Rotary Tells Of Strides In Electricity For War
C. M. Ripley of General Electric spoke before the Rotary Club at The Hendrick Hudson luncheon. He cited rapid postwar development in science and industry, noting America holds half the world’s gasoline engines and half its electric power. He described electricity powering battleships as equivalent to a city of 200,000 and highlighted alloys, materials, and turbo superchargers enabling high altitude flight.
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C. M. Ripley
General Electric Co
Rotary Club
Hendrick Hudson
Ripley
Mrr
America
H. W. Hudson
Rotary meeting honors speakers and voter league talk
Dr E Allan Fessenden of RPI and Mrs Harry A Van Velsor spoke at the Rotary Club meeting in support of the Rensselaer County League of Women Voters. Van Velser described a booklet with candidate, amendment, and voter qualification info for the coming election. A separate item reports Roy Davenport of Norwood died from burns after falling asleep while smoking in a hotel room in Buffalo.
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E. Allan Fessenden
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rotarians
Harry A. van Velsor
Rensselaer County League of Women Voters
van Velser
Buffalo
Roy Davenport
Norwood
The
Mayflower Transit Co
Columbus Hospital
Bison
Hoosick Falls Opens War Ration Book 4 Registrations
Registrations for War Ration Book No 4 and the new A gas rationing book will be taken at the Hoosick Falls high school auditorium today tomorrow and Friday from 4 to 6 PM. Teachers will register. Forms were distributed to public school children and St Marys Academy to take home to parents and forms for the gasoline book were placed at filing stations and public places to speed processing. Those who fail to register at the high school on these days will not receive books for two weeks.
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Agas
St. Mary’s Academy
Ration Board Announces New Public Hours
The Ration Board headquarters in the Municipal Building will be open to the public Mondays to Thursdays 10 am to 5 pm, Fridays 11 am to 1 pm, Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm and 7 to 9 pm. Hoosick Court of Amaranth observes Past Matrons Night at the Masonic Temple with a step-up night roster realignment. Pvt Peter Smith arrived on a 15 day furlough from Seattle. Corporal George Severson arrived in Sicily. Arthur VanDerKar promoted to corporal technician at Camp McCain. Funeral for Frank T Miller 60 brother of Glenn Miller of Hoosick Falls held at Sherman Burbank Memorial Chapel Hastlawn Cemetery. He died at his sister’s home after years of heart illness. He fought in World War I at St Mihiel.
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Ration Board
Helen Waddell
Hoosick Court of Amaranth
Masonic Temple
Hivelyn DuRoss
Mabel Neilson
Helen McKeon
Petersburg
Ruth Chatfield
Wight
Peter Smith
Seattle
Wash
Carl Stevens
Rome
Prince Umberto Returns to Naples
Crown Prince Umberto arrived in Naples with King Victor Emmanuel to establish a new residence. They observed that most royal estates were damaged or ransacked by retreating Germans, complicating housing prospects in the Naples area.
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Naples
Umberto
Victor Emmanuel
House of Savoy
West Sand Lake social and church notices
Notices from West Sand Lake list visits by Snyder Bashford Ryemiller and others. Church groups plan gatherings at Mrs. Mary King and Mrs. George Lape homes. Rationing dates announced for West Sand Lake School. Midweek service at the Methodist Church. Baptism of James Robert Hicks at the Methodist Church. Home Bureau meetings and lessons scheduled at Charles Myers Troy Road and J Miller locations.
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Eldon Snyder
Us.n
Sampson
Arthur Bashford
Arkansas
Salem Evangelical Church
Mary King
Charles Ryemiller
Washington, D. C
Women's Missionary Society of the
Trinity Lutheran Church
George Lape
Balem Evangelical Church
Calvary Church
Albany
James Hargrave
West Sand Lake
Methodist Church
Violet Sewell
James Robert Hicks
Pvt
Robert C. Hicks
Cobbleskill
Waterford
John A Lavender
Miller Rites Pending For Williams Town Veteran
Meuse Argonne Ausauville and Sauverais veteran and Williamstown Post of the American Legion member Mr Miller born October 17 1882 in Scotti Mid h moved to Williams town 48 years ago. He survived by four sisters Herman Winterhalder Meriden Conn Helen Clouse Battenville Alta Drake Gladys Rosenberg Kalama zo Mich another brother Harry Williamstown.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Harry
Williamstown
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USO Council
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P.S
Canada
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