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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1944
Page
1
Members of the Troy Teachers Association urge residents to attend a public meeting at Troy High School Auditorium to press for wartime salary adjustments for teachers. City officials, including Mayor Jobe J Aber, are expected to discuss the impact of the raise.
A publicity release from the New York State Teachers Association says teachers are underpaid as living costs rise. It urges raises to match extended training requirements and proposed degrees, citing high school and elementary teachers and the need for ongoing in service courses.
State police say an old automobile found Thursday near Nivervitel with several bullet holes was used by hunters for target practice. Trooper Walter F. Reilly states investigators concluded the holes resulted from hunting activity and the case is closed. The report notes the first known grestiine card appeared in England in 1842.
Radio schedules list morning news and talk segments from local stations. Programs include News, Breakfast, Wake Up, and time slots with various hosts and features across multiple stations.
The funeral of Edmund P. Vaught who died from injuries in a truck accident near Watervliet was held from the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Edward F. Vaughn of 3 Richmond Street Cohoes and later at St Agnes Church. Rev Paul F. Keeshan celebrated a requiem high mass with the choir singing responses. Bearers were Chessel Page George Cox Jr John Kehn Cyril Shea Homer Band Jr and John O Such. Interment was in St Agnes Cemetery Cohoes.
A new wartime report totals Allied and neutral merchant ship losses from 1939 through 1963, detailing 5 758 ships sunk with 8 333 000 gross tons in 1942 as the high year and noting major American and British casualties. The report covers sinking figures, tonnage, and the impact of U boats and other dangers on supply lines. It highlights a turning point in 1943 as Allied loss rates fell due to anti submarine advances.
Walter Kardas of Valley Fails recounts a hunting incident after a 28-year-old youth shot a ten-point back deer near Petersburg. The animal weighed about 150 pounds and had an antler shed, with another hunter later found bearing the matching astler, indicating a split after the shot.
James J. Dunnigan, president of the Buffalo Trotting Association, testified yesterday in Albany before the grand jury probing legislative spending linked to horseracing and betting.
British Eighth Army pushes into Nicest Italy as heavy rains slow progress near Faenza and Lamone river. Allied forces claim Nazi resistance east of the Lamone and south of Faenza collapsed while American units face counterattacks. Coastal airstrikes hit German transport along the Branco border and air forces target routes in Athenia and Yugoslavia amid poor weather.
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