Thanksgiving Season Notes From Troy Record
The Troy Record reports Thanksgiving season happenings with local residents traveling from South Bend to Brooklyn and visitors from New York City. Mrs. Murray Tynan and Miss Dorothea Butterfield are mentioned among guests and returning travelers. Other items note Miss Janet O'Brien returning from Notre Dame and athletic connections at Stone Hill College.
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Troy Record
Jane Ne
Brooklyn
South Bend
Ind
Murray “Tynan
Joseph M. Cheney
Dorothea Butterfield
Helen, Nevins
Trojanas
John Gibson
New
O.W. Closson
York City
Stone Hill College
New York City
A. W. Nevins
Alfred Cossidente
Janet O'Brien
John J. O'Brien
Notre Dame University
Tipperary
War stock salvage fuels Korea advance says officials
American military leaders say patching the World War II fighting machine saved the taxpayer over 1.5 billion dollars in early Korea days. Rehabbed tanks jeeps and ammunition from stockpiles and salvage in the Pacific aided the Korean War effort and reduced new production costs. Rehabilitation saved hundreds of millions versus World War II costs and much of the MDAP shipments came from these refurbished assets.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Pacific Islands
Pacific
Areign
F. L. Ford
Korea
MDAP
City Unable To Find Cause Of Dirty Water
Troy Water Bureau reported dirty water in the Hoosick and River Streets area with no traceable cause by early afternoon. Acting superintendent Arthur Ambuhi said crews searched for a main break but found none, noting Venturi tube installation at Melrose is part of planned water system improvements and would not cause the issue.
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Troy Water Bureau
Hoosick and
River Streets
Arthur R. Ambuhi
Water Bureau
Melrose
Tomhannock
Ambuh
Rites Held for Mrs. M J O Rourke 93 in Whitehall
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Whitehall for Mrs. Mary J O Rourke age 93 a longtime resident who died Friday at her North Whitehall home after a brief illness Rev Arthur Wentworth Baptist Church of Fair Haven officiated and interment followed at Sciota Cemetery She was born December 28 1857 in Big Flats daughter of the late William and Amarillous Jackson and widow of Horace O Rourke Survivors include three daughters Mrs Warner Nelson Mrs Jerry Gould and Mrs Harland Sager.
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Whitehall
Mary J. O'Rourke
North Whitehall
Arthur Wentworth
Baptist Church of
Fair Haven
Horace O'Rourke
Warner Nelson
Jerry Gould
Harland Sager
Germans Say 4,500,000 Prisoners Are Missing
Bonn reports 4.5 million Germans captured by Soviets remain unaccounted for from World War II. About 3 million civilians and 1.48 million soldiers are listed as missing, including 1.5 million Eastern European residents and 1.6 million Reich citizens. The Red Cross compiled figures contradict Soviet claims that all military prisoners have been repatriated.
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Bonn
Germany
Europe
Reich
Red Cross
Two Bay Lynx Shot At Near Grafton
Hunters near Grafton reported shooting two bay lynx in North Long Swamp Sunday. One lynx, weighing 25 pounds with tufted ears and gray fur, was found by Robert Goyer and put on display at Howe Bros. plant in Center Brunswick.
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North Long Swamp
Grafton
Robert Goyer
Howe Bros
Center Brunswick
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Schuylerville
Junk
Harry J. Bartle
Robert Coonrad
J. P. Leonard
Meredith Thompson
Raline Taffeta
M. J. O’rourke
Naturalizer
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