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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1944
Page
1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute held a wartime accelerated class graduation with sixty men completing the program. The ceremony featured faculty and a speaker from General Alexander, with Navy special training noted and a connection to the Army Signal Corps.
ConRrae of the gement progressed from a repairman at age ten to vice president and chief engineer. He served as director of Bell Laboratories and the Hell Telephone Co of Canada, and led Bronxlyn Polytechnic Institute. He was past president of the American Institute of Engineers and Notre Dame, with commissions noted in 192. He was promoted to brigadier general in 19:2 and major general in June 1953.
The Troy School Parent Teacher Association met at the school Monday night with President Mrs Difford L Burnt presiding. Alan Cobden spoke on Social Welfare in Our Town and outlined work of public institutions aided by the Allied Communities War Chest Fund. A portion of the collection supported the fund. Mrs Curtis Broadbent, delegate to the State Convention in Rochester, reviewed the convention. The Junior Choir of Seventh Avenue AME Zion Church sang gospel numbers including spirituals. A membership tea announcing the end of membership drive was set for Wednesday Nov 8 from 3 to 5 pm. Attendance prize went to Miss Margaret Falia’s fifth grade.
The War Price and Rationing Administration announced replacements for lost or destroyed War Ration Books 3 and 4. Replacement books retain the same stamp sets as the originals, with valid stamps honored indefinitely, while expired stamps are removed to prevent excess value. Applicants receive stamps sufficient for essential rations, with verification by local boards.
The Navy will resume recruiting of 17 year olds at the Rensselaer County Court House in Troy starting next Monday from 9am to 6pm. Chief Gunner Sulivan, who led the Troy office for four years until 2, will interview prospects and conduct preliminary examinations each Sunday. Lieutenant Comer R. W. Green says interested young men and families with Navy concerns should consult Mr. Sullivan at the Court House every Monday during the stated hours.
Mrs. W. A. Sylvester Edgar Sliter and Mrs. Fred Becker were appointed to the North Greenbush Zoning Commission by James Gratton president of the North Greenbush Community Association. Charles S. Miers town commissioner requested the appointments as the commission studies a town zoning system. Kathryn Carmichael Camp Fire Girls and Howard Gorham Bay Scouts district commissioner spoke on organizing such units. The association will meet at the school today at 7 pm to form a volunteer fire company.
Coroner Charles J. Cote ruled death of Alma Cornell, 33, due to her own gunshot wound at her home in Clinton Park East Greenbush Town, New Jersey Avenue. She was found by her 1-year-old daughter Feaths after a rifle owned by her husband Har sid Cornell was used. husband and son had left briefly.
The Noxon murder case in Berkshire County has cost about 34000 dollars to date. John F. Noxon of Fitzstead was convicted of killing his infant son and appealing for a second trial claiming prejudice. County officials say funds are needed to cover trial costs and replenish the treasury.
Mrs. Mary L L Zobel a longtime Rensselaer County jail matron and former Van Rensselaer Home worker will resign to join the Troy Health Department as a technician. Sheriff Pri ele Craver announced the appointment yesterday noting her seven years at the county jail and prior city service.
FRIAL ON AT BALLSTON SPA A jury and Justice Andrew F Ryas in Supreme Court for Saratoga County at Ballston Spa heard evidence in the $26 60 damage action brought by Jerome Jablon of Saratoga Springs against Berton Hunter of that city. Jablon charged he was seriously hurt in a collision between his bicycle and the defendant s car at Caroline and Putnam Streets Saratoga Springs May 6. Mrs Zobe a longtime Republican active in city politics is president of the Women s Republican Club of Rensselaer County and was noted in the report.
President Roosevelt told War Dads convention that there must be no diminution of war work at home in plants factories and community life. He framed the war as a family matter with sons daughters wives and mothers sharing duties to sustain momentum as battles go their way. The letter read to delegates from 42 states emphasized unity and continued sacrifice for allied victory.
At the annual meeting of stockholders in Albany the Albany and Vermont Railroad Co elected directors including William LeRoy Shields Alfred Warren Gale Howard B Thompson W Frank Leversee Albert E Cluett and others. Inspectors for next year named are Edgar Stillman Wizard EB VanDerzgee and J Howard Messaac. Officers elected were Albert E Cluett as president Alfred W Gale as vice president and W Frank Leversee as secretary and treasurer.
The Troy Board of Estimate and Apportionment added 1333.20 to complete a city engineering led scientific revaluation survey for the Department of Assessment and Taxation. An earlier 350.40 was already set aside. The action cites exhausted funds and aims to finish by building a card index system detailing property descriptions and data. Former tagjan fined Normas L Estabrooks of Malden Massachusetts former operator of the Cea
A man from 365 Ruth Avenue pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court Spurta Syracuse to charges of making a false statement and concealment of assets in a bankruptcy action from January 1967. He was warned of a $50 fine.
War Fund contributions support health-saving food packages for undernourished civilians, aiding ailing children and elderly as Allied forces liberate towns once held by Nazis. Your donation today helps deliver vital sustenance to those recovering in liberated areas.
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