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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1946
Page
2
Idle ships tempt Olympia to acquire a vessel for housing as Washington's capital grapples with a housing shortage. The article notes a potential public works solution and highlights the debate over funding and logistics.
Olympia considers acquiring Liberty ships from the U S Maritime Commission to convert into floating dormitories for GI students and local residents. Officials estimate sale prices well over 1 million dollars and hope for a temporary loan of ships to ease a severe housing shortage at St. Martin's College and area schools.
Polio cases have surged in the year’s outbreak with 18,000 affected and about 600 more to report. Evidence points to person to person transmission via carriers, with masks on patients and family showing virus traces, while sewage and flies offer weaker links in the spread. The virus appears to linger in the human body as the primary breeding ground, guiding researchers to seek the missing link to halt transmission.
Doris Leona Crags daughter of Mix Harold Ry Catt of Stillwater married Frank C. Hammond son of William Miller at First Presbyterian Church in Mechanicville Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev James I Stewart officiated with organist Mrs Allen M Thomas, and Bernice Bradt singing I Love You Truly and O Promise Me. The gown was white satin with marquisette train, orange blossom crown, and a bridal bouquet of white roses. Attendants wore aquamarine tafetta and pink lace gowns with pink and white floral bouquets. Reception followed at the American Legion Hall with pink blue and white decor. The bride attended Tug Hill School and GE payroll worker in Schenectady. the groom a Mechanicville High School graduate and Delaware & Hudson Railroad employee.
Buffalo meat from 800 head owned by Charles Ward was processed for a special sale at Wilt Market. Prices ranged from 76 cents to $2 per pound with high demand expected and a limit of 10 pounds per customer per sale. Officials said buffalo meat, a luxury item, was not subject to OPA controls, resulting in higher retail costs.
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