Blood donors sought for every Trojan in service
Rensselaer County Red Cross launched a drive to register one donor for each Troy boy serving the country. At least 2,000 more donors are needed. A registration blank is printed in this paper and Red Cross headquarters is in the Proctor Building. Navy cadets at RPI volunteered to give blood, with 100 percent participation.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Red Cross
Proctor Building
Navy Aviation
Naval Flight Preparatory School
Baptist Church
Gymbiasium
Navy
First Baptist Church
Africa
Southwest
Pacific
John W. Kennedy
Blood Bank Committee
Hot Stove League
R.P.I
Seven Chinese Workers Arrive to Relieve Farm Shortage at Menands
Seven Chinese laborers arrived to work on the Menands farms of William F. McCully and Guy Beattie as part of a test to ease a farm labor shortage. Five will work for Beattie and two for McCully, housed in one building to keep house and prepare customary dishes. The plan, supported by a district assemblyman and reviewed by Gov. Dewey, follows earlier registrations of thousands of Chinese workers and aims to boost agricultural labor amid wartime needs.
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Menands
New York
Chinatown
William F. McCully
Guy Beattie
York
Thomas E. Dewey
Beattie
Long Island
China
Japan
America
Second War Loan Drive Reaches $19,175,000 Total
Troy Savings Bank purchased an additional 42,000,000 in Treasury securities, pushing the Second War Loan Drive total to 19,175,000 as announced by the Rensselaer County Victory Fund Committee. Bank’s total holdings now stand near 10.4 million, with final figures pending as remaining investments are tallied.
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Treasury Securities
Troy Savings Bank
Rensselaer County Victory Fund Committee
R. Oakley Kennedy
Defective Wiring Triggers Small Rome Blaze
An alarm from Box 824 at 12:28 pm led Sundar to summon firemen to a slight fire in a two story frame house on Fifth Avenue owned by Charles Mason of 509 Espense Street Rome. Firemen said defective wiring caused the blaze and that the first floor housed Thomas Keefe with the second occupied by Halliwell. Pumper 3 also fought a small blaze in a vacant one story garage west of Spring Avenue, owned by an estate, with patrolmen William J. Ryan and Harry Bille reporting.
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Sundar
Fifth Avenue
Charles Mason
Espense Street
Rome
Thomas Keefe
Oyrold Halliwell
William J. Ryan
Harry Bille
First Precinct
Ida Sir
Spring Avenue
Ferret
Food Costs Double In Mining Areas
In Library Pa a coal community of 750 miners families face near doubling of meat potato and vegetable costs. Householders cite higher prices for ham steak butter eggs flour and shoes with rents around 106 to 12 monthly. Women urge a raise for miners as wartime strain and strikes loom while men are in Army or sidelined by the crisis.
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Vic Sicilano
On the Hill
Rensselaer Farm Bureau Exec Committee Meet
The executive committee of the Rensselaer County Farm Bureau will hold its monthly meeting at Assistant County Agricultural Agent C. C. DuMond Jr.’s home in Wynantskill tomorrow evening.
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Farm Bureau Group
Rensselaer County Farm Bureau
Assist
C. C. DuMond, Jr
Wynantskill
Mothers Club to Offer Mass for Service Men at St Anthony's
The Mothers' Club of St Anthony's Italian Catholic Church led by Mrs Joseph Familiar will receive Holy Communion Sunday at the o'clock mass. The service mass is for the boys in service followed by a communion breakfast in honor of Mother's Day at The Hendrick Hudson. Breakfast committee includes Mrs Frank Cioffi and Mrs Samuel DeBonis with Mrs John Rae appointed toastmistress.
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Mothers’ Club
St. Anthony’s
Joseph Familiar
Hendrick Hudson
Frank Cioffi
Samuel DeBonis
John Rae
Mother's Day Observed by Calvary Church Group
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Calvary Church Latham will observe Mother's Day at its meeting. Mrs William R Williams hosts at the Williams home on the Troy Road, with a noon box lunch, a business session, and a program. Mrs Walter Willder presides and Mrs Williams leads the musical program.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Calvary Church
Latham
William R. Wiliams
Williams
Troy Road
Walter Willder
Play Rehearsals For Two Comedies At Church Parlor
A rehearsal of two comedies Rocking Chair Row and The Ladies Aid will be held tomorrow at p.m. at the parlors of the Church of Christ Disciples. The event invites participation from interested cast and community members.
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Church of Christ, Disciples
Church Event Plans Illuminate May Plays and Party
The Church School Co ed Bible class will host a party at 8 p.m. at Mrs Marjorie Coonley s home 22 Woodrow Court with Miss Virginia Simpson assisting hostess. A birthday party honored Mrs Anne B Davidson at Hotel Troy last night. Mrs Mary Powers of 2288 Fifth Avenue travels to Plattsburg where her brother John Lorry died suddenly yesterday.
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Marjorie Taylor Andrews
Church School
Marjorie Coonley
Woodrow Court
Virginia Simpson
Anne B. Davidson
Troy
Mary Powers
Fifth Avenue
Plattsburg
John Lorry
Coyote Sweater Question Sparks Oregon House Debate
In Salem Oregon lawmakers debated a bill to open coyote hunting season with Rep Buck Lieuallen asking if coyotes have female counterparts. Despite humor on the floor sixty members and the body eventually supported advancing the bill.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Buck” Lieuallen
Pene Dieton
Lieuallen
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Gude
Mekters
Kenneth Creavey
K. J. Cuomo
Blood Bank
Alta Becker
R.N
C. W. Sheppard
Theodore Schultz
Tom
Evans
Steve Dudukovich
Union Home
Asperica
Oxford
Calloway
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