Draft Boards Unable to Fill Quotas in June Inductions
Three Troy selective service boards report June quotas remain unmet due to a fall in available draftees. Boards ordered to reconsider men over 30 and those in useful work. Induction schedules revised to stagger departures from Troy as men travel to Albany to prevent crowding and shorten wait times.
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Troy
State Selective Service
Albany
Selective Service
Induction
Klate
Wating
Green Island Troop 15 Senior Scout Invested at St Joseph
Dolores O'Hara was invested as a senior scout of Troop 15 at St Joseph's Church on Sunday. At the meeting the girls discussed Memorial Day significance and ways to be good citizens. Joan Ade was chairman. The troop plans a trip to Kingston June 3 and a carnival is planned for June 1.
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Dolores O'Hara
St. Joseph's
Meat Shortage No Problem At Van Rensselaer Home
County Farm at Van Rensselaer has grown its own meat supply for 950 residents since May 1934. Manager Dougie Hudson notes average five hogs butchered monthly yielding pork, bacon, and ham. The farm also keeps cattle, turkeys, milk herd, and a seven to eight acre vegetable program supported by a tractor and draft horses.
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van Rensselaer
Bez L. Reynolds
County Farm
Berzuse
van Renssela
Dougie Hudson
Hudson
Hep
Farm Bureau Aid Sees Sharp Fruit Crop Drop in Rensselaer
Rensselaer County reports indicate the fruit crop will fall to about 25 percent of last year due to frost and poor pollination. County agent John Swan notes 15 percent to 50 percent of normal yields in various districts, with some areas worse affected.
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Farm Bureau
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer
Group of Girls Donates Show Proceeds to USO
A group of girls, all residents of Bank Street Prospect Avenue and Brunswick Avenue, aged over 12, presented 7.60 to the DSO Lounge. They held a show and donated the proceeds to the USO.
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DSO
Bank Street
Prospect Avenue
Brunswick Avenue
USO
War Cuts Police Strength Adds to Tasks Survey Shows
The Council of State Governments reports police and highway patrols expanded duties during wartime while staffing and equipment fell. From 48 departments about 11,000 personnel. by Dec 31 over 3,600 joined military service and more than 8 shifted to war jobs. Traffic deaths totaled 72,000 from Pearl Harbor to Oct 1954, while Army Navy fatalities reached 102,608.
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Chicago
Council of State Governments
United Sites
Pearl Harbor
New York
New York State
Indiana
Charleston
West Sand Lake Grange Plans Work Ahead
West Sand Lake Grange at its meeting outlined completing projects from Grange Day including grounds grading building repairs and painting. Worthy Master Wilbur Bower reported a successful supper and readers received letters from servicemen thanking the group. A National Farm Safety program lecture highlighted farm accident prevention and machinery hazards. Clarence Wicks led a musical revue with performances by Ethel and Ruth Locke and others. Next meeting June 9 will feature Mrs Ruth Buck leading a special program. Fires at 11 Smith Avenue and 633 Second Avenue extinguished by Troy firemen.
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West Sand Lake
Ethel J
Ruth Locke
Harold 7 Alger
Sgt
Russell Jones
Ruth Prins
Evelyn Wortz
Wynantekill
Early childbirth hyp notisin used by doctors in 1821
The practice of childbirth hyp notisin was used by physicians as early as 1821, before the development of anesthetic drugs.
Europe Food Needs to Drop Next Fall
New York reports the American Institute of Food Distribution predicts European food needs will rise in the next four months but fall by autumn with favorable weather. The agency notes renewed controls, distribution reforms, and imports from the United States will shape food relief for vulnerable groups amid disrupted wartime economies.
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New York
American Institute of Food Distribution
Non-Profit Research Agency
Institute
United States
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Finland
Austria
Italy
Greece
Hungary
Yugosla
Bulgaria
Spain
Porniz
Africa
Polar
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Egypt
Russia
Germany
Ce Institute
United Nations
Conference Ideals at Rotary Luncheon in Hendrick Hudson
Rector of St. Pauls Church addressed the Rotary Club at its luncheon, stressing that intangible factors and moral law are crucial for international peace. He contrasted a purely realistic world organization with an idealistic San Francisco effort powered by spiritual qualities to shape the world to come.
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Gees, DD
St. Pauls Church
Rotary Clib
Hendrick Hudson
Intangibles San Franscisco
Dr. Guss
Spirites? Fac Stors
Delega Ss
Duembarion Oaks
San Francisco
Tephen A
Sampson
Dr. Gass
Dwight Marvin
Mrs Vining Resigns Pastorate at Avert Park Baptist Church
Mrs Mary Vining resigns from the pastorate of Avert Park Baptist Church after years of service. She was among the few women Baptist ministers in the area and entered the ministry over a decade ago.
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Mary ( Vising) Hes
Avert Park
Vining Wo
Peter Reugad
To Baptist Ch
Nomn
East Neseats
Marine Private Buys $43,000 War Bonds
San Diego reports Marine Private Alfred J. Marks of Chicago has purchased war bonds totaling $43,000. The action underscores civilian support for the war effort and reflects ongoing bond drives in the area.
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Marine
San Diego
Bond Power Smong
Alfred J. Marks
Chicaro
Amgany Paper Company
Marks
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Nickes
Bernina
Hamilton
North, Troy
Schragers
Furtier
Troy High School
John Snyder Edward Gillie Bay Mor
Helen Califano
Gwenne Taylor IE. Bonds
West Sand Lake Grange
Hartz
Saxony
Hitler
Aney Troy
Smith Avenue
Second Avenue
By Messler
Europe
Rotary
Black Forest
Vining
Electric Quick Shoe Repairing CO
Sto Fur Sale
Vazzana Bros
Eich
LSAL
DAHL
Watervliet
Alfelder
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