Vocational School Aids War Effort in Troy
The New York State Vocational School near Troy expanded since 1952 to train civilians for wartime and postwar needs. Programs include machine shop, radio, drafting, and inspection practice with a six day schedule. Veterans rehabilitation and technical courses attract students like Gerard Contois and others pursuing radio and broadcasting work. State Troopers praised the school after 14 troopers passed the FCC exam for second class licenses.
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New York
Broadway
Anerus
George E. Holliday
Troy
Earl and Wilson
Troy State Wer Freining School
Sigeal Corpa
Army
Signal Corps
Stadenta
Gerard Contois
Dunkirk
Contois
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Cohoes
Seabees
Army radio course shapes skilled workers at Troy school
The Troy school trained men in radio and manufacturing trades as part of a statewide program. Trainees included Behr Manning Co, New York State Police and several Albany area firms. Civilian sections ran daytime and evening. junior programs served Catholic Central and LaSalle Institute. In Portland, the Hoyt family greeted service members on leave returning from distant posts.
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Troy
Holliday
Buffalo Teacher's College
Syracuse
Schenectady
State Department
Beawait Millis
Cohoes
New York State Police
Behr- Manning Co
Catholic Central High School
LaSalle Institute
Hospital runs bank service for wounded patients in Hot Springs
At the Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs, the treasurer's office operates a bank and safe deposit service for military and civilian patients. Deposits of cash, checks, watches, and valuables are accepted, with the safe-deposit area filled by war souvenirs from veterans. Maj. James M. Keating oversees the bank with Sgt. Parks and Mrs. Lucille Adair assisting. deposits total several thousand dollars, with funds routed to Hot Springs banks for safety. Government checks are cashed and personal checks accepted for collection.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy General Hospital
James M. Keating
A.d& N. Bank and Safe Deposit Service
Set R. D. Parks, Jr
Lucille Adair
Parks
Army
W. B. Worthen Co. Bankers
Little Rock
Bank~ing
Elks to Award Valor Medal to Mrs Roosevelt
The Elks plan to present the Medal of Valor to Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt in commemoration of her work for the nation. The Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, through its local lodge in Poughkeepsie, announced the honor date and purposes.
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Elks
Mrs. Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tate
Roosevelt
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Crossword Puzzle Maze Mockery Eye 7
Puzzle item features a cryptic cross reference titled by JOP and N Mockery with seven bylines. The readable snippet hints at a themed grid or clue set emphasizing eye related wordplay and a playful misdirection. No clear incident, person, or organization is identifiable from the fragment.
Gifted Children Rank High in Health Says Dr Witty
Chicago reports that bright children are not retarded or misfits. Dr Paul A Witty Northwestern University says gifted children show high intelligence and superior physical health yet IQ alone does not prove genius. He notes gifted kids excel in reading and language but lag in handwriting and spelling and urges schools to respect individuality and diversify programs. Roosevelt to attend Lodge award ceremony with Morgenthau and Forrestal. Roosevelt a Poughkeepsie Lodge member.
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Chicago
Paul A. Witty
Northwestern University
Witty
College Studies Use of Penicillin For Live Stock
Research at Oklahoma A and M College explores penicillin for livestock treatment. Dr K S Chester reports early trials showing penicillin activity against bacteria causing livestock diseases in cows and horses under supervision by Dr Wal Semmer and the College Research Foundation.
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Oklahoma A. &M. College
K. Sther Chester
College Research Foundation
A & SM College
Wal Semmer
Chester
Bamac
Correa Encounters Micao Tree In Mexico Plantations
Hernando Correa observes cultivated micao trees in Mexican plantations where beans are processed into chor der beans for product creation.
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Hernando Correa
Mexico
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Krone
Arias Las A
Troop 2
Boy Scouts
Frear Park Camporee
Leonard Wager
George Welcome
Donald White
BehrManning Co. Rotetiller Co
Whitcomb Bio. Co
McCreary Machine Co
Hudson Machine Works
Proctor and Schwartz
Canoes
Briggs Machinery Co
Read-Lewis Co
Carl Machine Co
Covert Mix. Co
McLaren Machine Shop
Albany Machine and Tool Co
Portland
Ore
INS
John. Hoyt
Globe
Pacific
Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
Record Newspapers
the Record Newspapers
Eee
Tsamzel
Prenicia
Mra Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Navy
James V. Forrestal
Poughkeepsie Lodge
Warde
Tosar
Roma
Montgomery Ward
Menands, N.Y
Albany
Menands, XW. Y
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