OPA Sets Price Ceilings for Radio Repair Tubes
The Office of Price Administration announces ceiling prices for civilian radio replacement tubes and service charges effective March 17. It lists maximum testing and replacement fees, posting requirements, and tax-inclusive prices across radios, phonographs, and consoles, with a system tying tube costs to quantity and wholesale discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Albany
Will Allie
GPA
Office of Price Administration
Reception Planned for Rabbi Geffen
A public reception for Rabbi Joel S. Geffen plans farewell before he leaves Troy for the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The event at Temple Beth El Sunday June 4 runs 3 to 6 pm with speakers from city organizations and denominations in Albany Schenectady and surrounding areas. Jerome Winig chairs the event with committee leaders and members assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel S. Geffen
Troy
Jewish Theological Seminary of
Attemez
Temple Beth el
Geffen
Jewish Seminary
Rebbi Geffen
Albany
Schenschadt
Hoosick Falls
Benmington
Jerome Winig
Troy Boy Served On Vessel Which Aided Doolittle
Joseph Kawka L1st class signal man in the Navy spent leave with his sister Mrs Frank Hanson of 382 First Avenue. He enlisted at age 18 while a student at La Salle Institute and has served four and a half years earning four battle stars. Kawka served aboard the Cassin at Pearl Harbor, later in the mid Pacific and Solomon Islands campaigns and was on a destroyer involved in the Doolittle raid route to Tokyo. He is a native of Cohoes, son of the late Mr and Mrs Peter Kawka, and was en route to Norfolk for new assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kawka
Navy
Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
Japan
Frank Hanson
First Avenue
Hawka
la Selle Institute
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Cassin
Kawke
Midway
Solomon Islands
Doolittle
Hawke
Cohoes
Mir
Peter Kawka
Norfolk
Couple Questioned on Series of Burglaries in Hartford
Mrs Francis Bradford 27 and husband Francis Bradford 24 alias William Clerk with their 3 children were held for questioning in Hartford Connecticut after police tied them to a trio of burglaries. They allegedly broke into three homes since arriving from Los Angeles last week and stole over 60 dollars in jewelry cash and a radio. Bradford was trying to buy another car to flee town when arrested.
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Meartford
Conn
Municipal Hospital Nursery
Francis Bradford
Los Angeles
Cal
Polis
William Clerk
William Kearney
Bradford Reporte
Four Vacancies Open in Armory Truck Company
The New Work Siege Guard motor truck company section of the Second Regiment at Troy Armory, commanded by Lieut. William S Wentworth, has four chauffeur vacancies remaining. Training has begun with inoculations, rifle practice to start, and equipment arrival expected soon for outfill. Enlistments urged to contact Wentworth at the Armory on Monday or Thursday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Truck Company
New Work Siege Guard
Troy Armory
William S Wentworth
Camp Smith
Peekskill
Wentworth
Retail Meat Trade Bulletin to Be Issued
A new retail meat trade bulletin from OPA will outline standards for cuts and regulations for retail stores. It will exclude prices, replacing earlier bulletins, with copies ready in about ten days and distributed to Troy area stores by the local Rationing Board.
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OPA
Troy Area
Red Cross Instructors Water Safety Course May Start
A Red Cross water safety instructors course will be conducted at the R P L pool the week of May 29 from Monday to Friday at 7 30 pm. Open to men and women, minimum age 19 with 17 year olds considered on ability. Joseph H Nil will teach, bringing experience as a college athletic director and coach including West Point and San Francisco tied institutions. he served as first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during the war and assisted the Air Surgeon in physical training.
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Red Cross
Reid
of- Reid
Joseph H. Nil
North Atlantic Area
Red Croas
Nill
West Point
St. Mary’s College
University of San Francisco
Sacred Heart College
San Francisco
Air Corps
Monaghan
Steinberg
Frank Andrae
American Labor Party
Cohoes
Smith
Dingley
Doherty
Sage Alumnae Meet in New York Highlights and Indictments
Sage alumnae gathered at New York Town Hall Club for the Russell Sage Alumnae Association luncheon with Oakley Kennedy and Miss Marjorie Wales among speakers on alumna roles and liberal arts. The same meeting notes a jury investigation into public records misappropriation and a separate perjury charge against Cohoes night police chief James F. Collins, with testimony on records from local businesses and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley Kennedy
Cluett Peabody & Co., Inc
Russell Sage College
New York
Russell Sage Alumnce Association
Town Hall Club
Lieut Colte Goodwin
WAC
Marjorie Wales
Troy
Alumnae Association
R. Stanley Thomson
Colilege
Liberal Arts
Russell Sage
Mildred Joseph
Samuel H. Mill
Bronxville
Stella Sanborn
Brooklyn
Smith
J. ‘Henry Soden
Andrae
Dingley
Doherty
James F. Collins
Fred A. Etoll
Albany Accauntant
Robert Laffin
Lawrence Eurhardt
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S Alloy Steels
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation
Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Sarah White Albers
Peork St. Phene
Consultstint
Grand Monarch
C. Wilbur Foster
Indianapolis, Center
Tran Group
Ger
Mania Hall
George E. Sibley
Fred A. Beck
Monarch
H. B. MacChesney
A. W
Troy Boy
Action Overseas
G.i.s
Timve Network
Misybe
Mike
Goce-Cola
Spotlight
Joel S Geffen
Armory
Sage
C. A. Lockwood, Jr
Tang
Truk
Joseph Hranek
Bridicott
J. G
Robert F. Kanze
Freehold
A. Burns
Wynnewood
Anne
Retter Aguelar
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