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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1945
Page
1
Local report describes a man named Frank J L Wacker of S45 Fourth Avenue suspected of aiding the Germans during wartime activities. Details are fragmentary and unclear from the transcription.
A recent Fellowship meeting of Woodside Presbyterian discussed a game party. Mrs Bryce and Mrs Erwin Younghans were named as refreshment hostesses for the event.
Diamond Rock Lodge of Odd Fellows holds an initiatory degree rehearsal led by Noble Grand Albert Barth. Bert Willme acts as degree master with Herbert Tweedy and Fred W Waitehouse in supporting roles. Sonn H Wood of Albany Grand Patriarch attends as guest and discusses branch work. Townsend Club No 2 to meet with President George F Wagner in charge. delegations from nearby clubs expected.
A Japanese political scene article discusses shifts in power and reform groups. It notes debates over Emperor Hirohito’s divinity, the Liberal and Communist platforms, and pressure to revise monarchy powers amid Zaibatsu liquidations. Major newspapers critique liquidation plans as a shield for war profiteers.
Fleet Admiral King argues against uniting the Army and Navy Departments. He favors keeping the Navy as a separate service, retaining both War and Navy Departments, and strengthening joint Chiefs of Staff authority. He endorses Civilian wartime agencies and cabinet level ties among War Navy and State.
Trustees approve a revised calendar with a longer Christmas recess from December 20 to January 3 and Memorial Day holiday. The midwinter and spring vacations total about four weeks. The winter term runs November 5 to February 27, the spring term March 6 to June 11, and the summer term June 24 to September 14, with the accelerated program retained since 1943.
An appeal in the conviction of John Nexon was heard by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in Boston. Charles R. Alberti of Pittsfield argued that the first degree murder verdict from 1854 should stand, while former Gov. Joseph B. Ely sought to have the verdict set aside.
In Rensselaer County seven H youths will enter a regional judging contest in Cincinnati this December. Contenders include Gerald Soard George Broadwell Freeman Robbins Frederick Wurtemberger Dons Condour Lensing and Frea Wilsey. Accompanying them is William Tempel County SH Club victory garden assistant who has mentored them for weeks. Arthur Pratt Cornell vegetable specialist will lead the regional meeting and contest. County teams and a state contest on November 19 will follow, with three member teams and an alternate selected for state round.
The New York State Department of Public Works files with the Secretary of State new hit maps for rights of way for highways and bridges across seven counties. The program totals 14.54 miles of lands to be acquired for development of highways including Orn County 8.70 miles and Delaware and Jefferson counties among others with specific routes listed.
X rays taken Monday show Special Prosecutor George P. Monaghen suffered two broken ribs in the incinerator explosion at his New York apartment on Oct 12. The Albany County investigation trial continues.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Monag lis Bl Sreingers and Masaptiers as sistant with unclear context.
William C Heffern 16 of 10 Washington Street Rensselaer, captain of the Christian Brothers troop in Albany, died Monday at St Peter's Hospital from a fractured skull after being found unconscious in the roadway near Fort Orange Ridgeway and Hunting Club. Coroner J Gregory Nealor ruled it an accident. Newton stated Heffern may have fallen or been kicked by his horse. His parents Mr and Mrs William Heffern survive. PLAN RUMMAGE SALE Heather Group Memorial Methodist Church will hold rummage sale tomorrow and Friday on Fourth Street beside Manufacturers National Bank of Troy. Contributions may be made through A E Brickner or Mrs C N Powers.
Manila reports that around fifteen thousand Japanese soldiers still occupy the mountain frontier along Luzon’s eastern Cagayan Valley. Congressman Eeion Cabarrogas of Nueva Vizcaya says the raiders raid farms for produce and claim willingness to surrender to Americans, not Filipinos.
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