained about him or crew on the sunk ship. Cairns attended local schools and is survived by a brother and sister. Also noted is the death of Simon Zuk a Albany cook at Thompson's restaurant from acute dilation of the heart.
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Jack A.cairns
Adam Cairns
First Street
Rensselaer
Ruth Cairns
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Navy
mid-Atlantic
Cairns
Rensselaer Public School
Milne High School
Raymond J. Cairns
Pinewoods Avenue
Albany
J. P. Byrne
Detroit
Cook
Simon Zuk
Emmett Street
Thompson's
That City
Harry J. Wands
John J. Phelan
United Retail Mail Order Union Elects President Matteo
The United Retail Mail Order and Warehouse Employees' Union Local 40 in Albany elected Daniel A. Matteo as president at Washington Hall. Other officers named were James Leach as vice president, John Gorman as secretary-treasurer, Margaret D'Agostino as recording secretary, and John Roach as sergeant-at-arms, with about 1500 workers at the Montgomery Ward Co. plant in the union. The group, organized in February 1943, was recognized as bargaining agent by the War Labor Board last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Retail Mail Order and Warehouse Employees’ Union
C. I. GO
Daniel A. Matteo
Albany
Washington Hall
James Leach
John Gorman
Troy
Margaret D'Agostino
John Roach
Montgomery Ward Co
War Labor Board
Chamber Directors Meet Today at Hendrick Hudson
The Chamber of Commerce board will convene at 4 pm to elect officers. New directors announced at Tuesday’s annual dinner include Everett J. Decker Ernest L. Warneke Howard G. Seaman Alfred W. Thompson George W. Matthews and William A. Ripple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Hendrick Hudson
Everett J. Decker
Ernest L. Warneke
Howard G. Seaman
Alfred W. Thompson
George W. Matthews
William A. Riple
New Spring Suits In Soft Wools In Vivid Colors
The advertisement promotes a spring suit collection in fine afs wools with four dozen styles of soft, youthful, smart suits in heart warming colors. Prices range from 22.95 to 59.95.
Truman Bates Navy Landing Craft Fiasco
The Senate Truman Committee detailed the Navy Bureau of Ships push for its 1939 design over Higgins to build 1,100 landing craft. Tests showed the bureau design was prone to taking on water and failing, delaying Pacific and European invasions and costing about $7 million, though production later stopped before completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Bureau of Ships
Andy Higgins
Senate
Truman Committee
Pacific
Europe
Truman
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
David I. Walsh
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Knox
H. S. Seward
Yale
Navy
Mail Association Ruling Reversed By Higher Court
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court reversed Justice Murray, ruling the Railway Mail Association is a labor union and cannot bar membership by race or color. The case, arguing whether the group is a benevolent insurer or a union, holds no exclusionary policy aligns with New York labor law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
William H. Murray
Railway Mail Association
Murray
American Federation of Labor
Tray
Drop in Troy franchise tax shown in early 1944 figures
Troy reports a sharp decline in state-collected franchise tax for the first quarter of 1944. Comptroller Edward J. Rowan notes a payment of 46,036 to the city versus 84,372 a year earlier. The 1942 quarter stood at 43,776.60. The 1944 city budget estimates total franchise tax revenue at about 110,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Edward J. Rowan
Change construction from the bureau to the Higgins-type lighter
The Truman Committee report notes the bureau failed to begin rough water tests of its lighter for over three years. It cites three reasons: negligence, doubt about test success, or belief that its design could not be seaworthy.
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Seward
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Truman
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans
Higgins
Bureau
Massachusetts
White House
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Fort Story
C. A. Jones
R. B. Dag- Bett
Luckiest Man in the Pacific Survives Truk Lagoon Rescue
Lieutenant George Blair of Sewickley, Pa., spent three hours adrift in Truk lagoon during the Feb 17 air sea assault on Japan. A Navy float plane plucked him from the water after enemy fire, with a relief crewman and pilot recounting the dramatic rescue and Blair's narrow escape from drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truk Lagoon
Japan
Central Pacific
Pearl Harbor
INS
George Blair
U. S
Sewickley
Pacific
Blair
Dublin
Uman Islands
Mae West
Denver F. Baxter
Summerton
Tenn
Reuben F. Hickam
Waverly
Truk
Denver
Hickam
Blood Money Given To Red Cross Fund
A Troy doctor tells a Red Cross War Fund worker he will donate four times his intended gift, valuing four pints of blood at 160 dollars. He explains his age and medical disqualification from blood donation inspired the idea. He urges others unable to give blood to donate its monetary value to boost the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Troy
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross Blood Bank
Action Over Truk Lagoon Claims Lone Downed Lieutenant
In the Truk operation Lieutenant Blair was the only man shot down inside the lagoon. Several others were rescued from the sea outside the lagoon, highlighting the perilous engagement and post action recovery.
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Truk
Blair
Truk Lagoon
Barge Canal Opens Early Amid War Demands
The Barge Canal is to open to traffic on April 3 due to war needs. Workers say weather could influence the schedule but indicate spring arrives early. Commissioner Guy W. Pinck cites demand for petroleum products and bauxite as a factor. The April 3 order covers the Erie Oswego Cayuga and Seneca Canals, with Champlain division opening May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy W. Pinck
Erie
Osweep
Cayuga
Seneca
Champlain
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Givney and Sidman
S. Paul Proctor
4Th ST
Army Group
John J
Givney
J. Nathan Sidman
United Retail Mail Order Union
Lord & Tann
Falton
WepaPre
Truman Bates
Mail Association
Clinton Green
Wwe
Baxter
E Meen Wes Pharmacy
MR. Pelty
Ae Teiahl Ie Roane See
Eae Ae
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Endeuws Third
Aiwa Spar
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