Thanksgiving union service and local events in Mechanicville
A Mechanicville union Thanksgiving service will be held at Memorial Baptist Church at 10 am with Rev Freeman S Kline reading scripture and prayer, Miss Marilyn Thomson and Miss Ethel Angle presenting proclamations, and patriotic songs led by the congregation. Other items note school closures, a funeral, Rotary Club address by Virginia Beecher Smith, blackout report, Home Bureau meeting, Red Cross Blood Bank visit, and local civic notices.
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Memorial Baptist Church
Freeman S. Kline
First Methodist Church
Marilyn Thomson
Abraham Lincoln
Ethel Angle
Roosevelt
America the Beautiful
Jesus
James XK. Stewart
First Presbyterian Church
Nora Noonan
Philip Noonan
South Third Avenue
S1 Paul's Church
St. Paul's Cemetery
Rotary
Virginia Beecher Smith
Albany
American Red Cross
Rotary Club
Smith
John H. Sheehan
Hawley B. Harvey
Sylvester Brown
Olin Salmon
Gustave C. Boucher
James Sylvester
Home Bureau
Mechanicville
Navy Students Put Skis on Planes
Storm halts Navy flight students at Troy Airport. skis placed on training planes to keep pilots ready once snow stops. WAVES enlistment. Miss Ruth Bartlett sworn in as apprentice seaman training at Hunter College. Thanksgiving Day observed with bank and offices closed. Crescent Temple Pythian Sisters hold annual meeting. Local soldiers and families noted in city notices.
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Navy
Troy
Ruth Elizabeth Bartlett
George R. Bartlett
Riverside
WAVES
Women’s Reserve
Naval Training School
Hunter College
New York
Miss Bartlett
New York Telephone Co
State’ S Bank of Albany
Cooperative Savings and Loan Association
Police Department
Crescent Temple
Pythian Sisters
Pythian Hall
Mae Alger
Alia, Gulden
Norma Golden
Thelma Butler
Helen Knapp
Dorothy Crandall
Grace Gokey
Gladys Downs
Hannah Sanders
Grand Temple
Susan van Valkenburgh
Elizabeth Butler
Kenneth F. Sweet
Tampa
Fla
Charlotte
N. C
Jennie W. Wilson
Mechanicville
Waterford Road
Miles Vredenburg
Kenworth Avenue
John J. Haile
John
Alfred
Betty
Pottsdam
John Mucei
Sampson Naval Training Station
Stephen J. Gushing
New York State Council of the Knights of Columbus
Agnes
Edward P. Holland
Peoria
INS
Paul Battimore
Chinese Official Backs Basic Chinese as Universal Tongue
A prominent Chinese official argues for adopting Basic Chinese over Basic English, claiming Chinese is already more widely spoken. He cites phrases like electric iron and electric speech as examples and notes fewer learners would be needed worldwide. He declines to name himself to avoid misreading by Basic English supporters. The piece also cites author Rose Macaulay opposing Basic English as inadequate.
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James Jmcglincy
London
UPR
East
Ial
Rose Macauley
Nazis Seize Factories in Germany Report
Stockholm CPI reports that the Nazis have seized 230 factories in Germany. A Chinese official criticizes linguistic imperialism noting no nation should force language on others while remarking Chinese may be as easy to learn as English.
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Stockholm
CPI
Germany
Textile concerns shift to war munitions production
Textile firms convert to munitions output amid alarm over Germany’s lag in industrial production. Reported yesterday, the shift signals a broader mobilization of civilian industry for wartime needs.
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Reich
Penetro salve advert prompts yearly cold attack warning
The notice urges protection during the annual cold season and promotes Penetro salve with modern medication. It claims warming vapors ease nose and throat and stimulates circulation where applied. Two sizes offered at 25 cents or 35 cents for double supply.
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George Pickett
T. M. Cowan
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W J. Barnes
Frederick Coons
Louisiana
Harold E. Coons
Cora Morris
Cobleskill
Homer BE
Ecker Sol
Lilian Coons Hebert
Arthur J. Hebert, Jr
St. Louis
Matthew John Kiley
Army
Arizona
Elizabeth Kiley
Frank Gargano
Army Dental Corps
Tennessee
Sergt
Russell Sweet
Schenectady
Mr. Holland
Daniel Carr
Joseph Gilheany
New York State Electric and Gas Corp
North Main Street
Department of Public Works
Frank C. Boucher
Paul
Brooklyn
United States
Rensselaer County Court House
Second Street
Sage Park
Fane
Quali
Popper-Morson Company
Rockefeller Center
N.Y
Matt
National War Fund
Toyland
Walt Disney
Brother and Sister
Independence Hall” Bank
Montgomery
WARD
Menands, N.Y
Newspal
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