Mayor Names Eleven to City Commissions
Mayor John J. Ahern announced seven new members and a secretary to the City Planning Commission and three new members to the Board of Zoning Appeals. New Planning Commission members include Elmer C. Schacht Ralph E B Winslow Edmund J Burns Joseph Rosenberg James F O Crowley Michael Breen Edwin F Henry. Board of Zoning Appeals adds Alfred W Gale Leo R Toomajian Frank H Coffeen with Bradley and Nehili Smith remaining. Former members’ terms expired.
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John J. Ahern
City Planning Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Planning Commission
Elmer C. Schacht
Behr-Manning Corp
Russell Sage College
Livingston W. Houston
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co. Inc
Court Dismisses Old Abandonment Charges in Rensselaer County
Twenty eight indictments returned by the Rensselaer County grand jury against residents who abandoned wives and children were dismissed by County Judge Harry E. Clinton on motion of Dist Atty Earle J. Wiley. Some dates go back to 1926. some missing defendants could not be located or families have since adjusted.
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Rensselaer County Grand Jury
Harry E. Clinton
Earle J. Wiley
Ship Named for Inventor J Frank Cooper
A Liberty ship built at California Shipbuilding Yards was launched to honor J Frank Cooper inventor of the rubber life raft. Cooper, an executive at Goodyear, died last year and his life raft invention stemmed from his balloon piloting experiences.
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Terminal Island
Cal
J. Frank Cooper
California
Cooper
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Illinois pension rolls drop sharply in February
Springfield Illinois February pension payments were cut more than any prior month while the average grant rose to 29.48 dollars. Public Aid Commission director Raymond M. Hilliard released the figures.
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Springfield
I.C
Mayor Ahern Sets Example for Drivers
Mayor John J. Ahern attended a Red Cross War Fund meeting and in a rain soaked moment showed thrift and courtesy. He paid at a parking meter after returning to his car, joking that he did not want a parking tag.
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John J. Ahern
Red Cross War Fund
First Baptist Church
Social notes and wartime fund drives in Hudson Valley area
Local residents host and attend bridge gatherings and visits in Schughticoke Hudson Heights and Amsterdam area. Fund offerings include three prizes and seven dollars forty cents donated to the Red Cross War Fund. MED LIEUTENANT Edgar P. Gregory, ex Hudson Valley Fuel Co. employee, completed Officer Candidate School at Miami Beach and was commissioned in the Army Air Forces.
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Daniel Herlihy
Fredson
Mary van Buren
Ross War Fund
Women's United
First Presbyterian
Barth
George Kilsus
Lois Prear
St. Hospital
Amsterda
Ogdensburg
James Peeor
J. Elbert van Buren
Bursuit Herlihy
Mmss Mildred Banker
van Buren
George D. Cunningham
E. David Button
Charl Reilly
Red Cross War Fund
Edgar P. Gregory
Hudson Valley Fuel Co
Miami Beach
Fla
Army Air Forces
Gregory
The
Fuel Corp
West Erie Street
Albany
Hoosick Street
Maks City
Troy High Girls Choose Class Day Dress at Meeting
Troy High School seniors selected a light blue and white blazer dress for Class Day at a special meeting held at the school. Alma Wood led the display of garments from city stores with committee members and seniors including Carolyn Worbel Jace Thompson Bernice Coplin Gloria Gilbert Marguerite Rougier Leta Clark Doris Castle Hattie Starick and Irene Watrobski. An underclass assembly featured a nutrition film Building Up the Body in Wartime and a short sex education talk by vocational director Joseph T. Sproule.
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Troy High School
Alma Wood
Carolyn Worbel
Jace Thompson
Bernice Coplin
Gloria Gilbert
Marguerite Rougier
Leta Clark
Doris Castle
Hattie Starick
Irene Watrobski
Joseph T. Sproule
Sycaway 4 H Club Meeting At Miss McCabe Home
The Sycaway The Sycamore 4 Her Club met at Miss Dorothy McCabe on North Lake Avenue. Miss McCabe demonstrated vegetable and casserole making and white sauce. President Miss Arlene Lewis led the business session. Plans for camp were set and a Peanut party scheduled for March 31 at Miss McCabe's. Next meeting at Miss Mine Taplin's North Lake. Songs were sung and the 4 H pledge was recited.
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Dorothy McCabe
North Lake Avenue
McCabe
Arlene Lewis
Miss McCabe
Miss! Mine
East Greenbush Airman Describes Big Sky Battles
Tech Sergeant Leo Wainman of East Greenbush returns home after 51 bombing missions in the Pacific. He recounted a one hour clash with 36 Japanese Zero fighters during a strike on a transport and a primary target, noting dwindling ammunition but five enemy planes down. He earned the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters, has been overseas 14 months, and says he shot down four more zeros near Rabaul and Bougainville. He is visiting his sister Mrs. Thomas Mills in Rensselaer.
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Pacific
Sergt
Leo Wainman
East Greenbus
Wainman
Rabaul
Bougainville
Thomas Mills
Aiken Avenue
Rensselaer
Shell Kills Soldiers In Beachhead Hospital
Allied Headquarters reports an explosion at the Anzio beachhead hospital area killing five soldiers and wounding about a dozen yesterday. The hospital tents, marked with red crosses, were struck as about forty shells landed. personnel and patients were hit, but no nurses. The shells appeared to come from a German tank along the coastal road.
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Allied
Naples
Anzio
Marmola diet ad targets fat women and thyroid link
An advertisement claims fat loss for women through sensible eating and Marmola use. It warns Marmola is not a cure and urges consulting a physician for safety. The ad touts decades of pharmacy sales and urges prompt action.
Tito Uses Stonewall Jackson Tactics For Yugoslav Partisans
Naples dispatch describes how Tito’s partisans adopt Civil War era tactics. Two officers in a Naples hospital compare Jackson's campaigns to their own forced marches. They cite long advances with pack animals, no air support, and a mobile cavalry presence guiding operations.
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Joseph Morton Naples
Stonewall Jackson
America
Marshal Tito
United States Army
Naples
Jega
Anzio
Wayne L. Johnson
Northwest
Twentieth Street
Oklahoma City
Viacomir J. Dedier
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dedier
The
Oklahoman
Tito
Stonewall
Jackson
Bosnia
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Livingston
W. Houston
Michael F. Breen
Alfred W. Gale
Frank H. Coffeen
Ralph E. Winslow
James F. O'Crowley
Leo R. Toomajian
Edmund J. Burns
Edwin F. Henry
Tweeds
Cavalry Twins
Goverts
Gabardines
Snappy Clothes Shop
Ahern
Schughticoke
Thomas Arnold
Thomas Jones
George Viall
Julu Maher
Harry Clark
Heights
Janet Graves
Hudson
Margaret UN
Luzerne
Mar Jackson
Troy High
East Greenbush
Shell
Beachhead
Adv
Brazil
United States
Allen
Nabisco Mational Biscuit Company
Uykers
Cluett & Sons
Philco
RAC
Victor—Pfanstiehl
Garod
Jensen Recoton
Fidelstone
Birch" and Kacti
Bach
Stock
Chicago Symphony
Reubke
E. Power Biggs
Brahms —Senga of Destiny
N. Y. Philharmonic
Westminster Choir
Beethoven
Budapest
Johnny Noble
Great Army Air Forces
Sammy Kaye
David Rose
Sinatra
San Fernando Valley
Dinah
Johnny Mercer
Mucho
Andy Russel
Tex Ritter
Music Headquarters
Broadway
Second ST
Troy, N. Y
State ST. Schenectady
Estes Neeseeee Prece
the Red Cross
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