Farmer Suffocated In Sawdust Silo at Bennington Plant
An accident at a Bennington woodworking plant led to the suffocation of 22 year old Donald Turner inside a sawdust silo. Co workers freed him after minutes, but he died at Puttam Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his parents and a brother. Event occurred overnight Sept 30. Authorities note ongoing memorial arrangements.
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Donald Turner
Zarmdom
Sjer
Northernington
Wood
Bennington
Turner
Puttam Memorial Hospital
Mtr
Pat
Clifford Turner
North
Bensington
John
India
Jean Turner Lawless
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Memorial Service For Troy Firemen Honored Deceased Members
Troy Exempts Firemen’s Association held its 38th memorial service at St Lawrence’s Church honoring fallen members from the Exempt, permanent and volunteer ranks. Rev J Buechler preached on memorials as service to the rights and safety of citizens, with names read and bells tolled.
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Bremen
Troy
St Lawrence's Church
Pranels J. Buechler
Aetrology Rail
Lorenzo Strecker
Everett Young
John B. Elgie
Thomas ©. Byron
Frank E. Quimby
Aremen
W. J. Cunningham
John J. McAvevey
Edward A. Coyne
Owen Seymour
William J. Walsh
John McNamee
Andres J. Mahar
Micheal J. Cahill
Fremen
Robert J. Lang
Patrick E Barrett
Frank C. Wagstaff
Preston B- Taylor
John A A. RB. Kapps
Fred Brodt
Harry J. Bilson
Miles Morris
Joseph E. Sheary
Charles F. Romell
John B. Farrel
Martin A- Corliss
George B. Hart
William J. Wyley
Mark J. Coyle
John J. Caldwell
Timoth J. Dwyer
Thomas
Price Panel Plans Survey of Troy Eating Places
A price panel will survey 193 eating and drinking places in Troy and 73 in Rensselaer County during October. Posters for operators with errors or missing posters will be issued, and old posters returned. Menus on file are being checked for proper alignment with the period menu. City violators 62 and county violators 19 will be called in for a hearing on their forty items.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Price
Club To Meet At Townsend Ginnes Hall Friday
Townsend Ginease will host a club meeting Friday at Trawig Hall with Mrs Louise Dorin in charge of the program. Members of Clubs I and 2 will be guests.
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Townsend Ginease
Tamset Pye
Trawig Hall
Louise ‘Dorin
Nazis Bombed Own Men Says Trey Soldier
Sergeant William J. Ryan recounts five days of German bombings on a Romanian held POW camp after Romania quit the Axis. He returns to Troy for 30 days of rest before Atlantic City recuperation, detailing escape and later transfer to Italy.
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Bucharest
Guanis
Ders
Troy Festerday
Sergi
William J. Ryan
Troy
James J. Ryan
Ninth Street
Atlantic City
N. J
Ryan
Italy
Ploesil
Hitler
Romania
Albert Anderson
Albin Anderson
Renkin Avenue
Anderson
Uptown Couple Revived After Monoxide Gas Incident
An elderly Lansingburz couple, FL Wellington Esmond and his wife Margaret, were found overcome by monoxide gas at 288 Thin Avenue yesterday afternoon. They were revived with the fire department inhalator and rushed to Lennard Hospital where attendants described their condition as fair. Police and fingerprint expert Joan J Foley assisted. investigation cites gas from two heaters.
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Lansingburz
Lennard
Wellington Esmond
Margaret
Desire
Thin Avenue
Joan J. Foley
Troy
Esmond
Fire
Wiliam Husgey
Dritef Edward Kittrick
Thomas Maguire
Central Police
Charlés. Page
Wih
Radie Peteol Ey
Bernard Sidiz
Candlelight Cross Honors Service Men
Ninety three members of the Fifth Avenue State Street Methodist Church serving in the armed forces were honored at services led by Rev Eldon H Martin. An Honor Roll Book with pictures and service records was dedicated and will be kept by the church. Mrs Tandy A Bryson donated the book and Mrs Matthew Barnick inscribed the records while Mrs Grage Coleman lit candles on a large cross as the names of in service parishioners were read.
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Fifth Avenue State Street Methodist Church
Eldon H. Martin
Passor
Tandy A. Bryson
Matthew Barnick
Bibbs Note Fiftieth Anniversary Quiet Golden Wedding
Former Alderman Richard H. Bibb and Mrs. Bibb observed their golden wedding with a small family dinner at The Hendrick Hudson Hotel. The couple, both natives of Troy, were married in 1894 at St Barnabas Episcopal Church by the late Rev. George A. Holbrook. Guests included relatives and friends from Washington D C and Connecticut, and their granddaughter Gloria Phillips. Bibb has long served the Ludlow Valve Co. and held public posts in Troy including Alderman and secretary roles with civic groups.
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Sc. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Hendrick Hudson
Richard H. Bibb
Eity
Bibb
Cora E. Tann
Tro Gan
George. A. Holbrook
St Barnabas
Feeman
Barbara Lo Miller
Washington
D. C
Comdr
W. E. Jann
Tann
Mrc
Barry TeresiWford
Lars Banth
Miller
Janet Miller
Rensselaer
Gloria Phillips
Individual Responsibility for All Urged by Speaker
Mareuy Filley chair of Troy Council of Social Agencies urged the public to accept responsibility for others at a Student Christian Union supper in Second Presbyterian Church. He cited a Hamilton Sage College housing survey as proof improvement comes from mass effort and local residents aiding neighbors, noting Troy’s conditions mirror cities everywhere. A discussion followed the talk led by Miss Betty Budzman with supper provided by Miss Marjorie Ritcher of Russell Sage College.
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Mareuy &. Filley
Troy
Student Christian Union
Second Presbyterian’ Church
Piliey
Russell Sage College
Betty Budzman
Marjorie Ritcher
Girl Injures Foot After Incident at Grand Street
Shirles Gillespie of 513 Grand Street was taken to Samaritan Hospital Saturday night after suffering a cut on her right foot. Patrolman Joan Delehanty and Thomas O'Brien of the First Precinct radio patrol assisted, and she was discharged after treatment.
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Intures
Shirles Gillespie
Grand Street
Samaritan Hospital
Sien Joan Delehanty
Thomas O'Brien
First Precinct
Troy Youngsters Earn Military Ranks in Library Club
The Troy Public Library's Military Reading Club awarded $4 insignia cards as ranks for reading achievements. Librarian Ethel Knowlson presided at the court of honor while Red Cross officials discussed wartime activities.
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Ethel Keowlsos
Troy Public Library
Military Reading Club Court of Honor
Marie Holden
Helen Justice
Lawrence Roy
Mar
Military Reading Club
Ethel Knowlson
Children’s Department
Donald Hurd
Red Cross
Albany
Virginia Bray
Edward Hinkiemas
Lawrence Poy
Army
Navy
Muriel Holden
Helen Justtice
Joan O'Neill
Rita Stanger
Douglas Guermneat
Marilyn Hammer
Dorothy Emenation
Margaret Riegert
Morton Myers
Marines
Richard, Wilson
Joseph McDonnell
Ger Wails
James Gallasher
Wagon Wheel Jars Shotgun Wound Injures Youth
Thomas Lang, 16, of Raymer town, injured by a shotgun discharge when a wagon wheel struck a gun beside a wagon. He was taken to Samaritan Hospital then Raymerstown for care. Police noted the gun did not break bone and a transfusion was given. An ambulance transferred him to the hospital after initial treatment.
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Thomas Lang
Robert T. Lang
Raymertown
Samaritan
Grafton Road
Lang
Warmutr
Raymerieswn
M. Galvin
Troop G
Legion Paper Praises 27th At Saipan
An October American Legion Magazine article commends the 27th Division for its Saipan battle valor. It highlights two Schenectady linked soldiers, Pvt John A Purcell and Capt Earl L White, lauding Purcell’s lone rifle work and reload discipline and White’s two forays into a burning shack to rescue wounded men.
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Saipon
American Legion
Bellies Marine Corps
New York Avene
the Legion Magazine
Frank Helley
203Rd Infantry
Schénetiedy
Schenectady
John A. Purcell
Nigat Rifles
Purcell
Upstate New York
Earl L. White
White
Poestenkill Man Rescued from Hudson River
Joseph Hall of Poestenkill fell from a rowboat into the Hudson River near Washington Street while trying to retrieve caught fish. He swam for several minutes before barge crew spotted him, tossed a rope, and pulled him aboard. firefighters treated him with an inhalator though it was not required.
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Joseph Hall
Poestenkill
Hudson River
Hall
Washington Street
Nekroy
Seven Angels Named for Fortress Crash Survivors
Survivors of the Flying Fortress nicknamed Seven Angels after a crash over the English Channel amid a Revelations passage. Staff Sergeant Anthony Pascarell and six mates were rescued by a British plane after their bomber broke apart and sank, with two engines failing on the return flight from Bremen.
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Sergi
Anthony Pascarell
Liberty Treet
Tros
English Channel
Serjeant Pascarelly
Rose Pascarell
England
Bam 2 Net
Bremen
Gilbert HL Woeme
Fredericksburg
Tex
and Suynes
Germany
Channel
Caie
Girl Scouts Camporee Draws Hundreds for One Day Event
Girl Scout troops from Tray Cohses and Keta Island held a Saturday camporee at rear Park attracting 39 participating troops and hundreds of adults. Morning folk dancing and hikes led to afternoon races and contests ending with a Friendship ceremony.
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Keta Island
Arcadis
Lieut Goodman Missing in Action Over Germany
First Lieut Alfred L. Goodman of 170 First Street Albany wife Shirley Cohen Goodman is reported missing in action over Germany since Sept 12. He pilots a Liberator bomber and has earned the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Clusters for missions including the Normandy invasion.
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Alfred L. Goodman
Shirley Cohen Goodman
First Street
Germany
Goodman
Normandy
Samuel G. Goodman
Peyster Street
Albany
Albany School
Eagle Hat Company of
Turkey raisers sell birds on black market amid rising costs
Rensselaer County turkey producers face unprofitable margins as OPA ceilings and soaring costs push them toward illegal sales. Black market activity grows as price controls and production expenses bite farmers.
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Turkey
OPA
Rensselaer County
Valley Falls Couple Celebrates 57th Wedding Anniversary
Valley Falls residents Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Boom marked their 57th anniversary at home. The couple, longtime Valley Falls locals, were wed at Valley Falls Methodist Church by Rev. G. L. Lewis.
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Emmett
Boom
Valley Falls
Thompson and Co. Mille
G. L. Lewis
Samaritans Dine and Lodge Meetings Highlight Odd Fellows Notice
A chaotic list notes a Samaritans Dine event after an Adaran Sanctones meeting at Diamond Rock Lodge led by Grand Master Abe Wollis. Several Odd Fellows lodges including Minnehaha Rexlexed and Trojan Lodge hold upcoming meetings with officers to be installed and degree work planned, plus social hours and band music.
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Adaran Sanctones
ADH c. Order of Samaritans
Diamond Rock Lodge
Abe Wollis
Fayoum Sanctorum
Fock Lodge of Odd Fellows
Diemond Gread
Fred Hu
Ode Fellows Hall
Mechanicville
Noble Grand
Anna Leighton
Norma Glover
Rensselaer Rebekah District 2
Samed
Hudson Valley Lodge
Street Temple
Noble
Jewish Community Center
Bethlehem Rebekah Lodge
Diamond Rock Hall
Anna Whitehouse
Rensselaer Rebekah
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Floria Kelly
Roberto Temai
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Green Island
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Marion Macknick
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Shirley Achdown
Margaret Lynch
Louise Scatl
Dash
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Cohoex
Clothespin Reece
Flosemary Graber
Celia Ward
Froop
Eliza
Rosemary Andrews
Carol Fogerty
Edna McCady
Mamlyn Brown
Cohoes
Roops
Ans Gorman
Marion Way
Dorothy Kichner
Mary Brown
Nancy Peterson
Catherine Corcoran
Brownies
Lester Mebbie
William Degener
Martha Myrick
Hart D. Pay
Ruth Bibb
St Patrick's
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Sheehan
Matie Murphy
Sacred Heart
Edward Slattery
Jane Gill Joon
Jester
Helen Curran
Rowse Dehkcado
Misa Evaice
Santarcangelo
Eleanor Chambertain
William Cron
Ann Chevalier
Ann McNulty
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Ruth Bueb Jer
Virginia
Keliv
Lieut. Goodman
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Latham
Mr. Limberg
Limberg
George Heckman
Naif
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United States Treasury Department
Treasury Department
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the National City Bank of Troy
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