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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1944
Page
3
Annual election and installation of officers of the Parent Teacher Association at School 1S will be held at the school. Tickets for supper are available, with costs noted. event dates and times are specified for attendees.
A German correspondent describes the Annecy area in occupied France as a Maquis stronghold. He notes resistance by the Blue Devils and Alpine units, with maps showing Maquis positions around Lake Geneva and heavy fortifications surrounding Annecy. The piece highlights curfews, barricades, and arrests linked to Vichy authorities as the struggle continues in southeastern France.
Haynerville residents note Ancasia Garner returning home as Franklin Flower comes back from Bryn Mawr Pa. George Southwell with 30een visits Mr and Mrs Omar Southwell in a brief community notices item.
The Church of Christ invites the public to the annual event Monday at 8 p.m. at the church. A program of reflections and music will be presented, with offerings to support church activities and community outreach.
Valescing at Albany Hospital after surgery. Women’s Division of the Chris t Methodist Church will meet tomorrow at Mrs Daniel Hyde’s home. Parent-Teacher Association holds its regular monthly meeting May 18. The organization plans a variety of entertainment Friday evening at Grange Hall Gilead. Lurcher League sponsors a supper and entertainment tomorrow evening with serving at 6:45. Miss Mildred Hayner chairs the supper. Two one act plays and a special program are planned.
Hoosick Falls Hiwanis Club holds an evening session at The Creswood to hear Faymond KL Meixsell of Troy Savings Bank discuss a postwar community planning survey by Fact Finders under Troy institution auspices. Silver Cross Circle meets at Mrs. Gibson home with Miss Legart Hunt assisting. Prize winners noted at Legion Auxiliary night. Various local events listed including Freg Day plans and Grange and church meetings. Fort Jackson and Naval Reserve promotions reported.
Center Brunswick Paul Kreiger has been transferred to Rock Island Illinois for pre flight training. Mrs Howard Wagar is com
Pounal Anbrose Tatra of North Adams was a recent guest of relatives and friends in North Powrat. Henry and Fred Duval have been on a fishing trip to waters in Northern Vermont and report success. Frank L. Haley has resumed duties at the Hunter machine shop in North Adams after illness. Mr and Mrs Harald Wilson have moved to the former Robert Bar Stow house recently purchased by Linus Towzlee. Mr and Mrs Edgar Rhoades have relocated from North Pownal to Hawing quarters in the Irwin block.
Major General Lewis B. Hershey led a Washington meeting with state draft directors and local officials to align deferment rules and reduce confusion. The talks aimed to resolve conflicting procedures, address older- and younger-age deferments, and review War Manpower Commission guidance on essential occupations and new appeals for corrections.
William Harper of 290 State Street Albany died at his post as a switchboard operator at the Capitol Hotel on Sunday. He had long worked as a bank bookkeeper in Albany. He is survived by a sister, Mrs James Scott of Albany.
United Mine Workers asks the Supreme Court for immediate review of a Western Virginia Federal District Court ruling that coal miners are entitled to underground traveling time pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The union had previously appealed to the Fourth Circuit, a normal step before the Supreme Court.
Fragmentary notes show the Circuit Court decision prompting counsel to seek elimination of a procedural step. The Supreme Court will announce later whether it will act, with miners’ counsel arguing to remove the required Circuit Court consideration in the case.
Firefighters battled a Sunday blaze at the Fouden Machinery Co plant on Broad Street caused extensive damage. The fire raged for more than an hour before being brought under control, with the origin of the fire still undetermined.
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