Kiely Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in Navy Public Relations
Thomas B. Kiely of Cohoes has been promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant commander and serves as Navy public relations chief in the Albany area since August 1941. Except for a spring 1942 three month stint with the Third Naval District press section in New York, he has remained in Albany after returning to active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Kiely
Cohoes
Cohoes American
Navy
Navel
New York
Albany
Alderman Casey Challenges Troy Chamber Over Finances
Alderman Frederick C. Casey accuses the Troy Chamber of Commerce and its newspaper ally of a biased campaign against city finances. He demands their next ad explain why debt leverage rose from 39,000 to 1.4 million and pledges scrutiny of the chamber’s claims versus published city books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Chamber of Commerce
Troy
Casey
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Public Works
Summer Store Hours Scheduled
The Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting in The Hendrick Hudson, sets this summer store schedule July 1 to Sept 4 with Friday hours to 8 36 p m and Saturday close at 1 p m. The bureau endorsed the Red Cross county nurse recruitment drive and discussed tax policy, street conditions, and city finances with Aldermen Casey Smith Rinn and Miller debating chamber involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Hendrick Hudson
Robert A. Block
Troy War Council
Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
James McKiernan
Credit Retail Association of Albany
Albany
Rudolph M. Severn
Macy’s
New York
Blue Signal Tests Darken Troy in Citywide Drill
The Troy blackout drill tested blue and red warnings with wardens and volunteers coordinating across the city. Cars with lights on were warned. most homes darkened swiftly while a new short wave radio system operated from Troy High School to relay instructions amid simulated emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army
Music Hall
Troy Exchange
Troy
New York
Arthur Smart, Jr
Troy High School
Rensselaer
Albany
Saratoga
Gasoline Stations Must Sell Even Quantities to All
George Myers, chief attorney of the Albany Office of Price Administration, says stations cannot discriminate by quantity or refuse sales to some drivers. After many complaints, he notes stations may reduce quantities only if reductions are even for all customers, but deliberately denying gasoline to one customer while saving it for another is forbidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Myers
Albany
Two Flyers Bail Out Plane Crashes in Midflight
A Ryan STA plane NC 17343 crashed after instructor Duncan and student Wick bailed out at about 3 500 feet. Both men escaped with calm conduct and were quickly located by state police and sheriff staff. Wick landed two miles from the crash site near Hay nerville. both men were reunited at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Wick
Haynerville
Speigletown
Justus W. Wetzel
Dorothy Muchow
Kay Buchler
Albany
Philete F. Craver
Warren D. Horton
Fred J. Schoonmaker
Harry A. Scoville
State Police
Johnson Farm
Johnson Place
Schoonmaker
Scoville
Luitie
Schubert Club Unites With Vocals In Troy Concert
The Troy Vocal Society joined by the Schubert Club of Schenectady and Louisa Hoe Moller gave a Music Hall concert ending the Vocals 68th season. Dr. Elmer A. Tidmarsh led a finely blended program including Handel and Malotte-Deis with strong diction. Moller captivated with pure middle register in Chant d Amour and Brahms songs. Accompanist George H. Pickering praised. plans for the 69th year announced with engagements of Shaw and Braggioti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine P. Maas
Troy Vocal Society
Schubert Club
Schenectady
Louisa Hoe Moller
Music Hall
Audiorium
Garvin Cluett
Elmer A. Tidmarsh
Society
Dupare-Harling
Hugh Roberton
Malotte-Deis
Malotte
Dr. Tidmarsh
Handel
Moret
Brahms
Mrs. Molier
Yonder
Gaines
Rossini-Gore
George H. Pickering
William H. Marvin
Shaw and
Braggioti
Washout blackout leaves Glens Falls in darkness
Last night's outage hit Glens Falls hard with only business district lights restored. Street lights in outlying areas stayed on due to a mechanical fault, and a later error delayed resumption in the business district. The Hudson River bridge lights remained on, outlining key plants. Warnings during the second blue period caused county confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glens Falls
Hudson River
South Glens Falls
Washington
Saratoga
Recognition Quiz HULETT Recognition Quiz HULETT
The familiar face belonged to a former wartime organizer who in 1918 led the Student's Army Training Corps at R. P. L and later headed physical education. He became president of the Troy Rotary Club and chaired the Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Army Training Corps
Department of Physical Education
Troy Rotary Club
American National Red Cross Association
Crime Clues Tie Quad to Lansingburg Burg Pair
Police announced the arrest of John Joseph Manning, 21, of 81 Ferry Street, and Edward Podalski, 18, of Harmony Street, Cohoes, in a Lansingburg burglary spree. Manning faces burglary and petit larceny charges after admitting four crimes including Sunset Inn thefts. Podalski confessed to the Sunset Inn break and other robberies with St. Martin, including Hope's Grill and Lark Inn entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Precinct
Lansingbug
Joseph L. Rafter
John J. Noonan
Uptown
John Joseph Manning
Ferry Street
Manning
Sunset Inn
Joseph L. Smith
Edward Podalski
Harmony Street
Cohoes
Schenectady
Troy
Podalski
Rafter
Noonan
Lansingburg
Maryland
Philadelphia
Ohio
West Coxsackie
Elizabethtown
Don Cowley, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Mannings Carsion
Pacific Market
Padatsk
Hope
112Th Street
Thomas St. Martin
Larkin
Second Avenue
126Th Street
Podaliski
St. Martin
Phoenix
Yorke
Transportation System
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Women’s Guild of the Second Baptist Church
Carpenter
Marion Carpenter
Rothers
James A. Nutting
A&c
Agy
Bedinotile
Troy Hospital
Delmo M. Bedinotti
Delmo Bernard
Bedinotti
Angela Oliver
McGrath
the Leonard Hospital
John ©. McGrath
Susan Dean
Margaret Murray
Bayly
St. Joseph's Church
Richard ¥. Bayly
Coonract
Gertrude L. Coonradi
Buneral
Doaw Street
St. Barnabas’ Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Cuerdun
Margaret M. Cuerdon
St. Patrick’s Church
Penter
Watervliet
Sixth Ave
St. Patrick's Church
Dormandy
Garry J. Dormandy
Emma Worthington Dormandy
Harry Fonda
Bradford Burleigh
Harold Abbott
Kenneth Cree
Charles G
Howard W. Dormandy
Thomas Moss
Charles N
Harry Dormandy
Slason Chapel
North
Orlock
Eleventh Street
Edwin J. Gent
Angeline Wharmby
George W. Gent
Sarah E. Gent
George Greenman
Gillie
Third Avenue
August Gillie
Grace Nutting
Theodore Bayer
Starinus Hoogkamp
Harmon A. Gillie
George H. Goodwin
Albany Rural Cemetery
Hess
N. J
Lillian F. Lambert
George E. Hess
John J. Dunn
George L
J. Raymond
Victor L. Hess
Leon Lambert
Dover
Kendall
Laura M. Meredith
Rye
Russell D. Meredith
Clifford Il
Meredith
Manhasset
L. I
Mulein
Orange Street
Mary W. Flanagan
Michael Mullin
Claude J
Roland C
William H. Mullin
Campion's Sons Funeral Home
Broadway
Livingston Avenue
St. Mary's Church
St. Monica's Circle
Rasmessen
Northern Drive
Oakwood Avenue
Mary Jessen
George Rasmussen
Guy Shepard
George Fernet
George EB
Pic
Warren T. Rasmussen
Camp Polk
I. Bryson
Edward WN
Thomas Jessen
Ruth Rasmussen
M. Bernard
St. Joseph of
Carondelet
St. Joseph's Seminary
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Tiernan
Elizabeth Brizzell
Henry Tiernan
Edward Morgan
Charles Lamby
James McGrail
James Brizzell
Sheridan Avenue
Weidenbacher
Spring Ave
Afrahelmer Weidenbacher
Vital Weidenbacher
William A. Gallagher
Charles A. Powis
William
Frank Weidenbacher
Leo J. Goutreau
Lawrence J. ‘Weidenbacher
Third St
St. Lawrence's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Wilday
Seventeenth Street
Mary C. Wilday
Alvah Wilday
Bertha Felker
Viola Crary
Evelyn Sanford
Avery
Jerome Wilday
Morris Funeral Home
Wouciechowski
Mary Kupiec
Teofil Wojeschowski
Edward Joseph
Stanley Woocie
Howaki
Fourth Street
Dirty Street Pictures
Henry E. Smith
Seventeenth Ward
Chamber of
Smith
State Conference of Mayors
Louis E. Rinn
Third Ward
Frederick S. Miller
Fourteenth Ward
Frank J. Hogan
Trey War Council
Louisa Moller
Rayrtertown
Emmet Duncan
Clifford Wick
Hulett
R. P
John Manning
John J. Kennedy
River St
Mohican
Hartigans
Troy's Reliable Cash Dept
Congress St
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