Troy Squadron Wins Harold E. Smith Cup at CAP Drill Meet
The Troy Civil Air Patrol squadron, under First Lieut Garner Roney, won the Lieut Harold E Smith Cup for drill and mass exercise proficiency at East Greenbush Airport. Albany and Schenectady squadrons placed second and third in the military drill with aerial maneuvers and bombing contests. Judge panel included Lt Gov Thomas W Wallace and group officers, with over 175 pilots and observers participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Group 4
Civil Air Patrol
New York
Troy Squadron
Garner Roney
Harold E. Smith
East Greenbush
Squadron 5
Albany
Thomas W. Wallace
Troy
Clinton Winne
Peter Howe
Wallace
Carl Comstock
Saratoga
C. E. Johnson
Schenectady
Lieuenant Roney
Martin Hawkins
Horace Miller
Robert Crawford
William Cockerell
Maynard’ Witherell
Fred Tallman
Homer Cones
D. LeFevre
Douglas Francisco
L. Wilcox
George Schoeffler
Amsterdam
Honery
EB. Fromm
Win
Garnert Roney
Dissolution of Marriage Sought in Albany Action
Supreme Court Justice Pierce H. Russell signed an order allowing Marguerite Jordan to serve notice by publication in a dissolution of marriage suit against Raymond L. Jordan. Attorneys include W Joseph Shanley for the plaintiff. The case heads to a special term in Albany on July 23. the pair wed Sept. 18, 1918 at Green Island. The husband disappeared in Alliance Ohio on Dec. 10, 1927, and has not been heard from since. Mrs. Jordan returned to Troy on Feb. 1, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Marguerite Jordan
Fifth Avenue
Raymond L. Jordan
W. Joseph Shanley
Albany
Green Island
Alliance, O
Jordan
Troy
Child Left Behind at Proctor's Theater Returns Home
Six year old Lester Briggs of Williamstown Massachusetts was found alone in the theater after the Sunday night closing. He slept at the Mohawk Hudson River Humane Society shelter until police and officials located his mother Mrs. Alice E Briggs and reunited them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor's
Lester Briggs
Williamstown
Mass
Mohawk-Hudson River Humane Society
Chester Irving
Edmund Sullivan
Alice E. Briggs
Coeliac Girl Dies After Bananas During War Shortage
Jo an Marie Saxby three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Saxby of Hoag s Corners died Sunday of coeliac a rare disease two years of illness she could eat only bananas and troopers under Capt John M Keeley aided in finding fruit during the banana famine The child would have been six in June and had been unable to assimilate since infancy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Marie. Saxby
Harry Saxby
Hoag's Corners
John M. Keeley
Funeral arrangements for Saxby family announced
The parents and three other children Grace, James and Thomas Saxby, all older, survive. The funeral will be tomorrow at 10 am from Willis D. Larkin Funeral Home in Averill Park. Rev. John J. Gaffigan of St. Henry's Church will recite prayer. Interment will be in Hoag's Corners Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
James
Thomas Saxby
Willis D. Larkin
Averill Park
John J. Gaffigan
St. Henry's Church
Hoag’s Corners Cemetery
Berlin Man Severely Hurt At Schenectady Depot
Adelbert Manchester of Berlin, an employee at the Schenectady Quartermaster Depot, was injured while loading on a mechanical mule. He is in Ellis Hospital in fair condition with head injuries after being unconscious for several hours. he previously delivered newspapers for The Troy Record along Petersburg Berlin route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert Manchester
Berlin
Schenectady
Ellis Hospital
Mr. Manchester
Troy Record Co
Petersburg
Women Donate Blonde Tresses For War Effort
Mrs. Catherine Gowie of 135 Fifth Avenue donated an 18 year old nearly twenty inch blonde braid for use in war instruments. Mrs. David E. Thorsland of 510 Second Avenue sent her 21 inch hair for bomb sights and other precision tools. she received a certificate noting 2.50 per ounce would go to the USO. Hair must be blonde straight and at least 14 inches long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Gowie
Fifth Avenue
Gowie
Orville C. Gowie
Coast Guard
Sandy Hook
Fort Hancock
David E. Thorsland, Jr
Miami Beach
Fla
Sam
War Instruments
Legion Auxiliary Dinner Honors State President and District Chair
Rensselaer County American Legion Auxiliary will hold a dinner tomorrow night to honor Mrs. Belle Oxholm, state president, and Mrs. Fanny Wright, third district chairman. Mrs. Dora Mesick, county chairman, will preside at a meeting after the dinner in Noble-Callahan Post rooms at 14 First Street, with Mrs. Thelma Warren as dinner chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County American Legion Auxiliary
Belle Oxholm
Fanny Wright
Third District
Dora Mesick
Noble- Callahan
First Street
Thelma Warren
Dr Hambro to Deliver Russell Sage College Address
Dr C J Hambro, top Norwegian statesman and long time parliament president, will give Russell Sage College 26th commencement address replacing Francis B Sayre. Acting president Helen M McKinstry announced the selection noting Hambro's rapid rise in politics and his global influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hambro
League of Nations Assembly
Russell Sage College
Helen M. McKinstry
Hambro
Francis B. Sayre
Washington
Norway
America
Notable Norwegian Leader Hambro Passes Away
Public life details him as president of Parliament and League of Nations Assembly, translator of 50 to 60 books, author of multiple works, editor of Morgenbladet, and leader in international diplomacy. He served on the League Council and ILO governing body, contributed to How To Win the Peace, and held Nobel Committee ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations Assembly
Morgenbladet
Foreign Assembly
Council of the League
International Labor Organization
Norway
Hambro
Geneva
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Trojan Civil Air Patrol
Child
Humphreys
Union Man's Shop
Legion Auxiliary
Sage
Dr. Hambro
Nobel Prise Committee
University of North Dakota
Royal St. Olaf's Order
Norse Telegram Bureau
Associated Press of Norway
NAVY
Richard Wheland
Sampson
Joseph Suivan
Gude
Union Home
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