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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1945
Page
11
A report from association meetings notes miners leaders pressing action in wage negotiations amid rising strike activity. Police on patrol near New York and New Jersey ports report tensions and violence incidents linked to union protests.
Danish resistance figure Riis Les ger, an underground Kaffer operative during the Nazi occupation, was fatally shot in Aarhus. The assassin escaped, and authorities investigated the westward route of the killing amid the Vienna campaign footprint.
Obituaries from Troy detail Edward Horan a longtime Second Avenue proprietor and World War I veteran, and status of multiple local residents including Anna Grant, Thomas Arnold Dive, Mrs. Meneely, Joseph Cox, William Welch, Julia Fitzpatrick, Miss Mary Dunn, and Esther Moan. Funeral arrangements note services at St Patrick’s St Marys and local funeral homes with interments at Oakwood and St Josephs Cemeteries.
Miss Weller, 33, of Fort Plain, died Monday morning at Utica hospital after childbirth complications. First cousin of Mrs. Leigh Diefendorf, she was buried in Fort Plain Cemetery after services at Fort Plain Universalist Church officiated by Rev. Warren Lavelay.
The Cackle and Crow Club of West Sand Lake hosts the 4 H Winter Poultry Show at Fireman's Hall on Nov 12 and 33. Special prizes for best male and best female birds, rosettes for champion bird and cockerel, pullet, and hen, plus classes for cock, hen, pullet, cockerel and young birds. Barred and White Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshire Reds, and White Leghorns featured. Poultrymen may donate via Jorn Burger of Averill Park. entries due Oct 3. Turkey supper offered Nov 13 from 6 pm. reservations close Oct 3.
President Truman asked Congress for 223.8 million dollars to restart public works projects halted by the war. The request includes 125.275 million for the Corps of Engineers and 93.267 million for the Bureau of Reclamation, plus additional sums for other agencies.
Nuernberg reports say Rudolf Hess, once a top Nazi, is believed by American doctors to suffer from intentional amnesia. Hess, brought by Britain for trial, was examined at the Nuernberg prison by Col Rene Such of Amsterdam. A final judgment on his fitness to stand trial rests with Maj Douglas Kelley.
Police hunt continues for the truck driver accused of making improper advances toward Siena College student Ida Mary Lewarsowski on Baltown Road Town of Niskayuna. Lewarsowski, found seriously injured by the roadside, had reportedly left the truck after the driver pursued an assault.
Cohoes firemen fought a blaze at a two story frame house on Ontario Street from 2 15 pm to 10 20 pm. The fire started by a blowtorch used during roof work for printing a building. Owner Harry Hardenburgh occupied the second floor with Mrs Sarah Waterhouse on the first. roof damage was notable while water damage was considerable.
Chungking reports Moscow has begun withdrawing Soviet forces from Manchuria with completion expected by November end. Chinese forces in Northern Indo China to be withdrawn soon. Negotiations with France on Indo China topics ongoing. Wei Tsung Nong not returning as Shanghai mayor. he remains Chinese representative to a Far Eastern Commission.
Crowds lined the streets as Joseph Cardinal MacRory primate of all Ireland died Saturday. His body was borne to the cemetery after a pontifical requiem mass in Armagh Cathedral. The border between Ulster and Fire opened and the Eire government sent representatives. Prime Minister Zamon De Valera, arrested on his last border crossing 17 years ago, was expected but detained. His son Maj. Vivian De Valera and four cabinet members attended.
The treason trial of John Amery, 12, son of a former Indian secretary of state, was postponed as his defense sought more time to prove his claim of becoming a citizen of the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.
Final plans for a Friday social hand game party by the Sand Lake Republican Club at Burden Lake Casino aim to fund a veterans banquet. The event committee, led by Harold E. Harriman, includes Edith Werger, Raymond Miller, Helen Pausley, and others for tickets prizes and entertainment. Simultaneously in Buenos Aires the General Confederation of Workers announced a two hour general strike beginning at midnight to protest oligarchic government and court influence, amid clashes and Peronite demonstrations.
Mrs. Alan Cobden of the Powers Housing Authority spoke at the PTA meeting about the Troy housing survey, the authority's plans, and a potential state financed project. Donald Kirkpatrick reported on the Albany convention. Nov 15 is donation day at Leonard Hospital. a card party and white elephant sale are planned for Oct 29. A war chest drive received $5. First place in class attendance went to Miss Mildred Mason's sixth grade. Peter Mooney provided piano entertainment.
Athens dispatch reports Regent Archbishop Damaskinos to govern Greece provisionally after failed attempts to form a cabinet. Populists boycott any government with leftists while elections are pushed back. Prime minister Petros Voulgatis resigned last week.
The Medical Society of Washington County elected officers yesterday afternoon at Hudson Falls Courthouse. Leslie A. White of Whitehall was named president, Clayton E. Oestrich of Cambridge as vice president, Charles A. Prescott as treasurer, and Denver M. Vickers of Cambridge as secretary. A dinner followed at El-Re-Do Restaurant with remarks from Dr. Joseph Lebowitz and Dr. Dunham Hoot of Saratoga Springs.
The Ravenna Atlas Powder Co plant, the world’s largest shell loading facility under War Department supervision, is closing to decontaminate and await government orders. It produced billions of shells and over a million detonator assemblies, with secret weapons tested, including a specialized “tritional” bomb and an armor piercing shell. The vast 25 000 acre complex, built for permanent use, faced underutilization as wartime needs waned and questions linger whether atom bombs ended heavy ammunition's relevance.
Browning Montana observers report American Indians push for a bill of rights as the National Council of American Indians plans a campaign against racial discrimination during its second annual convention at the Blackfeet Reservation from 22 to 25. Delegates from forty tribes in twenty states are expected with Blackfeet and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes co hosting. Former state assemblyman Harry Learned Averill dies at home after a leg illness. Averill served in the state legislature from 1932 to 1949 before declining renomination due to health.
A complete store on 1563 Broadway Watervliet is to be sold at auction Saturday and Monday October 22 starting 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Items include furniture plumbing fixtures lighting dining room sets and more. Auctioneer George J. Welsh Troy reachable for details.
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