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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1945
Page
2
Albany Thien Depot staged a private blackout lasting over an hour after a transformer failure during a thunderstorm. The outage began at 8 55 40 and ended around 16 26 with passengers remaining in darkness in the waiting room until power returned.
Interior Secretary Ickes proposes a wage pact to end the battle between coal miners and operators. The plan would raise daily pay by about 1.37 to 2.0 dollars and set portal-to-portal travel compensation. Lewis counters with fringe benefits and higher vacation allowances while the mine owners push for a broader wage structure.
The talks spanned with experts from coal costs and Nish& yarimenty consulting both sides. A compromise around 1.50 for underground travel and lunch time was proposed, positioned between Lewis 175 and the initial 503 counter offer.
A sequence of social calls and visits is reported from Albany and surrounding communities. Residents including Bacon Hill Raymond Sparling, Mrs Thor Smith, Miss Mary J. Peck, Sirs Anna Peckere, the Pett and Fitzgerald families, and others travel to and host relatives at Schoharie Fort Miller Saratoga Lake Glens Falls Minerva Ketchum's Corners and Saratoga Springs. Multiple families attend gatherings with neighbors and on weekends attend events at home and in the region.
Hoosick Falls prepares for Clareup Week with Street Department led by Commissioner Patrick Cavanaugh under Trustee James McLuces. Ward by ward schedule runs Monday to Thursday with curbside collection details and container use. Medal recipients Francis K Cerney and Anthony J Wirmusky honored with Bronze Star. Local banquets canceled. Village Trustees and Post-war Plans committee meet Monday. rationing board notes OPA chief Chester Bowles praises local operations and requests continuation.
Mayor Jane J Ahere announced five appointments to municipal boards and commissions. Dominick M Pafundi was named to the Examining Board of Plumbers. Elmer Schacht was reappointed to the Municipal Planning Commission. Alfred W Gale Frank H R Coffeen and Nebill P Smith were reappointed to the Board of Zoning Appeals for three year terms.
Airs Arnold W Sliterbes visits Cambridge relatives while Roger Sweet returns home from Woodside. Pvt Shirley H Clukner at Lockbourne AAF spends weekend with Dickner and Wardwell families. Rummage sale planned by Women’s Society of Christian Service June 1 2 on Congress Street Troy. Mrs Stella Bulson hosts items before June 1. Rev Thomas Bass to Rochester for Missionary Society meeting with Rev Thomas Miter.
Col Spencer B. Eddy of Saratoga Springs was decorated with the Legion of Merit for exceptional meritorious services. He is with General MacArthur’s staff in Manila. Eddy has served since March 1 1942 and has spent three years overseas in Australia New Guinea and the Philippines. His wife Adelaide Matrazzo and daughter Ruth Eddy reside in Saratoga Springs with his mother Mrs James Eddy and brother Lt Com John Eddy in Charleston South Carolina.
Mayor John J. Ahern criticizes Democratic members of the Common Council for delaying a $2,225,000 postwar project package. He calls for immediate action on a public hearing when money is needed and argues state approval would reimburse 90 percent of planning costs.
The War Department said liberated American prisoners still abroad are either en route home or awaiting transport, with official reassurance to anxious families that most freed servicemen will return to the United States soon.
Fragmentary wartime note indicates officials stressing that if conflict resumes, personnel or dependents will remain in the United States rather than deployed abroad.
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