Franco American Corp Leases Troy Plant For Perfumes
The Franco American Corp of Boston leases space at 387 392 Third Avenue Troy from William J. Lewis to manufacture perfumes cosmetics and toilet articles. Operations start April 1 with about 35 employees and potential expansion. The move follows a Chamber of Commerce and city official effort and marks the second firm to locate in the renovated building.
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Chamber of Commerce
John J. Ahern
Troy
Daniel Topjian
Franco American Corp
Boston
Mass
Third Avenue
Ferguson Dollar Co
Willam J. Lewis
Topjian
Samuel W. McCochrane
Lewis
Firms Vow Jobs After War In Ilium Building Lease
The Std Uniform Co. leases the third floor of the Ilium Building from February. Mayor Ahern and Mr. McCochrane said both firms will guarantee employment after the war, claiming their products will keep production steady if peacetime markets stay strong.
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Std Uniform Co
Ilium
Ahern
McCochrane
Former Trojan to Take Part in Invasion Plans
Elizabeth Lawson Calhoun, formerly of Troy, is assigned to the OWI in England as head of the Belgian Radio Section of the Division of Psychological Warfare. Stationed in London, she will supervise short wave broadcasts to Belgium in French and Flemish for pre and post invasion propaganda. She previously studied at Fontainbleau and the OWI School of Technique and served a year and a half with the War Department as historian and Chief of Information for the New York Ordnance District.
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Elizabeth Lawson Calhoun
Troy
England
OWI
Division of
Psychological Warfare
London
Belgium
OWI School of Technique
War Department
New York Ordnance District
Fragmentary biography fragment mentions Lawson family ties
The text notes Mrs Thomas B Lawson and a former civil engineer heading a department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Taborton. It also references her father as a technic figure and mentions New York connections.
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Thomas B. Lawson
New
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Perfume Makers
Casablanca
Emgee
Rayon
Jair Lacquer
The
Red Cross
Colo
Ny. CO
Vogue
the New
Picardy
Dawnelle
Jeselli
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