Servicemen Consent Not Needed for Packages
The War Department eased overseas parcel rules allowing mail to soldiers abroad without CO approval if a request from the soldier is received and the APO cancellation mark is shown at mailing. Postmasters will issue official instructions within days, with weight and size limits unchanged and one package per week per sender to the same addressee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D. C
New York
War Department
Army Postal Service
Overseas Parcel Post
Postoffice Department
Arrest Boys for Freight Car Fire at Scotia Yard
New York Central Railroad police report four youths aged 11 to 14 were arrested for setting a fire in a freight car containing baled cotton at Scotia. They are in custody for juvenile court action. Estimated damage totals 6900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
Scotia
Danbury Doctor Dr David C Brown Dies at 80
Dr David Chester Brown longtime Danbury physician and surgeon died at his home at eighty born in Norfolk Virginia married to Catherine Cobden of Danbury. A Yale alum and postgrad in Berlin and Prague he led Danbury Hospital as senior surgeon co founded it. WWI Medical Corps major and former Connecticut National Guard chief he studied Hawaii conditions in 1927 for Coolidge. Survived by son Orlando Brown and daughter Catherine with sister Fannie Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Chester Brown
Danbury
Conn
Norfolk
Catherine Cobden
Yale University
Brown
Berlin
Prague
Danbury Hospital
Connecticut National Guards
Hawaii
Coolidge
American College of Surgeons
Connecticut State Medical Society
Orlando ‘Brown
Hingham
Mass
Catherine Brown
Dansbury
Social Security Cards Still Valid for Students
Area offices of the Social Security Board remind high school and college students who worked summers before and will work again this summer to use their previously issued social security numbers. Some students mistakenly think their former card and number are invalid for new employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Board
Health in Wartime Disease Prevention in War Homes
Dr. Thomas D. Masters warns wartime living conditions heighten disease risk from diphtheria whooping cough smallpox and typhoid. Army immunization standards plus home vaccination and boosters protect infants and adults. emphasis on smallpox diphtheria toxoid and whooping cough vaccines and typhoid shots for defense workers and travelers.
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Thomas D. Masters
NEA
United States Army
Solindiers
Masters
Liberty Ship Named for Native Trojan Launches in Wilmington
The 10,300 ton Liberty ship named for a Wilmington native Charles Crocker was launched Tuesday in Wilmington California. Crocker, born here September 16, 1822, founded Charles Crocker & Co in Indiana before moving to California where he helped build the Central Pacific Railroad with Stanford Huntington and Hopkins. He then headed railroad construction and his efforts rushed the line seven years ahead of schedule and later built a mansion valued at 1.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Crocker
Wilmington
Cal
Crocker
Marshall County
Ind
Leland Stanford
Collis P. Huntington
Mark Hopkins
Central Pacific Railroad
Wealthy pioneer dies in Monterey after San Francisco life
In 1888 the San Francisco resident died in Monterey, California, leaving an estimated fortune of 20 million dollars. The death marks the end of a notable era for the regional business and civic community, reflecting a rise from early frontier ventures to vast wealth and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Monterey
Cal
New State Wildlife Laws Expanded Deer Season in Adirondacks
New York State Conservation Department reviewed major wildlife laws for sportsmen. Deer hunting in the Adirondacks extends ten days with opening Oct 20 and closing at end of November, plus a possession deadline extended to July 1, 1944 for fish fowl and quadrupeds. The legislature removed minimum size limits on whitefish except in Lakes Ontario and Erie and extended the open season by one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Conservation Department
Adirondacks
Lakes
Ontario
Erie
Women's Role In Bond Sales Reported
The Rensselaer County War Savings Fund division led April efforts for the Second War Loan Drive with Buy-a-Bomber, a popularity contest, and sales booths. Records show Buy-a-Bomber $1,270,000. contest $76,976.50. booths $79,261.35. 432 black leaders aided house-to-house sales. schools and theaters contributed, with incomplete reports totalizing several hundred thousand dollars in bonds and stamps.
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Rensselaer County War Savings Fund
James H. Donnelly
Lytle ‘Yuli
State War Savings Committee
Henry Gallien, Jr
Joseph P. Delaney
Donnelly
Russell Sage College
Catholic Central High School
Pensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New Workers Needed for Factory Jobs
State Education Department says upstate war industries will need at least 200,000 new workers in six months, with 7,200 recruits expected in the Troy Albany Schenectady area. Training under federal wartime programs aims to place many in production roles, with facilities in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse able to handle large quotas.
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State Education Department
Upstate War Industries
Associated Pross
Troy-Albany-Schenectady
Education Department
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Amsterdam
Auburn
Batavia
Bay Shore
L. I
Fulton
Geneva
Glens Falls
Gloversville
Hammondsport
Harrison
Hastings-on-Hudson
Herkimer
Hornell
Ithaca
Kingston
Lockport
Majone
Mount Vernon
On Rochelle
Newburg
St Patrick's Parish Plans Reunion and Card Party
St Patrick's Church societies plan a parish reunion and lard party. Mayor Frank J Hogan, general chairman, announced a 3 pm meeting at the school hall to organize the event. The reunion and card party are set for June 3 and include fishing law enforcement cross border provisions for Chaumont Bay Lake Ontario and boundary waters between New York and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Church
Frank J. Hogan
Chaumont Bay
Lake Ontario
New York
Connecticut
Labor Federation Receives Reports at Troy Meeting
The Troy Federation of Labor met at the Labor Temple with President I. Seymour Scott presiding. A War Manpower Commission labor regulations report was read, plus a rationing rules and price ceilings inquiry. A resolutions committee was named for the Lyons family, and the meeting adjourned with respect to Thomas J. Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Federation of Labor
Labor Temple
I. Seymour Scott
War Manpower Commission
Troy
Thomas J. Lyons
State Federation of Labor
Lyons
Women Direct Young Republican Convention in Albany
Albany report on the New York State Young Republican Convention opening amid wartime shortages with women managing the arrangements. Gov. Dewey to address the two day session, Marion Kreinheder and Mary Krone to preside. A panel on the youth problem and voting age is planned with Irving Ives leading. Kenneth McAffer to speak at the dinner. New harps note a line about instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Association of
New York State
Young Republican Chiles
Ith
Young Democrats, Inc
G.O.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Marion E. Kreinheder
Buffalo
Mary Goode Krone
Chapaque
Winifred C. Stanley
Assembly
Irving M. Ives
Kenneth 5. McAffer
Albany County
La Salle Mounted Troop Prepares for Spring Events
La Salle Institute's Mounted Troop begins outdoor drills for a spring program. They will debut at the C B A Horse Show in Albany, appear in Troy's Memorial Day Parade, compete at the Rensselaer County Mounted Patrol Horse Show on June 5, and close with Notre Dame drill. Cadet Major Earl Dson and others lead a military tour defending honors from last Albany show. Entrants will compete in horsemanship and jumping classes. President Roosevelt has 3,000 Christmas cards.
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la Salle Institute
Albany
Troy
Rensselaer County Mounted Patrol
Notre Dame
Earl Dson
William Dunne
William Faden
John Wilson
Entriez
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