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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1943
Page
11
A bonfire on Union Street near Congress Street prompted a 6 48 pm call to Central Fire Station Squad Wagon yesterday. No damage was reported.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to Rev Eldon H Martin Behr Manning Corp United Traction Co and others for kindnesses during Mary Hall and Mary Rowe bereavements and thanks Rev WP Stanford and local friends. In Memoriam entries honor Arthur Collier Henry Lionel Wheeler and Lillian M Wheeler with dates and sentiments. Birth notice reports Mare Avonovich born November 14 at Leonard Hospital to Branc and Mrs Avono vich.
Obituary notices list Gerald T. Dayton, Florence Dunton Dayton, Lois and Brive Dayton, and siblings, with funeral details at Sacred Heart Church and St. Patricks Cemetery. Also recorded are several other death notices with funeral arrangements, church services, and interment dates across New York areas, including Graser, Heachey, Hunt, Kapps, Murray, Nakle, Niskey, Taggart, and Norment families, with residences and burial locations.
Police rushed to Central Market at Jackson and First Streets before 7 p.m. yesterday when the burglar alarm rang. The market was found secure and a dog, locked inside, was blamed for triggering the alarm after contacting a connection. Patrolmen Michael Minehan and Edward Malones of the First Precinct investigated.
East Side Association met at School 16 last night to discuss speeding on Paw jing Avenue unsanitary conditions in three community sections and dumping at Spring Walker Linden Avenues and sites. President Carl G. Grimm appointed members to seek relief from authorities. The group voted to contribute to Allied Communities War Chest and praised Anne Wellington for Emma Willard School use of tennis courts. A Christmas program with Harry D Vincent and carolers was planned for Yule cheer.
The Dairymen's League Cooperative board in Albany proposed a seven point national food plan. Fred A. Sexauer Auburn outlined goals including a non political policy, farmer recognition, reduced restrictions, addressing farm manpower, replacing subsidies with price supports, and keeping the food issue independent of inflation or labor conflicts.
The Albany Common Council received the new city budget Monday night showing a tax-rate hike of about $1.75 per $1,000 assessed valuation. Taxpayers face higher bills under the proposed plan for the coming fiscal year.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Pszeniczny, Gallu, Quin, Wren, Wienaeter and related family members. Details include names, relations, residences, church services, mass times, private funerals, call hours, and burial locations such as Forest Hill Cemetery and St Joseph's Cemetery.
An unidentified youth abandoned a stolen 1942 sedan after it crashed into the Waterford Bridge girders last night. A sailor, Charles Kehn, was picked up dazed from the scene, and police searched for the driver who fled. The car, owned by Hazel Waters of Petersburgh, was valued at $1,000.
Public hearing on forming a water district embracing Hampton Manor east of Rensselaer near Hull view and Columbia Pike homes will be held Friday Dec 3 at East Greenbush Town Hall. Petition by over half of property owners prompted the hearing. If created, funds will buy the Deedar Realty Corp water system for 110000, with costs assessed to district homes. Officials say expansion of the existing plant will be needed to serve the three facilities.
An ambulance from Salem, carrying Mrs Ida Boyce after hospital discharge, skidded into a ditch returning from Cambridge. Driver Vernon Ston and passenger Charles A Rowe escaped uninjured, while Mrs Boyce suffered back injuries from the prior accident. No one else was hurt.
Thomas O’Brien a 72 year old resident of 112 Fourth Street was struck by an automobile at Broadway and Fifth Avenue shortly after 7 pm yesterday. He sustained a back injury and bruises to the left thigh and hip and was taken to Troy Hospital by Driver John McGraw and Patrolmen William Van Steenbert and John Stallmer. Attended by Dr. Joseph Padalino his condition was listed as good this morning. The driver did not report the accident to Central Police Station last night.
Kenneth MacAffer, Albany County Republican chairman, his wife and son Kenneth 12 appeal to the Appellate Division against Court of Claims awards totaling 10,565.05 for the three. They were injured Oct 15 when a New York State Guard truck struck their car on Central Avenue as they traveled from Menands to a church in Albany. Individual awards: MacAffer 6405.05 of 15189.55. Mrs MacAffer 2180 of 10151. son 2000 of 50000.
Albany County and city election investigations expand with subpoenas issued to city firemen to testify before the State Election Frauds Bureau in the State Office Building. Deputy Joseph Miller declined comment as the bureau gathers data for presentation to Gov Dewey’s extraordinary grand jury, set to convene December 12. Supreme Court Justice Parton Swift of Buffalo will preside over the term in Albany.
Rev. John C. Bennett of Union Theological Seminary spoke on the postwar peace program of the Federal Council of Churches at a rally sponsored by the Rensselaer County Council of Churches. The address emphasized shared peace objectives across Catholic Protestant and Jewish groups and was open to area church members. Rev. Richard Cummings led the devotional service.
Ralph Bove, 123 2260 Sixth Avenue, was driven to Troy Hospital yesterday afternoon by Central Police Patrolmen Charles Hayner and John Dwyer after receiving a stomach blow in a fight with several boys at Harrison and Second Streets. Dr. Joseph Padalino attended him before he returned home.
Four candidates for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student offices presented platforms in a student assembly. John Klaney and William Miller sought the Union presidency, while William Peace and Richard Nickerson ran for grand marshal. Delaney and Miller urged cafeteria improvements and a new student hall, with other candidates stressing campus spirit, activities, and intramural programs. The election is Friday afternoon, with results announced the next night in Senior Hall. Rev. Hart and Rev. Smith urged support for Allied Communities War Chest, and 300 students pledged 900 toward the $4,800 quota.
Clifford A. Lewis, manager of the National Automotive Fiber Co., Waterford, moved with his wife Frances from 1518 People's Avenue to Valley Falls and discovered his new next door neighbor is Clifford E. Lewis, whose wife also named Frances, creating an ironic coincidence.
The second progress report for the Allied Communities War Chest is due at 12 15 p m as volunteers gather for a luncheon at The Hendrick Hudson. Initial reports show about 10 percent of the 325 000 goal reached with Ernest Warnchet chairing and Rev Arthur Johns delivering the speech.
New York inventor William B Sachs asks the Court of Appeals for authority to sue Cluett Peabody Co Inc claiming he invented the sanforizing process used since 1929 and seeks to enjoin further use of the process and the name and to obtain an accounting of profits. The firm says the invention stemmed from Sanford Cluett and that it was patented in 1928. Sachs says he disclosed the idea in 1921 and contends the company copied the method and market. Tibbits Cadets to Elect Officers Tomorrow at Germania Hall.
New York State Division of Commerce plans a statewide survey to map postwar employment prospects by industry. Manufacturers will report 1940 and current employment, including service members and postwar expansion needs, with data kept confidential and released only in totals. Rochester hosts today’s briefing with Associated Industries of New York State.
Residents of the Second Ward must submit names of relatives in service by tomorrow night for the ward honor roll dedication at Sage Park scheduled for Sunday. The Troy High School auditorium hosted a meeting led by chairman James Kilgallan to plan speakers and the compere for the event with Edward Lo Ryan and Treat Torney among those listed.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a fall ceremony at Oriental Temple with attendees from the area and a Rasdaq like event. It mentions a program at the temple and a neighborhood audience, noting a somber tone and a focus on membership or rites. The text is garbled but references a temple event and ceremonial stage activities.
James J. Hines former Tammans district leader, convicted in 194u on aiding in operating a lottery, had a parole review refused by an Albany court rather than Westchester County. The Appellate Division noted the parole outcome did not affect its prior ruling that Hines must be heard in Westchester.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors cut the budget to 459,439.50, trimming general fund welfare and highway expenses. They adopted two resolutions on Lake George water level control and salmon fishing development, and reported state tax and finance figures, crop yields, and an election canvass showing LieutGovernor elect Hanley and William N Haskell tallies.
State labor figures show statewide stabilization but Troy Albany Schenectady area sees October employment fall by 2 percent while wages rise 0.8 percent. War plants and paper industries trimmed staffing, lowering regional payrolls though New York State wages increased from 45.33 to 46.38 weekly. About 61 percent more workers were employed in state factories than in the 1936 to 1929 period.
John Kapps served three terms as alderman after two mayoral campaigns in the 1920s. He led the Republican wing of the Common Council during his final six years, completed his term January 1, 1930, and declined further commissions. Survived by son Robert, three grandchildren, and several great grandchildren, with wife Margarete preceding him. Funeral from the home with services noted in Who's Who.
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