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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1945
Page
13
Postmaster Frank M Collins urged Trojans to prepare Christmas mail early amid manpower and transport shortages. He advised prepaid postage, complete addresses with street or route numbers, and secure packing. If needed, use small tags inside parcels. avoid nonessential labels on parcels and mark perishable items Clearly.
New York City Comptroller Joseph J. McGoldrick urged Albany delegates to back home rule for cities, arguing state interference should end. He called for freedom from mandatory expenditures and more local power, noting penitentiaries and election costs are daily state functions, and suggested tax shifts if the state won’t transfer duties. He said upstate should understand metropolitan concerns while stressing NYC’s need to reduce state control.
The Washington Surrogate's Court week ending Nov 19 lists decrees and filings across estates in Cambridge Salem Greenwhich and Kingsbury including judicial settlements ad ministratrix accounts wills admitted to probate letters testamentary guardianships and guardianship appointments. Notable items include estate actions for Adah Becker Van Noppen Patrick Blanchfield Newcombe Pratt Martha Marel Nelle Rhondes William Cuthbert Lizzie Williams Annie Green Mary Doyle Albert Ganley Lewis Pichitt John McNeil and Joseph Mendoza with adjournments and notices of tax determinations. The docket also notes a guardianship for Frantis Cleve and guardianship letters to Elsie Rice and a Christmas season church service at Trinity Lutheran Church West Sand Lake led by Rev Lamond.
USES explains persistent unemployment citing wartime job inflation, reduced skilled vacancies, a shift to lower wage, 40 hour week returns, and gender disparities. The survey by USES Labor Social Security and Federal Security agencies notes women face larger take home pay losses if taking available jobs.
Army Air Force separation center at Baer Field Fort Wayne speeds final physicals for discharged soldiers. About 500 area men undergo rapid, sequential exams designed to prove fitness. The process uses brisk tests nose throat bones joints lungs teeth and medical history in minutes, with a final review determining if defects require treatment or civilian return.
The text describes army medical screening where soldiers are phased through tests and psychiatric review. It notes that a minority are disqualified or recalled for further exams while five to seven percent pursue disability compensation through the Veterans Administration for wounds or service-related defects.
Three burglaries were reported to police to the detective bureau. Burks entered three places, with Caspar Ravagiin on King Street reporting a dwelling broken into during the night. Rose Avakian on First Street said her home was entered while away from the city last week and cash stolen. Five Christmas Club checks were stolen from the marblemon Wulian Phelps on Seventh Avenue, including pens, pencils, and wire baskets valued at $8.
The Oriental Temple A AO N M 34 announces its annual fall ceremonial set for Saturday December 1. Potentate G C Bindewald will preside at 4 30 p m with sections worked and a business meeting in the lodge route A dinner runs 6 to 7 30 p m in the Hen dricks Hudgon banquet hall under Elmer Hempstead, steward. A band concert 7 45 to 8 15 p m in Music Hall will precede a floor show and a second ceremonial section under LeRoy W Brown. A buffet lunch follows at the Masone Temple Mia pm.
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